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1230 THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURA, GAZETTE, [Dzoryagg 27, 
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different soils of dif. | whenever the land has got into а foul condition from the preva- | Peas, аца Рас S d 
Ps E e the Р т еч: Щу си d Wales as well as Scot- |18100 of Couch Grass. О light land ofthe mountain lim rid Тем, or Beans, Fla t like thie tos 
m counte; 4 н hough mixed with small stone зб olid. carbonate of lime, Ka В of manure, and therefore it was 
land, and thus. so far by way of practical reply to th рро of hot e is necess a) order to bring out t manure well before the 
Ei uestion. In Derbyshire, for example, it is vs fertility of the € In peaty soils, a EUR. of lime i is also reco tie fore the Flax. Th best e previos e crop and 
el a. "the farmers found that b by spre eadin ng lim mondod, to маг е —— In fae b the rule with him was to do the same оф: vii ы 
Р в, apply MI ot lime—and, where offected. with finger-and- t ў mie 
iba in the Turnips, he would lime every second rotation, for Barley, taking care to leave th. 
moors, "e a few years the Bad disappears, er the except on peaty soils, Mery: no subsequent limings should be | smooth as possi 
, у рр que: gs possible. w 
whole surface Deomm covered with a fine pile of|given е? long period. somewhat better for the "с iei "m 
B, e lov mgo I am afraid I shall EY too much of your time | method would be found. the 
In tho neighbou unity of Nottingham, 1 iso|if I di but touch on the second question—viz., how | circumstances in this cou: {тў, as it le Чы 
bustiels of t Yorkshire pem inig acre are applied to the and at a dd the emot ts of lime m v Nó perceived on the soil. | and care, but the drill | 
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ditseing, and avón mon a ^ — Veo pte aris > lerson, a writer "before alluded to, affirms per- | to 6 inches ap 
magnesia, they cannot use more than 00 to 70 bushels withou ee 4 
positive injury. Dat, “wher re it is common to have Aue epe | —sometimes as late as М; 
€ -- Üh land, he 7 (of е) —— à г denos meg din s in the leases, tho po length of time allowed | duction per acre, includi A 
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час те езеншщ Тер А e harm from a liberal use ofits for exhausting lime is from seven to tei years. | seed, &c., was 57, 9з. ;the cost of har; 
He: Says also Шар observat tion ү convinced him LT in game Johnston quotes e opinion of an old East Lothian | &е,, was 47. 1s. ; ma ing a total of 97 E min, 
e to b cate for fifteen or twenty | farmer, who ys oral I would | produce, URS the Flax, seed, у and Od. Ты 
ке plot of land in his n. Sianna urhood, | allow w, after thre: b yai one-half ; after six years, one- 147. 10s., leaving а net Ett y i d таз word 
T on fms a 
ini 166 ac Shi MEE ew - but Tou а 
containing 15 [s ^d Perd" pplied. on the (m of the swara, | third ; Aus eight nr one-fourth or mgl his reca was based лм 
which Бо лооге Бар doubled lis value. This T dou about| Morton states, that in the neighbour "hood of T. 
fifteen ago, and totally pcm the Heath. The lime |in cds hire, 
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ribhnkan and ят weetness of tbe herbage, and the deep green hue passi the farmers "wi t аг lan Ss me 
and lux: SEU e. of this land in spri ng an and autumn, |.Comes in course fallow for gae and this pro- 
contrasting v with the adjoining e unimproved lancs. ub duces excellent crops, even without dung. 
soil isa thin moorish loam, in a high climate, resting on ti Mr ДУ 
T5 Cheshir erroe to a. considerable any rar ih Wales, in a court of law, ed it was Pas remu 
parts of the county, and is generally TODA: LÀ p as ОГ! four|to be the ha pee. practice in a district of the 
tons per acre, sometimes to Grass lands р po TU $n Mss of Clwyd, the soil апа subsoil of which Т have |j 
ded MEE sings Fx ihe young ( Clovers, + already described, to lime the Clover lea for Wheat; 
acre), 
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» Sut о Yorkie, Ti Lincolnshire, &с. Flax lai bem 
5 with Clover Бее 
hen pasture the following spring until May, then bod 
D d Clover, then again lime and Wheat—thus 3 three 
etfect ing i lis Toreo tot Main, or к pe des 4 
years course, varied persa Saee in the seven years 
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see it was worth very nearly as much as e ie 
grew Flax instead of pani m found De ir erede ha 
ter than 
levels is a reddish loin, ш рав танов sandstone, i 4 
farther up the slo and colour | у, h " Usi whi a ве үзө: te гае г S d t А E end —Then you don't consider it an - 
of. the { clayslate [ог эре erra = hi g e S ene on all soils, provide лус үн” ЗИ ccc t ^ 
errati: ks гоу lime пе саай, һеге апа there, and |already contain much o one-fifth, of their bulk е арп Sor on бай ой, at Fen s Tec 
beds of red hzematite cro. ping out between the clays late and of the g lk o 1, an O- |in Во. T grew it u T soil this е 
see д а = рек sem meme yrs em aed ided always the soil thoroughly drained and |two tons per acre, and ха roalisin from nM to m 
the more the better а азе, y | observing always that the lime used is на "it “Ол quite той eee d onp Doi 
In South Wales, Oti enshire, so convinced are they of | the very pure limestone, реа free | ih ferm good land. 
ше beneficial СЕ of lime in pint that it is positivel ink Чеге! is ono тїй rer vl dos зба. 
— а е ая ни е дт а from Roc ue manganese. d x I ЕБЕ - per acreto be ade s dt p. 
tenant rms, in сари -of his гд carry in ro. m 
husband-like ; проп each and every acre lover or 4 блк ар (Bron е -- 
rass land, at least, so many aA of ERE PN e a шь mido Г 
manure, before suc| p r 
Brok та р: Walter Davies, who wrote a report in 1814, North b. understated {0 lt to be derived Far 
t| cultivation. Mr. North spoke of the Flax realising 4l. 2r 
t he sold his last week for 41. 155. and if Qld 
repetitis n he helig ved һе co оюк gaen more. He мий 
Several cases in tho Vale of Glamorganshire which | 
сне for 60 years, 100 bushels per acre every year. 
In e T e is "trm to the Тайир break at 
or 
1 h th mes out of ten the from Flax was worth a 
w se "€ from p we on олі: ls. per acre uc ceder 15 He iim the Framli > Farmers' Club. e said mes n as ho Eres b Beans ; it was capital stuff A 
throughout the whole district thatit is impossible for the | that of the three fibres yet recognised as m T i ч mM He had gr Pia кеши t “i 
farmer to obtain sufficient of it to p the full benefit ore to any extent practical нее for Cotton, viz.— md Barley after ^ nd niin ee ps 
С. — ical action on the DN -— vi op of 4o | silk, wool апа Йах, the last wa e most valu- Котор of Flax 1861, and, he did not kno i ap bomi ra 
miles, and рея y pay this ness tanco:of able and important, i uch ith | that was the only yet he ever manured for it, ЕЦ 
vantage suppl е articles of 
$ grew best = Wheat. It left 
than Beans 
Mr. G vos —Have you repeated it оп Meno 
to repay. thi expense, ; 
In Devonshire, lime із applied, previous to manuring for | economy and a es 0 
Turnips, at the rate of 6 to 8 hogsheads to an acre. Thef clothing which were of the most he cnm necessity for 
health and сото: 
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y | our own country was capable of supply 
t ҮШҮП, if properly recognised, poal: cause tho gadosi 
of from 4 to 6 tons to tho acre; and zo grea ration in 
the degree of productiveness, that land valued 1 in aed of 
per 
бах mills, and provide us with а truly national staple, 
at 2s. 6d. per acre, and the same drained 
the whole profit of which would centre and circulate at 
land within a 
tho Barley after the Flax without manure. O 
ot 10 coombs of Barley per acre, when I y 5f 1 
rn which Flax had not been grown. Аз to i н 
hmestone| home. Five per cent. of опе half of the 
Spot on whi 
think there need be any fears about it; if a 
hi ue tlemen who have the managemen! 
fnd itk ҮҮТ Pipe to soe that the farmers havo ше 
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т. бооругух said Mr. North had stated that the - 
said it it чу ач а landlord's dem € узы 4 
would be indisposi! the landlords 
encourage the cultivation "of Рах if it p» 
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whole eei E 06,250 tons, representing, when con- 
‘verted into etary va manent quality 4:5 tho катаа if, by 
r ue of upwards of 17 mil- 
б and to Eur y loads ot ;or des Sterling. He wished рн understood distinctly 
bushels o; -burned lime, par with a yupa, r4 | the question cultival mpi man re 
of earth; or not to lime oftener than once in nine years as a did not owe its im Spade Uis DARE DINI MS 
In Northamptonshire, the operation of lime is. considered | 
most successful on yoodand and peaty ME 1 D Pris 
the county го tho ee MR A n Si when dis M Hm. one hend of before them as to the and remuneration of pro- bre, od 
nclosed, large WM were commonly obtained | duction i manufacture were not the result of the 
of Fati ^» 
e virgi to for 
abou Ате they ought & to ves 
the virgin soi! at the rato of кш ди bushels per | excited state of the market, were d on the | € goncsel feeli ing of derer 
pa. to " f Flax, but 
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frequently, 20 bushels of Li to 40 bushels of lime, пу compensating them for a failing cro Whea 
mixed by turning at least three times at intervals о e is de Barley by a Tomir tive of Flax Mr. North 
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bitu. Ur wien D DE wrote his|of 
тү of A Aberd hire early in thi century, lime was | 824500. He e eare required in its ei 
in great quantities, an au ln prop on, which w М діва 
5 ог 6 to 25 or 30 bolls: to Ње da ав à top-dressing | Vantage, as it к in the anent MM of e 
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interven "4 ed, and that if f 'oultivatod only at Ше rate of 
батн Ша! ver ais der xd € SE bones, it seem ы Pre ^ TIC tire land of a fita under tillage, | 
have. been considered all but necessary to put во раа. | ih getting of it in would not interfere with harvest, as 
lime on рее тону фит had on urged against i tio: 
Having endeavoured се whar|!nended Riga. seed, and deprecated the use of Dutch 
Tw P vin now «шу seed for FI g! 
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serious consequence to ah 
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IRMAN said hi o considered the у 
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sound one. 
NxwoasrtLE: The 
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háve been proved to contain lime in some form or another, still while others recommended it after Wheat, Barle 
they great]; doses of burned 1 f ey, О 
Я чаны enal еа эша е an i Oats. In this county it did well after Wheat, АА 
continuance- in pasture, and are newly broken up, and also by Barley, but P Should not come after root crops, 
