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Chatto FO 5.—TO e ROU OF TONON hadd an impor rtant less ae on the necessity of| noticed evident marks of stn 18) in the Italian 
irr, situate in one of the most healthy and romantic parts ri subsoiling to a greater depth than is 7 a rc nce by us in atin a 
anty, cope: to Edgehill, the Road from: Bahii to | genera! Y practised or thought necessary. If draining | numerous ssessing al 
ing eter hetneon. ey elec al epee indispensable een on all cold wet lands, etn betw: i Lola moi a. ve Mies 
f Glebe Land, E aon tthe besides | the soil should be dried, if possible, A ie full depth | species Z lium equally 
ees. The House, Garden, and Paddock, are plea 3y many, 20 inches is the prodactive of seed w ith thi ginals, y Fhile oth 
DF opulation is small and the duty light. This ? 3 s e orig 1 Ww ers 
entatio: af as F ased about 4 yous n aoada now tended emae depth for nins; _ ‘oem Yai whee Seen are much less p rolific.” 
l forsale in consequence of the gentleman for w bo it was frites  Deanston Serre ard of 3 In corroboration of the last paragraph in nre letter, 
” having been ee get ome OEA a ani iin inches. ave observed in some isolated places | we may refer our readers to an article a late 
“rer & HazeLL, Solicitors, Town Ha : iat can made toed p inches Poena and the stones | Number of ‘i “ English Apricalsural "Society's 
ee eing put in like flagged pipes) lie within 6 to 9 Journal, 2 wh 
p z ( ere itwill be seen that what hav. ve hitherto 
The A gricultur al Gasette, inches of the surface. Preposterous as the latter f the Italian 
ae plan is, yet making drains even 2 feet deep is but a aan are changing. 
SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1845. degree better; 30 inches may do, and does effect much 
’ good ; but from a combination of many reasons and AGRICULTURAL itr PLOTS. 
MEETIN Seren 5a UF fers at Susie Hoan causes, I would not recommend in any soil or situa- [We extract the fo ollowing useful suggest fons! ra a 
Wanxesay, Sk aerieni Tep Doo ehali tion where a fall can be obtained less than a depth of | letter br Mr. J. Prideaux in the Farmers’ Jour 
‘Weonespay, March 26. —Aeriattura soca of Bngland, 3 feet for all minor drains, discharging ones being In Mexico, where, from the scarcity of fuel, seg work 
Tavasvay, March a been ae be at least 6 inches d per. I a _— meine the silver ores by c > Ten in vast heaps of 
piye FA gti R EE ES them deeper even than this, but in no case less. A rein any mistake might produce a 
fy, Hereford TE aS Wien Ferry the ordinary depths of Aranin ng, the sur face onlyi is terrible loss, pe any improvement an era rmous profit, 
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Mar. 204 Debenham r pii which the roots cannot “ene fré ee C Prove teen romedapene k sadn bind 
ees me iia a5 { Bromagrove The tonei kat p pla y.” thi befo re the large o e com In this way they 
rai gx Py EEY subso ilisw to th nt of meeting this aga ainst error ‘ea failure ; ae have 
; here should be i aiie M fs aa Phi ll ge their rude process to a high de- 
cation on hë part of farmer to ts y. jga 2 I an Ee faa oiher part of his book, | gree of per erfect 
pagan ‘aceite a ny p : saci y-reclaimed bog I have foun Such a m sid sy between poena eg premos is what 
Bre: would aiti h t selfevi dent ae AR deeper the tap or deep-rooted plants, on sats. Te through the Terie eee s a far Let him com- 
e aih the ord luxurian ould bathe E improved surface to bil cold unbroken peat, in place | pare the experiments, now so often reported 
3 the “yi ps he tù dee p Pion h of growing into it, and grow along between it in agrioultural  periodieals, vith his own pe orem and 
o age usd E a ra and the surface, and ‘being, when pulled, of the form irae nas he can obtain : select the most 
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Thi y and fis aay see an set them out, with any improve- 
| to eri metic mice phat p3 pred vs Saeed ments he ma =a proper to make, in a guide- bm one 
arat ak season, for the ane vement of his practice the 
ghing. Such an opinion | | or this, acte be marked out, not in pe: wil, 
think it—must hav Ww Pig Vy te but upon ira ‘vailety of "his soil, tors in each shift of 
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ie en ddini frori s y 1S prop e erm; by | varieties of seed. 
ral experience of gardeners, allotment = faa Sig the general crops being “de ependent fe! oles Fa: 
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land Sais te not considered aiian as to the fertile ik “most cases. A few ears ago we ma ade an 
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‘Manure has been well oa with the soil, and | but had to abandon them on account 
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ae a depth of 5 feet from the | artical je yoran a no aat be ne Wet ae" 
‘Surface, and at less depths the land is full of them—| with Probab of our spec tay E | j 
j always be recognised by their taste, aoigh] best varieties! aè natura or accid atak i 2 
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1 e advantag Boge tooo relented to inthe last} One stripe, of course, for-each manure proposed had 
The roots of the eat plant have two upbeat iis all we tend —the i improve- tried ; Pages ‘should be laid in accurately. 
a depth of 6 feet (see page 709 nts in tleh weit ny chins bet n 4, each will b ie 
: . Bapcock of Watlingt d it i h z oe ie ere are to be tried, eac ave, 
Roh: ble at thake of our > athe ate on; pierna i is by true hybridising either there has ‘bes no inter pe get hagas stripe. "The nam , must be w ell 
sid Thes must certainly be con- | been em loyed have been eminentl pam in | fixed, to or mistakes ; and a corresponding plan 
ered a Piiðathė direst which the plant r g them with valuable propert dä es, and remov- | !#id out in rae + zie e oa divide dieror: and 
r me ue and their ik ocourrenco af ed depths, ing t those which are not xg ol and we ilene g P y 4 
; ere no other evidence on the subject, } that i in ve etables also great im rovements may be} ] a Sie AE anon in the effect of e ese chu 
ie considered concn s as to the fisen of | obta mg crossing well selec ted i di ls of dif. RR Aren yvi or drill d os. silk be Geis 
$ or plants in the subso where they found. eae varieties. The e top dressings should E equally laid on, heal 
dering t te e th e n èmployi ngt the term ‘ ‘hybridising” w en certainly | weight or m e; _ care that every division oe ie 
lants, must be dissolved in water, | did not use it in rose ries eey but in its popular | its fair chance. ‘Lear ing 1 “the middle stripe blank each 
ves eem at finding much fertilising pie er The p ord is (ibe: SDG, eya t R 
e greater depth than that at} Another docrespondenit where s follows :— rest, see the effec without 
ited. “ We have repeatedly tried the artifice ial hybridis- | top ‘ressings, por of nh ves pire wih a 
‘ estion of some importance, | ing of Turnips and other agricultural plants, but such | dressings; and the whole may Pee eae a ee 
ow we ie to induce phit to avail themselves of | experiments have never been attended with really pared mgs 4 dressing ofthe -f beg wage” 
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tores of food? Mr. M‘Arruur, of T : portion of it upon one or both sides, The growth 
zeland, who has tly published tht frue hgridation or rs sing of pec renders aiea tena Siesta 
syi endeavours to answer this | the e pro n of seed, by which book. — along the numbered stripes, the onei: 
lished the results of a goo od alone ain “geal cats, ae propagated. ] In 
e form an f| the Turnips, robe we may observe that 
arious agricultural plants, under va- hybrids between the two cies Brassica rapa pete effects o te w dressings which, aie hiato elk 
3 and though the contents of his B. c campestris rutabaga dg very frequently found to | will show norganic w: of the soil, those which pro- 
ey are somewhat of a heterogeneous | possess the highly eeu de properties of great size | ducegreat jedectenpiariog iS ‘bewanted, while st those which 
ae fairly indicated by = and solidity in a grea e than either of the | show but little difference are probably enough alread: 
doubt of the value of som e| originals. stares =" et hybridisation very | the soil; the squares, where hey cross, will s 
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s, or of the justness of his egmay Sa A Spedali: in the case of Swedis oe of a ne yo the others. At harvest the produce 
other Turnips, when seeded in the vicinity of f ier 
Epere mghau the in od lants to extend their “a ch other ; but elly the same apa old | È red; and he bort Senin, ee oe 
as hori subsoil—downwards = in arti ibo as hybridising, with this exception, that cau # oy Sl arom pach yaar aoe. 
J. Tiis L Tp d i z to ne of i ag land es approaching te ep to the vi parent ever, mone year with such improvements as appear suit- 
psi x conse- than the other, have been fi more Dale uctive o “4 
rough drainage g ned with profit to the farmer. 
won sa and the purple-top white DELIMA as as wel many | Such exp t ie ‘bj to age a or ona per 
oar = ode, l The depths to | lathes. the hem ure ae which has never vem eztaite] for Arsia nded on t which have been already 
lax, and Clover grow, | be eyond the experimental grounds. As far as our | successful claemhere, phe on a small scale, 64 to an acre 
their Natural Tendencies and Re- | Xperience goes, swat: we ma ive that even | they will cost little, and in all probability pay a good, 
Laan Bnd Pa Sarai “ot Agricul. | these become more productive of seed by repeated profit ; and reo will be of great sve 95 righ abs proving what 
Gaumaibes tie deon ein es this we have especi then in the early anamers best on he farmer's own soil and circumstances. 
th of the Dale’s hybrid. late years we have ! EN 
