Panavant 19, 1839.) THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. Te 
fas never cou tenanced, section of its) ha lted between weight and mensure. They sat in |p: pared for the experiments, the results of which I an 
never Coun to be con nvino? $ m the social | London, artes were no doubt made to feel, sa ey th E iddl -— 
of t +} 
fie eld were laced 
members the farm servan heir morals, witnesses mos t ren — vetri the bias P f serving ‘the 
condition 0 late statistios ‘heir r and London . in favour of their ow Perm . — report of the 
drought out b sta ES ation anon C ions practice of selling by measure—a prac té not "sime | Academy ye Sciences for "1855, T. xiii, p. 249 ; where I 
facilities for evening e uc I 8 b ble to the less — perhaps, for its association with the also noticed the mechanical composition o of the soil, and 
eeial attention. t Gate “ne, metage-monopoly of the Lon on corporation. Other- | the position of ap experimental fields. 
— this, —- atta " wise, even then, the invariable use of weight throughout | Since the Flax harvest in 1853, the two fields have 
e director 0 shall devote y ems I fs : kets-then: ving | i i : 
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reland, and i nce i a been cultivate sam i 
selves — en I "thus reviving one of the | more than half the e of Great Britain a pro- | the fallow season of the following year Bed receiv: 
and ve ety portion probably n exceeding two-thirds—would | similar dressings of 850 poods* per dessiatine.+ 
resen ted only by the na — en cre have led them to choose weight. They chose| Rye being harvested g September, 1855, the field 
now repre z c i either This was readily | which we shall call No. The distance 
"We have received from Messrs. SUTTON, of|s i ble; and the 2 255 dropped the between the drains was We 28 i o 37 sail 
ing, the following illustration of the shame- 1 into its waste- -paper receptac the nature o A the c the depth being from 4 to 7 feet. 
Reading, in which worthless seeds are some- ree of the princ pal markets of the kingdom, long | From this time an improved system of cultivation was 
Jess manner in the trade for purposes of fraud accustomed to sale by weig , have now determined to | introduced ‘throughout this area. 
times offered to nna h à nE rp Tania 27 0 use only 100 Ibs. avoirdupois, which | On € dy May, 1856, 18 tchetveriks of Oats were 
It is a letter from a Frenc Aar uu ^H Tb Á they hive named the “cental.” It is said by some that | sown on the Basta field; and 19 on No. 2; in 
ives his and aress. He says: — | this is illegal, Were it so, it might be observed that all 4 m tE tchetveriks, huir 27 
law has been equally broken, time out of mind, 30 lbs. In this the custom of the country was followed. 
y A ACW 
will hav M m" ks, Jou for the law has precisely the same relation to the portions of which one was manured with horn shavings, 
caw have it if unsol our answer. I have sold some Scottish boll (240 lbs.), the Welsh hobbett (168 lbs.), one with pigeon-dung, and the third, between the two 
India Radish seed at 9s. per bushel. If gou m the Birmingham bushel (62 lbs), and the Liverpool —.— was left un manured 
some for mixing I shall be very happy to serve you. bushel (70, 60, or 45 lbs.) as to the cental (100 ev The Oa ts sprouted on the 16th May simultaneously 
But, in truth ity i i i i 
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ORN BY WEIGHT. by any number of pounds avoirdu ghd — d the 17 the first period of vegetation it 
| ges ally “ahaha that from the 1st | of the statute (5 and 6 William 63) adopted remark any difference whatever; but the strip manured 
ef February grai eal, and flour has been sold in | some of the Scottish authorities, — to favour that | > horn shavings was shortiy m — b ii 
| 9 Glasgow, and Hull, only by | notion. 1 — and darker vege tation. Towards the middle 
! — 100 ae * Assuming that the new system fin nds general favour of June, when the weeds appeared, it was easy 
fie effect upon these markets may be inferred from | in the wein Uu when be e vM ^ 1 — ceive that these differed — as much in their —— 
-inspection of the following summary of w ware — one o extens very market in|as in their relative abundance 
to be displaced, in the Liverpool market, by t d hich salé by weights is or shall be adapted and that is is The following are the names of those plants which 
« éenlal " :— e want of stamped weights (and to e others were common to the two fields, arranged according to 
Wheat has hitherto been sold per. 70 lbs. — illegal) convenient for I1 up the cental, or | their abundance or scarcity :— 
Barley 25 2 3 A E : aliquot parts of i us 
. Spergula vulgari 18. etc arvense, L. 
Oats » » * — 45 „ weights, 56, 28, 14, 7, a nd 80 on, wi ill draw w some ewhat : Rumex acetose lla, L. P Polygonu: na Huds. 
l — and Beans „ m m 704 » more largely upon t] bp on sativa, 'maxima, 15. Plantago 1 — 
Flour ie s 196lbs. or 280 „ — would a set r running 50, 25, 10, 5 . „ and: 80 on: | B NN L. 16. Trifolium. pratense, L. 
d per 196lbs. or 240 „ ut if, to remove this 3 resort be had to | k Leucanthemum 
D.C. 
simil t identical) variety has revailed i in the Pasha those Mena seek the suggested change will 
bcn "mi ec OS itl d j^ d ample support in the. documents of the — r 
the principal 
17. Trifolium repens, L. 
18. Silene inflata, Smith. 
19. Centaurea Cyanus, L. 
vulgare, | 
ft ed Ki d P Lo laria — Yi ** Soop. 
» Kurort. 8. 
Th "moe sped fol E "Unit va manned thority om ti may also * * speedi ly be found necessary ry to . Achillea TIME — 2 Vicia angusto R —— 
» bbe — 
in the same market, and — of methods in diferent | pass an Act of Parliament? such as they have suggested. 1 np T r^" bes K. din v 
marke ts; but it is ost important i in the latter aspect. Meanwhile, the hee se snd ae p of v E na "n 
be said to be to | cental movement? will ‘ound in the progress i 727 rears : 
equalise the price in different localities. Freedom of ae s among those it most concerns. The best course | 99, Vicia sativa, La [3 aon anserina, L 
trade ! it affords t t it itself. 27. Odontites rubra, Pers. | 84. Galeo is Te trabit, 5 
1 2 ve b object—its Morel 'alike to the producer, d J: T. Danson ih the Journal of the yo of Arts. P3 Bidens trip Lerma in L. 35. E 
and to the umer. The lowest Lis 30. Rumex crispus, L. — Ranunculus repens, 2 
Ix tae Gitoughout mo. kingdom—the ON THE EFFECTS o DRAINAGE, 31. Potentilla * L. T 
best for all parties—would be an uniform price, 5 a RECORDED AT opto (IN 8 OF Nov- 22. Poton ntilla HN, [ss 
close approximation to it; and con is just the price GOROD), IN 1856, BY rini JELEZN z 
towards which every additional ity given to the spite of thei immense extent us ined ‘country i in 26 Galeone L 2i ivi rcc Cot 
corn trade helps us nearer, and to the attainment of Western Europe, and the increasing adoption of this 27. Scabiosa ira 1. : r 
which T of every corn dealer are constantly | important aid in the 8 of er stimulated | 28. Raphanus. Raphanis-|33. Ranunculus acris, L. 
à r bril esults, few fac’ doti the trum, L. 94. Chenopodium album, L. 
P sei ge dcr uni n c | 99. Seutellaria galericulata, L. | 35, Chen m viride, L. 
To tak a first the case of the dealer. T P of | theory of drainage have hith clo nén pd lish 20 paia dro En Din im Crepi tectorum, 
E is invariable—it is transfer of corn from | We know that increased fertility of the soil is 31. ons BT 
dhad disa Ae se TM WE ee n a ae eee 
* — Far Farfara, L. 
p Tr. 
hich it is cheap l d in which it is is dear. Lais owi ing to the removal of x pe vemm Kyi neathination cf th 
moisture from those in which roo Vd wil t à th list ars 
ities of price; 2d, negociation of a transfe er; and | spread, and whence eren can draw as much nourishment | es 2 ind * vehere 
ission of the requ — quantity of corn. as is required for the support of the plants. But we ought to be placed in the first list, since, for fear of 
ph or is payment for IM depend or must not stop here; bs must f the eerie! this ing down the only collected. 
| recti ee explatnéd ths Ünproremen f 4 "ie e sila us along the T of the fields, and the withered e a. 
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E But both x pee and “extent 2 are reduced Tr the advant ages of cultivation, resulting in a larger 2 3 — = e a a 
et 
. diversity of ‘modes of sale undoubt edly makes more MN 2 results may be particularly specified | o deed „ E — — 
difficult what the corn dealers are especially called | the warming, aeration, and mellowing of the soil, p MH Dodnes exacthv/ tko dune 1 ea 
E to do,—to find out where corn can be bought | which, with a proper amount of moisture, decompose | E ht y ; : 
$ 2 Mey aer hich must be admit ed if the comparison 
— post and sold dearest; and, until these steps are | fertilising substan nces more rapidly, p the same time 
en, facilities of transmission are practically worthless. | re 1 hr : d the on ess of nutri- I am 
cases of producer and consumer are disposed of tion. ith regard to the diminution of evaporation, |: 
With a moment’s reflection. The transfer will only | this equally assists in raising the temperature of the bei D edm prn — 
take place when its effect will be to reduce in some | superficial strata of the earth; but it only affects the | represented b pel sdb ure in fact thos 
degree, the average price of the kingdom. So much atmosphere when an entire country is intersected by rin rA Pe are Te inihefleld.: L took several samples 
E Il be to ra ise, i in some degree, the price of i On the other hand t be denied that whi ge Miles i ma tme. ti pode of dich 
Particular corn dealt with. So much for the producer. | climate must have a considerable lahore on the . ner continet: M 8 og tio subs 1000, 
Tus evil of diverse measures is not a new one; but effects of nee which although useful everywhere, 7 ted ed kha Odium e ei y 
tt has of late become more apparent and less bearable, | cannot for Tnm be as Profitable i in the abet as in z g 
. And hence is more heard of. It was felt enough in 1834 | the west of Eur | Fretp No. 1. |} FELD No. 2. 
induce the House of Commons to appoint a se iud Altho ough t Man rth of Germany and especially the 
‘ommittee “to inquire into the present practice of Baltic c provinces fave already furnished us with en 
corn throughout the C Kingdom, with a j couraging facts; yet, since ME age has , been a Names of the plants 
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pergula vulgaris. 570| 541) 671) 594|| 456) 275 
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à hve ain with, each ecu fraud constantly |a time to solve all questions : I hav 
à wintelligit and published quotations of price commonly | power dadin n publishing the fasts .— er 
: and. twent ble out of their own locality. Nearly five- in the belief that they are not devoid of interest, and aperi em — 
-Temaining years have elapsed, and, the diversity | that they will 8 a spreading amongst our agricul- j .. Saranen 1000100011000 1000 1000 0'1000 
n rr n it was, the ill effects of it have turists more definite ideas on this branch of rural) The 
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ced to one-half, o It was in 1854 that the first attempts were made in 
gp 1 ce between the gem | Naronovo on some fields and deo at first with | [ found, it is 
at th communication, the Serie telegraph has | stone drains, and aphid with pipes of baked 5 some others, but in such a small quantity that it was 
Deere be distance of each other Fi pim 
t * Pood, ar ean E EN 
S + Dessiatine, about 23 English acres. 
o £ s : * Two fields of dod equal dimensions, similarly t MR chetvert is equal to 5.75 English bushels; it 
of 1831, seeking an uniform method |situated, and separated by a deep open ditch, were pre- ! contains 8 tchetveriks. 
