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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 
197 
thicker and stronger than before; 
edie prodnoed 16 bshls., or at the rate of 128 bshs. 
e 
ha, 
hich consists of a peg cya 
, blunt at the hex wer en ad F, a 
ys EF,w 
g-rod E 
| arte rod of i 
| present inhabitants of the globe—whether they may be, 
h 
1 
to the acre, g 
ence, thrown up again to the 
dall 
; L. Hommedie 
q yah of clear profit E ie gives pa as an instance aie 
“what might be done in a better cultivated one than 
erica. 
pave may be sown in sep to great advantage as 
l ey 
A hollow tor receive i), 
dE (m through a 
tapped piece of iron, byw f 
y some convulsion of nature, is not for us to 
inquire about ; 
ue he lower extr remity B 
fae shaft may be regulated at pleasure by zorening in 
or oa ane other groove CD serves mvey 
a ng ; ewes and lambs a ‘derive much benefit from 
it, at a time when Tri or no other green ey can be 
Secure: ant for this pornoa, it dehy 
be sown early i r autu nit 
aised above 
co 
o hola made by the dibling og ite soe prac 
the mea 
Itis 
ackni owledge d fact ‘that rw soil of Fae: Britain tes oe 
nd 
m the want o 
be or depressed an 2 then 
of the grooves ; or ses pe se 
ed o 
ready t ge? daen ote to the wat ieee. 
the subsequent action of the rod. 
by 
To r receiv ve t the seed 
h e 
u pensate i antity ol 
d | stabl , caused by the introducti f railroads. 
There is still, however, a paucity of food for the growth 
| of eda and it a gag that no exerti 
inte landed to stand for a crop of seed. it 
ee recommended it to be mowed two or three time 
ca lly or r funnel-fashion. The see t be introduced 
e the ge 
millions of 
must 
Had efby with ee Rovers and daa The garieaun ote in 
3.— 
ll for 
ing the summer for c het. This kin d of husbandry 
ns we. 
or A, for Grass. T o Mr. Milburn, 
the ‘Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society,” 
he cultivation of Rye is parswed piepe ely upon the 
k lands in Berk nrp: for the. . purpos of man uring 
epresente di in fig. 
— Capen 
Fome Correspondence 
usbandry he the acral mind appears at 
oft 
h man 
younde pe nee annum. Thea attentioa of capitalists and cor- 
orations has been called to this subject in a former 
eo and the fol ee startling assertion, which is no 
less true from its creating rig ag ma 
| guardians of the „poo! r to take t 
S Hu. 
present to be directed to 
the 
n. 
n pi ea 
The va 
e improve: 
dition of e le ere de rfu l 
effec the son produced by AIER oe, it | 
l | waste, he 
c- Oheak d do well to take up this important sub- 
ject.—Falcon. 
Bone-crushing.—I have got one of Fry’ s bone-pound- 
ing machines, and I a be very glad if Mr. Fry, or 
y else who has used it, would inform me how 
much ad have been in pi habit of giving | oe having 
them p andes a ugh the widest bars. o give 
at a seaso i to ens. am plough may be more frequently 
ers it is most wanted. s produced with- = aside ‘by fa than the present oyetan ermit: 
cing any portion of the u sal A Hon n parage I believe it is koy “generally allowed that the work Hr 
m, and with little lace 3. It will grow on | forme hed 
iny soil, but especially on poor loo cand ‘shes any | by the plough, and many practical men are convinced 
otber escu ul ent is more or r less ap . t wil th produce of the ol x iy rom ags labou 
an is less expensive than renders the labour of the spade (or fi s.ch 
r leguminous crops, 6. It is re l 
rA +} 
+ 
e great objection, pas to othe former 
to be dor 
. It improves rather than 
of 
to the quantity of wo ork t 
ERE for doing it, a cena want 
6s. , per quarter, fond ay that under bic reno they shall 
» 6d. p day. them 
—A Far: [Watch 
stoc! oi 
ail. 4 si qpantit 
à proin o the soil, the time of, sowing, and the pur- 
) RAA hich it is intended. If it is, intended to be 
t the seat ons for sowing, & 
A 
the ey take, the quantity done, Bey a 
A m man can oy dig an acre in 20 d i ist a pair of 
e 3 bus hels ; for 
ee Haye wage oe be Stes 
of your correspondents expresses 
horses can plou ind in a i 30 that ee such a Potatoes er 
mode it is very clear the ‘plough will always 
ng s pies ; 
is d by scientific agriculturists, the Hessen 
may “reguentiy be „Substituted for the plongh. _ ins te ad, 
g , th consequences of w 
described some i ge (ago. i 
the Potatoes were found s 
the sage ip reached them 
should 
n all other iit jt 
k that 
after the, land is ‘plonge. the 
seed ti 
nate in. All, therefore; which i is immediately necessary, 
We 
oe a up a at once, dig only narrow bili tad at wide 
int tervals. In these lines, so dug up, drill in the seed, 
ch only oip s at first a very NE space to germi- |a 
| field was high 
a a 
| ness of tissue sufficient to withstand the intense frost of 
Dec i ituati i ely too 
moist causes the 
g 
amediately, ae a a formadges and Sai to the 
A which it ever after retai —Jo hn Moe Intosh. 
og t seed and the small rootlets of the ; young plants, an 
s far as their health is be eri Toy ae a 8 
the whole 
d| mu 
afely 
g-machine could be provided which should in- 
5 lett i in this state during vide nt | intense frost will brea the c 
ON D BELING $ ED. that by this plan a large ity Pot 
VING in a Number os your Paper an fitted for the early ere of the. young dint! in a short | tured, no after care can restore. 
wc a Dibbling Ses d, in which i tated tb time. The intervals between the drill may | frost, when the Potato is frozen ben 
afterwards be dug es at leisure, ane if this operation 
on 
of seeds planted on a given space, much | 
crue, I beg to describe an exceedingly | 
eath the 
| tissue e is not broken; the juices only are frozen i in krer 
o destruc- 
e whole winter, it ca 
plants. Of. aoaia sueh a syste adopted for 
root-crops in spring and sammer. ” This mode of ape 
T effectual hand- -dibble, with whi ch i 
a gre 
cultare „also „admits of a more scientific and sipna 
np 
er | 
mildew 
in eee in ae e Papers. H the Ist gr Sth of last 
tion fo llows. A cottager in ka neighbourhood found 
his Potatoes in like cole spoiled on ing 
after pag thaw. The wi fia pi „aardeni is an adhesive 
conducto Ta 
mon nth, have ¢ aya 
O Over. luxuriance, 
ug 
there i is ae y which p 
y ot | 
o corn or any other sort 
mechan ical di Miou 
ed Pa E rico got wet 
of grair 
ulty of hipiai 
kk reaso shai 10 
a fra 
Pi t 
ad d. Our se iaie e E a | 
fie! in the soil the tas EAN which the ‘plant ay 
requi ire thro ence le progress of its gro owth, 
wir 'eworm, i think $ worth w. 
pan feat ae tried E orth, wil fs the Tee of of Shoppr 
and in East Kent. The lan 
any = by the Joar y with Peas eas or S ha the 
second—taking care eep the land quite free from 
weeds, for these, if A to pon at all, pa furnish 
a such aasa should not be, 
Acorns, or 
for P 
Th k is performed 
and the distress to the on by the 
of 
a avoe source oi ely, nitrate da; then after the bl fa 
Sa to thos e who | comes the tug of war, and j t 
dl aboan i, elements of gluten, in addition to this, 2 am a ; 
kua icity of its onatraetion, nmi and in this atge, en the extended roots of the pian 
e Ty himself, or -| are seeking in every direction strong food, ther 
e dibble eo atan e ingly tri be no danger of a over supply. The animal Lae this | 
nsists ofa rectangul ices Sat deal, 3 ft. | arrangement in his diet; if we were to load the stomach | 
rea downs spade wo halves, and screwed | of a young infant with strong beef-tea, diseade would 
F be the same ‘law for r plants, whose healt th and vigour will 
1 
The | food for the wireworm. After the Peas and 
Whea gH instance, gf tele requires during th the winter Wheat mT iy “ga! sown. I have lately ed the 
widaths any other food than what the ghbo urin armer: a pasture-field 
ives it; during the spring months, until the bl eas ; these came safely 
g t 
ing season, its grassy condition will be improved | 0 
the 
nea 
off. p e land was well dressed through the prani 
and sown m with Wheat; the blade scarce made ap- 
wireworm. 
1) RAAY 
be the eae e the young calf would be ts peal 
by food of a highly stimulating nature, and it appears to | 
partn with Does s; these came well off, and there is now 
upon it a thick and healthy plant of Wheat.—A Kentish 
Subscriber. 
Rats.—We read of sums given for destroying the most 
useful of the farmers’ ening the hedgehog, and of 
Clubs, &c., but r of any attempt to keep 
t. From the 
, we are ‘with rats. and 
1 through "is A untry by hundreds, aes no step x 
In the wide drill 
the various stages of their growth. 
culture, there’ 
in at the af ed ‘period ; ; when, for instance, the e 
ei readiness to aff 
sited: and not till then ; for previous to this 
trong manure will as been too sti 
wae rec 
of that a Rat Club be formed by volun’ 
land. The: 
cme to defend o pirita from their atta Let m 
mmend your proposing, not a fes “Club, but 
atic riance wi w may 
fi ansplantir 
Be: 
followed in such a system of W. 
T Wheat wo ae z serviceable fe Pl Gaon eraot 
well as the ring up the 
id tlt 
rows} and uni 
itay with a curved slope 
carefully 
Mera 
mee! 
angle), 
and un 
bo 
avoiding er p 
till 
mulating, and over pina be am 
mildew 
every ish ; and li this 
ards. Som ething of 
ing would soo: Ni 
be likewise this kind cha be done, oF we or we shall Ne eaten up alive, since 
ragi 
feiture of his ge for any g 
of “pana ees ae . 
rm.—Thanks to ‘* Lusor.” 
is 
Y Grane int a 
firm hold 0 
us manures, an 
p 
3 small prt oe but to have a very thick 
time 
particula ecole 
to the soil, which is of a rich obag e. She 
the en pagar, b erp? 
urth: 
the most proper: rarities o 
of sorts in Laws 
of all, viz.: the scourings of our 
sg and te houses, which are see inte OF 
wns, | small. 
Tussocks.—The dense and unsightly tufts of Grass a 
