156 THE 
AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
be, or as wolves ai 
March I sowed, thickly, a patch in a sunny | assigning to the Kohl ia place amongst the bulbs| are likely to are? zi 
bed in ha aS oakin! the ie came up as (at aa ii as its feeding properties are concerned), | conti TE ie ai the extra asin Be ; 
thickly as ee much resem ze ng y g Broccol far above the white Turnip, although not quite equal to oan almost i sible. portion of lime 
plants. The d Swede; if, as lsr on by Mr. Lysons, it can b i f the slug burns a hole in 
able to Boe them out in the meow which i had pre- enitivnted as to produc: P e o food equal in his ia, sad ends his W neat aus propensities 
pared for them. After waiting M iveral weeks, he largest crop “ot S z it po’ aa liable to | for ever. A man on a light breezy morning can ere ant 
ing tat the plants had become too old to AEn 2 I na nis of grab or fly; “ane adapted for keepi acre in a very little time ; it would not require many 
ventured to do so lest the ' season should go o by. I made ough the wi inter ; oe aS of being Pai ted at finish a field of 10 acres; and if 
1 t and en nduri ring the frosts of winter ; 3 | the farmer always ecg his eyes open early and a he 
mu and e. pig’s urine ; the Kohl ‘Rath th of be rid of this pest, and put money into his 
et for ra corn, instead of fe oding a hostile oa of 
sort of diluted 
ou 
the Cabbage arrives 
ich 
nce it is FNs equal to the Swede | 
sein as food, ‘and Fag we tal be ‘adie of some 
he e time Iw wou uld s suggest 
i 
d of treatment ought to 
Wi 
oie a ar segs about the roots; in les: an a| at perfection, s 
eads and opt to grow 
vigorous sly. In i tł 
result is as foll: e's aa A plot of gro 
Ican reckon containing 18 peers T had 27 “basket 
fall, weighing on the av ris oA oe each, or deducting | t 
5 Ibs. for the basket. Thus I had 2025 
amount might be expected i in any other 
I purpo: 
specimen o the Gloacestershire Agrionltura 
044." 
ON > SEED. 
f| So many of the in our forme 
on Dibbling ziha liable. Aa be oiana tood, 
of obj jection 
pga penta eas of Nipe to 
prica agriculturist.—Alfred Gyde, Painswi ick. 
for an re one, elie lie burned the soil and j ee aana 
LIN 
ments 
r pap 
} 
rated the ashes. Bu t when he adopts this measure, the 
i being either dest: troyed by hé 
t g by the ashes. Wherever $ then, i 
hars e open miy of meeting some of the objertions | 
must ‘trouble you a little farther 
so 
on this aea, 
It may be pri gp that, like many quacks, we 
ne 
Samuel Aa aera Court, Nov 
A ab 
mixtur è, J 
n is aes too E to okai t? ie na is is no! taal 
ove promi 
the Agricultural Show at ipui some ‘fine a spec cimens n lim And yet we do not 
of the Kohl Rabi, which attracted bana ond Katon say that t dibbling. is not wrieyebel desirable 3 3 we only | mode of proceeding more especially a advisable when 
those eekin; to be either mor 
Sifarmaton respecting the new Foot, whic ch “oy. pa on different kinds i of soil. For instance, we should not disposed or more discriminating than t 2° 
has b: ositively rec end Mat si ” of Dundee, who pro-| Birds, too, ought to be ca from taking th 
freely passed their opinion on its merits or de meri b bly or hollow soil, to sow seed ; for we fear they are not to be exempted from 
Some shook their heads, and thought it would prey few seeds as an occupier of be a deep rich clay mi e | suspicion of being careless about leaving plants ae 0) 
rted that it never could be satisfied with. For him the divbling engine might be so | distances. This prevention will be easily perforn ‘ 
swer; ot 
introduced as a field | crop; a third party inquired what 
Mr. 
constructed as to ey it of depos ositing the seeds nearer 
war the ‘deposition 
; because it cannot b 
prac cal fa rmer ; whilst a x fourth thought it might suc- 
Seed, at it required to “a be tried as food, mi a have its 
and def 
r be attended to le ‘oll 
J 
te 
kiiy cause Aot Lira to tiller so luxuriantly 
one will; h soils nutriment would fy 
h 
supplied 
to them en hare slowly; neither their upper growth 
known, efore t e practical 
pod would rs ce c E EEN init. The alone of 
these various 
nions by persons to whom the Kohl 
Rabi was evidently new, led me to make application ra 
nor th sufficient shoots to fill 
Now it may te less trouble to increase the quanti 
seed than to attend to these ays ee this we a 
up the aiena aien spaces ; therefore the whole of the 
= would not rei occupied, which would entail waste. 
though, for these reasons, we should pla: ant at shorter 
vals, 
wi 
| most Bit how te eho as 5 far as outlay from the po 
péerim ment 3 3 this adm i 0. 
that the ureventate pot 
I promised to publish in the Agricultural Gazette, and 
which I now beg leave to forward for insertion, together | t 
Globe, 
1 RE ae 
ong il; 
sof the land, and the genei 
fae ry ae from 
to censure bee farmer 
ib ut w 
wh ws three 
may be allowed to cerry hat 
not g 
that we 
which, it m 
with the analysis of the Swede, Orange Globe, Mangold, as p ing 
d White Turnip. The latter three plants were grown en as rich ; wherefore it is Pty our op that | bushels p 
on the estate of yett, Esq.,at Painswick, in a |“ R.H t ly. | if our land 
light calcareous soil, resting on the lower oolite, whilst 
the Kohl Rabi was ones under circumstances with | pF Bast mp the quantity of sath to ees state of the 
which I am acquaint apti fro r. Lysons’s | pee ought only to be looked upon as a rri ve mea- 
letter, The specimen puta I fai 
sample of those exhibited at ieee, 3 it weighed a of ‘any existing evil. ae 
about 5 lbs., was globular i a form, green on the outside, | ably ts object of ‘the farmer ought 
d had the appear- | to be so to alter th periti of the land, by g 
ance and taste of the stem of a cabare | the staple deeper an iently tenacious, and 
f the Ki 
‘of the Swe ede, O 
he same quant ity ange 
Turnip to the te euperatae of 230° F. until F scape! dr T | 
e bulbs 
matter contained in 
with the water these ‘ere ntain ine 
Rabi, together | | soil 
oS can never remove the debits s as s iong as 
We think it only te s nds 3 
ust p tic 
which will b be made to the prcins of. dibbling a 
quantity of seed. „One we have heard is, that € 
ted t cmt 
and co s; with a bones 
isation Re these, por hres s% oe at pen nothing to 
do, with the impediments which lie in the way of 
but if the aie of seed i is a good one any m 
fail? Not more than one in 50 will be found bad; B 
side 
farmer 
Rati Swede: i Oringe Globe: | faapa ae beise res sorted to. first dr E100 
ow, d } ays will give him a just estin 
Wat 897 | so gs3 | 936 which a remedy i is to be pN the pet sete’ com- howi many faulty. coms fete will be in a peck, and 
aha f Mate 109 monly in vogue is this—the sowing more seed. Thus: Are | he can act accordin 
far t least,” z ascertain, ra i the vati of | | there ny aluga on the ground? more seed must besown.| Another objection. i at on land where the plant 
la ‘i contained _in thes bul Ibs, Me e Kohl e th many wi ireworms in it? more seed, must be apt to be thro or be come r oot- -fallen it "a 
R Rabi hast age of th e White Turnip, and this | employed. vation Up 
or, that it woul hi of E aew? again, more seed is the remedy. Is z bee them fail the ke 
160 9 Ibs. c t y white Turnip to Ea as much foo d by light blowing sand ? ee a hollow heathy mould? o Pts io very eae: We have iri partially metti 
tilth, with a are the birds oabie 
weight, as n hey of Kohl Rabi; 
will be seen e Kohl Rabi in air seroma is in- 
e Brede: or se bape ge gold. The 
P 
some? or is ‘the climate severe? still, more seed, mor 
objection in our last paper. We there rae i 
t will b 
seed i is the cry with n ae ers; as a they thought that the 
, the gigs he asus, 
e Kohl Ra Fe and least 
D ~ ach of these bulbs was 
ter in the following pro- 
Oran, als 
p. 
s of pets being o obtain 
ight, 
the c limate, the soil ‘teal. were creatures 
highly aa « pate 4 p ers, and a gr 
and w 
rictly supernumerary, 
against t all these casualties. We no add, oa 
| a will ney da Bp a Wheat plant whic h 
| been aa nly depos ASB ent de pre 
out ind, an wi o T ikely to to 
pot Fok e 
als neither will the sun es able to wither np i 
_ Let ne pull at a plant which has bee! 
which were necess sary to the i insuring a good crop. „This, 
d, yer e will at once be conve 
would go 
The inorganic constitu this is true. This operation alone then 
directly from the Soil in Shieh the plants are an n, apala which, in great wa i is 
of their exhausting power, | ° of Agri ultural Societies, Chemical Associations, ead Im t il th ady: D 
as far as the mineral constitu jei h e erned. Hence, plemen nt- SA erg ought to be on the TER FAO render ti pr ocess more qin n 
we find that the Kohl Rabi vonid 7 e from the soil | S&rely there “disndmeedlag Page cenit tae of | not a Be see Ei airon dept th b 
a larger amount of inorg anic matt kegs either of the such evils as slug ireworms, &c., bes sides bribin ng them | also be gently settled rite: ‘hes ý 
other bulbs, if taken in tate 5 ape p i We | ia pecs an izine whioh combines all these pow 
compared with that con a given weigh he | t will not be supposed that we can enter fully into | Now „if“ R. H.” were to contrive uae all tne si 
dried bulbs, the white Tarnip contains the pay all the remedies which might a ms pnan for such | contained in his k yess bomen b 
quantity of earthy and saline matter, i. e. for the weight | casualties as these; but a few a noticed, just to with, sould he have mplai. E cay 
show that there is some reason in ie statement mara Would he not A ce Pontos f ea i 
Z The p Aor principles of which these four bulbs Eam d of th coger is a Less Le peg y of! crop in spring, po would deraan sE the fertilis 
were composed, as ascertained b ful anal em. Suppose, then, a farmer’ feid is i 
> y. careful analysis, were | ery much infested with slugs; „he 'compou nds r the Ker Ie s iva x aren ~~ wile k he fall : orn in : 3 
___Oncanre. Kohl RabijSwede}Orange Globe) Turnip pi ie are none e 
oft ae hi d 
S e A et A Min |anderfre he mtt eens ou ong Sn ne 
"ee 3 3 E ni g year. “Th e composition ‘with these ies, therefore, | neighbour, unless he can assure nat. recautions d 
ugr miy 62 65 101 23 shh carried on the next season also ; and unless th oe we have mentioned decsiionisad os com 
ugar ap Kori, fea ig: by sending them Rass, mies of his smaller portion of seed to the soil. i 
Nitrogenous. erg rave hid th ils the 80 
ee. the end sow but never reap. Now, bearing i in mind that pres sedis is wa ges E p st 5 a 
Albumen eh 3 5 4 3 these slugs are not conscientious animals, and that they rie ee no perman 
asi . 
oo reaps Pais ee astating one square yard | lan ‘on it must be poe Sale AE also, that the 
Inorganic, ' utterly, to the thinning five scien ntifcally, would it oy pe be depended upon to, cast hg pe superni 
o Raa 11 6 10 s ee far been Phd lay out the price of the two bushels $ re ir to 
orn in a little caustic time which, applied they, are tek 
1 1 evening for a few days, jo at interval no va fe rd und thick a bare p patches rapes as 1 pi 
ipag 
[a 000 00 
From the above ie i “think we are justified ‘in 
We are aware that other objections may be | 
