Max 28, 1859.] E —— CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 473 
has for several years attended this mode of su nen 
and sar Fa the manager has never failed to . y p ut "dE He bad S (by am M e ein 4 2 
although he is one of the old school, and still pn the | Po tatoos answered best on such soils as his own eh 
8 drills run north and south, as the pianie | aed shade each 
e 
progress ol he Society in accomp. 
Fbjects for Sr it was establish: hed., 
(By * of Special Council, May 20th, 1859.) 
The report was adopte 
nd. T 
several large farmers in the neighbourhood, who, strange to | other during the intense ht 
Mr. R. Barker, r, chairm 3 2 Committee, say, notwithstandi the example thus placed before range to he had found a pedem LAIT E Tja rte 
presented the follo — 8 continue to i am loss from having to sow | Company” most ffective against pe por er 
Havr-YEaRLy ACCOUNT EXTENDING FROM THE Ist oF Jury To | two or three times, simply from the — A * e in X 3 
T or DECEMBER, 1858. judice with which they continue to adheri Mr. ne experiments last 
RECEIPTS. £ s d.|customary working hours for their horses n Bloons year yee — — D £D et hin Tur crop, Te v4 
Balance in the bands of the bankers, July 1, 1858.. 2225 15 9 5th. That at the = of depositing the seed it is my invariable he applied the erm dressing :—Ist, sulphur; 24, lime; 
P cash balance in the hands of the Secretary, practice to use some description of artificial manure, gene- 3d, soot. From the sulphur he found mo effects; from the 
e 1 314 4|rall superphos hate of lime, and I likewise add about | lime a little ben are and from the soot the most. With refer- 
— «Ale d: v . 146 17 6 30 ushels of ashes per acre, made from hedge trimmings, | ence to t the lime he believed that the smell might be greatly 
"s life-compositi Şa 50 0 0| we &c., collected upon the land at different riods | instrumental in keeping the fly away, as that insect possesses 
Com life-subscriptions 30 0 0 throughout the year. The roller may now be used with "S e sen smell in a Tie 238 
Sonn — E 187 0 0| advantage, before, and sometimes after the drilling. In Mr. Nes it, in answer stated that 
Members’ annual Tubeeriptions xm 75 2 0 weather I strongly recommend the — ol of the Ban 110 he was of opinion that the Ha of cT by itself would be 
3 em Ed ints P »" me .. 187 8 6 manure drill. sth. That before or imm l © young neq — lle — in consid —" uantities almost inert. 
"ue of —— tracts Hi f ie .. 17 18 10 appear, the horse - hoe MÀ be resorted to for — of He believed alm e secret of the success to be that the lime 
Country Meeting receipts : ee destroyed the ova or larva of the insects to e tthe eir — rendered the pom m saubia. 
Salisb 1 1 ing to maturity. "bel — the plant is well up the roller ma: r. Badham stated that he had found rolling young Turnips 
4566 15 7 | Sometimes be applied with much benefit as tends still E very beneficial. 
further to disturb the insect tribe, as well as to "OR moisture tod. Slaney, M.P., — 1 5 of Mr. Hobbs whether he con- 
for the young plan ne to consolidate the farm-yard manure | sidered that sand woul 
£8073 13 6 answer as well as road scrapings— 
PAYMENTS. — lately appli: t this period the plant requires frequent | because the latter in many districts could not be obtained. 
E & sd. ing throughont the day, and if the enemy shows itself in Mr. Hobbs replied that in his opinion any sharp T would 
Permanent charges = . 179 17 6 —— set to 9 ible to accomplish its anni- | answer the purpose, —.— he had observed that heavy 
Taxes and rates "ue. v $ i "n 1517 6 vm pm Havi enm flymy aM rain had caused any grit to adhere to the Tone plants ce 
Establishment 2 $^ „ roceed to L vou the e cure, which is um nply b had generally escaped the ravages LÁ. the fly. He would impress 
Postage and Y sag 1814 9 application of one or more ‘to IE S avo Én upon all who wished to try experiments the necessity of apply- 
Advertiseme its i 7 7 6 Various ex periments, “stooping th ro — and topires 1 for ing b — by piu when the le leaves o! of m young plant 
J payments . 648 9 6| upwards bu €— meti — are with dew and when the m the surface 
Essa prizes i i 190 6 0 not de apos nd on any of them until I 8 mie Tout prem ce sad 
— ime grant. D 25 v i G 100 0 0 and Ithink it = wi 2 -l jA — state — 1 lerived The "thanks of the Meeting were voted to Mr. Fisher 
— grant eee e 10 d 9| tha chief PN xs 28 wih d p-dressing F sate — Hobbs for his — ng communication. A letter 
Country Tae rame ents : «i 8 1 F int; in fact, e ^v Mr. Smit th a o Steam Cultivation was referred to 
Subscription (paid in error by PO Ur Nor Tiro CP UD Di tt letter from Miss Banister 
Purchase cS. 7851. 116. * Me, in the New * rs a|up bie was read, and a specimen of the growth o of Dactylis 
r Cen 71 4 hl 
gas of pett . 4 7 g| Lean only T that for 10 years, the whole time he | 5 
Balance in hands of th the ban So Dec us 1i .. deii 6| wae Wes EE uus — proinisod 1a Cte respect Tus 
Petty cash. Yalow t hands of the — F oM po. ut A^ 2 "d o gas ho igo Clubs. 
T — |1 bushel of fresh lime from the kiln, 6 Ibs. ot a sulphur, "i Oxro Ir. Mein introduced th 
£3073 19 6 10 Ibs. eio B well - e e dnt fhe ME plant * "Sb bor o which p previousl gem notief, nam dy, 
(Signed) TmowAs RAYMOND BaRKER,) Finance velis sufficient for 2 acres when drilled | as kä inches. 43 ippi ing,” and said that his reason for choosing 
E aad Committee. because he thought it w. on orient one 
g 
md m able of improvement, i n additi on to which it 
odd, din €: ‘end 2 this 20th da P 
one to which tbe attention. of enn should be 
May, 1858. 
Auditors on s of dire cte d. Sheep dip ha d been practi tised for the 
Signed) J D à eop ippi ng 
À ) Groncs T. i. Ber MEME. the —- Ps, las : r gegrion plin v t i th 
Thanks were voted to the auditors. The election of g pl e : e sheep's ack, tail, and head, and t 
the Council then took — d with ption ss for the prevention and eui 
d dod nb, lice 
n other’ — s diseases to which "aim were liable, 
of een x hes -— of gS * "ur found nothing 
ft 
Hon. 1 Venen, and I obaceo pe "rhe 
20 1 £ Marlh * 
or the services a | he pal — to the {in tl f a ipping at onre was nee 
pe zu 5 3 8 bas succeeded admira —— 1 5 | as in the applying it. In making the mixture strong, 
T — abo my nig to kill the tick, they had no doubt succeeded, but it 
bourhood i 
ut 16 inches — | I “usually sow on 
— 
above are equally apt nes a affected some Sheep d ably, while 
y able to n the : . . 2 vod stro l Ww ity. 
— ress the — 0 frequent y applying the —— He disapproved of man composi 
habis and tra Mention to ente je mapa koa the subject of the . —. tions, and, as he did xe e t to 2 any, “he would, 
xcel- | without mention that he had used two 
ing nam 
nd mbi very well, and from which 
pam- had had no deaths. He had, however, 
ure — the little sheep, and fies with a weak constitu- 
on, comple 
0 eather; if done in bad weather, it was 
nder: | injurio ne wool, as well as to the constitution of 
seen sheep in tion 
that were complete livated ; it worthy of 
y sal ane 
r 
y belie ved that * bir a eir breedi ng 
ri d f — 1 i pa 2 3 
ex ence, and for many years I have proved and can answer | . 
for its efficacy. Iam "induced fro = these res ulta to conclude believed that it affected tho. vd in afi way, an and 
that by care and attention the. rom ther emi may be as caused them to be barren. Even in the — system 
ec 
— heat has 3 for upwards of the t 20 years from of dipping, the ey got the oil neutralised, and, for want 
smut and other destructive fungi.” of qc t oil, the wool was dry, and the — suffered by 
Mr. Nesbit, in nu to a question from the Chairman, the ain penetrating to the skin. They ought always 
stated that the paper read by Mr. Fisher Hokhe was to dip i in — dry weather, for if the erm it in wet or 
calculated to be of great benefit to ? farmer. Mr. Hobbs’s | stormy weather they would not dry. best ti 
experience extended over a period of and whil st Ml 
"abe: the substances — in the Fda i4 indicated, he for dipping was in June, J „ Or August, when the 
e rnips. It was “evident that | WOO 1 had gown. Shepherds did what they could to 
t 
ur. h 
i Gas Er. Li è 
by using lime in pu —.— for the te 5 * a me way, aid at the best time. Chemists could not be too 
sulphur from gas. plied in q to land i ts | carefu lin — the preparations, and if tha t rule e was 
ecessary ; original state it d wi n quocp ith 
earth and turned over for a twelvemonth it became more m: death stock, à d 
and might beused with safety. = De tit — 10 eath to the and give rise to litigation. In many 
any ba arm, mixtures, f fish oil and soft soap were used to assist a and 
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application had m successful ue 
rect to be applied per. ape The use Edd Vui took a away, but generally speaking, the dipping prepa- 
i th lime, their ration were not what they o — cud to be. Mr. M 
-— Pe Boris ng tee e m resolution tion :—^ That 
[misteri vend von pus Tm uta. | mie 
Wia im. of simula) TO) es. 
bl, This E PAE ao ee be made în an zi E id cie m her dipping comping 
e in vi ime could not be obtained, but — the e gas them to devise one 
e might be had for the trouble mer most it. 
ed to the compound would render it capable o: 
X3 [ir terne 
ted immediatel 
best for the Ji 
MA cay. 
m —]t is now raining hard after a week of 
strong searching east and virt east 
ts xem 2 hun uniformly cold and caen d 
morning and late to 
TL on has progressed very tardily ; and 
ofthe day. I know an instance where the most signal 
