d | where the boe succeeds the Hemp crop, and where the| by a man. Flax is grown in 
Re^ ecd 3 Td 2 - t ae: A la nd has ived a strong applica cc 5 vidan nges, ramé, that is, where it is allo ea to Me re and 
perly, here is 5 2h spect of an excellent c There is ing; and, as in the latter po linc the fibr 22 
e popular beli Ald 
s house and pr diee: er, 3 v" ry ed by a means si garde 
at so i i h an compe- a pr : * 2 dn 
tition f re Neg Pin etur 7 a | that the Flax does best in the lan d which i ‘ie latter 1 gly employed where the fib 
su jal successor to him, at the r asked, who| Hemp, and been W MeL UE Vp DN Yu of the nest quality. For Flax cultivated 
i If thou quem thy Hemp in well manured land, : grow " 
— 1 d dn ak he seems à im kel 15 If thon sowe thy fine Flax already in exp thinning or first weeding takes 2 stakes from be 
over, it was m T bn us interest to ra e the re ent at The x is of the best quality when it succeeds 20 centimetres i in n gh are driven in the 
once, whilst P bots E " : at. the Clov mre it e Ó Tern ee Bede distance fro ye ther of a pt. ; th 
á k or the Rye followed by a nips which are Nn work formed of littl 
Phipps at add ud wage ace saat to Keep on Mn well manured, well watered. Flax after Bere does e which dem the Flax as it grows, E 
eus i i get ience to | Well where the soil is in good eonditidn s ; after Potatoes Towards the ian e 15th day after the Sowi 
compensate te him liberally for the inco 8 e diding l. jróo with. 
h t gives the is is 
furi buildings dere "e tek yet ie tenancy, and end To pns d with. our notes on the pr eparation —.— females by eee who, divested of EN a: NE 
for a any extra ` 1 ta whieh | : en in the — distrie ^ — — — the Flax | woode * and kneeling down against the wi 
in improving the lan a.” enerally succeeds the Oats, the ‘a the weed out E apte forse to the crop, and te 
frat, g is gi — - ie sl ir 200 soon 33 the rater e. me time ‘ee a light stirring t 
t he groun: mmediately after this is done or the Someti mes more th 
Home Correspondence the interval of a few days, the instrument called the | gi pia ROT re: NC B 
e esce s ctn I see the answer to a question traineau is hauled over the ground to break the clods, being 8 dd cleaned, p is left to itself tills 
EC horse cultivator in your -— Gardeners’ | and to destroy the weeds, &c. The £raineau, an imple- | for ulling. The flowerin aly 
Quos Coleman makes a small one for two horses. | ment peculiarly Belgian, is of very simple construction. towards the latter end ni June. n ihe beginni d 
I ave 1 ad one of — with only four teeth, and I find It is a frame of wood narrower at one end, t at to | July; later for the “ Lin tardi, ning 
it ve useful. t first throu ugh the workmen not which the draught chains are attached, than at the! Thus far have we 1 che Flax on 
properly ssi work it th it 4 partly or wholly covered with ls 55 1 p; we 4 
theside of a hi 7 hat the men|while being drawn over the land he the methods adopted in polling and stacking the crop, 
know how — | it, and aie 10 very ae ndy; yet I|stands upon it and gives weight to its action pol of saving the seed, and of the process of retting. 
am | far from certai — t yo ur advice i is not the best— | keeps it level. To return : after the labours “of — Meanwhile those of our readers desirous of going more 
se or many teeth a 80 aS tO] deeply into the subject than th pee 
have power to w. bd “ye t I imagine Qe 9 I get a fine tilth, and as deep as Isto thelr In 1 and 8 pet pu err 4, ile 
taken to have as — W ight on one side as on th EE pages of M. Demoor's work “ De la Culture du Lin,” or 
other; one tooth in the ce er in two teeth on one side, octe's “ Manuel du Culture,” both of which 
as: * M. Led 
and one tooth on the other side would, I imagine, make | dy afterwards jpn on out into p flats more or less 
the cultivator work very heavy, and — it to wards spring advantage is ‘taken are published i * 
side. I saw in your paper some time ago a statement ^d the first fine SERE ve to work the land, and to give 
that Howard's two-wheel plough would not work well|it a harrowing. inel: this the first preparation of the : 
without the wheels. I have one which is worked fully — it is well manured with a — of purin and Societies. 
as much . — the wheels as with, and I find it work € vhicl 5 "e : d n barrels — 
excellently without the wheels; in fact, I have a ch | ing from 3 to 5 hecto — and spr niformly over 
‘Plough which my men will never use if they can get the land by means of a scoop provi vided — a long OYAL AGRICULTURAL OF E 
oward's plough. In Carmarthenshire, where my handle. The oileakes are added to the purin some AT the half-yearly general meeting 1 p on a Monday 
farm lies, swing ploughs only are used, and - of my | eight or ten days before the mixture is taken and | Mr. R. Milward moved - = ction of Lord Walsing- 
men will use the wheels to the plough if they can help | spread upon "- The proportion of oileake to ham as President for the next year. 
it; yet they praise v oam — s — the wheels the purin is eo =“ = 2609 of the former to 200 to Col. . Challoner secon ded € nomination, which was 
think is a very great — ; ^t ee ns eaf i nall| For E ade is also used a s foll n the 
— —H must m: — the work fei the jopies but in “the “soll a puts It is —.— to peo and eei = Gibbs then read the following Report of 
lighter. ys even Turnip ground in furrows | spread upon the land as uniformly as possible. A m The Society consists at the t time -of—78 life-gover- 
— — it were lea ground. D. S. ture of —.— of Calza, and of Y illette i is — | vere 1 130 4 — 8 e members, “4008 annual 
oileak 
— ALI — mbers, 18 honorary mem making a total of 516? 
: Coie ico 2 — i ki nex —̃ D— ames on the list. The Couneil 1 has clected 1 
e ion of 2 nts connect te ite green Wer harrowings i CM i 
1 nd-35 P^ 8 Veterinary Inspector with Professor Simonds, at the 
manuring of the la f the seed, Ke. ; | are again given ait t the end of three or four weeks, after Country Meetings. of the Society. This step has been E 
— promise we now d first In West Flanders necessary i = order that eve 2 may be afforded 10 
oy cem v — e two ims of liquid and solid. Of | generally the land is worke opre bie of ve 5 70 
re the vidanges (human e * for d in a great part of East Flanders by the The | which might be t itted 55 "thelr rogeny ; aos 
notes on this subject see a pere article), diluted with | farmers of the Pays de Waes treat the land m mui . — * e po transmitted t full bears out piens 
r d n, and the oilcakes die in the same manner as — of Courtrai. They work in the certificates, The Coot ae decided investigate 
The iquid manures play | it well in the early fine weather of spring, — E 3 take place in 
— o Fiet callers’ th te Come it 5 frui Toanen In passing thro «is . . 
p ure. In the Courtrai | over i t gari at the rate of 12 to 16 cartloads to the | liquid manures, ing through diferent 3d, The 
distri as you walk along the highway or the farm | hecta Others use generally the Dutch mee with periments = top réesing of. E eat and Boleg qi. 
th rsity i tivated Turnips, 
8 
circular mounds, On a closer examination you will dis- is observable in this district i n the modes of reulture continuation of his uriin connected with 
e Counci! 
liquid manure rall ided ae the om eo 
are generally provi winter, at others wi working an it vigor regulating the members’ privilege of ana s Selves of Us 
with wing it vigorously : sailing themselvé 
cs odi d spertare Twig a cover, and through | still — one point s demi E ES e a acit by feducbd. scale of charges, which has ten: secured for in^ — 
if a go e— o] ire 
peer chem At the end of vs oe a small | good — and Magi of e liqui id sem us „ Ai — urists. The Wi 
communicating wi external | (vidanges ing (to be fold in the week commencing 
Ae e and The tanks Dci which the air s admitted to| The following i is a statement of the cost of preparing erras for the meeting are steadily rA Mes 
the. being generally placed at the | a hectar and for the "E Tn Courtray, from — for implements are so extremely large as to ron apartment 
roadside ges are easily supplied to —— to 475 pu . thus: —rent and i 98 ies to be added to last year's rise, in the impie yard devoted to 
— 5 two o far greai 
s, j 
court-yard manure, that of sheep and hogs, crus : s i occasion. The en doch. tions 
0 i ed | Pays de Waes the cost reS tarè i to the Ist of June. The numerous applica: t this 
oilcake — Colza — other prs ta nas plants, as the 625 fr.; rent and taxes, 1 12 fr. woe TPF N iie —. that — being received daily 1 b , 
cameline-guano, pin * 3 i i Ee declined 
the road, Peat ashes, cinik, nid marl, In the Pays de de 455 ron Sede uid mamme 173 fe — £o undertake th The local committee a ng omp peer d 
i a arrange 
th — — celebrated district Ad e m st Fland The e —— B sce as we have indicated, the | with, th dinner d me fhe the Pectus YT 
á as de 
the oileakes are not rach um LE — Es naeg shee ett eee Men ied M mnie the o — en to take these responsibilities on — on th eee 
usually applied to the Flax — | If the swig. takes takes place du Mig the > e peri ey Rirocted t9 the the s ject of the b apply of ef j 
obiained x + itself, the soil hav. | from the end of March to the 10th of April the Plas beter im the show. gant durin 
" the previous crop. | obtained i kn a e Flax | arrangements have already been made and e og, 
p. 5 is known the na = of “ Lin rdif," or - it i i ure to the public due 92 Society 
ha A 
loved; Sites 3 y if the ab d tariff of 
Xx gn |e tM EI Ue 
«€ Tin RAP” We icati -power 
mixture of the two i is considered to be 5. as the growth. "The doe eec = son hatif,” or of quick wid 3 Sat alae of am 
8 
purpos hn 
MÀ vea Hainan — — - w s purin latter species which affords a fibre fit for all — bir hee, prize of Oe D 
„ mu è : > trials , Judges 
and Brabant the liquid manures are rarely employed. ` ated rie aie em rp of sowing is u Memes mac be contents ehe direction oft Society e iimg 
* 0 
weather. W. k, the direction of the ngricat 7 
the utmost importance; unless it worked so sed þegar os ens TURCA orc ep di g 200 kilogrammes an Interesting featur mondlly epee tog - “be X 
T ; t i 
— nete a 7 bith and of considerable dept, and dhe the quali: ty of the soil and the overe — by | Hons that i [S ae at the. 
EO LN E y E ye bee = it is enitivated for orthe fibre it is sown thicker — next pos for the Southeastern dit Te held imul 
2 r , i f i ides: ; : 
which to. send its roots, and rich in fertilising manures. | Plax is al * „ > nea hese E of Canter ro accommodation epa 
x — y = soil previo us to the sowing of the! they obtain two products * : : 
es in differen: ttre a wu Iso a li J in 
em ae n : so according to: or Clover, the = 8 fri the Carrots or Clover | * 
0 
1 he interest taken by agriculturists 
the crop whieh th eds. We se rom | the se cro Cá ts or Ibi OE appel 1 7 d y to increase, and * 
M. t " p^ ots and Flax seed are often sow p ted by the authorities to 
: ractieal wor the “ Flax altis, the together, wl e Clover seed is not sown till tl — wi in the district eld jm — 
in tbeir Peor 
while t inci 
t 
the soil in th districts of C with the preparation of cotyledonous leaves of the Flax show akove the wien visited Ro secre the Societys Y 
e ricts of Courtrai and the Pays de ofthe ground. After the seed is in, it is covered with d i 
Es “ty n, red wit 
ed carry 
may here note that the harrow, and finally rolled with a light roller drawn hide . — a oan 
