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43.—1845-] THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 727 
know the proper system o of cultivation, I ere discoverable ; now, however, Fam sorry osphere. for-at 
ir towards Flax growing to say that are are ftom | say, the scourge s Jas manifested itself in great rigour: least ten days; no further ribein in “aie = Potato took 
dreds in Ireland like the Rev. G. Asli, of Bellaghy, who | j g P Does not this go far to — the best re- 
a nno - —* saa Potato among them a tubers woodman an prac- 
ps stones of on laere, which, at8s; 6d. per se = Tike ir ene ewhat sceptical as to the | ticable. Ine verytease in this = neighouriood (the south 
stone, would soeqnak to. Ree se a est ERE extent of the once nfs just before the York Horti- | of Staff hire) where the oes have i in 
= aay rok more than 25 basticls of Sre -gravei cultural diiner- took place, when- my attention was ex- nay prepa — the ore ot as, in tapos o 
on 1 acre in Norfolk:and Ireland, a 8 15:0 | cited by the: following: cireumstance: I had’ taken u ased.— ON, soon as P 
ssi 7:1 | my remaining portion of garden Potatoes, thinking, as det ected oo jiter amongst m > Botate mre lhad the 
3 is a.proof that the. Beyeland farmers might. the weather was aag: Ta gai Pa better out of the) hau! ans cut eB ee © ground and I think the 
As this hat 
Tho spondent | ground’; they were ward’ appearance, | disease did not ough the Pota- 
fi by Trish, 1 paremas Stik gee grr 3 fact, perfectly sound and toy: $ poe on iacueene thema few s psie remained in the oprime: for 23 meen they 
‘and I also hope he w ill be more ee yi a fature, days afterwards, I’ found'that they were turning black, | were dug, when the Kidne eys were f found but slightly 
Tetter he promises to furnish you. with.— Dickson. ra ı This, arse, alarmed me affect ected; but the, old China 
and'on receiving-a supply from the field, t on the same plot, were. injured: in. m much 
as:above stated. Itis worthy of remark that, whereas | greate: reater degree; perhapexbont t:10 percent, wereaffeeted. 
Eome Correspondence. Mr. Paxton considers the disease to be “ principally |—Lusor 
Cause of omy Pota to- Murraiis: =e ‘appears to me confined oo are ealled the ah ig cso im. this So. oap a as Manure.—I liave read, with: interest. the 
he di and I'thinl early crops as good, iff not’| letter: in. your- last Num _— “Soc tane old: Chemist” 
w Be tale of: the subject: "holds good in some better, than natal When attention was: first drawn to- | [tis true, as he says, that-a 
ale den } their 
ds esce bee oned by th value, Pointe dog needs no discussion—it is not a theos 
> agua pavion gases in the soe from the tity- of oe early rene for ae San weed “were | retical but a proved point, The mena ose ds me are, 
ure- prevalent thr ough: this season, the} scarcely- ready ; and after being spss P dried and ot whether the cost = diya? will psd; sie its es 3 
carefully st uld be re d by tlie 
ood: she rm it would be Test o 
ion greenday they w till pe d 2d, if this di ifficu 
that tħe stem undergoes s decomposition fectly sound and go y in what form 
adùal decay; and’ this: deteriorates tl Sta fife Bins rte E al be 
hi assing to the root, poisons, as. it| and rough-skinned kinds. J: Li. Snow, Swinton “ve ma To dissolve it in ee would, probably, ya s 
YS: My-cwn tron ge eae ben Bedale.——Throughont the greater part of Seotland, the | most perféct application, but this would Be 
; i bulky operation. I find, by cu utting pin, h ht elton, 
: e Aee ‘late aris pier am rly, does- not admit even of the melan- and very rey tying it in a hoff oan 
yan md, te tops mage! an the pot ai are ashea oc ‘choly satisfaction of a — g f ight, and’ 
ean e aim I dug about a tatoes to _the extent 1500'or 2000 boll Hy, |} h d 
ah g t ere ffected with ak par this , 1 think, 
jua! und. A A fow rows remained, which: I was not more than 20 or 30 “per cent., wwitile ss fear | would b ewe better way of tom ing. iif if by experience 
ented’ by the rain from. digging: up; these Ih will soon be included i in the same fate, The | it should be found not to i T think it se 
Arn and’ they have shown. symptoms: of | primary obj alied tn ca a ties 
T in; they of saving as mucli as possible e from | would des estroy the wireworm p“ slug, or at an any rato, 
During their growth F'never saw.| the general wreek; and tlie only chance of doing so, prevent their attacking the root of the pinh and if so, 
clea h, Farina | the importance of the application, in this point of view, 
ing Sia m on tlie leaves or stems: “mee os Potato starch d, Have | is very great indeed. I would, therefore, strongly re- 
ther ‘i whieh caus to work pa oe for some years, in districts commend you and all your readers, who haye. Wheat to 
„is the great rapidity with: whieh tlie tubers mei owing: t m Se of carriage, the this a tr ; nall . 
They appear healthy 1 l I be lieve the machinery] tend to try } or }an acre divided into three eg 
q fe dòi ing a great amount parts. pe ag it is } of a acre, and I use hereupon. 
htt, ewt. o 
e 
ag 
n 
still, i ny cases pift 
ore tlie yare storedaway;the e apeck stage onsen ane of ame The next yo seared for 
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ol a dingy liig; then anche coloured, and’ afterwards me low is the aioe supply of sets in a sound state | 40 Ibs. as-you buy it Bora the shop. I shall use either 
, ore 
ing softandrotten. Ifthis really is the case, I'do| to be had for year? This subject is beset with white or mottled’ soap, as I understand they are 
e difficulties. wilt an yellow soap, 
Anr the tul Jess, not only | yield any? With a view to bei ng prepared r the | I would divide my land equally, and thie soap in the fol- 
j; man nsumption but imals ; for pi n wo orst. l ty of Pot ne 1 | lowing proportions 
i f onan Had'the lea A T: apr colbeiegs pec etiam even te diee t year so oth re first Brat piot, s say s ie im dee 
Fetems sof my Potatoes shown any signs of specks, I quite as on raised from seed’ asin the), eae third l baji park 
dk Sgro only Ooo being ~ = addi: | and these will be, as-near ne Kone in oe etn m of 
t e tbersamhilo pess T dug them up; rouble, and the very varied n of the| ewt., Lewt., and l} ewt. per acre. Ifia.seri of. ex 
3 soe effect ftom a rinneas sap: A ewe both i ir colour and quality. T nor ‘tere men- | periments should. prove the value of this aasiaip, fom the: 
ave tried‘ with success for mul- | destruetion of the wirew: d slug, in addition; to its. 
might be orm and slug, 
oun Post » with that of a sound one. T think we | tiplying Potato plants. In 1844 there were numerous | well known fertilising powers, an effort m 
any ra 
ust be- made 
rate the ultimate elements to be in| blanks in the fields in this quarter. About the middle) for the removal. of the excise duty, which, would place it 
ca s to what is usual. Te my time | ofJùne I selected one or two patches wh th „once within the reach of us allata moderate. snes 
vestigate this— 4. B:, M-R.C.S.— | Had perished in a field of American Earlies. T G.. [Itis true soap is animal matter-in.a soluble form. 
the disease has become so rapid: and'| off the lat ranches from some of th ighbo ut g „ asis evid di 
herk fax. it, cam 
‘80 universal, that-it is now a question of féarful’ inte- | Potato sea ne laid thes im oe at 10 ga 
Test whether-it will'even be possible to preserve a supply | apart, into a a — I formed with a hoe ; I then | be rendered 
4 ne he dise: rs to be | covered them earth, re only the tips of the fieabiy. wef an interesting inquiry, and we:invite 
topmost leaves pr profeet ing. Inthe course of 10 days T diseussion upon. it. We shall make some. experiments 
t not, therefore, proba t PE 
effecti about ee end of September when x raised them, there |! Thin Sowing. = ving in June last sent you an ac- 
yed'in the case of The | count of my having dibbled an.acre of land. with Wheat 
i x n that certain steeps | next subject of solicitude ‘is ; naturally how are we w (a single e seed in each by ole), in in the autumn of: last yea 3 
vitriol; for instance) effectually prevent the ra- | avoid’ this plague in fature ; and o 
m I wou herefore, suggest ti that ' the rational’ ie of proceeding is to endeavour to find out | the subject, who. had. read unt, 
pe p skou uld be made, whether i Prof. f. Henslow bas very j justly been malin grin te . lay, the produce of ee aere before the 2 
of blue vitriol Sapt not, g to i a through the same Sonus of com mmunication, 
: os 7, destroy th lturists, in v eia to that BiA tyt ae ix “th ts eg S 
nl, witout Bees the vegetative wer of theory, w ich seems to et den of your con an e other half wi a: hami new ite. eat, tl 
f. Of eoig the Aie rome kaha of | butors. On uch the- eause of disease to bea a beat seed dibbled on the entire ned. l peck, and 
this suggestion Thappiičable to Po- | anotlier-a fungus, a third electricity, a, a fourth wet clay | pint. The produce is as er half acre 
ed fòr- any other use except for seed. I land, who is it diat by a fifth who | dibbled with Spalding’s Prolific. produced. 8 
Minot elp being strongly of opinion that the disease finds it worst on a light land; To look for any sound | bushels—a very fine sample, wake 1, ton, 10. owt of 
ot ofsuch recent origin as is commonly supposed. of reasonin: upport of the numerous fancies straw. The half acre dibbled with. the white Wheat 
who will examine the columns of the Chronicle | is. useless. fo: be in with collecting facts ; pred a very fine sample indeed, 
e the harvest of 1845 was begun, | will contribute evils In plow aS atl of a field for| with | ton 2 cwt. of. straw. The: Wheat, stood 5 feet 
from which the Pota been raised early | 6 inches in height, was.even all over, and was. never ip 
i i wi rain. I consider 
mplaints of partial failures of the | Wheat, 3 
as tothe cause. I think it is gust; I' find t t 
untainted ; agrees with : y o. be a most. extrac : 
i ro t'I raised’a few plants of'a fine seedling to show | worthy the attention of agriculturists. [We think so 
know e. se in 1944 in whicli| the produce to a friend, and being anxious to keep them | too, indeed !] The land it wan gemma upon wa was. dunged: 
‘ole crop w. rthless ; ei tom Thaye for seed, I buried them in the ro here they grew; |for Potatoes in: the spring. il is. a — 
ma ular pe aA of the appearance of' the these are sound, a the rest of the sale for aac in 2 -| Deaton, Oe Hay, Ciye If ‘gah ady 
© not doubt th trust that some ur rea qualified for such in- | Devizes, Qet. 7. 
tome ro disease w. was the ro - ted vest * ste son ables gic Gata is with g seem at 1 I 
Potatoes on the 10th withthem- | raehan : reports in your Gazelle, ; x 
orer-(they-were the. red ie ple to be ake Potatoes ee ae reed fg Dat 'cluhs aza becoming general ; but Lat the same- time; 
: ce ‘tes ee mamma ther, meo about: | after a week, the pit in which they were placed was | regret. that aep ama ag eg more. so: e hie 
found perliaps 5 i iist ‘opened; and’ many of the tubers were found to be af- | lamented Earl Spencer, ‘m 
thie os were to soli a t for | fected. These were carefully picked’ out, and bBo os the eat foe Society of land 
putrefaction. | aside. . a creo the pa She 
were sound and‘ dry wlien put into the | Å 2 Back ja coming practical farmer, 
it : placed’ in ‘small tities in pits in the garden, with | who would not take the tro e of to. am ie 
= pe th ean P A sags i 'he di ae, ummi 
t so|if not unable make ng sponsis gee 
bs, they. meet their neighbor a ayer 
weeks i ; a > effect of thi à ar : 
i have Seo hor tres state-. TES ond ge Poa ss saree hth m ance pheno, of Anaal i psa L thin 5 
Buxton Kithe be conferring a great upen so¢ie! Y 
meted cs of disease existed as bad) The ‘parativel are Aar ‘One? Potato, Bin Riner, in, the earliest. space ‘hich you can. spare in, 
t, in a nay rm semana the ae iett ively uninjured: One Pota thrown out, and re. T ette, a few hints for the establishment: and 
