318 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. x10, 
Sar TT AT SUPSRUT SPST TRY SITIPNUarTmee eo 
yegetatio luxuriance, and the | when mixed with salt:they will: even operate bene- re sg sowing just half the-quantity of seed ever 
co! te e areir ‘a results: arising | ficially in dry weather, as the salt pe niema mig ia sig ator will give pend soil’ breathing-time e under 
fom the us e of ra as ger t — ion other matters | from the: atmosphere: Nitrates, a all the salts | 8 poate mn s i den of o cont ripe A ss a ore this in 
containing nitrogen, aro eee rdance with the | of a ammonia, however , act, more spee ily, on also founds: wae "ae half aa 
estimate placed by lence upon their power l iho Saa ce Jimo, mvo leak 
py ng af r instance e sulphate of 5 We shall take an oE opportunity of f publishing, | ammonia ; ‘that is is, it ahd Ye ae gh aah a ered a wih 
mmonia contains about 28 per cent. of crop before it was explained that it was only intended 
urate of code, about 144 per sl ; guano, 10 ‘per Mr. Hann AM’s Essay, sh owing, as it d pales to be a hal Th used were these: 
cent. ; rape-dust, 5 per 20d Srde oot, f and use of tepplircaings sade circum- | 1st, Liquid composition of piseonis dung. 2d. Pigeon’s 
per cent. į stances when ordinary manuring at seed-time is 9 ung vaslion: moniaeal water, Mr, 
Qas 1 
eee ch the Wheat ws 
whi k 
Bigg I] 
dark i xl re dyr cat onl sot more pe f promise — 
l T dan uni deir Mins nd B; 0 fpa iie 
kips Seale termo ee e;” as it contains not AN AGRICULTURAL | PILGRIMAGE than of the other manures. same 
an acquisition Q great ,valio,? ’ No. IN úr near Colcheste heat after Wheat—Am- | material applied - a ers, “The Wheat Bi lookin 
only a neg su ly miacal Ss = dase Opinion on Sut t, Seed Wheat, a bee: f' the contin; g 4 
30 = tenia of lime, or ‘omar Ix ‘the. — aad K — ne, abi, I happened to bi ati The y ae rain Big gs thio summer fell next t day s 
and muc utility of Mr. John Bige but I did not again see the crops. The cost of the 
tati n; ai ing ep gir per acre, the powder half that 
less nitrogen, ave also k aod feet ir w other sers 5 visit to him on on a, dar = Ng, o the lesser amount of la at bestowed 
d 5th 
ess nitrog 
constituents of vegetable food. 
Sa 
It, i it is true, does not owe its success ton nitro- 
and without the security which a on ys lease rain: 
he has been, and is now, a great improver of the soil. 
Yet, it must be remarked at the outset, tha tt tho ugh a 
ane at will, 
| 8th, soot 
i| pr 
The 6th, 
farmyard arsinings. The 7th, chamber, a the 
oduce of this half € sa sit 
of m 
gog from e along w r manures, and 
h the experiments a = so ve illustrate, 
terms. e pa ys us ery rent in the usual 
of re past generation. 
He the way, but 
his maraa a is the result of goc service to Earl de 
othe er capa city. | So that l 
Dr. Carrwaicur, and Dr. Pe TESTLEY, ‘il se their 
fit were provided for 
on pki 
3 
oiei h his a 
usual rotatio: of c 
To sum up our case, then 
clusions whi ch we have thus Scat hale are 
to allow 
ping on paris ra iak a in order to ma re certain 
eppormen 
emise, to s why Mr. 
to pr 
W 
The personal kindness of his pve be 
r. Bi iggs, thr 
it was upon 
all the anwar 3 quarters iat acre, weighing 6341 he 
per bushel ; being’ an increase in weight of 3 lbs. 
rats over the fall crop on the same gr 
Top 0 i 
e after aR ot the worst i fke in Eogan ” for 
- foulness. 
how Sioa ree 
n a pope aie | ee "Next we paesed t0 a Polat wiere, wili ta 
tunity of entering more fully into me “ques stion, by He hamisan allowed to'grow Whest aa on the | shi J ss j ila bein at 
the multiplied experience of others, we may safely | same ground. On one ts of land he has grown the _ po E Top 
take their guidance in our selection of dr ves for fifth erop of Wheat in seven years. An ri She has hs P asta 
the present-season. “a te observe here, h t 
ever, be anticipated ag the relative which I } hreshed niacaljeompo 
effects of the various manures will in duce being 5 3p hin ak gravelly 
tention to the farm, the farni, water j 
fro the contr: rary, peculiar circumstances | i; io the pate $ he $ mitt 
may oce oculi results. The general est ean ae, prat lool: 
Se soils last. summer were waa 
drought, and which eaa Be southern sun and the ory 
d shad 
etent fo dir 
èdi 
ect | 
ace | ha 
west winds, with but e or shelt as I reached 
4 fa me of which 
dedi 
“bron 
ast pe ay years, some 
years ; ‘an near! rly a ull of which; 
perfection ; this had: been manured, at an expe 
30s. per acre, by the compost. Mr. Biggs 
tth t coomb 
“the 
2d—That up 
in S piropo to the straw, but whig ow 
iel he Been 
wa 5 A tending o hy j 
d thin = 
as it was compelled to unde: ergo. 
Wi thout | 
per acre o quarte: 18); Pi didn 
PE 
ate 
will answer bes’ 
n soil whic! 
land, NAi o is defi 
connected w 
of soda or petal 
38d—That upon 
or even on goo od ient in F 
ith the season, 
either guano (as it contains, pye ng with a “liber al | t 
supply of rogn „nearly all T eset hie 
of plants) the itrates -a of a 
mixture. wit salt 
advan itage, 
mon 
That salt mixed with the manures which 
contain ula we improves the application upon all 
sorts of am = 
It is by ended to infer that Senet 
the ly Apel tbe use a 
c., are shown to produce good Perce 
ti ances laid down, however, the 
co stom named seem to: have the pat nep: yet 
vario! plover erations, as well as the of soil 
and the aes mstances jaikia pralics mh applied 
affect iy of thea roate y Thus; cos and] 
quali rae 
h Aaka grain sparingly, 
ay 
The adjoining farms, i 
farmed, prove this. 
what seattored several a {por 
been one 
imes, 
> 
Bits 
Pisin still e in size, by 
grain up the woodland and patting a sos 
one. The aspect he 
su ication 
eal 
and o kar ie uld te 
fence. tiga hedges a piis their Envia Stakes, pais mae 
lls. a week a own, ye ot save harvest, 
ed t he saved this man’s: 
oi pail birds, and other 
edators, ae id foul seeds. which. res — ti sy 
trimming of the hedges. He had be or 
in Pa cae places under’ seeds, Col wort, Turni ine "a, 
The tage of a ge’ ee a Pe air, where the 
plantations tended, as 
uable, The firs 
convenience of a 
one may pe pan. on ‘he ine 
~ I found the farm-fields ‘lying’ Some- + 
main ingredients were all. from the g 
|. Near w 7 
‘| been san nar 
d 
ws 
inches, and all the evil was avoid 
In another field, which bore eR and looked 
i am 
WEES: GON 
work,. preparing Pe : Turnips:;: the 
compost was- strong begendai anything 
on a: farm-field. The number of hani Ae 
all 
uppress t 
acres 
> hay 3 the previous cro 
and the one previous. to to that a rE copeene’ 
superior F peme of the other. For example, so | Jast h i A 
cheap and convenient a supply of soot, of a quality BON myhome mbes Ha rig ise es bing the roots. and preparing, th il; 
superior pi i ith, m may’ perhaps will ith prices however | Pay, Was Sane at 9 on 9 on 
had in:some places: that it: may: be d ] he wilicrmabe — Hi Bhaye TOH WN 
f aiie of hay o 
profitably than: rape-dust, and. perhaps: even a better profit by the oe of 4002. in wages for | on Tan which shoul d val e Peak fallow. 
o or the nitrates, At the: sam ve ba iea ever; | pape work as he. br mapa on his farm, than in will rA ET 
it i t- necersary fo for rus-to know, pas baniak been r 200 Canes Phx ig vite fas to 
| eben D seven. Next we came to the 
in g under fayowrabio derien, before we: can | sonally is name publi, oki 1 =. tha i ie may te por- the fifth time in sevem ears; ng 
their u that- in front of’ his house on the opposite side of the threshed, Mr. Biggs: writes: to {me, w 
ie jet ia eile ea ea iaa ga 
nnect l} t had ‘obtai : sown im- the s 
with ihe S applientiom of. "t ressings: which | W: seven. Samed cee ptember of that year, pr 
e: igi. VidZey That Rape-dust:and | naturally thin, and (my notes:do not stateso, but I'think | 20883t, the Clover was mown on the 
son: tod evelop | their full | my memory is’ ) ious-clay. At:all | 02e ton per acre. In ine following, 
dry y hat. would be: called a. poor. soil.. The visit, the hay crop w. 
“ta! guano amA ed design of t full crop of Whe at E EN ah The second. oP, 
a shower, a otherwise ia Siera sch vi sad of the a Wheat. Last: year's | 3, this. was Whea! 
SS into't o atmospheres” and Gene f: o Hie ear iasa an wen the half and after Turni 8s. In regard of ma 
t. in: moist weath : that poles Sie hie i Poche: l articular ind of an eq ve : but that which 
. s “ammo: * ? . 
&e., being: easily dissolved, do mot | from from the refuse of the moniacal ayo Baia zal lingered liopelessly behin 
Cr CEEE maa yora kindof ie a oe these two acres | 2°48 NO Being: abla one He horses 
their effect after being pee a fewer than eight d mt frilien: bist | finds “A more profile to os Ne ae 
e to. dry weather; and that | had nkk to equal his “a: iss Water.” He $ToWS some Beans.. As some 0 his man 
