THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 
1132 [No — 
seed ; and, when he had any application, he had, when|thought little about, por three P e еп of fou Mr. HAwkINs asked M €—MÀ 
; н а friend а pint of it ks angels M pee R тц \ yc x vs j Tm 1798. od pet бого la aar how much =з 
f] his getting the мск; but he could not|about taking a leaf out of his (Mr. Gurdon's) boo said he | 
for tho өн ва d for A ason he had me ntio ned. | po! pu and then he iacit was glad to i ake one out | about 15 tor e gave it a pretty good dressing. i 
If any үш were to ask him TOW à od г. 1 R Rand's | He fo lded his sheep ; ге , Mr. Haws ww а gave nine, which was 5А 
for 9d. а nt, h 1 t nd paa as six 
& that e, which was pers double t the|crop last year of Mangels on the land; o fed m К ай Lib тон ха [D 
ай ers would charge ; therefore, it хи pen sheep on the land, and with cake; md ч guano, iron 21s.; 9 ewt. of salt, P Ц ent qi 
tha& the farmers could not expect, if they went to|he gave it 2 cwt. o superphosphate ; ; p 2. —it was сорго diii Qd MES | 
market-gardeners for the seed, to have it pure at the|no farmyard manure, because it was a kr This b m роп a paras far as e sowei, | 
common market price. m the farmstead. feeding the Mangels ор | Then Mr. ps ns had a. very great ad manure wes | 
{ 31 deri e 1 as a saving of all the с сагі ting; he оү livi о a farm well cultivated. enc et | 
1 land, he had th n the land, the could recollect nte 
petition for Mangels, for екы {еге were eig on Ta көгү yw ct, TE ыш тегу highly, чыш 
and they produced the muck 2 the е 
of | theret 
1 
УРДГС БИ DET Бр КЕП for the next year, with the addition of 2 c т. ; 
Roots | Weight of roots | Weight s tops ETT sphate J sdi ou ви йо жү Mir decidi. 
жч ырыны ш orare HawkINS said: There was no doubt that| nowhere. Wherever tul had mur artifi ns been 
tons cwt. lbs. | tons cwt, lbs. he viliivition of roots required а € deal of fore- thi is i his Mangel, la nd Me © mad 
Messrs. Кара) ..| 89 85 17 16 1 1 48 а ight and system, and во on, ps beea 
Mr. J. Cook’ .| 55 Eu m 10 15 80 у. The root crop required а а deep а and well pu ul- 
Mr. W. Gurdon ..| 97 83 14 34 5 10 0 \ Я —— 
Mr. Е. Parsons ..| 84 ?8 2 96 8 3 4 |verised soil, and at the same time it must be a clean 
Mr. J. F. Robinson 14 25 18 © : 10 ; one; land were full of T witch, so fo AL. HICK AND THIN $ SEEDING. 
Mr. B. м-т ES А they must resort to autumn cultivation to get it into a | R. EDITOR, and m ected reade : 
pM i n e Чы бы ЫРА state at first. Where land as it ought to be | we are discussing, that Lie or the ri uM 
did Sir Charles Rowley' perfectly autumn cultivation was not of eulti tivated so as to make it producea sufficiency gf 
edic: merit to be Bon d for the gu oe reet mankind and of йошезеце _ 
wet and poachy it had all the effect | a mals, has in all ages of vs — and in al 
f Swede жеч үн а а: o what was тан od by “autumn culti ivation." | ivilisod —— occupied the thoughts of the wises 
Ж, diat is for this kind of root, were : here vu most phi Retro minded - the son 
Tons cwt. lbs. e to a rop—it was, to v ER portion of | of men; an м itc claims from all, and especially from all 
Mr. T. Hawkins (167 roots) 232 5 9 |grtificial Bade with the seed, but — mueh, for, Englishmen, all the attention that ca res 
9 z азе ков poner L S where th forced a root crop too aak at the on it. In England at the present ye however, 
Mr. B. poem (7s roots)... 19 0 0 | commencement of the growth, and got dod oret blade | is generally believed that this art is ш such a higi 
Ж ЖЕЛ па c» es is) 7 A 2 lat first, A oote; ere iM to over-top them selves, вө Lj трут that it is in vain, , losi = „ani 
H iei particularly if there was a large е ty to t ut what 
Er E Ана (4$ 05d): — H 5 5 ч afterwards they would зна рех рг gress ? In ne single year it took 44 millions 
Bir S: Rowley (roots merable) 15 22 е d erus wp С — = у drilli ci of F money y o Lm haso a peie ио food from = 
ing’ g -|the leas y they could o a cia ае wi ountries to keep the 
em cec rete md highest кеме Boe d ] the ныне with hunger; je such is the wee [7] 
fore ih the prize offered by the Club, the 
лан for two acres, and also the sweepstakes f 
The ees of the “other kinds of Turnips" 
lbs. 
2 b 
ewt. 
RNIPS. 
.. S 
зора 
Мг. R. Rand uf nd 5 
Мт. T. Hawkins (173 roots) ' 
. 26 E % 
m i^ v 
сов). 
н took both the RN Am 2 
id: As e manner in which his roots 
re grown, he EH. Pato that he pra them a liberal 
dressing of man he was nok going to say he did 
e had determin ned to d othing else; but 
eep- e 
ctm P 
ESI. ter than drilling 
за oubt much depended on season; but the ink who 
| had d un his кы — in M de or d - to сытая гіа 
| of Twi and w 
tter кш» о this country generally, that we lam 
d | fro: e bes 
glan 
land 
there i 
authorities that on an average it take 
nd, wher enn should expect Б Бе mel 
cultivation won be found, the learned 
nfor ms us in an ‚Чоют drawnup repor 
| 
Et соп wi not expect. 
f seed Barley for each ит 
ve a акин: one, to get much of a crop. 
and had been pulled about too "undi 
beu the result would be that the crops 
serve them as Aa Mies ad this суш ear—the leaves sold 
Hawkins) had certai 
т. Ran 
ui 
= w 
| 
hope ed 
bin 38 have the оге of his own—and n 
doubt he would 1 well had the weather 
where there were a ‚ great many — and when the 
f his th 
"ble 
at һе bond give a cwt. of guano per acre 
He (Mr. Соо) wanted to know чә 
„ which he gave him, and the 
done and thi 
p d 
s orare E 
Бао еня 
good 
of Chapman's 
ie me 2! he gave чер ‹ он E |с 
to|in 
ее poss: Fabii that antha did 80 
asa little ovr which he introduced with | 
umb m Lee 
men came and thiuned them so much that he could 
not go in for the wegen He had ha n ee 
gri 
34 
b 
had sown "With long Yellow Globe ев, was near а Woo od ca 
анаан Professor в sow Barley. 80 
May 
than it is ово to grow on sul | 
was the state of his 
s he informs us he did, when 
Te me жо а ЮЕ Ж 
9 1 
mind at on to send for the police, 
manu of salt, 
саа: а 2 his ашан was cu 
of 4 success of h 
Mr. GURDON said Te thought Mr. Pariridge would 
iege the 
> fürs sb year e he та Gur dde E 
the hon hich o 
ко 
апа the judge would say that he fad. ‘about И 
В 
ted | man Pe ami me 
And 1 
of paper, or more; but I күзбү" 
and my atten piks 
a quack doc 
ing во, as it enables me, 
ut Mr. Editor, 
winning 
la prize with. 
Мв. GunDoN: Wl 
бн: Бома ое гче row to row, 
12 йош plant to plant. He always kept his own 
t орреа, bim ора by. yl 
Оп referring to his note-book "s found -— 
his LO Gurdon’ :) bal 96 and: 105 таралау "Tast 
th m the prize; and it 
thing that 3 Partridge gave him a litio а OK M d 
mones, he had grown them. at 30 inches from row w to 
row, and 
| Turnip hoes by him ; if he hired ыш ог nine — 
they broti Toes set at different lengths—o: 
would set his inches, another at 8, md dise 
plants. as his 
always found this a great incentiv 
well another time. The white Turnips he = shown 
him to narrow his distances between the TOWS, à 
but unfortunately 
Д. 
Prof 
and | со 
UP 
crease them between Magn and in all probability h 
would do betteranother time. Не took th 
following year ; he had the Mid d and it was set at 
27 inches, and he put the ' plants at 15 inches apart. 
is advice the | o 
and to zi ш * 
aui P P Боге һе er 
тд seg it - too late, -— he dala not er à 
hich had gone com- 
good advice, there were so many years when, frorn one | 
cause or another, the roots faila in дың, p did not 
attain full D gie ко, he was much inclined to think 
ea сел а рааш t, the better way was to 
AEEA abee of roo E! believed it it would 
patches g 
ТИ sm de. therefore was obliged, at the в pur r of 
the mom: to show the Turnips cesi for his 
flock : pep "ku = чы crops of Rye o 
pem wd lip better in a month o pe 
hence. 
ed "e 
Each acre had abou t 10 or 11 loads of pe 
nt M 
at the doing of the quack давна 
writes 
intelli 
before 
field of Barley, Ант drilled А 
Iw 
fields, where it was also 
ose ofa ey 
h ie 
a qui — дой wit s also tha my à ү 
owing Crops. 
es, r. Editor, and E 
;* "Cols 
rn ў 
success. 
and worthy fter p 
ut 
d I had then à 
harvest. 
the 
and the resul 
pepe admitted that smaller Aa 
Tares mown off. - He Е по artifi 
than propa if they „got the? ‘same 
weight of smaller ro oots, th 
cial man 
, when ewes were veu p with 
any artificial manure, the 
1 
weight of larger roots Large were arc any 
means во worthy of cultivation : га ғ" were frequently 
hollow, and, no doubt, Мм: they, were во, а те 
of go ess had gone of the He shoul wee 
fore, try fo 
would give ye y roots to the prae е the 13 
and і mes 
olo e Ssa ro of por next me if he 
lived, and should put them at 27 inches and 14 ; thia 
root crop was injurious to the sheep, making them 
€ th ir lambs. 
M awkins was well kno 
arm-y 
be asta fe а with oilcake ; but his а Haw ie 
more, giving three dressings 0 
rod. In Prae of w 
roots came heaviest, - зоа p that thero. w 
14 loads to the acre of home farm manure, 2 
were 
guano, 2 cwt. of e, and 4 cwt. of salt: "he so he was 
a third field, which he had ! the prize. 
did not go above that. : On a 
d cds his 
ded he 
cwt., of | the Mense, Y bees he got ( within 6 lbs. 
ialand one of farm-yard manure; therefore he 
artific 
Mr. Parsons) had not been at above half 
conten 
of | just 
many other 
Whea! 
my oppo 
ditor, your ops an 
M ын jede I just add IT 
lligent men. 
Barley sold at the, Low Li 
doings P 
hy father, as ir 
t befi 
ket: 
omis 
t so much out of pocket by : not winning 
renowned Pro 
doctor, ап 
Coleman, 
but t d ofa qai 
Pro hard rst time i my 
d if so, then, for 
he A 
ihe first 
