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; i the pon of ba a by its ac- | so essential when superphosphate is used ; ra coreg fel he annual value of 10/7. should be a ulsorily taken 
side rab on other herbage the effect was similar to that of this fact „in view, the question has arisen with wiper ine seri parish, and plac: e and uncontrolled 
jast season: a0) Rowe said, that Grass had grown 4 | whethe e hands of the most 5 arrest — of this ex- 
last are the use of superphosphate, in a well ieee to be | cess of labourers for life? Such a ness ect pst 
ge pedi colour, and looked healthy and strong. deficient in potash? The c theorists say that sone ote eventually raise aro as 
ati rt bof the effects of fibrous covering this season | it would be impossible ; but would % not be desira ble to contented so happy population. To effect it very Tittle 
= Sa ts action was not owing to the shade or po its impossibility by experiment, -fift h part, of the rate now levied would 
ht, as 5 supposed by many last summer, . The shat- the tr uth of the Ragone necessity of asec inor- be absorbe d raneta with 
j esults of ting ex] plants ? A boon ld be | i fy and pours: in all, pe concomitant evils 
the bng of fibrous covering, placed at | conferred upon the Taide community if individual ch a deg ee state, 
above the ground. He had supported | who have i ortunity and inclination wou ild, lege to walk a t and put on the native dignity of man, 
ight frames, elevated respectively, 3 | small seale, direct their attention to the growth of These sindll ccm to industrious ee would, 
foot, 2 feet, and. 3 feet above plants i in artificial soils, in whi i it once, supply the link that has lor ng since bee en re 
at the same time, he had in tl re present ; ; } 
£ heat straw lightly on the Grass. eh aba - the tinier may owe ubstituted for en common AET To a willing _ giving life 
d noticed and measured as accurately as he vegetable alkali, and how far the alkaline earths ma and power o this sketch went be ane rs aeg i Ap 
ro under the coverings. The) substituted for both. i KEIER of this descrip of excess what it ‘on Bye 
; n the 26th March, and abou t aba if conclusive in favour of the ino rganic theory, the expense per head in a Union house fan ‘able-bodied 
yard of ground in ty case was operated would go very far t 10/. per annum, so long will it be more 
Un the lowest covering, against the suggestions of science. The best way of | wise, more ums nad more in pais, Made with Chris- 
darker elur visible, and the d, by washing | tian duty, to adopt some plan of this kind. To any 
ppe 
arance ; in about four days, with acid to remove the alkalies, and then to o give the|who suppose that land of the annual value of 102. 
actly formed. The} ingredients of earth supposed to be favourable to the | would not support a man, his wife, and family, I would 
7th of April the rn of the weg plant under experiment, with refer them to any iudustrious labourer. I woul 
first had grow the céverfag 3.1 under that i ity for the rent to the land owner, 
6inches high, the Grass had ai pa about 5 i ‘he results of com- and anid AEN certain eee on the part of 
in le et oe of the fi “tie, s eniarsiA ale pect me for vadi re ose of Į s, March, 1845. 
was rapidly 1 the covering. | the necessity of certain substances as compo: onen Runnet.— Numbers of persons are at a loss to com- 
Under a foot, the Grass had increased afai 3 inches | of the soil Hie which “8 will be taken to effec ‘the es many aA sa which appear in journals, 
le 2 feet above: the wi pes of a plant, wi vi ba PA ar very | from the fact that very different names are applieđ to 
gro ; i ase: y about 14 inch ;| valuable to the farming ‘com oad the same things in one part of the se are.! to what are _ 
= and under that of 3 feet elevation, there was simply a Subsoiling Clay L Land. ion ee o long | used in another district. When spea ep of the runnet 
marked outline, visibly s sho oving an wim going on ;/ delayed answering your questions respecting ee apne (page 215), “ W.” says, “it is made in the same way as 
looked stronger, and thicker, but a retentive clay. The part of the | usual,’ &e. Now, I presume, by akris he means the 
was not of sufficient fength iie that surrounding it/ field to which I alluded in my former communication, | liquid produced from a solution of the calf’s stomach 
be measured. Under the straw laid on the gro Ape was ploughed in the autumn of 1843, ee Sins. deep, | cured. In order that he may better understand me, I 
the: Grass had increased abo ut 3 to 4ine he: S. The and the ‘sub bsoil pigo ugh moved the under art | of the | beg to inform him that here the calves’ stomachs are 
4 ame depth. area a d by the ‘butchers, aced in y 
above the ground. He was repeating the experiments fe inches of soil. e a so doing, I e 8 -ploughed | 50 or 100 toget er, for some time (part of the salt 
at lower ce higher distances, and would communicate it with a double mould-board plough, throwing Ra = melting forms a pickle or brine e); they are then sold 
the results at their next meeting. Many s simi arly to a Celery- mound. {im ag) by the oe wanted and called bag-skius. The T, 
of this singular action m practice. frost ts woul m ts them home, shakes out the Eg stretches 
3 one of the midland counties a ton would only require the cultivator to reduce aie a strip of wood, farg angs them up to dry; 
$ Wheat straw, per acre, had produced ce see ats bed. To my disappointment I oti ie e hang only one at a and use it while it lasts, 
~ Within the last seek tons of Grass. When raked | raised fur w fine o on the surface, and wet and stiff at whilst others (and I think the Hetter Fa mp three 
id, no wa red meadow looked, or was be- the bo tto The farm dairy- 
equal to a ld 2 ”—J.M. mes ai E it with a common plough. ‘The stiff fur- | maid, sae her steep (or liquid used for curdling the 
—— s ha rde ene ed in a few days, and required the ms me every day, by pouring upon the sapped fe. cut- 
me Correspondence. rolle of the bag-skin a certain quantity of water, and 
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the peeliär: ces of my poultry-yard, it has occurred to art-load in each), at an expense a three guineas per | em in ye milk to produce eurds— ha hat is 
me that you May possibly consider what I am about to acre, including coal — ne ith ie steep 3 g pigne 
off in autumn, The plants | looked Domestig Trie- Jul 
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ne: “i cannot recall the date), a chicken = the irection: one ‘the — 
ateh sth gg which had so | ing that was = enna but not lerbe ‘Aer various pang pay eee ss as t 
ed-the e purpose t that it was = the point of the field din; ng th whan oom) 
moved ; it-was hatched by the hens which suc- | Wheat, and now 
eae to lay their eggs i A s nest, aided by pasate with the pac earth, the eae grow away | health i paeen Gai Thero Pear Tam) plying 
usual and equable hea the atmosphere. | vigorously, and the earance is promising. To those | numł € P áp 8 
Ircums ee inter on eh poenliarity e i ak the e ex sf Sa an unfair meg ae aeos feira information ; but a short ould be sare Bac 
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pais stgr vu it, and shall be happy a riers the result | useful. As the subject of poultry sadn pe pea 
lay were aserted by | w: rable. My own private rer is o erred to in the a ary aes ols would = 
they then attached themselves to subsoiling “retentive clays. I hav subsoiled 60 or 70 eg ates can supply pate D alate we 
si ment has conti sing umns, naming in 
resent time. Only two of them | fact, nothing can be better than occasionally Salai rotsoai 5 riber 
c - , ils, Th saa ld| Gorse.— e Furze whiċh to puzzle 
are 2e and h eas hein Ta | be the under _part of fal tings A soils, The Saree A Otkopi” cx Tees 248) the ree x i ruc 
o whieh, 1 kn n some pa 
al 'yranny, but fodi rt we pat in 
rescue me ey roost toget an l eei pte ml eii) ċultival 
; when at RIET, an, ars toge Sher fly ts each other’s e of Surplus ur Agrie = aes, on seater for thes pati purpose; and it was 3 found 
Signo affection of whi oh ` ether with the | to answer very w m being 
ey are capable. The] are each and all u a A increase, toget or 
ha nw layin I am curious to acertat whether, | probability that the law of siani will be revised, t nearly so rough as the A Goree. A 
Continue u = family of her o his. the: affection will | and a junction of parishes into Unions’ take place, it Subscriber. pà 
“= as aaie, by jealousy on one side, and| may be well to consider whether the rate for the poor| Top-Dressing— divided —_ a 
| n the cother.— is administered so as to create the greatest amount of | question on yess h farm me more divi a 
j comet’ hemistry i Is at the pret time ont benefits nie such a sum of money would naturally proper time of applying “top eet 7 cama 
f Eknatona aie hie Sera is a EO that one aat cause ei ay sprin 
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ut ave no oa i lee AERA under bel proche canopy 0 oe Hea nter, the ove caw tion to ot fetty 
iments in which was | I shall endeavour to cot might easily be done meea | roots of og E in het p waslied An 
y of growing plants dd will take two coun Norfolk the 2 ad Beat 3 
all ] tion, number of acres, and the: can A scorching sun and dry hme 3 
y as nee aig om and PAN matey ing att erates, and assume that for | nicious to manures spread thinly over the soil, than any 
ing the same. west ented acres ae agteutarl Gonta are | es rain ean possibly be. 
mall seale—the expe- loyed, and call the e 0 per er cent, ei ont sna? Á ic 
ct in view—be of great devas bodi dat 2. 10 per cent aaa of freer epig aag ange 
tS the ores came is assumed | ti vate t the land, or rather, than are aipa; ere ee eh ea 4 top-dres essing, a home in particular 
Y proved, it would bli Aseamed Excess. | shouldbe well ey = wi 
y i his ladle ace teeth < Fontis, Acres: “Rate. Labourers. 10 pret.} so that the a tained. 
* s 1 1,292,300 235079 51.692 5,169 i y n the surface ofa 
generally very sanguine as| "Supone .. 318129 019700 175795 207183674 manare t the reatmosphere, ‘and not the soil. I 
y him from an ae-| The rate, per head, of the Sa population, is in ih eres of farmers, whether it mi 
ate of lime has/ folk 11s. 5d. and in Suffolk 11s. 2d. I mention this to | fot be proper in the first ease to give era alg 
han li Aat show that the poor’s-rates a these rear easly | = Beeri "applying the manure cine 
sien a cia ae ant, | double the average of the ee at large, and that , which should = h 
De. ae sigs Sie tf fe Ny | such a fact calls aloud for inqui I have said that a over the field, then cover the manure with a y 
general exes Ù there a rom. the soil arrak tr port ion of = rate is sin ieran momen of an tance (of which the soil is deficient, if it can be pro- 
ne Under this view of labour, Which be 10 per cent., cured); a lying the roller after to consolidate nthe whole. 
rae: io voula Di onda poe naturally okii 4a abowe 5,169 aed of panas in Norfo Ik, | ss PP y a good compost w will be made in the field 
rat the ti using, need by ay saat and 3,674 ex of i in Suffolk. is then i is | arn the poeci is applied. The soil spread over the 
Pa la an- | on h at fee Union house at a rai ob ge nil winds tiia 
; . ~ | excess should be provi ‘or “td a Unio t tect it from the sun a Sy 
sd tae cheer)” not less than 10? 1 per head per y sonuni, or that land of fring gunna are inco gyman with the soil, _By 
a manure, is not z 
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