THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
[Arr 30, » 1859, 
. Broke propelling wheel of windlass at 1 o'clock, - 
Wheel repaired and home again at 9 i € 
. Wheel fitted on at 10 o'clock ; sharp 
. Hard frost ; no work. 
: Change of weather; at work at half-past 9 o'clock. 
. Finished I" — t^ — for fallow. Draught of 
Howard's plou wt. for 10 by 6 inches furrow.) | 
must not exte "e our rem 
5 salting cannot make phosphatio matter 
— and thus this a T i 1 92 
riidple mus e become less 
p- d musele 
no 
kinds of. nett mentioned, though the 
e be retarded, and that too for a lengthened 
fe 
wonder hielo “that 1 the k 
TEN ACRES OF -— IS-WEEDON Y 
GROWN BY HORSE-TILLA 
bi U are aw rare that T 
low and wet compared w 
arks on Mr. RED- 
He ex} himself given 
experi 
P. 
erst Pe 112/. 10s. 6d. 
often to a furrow— 
—the 
se-power alo c: 
WHAT IS Mz EADOW  BALDNESS?—Fro 
e o 
Grass seeds to 5 old pas 
1 almost be erer to b 
„ a novice 
0 winter nee at Fon 
d and ten jets have been ise n do one by t the application of fe g 
drau dd Ms super gi ee age ear lm foll 
the 
ne sees in dede priate of | 
ures 
riod, 
tion be brought about, as indeed is now 
t tho advertised remedies | T 
e those of the 5 
ind 
Id has never 
neia 
AT tha es 
a quack Tau whioh i 
f 10 order to a due 
tter, wi cgi our sa 
attention » the following i iniri 
1st. nd e f meadow r baldness 
2d. The pa of the ‘advertised reme edie: 
3d. 
compie ere so easily cu 
idit one has a 
s ng 
the results; but as to the value ese, we must 
nevertheless 3 give an opinion that the case is gor et 
dial me 
ot ine the best old pastures in the 
country we s 8 that the age of a meadow 
instead of 8 Sar ing to dee 
for its 
lel to 
ei 
75 m now as to the actual nature 
tio 
in: | Wheat and one of Baila in the 5 years, 
he | present. 
mode of plou; 
e sooty the fallow: wing an es 15 0 
lieu of Mr. ith’ 
| 1854, since which have pe : 
including the 
a des m fa 
ne eg vid 
thus been taken 
I cannot e 
vals in sd 
dot attain to a greater depth than 9 oratm 
at present, that is toabou e a 
ba light land 4-acre Be is worked at Lois-Wi 
S hts rse wo TI not soc aplet and effectual las tnd 
dth 
— would but it co ——— me less, an 
£e A * 
oft th 
te pm- onh n eadows. As we hav tre 
method of analysing dio 
than even that ph Ber by the chemist in Far 
pounded medicines, we shall give jen results in 
f 
‘ary as snch 
Tee aa ati D 
Js 2 i cause of bald patches, — | 
turf, vill ev 2 the mi stakon plan on v hich h i? ay- | 
Sa is . often conducted 
eavy a crop o as he get; orif not 
amit by p he det pok ‘Grass get too old 
before cutting, e ands or due | 
i aene on of 3 = 
tural end aimed at in 
proportion f. 
ad feria wants | 
the magnificent yields of Mr. Smith, ES 
last Word in Season d the 
vation e es “clay piece" are 41.1 s. 6d.; add rent, 
s. and taxes, 4s. 3d.; and t - total — 4 
70. 3s. p and 5 per 15 55 interest on IM Be 
11s. 
eeds to renov "Hb old 
y Re 
n italicum 
agrestis. 
ws. 
repens. 
antain, Blan lanceolat [A 
ast five were no doubt 
with the 1 be and ioris 
that 
e pr inciples ae, guide us 
V hati is to the quantity of ring culms, s so 
the mise hief f fro om this cause — increased. ar 
E 
n 
| field, and the sita wil x 4- quantity into the barga 
| Mr. Smith gets a e repere Lied 
should i 
e should have more im- | € 
r acre. The ge produce 
of 35 bushels per acre (though greater “of “hte years) 
makes the cost of growing the Wheat 4s. 3d. 
without reckoning anything for t 
much profit in addition. 
expenses are ra ather less 
34 bushels makes 
expenditu case kejt di 
account of a hing dons, and ping d 33 25. le 
ach day’s work of a d if find t Ke bissl 
paren seed, &c., ae eh uate 
third les i 
s than Mr. S 5 
tithe, ratesand taxes, 9» 0d. expen Mies des : 
| =s intere at 5 per cent. swells the whole to 50. 195.6, 
hat if I ge “on e leen day j 
the same as on 
e Lois- Weedon light land X 
22 
wi 
piece; and i 
4s. per bushel, as 
mm. 
ter for t 
— ate reference : poss 
for it eannot be d 
he e 
may be briefly described as:—(1) Me ea, ^ 
M oro of surface (which are in a 
w years injured by neglect of 2 dro 
weeds, ta thee ik 
o dim 1 of 
ss of G 
If too en from a 
le shape of iie "do i rich = may 
n b chemical o 
— tim 
Grasses as a rule 
pest bu mer ex- 
— the exceptional examples s would i fsa 
= ultimat ely obtain possession and mastery. 
1 — ecessarily 
he n ponent cause, viz.— | & 
meadow 
decay of some usefu 
material in th ton must therefore be | 
mum pu in a the land. Without this it would be | n 
d seed; 
if yer has rene from natural 
Gr 
ap 
I received of thi the rer sa for 
28 to 
(harvest of 1858) yiel rec 
marketable corn ^ hich di 
number of acres, 
ve * 3s. 6d. (or only 39s, per fec r for the best 
the pus of second quality); 
before only existed as an exceptional part of the 
pasture, on the applieation of lime or super- 
— 
ce then drainage, 
mant rest from hay- m making, 
Se. 
du . cl 8 are so altered as 
at s can w, we should n 
Ard seek the best of iue End : „but d ide id. 
es accord- 
or 
soon i 
ry worthless mixtures, we 
by, scare of depasturin ng, and wi 
th great s success, 
tit will be seen that with this plan as with the | 
nothing is brought to the soil. Sheep: 
of the — of the 
pen but vale as showing th 
depended upon attention to the 
principles to which we have adverted 
of 
liberal manuring where 
may 3l. 56. per aer 
ring 
a | 6h 
the 
EU 
ewts. per 
tailing,” 
1 75 bb or 
25 to 30 
fa this 11. 4s. ves € bushels o 
uarte: 
30s. per acre in the profi 
per iar, the the pei 
would have ind 
as high as 625., the pro oft t would 
5s. per acre. ‘And at any 2 the 
t 
465. 
e of y prit ure an average of 
Wheat, weighing 60 Ibs. the imperial 
ceedingly lo W. 
May I reasonably expect a produce o of : 
acre, not for E S but for a S 
t I d 
important 
& 
age, ES 
SES 
8 
iii 
ai 
dum 
E 
bak 
2 4 
Le 
m 
t 
wheels crushed 
8 plant, 
these 1 
s [or the third 
" 
e dhe wheat ¢ 
health eek And the N d an 
9 ere all deficient in yield 
