the let 
of 
ЕЕ 
сте Jot tters l by me eina 
Prset, in addition 
ters з 
саем to inquiries I have ] 
o which I hare nice 
^ decidedly n favou 
the 3 ith о ма а r$. 
E h agrees with my р 
Sitia, whio - чотко are total strangers to me— 
а never ве seen. the I have no c tane son 
by only desire e progress o 
een of 
istriets 0 
mI m cultivation. zm Ss "quil 
Me 
instea 
ftt 
dfor 
Artificial manures have 
of loss. The y» dud pn 
E die co conntry cum bom. benefited by — 
xtent, as Turnip 
a 
Les been grow 
jand nitrate of soda, there мер. һе P ла 
[еу of it in the organi ot po 
soil and which the judicious | а of 
lime mould render рер ial to his crops. І 
| come now to remark on ü subjec artificial 
manur which E is very properly directed. 
Treatises, ess an pers peius have been 
written on this subject, y who under- 
— how crude 
| properties of artificial fertilisers. 
£2 4 
We have several times eap са оп 
cwt. of guano per acre has been liod im P aditios ta to 
fe dung, and eould find no additional weight, "- оний 
the early stage of growt 
негее, Ihave had the ias га [^3 [vn 
as bee - I found there that it was almost im- 
Баа о to ly any manure that not do 
temporaril least; but реке proves to me that 
it is eru to apply {о land anything that it has 
алу flicienoy of. 
not do more ers half the good on 
ai йик гайы prom = become a fixed element in the 
gros that 16 did 20 years ago, Xe it was 
жм дешы than; га ац n ut деп ve а proper 
instruction of the young farmers. I was very much |chan of m to land, and 
struck w ith this while attending a prosecution n insti- asa Proper rotation ofc cropping pie ok better oppor, 
tuted by this than I have; but as I have but 
of the name of Creagh, who practised a most extraor- 2 € kno wledge of ch istry, no ns o 
dinary system of coneocting manures in Dublin. — lusually take саге to mix all I have, 
Illiterate men themselves, and utterly ignorant ES certainly a strange mixture; what I 
of all -— of ihe princ iples of manuring, d eite from à the towns со фо “ dung from the stable- 
cow-keepers. 
to the tune of several thousands of poun 
e the loss of their crops, which w: 
farmers 
inju 
of «поша are lia 
not kno о: а ose fi 
extent are require 
усе, 
e | not iss 
are 
ference anuring which 
followed @ wes 
which 
may with safety be|yo 
ne know those laws, but do thi 
umst; 
about two layers of Sea-w ss кы g; this 
Ialways turn once, px ice, befi carry it 
on the land. Ihave tri ped more rd once in M 
green state, but it was Sr satisfactory. Our soil is too 
light for it. By the bye, anh a e character of 
ur soil P"— ср ould fro es to 10 feet 
, resting on a chalk саан. pe Enang dry, that i m. 
дел ires no нін y The first foot. contains a 
131 
ustr: ate this 
1р 
uten 50 аа But 
uld bay 
a Jittle about my neiglibours, Artificial manure is 
to the a. 
y the farm 
dye 
rietors every pe by public m 
t I сечі 
ЮЕ: 
еапз аге епа 
do otherwise. 
ie large quantity of old Grass land let Љу the 
a paper which I oya 
Society some few W years ago, n Ted which you will 
than 
ed ep 
Within this | 
to | 
“I think ei t he Е we iiis ay occasionally be 
rotated with decided advantage; and that on a soil where 
o may at one time exceed superphosphate i in its ба, sn 
rnips, superphosphate A z another time, produc 
273 poids than guano on the same soil. Experiments = 
qe - e Model Farm, вена наа. this view of 
Алташ 
qui 
TOPS, | į 
carried a 
phosphate or beds for Turnips, but our 
far 
rs de 
bul lloc v Som 
them prefer pig cake; 
been tried, n 
$ great deal more good when 
few miles fro om the sea on land that seldom 
Clay Land Farm in Suffolk.—Having only at 
intervals te use of the manures quie. — even 
then without any perseverance in syste to kind or 
mms applied, 3 иңе, ш be jnifel i in n fling your 
umns, arl 
vr th pasture of Qe 
10 a great quantity of land has been laid down Some уе mpm А owe Y uy d that on cer 
permanent pasture by the proprietors, by which the gua no was t urs rang gro 
realise at lenst-17. per acre more tan they would do by | егез End supe ^J ql E de fn tio sann ce of 
ti poe Md as "S nd, Fri le late | se Ue veral experimental plots, a few items of which may be s ated has i 
0 ures le& very high. ave mor Uus i— 
corum best let at 67. per acre. his TURNIPS. 
seldom ow 47. his practice of letting d і 
s all over his valley from Berwick upwards. [^ SENA 
"s g m ets now going on for farm 30 tons p: yard manure, gavo A Hi 
servan e young men living with their Du a O 
^ 8 Ritchi triolised bor - 
e get 30. a year, with 1 yards of drill y und (a poa ршен) 98 ар... | 
сы d. The married men have a free house|  Nomanuro .. 194 1 уаг 
= ME пое ТОД: per тай n (1858) ne order of merit of the two| 
wit 
d manure is enri riched b; 
в, 
Ё 
еу 26 P 
tle nitrog T 
ee 
a 
while e lo 
рауз for the que 
erica in the form 
Ж. 
ne ШЫ 
cabe lime iT T Mgb |: 
d 
of guano, pm qe ped Га, without the dung. VH 
i tried i 
they get 12. a day, with full wages in harvest. А cov nd stood thus: | pastu: 
is kept (the property of the Servant), and they have 57 ki fara ard m FARRA зор Ре Cwt. | Linseed cake. Lime is not used here, the distant land 
of money each, with 7 bolls (of 6 bushel. Bar 4 Polls | Genuine Perovi nivei» E Re ТАШ of SI 5. carriage making it too expensive. I have generally 
of Barley, 2 of Beans or bus and heat pm аар жа and'gavo 9 used 200 or 300 bushels of soot in a year wherev. ver 
each man, with 1 yards of drill for Potatoes, which Rite odas dac proa ate gav 6 be wanted, when the available farmyard 
are for the most part Dantei by the fa Th t ind that a bo insufficient, or by- itself; and 
haag found by him, Coals are Бе. тот the col. | while guano, which E for it for pulse, root, or pasture, and 
ies to the servants with their masters! carts. The | emmonia, » may at one time e produco rer чыры стор |І еы ub hay and straw, and never sell any. 
mg of Turnips and most other light work is all of Tur у, make диге use than I have 
a: by females. I hope you will deriv. f. that |m с this éighbourbood o what may 
from these hurried and crude а вой led t ihe 
/ guano, rieta be the ice manare а са е s mical manures. vour 
кке of M t та y premise by saying ач а стор ОЁ а yet on тт езг, сне 20 chaldron ioads of manure for Turnip and 
Ps ith farmyard e is Ter ТАГЫ. vy panam might be fi und the mor e econom а | Wurzel, and for Beans our course is fallow, Barley, 
ра you in England, applied for any other than | third чы 8 or Clover, t. I give n loads for Clover if 
rie lm. Sometimes it is used for top- consid answer better than either used кыт гна соп- | I can, and then none for Wheat; if the Clover be 
and no doubt it produces good results, but | clusions, which I ha ave e de du ced, not from an heore- misse ed in manuring, then 20 ай к Wheat, and any 
I doubt g y 
The fancti. much the correctness of the practice. | tical reasoning, I t grow Oats, Peas, 
iride 1015 of farmyard manure, like its ition, | vation, are not at ас алге nisl the MINI е ex- | nor Vetches, neither do I grow фе ig i secured 
медно: а е t place its actio largely | periments. De queer n seri s experim ents we е ја plan nt of as good ntity of Mangel as I can. I 
decomposition i the ammonia and phosphates whieh on | made on land i ы of avi fallows for Dale's Hybrid Turnips, leaving 
but that E rut que of giving up to soil ; those at Rothamsted on land far E baok ps condi- бон pom v : pe uld bave И; 
in ority over NM artly | tion." Thomas ldwi -m oned thai sed ve abou! pigs in course 
айы зр and chiefly in ia the 4 pA — Tarty n Kent.—My an not having a dairy the growing pigs have 
be no Mec in eous iater it contains ее c сап | question: тр little benefit. ig farmers Beans in an enclos Ж ad. I do not grow Potatoes. 
these: two OM ж il i need of Fere ; yes pi hat I eio d is situate close to thé | G. Edwards, Framlingham. 
manure tances, the application or ge wns О M во that I am near] 
As regards tho » a. irr is a waste per peo x artificial manare. Е do not s cultivate 
canse of e applicatio of lime, it appears to te 400 a of land, but I g F: anda. 
manures 0766 that since че introduction of artificial а of еі а year Кемел of what I make оп| ROYAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, CIRENCESTER.— 
Was foo Freel fallen into disuse, ormerly lime|the farm. My system of cropping Our report for the pen ure is оп the pesos much 
low too, dé seal Ir 1 da Then, and I may say | for others that have; Поб similar advantages. I usually more encouraging than t th at for Mar ch. _ The ud 
tuderstood mass of the agricultural grow kalf the arable land Wheat and Barley; d 
Шаппге, NÉ Very imperfectly the action of this|any Oats; the remainin green crops of almost|l.4linch. Very little cultivation was 
Universal man 9 regarded by Pent as a perfect and|every kind, viz., ns, Peas, Carr ыу ‚ Swedes, after „this date, „ when the weather steadily i diri 
EL ona Ln certainly it produced иси Potatoes, Clover, Sainfoin, Winter 
Ў great variety ye variety ad situations and under a|and Spinach for seed), Trifolium, Mare I|on T - 15th. p was principally due to the soil 
аво DE Circum Since the koditon have now 30 a Lu The Turnips I grow being of a dry M me and to the они м мыч of 
 manures it h = Ата gr 
Poorer elass ор "E n ded more by the|are after winter Tares and Trifolium. dung а species of light cul , 
E "ul agriculturisty farmers ko by the afluent and land heavily, say 16 tons of town dung p drawn by four UM. i ic giu E MY, 
— Pal ansiona Ру en we consider all the jand drill 1 cwt, of Peruvian guano, 2 cwt. Qf s "ier which we greatly prefer to gs, 
еар endis oed used E power of DT pe and 20 bushels s of ashes with the seed. especially on land that is at al СЕ" 9 
have in cue б 
pam y ith Hon, very little y profit. I find, 
n with Маш еш and ту В it does more 
ordinary harrow made a seed bed, un D - 
23 bushels of Chevalier Barley from the lk w 
drilled at S inches, and looks ehn E СА 
| Lightness fineness "oF soil are cer jo 
he: 
iniy ася if 
not greater importance than rich геу. Up 
o pe а 
p 
E +1], 
to add wei a to the Eug | 
{о the end of April, to "oru grs our те 
