уйлон 1, 1862.] THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 197 
~e should move as an amendment on Sir C. | could take place at two separate times instead of the entire enclosed, and usually of a peaty nature, are familiar to most 
he next Council Meeting (to quantity at once. of you. 
e jects tor Sid: $ g a aa Боп, 5.—L 
jiscussion at the Weekly Councils), that the resolution | istinguis stif ы adhesive nature. Are composed of clay, lime, sand, and o c matter 
o last June 18 в ould be reverted to, by which a|Though difficult к айне some of them аге ex- in so finely-divided and iua a iia y Г oondition a а 
^] committee apart from that in charge of the | tremely Meer Four. ue exhaustible stores of t 
Journal should be appointed to select papers and take лн MS plin Con berg? their productive | which the majority of our cultivated crops aro s suited, о 
are that these meetings are turned to some useful] powers may 4 о depend rather on a judicious | Cereal Crops.—For winter Wheat, 4 cwt. Rape 
dressi plied at seod time, w A тані 
allow ; but for spring application 3 cwt. 
March, or 2 cwt. each of nitrate of soda and salt, 
phate of ammoni d 
Шш cullivatdon, than on the application of|: 
EM is the Monthly Council—the Wed. | manures, which, as a rule, should be applied in a bulky 
рише—апй on Wednesday, March 19, there is some| Cereal Crops.—Wheat d delights in strong lands. Being natu- p 
of a discussion, led M. Jer. Beale Brown, on maly ich in mineral fertilizers, and роте м. mechanical 
E ess of cattle condime ondition so essential to the successful growth of this 
the usef uim go crop, this class has receiv vod thé Mos of ‘Wheat 
vans 
DIU ирд Soils." As а rule, manures rich in nitrogen, either in the 
Shape of am or nitrate, are most applicable to cereals on h caso so tho а quantiHen o ери 
Farmers! Clubs. this land, This substance causes a pr development of the b, ed ruris e would M me тачи 
stem, and stimulates the plant jn its search for mineral food, bined effect ucing а 1 кено и 
Hemas: Artificial Man X full and elaborate | besides acting to а considerable extent as а solvent of the in- | time a stronger stem, x pcm v) puse quine: a in 
ron res suh ect was rend by ileon, M.R.A.C., | organics. If наса deseri cae is to be applied to autumn sown is especially liable. Mew pen 
: odho п Mo а > by eat after Clover, bare fallow or Beans, 4 al of Ra генни] = 
3 cwt. guano, or fa a mixture of these two substan: 
3 cwt. per acre, would be found ак For Wheat ай c 
a I should not consider any artifi pi dre IM 
in the autumn, but 2 to 3 cwt. of guano, or 14 cw =з 
ammonia, with 2 cwt. salt, or 2 to 3 pa ого 
March, would be advisable. This would 
soda, m 
crop wit be found fro guano at seed time, and 
should a later dressing Же n diss mcam тат] 
and 2 cwt. salt t may be applied; but 1 am strongly in favo 
of the reed at seed ti -— 
Root Crops.—In tho ev 
1.—SANDY SOIL 
Asarule on such soils, manure should be applied in 
eil nuntii i in : Solahe form, and for each i m i- 
mein o produce a maximum benefit, a 
тро in a li 
1 с е. ала т pa^ the pra case, viz. 
i reap erii т. A cwt, sulp: pas ammonia, or a common 
mixture used cotland, viz. 
of man; 
is - opinion that for 
introduced. 
m" 
ressing f safely be applied with 
eed ti and 1 cwt, of anap of 
- manure. 
lLegwminous Crops are gro me Aue rfection on these 
ture | so Soils, inasmuch as they c ir pro portion of lime and 
es nde = a KG oondition, s » which is is due, I a^ 
tances 
appiid as c стора, "or Beans or Peas, 2 cwt. 
guano "oe wt. mami to t -Peru guano, or even 2 cwt. s super- 
phos ое and 4 cwt. sul hate of of Fiere will havea 
ko Е applied -— in May, and рее in by the horse-hoe ; 
ar dressing nay be used for Clover, &c., at an earlier 
of ammonia acre, of course, with fum 
D an Potatoes, I would simply increase 
atter by an extra supply of dung, съ apply 
= 
ean: Lentils, Sainfoin, Vetches, CU. te inous Crops.—Clay soils contain all the ry wt 
ly benefited by the wed ofi lime, which " 3 uire, such as the е де 
ence gypsum, soot, s hates condition to be easil y asimi- 
parings or A 
soda 
I have thus briefly rene a ж of in th most im- 
ve 
Grasses, о! rti lack of $ 
ушу тшу то тато 1 сті. of guano and nitrate of коба shape of conjunction with - Refer 
Eon AA a Similar quantity in April. оп to Beans or 
OILS. VAL. on different kinds of soil—and under a variety o of 
CIT. tt ver e тате te f most important and popular manures in use а! e 
t | present day, танин AMNEM а reference to many of 
p. man ufactured m: а lac k of space, as 
3 45154 
f beef, th 
n rp an equivalent cech to voe anopinion. [A refer hoe s to dre remainder of 
Dblied h an allowance of iko. I would, ithout hesitati 
dta y Же: ЫЛА sb a5 h рп hesitation, | the paper must be made h ereafter. ] 
s. 
t 
d Arthur Yi — Calendar, pian „the 
ich h thoroughly exhausted, th f bo necessary to ырма 
PEDE E rele ier eedem e uM | Dé Forur dermp sep Кыл Ue Toar. PAIS 
re-written by J. са нз Marion. Routledge, 
arne, & edge, on Street. 
vellous enst AA the exhausted pastures of Cheshire kave 
demonstrated. 
4.—VEGETABLE MOULDS 
Clay or marl produces beneficial п by in- 
creasing the tenacity of the soil. 
"o E above-s npe of the organic эк їп 
ехсевз e mineral matter in the soil, must here guide us in 
our applietion of meine manures; inasmuch as from the 
milar 
cereals. Oats an 
ted to this class of soil, but as for Wheat it coda hee "s 
to sown till this excess of o! Ка анат mic on is partially removed, чч 
application, not only to n there is a clay subso а reasonable depth from th 
Tops. Perhaps, E 
t be substituted for 1 cwt, of salt 
than half a century ago, is obsolete. the name of Arthur 
oun has been thus. unwittingly committed to an almost 
entirely new book, not one twentieth part of which is his 
ring the q century which has elapsed since 
ths e d edition. of a nde jS. agriculture has benefitod by 
Scientific re: eq h, by m T ingenuity, by extended re- 
опа] 
ot Crops.—For the Turnip and Mangel crop, 4 Lis 
кс of salt would be an осоо 
m тс oen 
oem t dressing for these crops 
be 1 cwt. UY li Cwt. sulphate of potas] 
1 dp ten 
m Mangel n 
[oid 
ply of Gramineous or ide grass ; and are now, turists and 
E crops аго such land, (шна; in an arable state, an | from scientiiic men, ab records and satisfactory expla- 
"Bul B. have rines е харб - s and often nations о> every branch and kind of agricultural experienag. 
2 Phata o of сао! 1 бн a us ner Grasses.. Where 2 cwi No wonder that any attempt to describe the practice and ex- 
Ph Cwt. of salt, о; salt would prod i регі of the now-a-day should e Me almost 
оч Ops Send drei. me manure, partially. soluble, with with as t admix- | entirely out of the track pursued by the agriculi 
o monia 1 cwt., te tance, w: varia] effects ; | a previous 
germ cwt. salt, will b be. an T Heus ; | but perhaps the » best results on perroanezt T: фана soils | *“ Besides abandoning most of what Arthur Young had 
itten for the guidance of the farmer 50 years ago, the p» 
Of his work, generally adhered to, has been во far altered as 
ote and 2ewt. salt will prod: have been obtained from a compound dressing of lim: 
Still better if this app cation | and вай, the wonderful effects of which on land recen =) 
