816 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, [Арип, 5, 186%, 
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;ortions € of En land. - How soon it will do so all оуег 9 in Oats, in Beans and Peas, 44 in Turnips, E commonly cultivated. The ears are drawn of halt 
portions giana. ural soci ieties— in Potatoes, 14i in Grass, and the rest in other cr he natur: MER ide h үш 
Engian rtance. Ш artarian Оа. 
most on the n Tope the progress of t tland sting where the - - ive етуи os (C Nak " Out; pa menn Oat; E, SP 
George Polloc. svenor Street, | importance of the crop is ucl greater , that we | Oat; Р, an at; G, Potato Оа. qd 
ж: F da almost all we know fom elative merits of the | Barbachlaw Oat, These, and othe er specimens of n 
different sorts of Oat in cultivation. rawn in this book, have been obtained from "ча 
The cultivation of the Oat consists in harrowing ией of ees eg ient Бапа 
down the les furrow or the plou hed land, whatever | The specimen of Hopetoun Oat which has b А 
олт толло б own 2, стор, exe drilling in rows | har ly a = десе orditary sie а ат, 
зү 9 to 12 inches apart , about 2 to 4 bushels per acre, | growth of the variey., 50го 
or ariy in is m kish ots tho weather be | according to the kind that is im co Where Clover ii кугы qa Oat ges A 2 arse thin grain 
г? н as been pl ter, and followed | rarely reaching e el, but yieldi 
for vx A «a ves rem e сеи ег А бе деген by ted drill-presser, and 1 for some weeks until y erop of both straw апа 9 7 t E 
horoug ghly consolidated, iss 8 ess be very well sown — AN v ra а counties, and in the 9 
f f 1 ithout а revious harrow- ' districts is very late ening, a 
seasons гун sowing some Oats pu E peni of the| ronde. over the land without any p unfitted for late KR haraki 
, but itis S- soils. The Black Tartarian нњо 
strawed than the i 
oL el o his чүт Ъееп esi sich байса White vg ariety, 
by e experience, And in the therefore for 1 ШО к. 
earlier editions of this work, € poorer. soi 
rime ade so long ago 5, The Naked Qui ШШ 
z "ан e: е vende ОГ e es more. liable, зона а 
е 
аб of that by th. x ad e Ea ve 1i AR "M ne C; Eis 
of Winchelsi T e be к M with into favour, Ero it а. 
рр жє ii р а е po а known to English agriculure, у is 
“Iwas u 
ing trial, from having seen upon tw The opetoun many 
very capital farms in 
early as d 
of i А; m c^ they re» as it m^ best 
es ished 
н.а 
nter 
for the expe t, as the weather w. 
open istmas for sowing, and the 
frost in the spring not severe. I divided 
a field of eight acres equally: one half 
was sown the day aft ristmas day ; 
the other the of March 
Five bushels per acr re sown broad- 
produce and weight wi 
Winchester Bushels. 
ЖН poe . рег rood, 22 bshls. 
ә . 11 qrs. 
ураан 9 bshis. or "per acre 9$ ,, 
WINE pic eee bushel as 
аз threshed :— E 
**'The сто] as yousee, very good. 
The land 3ielded Potatoes the preceding 
year, 450 bushels per acre, and was not 
manured for that or the Oat crop; it 
Jis sown 
Late sown 
had before that been in Grass sg 
seven years. The soil a red loa I 
am inclined to tbink that the iiy. Sow- 
ere, as this field is very 
тре!” 
mply suffi 
land i is а god tilth and in good con- 
e bushels will be seed 
land which has 
ploughed. In Scotland, the common 
the on for the Oat 
is after a Clover layer. 
England, such ace is alw: 
kept for the t ceto 
Oats follow either Mangel 
and other green crops, nm 
rnips 
metimes which и кън fed с оп the land, or a com | 
as in the Cotteswold district, 
(A, B) White and Black Tartarian Oat. 
(C, D) Naked 
deenshire origin, has 
tivation for — last ue 
yar It has a smaller grai 
ome чаа ki di ; but yields vd, 
e pos ssing a remarkably stiff 
straw is pens cially adapted to soft 
eaty soil 
is Oat is "represented at 
tato Oat (G) has log 
been UE ergo Ur is 5. 
wed sort, yields the 
lts d is p Je 
d 
edited lae ost its gree 
The Barbachlaw Out a hardy 
and prolific sort, гамы 3 ея 
yi 
ductive ina < 
Besides the Pus is es 
illustrated, many others are know 
Scotch and English 
T 
ing. It falls between the ribs left by the presser, and | 
follows Whea 
Tn the fen districts it sometimes comes after Rape or 
Clover, and is followed by Wheat. The Oat crop is 
SS. sorts of Oat in cultivation are excee edingly 
Бабе 
ре е e mel of these, with illustrations, | 
d the cultiv is 
ese an ation li 
more largely cultivated in the north than in England. still farther r described b bebo. Mae, as especially 
uos the Tart: and late 
where Wheat would hardly attain maturity Oat: med; he former, whether black 
to the most recent agri нена ere A us has or yiri are е е y i the а head and| 
it appears th A of the 152 plots 100,000 acres each, thin awny grain, ic ps e r bushel, 
eer S are in Wheat, | and needing at leas ond А, pl i er acre 
26 are in Barley, 13 are in Oats, uA are * Beans or des than many туче sul: Eni; yielding aiii a bulky 
23 are in Tarnips, 28 are in n Clover and Grass, 9 are in | straw, and a great quan yi pu the TE yield. | & 
fallow, and the пант. Potatoes, Vetches, ing Wee. ualit and tall up- 
Mangel Wurzel, &c. standing straw, and v dual "for sui wind at 
In Scotland, again, of 35 such plots of 100,000 acres 
each, 23 were in "Wheat, li in Barley, no fewer than 
quired а 
Tus 
1860 for the Ses gie gant HI yield, not Ki 
standing Ве difficulties 
1 
i lik 
profit ohit và other crop will do the 
The question between Barley and Oats 2 
tl Oats may һе am 
* Routledge. W: 
£led 
harvest time bet ter than most other жү апа well 
| g 
distr 
Maca. We give illustrations of the sorts of Oats НАА. знн easy to calculate, at given prices, 
wo quarters or more per acre more t 
