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a a or of the min ортен pei 
г “ >ре, being im tmosmitied, i thus LT of | Very [on pris will also eium s pla ini perden yet d ru m Y reed eod 
id t known as « Ота ев Wh 1 Ta ke ercome its lea ch. We have grounds for hope, d domestic wien cs as they were practised b 
% Wheat, and every pen Greeks betwee 2200 3 
ys of еф centre of its back а mark or indenta- deed Celery crops, and which is of the same genus probably, much Sabio. m dialogue ^ p E 
-— ing had ^ беа ‘апа left round it | as the o Mangi one, has with us quite died off. W. D.|know, between two of the wisest, most learned and 
ret sif EE ач rious mark is more or less | Foz, Р, hilosophically-minded men the we ; 
"epp never cómic void es actually | Оссаѕ m о ИЧ cst йе ин “ Occasional TER they will г-н it, when E эў ame segre i 
жо%, commercial value to the mill Пе Баке Mr. Bailey Denton agric жетиге machus, the instructor, is по other than the poe 
d ег hand, fo the aga inst a practice which is ге авй а а still too | Xenophon himself, and his disciple is the world- 
b absence of pedigree, we need n refer to the | common, though I think Mr. Humbe us — not fear | renowned Socrates, who, as all learned, wise a коо 
= riii c “ie discussions ufon the ыо. of. our * Barley that it should be charged ag ain st thim o m а ne who | men in ancient civilized nations likewise did, wished to 
Frich have beco mixed g шее understand, in order that he tighi practise it, the Art 
2 ge ing powers, as k att the practice is too common; ше. are тей to tbe|of Agriculture. I wish your space would permit 
rminati 
mien of ES (tpe whose ieu bari who is content to b ury them in the furrow, Pd me, for then I would m dis m 9 extracts from this 
serious derably rcely 2 feet deep, Pow: ut any Spia rence to the real | valuable dialogue as would prove to a demonstration, 
"уш of The р me field of Barley requirements of the soil. А жае to say “ that if | that neither the knowledge of land tilling, nor the 
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tour of inspection th nse A draining it would practice of it, has, in any particular, increased for the 
ка diro T | bi bett that thi landl і find the e labo ur a and immense eng of то I эн above stated. If 
eo di үт the » principle of selection, which is statement, ап and [ admit, it is S^ bold ded. 
to cereal also. the гатай equal to that of the landlord, because partially 
c і speaks of obtaining roe scale а | labour is the element in drainage which gives тат rer to refute what 2 write, and put vods d 
ебу of 40 for 1 sA seed, = very вш mall permanence e to the i не c rovements," and of the sound- | I ask them, in the first place, to take а view of what is 
qe of 287 for 1, which h e very am more а Ma more — known of the anci eu гора с of Bene cag Hin- 
dn ordinarily obtai ed, which he наша as 8 for 1, but | It seems ve ry ві ange [^ agriculturists will n dostan, Persia, Greece and Rom 
sich is really 14 for 1 that draining i ws а apod е, and requires some 
Ihave 500 for 1 upon an acre of land, and g thos a Who execute it. I tried to Шш. land in all or most of those dire and as man 
М ior Lupon a small plot of 700 square feet. — ate the theory г draina ро 1 іп ене and dee " people Aime by it, as is t thi ay, wit 
Iqaite agree with Mr. Mechi that all Wheat is kept dung in particular, in а short paper printed ір |а] our anical impro 
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by the absurd quantity of seed employed, and ч ын of Vol. VI. of the ө Royal abis piu joda] other Sues of the Mgr "doli qud taka this ed 
о mew. ‹ of|i 5. refer to it with confidence because | Т ask them, again, to lay before „them the — I have 
wm if planted singly, but the progressive results the TA Mr. Pus told me that “ after reading | above quoted from, that is, “The (Economics, or 
isd проп my selecting plots given above, must | it he had по Qilliexlty in drainage," F 1 Household,” 
amina him how comi is tmr n eding” that they | that the diagrams with which it E lsirated Xt by Xenophon the Greek ; also * The Idyllia ” : 
produced merely by * ng." been copied b € x^ "n gh сер of Theocritus, the Syracusan ; the “ {тысе ыд an 
That he may have an opportu nity of c vincing him- | whence iy vae € ийй в а ; | Gardening? of Columalla, the € and the Georgics 
xi that e: ЧЫ such ex yt as “ ранне? іп шу = furthermore I эне it did i te first published of Virgil, the Pon - I mig e, but these are 
Vial, and reases with its length, I mple of trial holes. pe — of the еен assumed | enough, more; but if any epis petens will take 
ad i Кы, e а bushel of the latest -= the water in the soil und AS action of. drainage, | this drcum x dios 24. In rite pleasure, also, as 
- ын my Wheat he I pe c "y out, |16 is said "if a amig ^ daga tag ven point) a, the | it wonld be to tie roson LL 
against an earlier selection o 
Fhest—in fact Чен in ^ proportion as the soil|in аг n x have а to, prem will find "that 
be may from other r growers of it; both to be | is pervious to or мезе of water; in d n ee other сеч ractice has made little or no advances, эч 
іеї in the same way in each trial, but in по case | cases of subterranean water flowing nt, the тум Me ny centuries ; and, О pudor, for I a 
shall the seed. be thicker than one bushel per acre. If|in nclination o its surface assumes Sall теры the | compelled to D ed шу речі will write PARAR bu ut thi = 
ы not zem erably exce eed the other amount of 28 tion or resistance e ch NS ater truth, it has in tood still, ап M DEA мө the 
pra i 201. to t t its passage кү the sor їп ше эы has "been "the co contrary wa 
Мете Institution, И ich wat h in towns and the country, read 
Iskall be quite glad to is fc d Xx that T Lees нй ploug 
hd he cannot E mpe а АР апу яй д їп aile" from х= to 80 D t € zoe in o er materials, | ing is етта ыл T EE 
b pedigree,” is far too earnest а E such as sand or gravel, though loose, it is Аи у much iy the tillage е garden = 
а а ад the trial to be other than a | greater, and in retentive clays will be much greater | со eit with field- пеар а rd they will find that 
Ge Frederic F, Hallett, The Ману House, | still; it is тас орле to the айбан : pes angle i the ка the tillage is, t, 12 inches deep and 
у een of inclination that а. ешш d t be|often more, тегү ти. rati met whilst the plough- 
= conducted. This I co to be the pen ross ing is not more е6 three ог four inches deep, and, in 
Home gotenondence = v of drainage; for ч pen р а with rip йз pite a small Mann? and н agh Hot жч 
rticle from when [ 
Seam. Cultivation at Sparkenhoe.—In gout r Paper Mr. Denton, that the ini рут of money by unscientific | be a am arge garden? Why n e friend, 
y e Sui acuso me À ke of taking his каана о drainage is a national loss. J. C. Clutterbuck, Long | e enlighten me, iE Tr: : ADA To ће С of 
at Sparkenhoe. Let me tell к Sept 1T. Oor 12 сн the least, w нона can be до: 
- 1 Po je Sheep : : Inoculation v. Кед ought all 1 йет ms, to be 
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he | ing t ihe whole flock of sh hena r pider is of the soil into this slices, an 
committee, As to my being a show | have exhibited symptoms t € pen ta all ems) ferie in erat^ vu way and then another over, and 
never knew till a day. or two чей for food the great aim is not to allow t| to lc but y, taris, and then the seed is either 
going to send. When they y to put it on ag lropped dio holes nearly in h: da сун nearly in 
vds ie ina com ing pi bis light lers the animals | 1 fsi, for I have examined many tos bes and 
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етей. у тебей Бнз а flock i арз this method was | stances grow up so thin. and weak that as soon " ram 
i have no doubt roe — кке on а former — `of — the losses | reach a certain height, the ears are : рр down 
npon the grub which not very grea its true character had been | they fall, flat on Mages like a carpet in a room, as 
проп the Mangel, will elicit c еа discovered i | large оа of the anim zw thatim-|very many did this year, and then, we е the 
Sea mine; ; but for fear the ey s sho ould porte ted t the sease died), and the animals not diseased | u ngrateful ery, t that it has been the season; either too 
im, while an Irish старана ed in value except 00 mi d, or p wet, or too 
Rope f Botan tany now w diffused through ба з, нна ofthe flock. It is therefore a question much has been given—in cdd 
Sincerely rejoice), not to neglect | whether it is better to а ctually 1 lose rather mor е sheep, | ba Y 
ce, told a QU iip ined puit ved ct 1 ` ths € the whole deteriorated ШИК 2. Apes the Serpent, and of Adam, зү! 
y^ Por sapra diei аа sim mildest form by | threw his upon Eve; and so the world moves on! But 
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мата eater Erde but, with your permission, renew the subject 
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iy, but I tam he VET E form) to other fi flocks, as more and birds will com- | emphatically and ad res 
ìt. I well re emember the year this | municate with many sheep e x with few. On the failures in the Wheat crops this year were 
Саа. 1 pears a greater loss in money by | results entirely of а want 0 cultivation and rational 
culating the flock tban by Pu the diseased | seeding. As a proof of this, I inform ge rocas 
h MM M. R. A. C. | readers, his X the finest Wheat 3 
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э due ш lose half its stand it rich, "D leaves those who do visse dm how. es lady. And, I add further 
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