18,1845. THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 297 
The practice of to oe è $ 
arms 10 Fet. : p-dr ressing grain is not a new | brittle ; and weight ot 
O BE LET, and entered upon at Michaelmas next, ies In many parts of England it has long been | grain. ; 5 . ere 
NEL FARM, the custom, at thi f ; 
Th Big the Isle of Wight, pacar — dressi te : sha n of the year, to apply top 7th—That nitrate of sod may be applied with 
In the parish of Thorley, P. ssmgs to sickly crops upon weak soils. “Soot, | the greatest advantage as a top-dressing for winter 
putt Rpt ies sek 2d si 3 s salt, rape-dust, aud other substances, have been | Wheat, which docs no ver our expectations at 
of .. u - Di E “ye 4 
Meadow w and Pasture » E O E more or less so used as fertilisers. Although, how- | spring.— The following are also a few of his conclu- 
Homestead &e. mere ev a ae -dressings may hay e been aii generally | sions on the mig. of manures upon the Barley- 
A suce in their use have | crop R z 
AA S Kiet r n | P. on he same 
This Farm i PK ERA h Lana colnshirs syetain Pos pee no trust worthy aca t to guide future} 1 at i o Rape-dus 
Q D T ae 
pihe particulars, apply to wie Wit” Norris, and practice Sie less hav e they predicted the aren ase saline pn cag may be ea with 
Eercovst, Solicitor rs, New! ewport, _____ | of'a period, lently en 
a EIl on the 25th of March, 1846, ala specific a lic tio n may heals aa 
hae from aes Tih AE chisity Aris beh contain. fal peal ON n may be made to a crop, ‘der 3d—That upon a soil whieh has had Rape-dust 
p P rtion of Pasture and Water-Meadow ; the land is of gi i its alts in In every ca as a dr ressing 
Hetrate quality, and varies from a red marl of great de epth to | anticipated. ba fact i is a Sloat evidence of the of vaii manures may be hen arien y ite n 
É a lighter description on a subsoil of gravel. Thore is an excel- | inadequacy of an the Barl y ime 
n nees arm, which is -| 3s A s 
1 dent Dwelling Frome ai. 6: RANEY Station, and near good | direct us, under wh cireumstances, i in the march of 4th—Th at nitrate of soda 
te ets, An agreement will be given, securi ng the capital of | jm peo artes A true theor f 
n antaj apg to the fullest extent. The object of the proprietor mi vuide us in oak of rene ul sti: sone ie eerchiet ts than the g grain, ee sh 
i in advertising is, to secure a Tenant of large capital, and who ar g 3 our searc te resh fields | the straw soft and 
matal is determined | on A Er A a E of torg Letineee new,” from which each s ceeding} 5th—That salt i iaa the grain more than the 
modern agriculture — Direct, - B., Arthur’s Clu °s- | generation may derive tie increase of food which it} straw 
A streel eh a a ia E ę “i j es 
p n l NATIONAL MODEL FARM, GLASNEVIN, NEAR DUBLIN. re yi - The fis sherman, it is true, can navigate Gth—That salt as a top-dressing, auxiliary to 
SKILLING, AGRICULTURIST, having received | With certainty when he ‘hosp near his own shore ; Rape-dust, &¢., y valuable, and improves 
M; soit from the Com: : missioners o f Na O but he who would “ venture more,” and visit strange the produce i in quantity and quality. 
iene I "ae gg Benign sang Meteo A E May. ‘next, ne, must steer by compass and cha h—That salt applied alone, ‘or with another 
Teel ód i» iaria: foti Board, Dodia g, Wash- n the case before us, having no knowledge of OREU has the s same visible effec Jn omp at 
ing, and Instruction, Soi, p Pe Sento, rere enely, dn fa, causes which operated to produc oft nching 
—. ea este. Skilling, without residing in the estab. | €ffects upon the crop, the o sicnalfailore, a the | the straw and: stubble. 5; Pei 
lishment, may attend his lectures and receive practhial infor- | occasional suecess of top-dressings, did not afford| Concelus s of a luced from 
eae on OER pits will ceostts toc a era to the farmer arule by which he could, in the one | several ae experiments upon all sorts of grain. 
theory and practice ead ulture, and in the ordinary branches | case, find a more efficient, and, in the other Ms, a mo) r. GARD! INER’S Snes men with ie same sub- 
aire ena} SRTR sA NE PET ERRE PERET En N torte economical agent. This, we repeat, a stances lea to conclude ( pages Pedr tate 
5 E 
SxuuuiNo, at the Farm,—Glasnevin, May, 1845. tl l ut hur aarti Highland oi, es Bie fc 44) :— 
Sar PERUVIAN GUANO, Ba eee a ta depends sdr upon —Th all dressings and manures, containi 
Pe na cargo of PERUVIAN GUANO, imported by Messrs. exper hov ever, Apon y ape-dust, 
Wx. Jos. Myers & Co., Liverpool, t the Agents of the Peruvian w e by th Ta old, fou ait Ee 
2 eR ji e| salts of ammonia, nitrates of soda, make 
AND J. WEBB having purchased the above | case has assumed a di fer ent a The ood | grain grown by them lighter i in ‘weit per bushel, 
. Sery go, will apre much penen in handing any one the | essential to the a 368 uabniGh of the plant ; ‘te while y give more bushels 
} ‘by Dr. Ure » F.R.S., Professor of | qua antity of such fo od existing naturally in babe acre as well as more s 
—“ This is a cleanly-colle 2d— That , on the ther “hand, such manures as 
> a ae entire preservation, being the | j ll a bs ] ts 
uine excrement of t! irds, d thi ti f rich o 
f a eae alg Tchi pa (African) phe vague conjecture.” The int telligent cultivator i ins bushels per a 
ge Shane pa per ORE Eo Oe ne in fact, now able to select for use those es| Srd—That Pi the same be found to hold good in 
e amou: 0 ntia Ammon: nia whi 
3 Ciccone Rn will sage amou for four or five seasons.” pii ce the most ju udicious and eco onomical 
9 f; p. harjo je received another Cargo of LINSEED- | whi a his crops require, or which his np is especi- | method i use a mixture of these, as common 
rst-rate 
ote LINSEED. ‘NITRATE QF SODA, AFRICAN ally deficient in; and consequently he is able to | salt rh niie of soda, or any of the others fe 
GUANO, GY YPSUM, SULPHURIC ACID, &e. explain, with some degree of ro ond the success | one will give quantity, while the other will gi 
5 Bath Road, Worcester. ailure is operations; and to predict the | weight. 
ne SOVRANE AGRI TU sa SEEDS. | effects of an intended application. 4th—That guano does not lessen ie rhoi of 
Qi Ratoagh, beg leave tout to the 86, High-street,| For the most com prehensive attempt which has grain Be so much as the nitrates of soda and 
e following choice assortment of Seeds which they | Yet been made to test the m nerits of the various fer- poney and that a mixture of it wit ik. e wold = 
vi d fr om the > best | tilisers, and to note their admit- | there is reason to ‘believe, become one of the best 
do. | ting of ssichiloneiiastitcive both of principle and pra for Wheat ¢ 
vf “chote AA Halt terns rie Oe ‘we “are “indebted to the Highlan — salt will in placed fur from the sea, in 
#25 papers of New | and Agricultural Sociéty of Scotland. a a general, be found advantageous as a eu upon, 
kee that Society offered” prizes of 50l, and | grain crops ; although it does not bring woe a 
e 207., for the best Essays “on the Effects hy rs ecial pin of grow ‘th like he sn it will be founi ie 7 } 
ie Am gr j 1 pni 
arieties, for 5s. ; Double Purple and; Manures ;” ne r for trial a great variety of ers He aces that it will ca 
wer, Is. per packet ; “Emperor $ Stock, e ces. In 1844 these prizes were awarded, | more and be of better ayallly§ in clearness of colour — 
ior beauty, 1 and ful blished 
SA 
er Er tili in the “T sored ” of the rans We shall not Sth That the sulphates and muriates of ammonia 
t to 
- | and HE Re aipe fepurted in th lar papers ; ; such | nitrates of soda and pot: 
ash. 
reports cannot be abridged without mutilation.| 7tħh—That sulphates " pos and magnesia act 
sA z 2, por Ton and Cheap. wy er form, however, a ee book of reference nee pie ntly, and i x chad es will not pay when 
8 is to “certify that we pa or the agriculturist who would inquire into the ied to grain by t 
à Season and find i contain oe i P ees ` | pecu uliar and s speci cific action of a er at v aip of ma 8th—Tha s oot differs little i in its effects from the 
poe of Lime ai, a2 BRNO e have already aes: but that t upon grain its effects are more 
Carbonate of Lime : ` SA said, they are not only strikingly illustrative of the | evanescent. 
nimal Matter and Soda eee ee theory of eee but they “also o place before e= 9th— Tha t guano is. “a Seite manure,’ ’ and 
rh ne wit CHELL & F esas rmer a chain of facts which are safe guides “h sition 
Edine goat, Ki Kentishttoyn, London. fu oe A aeir especially as regards "a branch of shal i next week examine the practical and 
Cartage to any Wharf or Rail in Town man dressing—to whi sey E ow refer. eo tendency of these conclusions. 
: f “3 hoor wi this, we may quote the following con- 
The Agricultural Gazette dione, deduced A Mr, Jons a Re ce a THE CULTIVATOR, OR SCARIFIER. 
S. | tained the first prize), an i. GARDINER {who} As Tsee you have lately beon deseribing ales imple 
wreck mo Pae sa 3, 1845. was k e ide successful competitor). Upon the | ment in joer Paper, I take the liberty of p Aeman sa 
Wan piian AAA RATS bala Bi Whea rop, on thin limestone (magnesian) soil, you an rp of the proceedings at a trial of several 
seach a A and and Agricultural Society, E Mai s investigations isa, ee Transaction ns,” | forms o; Sek I pe dt Hye 2 pleasure of a 
=r Y M—Agrict tural Sovlety cf Ragland. March, 1844, page 195, &c. on ne esta tt, Esq , Pains isthe 
FARMERS CLUBS” °° Ireland, —Tha ites of soda, n itrate of potash bject of this trial 
May 5f London 
day gt sey May asf Bjoa ig A dg ie a tendency to increase the onenn of | relative merits o Dynamomet ers (Cly 
Lees Hofield and Walsham Cot tta l re as ei ascertain the ate on S 
ochti e Ferry 7 m’s) employed as to p 
pechlord Hundred sig Se W heat, both straw and rain. 
Grove Fe: Wrentham co That common salt has a slight tendency to 
May 17—Cardif 
“the _ The field on which the experiments were tried was on 
will 
rese ase the quantity of grain, and | to decrease r 
Ari Shes mide Proper T season for TOP-DRESS- | weight of straw (mark the “weight of straw,” as it | 
d wii tig - As the winter has been a t di bulk) ; Sites 
tae quite certain that the Wheat | and that common salt eel the weight per | was er. marked pran in the 
rid È nd it is extremely probable Sapa of the grain, and hence it may be advan- — of the ar performed, and without naming — 
be sea have suffered in many | tageously used as an auxiliary to pees manures. wy mplements imee a my oj vise — on 
. 3d—That sulphate of soda has no visible effects | others, 1 sty safely say that one 
e means of invigo- reg the e Wheat erop. shy me y rag a fa REEERE ene oy was eee 
th h tt oe i 4th—That ammoniacal liquid, from the gas- eagat di: n et es payer Paba le ca 
Weakened and retarded | works, has to increase the | 2 
valuable. Andin order to produ ce of hen od ha pas liquid has the | Which the teeth Ba n ait laced er dianes ie not t directly, 
front inquiries we ceil ees n the en plant as the nitrates, arios me ‘aes Ag ra 
ment D bots vegetation and | viz., renders t l arker, and retards the pro- | o¢ the paths in which ety move in the la os remains 
o! numerous and vig cess of ri unaltered. Another point which was also determi nine d 
Pet t, owing to the long period —That sulphate of soda, 1 cwt., fails to sup- A 
w, is > fi 
rtunity 
deal of Couch, and was thus well _— to test the io 
b a the paaga the lower part of 
isi 
thin and weak, Py th piece pa ie S m of nitrate of soda. the height of the framework of the implement 
of calling serpi A lt diminishes the mori of arate da < RA 
7 ioe Br “thn an se "bulk, and renders it white al In reference to the indication by the dynamometers 
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