THE 
He 
bling seed. stave, austere siete pt yea our own, 
well as others, have, ar, given p p 
pA dese with Moss. 
an irch, 
1. GAZET 
marshy lands, where the po er is’ E i 
q assum sickly appear- | 
Alder, Tie, Sa Willow, will | 
ions, and m 
~ Before concluding, how ever, it will be proper to flow 
d with this pied! whi ri paa 
of our |; 
is 
ahd 
may be ASSES ae 
eutting 
YT E. 
on be- | the 
re, and t 
it, and the turf may t 
junds. 
seed. At about “two yae 
an 
The rows, when the plani 
has of late ooewpied oe attention of so 
correspondents e allude to the question 
y T ai sho ould be sown per acre? al 
t armer the 
e at present sows 
ona given Cu ea 200 to 300 
square yard 3 —the prfm a a their all | 
toom to gro extraordinary number of ears 
which under ‘favourable operon i a 
&e. ; uda well also that he 
, fatal or injurious) 
$ 
n mind the 
growth il 
allowed to remain at least two years m 
it — receive 
of cutting prore 
tended to be, a 
aai where % ix intend 
‘the future fence 
amongst the Saco 
pene 
pi 
f 
pE oman or 10 imches 
Ocr. FP, 
he soil taken par b should be placed 
then laced. The quiche, if 
ts have taken root, will be 
oa and the plants a 
ground should, 
Before planting a quickset hedge the 
‘The common 
some cultivation. 1 
upside dow 
anil ie shal be on which 
‘is to ees = ken ae oa the Toon 
If goo 
ent an e apen e 6 e » re domes See 
r 12 inches apar PG wg ™ 
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SPADE LABOUR RECOMMENDED IN PARTI. 
R 
I am olen of opinion t that a _ Spade should be 
plants were carefully selected, I think 
CULAR CASES 
vader ay th aaoi a gee 
unless the land be on however pat On rich pis ‘no 
A 
i 
SE 
5 
t to proponi 
In the case 
of moss 
ae! 
pf: 
s no other method can be 
3 
" 
[such a plamis within 0 y vide 
write, 
| showing the width of land occupie 
of the suc of | u 
of ‘the place w ee I 
Etake the liberty of recone a section 
ed by it. 
cleam afterwards, 
QI ‘10s. t 
it c: 
hollow 
s 
face that it requires se 1 pl 
ws and make its surface smooth. 
And where 
into the low places, and leaves nothing but subsoil on 
the heights. 
_But when the spade is used the smal 
thie ie are ca by + Me. Morton, lsh seed | 9 
the Ist. vol. T the “ mae A Agricultural Society s| most, with the lime or other manure that 
Journal.” kavigas the following tabular sm anii: And A wlien the spade is used, ‘the sot ~~ 
ment of his opened to the depth of 8 ee while ipa the Bough 4 
di ps p 6 ine hes. 
of 99 sq. ¥ E ga bd h of soil is a er: advantage t oe atl in 
feet. S = [eels after cropping. babe if the en were opened deeper 
ala S25 ined than 8 inches t, the small portion of a 
P Sl Bieciesigsigs that had been Aaria by the weather, would. be 
D Maea wher Bi be Feist EFA much rs wallowed up with the subsoil raised over y 
515 se PEs among al 
ajas” E teg 1. By far the greatest proportion of the soil in 
3 3 is E ŽE sal On naturally dr a ditch | f Scotland, is chiefy ‘compose of ey 
alll cl | i sie ker “good ETE ie a tor ne peri- | more or less mixed with sand, gravel, &c., and much of 
} lbs; ence shows that a ditch isnot required sa e as a | it is so firm and s oli d tha t water oes moë m readily fier 
405 2% 6) 6; 4 nat } J the 
so 2942 æ : 6 rig clot hedge, ia dan diry fenes. OFA e the a unbroken subsoil. To remedy that» 
S19 9078) 20. ry 27 | the cae should be planted on the level surface, if | defect in a the arable land, it rige menase 
pot 30) 4 bs pes there is sufficie ne dpi of soil for that purpose ; but |“ P Į the su pe i 
487 2695. 27 i pi where the soil is thin, and greater depth er the | Sve the ros e crops greater : 
Fated 4 | S9 7 hersi īt | This is, next to furrow ane the most important 
413 2386) 24) | 48 improvemen nt of modern discovery on land. 
358 1985 a st 36 | wo pint th a ee. "Thus arie may, Ted have FEAE subsoil ploughs, u 
475/2500 25) 5} oF 654 | zaara riae other apparatus, for breaking up the si 
ee 793} | 252) 540 3453 35 62) 12 | 82} | soil where needed, “without making ditches paika ‘and, and others have begun to trench or open it 
it ees Ls f 792| | Biol po a 7: it z |} bble, | SPade bn : =r re = a T a not ol 
Š ascertained, is, which is the cheapest an ffe 
# ones ae -| pa 3 264| Ee |1626) 16, 5 5° k | al} stones, and clay from the bottom: of them So “not be iethed oF iene mplishing that necessary imp or 
ptt he 
Tt will f, Fai $ birds Ze. from | The mature of the soit naren A such as to require — soil, > we Vand te a to sterila to chayan 
peo vo: wad es tappe Oude x See sub- | to the roots an a ops s? te 
naire sown peris e | practical = f the cae 2. that is to be croppe arorangi 
garden in whi ch these experiments were conducted | &e., they be buried beldnd Me hadze stones, | sometimes delved with spas instead of being p 
was dry an sheltered ; froctihabadsitthalf-Sts bdie Daa ae ain ea i aa apea 
or there that it wou uld inia ph mg field, and| Thedimensionsof! dtehandfencefigured bovewill | er from one-fourth to cn did cage 
ither wir nor m ed the young beascertained by a comparisom of the figure with th 5 ma 
plants; let us, then, increas centage, and | seale. The quicks planted in Mad 1845, a ka | that has been in crop the pre! eee E 
say that, in y =. 30 only = hs percentage 100 seeds penae the bank after the top sod from the had | pay siori RA h 3 pai Ae eres where 
th 13. | land for 34d. per fall ; 
paral cis inte b feens ‘aa is ~~ that >| of a field was delved, and sam et 
the ss roduce per acre was aitain wh wens were 6 = comer in the rows. hey gen eres e Port 
kt gi mma > pP equally good condition, h pari ege st tho ma rate af 
ew on each square foot, g ‘jected about isch from the field that been delved yie 
faking: the, average) » where 217,80@ gais pe S asa surfaco, se T he fence -> | bolls óf Oats for every erin“ x 
per acre. Now. ding to our fai s ins, În | the field that was ploughed. And as the SPA 
thi s number of planta per cane | wat ton ofits heiz ht f from the surface. A dead Ms sr Lof that whieh w: 
seeds—a quantity winch, in the case of = | to pr the quicks from stock ; this may be dispensed inch 
sized Wheat, will fill rather more than 5 pecks. at the ood ‘of the sixth year, as there > is every nf by p mlinar ploughing. spines om those 
Here, then, for those who are re willing to trust to — of the fence being then strong enough to o retain arable land can be delved, but sure y heir 
the ers, is y kind of stock. but a few rhe in crop would find it Uae 
out for re se seed Wheat t JA it is cs a ” r soils that this plan 1 may be ex- | “MPP Tabourers $ delve their la 
ted to inary for ploughing it. + 
p — neve ay s wih Pon sol ea ae an inferior and medium lit who have horses, would find it oe 
quality the first | all their arable land delved ones, in in ord 
some years be the hab 
of sowing upsrards of 100 acres . haber al 
with rather le e hay 
step towards the ora er of a good fence should 
hes, if it is ni 
be tø set out a width of about 6 feet along the course of 
its intended site 
generally h p the top soil oi 
pran g up the top soil only. uld b 
chopped into small pieces with hespa è 3 
_ We have thus attempted to describe the more side om w the dite hist o be = “Erom she 
important features in our sowing machines; any | tP ' -the gao R 'G inches ot lace it 
further remarks we may have ol » E will ap- - Inthe following diagram | 
paart duit asribmois our E 
raise a sigs to perfection on 
ated e tħe level of the sea, and | 
This width ae EA pe dug over, 
turf sho 
dug over will be the space marked a 4, and the | 
will be formed by the ’ removal 
part dug 
upper hea marked a 
t deseribed, The quicks may be planted | 
then or > left t ‘il the men be finished. The turf from 
ked b, 4 feet wide, should then be 
; thi 2 and 
p dey soil, and a bask into the space: marized 
Hy p renina butt. in | 6, just prepared. for ita reception: 5 it should be levelled 
mar 
reiled acho on eben and 
be ‘thrown back. diteh 
wise, 
hen ordinary clay 
wing- The 2 
spade beyond the depth 
be so-mueh meliorated b; 
land is to be. cropped 
instead. of the nansl Mg 
p Oats 
soil dug up—the erop of es 
be | Patitos , would be imp! ved— oat Be. 
| and Clover for the third ‘while the: 
the soil bet ed of weeds, Wgn Be 
| deepened to e-extent of 3inches, Wet 
| daetives: nd all th 
| without the: 
