878 
particular ve we nt soil 
earful of growin growing ‘Whea eat, DE esane from it 
_Thin dibbling won ieee ‘rol. 
The maximum of ce 
2 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
wil. Many farmers in a particular description of soil | stalk, as to put 20 grains of 
ors as to put 20 grains of Wheat, or Ranier or of Oats | 
ree often done. me, into a hole, in order ao 
| shoot or plant; indeed, did we pie ay as did w 
not see two, three, or shree and a half ien of Wheat 
u nd Site: we ign pot wen | 
sen ould do 
ON THE PRODUCTIVENESS A 
in the « Trish | 
too much Irish to be of any use in 
Dec. 27, 
P POTATO SETS. AND VITALITY 
whi 
Farmers’ J an i» 
more on Po supply of 
ead 
Imost 
it is, and it is done everywhere es Bae 
though no m 
still 
he sleet I hay 
w two pee 
why it 
re | * because I always haye sown so mu 
ly, a or. by 
an give a rational reason | 
; bu t if you eh a farmer mr , he replies, 
ch, and so did m 
father, and so did my grandfather, and uncle Tob y, and 
all our fam mily, > Aye say I, _and they either ` walked to 
ondon 
is done 
a 
aaen oF i ea yar 
ductive rather From the spac Xt aor aa munis. 
= below it 
suppose bette ter a tle er 
rishment proceeds from Poy me grain 
Be abe 
to sustain a elose 
sown a 
and probably made their wills before they set out, and 
sown at er narrow er intervals 
an 
return Ear to p 
9 is it th tat the a 
ligh 
uarters per acre. But then we mus 
apply to the soil a sufficiency of food to mature such a 
oe uk 
mpt to grow 15 quarters per acre with only 
food poms 4 for 5 quarters, would be as absurd a 
topas to keep aree horses in condition with on tens 
orse’s all 
ii om t now 
o do 
j TO DE these par 
ow as they ‘did 
h the ey did, and as 
i 
tity of am stat “unless you givea proportionate quan- 
tity of manure to mature — Starvation to either 
prosper aa or plants,-will re os e 
z will push them out of thei ir tyr and place other men | 
quantity ym plants 
of ligt 
w| mila te, 
y 
at these tee tres 
and wen of the straw would indica Tes 
n the ca 
, and thus 
and 
hountifuly, that they may reap _bountifully, as t 
think, and as they will 
undance of suitable f food, with cleanlin 
peed will make them comparative giants. 
centration of manure and its consequences are plainly 
n their places.” 
25.—A. gentleman i in Suffolk gcse to me thus 
«Ih ece of Whe: at 
of flowers. and foliage are produ ueed by one solid foot of 
| which I hea: 
J. M. oe Foy Granara. 
that the very great va 
Potato plants of the same kind of Potato, and in ths 
The oe are the papers alluded 9 J Mr.G. 
On THE PRODU: CTIVENESS OF PotATO 
tions in ‘the productiveness o 
ared yer In.a state of nature ~n T hii looking field he had witnessed between Cambridge, and 
quantity of, soil. would fail t ee vate ts. bury. My drilled Wheat cks per w 
No. doubt the frequent applica oF t oni rather later than it ought to have been ; but, I believe, 
requisite assists in n- producing this effect 5 "bat a a Eor | from p es, it r timated at above 
1 the average. have no hesitation in saying, that 
i ih the thin Barley, at 7 pecks*, 10 inches apart, is 
is in vigorou mee aetna er wenn it in our the best crop in this neighbourhood.” 
horse-ponds. I know and can app & Suffolk, July 18th, » 1845. Dear Sir, —Your lette 
the effects.of such applications. erts; but I regret that r should 
I hope we shall hereafter deem it 
t good poliey ( 
T shall do #0), to expend 31. to 5i. per acre in nates 
ings upon ou 
growth. If by doing this we 
s 
hall-street on my way to Surrey, where I passed two 
| very 
which 
er 
sh F 
to the inspection of Mr. Davis’s iat which Bs was 
not only 2 present profit but a future gain, pean as 
ain- 
ove in perso exp 
| ing his whole course of ert g, working the land, an 
se 
is equally enconmgèd, a the earth with vegetable | 
food. for a subsequen 
oppi 
I agree with you, indie 
each other, 
vious gr r fro intern: . 
cated by the form of the Potato; or the eye; Psi which 
the shoot proceeds. i 
som eh fro 
S 
were not 
É are - Bre, Sit ent 
mhiy “connected with the other 
g isp 
dout the latter in H 
esitati ion, as er-manuri 
, S0 šive as siim might otherwig 
i have aagi it manured on the surface after ti 
i RN eitri Š oë ecaliecting bee» ay Bes” 
sumed portion on of sep eon never | permit abe gh experimentally, as ay — man previously Angel s "and pt BERRET tat 
Laces RA a o: lo fellows, 1 they will) would. In the same field I saw portions of 5 pecks sil almos rae “ta ‘ios very pt iee 
ever: go away from a meal that contains all th f Bar rey, ends this decided n is peren ne rows were 7 yards long, a 
sary component parts. the” pepe Gea iper the former was arent: Wha and planted on t e 30th May. -This late 
cture, provided they have in addition a sufficiency of bie, also, w i wien eo eho ao wis lowetl the first growing eyes of 
ss we Ai Vineroot will enjoy a bone for | be of slower growth and development ban the other, Jost — penay A 
pyears, and never leave it till its goodness is cóm- |as I was assured, that three weeks ag zo it was as much }S*2™ing.. Eye for if mus h 
y exhausted ; but then a2 bone s Lerten wed be mi the ather in length of Straw and vigour o others as well as. myself, t at ‘ane eyes 
nand retains moisture and ait cawihan it aN wbove: at The same remark | Potato shoot earlier than others, and that some 
all other late-shooting eyes (those generally nearer tie 
-earth, and 
id other stimulating manures. 
that son St samen n sowing our Tan 
reeeive another 
be: 
e Tbe principai prerane of thin so wing, are, te 
opinion, the « effects of frequent tillage on bow 
can 
vee news cappy a thie’ know 
Sy 
a bushels and a bus! 
Se- | fo: ortnight’s absence. 
and 3 pecks are yoy sown with 2 
“But ost aan and satisfactory proof to my 
wa mind: is ce be met with on my own little farm 
by © 
g Po 
may apply s his Wheat lands, a som breadths of 4} e 
TEER vis ni 
whie hI have been coe over this evening T ` 
think Totold you that I 
; ales it was 
on sga 
This: apparent failure. 
I now see was ‘the the iow development " het stony under 
the ae which it w 
th 
came anny re a this: ale weer 
see how wasteful it..is to ee it = 
ir y peii y oe pee tie 
J e extrą sizo p'an Gean ea hb t 
= ~ at plat es te length oat strengil of all r BETON i 
rtg and they are AI. y sell growing. Tam but | ino t ember irira 
toa provision for the a eNe, a p= ng càleulator of such matters, but I cannot a no etd t ie protuberance ws ‘ 
Fillets ak the eye, aT which I think may -possibly contain sij 
ae er is and sep tonti, as the crop stands well for inspection, channels of the eye* ; the six hh soo) fs 
8 eve there I shall'c = ave sem viewed by some experienced | io exclude. this pith 
it, preferring the loss of their To geline | hand ; sas est and housing is favourable, projecting or nipple eyes, 
pom fr peu ga eavy | shall test the yield ex: accurate measurement. ‘The ae lat ‘th, a 
thes : Temaris T z anes ‘Wo ne a sam e remark applies to my Barley, for I find finer ears | of s ; 
Da hae T anning fiend; aae so Jest and | Pen orap, somn witk six and seven pecks than on that | seventh th 
may assist. imi ioe rer tis athe Preaek t they |, aeren ar the aay tilth of a Turnip erop, y the | h llow-eyed having 
pra i a 8 get E e 40 years je | ordinary quantity of 2 bushels and [tgs Re short, | sixth > the thirteenth a 
and scientifically, drilled ie y ei next year will be 3 s Wheat ‘and very S53 -eyed red Po! 
cheste ushel per ac dhe GanGined to dray for 5 peeks of Barley, at 1 foot of the one and 10 in this red. Potato all the 
any 7 zs, and pede the day of his an par Cord wo = other. Buts 1 ur een ran hinking ag the | Al the eyes were ents 
pe : $ RE 1 e N i y: č 
jone: ste i ede. PaE 4's unt to question now 5 — is the maximum listance be- nay. ping epee or more 
: fe-aiap sinek SBa wagner Weeder pees tween the ro nd if it admits of the safe use of = the protuberance beneath the eye: 
prt ca Rastem irent hax four “eis, ip Pese- T shall: alays.be happy in receiving an i 
auch, will eco rel soc “er eae some hegootenenen to make. nnn ‘No. Kind of Set. 
50 me general ; indeed, it 
put in more seed than = a roa base: year there 
were some wonderful y ields of Wheat, —- far as I 
te ye erste 
diffeult it is to arrive at an 
opinion o ona this sort, and how apt some 
y erever the 
< 
tof 
| peop] run away with a prejudice, a gentleman 
~ baton nearly seven quarters or qui holding I laud i in the south of Essex assured me, only last 
inmy pach, ary en gaa ora vas pe | reek, that his erops under the adopted system of thin 
farmer in the neighbourhood told’ me and my friend, sowing had proved a complete failure, and that se 
that- he: had an unusually thim plant on one field ; 50 /S™l farmers in his n qrar bourhood would be fing 
much-so, that he was near it up ; but heler! pistely ruined by it. Bat y en I asked him if his land 
it stand, and on that field; TG aeres—heè had 1 nita had pre vio usly been si Arey and feep Sake a yp 
to the aere; and F never of a large crop well hoed, he was to answ or 
plaut: E rejoice, therefore, that Jou are ou. coin me satisfactorily on these poi nts, and I Loui therefor 
my rT am Da mak it =f wi will sierot ra oe e ner - a so hen in E E at ri oar 
an 
niet 
one Bean. | pushei per 
© The ie ia en ata saith sail Hine, at a 
, Will be a full average crop.—. J. M. 
Top, or rose eyes. + ‘ 
_. eyes 
iS ae nana, 2 
Fs ater eyes, that ha no t et 
Cut ‘downwards with protuberance resi 
ge Sp wards, without 
Nipple eyes -- atou 3 
Pho. 8 oe a 
y oe 
goose n 
ig - 
.. 
sed to aipgle- 
* Creamers 
oa 
s No, 
De 
Shallon mipis ‘sets, dis 
er pag ey 
. 
{with 
utter with 
lea: 
down is the soil ; 
‘the stem of Fit; the bu 
| it has short forth or 
hs term ** sap ebam” 
it, T conceive fe greed 
| Sree Potato the tree ae 
