THE AGRICULTURAL GAZE 
Ce: also ; and, 
of this are so very | 
To dilate upon nthe |e 
f the supe- 
t 
of the f the draught tof the various implements, Í am unab realia indeed, ee 
ve the precise number of stones to which itamounte ted, frequent, that. it is is quite w 
to which I may advert, | pomi Since then 
when working in fou rere z Piet plants 0 
uch as Ie expecte ted; depth, over those which have ess 
pe r near the surface ; it is plainly indicated to 
| the a youre culturist, that inqui iry as Sy the prope: pth 
thete . 
. The difference kadha 
and i in clean land, w 
oa i the w wh hole —being, when the bottom ef the tin 
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seful implement ; its operation, 
aie in wh 
sark to be ~ i 
| ust be slow, and I should think the p 
exercises s would il kel ely to destr troy the ie see a Eia it 
strong soils. 1] ‘ 
Th 
to in you bas ao 
similary ier ai it wre Re geek eal e ‘dua 
ge, by sinking the solid end of the „dibble in the s oil, 
theseed 
| and exactness i attaining it, a 
subjects which may 
very a advantageously oc cupy fe attention. want 
fehi 
below the plane of the bottom a pe wheel The 
"do not know whether it has ever ~ been pr actised, 
ò me Ave at the mechanism whieh Ne ature 
oe 
| the operation, will satisnctoriy gpg “for som 
ers, regu 
ose when their crops 
t- | good ground the plants mney 
coming into ear. 
ave not a full develop- 
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the difference may 
fnaceuratel divided ; bei 
ae from the psia beg 
n the varia’ able position ot 
n by its ae “a 
average ee t higher than its proper po- 
Without, however enterir m here 
the variable fo eee en mployed in in 
capable of a 
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e same vhich exbibi 
its yeah ‘mat be left to the estimation and 
d of an — John Morton, Whitfield, 
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ON PIDAL NS de gp 
You will doubtless inhum 
desire to Nant we way aa ad to pr bat, i if 
thea pos a spare corner o ay Papet, I will beg it for 
mI i ave DEALE with upon this 
mati fave agi t there was not hot evidence 
el p ve attached t ety in de- 
y one’ at a dep ch an ray lev i 
y have been Sab aware of the nature of the 
pe cute than I had thought probable 
pai upon dibb I 
ou herewith a sketch of g 
a you on think i 
that the in 
may add to the information of any of an A 
‘ees lisa be 4 i 
on of these two kd 
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provides for sec 
would, if Naitated, e the most effectual L i of 
steadying newly-planted tre:s.—H. W., St. Giles’s, 
Ozford. 
FIBROUS ; COVERING | STIMULATES 
Bias way rb GROWTH 
AL ering of s 
land, ‘will stimulate its ak 
h m indeed, it v 
thus z tm dry weather. iav: 
| much rae hitherto ie. this subject in you troche 
Tsend you answers to the following questions, 
which I aha eget rom G. Gurney, Esq., of Wood. 
leigh, Corn , who first directed attention to this- 
subject :— 
What apapa has the process hitherto been tigi 
s? Ans.—Meadow Grass, Clover l 
eat. 
what cape of the year is it best to apply the — 
sre Ans.— From the hii of A ae 
ES 
It is “lifted that i is, raked up and 
ery three weeks, while the Grass 
What t material is used in covering? An ii 
Wheat straw, Oat straw, Rushes, or Skea k 
this scarce year of straw, Rushes and Heather have 
ae much weds $ 
What w l 
G or an imp. ters) ? Ans.—1} ton de ewt. ee sat ate 
acre, if Whea ares this will furnish a measu: 
other ea aa 4 
6. What instanoes of ogee | has, the process met 
of mater 
ry 
Ans. 
numerous ; there is nce on record where it has 
failed, except in cases “were too great a quantity 
used, or which is by far the 
more general where too "little aa RES applied. Most 
ing ring, are afraid. 
per depth to the see 
an $ hik, be ea al dubious. It will be seen ebb te first using fibrous 
from the germ of each the is a kind of neck (a to using) mu re 
the point at whic it is about to emerge from {9 ai _ in addition to this, J take the liberty a copying u 
From ep aier AG Fea is next em this neck, at maridi Na ty Mit: Gove gar pie n June A 
which are common d BY X| erimen 
coronal roots ; tke lower end of the neek is is rma as they were repo d in the she i of that date. 
= other roo ts strikin ng deeply into the Now, 3 s" ee seven weeks since, I covered half a eld 
rop ai ts like Wheat, Mrle an Oak acres rass i is mal and about a 
which grow toa so a height, must, oes agitate d | em leper = eee the ase was found to be 
y very the s > gre h 
zoga it eae therefore, euryaesi their bar | ind in seiner TE tok aa s any the field : 115 
y he so | arton the field 5, 119 sü 
although they may be ever so strong or b aa in. SE fa | were then put into the field with a view to eat it do 
will not be able to p: e the dicular di eee | as quickly as possible, and after they had been 
of the stems attached to them i ih stalks may be about a week k they were succeeded by 26 bullocks to 
fixed om : "Bat if then taa aia se fully descioped was eate as = eit agit ; 
as in fig. 1, it will be impossible that this can be effected now thrown again over the same portion of the 
vithou violence, because the tap roots act as the from which it had been raked, and, on inspection 
stepping of a mast, while th | morning, I found the action going on under i 
the shrouds do. In this omething te fully as before.’"—To this I have to di 
before eg: oe am be thrown down, which in the other ae seu a letter. with which I have been favouret 
need i en, ow. inspection t rom \ urney: “If you lay about 20 1 
pana ar a ee k it will be perceived that t a gh 5A “bind over a piece of Clover lea or m adow 
i of a very stiff and unyieldi of 18 feet long by 18 wide, you wi 
META the d will ee oor: for X fo or ourself tho singular a ac ion of fibrou: 
ha 40 perfeet in all the stubbles which ortnight, and relay i 
have qoa the wet and f of er. If sown of | ihe change pre produced on the piece of Grass 
drilled stul examined - there will be with that of tl the fie La: 
found neeks of every length 3 as inches oo it tice the coveri ng is ‘lifted ’ (i e Reads off and 
almost nothing at all, and it will appear t ha i » ie | about once a eto r thre I usually cat it 
ferent le wring not to | m: by sheep at the end « of a fortnight 3 at te: hais e iti 
t 1 ut solely to amia in A tha lifted tl o heaps bya 
leposition of the seed, for it will be shorter or longer i in es mee ar sierp admit Fate the ona 
best on S to the depth g bull I generally allow 
be place in il. This the remnani the seed es 
will prove ; and atl  inspontioii of co lds ante- | lated by the nature of the soil eke ag weathi 
cedently Ww ow that the best tillered an | will make an experiment on Vetche d al: 
most erect pla e those most pr furnished you possibly may be inter tchin; 
with this highly ea see apjat sy — I have sree you the quantity of straw ona det 
mory aa t-fallen are parene extent of ground that you may be enabled w 
tute of it. W best tl £ used over fields on an 
F Jude that a shallow k suite happy to hear the resul if you ( 
of the peng impossible that Nature’s y experim am £ comparing 
S “ature re stability of orie plant shal! be shall be anr “soa of hid rime é aking i several pat 
nly obje is si o with a view to dete: 
ccc 1 to me at pe nr that Seiad meni of the tap-root w quite as well, oi action ; experiments are b i 
tended thes a cme of Wh it, | consid erable ti e time present a ter pro mising pS |, and th | neg eg some ip R ies ae ane un 
it is only when increase: | 
= bse enee of of i labour, this was not is the Aien ear acts forcibly ufon the va he ihat | a eaae ae folowing paragraph 
5 inst g Pi s d mer ll Gazet fe, er 
climate they are not indigenous, and y o| prse bes more TAN M th ea ry weather must discussion on this subject at a lai 
> PEERS i meg Ar 
Pi : conelude, | plants, 
wioot any arrogance ori nie anaes i lude, | plant ing roots are both less strong 
ape — operation of Nature in the case 
of the | 
‘he hand-dibble = your correspondent “ Capensis ” ' of eae Serie he had 
he pies results of on : 
me out. The mes 
had this year p 
