— THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
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n a gre any years, | large crops of Italia n Rye 
ture. x C which we propose to p aes attentic 12885 : d E won mai. her wo! 
The subjects of examination and the several "Ty rr confined to wu two en ae 1 Ploug gh ed an 12 
of soda and common salt, an a : 
Science and Pract temere lture, Mechanics, and Wheat; but for extent and duration, a d for the 3 d » 
Architecture of the Farm—Professor Jo hn Wikan; care and ability with which the expe eriments h Profe r) baim iri - 
John Finnie, nd 1 : 3 Russell, Kilwhiss; been conducted they have seldom been . el, t affor E — 
and John Wilson, Edington Mai In the words of the reporter :— I have applied liqu its 
B — Pro r Balfour. ** Notw. iths tanding the varied results of these on a very light 1440 
Chemistry— Professor Thomas Anderson. dressings, — 
Natural History Professor Allman. of moderate cost that has not answered. The 15 diluted Character, to produe vid To 
Technology—Professor George Wilson. of these trials must nevertheless be received with be obtained by a more cerei dr 
J inary Surgery — Professor vom ui is Sloat that if liquid manur, 7 
Field Engineering and —John Miller of 1 e expected to 79 5 an equal effect on all lands. wee " 3n value Tune: d than it a 
Leithen, C.E., and James €: CE. oil of —€— 5 rk 1 18 . face soi |i h o -€ ly, ef ae 
nts—Kenneth —- for ‘this system of high farming. soil | 1* ; r 
eee? Pete MI . r. di ias hers isa light sandy l loam, which sa ie — stimu- ied woul al = : 2 p 
The names of the examiners giv ka lant, and the subsoil is a chalk sufficiently dry, N Be is Todes dee 
guarantee of their n ng? impart and few, | cool, and grateful to prevent the forced straw from | of guano per urn 
we suppose, will question that 9 e Who Lees lodging. 5 5 soils do not want such assistance, tion washed in with 000 or 6000 
creditably an examination on the subjects required is| and other barren lands lie on such Spaik: and weak | none of the above quantities produced 
entitled to an agricultural diploma. oodo are o left | substrata that they cannot bear an thick in the grou a 
a very wide choice as to the schools or farms they may | The expe saa show that Holkham is not the liquid, spec. grav. 1.018, diluted with three 
attend. — examiners are unpaid, and examine. 1n natural soil heat. In those wet seasons quantity of water. Com 
vet um dementiam b ach other. Altogé- when there Lee so poor a Wheat crop throughout | superiority of the 
—— important tie in the qoa direction, and as we the kingdom, the NC of soda — omg agen only nc a 
2 reatest results, ast year was too hot and dr e constituents are 
are ee — mM candidates who have ge p P Wasi Norlófk end although-the — pre 
ham 
—€— e Boar xaminers can testify to ihe 1 ug 
of Wheat in England was abundant, at Holk the ‘addition of au 588 de 
"Peces creatas been conducted in a fair n it dein da did the least d m “i 
‘kindly E irit towards them, we trust that ne ext a it was poor, an e soda did the leas wm . e à 
As practical rebalt of these experiments is, that on " — —— — = ams EN 1 d PIS a 
will be no lack of new applicants. There can be no the Holkham Par rm from o 8 stone tanks, cheap! ques 
question that, ceteris paribus tments | (1 cwt.) of nitrate of soda, mixed with double the | o£ diluted pr conte "ale bia | 
will be ee to holders of the wens in preference | quanti y of salt, is applied to all the Wheats ; the five dressings, or 10, gal y n 
to others quantity used being varied according to the theoretical equivalent in guan ti 
Ies of the plant, or condition of the land. Professor Voelcker amount to 444 Ibs. of n 
AT this season of the year, when hoeings and The soda and salt are best applied in two dressings: quantity which, if applied and left to the mercy ofsa 
i ind, wo 
qu 
1 vis sings - ain the only means left by which | the first half when the Wheat takes its early start | shine, droug mota win 
imein Apri 
influen e future harvest, it is well to in February or March, the rest some time in ] ing a crop of 
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ecole ort "e their influence is. We read in | when the Wheat is growing mens sly.” pees y pipes and pumps dr 
the eur N La the English Agricultural The e rite e e. eg Te give first the | Provided the water for dilution is not 
ee 2 Sp asia] "e extravagant expen es Xi 
E: | assumed cost of 
— E managed by the water-cart 
: No. of Ex. Nitrate of | . Gost of the Yield of Corn cm. over Ex. Weight of Straw Increase in y Mr. Caird some time 
py See periments. | Soda. Salt. Top.-dressing. per Acre. ent ug eed Straw over B- ments. One gr 
"No. 2. '^ | manure apart from 
£j; 6 | Bush. pks. | Bush. pks. | Owt. st. Tbs. | Cwt. st, Ibs. | me nse of s 
X 1 d V : M 015 2 : P 80 4 8 d 25 * liquid in drains enab 
16853. 8 8 1 0 3 33 3 9 2 30 0 E à 33 ba ine Aer 
= 4 8 0 10 14 32 2 8 1 27 3 6 4 4,28 of making Straw th 
5 10 20 1:5 4 30 0 H 3 20 1 2 6 2 4 cereasing demand for beef a m 
6 Nil 048 0 85 0 10 3 Bo qw 9 3 6  |straw to the utmost, now that its value as an art 
food is becomin 
he years 1855, 1856, and dt re ch were in one instance, as will M seen from the note, the | with cake, meal, or pulped roots. Mr. 
perro i dry seasons, the produce has not application was a failur shown in his paper on Dairy M 
been so greatly increased by the lose sg and four times more valuable as a feeding mat 
for converting into mam 
au Lig | previous writings vete 
0. 0 Nitrate " 
Year. mind “of Salt. W. j E UMANE est px 2 5 e cd M m y oe pl 
Soda. dressing. 5 à Yield. Nod ni ane! per eems to treat a plentif 
ead Corn. | Tail Corn. . 2. Acre. considerable inconvenience, and of n a 
Stones. E . d. | Bush Bush. pla . | be trodden under foot. No man 
1 E wise |. 5 Pe B - ph . lbs. m he with an “excess of stra 
x z e = 35 a e stock; the high pri 
4 16 IPOT A 42 7 4 aa gale ee 
: 5 90 s 1 63 42 43 8 2 means A USSC: 
ES à y 24 11.6 41 42 7 3 n 3 5 stock. As he best 
Bi og d e8 E t = " d E y = Y 3 62 32 16 | manure, me aes ound pipes are more. 7 8 
Z "URB x9 ws dx uM 1 1 0 | 3 i GER 63 | 31 4  |open channels, — where land can "y 
SRE Nps 46 E 140 34 ) 35 d ed — > een ation. ere may be localities in "d 
TOT ; ERE SG, |) Ea — nure cannot be 585 with e, 
— E deficienc cy or the — 5 
wes. «tf 6 12 016 0 AT 3 2 49 such situations som 
: 2 Nil Nil 1 4 8 63 46 14 à 
"Tus 8 16 11% % 3$ E T 2 | 36 es | but let it beach caper one “than straw 
5 988 10 20 17 Dih 60. 3 2 40 52 2 pii "AP Gta 
Bere.) + 8 010 9 48 1 2 2 50 3 62 43 98 supply of water, the gr 
vita d. i g 112 3 47 0 2 2 40 3 — a ont a as to t 
i dde s| 16 p 5 pone Lo 50 8 9 % | 41 as | liquid in covered tanks, and with 
o Ds Nigro c Wd pou v Nh 51 0 T. un) 624 40 28 steam 
if s PFF M HERE RACE. EE N PET us "ur a 
s ‘Mem —Sown in two dressings in April. l in 
| its application sh 
1 Vict Ire e e e, an 
4 6 81 0 
s y 26 2 M 2 M "o 61 18 44 7 É be avi 
4 - dpt [539 35 0 7 2 — 8 a ing groun nd at a distance that may 0 ns 
1857 5 5 Lr 86 2 9 0 60} 22 0 (gravitation, as the some 
: 9 0 30 0 4 21 $ d : 60 2 per acre up hill is a serious i 
18 0 5 17 eres laid 
9 E 6 n E : 3 E H S — — = : . — yield more 
n ' 2 1 0 24 2 61 13 s and at a ch 
a kes = thom, ant fm 
ad a ON L eap, will in its turn prove 
qu ud must be taken as a pens to them — LIQ pr ive system, The growt 
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of these experiments, 1 under ele on Liquid 1 re in the last number. of the | the 
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top-dressing Whea 
nitrate of soda, es octal E * oid! E : — made use of for — s 
tively poor M especial p — N — t in its its proportion ro m rpm o eral the | diseases engen y 
Of aise às reckoned at f at fully viv double Mita: | quarter ill among the number. 
ur is the only ed o out of more than 50, in which be don : ly © what it can | roads with an increasing d 
nitrate of soda has not produced an in — ease, and usualy à — s economic man: Mr he liq 1d ‘cumstances, within a — area of ] 
Umm dm — 2 — * ; — “the ^ — —— Was many consid ui —— a may be 
b. E saltpetre diminished tk Ofessor | 
Ms bushe applied.sione, st (e har t treated “the sujet $ mm its application to various TOA 
Mr 
| and a 22 e time ø Y 
on the 
when 
of 3; ri per acre, also knocked off 3 bushels. The pores ves You 
with all the preceding. | point of its pe die clay: eis: I have produced | a appears to ner been com: 
| e mitte 
of these iid closin, ne 
eei eder d 8 appear very e and what seen lead me an Wer di ehe 
