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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
( DzcEMsER 19, 1363. 
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Short of supplying us with t. 
тс? that it does not mention the inereased 
f the; ` Potato “отор, by means of which. sùch 
that and a very frequent one at those of other societies ; 
than it ever hitherto са А той annual im of | and he was confident that the prize animals y 
Wheat and flour of V p aee a together, үе | Lord Spencer, Messrs. Booth ma ige 
amounted in 1845 to i 11300 quarters, and in 1846 
fo 2,340,000 quarters, varied between 3 and 5 millions | 
nd 1859. In 
їз of Scotland. an 
increased produe uce ef оё һаз ben 
Т which а me^. Ln 
or E rep 
obtained, the 
| Secret 
meal has also increased during the same period, 
ying in general fr o 5 millions of quarters 
between 1846 1859, it exceeded 7,000,000 in 
62. 
eo last years have же know been very 
E pr: 3 
LJ 
еа The the eropa i va 
ago to grow E pe^ of bs 
оов, to grow six. Occ 
und wbere the produce bad phe 
he had yet to learn that "x coul alâ дө more now 
best crops are no better Bow 
a an then. 
+ f£ $ 
MeL 
tary of the Wigtown f er р A Society, and 
y де ир EF: d xi -— unty of Wigtown, will 
р 
1у to m y other 
** Duri gre: last r^ years ya has been а rémarkable 
advance PRA n pa дый, 5 thp Society, particulari a 
the cultivation of g Crops, e feeding of cattle and 
sheep for the English [S to ile prar n means of access 
have been, du all that period, afforded b У our excellent 
irou iras plyi 
between the ports of the district and Liverpool, and f. the 
t 
the importations of these three years 3 aslo 
altogether « exceptions al, there remains the fact of an 
enormous and, the ‚ whole, i incre reasing d 
t] 
1 hundreds of рж: of няне сіе їп 
opera ration now, yet as I should be 
another might have done with equal “force 20 or 30|; 
h thereb; 
y 
I believe has been made during the € 
B 
Fe sag 
thoi ides of any great dede oh progress at home. 
There s been по correspon ndin; ng increase in the | 
cattle and shee 
tion of bone-dust t as а manure 
be peg 
imp 
ng to the ао "| 
тро! nes and guano), the consequent 
increased extent of "A opea € ready means of conveying 
fatted stock to the Кыйы 
їп Berwickshire pi "Wilson n, of Edington Mains, 
reports thus of the eid bete улыл y the past 20 
or30 years. After referring to the great extension of 
la nd drainage during ка e past 2 de says ;— 
** When I began › exactly 34 years ago, the applica. 
Turnips was just geti 
naue district, and the slicing of Turnips for 
р 
the p + оо) of the land P! m A ые raetised am: mong us. c M 
annum, and that of sheep and lambs between | years ago, that I nig m prove the general pro е ЖКА омно Ко» ө 
000 and 300,000 i 3 LI rnip- g one of the 
30, m че annum, without much iade which iie 4 pu i England, which—so far as I have been 
р of an mportation year by year. MUR s tho first that was used by a tenant- 
ve the i "imports с of bacon, beef, and l pork AN Of some кансы T suppose this беор ао е im erint s. dm A ire арбада jn Heo 
e the I tw | о years. But ad- asserted—their produce has not increase мй of the acreage annaally under Turnips, LÁ of 
mi ng th: at we are not оп t e whole 80 PT before me a curious table, giving th the „produce of of E ing ASi -— gen cde tao ый m pon а 
bread, it must be remembered, on the other hand, that | 1569. The average produce et the Wheat harvest дей аы NE. ан mme am ( E pese о) 
the prices of our home-produced meat 2 bees en | that ? тю shels er instead of being kept until about two years old, as had been 
gra dally rising. The Бем & fat Hereford ni р M uo il the previous pne he pro 9. bone manng produ 
3 | nearly as great an improvi u 
р more ccn 5d. oi x pe cd 20 years ago without any indication whatever P, а gradually in- Turnip pia to which it тан" direct y ap Hed. Те orehe of 
: — n on |ereasing fertility runs uw s | the green crops and ear! — hoggets prod 
in like manner has risen des e rer апа more per fü bushels GP acro in Sücos eive уеатв:—34, 40, of course, a greatly "^ or faba, —— led 
» And меа this, as from the eel importation 43, 38, 48, 39, 41, 49, 43, 44, 98, 45, 47, 41, 45, 96, 17 e „отча, К, m. ges o ау nies m ои Xem ус | sheep- 
"y 1 ponp воб ah укен кү за sarkok 14440, 26, 94, 27, 34—these foue, last being the Instead of аш annual стор о 1 ог Syene old wedders оГ 
tural ress which we bo an increased duce of 1859, 1860, 1861, and 1 — — NES breeds, they ragni to cross their 
roduce of food. I ne aet refor PAE to thos and sold these cross-bred lambs at 
P tati hi h ansplem: of p ^ 5и will вее,” says the tenant Si сй farm, ‘‘ that we a bid dr ag try fa өнә. "The ommand of 
impor istrio ы ich suppie e produce not at t alli ыс in the yield of Wheat, which їз the pui portable та jus епа the oceupiers of these up-lying 
ticular d. i pai До, ioo the imports of E staple of this district. The Oatc онай ми basa n more produtiva farms to bring mueb additional land w аве. This 
cheese, an hibit in ven greater degree ма Ne lef ond , e should hav ма AT vone ji tk " is steadil rmana T ens , the ами 
more p an usual ; №: ose f thus obtain: accom pani ya 
the заана de deficieney о г our "home supplies. kn ens hree эел» years so as 1859, 1860, eM 1861. еъ а sheep-stock of а more аде class. Allthese 
t of figures, е du" The rents generally have been raised from 5s. to 10s. per acre Бека; айе earlier than 20 years ago; but they havı e baan 
for what they Linde эчә ч ý ue even more t row | during that poriod. * greatly ех d nd деч c m The Introd rr 
doubt assertion th: ta d i of pi los a, 
огорчен угао й ror y praem anie uA EMNEÉ TIE y DEDE 
ihe value quarter of those quantities of Wheat, amount AR nd | sane may be unknown in this 
Barley, Oats into which the tithe has in every the terti of Бн stock t the Fene, bas дессе district. About. that чыз ч оен дй id Abe roaring of 
ish been E г law that $&|?sfberthsn increased during ihe last 15 or 20 years, Since calves, and gradually а good farmers began to fors 
be have been afforded, a good deal of land has | little of it to their pedes ded foro 
kept in principal been employed in the production of Potatos, Carrots, ёе, for | sending + i ta ther ы 00 eain PE VISUS 
of the quantities and prices of Wheat, | the Tondow and Birmingham markets, Some of еве crops, | other farinaceous feeding Жане, are in general use X p 
Ther 
se an "unvarying [degree 
— 
owns 
Parley," and Oats ы оп ме: рее "day 1 бшу, өп lands 
the year. а and i ES 
Peg 
14 h. 
t pr „Асте to the peur et 
grain sold dient the country, a and à would 
fairly idieate fte: f 
ota! 
arke 
suited » their cultivation, have realised good — 
h n as ра nd profitable as the grai 
per aere, 
> 
ps.” 
Another district of stationary agriculture, or rather | "92r 
class of districts 16 may һе, due 
ему; 7manured suburban 
rge town 
LR all those 
und our 
Pee i6 peux. hat they do to certain 
t bene of ien! year appears the | 
faet that they do rise and fall m. the suited 
character the eas 
t терге» | кә 
But. what i 
ively. 
tak 
course nifaya f those 
ese figures, emn for PETS ataa 
of à di S whieh i із consistent with the belief, which will 
retai ti 
a century, 
jak аа worth of oi 
ер тер aro EEA A rex large Ачы of land in 
000 | the cou 
ууу 
the other pee the high artificial 
ways possessed, 
E PROGRESS. 
Now ainder. Beginning in the 
North, I er p ient, there cannot be a doubt 
that it, "more m a 279 а has 
benefited by the 
consuming 
ileake, 
r annum, and Vien 
e 
pacity of addi cud ment in it— 
any other "x the не а, 
and t 
e manu- 
Thus Mr. Simpson, y, Inverness, 
|live stock on the waste T of his 
more egeris than jt в 
very co untryman can point to 80 Aang instances 
of Culloden, says, during the 
nera ees taken ow 
tivati 
ion, and old land hie | been 
aces the face of the co niry 
Society which 
r COCHE Не ald, tat b bad у 
Кы wt "Er ed. ` Though the gross ўтов 
increased, yet M Arce of the best land has 
tered. "Rents, ho лбу 
20 or 30 years rents 
is county, 
iy ihe клеш societies of ta county, To this I 
fertility which кт 
. Railways have been intro- | ГС 
and of the Neo ANA a Qe sufficient education. 
fattening both of sheep aud eattle. The trade in these articles 
and io a here as elsewhere grown to an io- 
hi 
at every cwb. of gu 
the importation of а ps of Wheat. Whether this 
ecurate si or no, there ean be no dont at greon 
crops, live-stock, dung, corn, is a true sequence in 
and that e increase of the first item really means ап ps 
of oí d est,” 
g farther south, I iie м отн кайа 
t бов M т. Stephens 
г 
“I think по chango which has taken place in the e 
of tbis онн since 1840 will so much strike the 
farmer as the increased q own and, a$ à 
f Turnips gr. 
e | natural consequence, the er imis ud of оГ sheep еол. 
a 
The general: Eig. the district h 
improved, from t 
da о o 
one of the most beneficial improvements tha* has s eÙ 
P жек Ше жнр эрт еа meth: 
nd short сунда, dud 2 ^ 
tap Ap ASK i n seke 
E c 
wosdofuly AB. X Азын 
grea ñhanci e va 
eo омота p ап S 
М n are brought to miik: 
А P corn and harvesting. 
this district that the Greenwich H 
lie, which have for so many years been 
