` 
THE AS OUEN sb GAZETTE. 
[May 17, 
_336_ 
sao same as No. 4, and the remainder of t 
= with Sonny om i Nos. 1,2, and 3), at wed asm time the | 
fall to 
o doubt, omitted t: ‘ 
a = 
ventor’s Nag Tearing it to aa believed that my fe te 
ie of the plant. 
e be eing n . That guano is superior to Rape-dust and chic Mr, pest g was me TAPES of the machine instead of 
failing pl Tt rover. Ta really not aware that this er 
aac lod Il . That nitrate of ' soda may be applied wit th 
patches were lost, oye. rig aa more, the only trace | eect success as a top- palace for winter Wheat, | you will allow me yd ih to state, that I a pr p : 
to be found of them was in the increased luxuriance e which may at ‘a not answer 0 iiae ieee of opinion that the alteration e by Mr. Ster. 
the same p! ry e tillage g applied most liberally The eno a an by me 
on the diseased spots. this, tl ly p p wE truth of ‘bis etl é wit xception, vin, 
bapi pim n whole field were now top-dressed, not nitrate was pia , its results. + were, to the harvest, A r, Tey hit ka holes e regulator for 
os era jal but for the benefit of the or ‘The most palpably beneficial—in sor 0 a g now, with deference, I ap k this ig 
results sow fone tonis poemi h those exte aj » preceding tails This is one rather i * injurious than otherwise, for t h Tren wheel ig 
worst Eala n the field ing distinguisl i perimental knowledge app: ied to imme ned with 
the best. Taine th kan ne epee and E diate AT ‘utility 5 and, in mo of E BSE the reg gulator ; and I think, by altering tho line of 
in no fe es, to explain how the marvel had | I ma andi that it is the opinion fs e farm ofn dra ught, i it ha: as a e to. drag the whee machine 
been accomplished; few imagining {that, a short } side foremost, supposing the horse to keep rs same 
e, these tually the worst parts of the that ludi Tha t in all cases | line.—I am, respectfully, &e., Thomas Sher riff, West 
the question generally asked a why they were it is inja cious ure Sak winter Sop agon Barns, Dunbar, 5th May, iG 
so decidedly the best. Duri time, yp ages Nos. ar pat until piak kjen 12d, That, by the aid of rate Sulphuric Acid.—The difficulty of pro. 
3, and 4, proved a little; essels of sufficient cpt pide. try experiments 
me 
4, had im t 
decidedly best ; but No. 5 had made dry ogress. kà 
five weeks from the applicatio; of the nitrate, me 
Wheat was full 6 inches higher, much thicker, and mo 
(and peur a high probability of grain in pinla a) of 
his crops. 
[The ore S veaigh om Mr. Hannam’s prize essay 
Tra 
umnecessary ; setting aside the distinction ‘in the 
ere was a ela ct ridge or roger et e proi pik 
No. 5, h 
fore, unne 
hue, th 
wronged height of the straw i in 
t Parii 
mere als much larger than those on the oc aa 
on: 
yr talented chemist, who viewed the crop at this time, 
to in our remarks at pages 297 an 
nde ence 
liural 
a Corte — 
z the Highland pE eda is referred | a c: 
317.) 
with: ape of sulphuric acid 
k 
t 
pes ee ri “he old ae or with the 
head and low tail- -board), and chintz and pitch well 
sa, asiy F ($: 
To 
Prizes dea at Periodica 
rom 
4 
It may be advantageous to the porary interes to low 
essel, the acid will be found as re 
an 
ral oc yoy ragate a tonio or 
aper 
many 
es or a mg s rally u the nly appetite, 
succeed, ni move 
ne soil to their own profit, orm at ~~ e a pro- 
moting the true science of 2 cultur uld be 
E 
p before snort mene this subject, not cask, and mould or ashes 
of attemptin t blame on societies, which have added, ai the dhols i 3 ’ sufficiently stiff to shee pe 
done so muc a ody but wit th a wis sh to render them | to say pisos wh W. 2. may be desired to leave oy 
till i read, e— W. i 
by exciting them to additional exertions in cultivating Mang old Wur. — Being oe ies in farming, to 
attention, I pte 
which , se ai tel fon pie 
with the hope that OU, or 
with 
we 
the y of troubling you, 
presu: mption in an humble 
in oppor osition to the opinions of peh poaa haas, 
your corresponden nts, will AE e: 
information i name si pp S subject s:—In Feb 
und yet 
t this is time, in Section 1, No. 3 
7 ano) | looked decidedly best, Nos. 
looker-on, purely interested in the welfare of those 
7 the de] 
ast, I had a b +of an acre dug u 
th of. ies gap 
pe 
Bes pan 
n ridg 
hard-working ‘men—the second- ares onies 
so 
1, 3, and 4, be eing capita tal—may be permitted t attention of | ridges, and sowed with wold War » the sowing 
mmittees appointed to distribute se to the pugi completed by the end Iarch ye yet it has” 
Angst 1 —The various plots were mown, and, after difieulies unge which the — ES er at present sign of. springing ; ; should it therefore fail, 
standing i in KA field s nny dry, were thrashed, rs, bein ng unable cy ompete with the = ie eave my repeating the s „Or S 
with the fi Be aia p surfeiting oxen. Th f | rathe: ust ips this season, and if so wi 
Tbs. i bet wrens rafed Tating: -prizes would be two-fold :—Ist. | ground require to be manured agai it wi 
fe de ae et ae | An improved s of manured for the Man Wurzel, with omp 
24 do. do. a do. Nina of ev very acaip for animals, 2d. Offering house manure and rotten stable-dung. My second ques- 
mere Ss oppor nity g tion is ais oy age m of 16 acres is a light sandy so 
depentiant upon skill and intelligence. The value of | base e iron sandstone, not affording me 
$ all experiments should he s upon with ee spare Song in the shape of old hedges or any oth 
Final Results per Imperial Acre. to the return for capital expen nded, Ambition urges form’; puh about a mile distant, there is an old 
oie Prodiko. EPOR AE a n to vie er in producing ie largest | house, now in ruins, which might be carted to the pao 
- | Cost of |. + Decrease, animals at shows, witbout considering the ` waste of Pray, what is the most advisable mode of disposing 0 
-|5 Manure a _ This it | ? wh ether mixing i with lime, with stable „manure, 
rain Straw | is an erroneous system on which to b oi 
. |st. Ib) £ s. d.| bush. | st. Ib. | ot ood eoii; which really means, not ardaig the | cecal obtain Bese the shore at a ie rate e 
ae A rs 4 gi: wo 6 | carcass in a mass of tallow, but in putting a beast into the | pens of money and labour, or is there any other pla 
122 . tah) , M. ie Fite, 
1125 0} 1 7 9| 40.78 *30 | the most moderate cost. This should be one of the | Mangold Wurzel was probably s sown too dee p3 ii me 
g ey pate standard marks of a first-rate agriculturist. After a in tor: eo Pati i pent. “ P Seder ee 
eight of hot lime. 
it observed t and ma me ea flesh. or | at d sea-ware 
top-dresing, an and is obtained ty comparing No Sean nen ak not grow in bu bulk (an nd t h othe T ould not” answer to m) 
m ety ah op-dressing was used, both having had the same | ani: i ; aoa ye fa: that, which b am it T Paiet x E Ey you for setting me 
p> ek - the does not i iiaiai and i (in p. 248), as to Mangold Wurzel, and referrin; 
‘onclusions. lassen and» soap hotlar " Chroniaie 
po net Tintas bonding i gene th l , pp- 188, 204, which had unfortunately escaped: 
judicious for a aen ead on p mika it q= Ami h ody has s bee iian up merely ja the sak a ex- ra not If my memory do not deceive me, Mango 
an early growth, but does not main ntain it. ‘The fine hon, and to Hap raw Having stated cheatin Wurzel was first brought into notice, in this count 
ing prizes, i it ma by the celebrated Dr. Lettsom, about 1790. He, as 
the consequen oy AY with which the plant AR at 5 and b 
- nutritive ate which is in the soil, and ae eas access 
which the tmosphere has to the of the plar 
of ilining the obecrvation of 
some talented a icul- 
turi ists, fi a 
ended 5 in 
att 
may, perhaps, explain the proud doe of th 
D he plant in 
its early stages ; while revive quick escape, or use 
soil—lea: little food 
, of the 
ould these remarks fail to call forth some 
more Sis se the writer may) pense amet pags 
TE The lyon = cs mt ow the 
notice of prize a for 
imag fer which, after all, ther 
tions. 
with a ¢, bee: cause ea 
es ef the plant when it when | oxen, sheep, Pigs, a 
he very luxuriance of wag pply | according to aa ag pa Tabak (not to exceed so | Wort, Butterwort, Tee ort, and nu 
= falling off in See crop, ering a> Seen mt ey t the lowest cost. Dr. and Cr, | old English names of plants.—Orthophilus. 
spring, ka summer have ¢ exercised ibit d Harvesting Roots.—I should esteem it 
their be nie oer j ta _ Rooks.—About four years ago, you inserted t letter | if you would ne me the benefit of your opimo: 
x reg Oa useful | question— Turni rrots, M. Wurzel, 
Sse ATA has to a light porous soil, and | to farmers to repeat = Reectiation, $ in order eiles. in fact dota in general, are better preserv 
bo ane, put out sar nek of foliage at first ie Ptah Srerte cen bok 
Suffers from winds, &c., causing dam mage. to an Mitek or de S of T sins with arsenical on 
the stem, may also have sens effect in producing the stu ff th ee ‘trpentn; 4 wen put away before the leaves and Stil 4 
Seale is ables § The ese remar 3 hearer RET t em with hay or straw. When Whea is sown, perfect uaan] ; gr = prt va ny 
Ph creams a ‘the stif ones = or Oo Hak it; when taken ff, lay them up ae es PMY does not enable me to fo: wre a deci 
and, „even on light Tang, iti is ays upon stubble that the | tatoes 3 rs a spring, md r TA com pig e peaa D refaro, i it se 
H +h +h ’ 
“Any one who pl f others of 
sion caused by pasturing oth crop, leaves the, soil in | of the K depredations of rooks before he Se T ins oa Bee aeons ‘pull Carrots, Me 
de of preventing them, deserves to suffer by | Wurzel, & fore their | b get 
hoi r the manure in it (being less penetrable by the them ; and if it A oa eae wee Er i 
ermphere or rain), and as a better support fee the Ignora ee ge a apie nt pri Junt etre, 
n ppa ba i pci eyed te ie Corn 0 Drill- hoe. .—As the annexed l copy of a | stages, which is very considerable. We have hi 
u essrs ac f pulli the roots are ripe 
ad in, prevent that overgrowth at ich appeared in your a of 5th April by aie vho argue bie Toi ndition of the 
such an extra supply of food, last T IN kall fal b ponga by its. insertion :—“ I observe, | never s station its growth, ripenin 
hanical support against winds and | in the mone a ral Gazette of ae ‘April last, a sket h sop ci and the stoppage of We 
e same time, the rou prie d i SS ‘nd dese: from a specimen in your agricultural before ripening, the arti jal removal of somn 
vent early Tater of t age, pr n of a vite simple Fm “effe ctive im : would natural, 
z a later z ore t de by Mr. Sterling, of Glenbervie, onthe corn drill- | checks its progr _— bee st as the remo 
thus the elods (which th takes As I had the pleasure to furnish h Mr. Sterling of the cen et ee in a succession 
g the a yi having adea] | i the hoe in ome invented by m myself, I think it | from one ban the pepe ould hinder 
frosts and spring showers, gradually | proper to state t 
in your communication, you have 
lof the p: me aries 
