THE sete bt tat erecta 
eo earth year 
es the f 
3 ped out unprofitable. 
791 
rth year ; and thus an admirable Potato it in with a so. purpose, the Flax 
Dependence cannot be prooi ba and may be ls. 6d. to 2s. Gd. per 
the third y uld calculate with certaint. nty on hav mg an itt] i 
Phe e number of varieties that are derived foo 
ing ; a rad Soe aes t number of bad 
O 
green side; 
rept | rs to ‘ai of a So 
pos of either it is absurd. 
may be 
any ; other crop. I bal thought i peru of the | from the pfs worse for feeding by being saved a 
y 50. Ne ae {= Flax , moulded the young Clover plants, from the little in A 4 green yg en ig h pay iene ail 
p l in it, but. nore of the table or juice, Mr. 
r the Fle ted off, and, like Mr, Herd, I had Stepi peasy e Tia " 
myself / 
of os xe th 
b 1 ot | little in the “green side when the oe jnice is in the 
Flax ; th par a I deny the san ae sb will be bad, as to say the oil-cake from such seed 
ness at Me Stephen s asserti 
ons. bad, 
dry and well-tasted Potato, I have been Mr. Stephen’s work) that it § deny that it will be 80, because of its being saved 
r the habit of throwing away the very smo t I and the expe- 
s differ in regard to this root as well to Barle ey or e Bday: in ground that had been AT E riments made in Norfolk by gentlemen who have tr tried 
i eira n papanig will deteriorate the soil eget g on home-saved seed and be 
Seedlings ma: nay | n Flax, not sufficient to a demn cu assertions of theoretical 
of corn grown tee a erop pr iey and are urnip eed, Non Ww x ped not stop | writers,— H. Dickson, 6, De Beauvoir-square, 
rising from tubers left hoe to pas ght. additional profit a good crop of pps 
eld. They may often be found sea ttered over a Flax w vill „produce over all other crops to replenish the | PS. I have (by this morning’s post) received the 
den, probably "by the agency of mic birds. I Il (lik her | Leeds aariaa A from which I eopy ie tallow 
all garden attached to this place, I have recently porte here robbed it, but I will produce other evidence extract, “In 1830 there was not a . Flax inning mil 
bout 30 seedlin arying fro h other, P pe that in this assertion Mr, Stephen has a ope tion in Ireland. 
one was grown in the den pre- = en rag error. ull work—some 
nt 
FI must not conclude without stating instances of th 
t, th 
3 
ality 
y a change of soil. 
> 
a Ae same ‘place, a 
active, and which, fr rom it s 1 
of a Potato, and its sh nape, havi pg beep “changed 
ongst the | 
e “Irish Farmers’ api. g need fos gag an United Kingdom, They. employ ab about Shaan por 
rat is a 
re the ildings Boe machinery, an 
floating capil of tng xg 
J and 
las 
“In the case of the Flax-plan 
paid more than ordinary tention, it is seen Shai = 
- 
h | fi fast, ba eir larg et 
| dawn in. 1828) ..Fe 
turned their 
s sha 
print works, in 1 1830, to the spinning of Flax ; and 
RH 
nE i at a com 
t become hoT and ee 
rs. Bo oome: and Campbell, and several other | prin- 
4 yin 9 
raspe 
and Grass ha 
fon merit for the t ible, was pronounce 
itive trial of ptt Scie at Sera rel 
outeur’ s 
the increased demand for the article 
tow- yarns, which continued m sell Nia 
nd the or ye and from the soil, are in tat Ep em- 
ye culti raising seedlin 
fost in rik pee substances wien. d 
ich a 
$ 
ator ngs 
ae one suitable to his soil ; if he fails, as z did 
onsic “hey toh 
nding one already in cultivation to answ 
r his 
tiome Correspondence. 
positively a fri akaa It is, at o Sait 
Te į 
rp that it should be understood, that b a proper aeann Marnie neighbourhood gie 
As the idea of the Meigen 1 Apple havi ing gi _— e: analogous to that ‘of tie The outer leaves, 
mm the Crab has pee Ip, bd p” titute of all exhausting influences ; ‘that the especial! aN y a variety of Botrytis parasi- 
and the origin is inv volved Ja. abè curity, it is pe drawn from the soil by s ca, closely allied to Botrytis infestans, which has been 
bable that the. Potato w we use is ot derived from the foun d in the waste pr f its manufa moran Rn Pi or e decay eom in 
d one of South Am meri In h ld be biran ue i, Deer of E feli "the a linear patches » fo weet y the course of the annular 
pa ifi dark 
in sot Pi garden varieties. Doe this, ax eee ia dapostier n the diseased cells of Potatoes. 
ety of bhai i iad pies tes spook is meopet in should be carefully preserved and applied The ‘whole of ea ie ai "portion « of the he ony de- 
s Alpi ine or wood Str rhe erries 5 as it has been eet beyond doubt to 
i the Sea of a wild 
nor a new Apple from a 
een 
ec? much fertilising matte 
it is mae universal, but many acres ha ain eee 
seed, Nevertheless gd things may have b f the opinion of such ait n as Professor Kane, cor- i NE ties ot fin athe mh mould lupon the decayed 
roborat Koy experience, ill = remove meena 43 mtiti a minute 
SSS theoretical delusion, Tam at a loss to know ; vii, King’s € 
DISCUSSION ON FLAX CULTURE AT what will ba ave the desired effect. Ms, Stephen be | Peet of Pasisporiam.- Berkeley, g's Chie, 
rar Ce ight ( saying that Flax Potatoes.—At p. 771, under the head “Potato 
t p. that objections were made |is more pear sting than Sore Aok at-crop, the Failure,” there isa paragraph copied from a 
Flax. anus H the ene meeting by Mr. | question is what will be the ad itional profit that the last spring on this subject, and which 
» of Cork, I am bliged aga p oai can have by Flax- Sa iF d with Oats ap the“ Jonna of yal Agri So. 
r columns, with the Kipi of co. g that; gentle- | (as it will Ag after Wheat eY), to enable ciety of England,” vol. vi., p. 16}. The paragraph in 
s error in taking as his pride the productions | him to restore his land. Is there crop than aecy is attri Canadian Agrict 
orists in preference to the opinio tical tt í per eene clan urnal.”” I should not have noticed this I not 
and as I shall notice his quotatio Mr. eie .? I say there is not. g ble tł f ders might also 
en’s “Book of th rm,” I shall first  Fequest proof after the remarks of Mn Walker ane Mr. Haz- PAg my paper, and be led to suppose that it was 
who may not have Mr. Beamish’s a ea mine, instead of want of acknonledg 
turn to p. 74 d examine them, and the that from 6 to 12 bushels of seed pes aere is the most | ment on the one of the » Canadian periodical. 
Messrs. Macartney, Walker, and Hazlett, | that r 5s, per bushel; ped 
men farmers from the th of Ireland, whose | although bad Riga seed sold last year in Belfast at 10s. P: 
» irom 30 years’ practical canes in Flax per bushel ; ; whilst Mr. Hazlett values be fa! ba one fessors Lindley, Playfair, s and | Tune Ker Nor ig has. 
» Will no doubt have their effect’ with B n ed with the Potato 
A s I hope to satisfy those th i Velieve | patanas whom I have mentioned it. Ms inde to 
phen’s acne on the nature of the Flax ‘ea ant, ri rm 29 to 32 bushel a seed per acre was pro- | question of autumn-planting, The ground of objection 
fas unfort cet ho not imprudently, touched | duced last year in No +. ;_| is the probability of injury by spring frosts. 1, how- 
that red to prove he is totally Hh fen ri Stephen asserts the Flax-erop varies in ever, quite agree in the recom mendation of the the Com- 
t fro ga acre, Pets ing to the soil | - i cioners, and had. in fact i 
ot e gg e Farm,” but I bre or, tnd ta ing e highest produce 5 ewt. of | diate planting, before their report re One 
rig mish oniki ns Flax giaa ressed Flax at the highest price in 1844, 67. per Tera. | of the e strongest arguments that can be adduced in its 
ags forward Mr. Stephen’s strongest argu- | the yield ‘would nee oH, from vegas deduct phasor pe 
Ssuinst it. And thisis, that “if foll PETERE Da r 
the effects of such a + tea will A he its ex culti- | for manure, rand ‘the. profit inb next spring, and even ariig hoed down once or twiee, 
andon gether ss s I| Now, I confess this cale “lation 4 is 5 to mR en opad when appearing amongst corn, have strength enough to 
l attention to. a few obse: push again, to the great ann oyada the tidy farmer. 
man at the Markethill ‘Aevialtoral Pasco. Po aioe tickatioe or multiplication, I begin t o think It is, therefore, very clear winter frosts donot de- 
last sprin ng, as a proof that Clov ver and Grass, that he and I should go to school by this, saga we stroy the sets, nor spring PEE e young shoots.— H. S. 
Oats of the b pt to write more on this subject ; 6 n for Tompson, Kir riy Hall, Tank: 
Practical men :— Flax in 1944! !—was e ever such das heard Application of Capital in Farming— 
Apia called on, after a few remarks on | of ?— Why. The hg = A aes im Pg “ae en shoi M wri rite with diffidence about what they do not. 
» Said « Hi t 1207. rk ep ie andthe pro ully understand” 
“4 which Th Shani S eypio ed | As I can make n it as A x puzzle, Toen Tt is deuteron B Sj pacemon pnia ae 
E re Years.ago. It is: well wn by several gen- Salhi cise ‘eb’ h san he sum ose the evils of e : system etting 
here pi th is worse Tana mid rece epia is mađe up. s g land, and to suggest improvements, In assisting 
ay that so com-| an editorin this laudable effort, writers should advance 
am sure that a farmer w iad 5 50 acres of _ There i is sat Sey in his observations tha y a feat a f 
Be Kind (without payin g any rent f ) nature of | dariis wa Bseoiming, modesty, and atate fania. ai 
a H, 3 fully and Iy ; while each be read and ex- 
= comfortable living off ea E on ar of 
Turnipe, and i ~ part of that field : hea 39 tons pier te bring forward as par the ‘as kone bag 
te Turni Bestich 
nglis 
ial 
rd 
e hackling, as in no a has the spin 
are novel, but 
bought hackled Flax from a farmer. Pazi s sl in interesting i in ag highest degree, | serving to he 
t } carefully oos pn gg — 
of ri lso asserts that n harvesting the crop we 5 | reas the nt of siete vied e displays, 
E Ber ts which ave av te in eer from = ake ane oH mth that _sither ft igo A of the and the janati spirit he be constrained to 
to Me, Herd’s observations, I am enabled Fax, or the produce of the seed, must be sacrificed. | appreciate his pelt ds pe make pe Pare 
my own e: inline. ais eatin from the pecs ean be nothing m late Fae coal than this of his remarks, The epistles o of con” are wi ey 
> know to have been Paso, among = x- | assertion ; no man that e ver tee a pen in gall. His theories—that 
BES assumes himsels nc tteement, or advice L the Pha be howell se Ri Gt pitt A a in faring 
+ eaunot he Pes mpetent to give on Fax wil be ‘be better no doubt for ee dn = the Flax will be | more or less mee to the extent of fies business and 
Plax in A -= e herefore, those who | that some require more hen “the y po: e neither 
and t offensive. There are farme Poi fou 
nd, 
