THE AGRICULTURAL GA 
ZETTE. 
rotten a 
nao af nd stay at iw oe 
i our rarely met primarily w far they may be extended to colour, and appears scaly at its edges 
a ‘ie arming 7 peen tg meu Ewing tièr ttack Barley and” P Went. wl jen afterwards shown. <Astiteis peeling off from the mealy substance ot 
“ Koig ht, on the Apple omé Pear, F. or “ Loudon’s 7 Bae eating: 2 subject of this kind, there” is anotlier’ rene = aa generally attends 
MC ld ł shrunk into the bod 
Wine-making,” “which. will rad hi him- tø “ Roberts on employed ori pa aera here: used, are ther m esr insomuch that the 
-i which the popular work. If he explaine 
pta g it ther pon A ens nt hints in the st cS f | very easi ily separated i iii is a directi tion, the continuity a 
y ; or a Treatise of ||the Oat or eae it consists 0 o par —one larg 
ae oy H hatin wW anus or a T in 1689, | and one small; the large bene 'inclosing hows FE the dsl yi the rottenness of the _ ligament 
He recémmeiids fermenting in small stone say two (Shellin, “the small gee ko tho i secure er thi |; in, + 
gallons, to avoid the usual rom over-stepping | appro aching edges. of the s any force’ employed to tear it wa 
give 
any opsitof the ‘all The 
difference be 
e. hydrometer, and the 
s seale and the seale of s 
K | root-end of the grain and of the 
ac- | was attached to the stalk, 
e 
mea 
shellin, i is the end that 
The p he grain, a and of Sy shellin, i 
before $ 
is the other hutt, this ata et 
Brees as tha oes parts. of the shellin 
gof 
rhw "iganaente sometim 
end. n stripp 
| the shellin under ‘the small part a the hull, a hollow or 
= 
t immediatel visible, feen itis concealed by 
shrinking and the depth-of th but, im’ a 
of r 
et 
of the aR for t 
be = Rad snd te 
i i eg forget th 
aT 
he pak of PS I Knowledge 
ecific gravity, 
the a ao er a 
who 
me) w 
de, and get two or + tiree long | 
a seale Boy te aes 
= 
end; 
poin nt, As I am not 
known by any vaste nam 
its a ppearance, 
In addition to this explanation of ot it is eae 
1e, T have ad it, from 
bo shelin 
e groo 
ao open ie quan) i 
will poprel be fo wad Foy e at its bottom, fro 
the x to the poin _ There e is one limitation | 0 
rince 
i to pr noche that the part which form 
ant, or gon which contains it-already fo fo rhed, con- 
and will ot 
and as they si ey se ~ bende see Tow the reves 
, and at off 
times. 
pope sit up of a night to wati teh it Im the 
sS 
y of the 
4 s but a very: small pene of ad d 
spe eck, of | 
Small oval 
ii 
e 
a whi hitish é t the 
up the side; opps to fie a 
the a putt as There ello hi from 
3 
tiat which í forms tl he 
young 
farthest advanced in ripening before they have been i in. 
jur In these, the black colour is only seen in 
| groove, at the root oa ut the partial destruction of 
e liga = indiioats d by this, is’ equally fatal. to 
ung plant. 
the appearances in frosted grain, are not easily 
e mis yo oes oe ie — sealy black damage ed li 
hi 
D 
wia t, 
igam 
t from tough smooth transiuce 
n Te ae 
own fruit, whi 
theni be 
matter this wet seas: 
Tiquor, he must = 
ch I aaa e pa aa er reen | sorts, a: 
what they a will nar t in sa 
Ifh 
sugar or honey, b oy hee 4 and 
brewer "s saechavometer, he aa ae the: seale (for 
er fet | 
ccharine ur a 
ends to have a ri ich 
| furnish food for he young E, rer! it seuss size 
r to derive nourishment fron the’soil. 
tis'in groove of the shellin\ that those a x see 
o differ the 
hy one, thst the eye immediately discovers the di 
tinction between them ; while the pon of splitting 
a sound shellin in the line of t the © gro —_ 
th 
ces are discovered, which will enable any person to 
ascertain, by inspection, whether 
fr ost or not. In the year 1812, I had observed that in 
In roe cox to aie e aiaei of this decisis 2 
mark, 
t dis tin nguis sh between ree 
ie » rs 
ï 
frost, the, bottom of the groove becanie lè within 
ys “es ee 
ing cider, ar 
an “Old Subs ie vg is welcome to them 
Auno rres espomdent sa fo Doky re 
marks, ers regar e of any 
The 
‘Apples pang ground the pommage is left- in open tubs 
use to 
blac 
three or and rta me sc 
tions and experiments have enabled ascertai 
sound grain, 
fraie 
se grains 
from’ the heap, to strip ko 
mia examine the Radar yo T 
Tf the bot of t 
correctly the nature of the injury suffere 
3: 
iP 
th el sn end 
till next morning. this, T =k since that period, repeated diy exami substance of 
The Sour $e removed tothe fining-house, ad tefe to to | appearances of the germination, both in —= be psc lea if the sel nis cates cite in its di 
ferment from seven to nine days. The froth that rises | sound gran in reetion—then we may p e the to be 
to the su be skimmed d thrown ie Upon sowing Oats that had been exposed to frost from mirti by frost. Tf, c on the conta, het 
At the expi above period the fining may be we the Meling, and in a whic h the blackness | si > gro T thatit aaa a if l 
proceeded with, which i$ done by dropping the: liquor of the groove was obse ved i r part | F shelti : 
through thin eal : r m a wooden oftl ie sample, Į t iSe l i 
e-work, and dredged with pounded charcoal. Fill} grains’ did: not germinate, t ch sear K a rotten ar a 
the o within 2 in e Bunghole, put a| did germina — oro was a f appearances, the ane a d nore rend to end; at the be 
p um) aed roots’ in so ë plants-b: ing an in Poche wanting 5 of the g groove, “ien the e grail in may be pronounced to 
so: ingira de most ‘patëshrivelled, un 
N.D Tt has been found’ sufi aiid Beneficia to 
one end of a tin syphon pm ee 
cg om other end in 
Ie conclude withou re pre a 
vi 
= rienced in readin dy ty a 
HOW ARE THE VEGETATIVE POWERS OF 
GRAIN INJURED BY FROST? 
Br ree Late MINISTER 
ii 
A 
— Thomas Rendell, Deadly em was T 
than in plan und grain. They almost all died 
cal, on i in saeia, apes sof them before they ka got the 
ond leaf, altho ugh a few survived for som er. 
issecti —, or 
that in 
detached giao y part of the 
llin; i united to it so feebly that it could be 
aad with ihe slightest sd wa ; and it then be aS 
of the injury that ripening Barley s 
Pey rost, is similar 2 that suffered by. Oats. Teh 
of "Ba like that ro 
the small part ere erin ng. 
und haiti, when dr, 
sellin ; but, in frosted grai 
and feelss 
ll a aaa 
| ressed; a 
| 
sd 
a subject of inquiry to eor a Ser ure of the 
ganisation, by which, in hea 
Oats, will be seen in 
Ih m frosted Barley, thei P 
1 Ad th 
; but, as this į 
m it ieis 
the S iighland, jand Society, by whieh. an 
himself c 
grain that he wishes touse for seed— 
any person may sati 
oncerning the rae S or Ss: a 
is; by makin; 
o I ther 
lee receed! = plants ‘af cei grain, in in 
various stages of heit p 
On = ai a dissection, I pot observed that. the 
Bs | young Jechnine Te roo the end of a tae ligar 
flower-pots, a onstrate time before 
sowing, numbering the emplo: 
me ed exami racic ing how S fears Py 
plants. is method, i fiser experiment is properly co 
deemed ace a for the purpose 
Ty properly be yaa a by oad by 
qual ty of the grain that he 
tie scteon 
ior. 
te sy, and hag ‘his seed-grain from a distant'part 
yed in the experi- 
sas healthy 
his 
But: it very’ frequently lepers that the: farmer 
circumstance that I have occasion a S arket l 
wise 
oe dy sO 
from w 
ment tha ttom o th e Piva From this 
Out some consid 
some consi 
able force; and i 
= o its germination, it 
at its —_ is united all around the me ly part, 
| is skin Bu and _ wee a in ge proces of t 
leis vis miarked, that the 
and young qr are at opposite sides, 
oe the ro = of the ge part. 
| amining t 
sg esti 
meet united over a 
the a 
ark of dam on 
rotten - tlie petti of the gro 
T Bav s seen one’ sample of 
fi a 
= Wheat fat was ex 
e ede the a part of the shellin, and 
ligament at the bottom of its 
po 
arg proportion of ui: 
groove, more minute pi 
observed, a after the young plant has made s 
a 
germin tion 
essay is 
oe aes is dra 
In premise "that he thn a observ. ent agp 
hat the 
n view 
of persons 
tee 
ins seo 
om pe: shot seh = property conducted: 
I rtion fee 
although the Plantes turity. 
afterwards eg -4y that} it i is ‘ont pend the g germ itse E 
destroyed by the frost, but a ligament that unites i 
Mealy part of the gr: 
sem 
of fo baire ndt 
t tot 
ain. 
go 
t and -dissected when abo 
‘ound, in orde rte 6 dace ver ones M E Jok plants a 
as, = 
pee ity. 
apt in: as a feeble pe 
5 Hive in Ae neh soit tenet beer pe trons 
Teck. Shame the ci 
Sah ganaiaate iar 
‘that in of ti 
‘tite: itself; sot that 
edif 
deemed infallible for 
In 
not ments, it | 
may piee extremely falas, yl thie Pacer. mes saa a 
propo: ary ree o germi 
Te will be | 
ag TETY ore, me ear 
ve 
re 
drm soe ache st to the tron per ae heli or en when non 
age se, there 
mthe field i = hie 
pa i 
Sree un She in the 
after they have been stacked through the) 
De: length e, the caries of 
pooling: ee 
to 
up. 
ly 
rogress 
pen araeo dale any bag, fl with a soft farinaceous | 
pulp, the’ iter ‘skinny Ne oity exhibiting any cer- 
er than heat w 
pod that the grains s = sp 
ierefore. 
Fro vom this’ wor a 3 a frak ani 
frost— 
tion: 
stag 
[ramet seam uniting the edges of this S bag, and 
the paoka ef two or three very ndrrow united 
sow oe running lengthvays from — to: end of 
Fhe 
pan with the yomg. plant is not equivocal, for I 
have ee ge be disse: gr in very many base 8 
stages of their germination, aud u 
a. A with th the « came Tesu a 
groove 
porto poner in its infant amet derives. the necessa 
risħmený fro m the mealy part of the shellin ; mid 
the 
pilio par art of 
sapira sadi these Bie i 
tough 5 
fr 
the same nature w with that ea iy Oats 
— Abridged from the Scottish Far 
TIES OF WO 
E COL ORCES 
N THE COUN 
wa RADNOR, 4 AND og ey 
Tue following observations were m ering 
crag eve of tlie counties of Worcester, 
and He: _ ee 
he 
orceste j 
k of Sen sith ie isto fe ceca , 
s pras not qnite 
usually herf 
to. harvest; but- there ularly it 
‘eld. will ie. inert rats 
us with a visible and 
oat m this pone and, in reference to it, provide | 90-1 
certain mark, by whi ch frosted 
vie 
cae est ok of the e 
visible and d- deftai =r 
ost of the phenomena o ine ater 
= ste pk 
his lig gam 
ee 
It is 
indispensable Ne thë ors pont of ae young rie Baal er sap pore Fp 
o | ob frosted grain hoa Se Ngo 
emicat pri 
en ns Se pT i cee 
that is yed by frost.* Tt assuni a Bliek so sooty the ¢: prore si some frosted s foe poe 7 
By this i ed gout jarioa homers has not beet scala 
£ Pe ligament is one | they ar ; not discernibl e by the eye. 
