T 51845.) THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 245 
CHEAP AND DURABLE ROOFING, The nature of the early growth of our grain crops, bonate of lime; 12, Lew a lbs. of thejearbonate 
; T RESISTER OF FROST FOR GARDEN USES. Wheat, Oats, Barley, thus determine: s the mazima of Peg alone, well poun 
AND THE BES | of their respective harvests. i well, if by subse-| 8. Results ob tained. I 
5 ROYAL LET. | quent good management we can insure the full By Measure. | By Weight, 
TERS PATENT | 8towth of all the parts for whose ultimate appear- No, 10; 5, As. ©, 
ance provision is now made—it is well if we should | rN 
She attain the maximum which after the next month or 11. S. A.&C. L. 
2 two will be possible; but how important is the j 
ep ie garage ARD period of the plant’s growth during which that 12. C. L.. | 
aae iiem: and Buildings, Bun maximum is fixed—and of what consequence, that 9. Any ge observations of es experimenter 
wonton ASPHALTED FELT, for Roofing Houses, by good management POW: WE SJ piaco that maxi- Mame soil, situation, season, & is 
OTECT PLANTS AGAINST THe mum astigh on th le of abund I Š sie t e manure poya > i, made n ow, 
OF THE FR ROST, be g to call the attention of Gar GREY VUE aR ee artly rotten in time for fa crop, it had 
jers and others to their eir superior aie whioh has r been ex: We Hait tots gf ae to the mee iaeo kenar he, Gated in a shaded spot, and occasional] 
ed oo Ss a the Prize for pfii the best and of ese oN amon large wetted, taking care, however, not to put so ne | 
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It has been tested in the ida : elicit t the trath i 1n | water on it as me A should run say from the heap. 
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leme parih Aeaee roA PETE AR matters. In reference to Potato culti- Let the crop, as well to have as much time as 
ed of the strongest a foe r instance, eee page 223) the usefulness poate. he Sw ‘edish dy which need not be 
rated with the BEST | of cu off the fi er-buds, even wee eks yet. „We shall be happy to 
SAME AS SELECTED form s see lL: PI f ke 
eg Bie yi Siar 
i ely to tell one way as a, ; for the snr may be forwarded to us. 
“THIS. ‘ASPHALT result i is doubtless affected by the other circu 
AS briatra mach Seas aR 
CO.’s, and whieh renders it 
5 rain, snow, and frost, ae ssompcudunbor oh teat ae and cu tivation adopted ; but rit Root = ne yaaa ey than the id demand 
dr —Price ON = ee N s Pee So CARRIO the’é xperimenters Su tis shiject™ be miticrods, ‘es the > mstant ‘efforts which are A ARS Nia pace 
} cies E pass aa or laying on, tda d testimonials a Ana we hope the ey will be, re may reasonably suppose | * are E Er ply 
ferences of seven years’ experience as to its merits, sent free | that the influence of circumstances under such a 
toany part aika gek or co pi nt: variety of them, and in so large an extent as will be and well. We have to direct the attention of | our 
PATENT FE oF aes UFACTORY ee ib Factory IN | oy norimented pads iho: destroyed: that errors due | readers to an advertisement in last week’s Num’ 
GREAT BRITAI x oF Roorixe | o periment Fai Li -1}| which states that a machine capable of deliveri 
T Grins), LAMB'S BUILDINGS, BUNHILL-ROW, LONDON, | to them doing as often on one side as another, will f h Cg St ehas by SL; che 
Reo wr Eramo to De nan at ihe Factory, and a | | balan nce one another, and that the agg igite result | 800 feet per hour of tiles 3z inches 2 is on e 
discount allowed to the Trade. will veisioieit hevurdile: bition at No. 14, South-street, M poepen A 
, tenana “tek Aani 
F ý q = It í a tt Now the following is r subject on which moy mind and Judgo of is efieaey. "Meas np 
¢ £ Orict ura We È, it is the interest of farmers to be informed; the Denron and Cuarnock, who are connected with it, 
| experiments connected with which should „be set | ore well owe my their useful oats on the sub- 
ect of drain 
‘SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1845. this yea’ 
ARAE tee The qu uestion to which an answer is wanted wl SUPPORT anD EMPLOYMENT or LABOURERS. 
EEIE “April 15—Agrionteoral hotlewy of Ragland this :—What is the oliliprative value of gypsum,} Ar the commencement of the late rigorous winter, 
Wasaa 2 24—Agrealtnral Society of Bngland, sulphate of iron, and.muriate of lime, as fixers of} I addressed a letter to a lending j journal, recommending 
Tav ” April 24—Agricultural Imp. Soc. of Ireland, ammonia in dunghills? And the following is the | a plan for the support and employment of labourers. - 
MERS’ Coos: schedule published by Professor HensLow, which | My letter was not inserted, but I have muc wheter tification 
sranf feta April 19{ Gardi | foont pore es for the ie nce Bek the expe- | in Sading that ilp identical pl Sa pennan T 
April ot ea > E (Ohop 
Ferry ock = following extract from a letter in the Times newspaper 
porr eaan amand Hone Its ofh of Satu rday, March 29th, will show, with all the 
7 Daah eke Ferry (W: Firle 1. Name and dabes of the Experimenter. 
Haire i 2. a of the la mere of land, carly of the| <1 flue is the ase S from a — cont 
Ee ae Prepare nine patc carly Hi ham, and signed “ Z,” in the Times, of March 29, - 
: ese the points in Physiological Botany eh qus ality as — m each i pateh to contain ie se se eto of Horsham ithe head quarters 
ich bear upon agriculture, few are more im- rods, i. e. the tenth o which comprises laces z 
ant than the hot now g geuerelly acknowledged| 4. Prepar ‘five dunghills, eac a c ies ing 1 of + ra ‘Shipley, part of Beeding Shai, big P x 
som, the fruit of a plant, all ry i ard m eyed ? Pn faded be severally y fronted as | Rusper, Marnham, Ifield, and part of Horsham.” pee 
i igina identi ollows, and used for t ni TOP :— | lette cuei, Se MAGS: tek ‘nie AAEE te F 
hn sa s any, on identical. A. Nothing added to it ; B. To be burnt to ashes, sen 8 ongst the population, entire] agriedianaly” 
orrHotocy, which is the name 8 prevail amongs pop n, y ah 
ien A were bea eugfully C. -y pe 2e of [sence o be sted penn Se the | during a hard season. It on: “ With a 
ts e Pen . 
ani illustrated in a series of papers b the mates whist t Tah 5 ‘gallons, of lanes < | to providing espe sort: of remedy: for tiis 
e tment of this Paper last D. Sixty pounds of sulp n to he dissolved | sut gaea 
guments and ob ations th 5 gallons of water; an e materials of the | this sum they 11 aeres of 
ng here to do, l dungheap wetted w. ey are being heaped up ;| a year, and planted it with 1 
accuracy of the inferences drawn from them E. The pit heap to be similarly prepared with | up to the present time to 227. 10s.; the rates and 
to the practice of the farmer is 60 Ibs. muriate lime, dissolved in 25 gallons of | zt 6s. per acre, to 3l Ta. ôd. Baiia this, 8} ae 
important. water. common land were taken, eld rent-free 
The beer expense will not exceed 3s. or 4s. for so | first and at the rate of 15s. a-year for the follow- 
vite ae about the grina identity of aie =P uantity of the materials as is required d te Arer S O been A E N 
t of a plant ar ect; then that for theeo. experimen! The wholesale prices n the Wheat land about 100/. ; upon the broken-up 
its hi seep when these germs assume the as follow Gypsum 30s. per ton; sulphate of an, 60l., aer m this they have given employm 
tinctive features of their ultimate products is iran 37. 15s. to 4l. 4s. per ton; muriate of lime, | of the best deseription for the support of the vines, 
“Y mportant. In reference to the Wheat-plant, 5i. to 6l. per re bs 14 weeks to the following number of individuals :— 
+ end the about the critical} N,B,—An additional experiment may be added“for| weeks, | Numberof Number of Rate of wages 
vod In its growth to which we allude—good culti- testing the action of sulphate of ammonia without st. adults. See aes p T pe 
soa now may make all the difference at harvest, the addition of carbonate of lime. RUR tee oo : a: l watts 
ith 20 ears of 60 grains in each,| 5. The nine patches of land to be manured as follows ; Be Se pe Beat 4 
of stalks with but 20 or 30 grains the day to be noted when the >. With ae pease it: Ce Be oe BR ee 
—z. e. top-dressing, No. 1. Nothing added; 2. With A (d ung) 5 feet ts ees tana A 
right 3. With D ashes) ; 4. With ong and YP: Ba ri eae Oe s 
Sunes py suitable (ng and sul ial to) Sixty rosie sul- peas | ae 58 . : 
ts to originate their 8 = hE omg an and mur. lime) ; Si ts: BOs Lge ager 
vigour as, if they pa ‘Sixty aba bile? - + 2. Sher rx 
phe 6. Results obtained; day noted t a ma 
ars on which many of the By By $ i R P i 1 
uni roductive ; this shows Measure. {| Weight. | Remarks. i * . sn . 59 ; i 
Sos requires to be 1. Nothing . lk. ae ee 1 ep oP 
owth. The soil may CER $ 
B rare rar a large number i 
$ such a character, ght 1 19) S wa re toi ri; E el oyme ent Be Š “period P 
ave been so propitious, that during which thers has a d deman i 
period of its growth deve- 3. Ashes. . . de n im mitt wh p= : 
y to a productive yield ; | Incted:th tertai 
uired ta the Flaat wf e ae Resear even in a pecuniary point of view, the e expe $ ai 
as not present in the soil, or the 6. Goni ou have been productive. 
st w. favourable, ADER 5 it not be for the good of ns ae 
as ied out. Dung kind I have described were general? no 
T, though an unfortunate result, is i ao oe e grr arnir 
contro. i i m one, 1 e 
e a ealain A ca country exerted themselves, as they should do ana 
ent now of those germs whose pr - 8. Dung & Mur. Lim localities with which "they a are severally connecte 
ooked for, If the plant sets from the hope that other parties may try similar ex- 
equent Tree one now, however well car naaa | paolo Wad a view to the benefit of the agricultural 
poo 
Will be but two or or three “ofthe af i pr) 7. Prepare three other patches, each the tenth of an | poor.” hich 
> Maximum peed sore: 63 and manure them as follows:—No. 10. Phe aeria was my proposition, which as it enters 
2 of grains, too, on eachjwill rear With | rather more into detail as to what yon ex on to me the 
e on the vi TO With 30 lbs. sulphate of ammonia ; 11. Wit 
next six eran ous growth of their germs 30 ihe mlpiate ‘ef: axemonis,’ well: mixed. with | best method of proceeding to carry out such a plan as 
30 Ibs, chalk, or any other description of car- | that , may p p 
