335 
f Barley 
J39 
In 
the wakes and does ail, yor 
Flax. grow- 
tl 3] k 
9p -1845.] THE mec EME GAZETTE. 
“reply, that» such is the extraordinary | later ex eriments enabled him to detect the sour 
this oy commer r eal Grasses to stock out, that | error fr his first essays. coil these, was tl 
Lege allows e is necessary (and were it ne cessary, I tower beneficial influence of electrifrying seeds i 
should say wrong would be done to prov n ver-pots, whereby th were said to ge: inate more | 
d partial loss, by oversowing juri bzi idly than others not subjected to this process. He 
y discov ered that the flower- -po ts, so ear ified, er been 
such a 
7 
land produces the bulk, and skili and hand- 
Sp penesas give es ee ; therefore Sop cultivation = 
o giv and profit to 
e pleas 
ing the 
of light me to: ond vital effect o- electricity. s not 
| meant by the r to set u 
ot cate, sa “thes 
up 
the proprietor 
it is thenght ai that ba circumstance of Terea aap in its 
eio m to the e growt o plants, ha 
Hav vin g read with ne the letter following mine, 
n page 247 of the Chronici 
the writer’s views, and syllable he makes 
use of respecting the oo te ARAS, of Ireland, and 
comparing those > parts with the m nor rth ern provine ey 
ago the subject of i inquiry and of ton: experiment 
ae tho learned societies of Europe, and of its pe 
m 
a 
as the: late and much-lamented Misaia of Downshire, 
nowing as I do the A so ne om the land- 
Flax ` 
kn 
olders „in that quar the 
ct, that whilst the 
F 
r, taking up subject o 
and Taimio prs oe in everything 
ust 
ar the hayli 
Whea 
t is pre- 
el whieh be tter individual at tten tion to cultivation 
erop will oom ten like that of Flax, 
satisfy agriculturists that no 
cou 
Ng T so pemi a ia as to paa a thou thors for | sanguine rege w entert inod ee must r pro- calculated to benefit their tenantry, I borrow a 
i the return for the seed sown iiai Great mulgati ation of sack alika so s fron ow can it 
it cannot be said ky a more an i nfold ; | be considered harmless ; on the contrary, great preju- be that the newspapers are dai ily filled mith advertise- 
; and of the crop raised, a is given back to the soil, | dice is thereby wrought in many min of railway companies, joint stock companies, 
and yet the saving of sæd wich I advise may be med dvancement of “science with eats even any other uncertain speculations, patronised, as 
f “Sre par nade, ? consum iscovered imposture peran pee a shadow on ahjocta va spier from the prospeetuses, by noblemen and 
tion, and in | tl a prsne. of | truly deserving of our char: other landed proprietors, yet not one company has 
p he last 14 years ; so that, accord a n Aa umeme A started in this country to grow, or ene 
my tl y ti WHY SHOULD THE GROWTH OF FLAX BE the growth of Flax, an article that is consumed in 
di l th bl ENCOURAGED ? such . quantities, and of suc import ance to 
-Jand of Great Britain, Sone to more than half the rent H names of several gentlemen i in | the ari! i and above all, 
that is paid for it, and by the saving the occasion fi tters on this subject (see Nos. 15 and 16, sc our and money employe I do not ex- 
a foreign supply "vena be superseded, = this, too, esis Gazette), who have, by instructions from Government starting model farms: in 
ee y by an e tself highly the want of which ver or district in England, but I say, if the 
lf »| Flax in this ne and ety with profits ranging rir etn of Great Britain will not be alive to 
the value of tl Iwish to bring forward ad- pitalists had far better invest 
"x aA what they can = to ee i 
cs 
and | obliterate prejudice, I will place before. those in terested | they will find 
in the well-doing of the farmers. of this neem cnet 
hih find buyer: 
g those 
rs who may not grow it, although they must 
it i 
s superior to anything yet found out for 
nt prosperous state 
of our trade ea) 
rs are pene rans 
pcr 
their nam ee a 
nkments and 
who hav e been trying thinner sowing ; and in } 
mba: ex It 
ight be spon ae for landowners, while ps sink t are 
money in railways, ps ma on the state of the tena 
far anufacturers are ca 
‘and g p will be suffici 
We: are indebted for our finer fruits and y vegetables | th tain that has s so o Jong covered t the s arsa be gos farme 
wholly to the care given to affo rd i i led fi t 
for the bett: Pp f sel of F tt tt 
y g bef which derived = miae Ponce seit pers cn s the e pre 
g whom En gland prides pia any benefit ; money to be ‘plentiful, pa at a 
nd d better en} ; but a co ‘space. must not be for a d Journal,” 
dled nys or it will be in nor aie vastu se people e have been drainin ng an 
T grow wth. is gratifyi ng to me that | tween 10 and 12 millions sterling ‘for Tine, oil-cake, | m 
d Flax-seed ; and it appears, by the Parliamentary 
res atatons, ai and I have heard from many of their up tot the 5th Jan. i6 pes that this sum, drawn whilst the 
returns u 
by our Continental frie: nds, is 
y greater width of the drills, that my n 
e I have only to ata a 
ope that when failure results, as under e every system 
A 
aÅ pan to all parts of the globe 015249, 2081) By ya 
same returns I observe that the w our 
exports in linen ad. yarns was 3,603, O79, S S80 > that it 
5 acres at the hi rim av rie price in England 
Uni, 26s. » 9d.), it might be advisable for landed 
, 
i S S Pe 
influence i in promoting the 
the me onimo, and not to impute every want t of plant, 
an % 1 2 +} his 
g of f Paya 
ory! short crop, to tl 
m “article that vould Aea 
io pay their 
ost 
Shoul 
mts: to th 
conti 
re of crop. is frequently the attendant of thick country, if landholders fa 7 
I would fer jo say to the ob hd r faama of the present paia “ae oe Wis oval We 
id ” the populatio: n of Great Britain 18 8,800,000 ; pla a he company, with branches and model farms ; 
i ty in ee. way = smn mto ir ests t the inhabi a lage: a, pon sh asa vat an the aa and 
ener trades- n, pns 
it is the attributing of results to pica are are merchant Sree people i n, sie Great is soo ae- wheat 
istal th tradi lfi f ’ artiele kapin at home that 
ally ns 1 Bj’ SA D h én Mie ra - P n article so so superior 
Practical men, and the > casa ty that pee on 
points 
the most of Baria wh ere Flax-spinners declare e that | to 
who have pail R 0002. per annum to the 
French, Dutch, and Russians, r Plax, n 
ow distribute | co 
re atid durab ility ; ; such a T 
would age as x gener link between agriculture and 
mm P Te H. Dickson, 29, Broad-street Build- 
gs, tan 
any one wh test my 
of thin sowing. he time tl 
ean in the ‘Journal, many trials n now in pro gress 
have toe ng suficiently to try the correctness 
ETE 
hat I have sa 
immediate 
I would alin reais meer to the following :—An Tr: 
rc Saipan rr sieht a A% 
i seed to be sown should be only i in 
will | 
rasan me 
or I have th 
papi ‘yeu a will prove correct, viz. | 
N TOP-DRESSING WHEAT. 
ENT on the actual and comparative 
A 
saap e effects 
n a Wheat crop: grown on aa aay of hsi 
Plax x Sealy says, 
ray 
interest the discussion on oe wae question in the 
«Farmers? Journal,’ and I, must say the opponents 3} 
a 
Po mata th to apply more is a waste of 
ia ah bo t 
; attended injury to o the tiee -growth of the: entire 
got 145l. for Flax grown on barely 6 Irish acres aa: 
ing ey spring-sick Wie 
Bose ta 5 ganna y poor 
Prior crops—Swede eer (manure 
(Rape-durt) ic (manure), 
limestone, worth 12s. per 
); Barley 
the opposite end of 
expense, and at | 8 eS s and I oipe after making. a: liberal | ( 
with a dimin rae i J Davi this field periment on Pes eas was made in 18425 
eerie riin ninshe produse ” raean I PAS da EARR AT or omy Tal dae a TR mee At the soil at + ot m5 however, is of much better epler- i 
per stone in Cookstown s em be pedag het year: I | (vide samples) than this now experimented on. 
3 ELECTRO-CULTURE. saved some seed of the Flax on the Courtrai system arg sam + par gene and sown with 
So y humble caveat against the | (before riod he d mgt de the seed was as | \ v. 10, and manured 
ngst some a for electrical wires, which seems raging | usual lost im the watering); “on applying it I find the Srcrron 1. Seon 2. 
i b agriculturists. Like many others, I was seed excellent _ and nutritive food for milch cows, pigs, I 2. 3 i 3 ! 
xi ae e announcemeut of Mr. Forster's t ; Potter's 
ly leek , and we ob- | Guano, | Guano. | Nothing. ae Net dist and Soda. 
meag do not say in that gentleman's | serv t the of =. cows improved, both in |- 7" ene 
bility that $ aap oes mortal | ama ipa pn pron immediately after r we commence nae he peed Now gew 
by the means, | giving them the bools.” Sor. 1.12, do. Natural guan do, do. do. 
lee artem,| Now, as this gentleman states that he had without the | 5 a o aa iain oiga do 
ouss’, published about | seed (for it a appears he followed in 1843 the old system), peik ner Tee pai ba 
la Or a A Nitrate of soda, 2 stones, SaS as a töp- — ; 
which it appears that many learned} Flax-grown on eight English acres . £100 0 0 Saon: x Tinago 68 otter perishing — 
in researches on the} We must add to this what seed he ring, applied Ma; oy 
vegetation. In; pone “gs d seeording to the peoe Observation -During winter all plots looked r 
iments, whieh | well--better, indeed, than the Wheat upon Clover lea, 
and these all disprove, in the | acre, se 282 Sa bushels at 6s. 3d. per onsha 7210 0 (Experiment Nahe f oes tilth of pease gk RA 
en in its most ing g the plant. At the = 
lightning conducted by £172 10 0} April, however, symptoms of alin bese w 
effeet on vegetation. The themselves, and, by the middle Sa pai 1 4 
trials on this subject would,| Therefore, had he saved the seed, even working the | looked very sickly and patchy > w: ore 
mteresting to yore readers ; but Í | Flax on the old system, he would have had a clear | ward, but still was more healthy in 
fit of 217. 11s. 3d. per acre, w. 
|The whole į rete the improved met ortega alga 
E aso a ee 6d. per stone for the Flax ; 
all probability, 10s. on a ee it 
| any uneducated 
agent. But 
acre of good eek casa to 38 cw of Wheat or | 
eolour than oni 1 
or4; No. 2 was as =< i aiig good, ot om r being's still 
fresh. 
alongside No. 4 ed so gro oe: sickly 
ë [tat rte Ne A) ih a skeleton of a erop, and was, as 
additional e: experiment, dressed with Pes of nitrate 
Se ERIE Be & remembered, w nured with 
