CC OEEEUSSS TF 
ites for penning the pro 
rs possess the requisi * 
‘cess, and ee a few will — the solution—t he b 
scape—an nd a 
feoeo y 
st por- | 
ffected and the hapte of 
bones can be of use only | 
to the first crop, rly dry bon nes are serviceable i e 
corn afterwards ; ttl 
11806 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 351 
s oil of vitriol, ean scarcely be conce Few | Beallowed up; 5 ane. also at their not having tal 1 the 7th instant, 
it am since been published as a pa rate tract.*] 
As to the early history o of the Po otato plant, ; it appears 
the lan a of the portion of the 2 quarters which would 
ane 
y e, will be a great 
the substan s yit beaiko tl 
remain for 
into 
more — 200 years ago, and ame a into this 
ntry fi 1740, which was a 
year of sear rity, wh 
hen a few | 
A 
till about the year 1753 or 1754, ne rf were 
3 but 
e raised 
the e plant has not been extensively a 
The: 
are areais varieties of the Potato ; sai the kinds first 
Kid: Leather-coat 
‘put what prospect zzled to account for so serious a mistake as 
i _ Bais m piaghe d the thea of tae Wil- fn appt of the terms ‘important discovery: 
s, Mr. Geddes, De pa on, e, Days of Richmond, | econo; use of b bones,’ to such ny we Was 
at. Fleming, Mr. "Finnies, and his th g 
Williams’ exp The | the Cound 1, to 
on o es are drilled, Tite y Ena eer: the | leadings. For mis ner s, as panes involve serious con- 
acid are pines di in the furrow and ridged, thus | s ees 3 and their mischief aeaa over consider: 
evidently increasing the depth of the wr where the | able time. Let us suppose a far of 300 or 400 
yas used ; why, this end ie oe 1 in light and | acres made anxious by his ore from Abe Tariff sa 
soils for this s very purpos xperi w Corn- lans- Aes has fo und n ration, in co 
ent, he says, goo eeding of st cae ar other ion 
very inferior No won 
t does 
le no’ thing gave a crop. 
me: G edde: 
enperimenh 
3 G, 
n was mad e, 
op for the qu uality of the grou und—no =< given — 
not mention how “the 
tha haan rearing or atten of st to que the 
manure his land requires. He sees Mr ee port, 
and his landlord and ta having told him the > greal 
ch 
lication 
same man 
worth as muc 
of application. 
e information be yond this. 
the and is h. 
Dr. eee s aet ea does not mention the mode 
The Duke of Richmond’s experiments do not give 
hemistry will do for him, he 
ork. 
lays on the water, and hi nnd the acid ; but, then ee 
he find his expenses diminished, and + corn crops 
(éalled from the roughness of its skin n), t po Blac 
(that is, the dark-coloured Vi 
kamoor 
irginia), gona Killimancas 
(query, the Dons), which appears to 1 A Cross 
between the white and red, Tl 
day are, the Kidr ney, Perthshire Reds, ea ot Buffs; 
the two lat 
in this neighbourhood. There is also another ‘species 
called the Surinam, or Hog Potato, or Yam: this variety 
is not eaten by the human species, oo gp nse, 
jeremy but it = two valuable © properties to re 
| me nd it and | has aa ppe been 
not 
dwindled fer the iwani af eree he will have 
d his 
lbs. of sulp hurie pee sown, give 11 tons; the same 
16 bushels rot bones alone. 
2 bushels of bones, with 
and rail at all im- 
provement ihe we F hie life. 
“ Pray make haste to it this appear, that my view of 
succeeds. 
The first symptom of degeneracy of the plant in Scot- 
land appeared about the e year 1780, w a a on F nrs 
alled 
cena 
y it. 
and 
same quantit, arin of sulp g tl curl, 
tons 4cwt, Most probably the smaller quantity was | chief from this i important disco very.” rred so rarely, that very little her tice cae 
ved, while, when they were sown on d, less} [We shall ney kod Spg this subject in am its but the evil gradually and extensively increased, 
ntity of Turnips is Soap where more bones are | leading section of the Pa eanwhile, we may j when, about the years 1784-5, the who i crops 
; advantage is shown over bones alone. | say that the co al disso! ienolving Sines, though JAE yte rt -| Lothians were seriously affecte db remedy, 
othing is said of the weight ae duke’s rich soil pro- | able, canno great as “ D?” would have us infer ever, was oe Aone; hy ma e the seed 
ced qen matin “ys ras ; applie m his remar: want a tank, we have an has been the 
ming q Ł 
#47 
e 
a basin-shaped hole in the ground, 4 feet 
| and puddle it with clay ; and those 
efully Tees rr evid 
e seed ; in all ‘the fs ate of t the ner hey are 
the volution may ‘be dried -= with saw- psy dry coe 
_ to m 
is manifestly utterly useless we mae an ex 
e Sie experiments, and not place e 
equal footing. The N in dept w 
n pee sown thay and Turnips ridged is oe 4 to 
very farme r kno 
“git 
cae as m 
ything yet introduced. His carefully 
a philosophically described, Bhai 
effect, as 
the raw and dissolved bonm this 
yay og AS 
ag ade} ot en Reptored 
81 — 
20 Ibs. o 
. ar 20 
61 30 
Difference i in tarar of bones 11 bushels, 
ush. Ibs, 
34 36 
Hopetoun Oats, 
Bi ibe. of sulphuric acid 
of = 
ng 
38 12 
acid 4 bushels worse than nothing. 
nelus' signs sie aries is a thing but Sirik ho 
int 
ween 
6 
the very great differ- an 
r sz tell kea 
¢., and applied as a powder.] 
AGRICULTURAL WCONaIPEENCt IES. 
PREJUDICE and error generally go hand in hand ; a 
years; but it was foun nd, as 
1820 up to the year meee it was customary to a 
the seed peoia 
year, 1845 
gratificati ion, but when society is affected by it, the 
sooner gner E breaks in upon si the better. 
Ask 19 farm 20, who hold strong i land, 
ate a. 
le TESA oa (without an opening under rit) vl i hold 
water li te 
wheres er ‘haart Aagi a Feire 
well bricked, 6 or 8 feet deep. What is their remark 
“Oh! its of no use your EEE an 
cellar inour soil, you can’t keep 
there ever such an illustration of dentin as ‘det 
What is a drain-pipe but a small cellar full of air? 
Then again, common sense ‘el us, oo can’t keep a 
light fluid under a heavy on You might as well try 
water as to pegs air under wise, 
Oh ! but then our soil is not porous w can 
| it hold water so sepang ? Iamled to ER barotos 
rsy I am havi ving with some Essex 
it was found oan anew io pa in “the fl 3 
; ee ots and flies who feed upon 
ants; 
d 
great blanks or fail- 
k pl ace—and r many farmers almost lost their 
washing pet This disease in the seed was calle 
wet and dry rot; and, in many schon seed from 
i d low, has now also failed. 
w 
variously accounted ‘for. 
but this is a consequence, 
gots or flies are onl 
mag; only to be fou n diseased or 
as pand enero far riot and coma on putrefac- 
is their 
tion: ural ores i nar p$ are only to 
ve iB iy Plant, “then, a sound pota a good soil, 
rE iS i 
y to 
fall 
e nie men oom 
ions po m 
fee for Placing 
in 
will not aT it is 
| aver that nee is rem e skin, a 
all over it. a if planted, per certainly be 
maggots and 
cwt. Ibs, vain o the numerous proofs Üroughi inant by the ; but the plant is in a state of 
nat 2: Srn» proaerd ap u last Wedn i esdny by Mr. PS% Aap Engi ged 2 the gis al r put : fact, a caput mor ad Bs 
Agricultural Society, and confirmed by Mr. Pu en ims ead es and mn right « 
ere, ween ia, Panag of baja nk they still dispute w It is in vain I tell them I taane ieee ae ‘ect to pe A , then, is, 
a bones, 9 sul. acid) 40 keep the Fain water out of fans ipes 12 foot p to plant sound seed, and the maggots and flies will not 
erence -13 ewt.-in-farour af-bones that conveys a spring to my farm-y ard, Do, sir, relh it, As the crops on the high Jands are earl 
dt may be mentioned, ey. the a thee Mr. Russel] | 224 eonvinee this ah eh class, of doubters ; for it iat checked by frost, and the tops 
r pudiate very roperly Dr. Maddens notion. that the | national importa: Four feet. of goo od porous clay they ‘do not fully ripen; and this cireumstanee has in- 
entinued application of bones injure the land, | Would afford a far ‘better meal to some strong Bean or rops 
h caution is evident] y in risking a other B's root than the usual A mae And a saving | for seed in a green or unripe state, in pito ioeina 
on evidence, the positive part of which is so very of 41, E ae in drai PE is noni the operations of nature on the hill ees but this 
ign a ; and the negative part of glaring inconsistency is the subject of tillage. ore oe has also failed, Seed has been often raised from 
doubt o; th nel posed subsoiling ed yy bea land for irnad pt to ad- 
r it t folly 1 to risk any furthe nere mit the action of fi abundai eal 
a Ra h + 
out a ap re ae it, and not for those who Fae 
y. 
the action of sulphuric sid io on soils may 
Th: 
every beneficial z Ar ate be a manure— 
_ tangeroi —but 7 on some soils, in 
verting th —_ carbon- 
Mes to su a raas s, and in sg 1 in a diss 
te constituents of so 
os Bpom a 
rr aa papa found by the 
Society,” from a correspondent who | 5 
aes as he goes. 
experiment ever 
omia it, “has re- 
of bones, 
chase pea sat 1 ton of 
of si 
1g ae crop, to 2 quarters 
rful astonished ! not, how- 
another communication on | 
was instantly raised by a farmer presen 
— i je slow for Beans. Well, I know you 
Sk r double-spit your gardens ? Oh, cer- 
w generally allowed, and — idea avi’ 
tained, that it is quite impossible e to ra scoi posis 
ce 
ẹ 7 
eats “ones. | What, and that on double- 
‘ound ? Pposstble; sure 
eason can 
n his garden 
anger or earlier pride! Again, TE 
cry bnt at 
to stp ery aie ble pr im 
and constitution of miem peen jare in look- 
ral histo 
t so 
a alta Mi 400 fee’ 
ears 
“pe oe et oa tg The a 
th plant, v ; much si 3 
takes eare not t to 
ferent pan Se bes cattle, 
both ; as if th nsations 
ur cattle 
that res pect fone one.” 
eel the 
et 
warm, bog eg welled and we shall ER 
cramp in 
soil, and too 
| applied to the aar 
eae oe it asite asirai 
In the cultivation and general nee $ of the pa ; 
o | we havo entirely tt ig ht of nature, which always fol- 
of 
m 
foll th inconsiderate 
eae ees Sate rhe poe Sogo Who can contem- 
Satanee on your vale space at preson t. r 
wrong in my v and proceedings, I shall be h care 
stand pes Begs ET Mechi, 4, Leadenhall street 
f stem, a and onan, and, at 
1 
May 5, 1845. [From the N rd Chronicle.} 
thes: same time, | 
oe DISEASE = Fa a Lune al 
oe fillontion are sane of a gis —_ cs sub- | 
e first prac- 
eros experience of “tg emg met ae. on my own 
farm struck me most forcibly. In the year ur 1837, I had I had 
Patu llo, Esq, of Edinburgh, read 
and Bradfute, “Edinburgh. 
