1042 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Ocrozzm 31, 1868, 
©“ good аай simple plan" for that purpose which | Wheats of 1862, and, as many of them were for|point T — with regard to seed Wheat 
he e on agriecultu ар узун to propound, | seedsmen's pieked and Cae а, they may Бе |that not always the brightest од Jj 
may, S^ therefore think, be found inztaking eare |a little above the market pri phéshpe р or hex mple that germinates 
о n of all future gatherings | 4. The other colu rers Bd. for pon best. All who saw the colonial Wheats in the 
will "- offend their hearers, nor insul тив GERMINATION or WHTAT, i Exhibition of 1862 must have struck with 
r common sense, by the manner and the matter e Ves the fineness of the grain. In these samples а few 
of ег addresses. à 2518 E 5 НЕЕ ounces more per bushel was almost sure to со 
LABEL. Saja lalo jao REMARKS, r 
o county has better моне, t than Cheshire | СЕЧЕ manda prize or high commendation, In the cases 
can мым! of what may be e for agricultura 1 а SRI А i th Hee ы sunt of our Table we find that 
impro y а well ie eted | loal a gricultural vii УЕ Е ey failed in germinatıng to the extent of, in 
ociety ; nor appears, better | 1 Name з. 166 ® ТЕ These are віх | round numbers, 46 per cent., or пе x 
illustrate the. кз that Ägrioultural Societies will - Ditto ў 60. С поми: " Ae This, we are inclined to think, is partly due to a 
of incompetent leaders. Bros rom vie -les o4 | 6 | hibition of 1862, | Process rying to which some of them were 
RS РУ 63 D 2 to which they probably subjected to augment the weight,'and 
ovem it is true that a farmer may be less 6 | Tasenania ers 60 30 | 70 by digerent | P? d T de los бу л: voyage, for 
busy at one time than at another, yet his labours £oloniata. pti paie dq: ot the year 1861, 
T|Ditto 59.5 28 | 72 Taken by us;|Still the heaviest sample ( b 
are never ended, for no sooner has he gathered probably thel that neither ag ther aooiie р 80 
опе po Mem than he begins to put in the seed for sire 19 ein ph 1 api orbis ie 8 WS eni ү 
vera .. .. = 8 . A 8 
Маша 12 11688) s [99 | 6) Four samples have an element of gre t í 
At this time, then question how much | |7? || tom... Бапаш wipe А aron: importagag ta 
seed to employ will wit mh: be a matter of great " mies Rough {65 100 IHE: thebest that] Ку tria xd m. iras Pod bo t hes 2 
риф gunt PEN. V RUM e оо poene орау Blood ае м6 твена other colonial Wheat in England; it із not 
sati with — чч v а their 12| Hallett's Pedigree 62.9 тв | 22 Communicated gei that they have been brought і from a better to 
different districts. а it must be observed, on m е Е mS Ditto a worse climate, but there are the time and the 
ОКНА Бон Avi tis Ai ears since, се d e quie, ni „159 % i voyage, putting MS d preparation for the 
rule is to ылу tl - 8 * 456.8 : А poor grain; rket, which, affeeting the germinating power to 
= de ай mid е eodd ia ан CD зава y = Uostas: E» extent of 46 pe er AN more or less, would be 
. ^ At t th Hi Жы W, Samples taken kely to cause their fai 
3 bahala per вот béforo ens app d нна ig sl 5 $E рузе sr |. Whether, then, it be deemed advisable to sov 
and a pec afterwards. rowick . 585| 6 6 |88 |19 | | No. 91 not a seed uge Li oup. it is well to know what it is that 
Büt however men may consider that they Red Qna s 63 8 12 Мери ax Miis] ы Md and low much we pay expeot from 
are not thick seeding in sowing these quantities, |21|Russian .. 5 74|32| 68 ||of Corn Cockle, our see 
we are consiantly being made " ware that ther re rad зе багоч That bo - чт өңү: n Ao 
are advocates for the use of peoks only o m we quantity of Wheat t nis oubt; if the 
where these I iie ? use bus рни ; and | 22|Burwell 58.5] 8 0} 18 | 82 bushel, E e feying Wheat from a warmer in a colder 
К 23 Hough Chat, Tala- Communicated | clim s to prevent much of it germinatin 
while o р points to the best results from one tai |в0:51 9:01 001 10 пот à  well-| р ger 9 
method, the o aer ive even better for theirs. | 24|Talavera .. ^ ..|63 |10 0 | 38 | 62 | | Enown seedsman. surely that fact should be known, and its possi- 
Seeing enis that there are such wide differ- | ? Comers ` Rough bili Mia n e Weder for 
en upon is. ubject, it wiil hardly be wondered |26 Red Bnowiok 68 % 5 70 $0 — admit the y ni А 
at that it should be а matter upon which much E Саа. .166.5/10 0 | 70 | 30 е еп D is а general eustom 
thought and argument, with no lile writing and | Тап 63.518 0 | 58 | 42 These {о ad к-зы an additional peek s Е 
CO Маз cw NE ее ш шш valles gun 
on either side oan Pene experi- | 561 T ut а E pon 
p me; and жеш jn support E FOROR - in's heat, most of|than any other. again with the property of 
n - er enel to b eliovo "opinions, : he |32 pe ER E 0 М н Базан тары к! d. M rowing out” after Írost will hardly do for thi 
thick sower of two and upwards can only | 54|Gbiden prop 1005016 isole PARES 
succeed with this quanti We ch f pia ie SUFNA lies вау with 4 inches of soil on tht 
pecks ів. ма е eui e ЭЛ, : e нна Анк оке Ре » e15|9 0 |74 | 26 hard EE i not admit of thin seeding, for үн 
рыга milling to АЙЧ dor с cat that те vus E "eee Eh Oba во elo] alte а thin soil there is but little disposition to tiller 
аа the best results from both system (out of condition) 60 із о! 60] 40 the extent to make up for extra thin se ding. 
This very important dem Godd sem Бау 38 Nus" s Bear In estimating the effects of eultivation on the 
fail to elicit such inquiries as the followin 39 iro rica Mn growing t, we would start with the asser- 
Is the seed sown always uniform as жагар its | £ Graces While -.j6»- 110 0 | 88] 62 tion that good farming greatly ameliorates climate, . 
of ti ? 41| Hertfordshire We know of distriets where in our youth only the 
aped cwepuss cce mec Ima е dodi Pa 0] 44-6 hardy old Cone Wheat would succeéd ; this was in 
3. Wok influsled host he antband db 42|Halletts Pedigrees о 0|92| 8 агау old Cone Wheat would succeed ; this was 
8. What may be due to differences in cultivation? nos > 1802 шь daya e * рв not bs ety gown p 
sis ' E ow and ploughed S0 sown 
nid in making these three points subjeets for | е а: lis ; 5 | national МЫ: | the ex ien nt of 4 гаре els, , vas, perhaps thin "a 
суре résults of these, with observations pr. и "Co i dad ida х 
bis Bam E Ihe field, ате проп ux Bann or 1862 Communicated. bar dless Wheats, а Mal em ч. drainage and deep - 
tabulated and discussed, Before а Март е | Venere que s Hes ле» and ат! а а d th h pni 
following table it may be well to point out the| | Wurarsor 1803. gare wr sud D an oronga ar 
tion and thin m together, for 
plans adopted in arriving at the results tabulated. | ledLommas .... 24 | 8 |] _ Samples of seed ST 
Having got a ыруны эе samples of Wheat знаеш Pedigree A 96 ч Wheat, obtained сү жо Ad us БЕ dim pests s miden үс 
MA: nes s ét гуаны Sf onah. ina 5| Golden D rop 93| & |) marker. tillering coincident with the pushing of the ий 
, ds out downwards, 
mixture of mould and etn in marked pots; these Average of 50 spe- hy E 
zs las so that unless the roots can be thus пово а{ей 
were plunged in sand in a hot house, and | subjected /5 i3 гер gano ot and will not form, Deep cultivation 
toat n from 10 to 15| Now on looking o oyer thi is Table the most striking | lets and light into the soil, so that plant 
days the numbers of seeds that had germinated point is the immense differences presente ted by food i is qoe but this very air and light is 
were duly counted, and to error the n t samples in their power of germination, prejudicii tothe wire worm, which does best prar 
Y же} a pen па for while of some samples—and add those d i v. 
germinating grains were , e8—11 M e soil is least disturbed, to wit in old “ seeds, 
and in most cases they were found to eon no means the best looking—all or nearly all ^ ам are perhaps only ploughed 3 or 4 inches to 
decomposing milky kind of fluid, Ў may come up, of others scarcely апу сап do so, | put in BST d foot 
: à сеу р Wheat, while the worms haye ; 
Our object in under th reste rici even under the most favour. stances, and | into the pan away from f 
че the most favourable cireum- |a glanee at the bottom of the table shows as езе are some of the thoughts which ar 
y pru ae ма that — average PAUL 28 рет cent., or оп consideration öf ou? xperiments rx 
ier Т "PC Bet MIT TO em that the Wheat of bservations, and they lead us to conclude that 
In counting the germinated grains, most of | 1862 was not of the best, the thick-and- thin” advocate fo rre 
De Е с 5 eo ~ sem ica É gh, all year is better th jan usual, 80 Asp gut edo M erras egregiously in thin as in thick seeding. 
„иц уе — 
some of them were so distor t under the which gend j i liable in p natural soil, we may ps Y next, November 2, is the last day 
natural circumstances of дст ба could never | perhaps conclude that as а rule not nae АК on which еп sene of live stock for the fo we j / 
be ех rd to arrive аё maturity ; indeed there i is | three-fourths of че seed sown germinate. Cattle 'Show of the Smithfield Club can be received. / 
Ba Ape d af ique. E us of|The office of Mr. B. T, Bra € АЛДЕ m 
whose powers of germination: would have|thick or thin seeding must be obyious to all; for eet M retary, is at the corner of Half Mi 
m bytha mes of A emi unless D e quality of the seed i ascertained, the | Street, Piceadilly.—The entries for the Cattle 
at sowing. r may be the one un аб Pingla Hall, Birmingham, close/this 
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mean he w voc: e 
Tho weights per bushel being estimate 4 from. ang ч башке RR age 
а е «i mist Vat Y 18 ае New 5 ST m, АЯТЕ», ым we find 1o Tur Times imes newspaper pu blished on the Sth and on 
х 9 Тее созіне: бете Мн О. ЧА AERA y; the birds от о 30th instant two letters from landowners on a 
“үм IT asure, so the т eA 43 Чер the credit of the subject that demands, I think, further notice. can 
rule t] Ba ie n шнш, hut млну they] disaster, and so ali tohe proof po The writer quee а tn lains tht. in в 
3 season a PE Y positive that | attempting to 8 i e 
Me. dor the seed | this срби sanctioned by P. leoni Mi he * ud 
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