уют 8, 1862-] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 1061 
ау skimmed, "before being added to provided t they sust 
з The process is much the same as which occur д Bees ^in о rule y logon Pen the earlier sowing ab East Linton ; for the 
de коп Mr. Bennett's farm. Mr. Butch Th у їп spring дең early summer. чый periods of low tem spetta re which 
Mr. Bennett's farm. Mr. Butcher e great iR of deep culture is, that it enables. | charact b 
p LZ E ento end uso d a different cdtier—a | the roots of tho Wheat 0 ug анна = € mes erise our backward springs, represent accessions 
yp, 06", e of horizontal knives, which is cad the frost ordinarily reaches ; and р те VOL. ing eere. бтк кк dre ы 
ьт ю К а tho c of the ie tub, а and then moved plants are better preserved, and a are in a position to m observations with exposed thermometers do 
ги labour of ex. "he whey is baled out,| The superior kinds of Barley require а summe rere hn or s but tbe -— pma aor the 
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pi бе saben тот scribed. and pressing is opa D юлын as Wheat; but че coarser - песней during the growth and ripening of the » otn. 
жй йе =. k Farm occupies the whole of a short | land, add. at Tas m: t r^ iiis to w anà ра печ : ЕЁ wo кон oe тоша Be Be ond 
ed from the height of the Cots wold | is carried in Sco á land. О y inge and Dumfries- | M E Aue — iere 
т into the vale—the гезе part of it ex-|shire and among "the Pentland Hills, at 950 t above | onl нА pem om erani 
ih lad. А large number of calves аге |the sea; in "бові at Tomantoul yek зр | exposed # the floweri a 
тшше] every year, and as шоу cows mr мае е ун 2 in Glen Lui, 1600 oal an TJ » > 1 н demdir y they can- 
va attened е every season. reeding flock of Cots- | Strathdon, 1570 feet, and Barley in buathdon en ү period, отіп! g to the great differences of 
шй sheep ів N ke in E гете desirable p c to 1 feet. The greater height to which | — between the y n f the ground and 4 
майу situat estate, esi- | cu ivation is successfully ren in Abe rdee n shire, as в | feet above it, Mp ^ Mtem кре. The problem 
in everythin; and, 
doi 500 acres in extent, of diese some 40 or 50 by the greater она о the Я hi gh er and | сгорв, а а фер ue 
шше. It is every tered, ‹ Ape Лабе hi q t th 
LN E NOE ES г шй min Шо thermometers pda, ama р 
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{п conclusion, we may leave our own department arising | from the ua dnd pon С! for отето à our attention to the peri Minn the 
hortico tural, it is worth while noticing that winds, before Peace the Aberdeen hills, must fovet and the ri 6. The following table 
yz Baieher is а снай gardener. His Peach and | necessarily be deprived of much of their moisture by | contains, for four of the stations, the degrees of heat 
m wal has this yea r been covered with fruit, | the hills lying "x the south-west, over which they had | and the days which were required to ripen the crops in 
seal thousands of ripe frait having been gat ered, previously Lar 186 61 after being fully s shot. None of the grain n crops 
vijethe gardens of more wea althy neighbours have | According o M. Boussingault, Wheat requi 
ка this year blank. Fahrenheit, e| barely 6969°, from the time tho be begin | Esk Reservoir or Chapclhope and no returns on these 
| 2 affair is his own management. The тг all|to grow in spring, in order to bring t them to perfectior. | points have been received for 1861 f 
builtat his own expense, and is provided with | This heat must be so distributed as to secure for Wheat | Millport. 
Lu Кы ring amd casts tho drip Ешоре, lu e usc eal aia Miller rin s captis 
n Scotland, however, а low ummer after being full 
e is sufficient, because, aee. ss its higher | ыр, N бак 
шын 4 t ine d eri are (bo en up and root Mta, the days are longer. Тһе mean summer |, HIE g% 
pruned, ne fibrous root eing suffered to | temper: rature of Scotland as far ER as the Moray | "grarrows. | Crops. | Ween fully | When F В| 23 
remain, well 7°'0; on the Pentland shot. eu. JEER | 72 
the surface of the ground, which is mulched ver | Firth it is only 569; and as a е3 returns show Ad» |^й 
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чүк содр lest а dry season us p en Lus t the cultivation of Wheat has reached its northern 5 
rees are unnailed from the wall it there, we may infer that Wh: ill ripen in Scot- | Wheat July Au 0. 
cc Fal Ба а few only of the main branches аі provided the mean (n v dte Culloden 2i July 1 mi 10 ees 0 
xh уч pak, ие. rog Wes padded with , Itis difficult to fix precisely the t when Wheat Oats ..|  July6  |Aug. 21 2759 | 46 
iw here and there, to keep i ow in ро but considering that little Wheat Jul | 5 
Dx Ек сота the early spring 8 om | gro ne an take place as lon ng as the temperature falls | Baldinnies .. [ Barley No date Bent. 19 wed E 
үем moe : m in xe ъ Ав 1а{е ав рт repeatedly to the freezing point or be ie it, it may be Nodate  |Sept. 11 . 
4 with safety to the blossoms which have | assumed that Wheat will not begin to grow till the 
c кш begun to m бе pruning is Доде, and the | mean daily Bali of the air be 40°°0 to 42*0. In | East a ЕК5 AX. ar rc is 9000 a 
tree nailed lace. the spring of 1861 this happened about the 16th of ne ..| June29  |Aug. 16| 2942 | 48 
The blossom E. n late in forming; it is Кер t | March ; ibit ei confirming this view, the reports made 
a^ mandas. coping, d thus what slight by the Society's observers show that b H f Ba Wy Лу уч Aug. 28| 2487 39 
mms erg 8. аа, do поё асі во mis- |0 make decided advances about that time, In the July1 13 (Aug. 281 2832 | 46 
as they wi 1 
ET y wo and the туар 18 а following table, the days Whea k to ripen are The diffculty of fixing exactly t ihe; time vina Ue 
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i several crops чаі a bot, will partly account for 
ob: results, 
aie Reading, Nov 
ге the slight differe: {о be observed in Ж 
T Pot d egrees 
very uniform success. Q. Morton, | reckoned from the 16th of March to the date of 
. 6. ‘cutting : T Barley m the 
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| р uM OF CEREALS IN SCOTLAND. |mean temperature of the days. 16 шау be remarked | t° ripen the crops at the southern, as ed with 
І s to qeu E "es climate of Scotland, iod that the observations were confined to one fie T xa zi 
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| ivation of the corn crops, consi ists in ата а" of стор, and that the temperature is | ow sight temperature at Baldinnies, as shown in the 
ay serve t re 
from observations made with protected d 
(бшшш temperature required for the perfect thermometers; ib is therefore the tempera rature of|, Table e BM PT ре йр il 
ы of the Wheat and Barley crops. Hence е | фе air ren is ке and not that to which the crops | uiloden an t Linton, 
€ vx the occurrénce of:a colder summer vere s actually e xpos Жк — in 50 days — mean ree pec Z 
| NE tho Wheat y the expose ermometer; and a 
шту, bot гота эзи uer Жие: " Ка р howing: T: inue тариб, сине Come Бејин, їп days, with a уре of ts 6 degs. 
Skids both of which approach still nearer to t ° i ES Ene qur "about Мын э» жеч ына wer 
e ieu Кы: its scm cultivation cannot b peesn SEJA Н лр ба = кей by 2 protect ther- 
i mstance chiefly depend the 5а r 
сеа and Brian: dios i vti depend the BTATIONS. сони. When Cut. BE 28 Wheat cultivated only on the lower of the 
M iaer ОЕ аваг a3 а |Taking the -— of "m нутро, 16 
Те Wheat. E mn jS. dm s US Bl appears that with an exposed of 61.0 а 
Wheat will Pk after E is fally s shoti ^ 1 50 days, Ваг ey 
as Aug. 29, ‚ 190 stes " in 48 days and Oats in 47 days. From the Report of 
21 1861676711 pom sa, siente 1 Society. 
Wheat (Nov. Nov. 22, 39, 1860) 
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n and inland icu of the жану n 
йди Vs боа, together with the cd Culloden - (s 
rell irth of Clyde. It is not gowna wn ani in 
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олс у келшы pe us ШЕ 
s Taat Tinton 6, » , 
Pe try as far south ar сне or Суйе In anton Vots Yen s gem 5 16, лвлпәзизз | OXFORD "ES ОР "Ris FARNIER” et 
емі and Dumbarton the breadth . These results entirely. corroborate the views of | M. i 
a 3 considerably under the av г yi weeks since in the 
м The height at Which it pend Бе. менан |. ripen Wheat and Barley, —the кае for Clo | и байа, ало quoted Tom tke Ozford Toets. 2 
gradual]: circumstances is about 500 feet in the |and East Linton being Уер) with those contained in | commen: 3 on 
Lom y diminishing with the latitude, ill, on | his list of саа >: which are given above University, who had is cordially to the position vi 
пе porth of the country, the limits of its | Tn addition will М t the a mount demde among other ossupstiont 
to places bat peaton may be considered to be confined of heat erre for prin tsisabo ош 7000° . The |ha „of agriculturist— 
little elevated abo реке 1 «е {з for © climates, therefore, is not | his land one morning with a neighbour of long expe- 
^ above the sea, and enjoying | suitableness of Оа 7 iat D mus rigid Er om харротй рада! Бу MALE 
A a He listen 
oth exposure., In a few localities, where that they require a less amoun nt 
er cireumstances are highly favourable - Barley, WE "that jen] "ur requi pos 
= consid bl ed а ted on the crop betw k en dy qm 7 x4 e instructi се м 
Ў 2l y about "ees feet. Thus at ond ripening. Thisr «5 able fac — rom the ] | length Е 
сав ire, нон to th the | table, [m a less amount of heat and fewer days w re | of his "mes eren he at length exclaimed, 
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pletely үл жч the land, in addition es p ET m be found in the жын ей» that, as their fellow, was he reply—' You never 
лн is d gebe to th к= е peciline de dee h AR croi rm venis to — his life ~ the- fields, and yet there was neither mock- 
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ГЫ farms ry ter. "ho за practised E ъв © 4 а L ing to the higher latitude, modesty in the speech = the one, nor arrogance in the 
e was produ ei and consequently longen a hich sun bs std promito я t 
en hl tens thus able to |The short periods within which, стора in bigh ТУР st plants and animals, constantly riding or walk- 
м Күң п in any part of | latitudes may be adduced as confirmatory of this view. pope са Poil which supports them both, sig qaad 
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in the « ond day being longer, its higher temperature is a ch Ever 
Il Climate ” published | but t the day E 655 Ў h f the land, the cultivation of crops, the 
"gh the л M Report, It was there shown, that | leor] over à ороно y longer period; and d thus | with ү. у; e x : ожо ты ie дош veh д 
mean te by the ordinary | шапар 
temperature 1° of the heat is not а nted for by y 3 : 
feel, of elevation, pam ен: iure |ы ой оЁ esti mating mean emperatures—by taking | weather, en ire во far аз the live stock of the farm 
: er edere met there is sufficient | 16 may be noticed tbat, in the case of the vwd апа | realised, and studied that ah i ci 
maturing and ripening the crops, | Oats, where the difference is grea reatest, par 
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