a a aR mM la eRe fc panne oc ean ra at aR Er et E Me RR 
THE AGRICULTURAL a 
suficient for 4 bushels. The water in the ome of the straightest of F these ste lected fo 
tvb contained in solution As, Ibs. of the paana ive stakes, and their heads are bim ‘off 2 at ge height 
mixture, recommended by P ne — — STON as ajal f 34 or Py feet. Live stakes are chosen, if possible, at 
Sens FoR CORN equal distances of 2 feet ; but it does not often happen 
Pho kep hate of Soda 
Sulphate of M 
NBURGH Smee "COLLEGE —The alp agnesia | 11 of each in 10 aos cael ad 
Committee £ tho HIGHLAND AND AGRICT URAL l Ori steep 300 Ibs. of seed. larity to ie the use of dead stakes unnecessary, 
CIETY OF TL ted to peice the | Sal on Salt To be dried with gypsum or quick- ienever live stakes cannot he had, stakes are cut 
eterinary Coll e that Proressor Drcx will | Salphate of Amin ins. fro m the the t 
mence the. Got T RY SUR- ee a Wee ý PE 
ED o wen Sessi parcels of Wheat were taken out of the | apart. The. rou ee the 
ax, the Oth of Noy . Th me water on ne 30th of December, after having re : re Thorns ie ten = toa 
i d | mained in it 40 hours, and they were dried by a | the stakes, will form a kind of rough wickor-work. 
ae le Management and the Forge ; e; sa gypsum gonit being mpri with them. — The ditcly must then be attended to. The first step 
r the Sragen hes the Professor will e da ay rate of about sp pampa the ank, and prepare a ledge near 7 top 
srs. Ba 
‘and WORTHINGTON, pedis] pat ane errs rows 9 inches” ‘easier, ona feld | on which to deposit the sods cut from the bottom of the 
éte t e h should be made 
d off whic d p 
= Berwean of Swedish T errn had Ha been carted. a ei 5 a he 2 p z a t 
o, W s are then cu 
cae of the Come itte n NALD aori o pS sth h as i Er wmo apt ba Wie ai m the bottom of the ditch, and placed close to one 
n¢ and Agricultural yi all, nterim Sec. aes Nee oier on ; i i 
Sdinburgh, October 25, 1845 in athe ordinary enna W with: blue shat (ealphate fe the ean el nona soll yore = 
and the pr 4 The berop. was har ted la st month, | the ditch and piae on, the bank beh ind the hei and 
‘ ; and the produce per acre was ascer e Thorns nished 
Tie Agricultural G azette, tions of about half an ‘ak in pap The Tol- off neatl y, the left st 
r A 
> hep jr the results of the coat S naming | hold of and bent down in succession all i in one direc- 
SATURDAY, OCT on amS ri 1845. the plots in the order in which they occurred on Hon am ner at or near the coh with Me bill; a 
the field: — pre: ing e exerted Rag the left hand at the same 
T - ino al Socr- 20 -Ai Kaet Tn mM Melee ah h th h 
RURSDAT, er. gricultura! fai joc. of Irelan: TR a a a ee re re 
Grupa Nese Sar Aeron a ener are No. Treatment of the Seed. Produce per acre. cut sm y “trough, pot has no Per rig i the ag ke 
ARMERS’ CLUB.—Oct. 28 —Bromsgrove ; a ae Campbell’s mixture. . 29 ee former _ position. = ate, t the ag pres 
Not stee] eevee eeneceenaeceteeee 31 
q or EmPpLoyMENT necessarily raises poor’s- | 3 Steeped in Prof. Johnston's mixture | 87 , | finally left in a fo direction, = terminal twigs 
e same time that it lowers wages. This Besides this, there were about 34 bu jush els es being left on the diteh-side to be afterwards trimmed 
e three classes—land ,| acre, over the piece, of light Wheat; in this, € down. A few yards of the hedge bg ea laid, some 
ins of thems i. e. | hibiting a great difference between the produc of ‘= the  straightest of t the ea E aa been cut off 
may garding self-interest | this year and that of | se h on ance „or wattled in among the aini E sent 
us, let the yearly value of | on- | same farm did not yield much more than 1 bushel | án inch from their to h 
s ps. orns are called 
ei manent ; t at portio of it nevertheless | of li; b t to 50 sacks of head eat. These figures | “ het thers ; roe sears straight Ash, Hazel, and Black- 
hich maenee the proprietor will of necessity vary exhibit what was very e vide nt long will an the purpose. Two hethers are 
esel he amount claimed by law for the | —@ gradua impr th p tow e | taken, and after "pushing their ends a little among | the 
pport of t f the pauper. The landowner is therefore side of the field. Taken in connection pet the | horns, 
pitia a ve by the labourer’s distress. | appearance of the crop on the ground, we do no | and forwards in opposite ‘directions, ero ing them two 
ong run; but as the tenant | consider them as at all kanalik ia the idea that | or three times betwee n the stakes, and ‘an nging sides 
at each ; others follow them, overlap’ ppin ng —— which 
| preced 
enetal ally his fi certain fixed rent, a steeping seed Wheat in mineral solutions has any d mes 
se in poor g-rates tiog fall on a first, and the influence upon the future crop. ed: thera, and thos the Denes x r a 
work proceeds. he refuse alk carefully 
interests of the far are thus even yet more ——— thered up and removed. e live re in co nb 
osely bound up in ‘the welfar: t tho yhom he p ja p bei oa E 
c! ely bo’ p e 0 whom FENCES.—No. II. quence of being paces by the fence, are apt to 
à The mutual interes f these parties,| Tae HAWTHORN, like most other hard-wooded plants, | send out a large are ae of pen at top, and not on 
not exist only in law; the i m below, w aked. To pre- 
of the soil is a subject whieh necessarily the Plants. it in close contact with others oti oth a, they ae ee a pura , i e., cut half 
BHE 
t ete ergo ly, and ql oleae rse; non a kind, to a fence, does aa ee it to lay aside | through close, to the egre ound ; when this is done, hedges 
i; Ts, as we — m them, in cleat ies this poe fi ioe nsity ; and w not prevented, sepas We have said that the 
wt ae pr a marty would accordingly shed its ais inte become wide fence should be roughed t wards the ditch, but it is 
» It is to th oe; and spreading in its branches, and lose a Rae part | occasional oy, roughed towards the field to which it be- 
e interest ofthe Moose “rt gates fe th arg win tat about ob sel 
i ; ; yi To prevent this tendency in the pla e other 
es important that all | natural habit, it is necessary, a cording | to, the “ly side is arable or to ` mown. 
f gricultural employ- | of the soil in which it is plan nted, cae ta The annexed diagrams exhibit what I have attempted 
mmediate operation ; this is of years’ tomth to to cut it down ether ‘dehy or in gore to fsa gy 
this year considering the high | and, at the sa e time, the dite ree gg te on most soils In laying a hedge on arable land, the fence need not 
i ar. Now, there is | ac i be above 2 or 3 feet high. For ering a hedge on pas- 
table mode of employment to all Sf be land, t ajap PARERI chosen aere tely Te 
th ki | son during which the š 
e nona mee Stang soa wil on get a dean samme 
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pasture fields into cultivation, farmers wo thout being sope by bep 
he management of the hedge afi er being once laid 
should be altered. The third me segs to which I alluded 
e labour on them, and they SS should now be adopted. The fence should be cropped 
is them. d SSS; after the shoots have made two or three years’ growt 
is one of those operations which involve a SNES This consists in merely trimming off the ends of th 
more labour, which is pre- SSS young shoots ; at first, cutting away the esi leaving 
; it is one which on > SS the bottom about t2 foot ping x A S = se the hedge 
s x SS pa r gently upwards on both sides. in im- 
ay be. more effectively per pe ly qisa on off clone to the Eoi 
gs, the shoots ff 
that ike kees is not suffered to enlarge. The operation 
is perform rmed : annually about Michaelmas, > with com inam- 
; the 
cost is citing ; see. ‘Ba. per e pe 
der, F.G.S. 
Diya 
ct 
an t, lasting 
a ‘hat distress which will Baida if extra e 
own interests, or thos their tenantry, 
aae 
hould ad practi 
optan stomm T , but it applies itself aS of 
andry, and consume all gr ps = ure mode of applying it nd 
Pitch note ien = 2 „is a sys- | & SSS aenely aa conveying moisture to 
a a ensures the landowner, and all} Breasting over, which is seldom practised, consists in roots of plants ; its important action in idation of 
oe eee irar loss, but con- rga Te off ail the stems about 3 feet from the ground, | decaying animal and content spite, and carrying it 
ming up the inside (the side next the field to | in solution into e ground, and there eaving it to enter 
twigs into chemical co ination with the pet has never 
for the benefi - I th m 
nefit of all oe the land be which on — belongs), eat leaving the Ce ee z And Í 
ughly ?—were it farmed with more | on itch-side untouched, w eat view of making attracted t 
ono a it would y i ield tae | them form a gentle slope to the bo the ditch. A | cannot help thinkin g that a knowledge of th the action of 
her rents to ts owner, greater a rofits to its | beats should never be breasted o wer wien “in sueession 4 | cee Established errors, and will hereafter ak 
od for e employme aot tie Paion rer, and mo loid. Bei er is , great change in some of the common operations of 
So eee ig hedges forms part of the winter-labour on | agriculture. 
Ox the 28th of D farms of any extent. A judicious farmer gi rally} The ol ya tenn a to the commonly received 
W ecember last, two parek u allots about one-twelfth of his hedges to be laid every | one) a g the soil with the spade or * plough 
oun Wheat, of near! i 
tul y3 bushels each, w operation consists in first clearing away the | are two-fo 
" containing about 6 gallons of wager uk small branches, rough Grass, &e., from the} to o the soar oE and pasi to the action of the atmo- 
the o i i m h = h ws, and in — the the th 
ne tub contained in solu- | bank = iel edeo r ART — ae sag Soy Se hee ae 
AMPBELL’s “ 
the ewe ae os Wons | e = Ages t pa Be middle andir Sanat pright. | the delicate roots of plants in quest of food. I believe 
