20-1845] THE bch hs Ae URAL GAZETTE. 
Sori ieties. a des t. John’ n Dey Rye, with the | is ibang ta to bear well such looseness of soil. 
$ ollowing “account of his cultivation o 
yee LTU URAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. |  « On hn! St. John’s-day Rye. By Ph i; ry, M.P.— 
wn instead of Turnips, or where the aia had 
AL missed, on a part of te amry da even a 
j E wa LY CounciL TE Bi mg agent saa ye The late Lord Leicester a ised that no ing exp | a , to say noth thing of two, wae ther 
ts kision ouar, on We = a fiae 2e Riéumonn, | "ment should be published until it had en aceeaflly li z apr ng, might compensate for such a ane o brates as 
May ; present: His Ch the D ri Ge St Alba tried for three years. But though I have not grown the | t haw geateally nae If it stood for seed after- 
i E.G. Riadah i > ll cei Taaa Hill Honi St. J ohn’ s-day Rye as yet ev ren for two complete years, iv ards si hn uld = en bens take the ee of the Barley- 
ah Spencer, Lar > ; a g app f ghb urnip’s ral s aa and the rotation 
4 FA Clive, M.P., E —— Pi a BZA a Then, |ing f thi | woul hy be one sugges- 
Baird, Bt., T. Balmer, Esq., +. Col Chal aE ae before ore the Society. It was in 1842 that Mr. Taun- tion, or rather call attention to atime d of Mr. Taun- 
5. Bencraft, Esq., H. s SFPA piyi gnk) ton, of Ashley, near Stockbridge that if the St. John’s day Rye be olk uneaten in 
Cheese, i , F. C. Cherry, Esq., B G : E me in the followin the autumn, it will afford feed for « ewes and lambs equal 
Edgell, Esq iN. S E imn Ao eat r ot beet est oft the pr ares nae weitere serene you t + a8 early as the beginning of 
ow say, of ear’ ye, that ‘some farmers do not approv it; for 
T. B. Gleg zg, oti “i H rate Ca while ome it gives but little food, and it cue up rapidly to se 2 pet es te hope ee an invaluable time for 
Ben, a aps: lan 
7 a harsh stalk, which stock do not relish’ But ~~ re bet a new plant is 
z : ouall, A. ‘Ogilvie, Esq , Ea Parkins, does not apply to the e variety of Rye which is the best worth cul- | realised in practice ; but what I have myself seen of 
ay En., J. Phillips, za Č. Faen Esq., H. Price, Esq., | tiv. ating ; an the a one wert cag sling * any | the St. et Rye, and the opinions of farmers who 
i y A. ` sh . S meat— he St, John’s- : 
ity a R A ’Slaney, Esq., J. Smith, Esq., J. | day Rye (seigle de St. Jean} 1 This 2 i ifs en iA in proper time, n 
I. E 
> 2 k and on a suitable soil, presenta itself to the scythe in a state |in advising occupiers of light lan nds to hea 
Swinburne, Esq., . . Thomas, Esq., T. Turnbull, palatable to horses for full three weeks, or erdhen I wou a. pnn either this summer, t t giv Ne 
TEs, T. Turner, Esq., T. Tweed,- Esq., G. Wilbraham, | not more than one-fourth of the e ground mith common Rye by | or in the autumn pas n substitute for the parean myo “4 
ad M and J. Wright Esq. the side of it, for the common Rye is a very few days earlier, Pu M 1845.” y 
a _— Nad “ind od E of Cl mont, and by the time when that becomes hadh ‘and woody the St. | —P'USEY, Gms 12, 1845. 
mas Percival an Sapo È Gent aremont, near | John’ s-day Rye has attained its perfection. Of this latter I Boe a Grpss stat ed that Messrs. Thomas Gibbs and 
Manchester and Hyde-pa: S ae ia as | have had, on `a suitable soil, wa extent of 1 London loads of given orders for a supply of the rae of the St. 
a owin. sekan emen Mem- pea per acre when left for seed; for it will grow from 6 to 7 a m 7” 
Governor, and the ne s feet high. The time to sow it is the 24th of June ; at all events Join ay Rye, to to be sent to them direc aa m Belgium 
hes ot the S ociet gose BET getitin before July. The soil for Rye ought to'be a siliceous the arrival of which bong were i ting. 
i William, Gaydon, Kir a Be Dy agp 2 west hire soil; it does not reject a considerable admixture of clay, but i ori “eh AND Sutrpnuric Acip.—Mr. r arsa favoured 
3 Grifiths, Henry, Bryndafyda, § 5 aout “ai ought to come under the description of a sandy loam. If sn the Council with the follow wing communication :— 
ae Hare, Jabez, 10, — antag wet dshi want such a burthen as I have described, of course the condi- Fordham, Downham Market, May 3, 1845, 
| Cheese, John, C coe Weir, Kington, Am eh sa tion of the soil must not be poor, and such produce ‘will pay for , see motes sth p Yared 
Ayre, 8. Emh End Ho! id Ri St. John’ : Nor Aoki good land. The soil, too, needs to be compressed after sowing, “I perceive the per which — made last t year with 
Grey, Geor , Milfield Hill, bg d ae a a an if the land be at all light, by rolling or sheep-treading ; other- | bones and sulphuri d, 
Hunt, W illam, Ditston, ‘Hexham, Northumberlan wise the Rye-plant is peculiarly obnoxious to the wireworm, interest as ty Serie: ae gafn; lh 
Lee, Joseph, Dilston, Hexham ext The mass of foliage in October would induce you to feed it then; indicts. aroi ins ana ü : à shall pe 
Stephenson, Marshall, Fourstones, Hex =o ut Dail but I would recommend you to abstain : the leaf (unlike winter | Pleasure, therefore, orw: n g you, and sh 
Scarth, Thomas Freshfield, Keverston, ings ae Batons is very little changed by the winter, and it so cherishes | Obliged by yourlaying before the Council, an experiment 
Scarth, William Thomas, Keverston, kipro- foliage, which shoots up in spring covered with this eu n acre of fen-land fi å Pa put 
Scarth, Edward, Westside House, Dar! ington Pr ar “mantle, that it will repay = Eaei ce win ample bushels of bone-d d fi : 
Mansell, Thomas, Adcott Hall, Shrewsbury interest. I have seen it in the end o a f February, or beginning of two bus apr “on ust, not ground very fine, into a 
_ Fison, Cornell, Thetford, Norfolk March, equal, if not superior, to e bost ak Pa y eers ie tub, with 70 lbs. of acid, and added 140 Ibs. of water ; 
walker, Oliver Ormerod, Bury, r ewes and lambs ; for soili otal ne horses will eat it | it was all wel gether, remained in the tub 24 
wget n Ho a ry, Shrewsbut Worcester when the ear is fairly dev eloped, Tend it may perhaps be 5 feet — and o mixed with cinder-ashes in sufficient 
Taunton, William Elias, Freeland Lodge, Ensham, Oxo Eegittcadlibe tues kaarron ae m ntity to make it drill. I tried it by the side of bones 
i Hiayds, Charles Calveriy, Thu OEA ous | Pa Jane of tho following year (1843) Mr. Taunton at the rate of 8 bushels to the acre, mixed also with 
: , John Pitt, Hastings, Saas sent me pre = account his n the | ashes; the superiority of the former was most striking, 
Knight, S. Norlington, Lewes, Busia owth of the St. John’ sae mia esis more ly during the two first months. I may 
Evans, dope Glascoed, Llansantffraid, ‘Iinclose to = a stalk of my St. John’s-day Rye, length 6 | add, I left a few drills witnout any manure, which of 
EeP Draininc.—Mr. Pusey laid batons “the Council | feet: it has not yet flowered. I began to soil eight cart-horses | course were throughout the season conspicuous] 
Hon. Charles Arbuthnot to Mr. Parkes, the consulting- of it, nA y Mma wast, 20 ‘conan I bane le | to have given 2d. a pound for the acid. I was so well 
ciety. use, and I expect that they will eat it freely some days longer : pleased with the result of last year’s trial, I am quite 
: u bad. 
the Biri vT Ne a addressed by the Right h on the 13th of May, then 3 feet high, and four cows a t tl little saving, but perhaps I ough not 
id 
y House, April 21, 1 thus, see, extending its eatable state nearly to a month, If} di d to itis . rti ular of 
, , you see, ng . sed to use a i icu a cheaj 
_ “You desired to be informed of t 7 the particulars of tn I ene ig ges 5 wanes — eas = this crop in bed present | th sh pnts tn 4 E 
experi season, 1 shou ve begun a 
experiment I EFS, ou of laying land Gry | Tet attained the belghe st’ feat tae ground which bore this nication, but not having seen an experim 
by drains 4 Se eu oe uced to make on sowing. eded f land u 
nt vai ing an te. = —_ by you, and | cut green into stubble ; but your 
abl er in the ‘Journal of the Royal | more rgd ped soil for Rye than our chalk. This plant, and, 
eve, vV: 
c 
l 3 to hundreds our brave 
EN e v. WO | men on the sandy plains of Belgium, two days before the battle happy to answer dh questions, or give any other infor- 
rass land, containing together seven | of Waterloo. They marched through fields of it higher than mation in m r upon the subject, should ; it be re- 
i ic fho heads. eg i f thei e ed . c 
e i on 
— sent directions to my bailiff “ Mr. Taun n having prese nted me with some seed | which had been communicated to him from Li 
y July, 1843, on i ” ', 4th March, 1845, 
and this Tein oie. ne, to sink drains in cai tense ten | som e poor 1 mbard Fiche manure, was fed off in| “In the event of the liquid form of application not 
deep, an 7 Amins ad ee ea poran of each drain. The the autumn, and again in the spring, yet produced on attainable, or in case of the compact form being 
vm rs | wn diay nally across the little more than a qu arter of an n acre, 7 bushels of sood. | preferred, the following a vay say viz of DE 
ut m) 
distance between” aly eatin from 45 to harvested : it sirahe. oa aon loam, v. ed | conical (similar to that which is made by brick- 
$ feet. At the time that the vee eae > geai porte ne Arae cee paor layers in e eae 
h enced since January last), there was scarcel +. Ta unton n’s description, and established its character | pre ing as much as can be convenien' 
Porat but, when it was com: etd | here - covering: 4 or 5 5 acres with a thick coat of | 3 acres. Maks a hole in the centre, in ne form of an 
ee vy erh 
inv 
i 
ned. I ought here to mention hrig 1 find, too, in ys tan Mr. git = Dil, | enor eee fi its origi arg shape, and make a hole le 
E fi 13 inch, and those in | of the Farm,” a yet more favourable account of it. |in the as before, into which pour 180 m. = rg 
were 3 inches in diameter. My bailiff krad the itio Rye i cx that convenient little book, jas oi (the 
I being in London, that after the rain the ented co — There is a variety rey) go 9 A sey s of water, Kee pana edding 
ed rapidly out of the new main drains, but of I Rye mentioned by Conte tinenta bate uthors by the na from the ery: the hole, until the 
h came from the old shallow drains into their | of St. Joh Ami hn because it wt apidly Ew of pio Tenia is mixed w ‘the nes ae ashes, 
EYR e paddocks soon became perfectly dry, | if sown pels day it will be fit mow ‘green kir turn the whole over once - twice to secure an in- 
6.02 98 I have alread said, was far indeed from being by the middl Let the heap stand for 12 or 14 days, 
4 ogi with the shallow drains. Iam now so con- | may | be fed of a again in Never without breenn after which it may be turned occasionly until required 
nage, t at +h N 
e re some very hea inverted con 
and it was not long before the effect of th the ate Analy ground tl he better. Give 
as ascertai 
effi use. ibe E” 
and I has t artly | at ck next harvest. At might be advantageous Mr. Dozito, of Kirtling-hall, prieina hag rie 
partly with tiles, and as was thea | troduce this variety into England if ‘tt be not siseudy | his ie to undertake any experim agricul 
pth , I intend to cross the old drains with ae ” On the n fan —_ it is fi ek to state oral ture the eager a ight wish to have tried.. pis Stace, 
zi to do all in my power to Fok the when ur seedsman, Mr. G Gibbs, in respectin of Berwick, ewes, Mti applied for leave to 
water, mai tl 
v, wh ed to run as soon as the land became quite | w. ing in Bel a But og eee] assigned wind-power to cn hing and other agricultural 
7 ge shows that it was not kept wet by eii ome op the ae on Rye in of a ing wini yor Mop tee aia of draught. Mr. Smith, 
h Z pipes of 14 inch diameter, I a and this po Sg eee validi in countries co tel e- | 0 ave, informed the Council of a serious s 
ose = the furrows to have been is n will not apply where, as in England, Kye which has broken out among the Southdown flocks in 
w convinced that inch pipes peso have is intended ‘principally for green fodder. e Sussex. Mr. Bencraft explained s oe s 
inch re | then 
esired pr LEN tg as I said, Ay Ka trial of the St. John’ rs Rye is | which his patent hames were constructed, Mr. Clarke 
bite 
neig y 
t not bee! Mr. 
s l can answer for the co i h ti in- 
coun A rrectness of my bailiff’s | t mon Ry e. i tillers so bo as to a Rowen fehibited pak wireworms at that time 
J fee most accurate in what he states ; dra u the suai a! Mower on the same space of festing | his crops ; and Dr. Bickes appeared before > the 
had ver, he was—till the trial had made, | groun Paps where the 
rather startled at the notion of} w re tbe n Rye , after twice | pre g seeds for y germination, to any fessor Le 
Ia sts depth of of 4 feet. The paddocks were, wero growin zE i so thin that T "ploughed it up ; while a orm Council "nid propose. The enea then 
originally, as it appears under | this new Rye covers th adjourned to Wednesday next, the 21st 
wn 
Plou 
the 
gh ; and laid down in n hm 
t such barbarous ti th its first. es ti [ering sale: it is also sweeter 
jilges were not only very high, but also very | than the common ee when y mi Where they grow Miscellaneous. : 
2 Some being 45 feet, and others only | together the hares and Mile W le we had any, ate it id ro Charcoal as a Manure for Turnips.—The 
ich ention to account for the irre- | before the other. Its principal ‘me —— h „á e charring peat is very simple, if you have 
aa at which my Moe bliged nd the a e nly plenty of water so near your a that it can be 
Jains, CHARLES ARB poe longer time during which it fit early red, though 
Ston, took that opportunity ot sub- | as sp. feed. farmers who have seen it agree | the fires want dragging down level before the mig i: 
ction ee the Council s ens with m hey this new Rye should be as upon such | thrown on: Bo not necessary to apy e fire shows 
With pai Rowers for th oe = ight holi soils as we sometimes find on our southern | half it then forms a coat a the “or which 
"ken t in the drai chalk-hills.. On such land, in dry seasons, farmers often | stops the een an anything ore than smothering. 
r. Posey laid before 2 the | load thais Teiaig-teep after it is singled ‘out ; but Rye | The fires want examining next day, to see that ot he 
