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es THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 681I 
esult in heavy Whea: ANGLESEY.—Lime Burning.—At annual 
Men; ‘i fi p, Jess of ight s the e straw, eA atek | T ‘of this society, p Me. . Grith, of re raig, made Uedielws. 
Baer, being 4 Th t stood | some observations upon f lime. He said the | 9% the Varieties, Properties, and Classification Aa 
E on average s = igh, and kept upright through a | whole of the coals of ot i Aa much superior for| Wheat. By J. Le Couteur, Esq. 
MS good part of the wet weather; but subsequently was | burning lime than they were in Ireland, where ad | „ London. 1 
aa 5 'onsiderably laid, and of course fed badly, being only | a colliery himself. When he came to was | Tis work has been before the publie for some canal 
on Tie. per z bushel i imperial. ‘The produce would en he was told that the small coal | but if we execpt. essay by the same author in the 
rise mach under more mt le weather. | would not burn lime. 0. to burn it for |“ Royal Agricultural Society's Journal,” and the publi- 
Taare is n error prevails in this neigh ben, and so he fei he would get some Keg else. cations of Sir G. S. Mackenzie during the past two 
Ssorhood, bring the peni of drilling | had now ; burned lime for several years had taken | Y€@?S, as it is still the only o See h attempts to gui 
ad dibbliog Wheat “is PENE Y far sa fi at E had cost ; hé the farmer in the selecti preservation of good 
proportion that I poia seen dri iled h never b held in his hand a aper to that effect, S he would sped io ay Sar nay AE berty of directing the atten- 
touched with the hoe ; an Ped ‘ie the ] pee ay reser The burning cost cg tion OF ow 
cer to thin G a ff the weeds ; Pere . 40 quarters a day at that cx The S exceli lence ap lon no of Wheat depends of 
in as hoeing is “the very § soul of the system.” SA oe 2d. eae one-half Small” coal and the other elè oure Upon tae aut oe its poya ce, and this 
4 j wW. rieri | Sas e speaker z: ted two or three other items, | is dep endant or bern stance as, for ins > 
say that he has tl 2 fai ge carriage 2s. 6d., pikes &e.). That was the whole its earli 
fed e ground (weeds or no spree at t epi 4 0 quart ters of lime. He ek ness—its “suitability _ stele mils, & To all 
t calls salbation's Ser 
un S th 
least three or four times ; and, to do that effectually 
the rows | 
r} 
ought never to be less than 9 or 10 in ches and ya apt it was ak desirable Mma should feud from on chapter -T of them em we shall make 
E, r ery farmer to — 
t, I am, dear sir, yours very truly, —J. H t ld nd The “faults n the common cultivation given to Wheat 
Neli. E” Manohester Guar t that to diso courage t D i . Williams (a |2"° chiefly two-fold : —Ist, the gate of applying 
T. Quivox.— Annual Taigoated of Far Sie: Phin | od eh tsps mae marks in Welsh upon what | ™* re directly to it ner 
aa féte, came off on the 27th and 28th Aug. and Ist Mr. oo 2 just said, the effect of which was the sional e oe of heavy and mildewed s 3 and | 2adly, , 
et ae point being at Craigie House, a | very revers He said he | the want Ba agent ‘genbeally displayed in in terr Py 
m was Dr. Sheir, Professor | could ge Fa aiy in Anglesey that was Foy for any- ipn n seed ; seed Wheat too often contains co than 
try, Aberdeen, met at the hour | thing, and that it would not bur the stone, | Me variety, and hence the bea s ripens i various = times, 
‘rom w= ra rige the hime ‘then la 
Ze 
a 
Griffith made a few more ob: 
: sail the sample is irre 
ular. 
mented on in the e following passages 
“ The de, with the best farmers, i is to pi 
c. 
of leks a most abondant crop | were too wide at the top, and not sufficiently deep ; the ey is 
e latter named place, raised upon a | ought to be 15 or 16 feet in depth. Those of that sort chase ere i 
ovel and improved principle by Mr. Reid, who is ever | would burn a g more limestone. The meet- | PUTS, b the last expression meaning Wheat of one 
peration whatever idea may | ing soon after separated at an early hour—Chester | 8°" Or as little mixed as possible. But the ordinary 
ae The plan upon which they | Courant. ae with those who may be said to supply the 
ly having had them planted in| East SUFFOLK. — Leases. — At anniversary of |” s to procure seed Wheat wg it can be got 
hole Potatoes, As intervals of two feet each way, and, this association at Halesworth, the Earl of Stradbroke cheapest ia regard to mixture o: > provided 
ll s of gro $ about the fourth e is good 3 others 
d to comment upon on an occasion like this 
and one I 
to grow 
do o worse, and it Eange that a roe shrivelled cae 
the roe of their own stock, r some coming from 
distance a etage e, is all 
n | CTOP- Other be treated ef revo to, or uae culture, 
Mon nday, the lst re a smaller vase Seated 
r they give 
written and s poken. The objects of leases are three- | ike haat WhaeeVadinal i 
old; first, t e best, 
ould be w at to mar now gp an “old ractice of 
his capital, and to give him due sna pro , Pw 
cover Tenuen tion S that investm re oe anally pu ting fresh manure to land asm for tion is 
eae s to the landlord, fo | decidedly dangerous, i inasmuch a uo feet _ PEO uce 
tageo 
him haps: that he and will b tivated; an 
thirdly, „they are beneficial to the poor, because they 
and coarse nature 
pie ‘eligi — of Te ae met at Mr. 
f Gre nan, i 
ath of 
tae Döda; 
eeded ie Heuer. S, of Dundu uff, to 
; Bits white they were met by a number of ‘the | 
a Mem abers of the Club, and ‘others rs. Mr. R.’s 
is my fixed sirere k 
could o 
red the landlond doks rick gi ee the sg he owes 
himself, the duty he owes to his tenant, or to the poses 
| unless he includes i n the leases of his farms a clause to | 
Amir os wei, cult and sy: mney, des called forth the 
pifo Fo pin and green c of a ent. His extensive 
ployed on the land, the Pras of which will be that ‘the | 
farms, if, juabappily not renewed to the same parties, 
re shall be ziven = a good state of cultivation ; and i in 
ant ought to be entitled to adequate 
iiaii, 
"the Beste mater of the 
writer | 
monly held to be good so 
“ I must here Veitan that the use why so 
The anniversary of this Associa- | 
i was held last week, At the dinner, Mr.C. E.Hen 
fp 
PIA t 
uch 
Wheat apan to have many shrivelled, lean, ill- piae 
But I submit i practice pee fas a better ter eet 
still; it would ee R = renew 
| thus ¢ cement the ection 
grains 
ma 
f garsi intercourse. 
rl proposed “Th th 
t the premium for the best Cultivated Farm.” i 
vard i pse 
Mr. 
la 
aware there are in this county bead energetic aud 
clogging c cla 
reply 
se quesi He had oe been 
object to 
—such as the four-course sy stem 
uses 
iculty oe 
to take e prizo t for the best large 
on acount o of havin a fixed holding of his farm, 
Itivation, as under other circumstances 
T TAR wi feel justified in doing. Ee agreed with 
bde! n one point, which was. this country 
ed for want of the o i of capital; that 
m pone ney oF — enure, 
~ Woo gs ward 
great th: 
eplay the ptt RE of the sur- 
ey unspar: 
S goo: seas cottage u 
Gather 1-8th on Kiol i kre of A land. A Gleteine 
between a skilful EA and a lana jobber? Itis true 
cs et „detriment to the 
ivate a 
y vette that lurk in the purest erop.” 
‘his and o scons metres ap necessary that 
sorts should obtained, and for the eran Anl a 
them when they have been obtained by rearing froma 
le grains, the following directions are given, It will 
is proposed similar to that 
nslow, and refe: at page 
ver 40 years’ experience, as- 
” | sured me, t t unt til he Tad adopted the method of 
a 
There is ib pine upon 
epee E a 1 only Fghty touch. I allude to cottage 
allo My op s, the mrs productive of much 
son re am fb raat nited to 
time I would caution my more enthusiastic friends, and» 
those who have the intere: <2 ib oy eos rl 
3 Thay 
sweets sor laid out my mon 
h € oe sage enabled to produce nearly double 
when there 
he had since aces. e year, it was dressed with de> 
composed manure ; ve next, with ashes; the third, 
with salt ; Sa the fourth, with lir 
oe principle to 
> 
eat; that w 
m the mixen, one har beco! 
Ba prjared with anpii that pedini 
land dressed with ashes, 
d before on the e f: M he | see the curse of Ireland illustrated— —namely a vials - sb may 
iN: i vin capital had been well return «The health inereasing popu living in be; . The next sub- — — wen vir Aint Te ae ee ge be continued on 
Randell, the Seeretary of the Association,” was | ject which I shall upon is one which I think you into rotation j tak ‘Sad y be true, to a 5 
ska Randell replied at some length, Wood | ought t to receive as desery ing your best attention ; but SA 1 extent ; 
Mera se question, as mooted Ka 
et 
di the. rove its produc 
to — 
which I wish = tisa well- 
that the ees t day are 
z =e of the landlord ‘iin ‘neo Either 
by judicious oe “would enable 
a farmer to 
surmo unt the difficu ulty, as'50 acres kept in rotation on 
qie of y 
superior to those of 70 years ; bat ti F is s the desire 
ord should 
E ahead give 
ago 
this generation, as JERE d it must be, 
to wit ness ‘their sons stan din the able p position 
it will essary for them | 
to pay the utmost attention to thei education, and to | as 
acre, a be the required quantity. So, on 
farm, where only 50 acres of Wheat would be culti- 
t i way might 
or degenerating of & variety 
cester, | 
i-hed at Ciren: 
pa sit end mn in which 
Bt lang er out his 
£., E, While money in impro vements, ing, 
work e the e labourer would prepa have abundance 
ns, an larger produce 
pik onal skill have been | 
be bastion and 
ae skin 
| jariment to be met with 
ceous grain, fall of meal. 
of a parent to live 
farmer 
calf, from a poor or 
provement 
ag to perna eeg 
oor Heath.” 
Miscellaneo 
On Soiling, or ee jaedag Ore 
Smith, of Deanston.)—In the summer of 18 fe 
41, A an 
