THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
Smith works deeply, . - — 
— ; into turn their 
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"satisfied for the four follo 
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Jasvanx 15, 1859.] - 3 
to lemency of weather, which appears to have been | most satisfactoril It tv that 
bad made but 1 — T “has b = = poorly was aa | r% - of importance to ager e, e PATEA 
ineonside Mn 5 Again, the — of an early sowing, on which | one agricultural periodical, should not be extracted b 
188,150 shee d le p "i success of all thin sowings—and | > others E the general benefit. C. Law rence, Ciren- 
and that the — €" 2 a eatt i as "the | all 1 drill sow wings * be considered as thin ones ster, Janu ry 1l. I have given 1 lb. of Cotton 
than compensated for the fa — A for appears eii ly to be neglected, as well as Mr. — per diem hire Mangel, hay, and straw, 
ther instan 'The vastly increased deman i Smith's injunction that — should take place two milch cows ix weeks past. The cows 
del, milk, and butter, has by the reciprocal | pefo nd his obse erva a spring tillering | a = impo ved ns ndition, and for the first 
agencies of supply and deman induce n 10- f shoul g to mil f was ecidedly increased. or 
crease of 80,424 horned cattle. Pigs mul-| Failu may also occur in the fir st eripit 1 lded 
inlied also, and horses in about equal numbers | tainly does not depend on Mr. Smith's din 5 gd iin one cream. Yet the cows appear in good hh ealth. 
— the reine rae he northern side of the the previous state of the land, and from deficient pre- Can this failure be connected y th the EN — 
with zn as, er, contributed to the paration for which there appears, under — — cir- your correspondent from Chatteris ? A. B., Iver, Jan 
* :merated live stock, the | cumstances, after a grain crop not sufficient time, and, — Commutation — - many of your readers — 
raising of : — — ee num rically in-|indeed, with Mr. Smith, his first sow ing appears to | feel an 0 know the resu ro ei 
Potvin t the consumption of the whole of their | have been late; in Ireland ve to Chri 858, — bas autho- 
sufficient to the — f the details regarding generally the case, as not only are our harvests late, sf in v London e " this eve 
own stoc. d, mills, NERA renne but the ground is ina a foul st: 3. "a per im (is buta 
commerce , gol aes m 1 : ?| Whether Mr. Smith’s system will admit of variations Barley ditt 
— Ă education, religion, r agio s My in details may be uestion, but its principles will Dass o 
e — interesting tom: espe, c is har nit e; it lutely depends on a gradual x bee tos aa e for their TEN 2 E. ch er. ve 
es. ere, raising to the surface winter exposure to the tithe rent-charge will, for the , amoun 
* eine tion of one or two paragraphs s bear- disintegrating action of alternate frosts and thaws, 108“. 19s. 64 d., which is a little mor than 3 per cent. 
wit P grating m 
ing altoge her upon our eiii department, o and to subsequent aerial influences, of J quantities | above the last year’s value. The following statement 
ically nto us as a m Mention of mineral substances that have hitherto been but par- my “Annual Tithe Commutation Tables” - 
from every reflecting man ow: ocial com- ti lly acted u by th nt and by frequently | § show 4 —— worth 2 v of tithe — for each 
-— moving them through t mmer months to assist at since the ing of the Tithe — 
of i im orts and ex rts we find these aerial influences. It: dead as matte’ can course, | AC 
-: Ma bed PP E he chief | the y unnecessary, but may be injurious to | For the year X 3 
- | bring ir 95 7 9 
gating mne mber), which imp ort d than the ammonia and carbonic acid in the can i 391 2 12 as Bi 
amalgamate with, for. though the power of — in „ „ 184 
is the United States; “the second, British East the air is unlimited, it is far from beim, i ee sd 40 8r . 
, g so with 1843 10519 2 
Indies; the third, — — rat Towns; the fourth, ae matters which act on the oxides and render l 104 3 i 
T M i 
ictoria, im e value of between six them fit for vegetable assimilation; besides this, vis aa ee 108 17 11 
ge 
millions s a ee a third of the by in iuc un ol Agvet) xnscamotnt of Joris 1 102 17 8 
; feti os EP ed 8 1847 99 18 104 
cera of Mer As the es nited e Meh iy mineral substances the fertility of the active soil „ A 19 1 0 
.moreofthe manufactures of the may be for a lon Ares — ed, and, which „ agn 100 3 7% 
pert country thit all the British settlements in | is a known practical fac ound is poisoned. The 2o A MN wu - 
rica. working of the sil i " sr n an exclusive ante- Anz ion" D 
piai Ame ib E 1852 93 16 114 
total amount in value of exports from the and must be strictly restricted to it, „ leno 9113 5% 
bios * thogas year Er M rai ,079, RLI Th The while the summer ones mu st be as str ictly confined to win am i4 = 55 
lather at 1907467. - | tinually fresh surfaces to the air at the same time that pe ai det 9 1 i 
- revent the vegetation of weeds. Deep working ici gu i Jus 10516 33 
Most of the fore regoing details attest the JP 8 3 19 ei 
vellous agricultural inl Sears € Victoria, besides es — mineral matters, but “by | oosening the 28) 2287 2 05 
xr great advancement in commercial prosperity. soil about the roots of the plants, possibly prove in- 
e unwillingly close tho report, 1 in — eee are jurious to them, perhaps even stimulate a to long 1 averag: 94 
bany other details of exceeding intere continued f straw. d moreover it is| Charles „ . "Willich, A —— — Life 9 
generally supposed that Wheat requires a sound or firm Society, 25, Suffolk Street, Pall Mall Last, S. W., 
botto d this would be impaired for the successive | Jan. 7. 
LOIS-WEEDON TILLAGE. m « — — 
crop by such late working. In the last edition of “A É—— Á— 
SURELY it is much to be ren: = the Lois- | Word in Seaso see Mr. —— feine the is Correspondence 
FFF and yet more, | intervals after earthi inge 109m FARMING IN COURLAND (continued).— sith latitude 
of these few followers the greai eater p are, as Pat| Thus early sowing is not — required. f. for ‘the — : e iw eecant ef i 
followers at all.” ey very much pmeni--of the tillering process, is about the same as Ec UA u 15 e s 
it without due consideration, if affording ti time for the deep ante-winter form If the Wing more eastwar eee rp Ponce ero eee 
ideas inci ng P g. winters Ls summers are both more decided in cha- 
ed i of the principles sowing is deferred till the latter part of October or to tek d. Ist of Ma fe ald-of 
; hence y follow. | November, with all the chances of weather, I do —5 A : y th th of 
h y adopt of its details, and think they August the temperature is equal to the sou 
: V done ever A when inte ad iir Oi hey see how, on dert like an eie scale, this England, in consequence of the days being much 
h , » heir n^ winter * 2 
ni disto the r shor — ings and o * ings, —.— — pE “i ee would longer the growth is much more rapid; for instance, 
EM 1 console themselves by| These are the great principles of Mr. Smith's system, | SPTing 9 ipm ^ pes 5 QN e 
r. Smith owes his to some occult property in . 2i ripen will do the same here i , 
It is indebted to an oolitic su ite soil it MN dn Doc — ce — — epus m in proportion. The Wheat harvest begins also 
, r. Smith himself has done so r after F 
be admitted 
having —— a depth of — or 
ing years with a single | © 
odifications should ‘be adopted with 
no case can experiments under 
ted as evidence against the plan 
spit.” But such m 
much caution, and i 
them be — 
J. 
- TRADE MEMORANDA. 
Mn. ALDERMAN .Mxenr having reason to fear (it 
climate in Europe. 
ces about the first Re ek in November with a 
ite ibów; then a good fr : 
s the fields from 3 to 6 inches dés 
summer, autumn, or winter. —— 
Ll 
lor his friends and „acquaintances throug hout the king- 
dad 
aérial actions or to arrest 
— of p 3 —— x 
ends they delve w^ EM eo 
bow the - rtile 
e. injurious — 
of Down 
irited | 
pense of a 
to. Mis s entering 
e | pretending to collect for 
| that such — 
Cott 
the death of a bullock fr 
oe 
not been found of gen eneral service. 
s ha all itae 
the cows are but badly fed the manure is very wi 
HS 
Es e arrest 
E. ome Gorrespondene 
Cake.—1 was 
well TM 
t 
also of Ames quality, resembling the White Dantzic. 
150 
e 
B 
in min 
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ad g q 
ien Mul al at the eu of 62. pe 
| as produce ju just 
poses, 220 six me’ 
at da same time "pedal p farmer on 
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son sa 
only abso- 
ly w 8 but — I kee! ite dou wonld 
9 sam schief in the 
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——— i ta which he | cou 
th 
sien g 
WE ba aver fie 
num ure, but of 
nd on my A CEN ns 
12 75 8 
— "t that the surfaco is M ME. 
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— the colour is 
mr al 
early the same. on dd 
m 7L to 71. 10s. Pa rly Tine igo 
qud attributed them | of 
iungere: thriving on it Ani aoe 
codes s on mek 
0 
1 DÀ for the 
article is „ 
ca number of cows. 
My farm of 150 acres of Le and 50 of. 
excellent buildi 
Wheat in proportion to 
T get im an piae of 3s. Sad bushel. 
fore nearly 1500 500 bushels to 
find 
or horses belon 
