THE Aaro ee GAZETTE. 
that a revent this. the farmers here yr ut them w pits; Davis to lose the prize to whie = 
aor ess an pores eer ; | d them EF ty tu li ich ‘hey remove honour will, and ate st, Aadi en pi Vut bi 
sE when the tree has just got ints Teak as the best | in dry weather, so that the Ai “have the ben efit of fo llow ved by an amendme nt of our Ss aal nae be 
ime for removing s! ranches = mp at befara | ‘the sun and air ; remove suc appear I rile ay pce a ediy 
the t buds are burst, shoots will be-t nh n this manner a great deal of thd reasons for the opinions I hav rested. In va Li ive 
the und, causing fi uble : thie a no ater and portions of my. fie lds I have dibled and Tiled Wi 
case after the leaf is o' in m king the eut, the ed } ry state, in wish they are 4 Decks, and 5 pecks per t 
of pach knife should | littl ds ; for ‘if the cut | likely to be preserv ad sound till the time = peng These have been sown in December nv Januar har 
be quite ve: rtical, a nidus will be left for s during this process of drying may | will be re: adily admitted that if I can obtain hy * 
the ensuing winter upon the ew of the tark that ontinte ath necessary , during great pa re from sue r like the ne 
closes around the wo rate This should be avo ny as Hires ee and’ spring. There are very few Potatoes in (which has been almost a continuous, g. since de 
pnd eat into the tender juicy reer and arrest the | pt island but are a affect ted, more or less with the dis- time of nurs nant _May), the experiment ha 8, bt ee i 
fature pipe ion. nstances, b th ; 
urse, all applies to those branches only that in not a few instances the loss is tier total. SAES ds aiea o 
This, of 
are 9 enough aga y with the stem) to be cut 
on of ea 
Be 
nicety of 
deserves: a pe Sn ohian tii 
POTATO DISEASE TN. THE ISLAND OF ARRAN: 
many other atin nd the high 
il 
at present e here 
gan in Se and eantineed till 
e yearly. During the 
p of these 
t in general, in most 
and 
1842. 
first 
early adden Potatoes are generally almost free of 1 this 
malady. 
early in 
ai dand much approve of planting Potatoes 
goc od ero 
edge of Aa ridges | in one w ait ae field, so 
tion of ua the dibbled and pura thick 2 a nd 
sown 1 ha perished where the, snow was blo 
I did so last year, and had a very 
T pe that the seed is more Meini to be ‘preserved 
able, howev er. 
is advisa 
numerous v esi 
| to plant whole Po tatoos of the $ size of pigeons P eggs, or 
1 
Dy 
manages for me) absolut ay 
ON THICK AND THIN N SOW 
Tne question of thin sowing is a most Spit 
individually and nationally, involving the consideration 
whether we do not bury in the soil ever; 
fully and prejadicially , 3 ithon quarters o of corn. 
3 
a little larger, rolled in pow 
I y this plan, and rit it to answer well.— | and quite despond ed. 
. Whitehouse, Arr 
Aut ust be ri: gh 
is true, here and. there ih 
visitor hs AS remembered that his plater THA e ko 
fT 
5 UP au pring 
wye 
gii occasionally fas 
vit get toget! ther, 
appear ance, have ‘abs ay 
ean airing 
ero And y ides ave be 
h! 
he 
soled by rema 
esi will Sg Wiest pine 
ople € xpert i He and so While pis dan, has ge 
oy 
oE 
was 
3 but that pari of Potatoes called |; , 
Ireland, and althou 
Yegetatin ig, a when 
| the aa te 
| facts 
e | within my ow 
the examination of this question, “and pre sent, for 
ration of my br ee er peice lturists, some 
asonings with a stimulate unpre- 
judiced bin sages Ta” i pouty il be iy P wee 
or for an average of s 
bve 
Birte rban oul 
propound as ther! 
n knowledge on my own farm,— 
1. That the tendons" of thin sowing is to increase 
me oie vee aif and ig dey evelopment of the stem, 
con equent tly 
Tak 
ness. of nha wich ao rodu 
breve groun 
any ‘Pots tatoes 
produced 
but a number of small.ones, of ‘the size i 
delayi ing Tu poda ity. 
2 pkr on the cokan 2 ite sowing hastens ripen- 
rs the plan very respect more dimi- 
but rende 
° mutive aiid less pro Lara 
Kiet a large bid of seed will not produc 
short time, as a small aneity of phe 
ppl manure, soil, and cli- 
d 
ries, cupped S aats aai nbol 
MAAE crop of rg ril has, ina 
cold and wet July an nd August, been. |: matted, 
owever, on this 
ed : 
conflicting opinions, I. have calmly and confident : 
looked o an unprejudiced observer depending on ia 
acts and common sense, and not on opinions. h 
I have taken some pains. t erta w 
adverse to the principle of thin sowing, have, been ob. ai 
tained, The following are illustratio: st others: yg 
Well, you sowed 3 pecks per did it l 
wer ?__We did not get quite so much, as with 8 
Did you give it more than the usi be = ier 1—No, we a 
t t } 
Wh 
oot not co pts 
urging. “Crop, although the: 
e distance, Sy thongh 8 ~~ did zend up. very = 3 fia Wheat? We may ae compare. the ca 
pn above, deseri this Ji n hoki <iing delays the maturity of a corn-crop, Sorbie hal col sour ground under a, den 
wore away, or. four years h ii ty, | Wheat-crop to soil s by 
: puaiele: appearance of its existence, va diminis area cnet Pe Mee RAT I PASIOA fusty smell in oil that has been lon 
: principle of life, in most varieties of That the propriety ot thick, moderate, or thin light, very different f th 
hardly vigorous as it was before | . wing must de e nature, quality, and con: summer tilth. In one w 
commence e erop of the year before dition of the soil § “he Boat rative temperature er we only see the eat, 
showed itself was ‘unusually great. tod, |! nefits of light, air, and evening dews are great; 
ani : 
i The squat that w 
veri at a the iyor o put i i, 
n hi 
Ae ie the lux 
versé.. During the p 
Pota 
ain 
marked. 
impas aP, Potatoes, and plan 
and gol. 
isease those 
with our rsa among which it Ay Japan sa 
rpo pie 
y 
at present affects these 
1844. For ears previ 
1844, there ' were very tn « “tallete” on the Potatoes. 
further state that sons in paca 
riety 
; fates som a as s they 
. the disease, or dry ro 
, that 
an extremely distressing one, na grado 
wear away; as I cannot believe ree Seo 
present cultivation, tirely er of re- 
i patior that have 
P 4 on. the would cree think, be 
ii hang about so important a Ta an 
€ ~ Potatoes would not 
aban ly such o; nf peer 
at the time of amen to sd y sound la 
c 
y ing, a 
teed a thé E k the same time. 
a main not by any ing — 
be 
uriant tg and pidii warm climate of the south an 
westo f Treland : and England, 
the 
would most Brpbeply. be A 
its influence. 
tatoes | cold and dry pa ai eastern districts, with, long |° 
winters and short 
£ That neither yey 
will produce a fail! crop if the any contains eit food 
enough for a crop. 
8. That a ae qani ty o 
early period, 
tween mie n iann 
eturn than 
of 
of seed sown at a proper 
a npa oe Gavo be- 
much 
orked 
sits iba not be w 
seed T 
a 
an abundantly-sceded pet -sown 
Til aa 
yet we obsti: 
decline following Jethro Tulle and as Hewitt Davis, 
phan amongst the grow! Se 
er à 
+ 
ow 
use an interval of s succes- 
fear so fice revent their all opgi 
This 
“ie sek 
sion i 
eieaa at harvest t tin 
3 
1 
enea 
for ë previous foke u the Winter is waved 
in its maturity at least one week. This is worth notic- 
seg on deni: id obvious in several of ie fields this 
use is a teats Vigorous a fey prolonged 
growth which i instructs us that in well-draine 2 Kanie 
cultivated soils hould 
ainouglt our unfortunate co 
+ Caleutta 
therefore fig time for “growth by fact and 
thinner so 
on their sides 
tude. Here let me quote the 
impressive perias of Professor Sole 
an ant hke as one of ke pew BN our 
of the 
structure, To Jethro hol ia ancient, and 
itt Davis dern times, belongs the 
ho 
man’s re 
| Society) ipid by long and well-prov 
Witi . 
requ dant. 
The mere rejection of this isana | is a great. honour 
tated batted inh it Binge: his abe Sid to be so far in 
his own times, that tious men are afraid 
ie 0 with Tim, ev i th his ag 
pe 
the fear o Eis donee that ca 
i a bis of hears, drained, Se ES 
an i county, U thin sowing wodha be in wet win ters a 
the | ruinous affair, because well riche. Tn fact 1 ason: myi such 
I 
of the si 
il geared the water | 
‘such Pik never, droam of 
ted” gravels "hs arginage. But on 
‘other self-drained 
ost im 
z gentle: | cade Kon the 
e— 
It was, no doubt, | sf 
used Mr, 
veoftet | heavy a 
pinigai n 
The fo rmer become 
ip 
ig 
m the human age the 
the unha appy 
prepo f light athe. 
those chemical Who after 
tion of oh vita! 3 
advocate the 
ht is necessary to 
functions on bay aC 
depend 
| preferenc 
| soils, Sia ‘sowing E rin hé 
tbh 
to se ge A Fa 
of 
they 
these cire 
did. 
