200 
large. ~ Crop left t 17. 25. for rent per statute acre, straw 
left for r harvesting and yan expenses. 
Mr. Callwell ascribes the defective erop to the late | 
working of the soil and consequent loosening of the 
roots. 'The late sowing not finished till the 19th of 
neces. ben of 7800 pues had been d ipped in 
hours, which was at x rate of 75 an 
every four minutes. This might have caus he poison to 
for 
sby a Mir pon n ud autumn is 
f plo 
Maus 
n this st t remains till 
aa or i in nates, harrowed, and well tpe 
; but the land ino. Was 
manned 
ughin 
| be more a mem than it ought t io Mv been, 
n hei r flee 
n $ d 
YE 
November, by m a spring tillering, must also 
i bo dg seems to have been 
of. The qe g forking commence - 
dy after the finishing "of the Ph digging w 
think was uncalled for and injurious, and ret 
ed to have been a deep working, yet it appa- | 
ı the price charged fo or it, 10s. an 
WAS so from 
found 1 
J 
1, 
the she 
onth. 
| is bed arisen from ka de yim) | 
and m 
5 that. t 
g placed in the pastures, and | 
chs, 
was sugg thi 
i ret state bein 
E 
T 
for rent at 14. 
charged a — 
a 
an ro for som 
it do not appear p^ bee 
s value to state the ne et profit contain I arsenic. 
of the n field, in 
n had bee n place 
It was pica that sheep would. not 
tained none. 
| | then the ploughs go b on ‘the itin 
DE 
and they return down the other Kee 
open furrow, 
of Hed 
and so o procee ed, having the plou d 
tb 1 í 7 8 
eing o 
117. 9s. appears against it as for labour 
after harvesting ; the working of * bigis Ed 
was suggested, the experiment had been tried, and aed 
= Med to be cha arged agai inst i the existing ¢ 
F» 
1 
Ain in all n iin none of the preparatory expens 
ecessary for bringing the ber into a fit state fora a 
but rather as so much capital invested. all such 
deductions from the expenses Mead ged to the erop be 
made it will bring it to a somew ng one. 
And l again as the uh stocked as 1 on S Us ground | sa 
the Potato lan d, unless from | 
ploughing, E when 1 are Ee 
these drills made the carts follow with 
horse farro 
mber of witnesses were called, scientific and aes 
0 
47 T), 
going down n one of the 
The man 
A 
erdict for the plaintiff—Damag 
LLOW CROPS. 
THE rapid improvement in the pr 
pa tends not only to increase ia produce but at the 
e time to diminish the expense of cultivation. The 
entiation, of the Turnip and other roots as fodder plants 
effec 
f which may not ha 
ton apparent, it per to D es as well as the 
rop. rd. 
broadcast c J. M. G., Gra 
d this more than that of any other class 
rows, 
hr Sean which we adopt. has been i in practice for 
actice of agricul- | on 
make 
| up rn die anda as sere come down es 5 7 i 
of the fi L 
he 
of the m Ne is thus performed; “the 
been carted t 
wh 
years in 
no new fancy, nor do we present it as. a perfect system, 
SHEEP-WASHES. 
CASE of considerable agricultural interest n. ien 
of Nature increases we become more and moro con- 
rt 
— — ed to e the manure fom the heap t to ow 
fill the carts; on is at the 
heap being filled, one is on the road viti 
A 
tried at Newcastle durin rodea: ek in which Mr. 
a large farmer at New 
Mr. Elliott, of whom he Um 
amages, on the ground that it bad poisoned his 
sheep. On a T of em last the pr being 
at Berwick o sufficient of this h 
rch eep wash, 
ee. d beris 
ased a 
ler EUR circumstances in which the vegetable 
world is placed. 
Before € mut upon Ara mode of cultivating the 
or women are with the carts, and asa ie 
| into the field the faria is put into the mil of 
dr ills whic ha are e the e manure 
— I 
Turnip cro may first to inquire into the 
nature ded habits o the Plant GEIRE, mete ad 
kind of its roots -O a kno 
ledge of these may lead us to the kind of el 
Which i às best fitted for the healthy Peon: ic nt i of | the 
muck d rag u ie hand for the Reel 
rse dow = ihe drill, ric as he moves 1 8 em 
N pulling out the "xo in 
stream | till me apre i — nie 
v the of either 18 15, 2 
e dir ection on the 
gallons of of "olg w water, and t ‘that t then this —. — 
eee, the e greatest pe erfe 
e bulb of the pia N in the roots 
| which spread from its sides all around. The fine silky 
short 
ich ‘the ey were to be d 
ere implieitly followed, eia 
sheep 
di 
Tue directions 
in 
m plants are close rus on the gr 
ere per 3 To Mie this 
I a grea 
| in search bn no e and the Go and 112 —— 
plant iner n luxuriant gro accordin ng to 
extent of “the mE oce but 
f4hal "i 
hen E | parts the dung fro 
und their roots |! 
roots in ineach of th 
being 
washed On the Sunday one of these 
died. On “the “Monday several more died, and many 
their extent. The fine sj e roots drinki in the nourish- | 
neia they 
their heads, and lying down. xd the a great | greater will be tlie ——— of the plant. But the pe t Loo carts and t 
mber died; more still on the Wedn ntil, in | roots extend in depth as well as 3 and the a day, drilling up the land; cartin 
— — of a ew days, 850 of the sheep 10 jid 19 " oni ws 8 they go is Mean ulated by the depth to e it, and covering it by t 
wA aca and aw 19 rw parto hich | whic soil i * cultivated. 1 seven men, two dd 
n dipped in ut Eie 11 was E e the leaves d ends w number of horses required eli 
also found that the Forde A arms of epherds | e The growth ot root e es hd 1 581 m n depends on the antt oads 
ich had bee e theliquor became sore, and mortified on e. they have to es and the quantity and distance of the field from the dunghill; thre 
and sloughed, and they were ill for some time. It was t of the roots are regulated by the e magnitude of | Will do this work where he distance is not Wf 
ru tut. that. pe sheep had been allowed to eat the | the e leaves- hy the n ec of vang inches of their sur- 200 yards, but when the distanc 
herbage on ich they y stood after they were wash these two gas workin ther give to the | cart: v n to me a are. requisite. 
and that dd h of | bulb rk green colour | ploughs r the m 
voee saturated the herbage of the "e ERAS iod luxuriant appearance s the leaves show the | Turnip drill follows sowing z the seed in 
E pein and thus poisoned them S condition of th e plant, and if we examine the | time, and as he can do double the work v 2 
— this it was proved that seven sheep i m on of roots b: throwing g open the soil we shall find the silken pared for bib; » takes the horse from 
p MN not been dip g | fib drill and puts him to a common roller and 
amiss ire th On the wem al 1 the whole space allotted to it, and to the depth of from drills he has sown, so that the field of vg 
of the 
pev: analysed, mitted that it 
gene des of seni 1b. p", soda ash, and 
oz. of sulp — each powder weighing 2 lbs. 10 oz. 
ie sheep were dissected and found EM have € 
J lack. 
2 to 5 feet, if the soil is drained to that depth. 
J. M. 
size and substance 
to "crei the amount of 
receive fro: 
Menge 
ion of nouris shm nent 
(To be continued.) 
toa skinner rid the 
- The maine clined iter a 
proved tha 
shee 
of 3 na Pcs s 
erra their aes 
cover e mbole creo the 
plants are 36 inate apart 
the air from the es an che jo pg f 
fine roots N the whole of t 
leave s the lan dina "e cellen 
e broad fleshy leaves | 
ground (even Pier the [at 
ix grains ound in a sheep, 
suffici ent = account for the death. 
poison 
— 99 icious. It would sometimes hax sg 
y, but neve v witli- 
of leaves is od N 
secured, and 
to s ipread 
paring fi x: for the r 
an any ey in it after 
farmers 10 
rs as much as 500 powders 
been used by for 
had sold in the last three yer 
hich was eh 
years with shed weg p» only 
„or if th 
re ploughing 4 t the 
ing it 3 
and i 2500 
S. the spring, as early : as the weather will eie 
riace, 
ezed and ams out of ‘thei 
1 which was not dunged has now 88 ded | 
and the land is ploughed across, and | 
much straining after arc! 
