THE 
AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
{Mar. 29, 
and prevent their lodging, and it will also 
the turfs ; 
and I hav , known es tracts sapissi 9 secured Ae 
em 
leave F drill in the centre of ‘ong interval to sow the 
of the succeeding crop i You r lab our is now 
this practice in a sg EEA .— Profess 
them—I had recourse to the plan of drawing from ọn 
wing of each pigeon Ya seven i. co feathers, whig 
oper t first rbari 
ation, appearing a = avo r of ba , 
the Scottish Farm 
= ERES nden 
sill Pin “one reaper go over as much ground as four | 
woul in a broadcast field. You may now put in| 
Hom 
pay Culioation. ~The adv nepe of ion cultivation Wheat vpen as nd clean a fallow as you 
y Number, had, b erely running a drill barrow along 
who bestow due ran aa upon the sub- drills that lie ready opened for you; a light 
jeen t a it seems peer a waste of time to avin its seein se lengthways will cover the = Be- 
practi .. Ne vertheless, in agriculture, e, as well as in n thos ose fore winter omes on jfet alk the idle people you can 
di abe 0. ro ough all the 
for 
sma it is poe necessary to reiterate mi 
game truths again and again before the popular mind 
on. ey and apy th An illustration, by way 
u ‘Very sl 
pain, as is evinced by e ee that in es ini 
tween drawing each feather, a tame bird wi 
food from oe ores engaged in it. bird 
be admitte Doak F 
with some Aer adj 
their ec eo disabled, ede? ot minute precautions 
taken 
rg attacks 
other viene wee 
rows of allie 5, ae you ‘vill hav a shelter 
wn feather and labag 
tak 
young Wheat plants, and a softene 
the water. 
In the spring pursue 10e 
to ascend before ther acquire 
W. T. B.— —Ano other 
ngth. 
+o és 
pte abstract truth ; and | another crop of Wheat, and as many igeo 
having ariami in ny most on manner, the | afte rwards, each better than the preceding one. Ot eral times, and having Gauge lost yee re their fiy. 
benefits a necessary probably to the place where they had been 
ed t ye ar, 1 a ced t I would ask you to apply your manures, no matter bred—I obtained them young, and drew their t 
municate the fact = eo readers. 8. T ee aei of 1843 kind she. be be, on the surface and in the spring. Yo feathers., They ran about the yard till these grew a 
ia se a field of 12 acres to the depth o paos 18i in.; will n want straw to make them of; Liebig says | had then become perfectly tame, and have no 
upper part of t , but rs e combustion took | position to wanderaway. I have since pursued the 
i pan with a magpie, which comes every p to tl 
lehtl ‘gpa 
which I applied to different | parts of the field were night- 
soil, the refuse of a horse-hair manufactory, and super- 
phospha 
the cr op of Swedes, 
and bon: 
spri g Im 
ments with Se mpbell’s S Seente "Materials, a Ps as the | 
the 
posed, would b 
d & 
Campbell's Steep. —Last 5 
ow for food, am I shall, as soon as Ic 
| supply of young o y 
Sa bbag ERAR occasional Lehti- in 
cultivation of the Cabbage as an 
pap 
eat A bs sending pi ap 
on 
Paltara Plant, n vee the 
graph Ih wit 
respectivi zA used ; but the whole, without a not- result show t to be a decided failure, I send you hi ing Mr. 
aitat s, ; 11 $ 
in this n being disappoint ted, I paid | cultural Society's s Journal.” Mr. Jame Eve 
Lattribute ya Eea sleet entirely to a subsoil- | 57. Ss. last season mag the mate erial, and lost my crop | “I never,in any one year, ha 
, Which enabled me to good tilth (in 4 fact into ‘the bargain. I saw not the slightest difference on | I use them only in my lamb-yard 
when the Swe s were 80 “9 a biae h his steeps, farther than that on | season; nor, my light land 
ash-heap d thus to etali . oe _moistare for | the portion aes there were fewer black heads. I | extend my quantity; being satisfied 
the plants, in spite of E dry Similar bene exhausters of Si soil, and require a larger propor 
ial effects were also a ate able upon a Tepes dry _ Note of some experiments "made wilh -Campbell's s | manure than a y other crop.” Mr. Everitt adds, hel 
velly field of 20 iain. sown with Pea i down 4 transplanting, and sowing the 
subsoiled during the preceding winter. Bott land was after 2 Las Grass, | where he sate the crop to _ grow. I vill gire 
fu 
ring t 
fields ages subsojle for the first time, having pisinn 
The 
in i wretohed Perder, and quite ont, t was rrow- | 
been in t 
who never 
I as nearly as I can, 
e former, I sow the seedin April, upon a well-mat 
e 
nepi; With regard to draining, too, I am decided ly First we ee a at the rate of 1 lb. of seed for an acre. 
of opi d be deep. I never dig | Seed—6 bushels of Chevalier ee at 32s, the land about midsummer, wit d 
D ke than 3 feet, and Panes PN to cir-| per quarte £1 4 0 plough, the rows being 27 es fro nt 
cumstances, from to 4 and even 5 feet. And, | Manure—30 loa ds of good farm dung, i in: | then deposit at least 15 loads of farm-yard manure, 
although the original outlay be a paai expense (too cladin ng extra Fic) ware sof aN sale and | quarter of a ton of rape-cake, per acre; split the rid 
great, indeed, to be expected from a tenant), I am con . 3 0 0} so as to covert an e h 
d that wherever the land requires draining, it is the — | over them. In the first period of damp weather 
best investment of capital that can be, Be ae towed upon £4 4 0) employ women and girls t: o transplant. them i in the rid 
its imp: nt. Paine, Farn | Produce—6 quarters and 5 bushels 18 inches apart; of nd hi 
Man È l es. ay “which has been veisbing 56 ah + at 28s. £9 56 hoeing.” By this the Cabba ages are generally lar 
a large dairy county, hei St stooks, dre ressings 1 bushel, sere gf aoa h A molher is very wat 
to suck but twice a day, and thus they keep them 18 or 9| weighing 5 Ibe. an , even then, watering by h n 
8, en they ar! get aged fatyith agoodcow. | ond Acre. them ir "Everitt, however, made. this plan 
ay I ask what is the yt a> whence so many | Seed—6 bushels as as steve ve - £1 4 0} and altho ugh the other, of dr illing t tiie seed, does g £ 
are sent to the London FR of Peruvian e E he o follow it 
they not only puua what i is arip to <ie ‘fine veal, with 6 b s of por gs Be and future ; and the The si 
also what is noe profitable to the farmer ? Would ` aed says in cso the seed, . 113 0} thus drilled on 27. es Hds, BE H “first weel k 
not sucking a full meal three likel June, in the same manner as Swedes, exc! ie havi 
to esa their growth = Laitidre [The gs of £217 0| manure applied ago Fe gg for Cabbag 
milking co s three times day is not common s it | Produce—6 grs., weighing 564 Ibs. Everitt grows two so E Thoun had, E 
adi visa be] at 28s. 6d. - £8 110 m-head, either `o ich t the eep v will eat ¥ 
Thick Sowing.—An inquirer from the Banks of the | Straw 99 stooks, dressings 6 ‘pecks, ell. For the first i kave lan 
Dearn ‘hs eer a than three bushels of Barley-| weight 46 lbs. Ee finds they prefer Cober to paar else, and th 
seed a s sufficie t, and w hat i is ~ best „distance | ird Acre. are great promoters of milk.— M.S. 
for the rom h Seed—4 bushels as sae $ - £016 0 
ascertain emer matters, but as the tree of the Agricul- a : T Societies 
tural Ga ae may not be on the £1 8 6|AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT soci 
refer to, if there be no onan to occupy its columns | Produce—3 quarters oa 7 bushel: me aw age 
= repetition, I will again state it; and I do so the «, reighing x3 fae at 2 £5 8 ing of th cil, —The Se 
ooks, aregein 31 bese, 2 nal pe 
may draw attention to i from othe — of a r weight 44 tbe : rl ie, ed = i Ri the 
c A <i par ee z e; Phi is ad See rc Te . 01 h ae instrumel 
med in nach par! 3 rons of Barley at 30 inches sander, M bell’ “0 19 8 tality yo E Ne port House, Ma 
phi tet oa 6 peel c, 12 r t 73 in.; ” ek a prt rarigi 011 0} March 1, É —As a competitor for the 
yi ded a np aod etna REN — » 16 heaped bushels of instead: dung 016 0O| medal to be pace: to the igsdlor Dr 
30, wo rows at es distance, the 74 rows #215 6jd cup 
: Paget shee uced thorough-draining on the lands in their on 
‘i pen arg er ss na tne bave NaS = arr a a hanna weighing 56 i tal Te the liberty of fang ce nage o z i 
at, al +9 gricultural ent Society to the alti 
at somewhere ‘about. 20 era p An lieaf aaa = stooks, dressings 53 jocks, aie hav e had to niad d vi ith, n ot only from bo Be 
geantity of seed may be about A on to the — 
; but I must remark that the ground has bee: 
vie I 
I think the result of this acre shows that the steep 
does more har iadsa nd th od, as the land was equal 
e the 
T reckon, very much depends. _The neg by ing so 
kept open 
throng 
out e manur es on lot four se 
to have been th ily 
1 bushel. 
me retai hapa ag time, pi 
suffers it to be carried up by the p evaporation of moisture 
from Pe soil P the Pa of the plants; and a regular 
and constant supply is also assisted They th e Bit and 
rely on his statement.— A Su bseriber. 
Pigeons.—* A. B. C.” in asking for advi 
how ha may induce -pigeons to remain with him 
not mention the ci mstances sp whi ch he attributes 
py ae to. 
only 
The particulars sent Nee been URI 
nd I am certain you may |in c 
th 
t 
ioe 
f the het bee ose 
ng large and ¢ s 
could in many 6 is 
—from the great pover! ty o 
from the absolute necessity of makin, 
ive main mg Se 
heir 1 
horse poms ee Sais S Ka iaag wide > | that their. highly gregarious peii freepantly | a all sade es can be surmoun Pos i and ea atte 
3 deep; sow the seed of aie erg y fe , for. that ii whieh; as tothe tares a Sener ay Tandlord d will silence pore 
PN furrow, harrow and roll. W. g iei is and this tan «ik ignorance oe cng atitude re nd upho h disturbe 
in rass, work the intervals with a Du th ‘oof shortly | i in age yates they are apparently better fed and pro-| with the ties 
previous to its appa’ a eirth? to tl lants with a | vided with more ‘ee appare ti better fe ted = sede Deene © n gene er kini 
the me hoe.ro 99 ri R ? py lower joints T — se | o ae to s locality surrounded by hi igh trees, which i A 7 oe tah Sp tion was first dra 
ng. ia A o stir repeatedly the in mg ee terfere wit the re; ularit of their fl 
REEL Soa pienso, a Jong tooth TES OF 8 g T eir flights; „and from a December gts byt the je ezertiomsof the Royal AEE 
with Dr, with a singleor s Sika, vana sa = the me | to settle themselves at home. Havin g myself exp “A ; ety, with "he aie of ca 
rrow plo t | 
n= a sing! w plough ; break the soil as | rienced thes: and os pam ‘success te va arious nos- Ma t piiat as Karira as I could upon i 
me as infallible, such as salt-cal 
ous: xe, 
| perty, I then commenced dinining upon sever 
g their 
can upon feo ae of the bame this wil ay to sup- 
asalootida, the odour of which is certainly agreeable to | train in a number of men: to ve 
onsidering it n j 
4 ork, and to p 
