THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
Potato-Culture. —From extensive observation ra 
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Se against failure. _ Thorough ‘draining where 
[APRIL 12, 
you an estimate of the cost and labour upon 1 qr. of 
8 imperial b bushels of ground bone. The mog E: 
price of kone is at the very lowest 5. per Now 
enuine bone, crush 
F 
number ic yards, 0 well prepared farmyard 
manure ; above that, 12 bushels of fine bone-dust, d 
solved with 463 Ibs. of sulphuric acid Pa 92 lbs. of 
water; whi ter having stood for 24 hours, v 
it. 
ll soils is of the 
ch, 
mixed up with 397 gallons | of water 5 it “yas then 
oe Ə 
t of air, and i 
ne, measuring and sacking s i; 
44d. per quarter, ‘hick w yal brng: it nearlyjto 1y per 
ought 
ution ; the ex ence e of rerba m4 “fibres of 1 fabs to permeate the soil with 
ideal le Aii x ier vray imperial — $ g _ When p hag been attended to an er ; and yet n London a from 
weight of tonie tae being topped and tailed, was | at the pro in the end of autumn—it will be | 15s. to 16s per qua T. flow is i is sto bk y > withe 
20 tons 6 cwt. 48 lbs. the Turnips were carted | easy to pi ie hid Taniy in one for the reception of | out adulteratio If ai any o you: 
in the the were split and harrowed | the Potato, which show abo be Lpy rere the end | will solve this question they will ver a y muck o oblige nat 
and then ploughed for crop e Barley was |of April, when the | and the bud of the | only a large bonyi, (a EF brit 
a t on the 3d of April, the soil Potato in a natural nate A rst a ach ie arly | Brain, Guano tre fe a -st., Blac rin ae 
First brake—1 acre 17 p planting will not permit of a thorough pulverisation of | Sliding Harrows.—the p for sliding harrows_ 
1} bush. Chevalier Barley, the land in spring, before the pra a bee n planted, which I [ communicated, and which | you engraved a 
at 3ls. ôd., say . 2 1l the width between the drills should be pe 30 t o 
Campbell’s steep . 6 32 inches, to admit t the soil ind a grubbed and pale appears to have elicited several _ing uiries from ye your 
Meer that the | readers. I 
£012 5 drills be made a good depth 5 ; ‘et t dung, which should be and will endeavour to describe each se serani 
moist and well made, by y being veg K vi etd Firs 
Produce—8 qrs. weighing 5 liquid manure, be then placed in the and a little 
per ma s sold deala de s a 12 0 sail drawn ma m the top of the drill to blind the manure 
012 5 before the sets are placed on it. 
piriana 119 7} excellent plants it is a more “natural neg for the 
Second brake—1 acre 12 perches : Pota tato set, and it can be done wi ith a rake r bu sh- 
Seed—2 ee Barley si in 
‘clean w. $ ae £0 7 103 covered as so as possible with the plough. tm loy 
— careful persons ite select the seed, laying aside all that 
Produce—5 qrs. 2 bush., weigh- have — injured in any manner; never make more 
ing 543 Ibs., at 30s. td". 8 0 14 than two sets of a Potato, cutting off the root end and 
Deduct for seed 0 7 103 l 
£712 3 mainder into inves so as to have rose 
Third hakak: acre 8 perches :— e-en: eacb set. Immed kel ie ‘catting, dust 
. Seed—3 bush., say . - £0 13 10 ti sets with a little gypsum or quick-lime ; it helps to 
prevent the attacks of insects; and w ther dusted or not, | 
Produce—5 qrs. 3 pes meet allow them main before planting two or three days 
eae at 30s. re ok in z cool shaded part quite thi spread upon the 
ct for erba AR EE floor. It has been the general practice oe a a -eood 
£7 10 1 number of years back, to gets eeds from the | er dis- 
‘The Barley was all lodged ; 
a 
hatt 
seed; “these are 
rye ey longer. From the result of 
not t being snes Let of) the pit or bin. riie farmer 
nothing more than a common swingletree, when ad 
tached, of the usual length and strength, with pp 
I intend to t this season again, Arya have it ra 
tested, and wall weigh the straw, the result of which 
will communicate when the crop is thresh ed.— AN 
Country Subscriber. [Thank you.] ; 
ME or Sowi: peinga In ze ply to your RTA nt from 
the Banks of as to the propriety of hin 
ion gg Be Barley tal Spring ey I have trie odi itt 
orth 
ripe, when | some of the shawn or haulm a: 
Aaa ach By footy wide 
at bottom, with what ge 
earth mixed. among Side ES y 
Po tatoes, , and well thatched with straw; and, bes 
£h 
ayan behind the centre. 
made round fri 
eter, and the length ar a pai two-h 
imensions stated below i is pare iy 3 fea 
ws m 
ving dibbled Barley with m 
pai sary 6 inches by 8, with 
for Wheat. Sev 
e sep ot the Beitr have ie highly recommend 
entilation. mm 
aban 
ed by | 
n for seed. get those collected last 
age pit <5 r feet apart, to 
green ones or those with a a a side, 
ben rei 
6 q i navi superior. | 
Sete were tri 
sel all possibility of deducing the results —J. 
and Sulphuric 
and {au 
rs per ac quality bein d 
tried fast year, but the pe son 9 season ke 
S 
some cross me through the middle of |” 
ane Se number Pal y neighbours advised to 
rst gathered era kept well, while the 
same pit have spoiled a great t de al, show 
turned, to the poe emiti 
8 inches, from ¢ toa; all i 
ing the necessity of having them early collected, as th 
east frost will destroy them for seed. It has been = 
ry 
jury w 
to th d being ya aa Aher by tl 
plate, through which the staple is _ passe assed. 
have not conve- 
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to the sun _and weather ; z ; but this „will occupy from a 
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Bone Acid.—As I 
niences for fie arta th the whole rt ge as has been pro 
posed, I ha som 
it to have 
aie ng them until | 
the liquid agreat fume 
it is a dangerous pelea on a large scale; “but a few 
may be exposed in this way, and those wit th a pen 
side on the to op, of the drills may be Totar b; 
e krovne and our seed strengthe: xa 
by bein ing grown from these. Proper Rear ia of the 
pire aiz or heaps must be attended to, whether for 
seed 0 of gi use; where drain-tiles are not plentiful, 
front ¢ th 
Thirdly, in in ‘ice of each harrow 
ring is affix sgt both of which slide fr 
ed, and to 
ale to apply such a quantity as 
A will act upon all th 
ved. 
considerable portion of them will remain un- | 
tri 
suit ird well for aoe along ni par te pr to 
ind 
4 fi leet 10 inches, the ogi 22 ine rey 
1 fongth being 
a ft 10} inches. “i erie 
be allowed to take this opportunit 
renga ed with sho : pony ed saah “night ve ti tried); tion. „When a change of seed is desirable, it would be | eas hig eviow of ‘the yetas: + ars ron A ante mo 
of 6 or 8i . If I remember right] tly, Cobbett . sak the pits from which they are intended to be taken, to | Paragraph, at p. 137 col. c of the Gazvite, whic 
“plant it as you would French Beans ;” when the plants | *8¢¢Ftain how they have woe kept. In treating the ae seer, ene | obscure. It show man eld § 
are i high should be moulded up, the In turning the horses at the end of he ae 
the should be frequently hoed, | 2Y “down some practical Bhs Tha Highland and Aah: | larie to the left Pand, the Saian: a afte sgt y atai 
as early as you can animes, te do so, say thok ties 
ron mdent planted 
Plant as 
E git ronk 
the siig 
cuam Society have sf 
e premium for th 
scientific i invest igatio 
&e., and 
yiyi 
erist,” 
cond et in height, Pee E 
believe the ae y to get pigeons to 
rs and pull the feathers 
o! 
probabi sitnine tt he takes 
which, 4 
, 
í 
them, until they 
f: 
d 
al 
ome down to feed, when feeding in court 
inued. By pa plan I kept all my pigeons, after fou 
omer gin ts.—J. Ð. 
will eac 
is gone, 
_then hang 
and as 
com | 
may be sap aan 
subject.— W. gats aapa pei) 
Crief, Perthshire. 
vest 
“Qu will fi 
| the saa that a sheep, pick o m all the youn 
ae 
il ee Agriew 
| 1845, p. 217, col. 0) we learn that Furze (Genista spar. 
ars: 92 is het «ct badd ae ider. sa ey one-sixth of a pail etal p per 
Pah 
‘When ready to hang, s 
“fitch with Zo or F 3 buckets of water yg i ae tec ee gold d Wurzel, which is nonsense, 
to dry, and in a week it will be 
2 years old and as 
ld, 
culture,” (Gardeners Cheomele oil ‘March, 
Anglica 
Needle Furze, it is possible that end ye ethe! plant ina 
The Ulex a called Genista spart ie plant m efo: ort, | | 
and may theretore ss that here intondel. Wer Were the 
Journal ” 
sane mting a cow’s losin; 
r diem ?— 
—Havi be a E 
mee som 
application “of coal-as! 
d being of 
E, 
ium. 
ao your agri 
a service 
spell Mangel We Wurtzel a Sa not Man- 
reference to the last sentence in aia 
t a: ~ and 204 of our |, ’5 
volume. War Y aneh 
e seen quick-lim 
(er and after some months, being t 
he writer refer to 
Mangold Wurzel is the proper way to spell 
n at considerable ex, 
e Man ae rit 
ting a firs 
venpiyiag the grower with a pure article 
know how it is that I am undersold, 
ds se 
bone-mill on my air jiss for | "À i 
, I wish to 
I will just give 
3 applied in the usual way, but I tig 
"y iepa the effect ; perhaps s0! 
possibly 
pene and garden 
n, especially 
what oy if Sea how to be se applied 
without Si 
r Ot 
