Marca 20, 1858. ] 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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n, and we shall soon see our fields 
s. To pro 
1 PRS 
t being sow 
d hiy dareb x te of some specie 
oat 
ofa s cited, where the oni 
Mustard wal was very persis The Linseed refus 
what 1s a 
eeds. We find - then, that | 
the yaoa habits and peculiar cha- | 
of land for Beans, the Black Mustard sprang 
Weeds are 
over a piece o 
which 
log scions or shoot S, Sich, every 
th 
a distinct and perfect pm when placed i in 
oe ae c rs are mer ely 
ropagating by seeds which. drop and are 
paT mm soil in different ways. Farmers 
BaeFeF Soa ss eee Fz 
ag HINI 
-E 
3 
seeds 
e we 
With th 
ttends the row wth of w eeds. bee 
le plan 
oa 
entiful, A Fi 
eclipsed b 
interesting ie were 
Camomile produc es 46, 000 seeds s, and Burdoc = ee 
ngli sh w i 
are not afi madi aware Sof he pty rate ni in- | such thing. 
ich a iee grows 
little Docks. He wished to guard his 
bed cutting hedges too often. If that 
acta of umbrella sticks in your 
ttle can i oT pass. 
the failur 
gre urer. 
Mr, Wallis, 
oe 
heare won 
t be don get 
h saan tht gh which 
This was most proba bly te ipo! = 
n the railway hedges, which had been noticed by 
gow matod that if soil be thrown up 
arar ier Aa vell, n the space of two years only it will be 
red with a vigorous pana ‘of Charloske and other weeds. 
ski s 
Profe ess 
on 
i th ot seeds or ing 
n but by a seed or root, 
evidences to mos thag £ planta ¢ pt eas eee rn prod y 
gat S, Ther vər so many means by be 
bia foa; a the circumstance Spe 
tioned, it “thoroughly investigated, might perhaps 
yunte 
me Correspondence 
her 
Depleted althou gh, peripe; there is none more worthy 
Manire heaps are paran left out for two yea 
ATS O 
O grow elds, but also 
our hedges. Everything which ibe oes m De E a 
d: ttl ust | her 
Ess 
na manure ices and 
s qui agh to convert it into a fruitful 
hotbed of of weed sea: ra be sown over the farm. Again, 
ash-hea in towns „are cart ted away by farmers, “and 
fe 
possessing’ as i Ae eer i 
cheapness, inexhaustibility, and durability; I m 
soluble lime, lime as a muriate, so parr y it sde 
composi ion with common salt. e all acknowledge 
and avail ourselves of the T of bones 
penn 
po exactly what eg! Ag ? Roa. eeore stated tha it | 5 
eh all it 
be a weed. e ite Thorn a favourite Q Q with why to obtain the arete ad. 
with the farmer. It is a very good one, and possesses a end attached to the houses, and here the Professor | vanta; age from me by the similar action of an acid, and 
wry many first-rate qualities fitting it for the post it med farmers i j poeti ing r ‘aith in the | that a very ché apone? The proportions recommended 
oten fills, It ws thickly, and h ectly | common es pater no the ing of weeds. | by Glauber and Cuthbert Johnson are one of salt and 
repellant power, but within a little while after planting So far from this bein ‘the case, ‘he. ane omposition two in these proportions it is then to be 
you will find the hedges full of holes, d shafts going ] p pposed the most perfect and al decom- 
esters he reason is that er, Maple, ffi hen, | posi oe Glauber says by weight, Johnson by 
Bramble, and Briars have been allowed to grow up in sag farmers sow, weeds with their seeds. "the patie measu ‘The usual practice, where smaller quanti- 
, and soon the stalks become | have but a v ghtful extent t of salt are d, is to dissolve the salt an 
a i through. Brambles | which this is the case at the present day. Dishonest | slack the lime with the solution, but it seems to 
a sufficien ntl: zenellant while in| men sell dirty seed; and in many cases the seed is pre- | answer, and to be Johnson’s view of it, m 
equal. to that |served from the very worst corner of the farm. and cover them with s nd keep them undis- 
uently fail first. mer does not detect this adulterated state of his | turbed for two or three months, when he recommends 
et te you will | seed, indeed it often cannot be done the unassisted | = to be applied to the ground at the rate of from 
hedge or Quick re-| eye; but why should not farmers oi y icroscope | 35 to 60 bushels per acre out of ae seed t, or 
atercourses must not pass|as the cloth buyers do in the nort hey may | mixed with earth and s in the usual way. Some 
liar t s of rivers, and a 0 o; or yos ago Mr. itchell, Te Ayr, slacked 
ad procured seeds fro 
a view of examining, to deceit piv’ 
seeds could be found in a pint. 
i se 6 eed see 
B eed | the ech “stat 
The result mowed i a | dressing for 
‘ay a pin berg 
e with sea weiter, previously boiled to 
which he considered a sufficient 
oe eee oe =a SPR S SHS 
do: 
than they are now. Road-side | Cow-grass seed 12, Broad Clov: 39,440; iall; eat and Beans, and it had not 
road-side patches | 2 pints of Dutch Clover yielded severally 26, ei aa | ace tehind any manure with which it been com- 
N y, it is considered the business of no | 70,400 weed seeds. Supposi Se eae samp! les be Some years ago a retired captain of the 
will be generally found | sown, here were seeds enough d ast India Company’s naval service at in 
d which flourishes by the | weeds for red ears. The Ae tothe|the county of Cork, assured me that fro a 
side is growing in fall luxuriance | over the field cheapest market, and gets weeds 5 for corn, and so pays | compost of 160 bushels of lime (fresh from the 
Spee do of the h tal kiln) — with a saturated solution of salt (taking 
will communicate the infection of It was only’ “he ‘other day that the ree fom * dis- | abou . of salt) and headland he obtained 
Bey form i d what became of Charlock seed. It appears to better t erops of Potatoes, Wheat nt oo 
ig weeds ae dangerous, and one in the| be now sold et ee ehe, who make hat he had 
many farmers totally to annihilate. In) Eng- | is poisonous to cattle from a portion of it, a e rest | from it 10 Cork bank (about I I Palivo io bb) = 
Zd little notice is taken of this matter, but in | finds its ie rg to the farmer in the shape of Turnip | Potatoes more to the acre. His p to dig u 
ralia, they have a law which enjoins | 8 seed. Farmers are pai 2s. 6d. per bushel for their | headland; as the lime was draw sf ae the kiln to slack 
ion of weeds, and in Ireland consider- | Charlock sar and give 9d. per lb. for the same as | it with the salt solution and spread it in layers about 
attention is paid to this sul j the present | Tu oie ee se en The remedy for this state of things is, for | 2 or 3 inches thick w alternate layers of the earth 
i reason of ap’ of way-side | every one to be honi pr etermine Simao: not to|of about 4 or 5 inches thick; when the heap was 
The the fields on the. other side of the hedge is, | take in "his ‘eight to a fair price for his seed, | finished he cut it down and mixed it, and thus left it 
bh of them produce winged s e This- smiet destroy his Char: lock pe if a little can be | till it was time to it. It should mixed t 
Coltsfoot, and the Dandelion. The seeds are | made pi caliz it, knowing that if once parted with, | three months before to w time for 
light, downy, spiracles, and a light breeze it will lead to decepti ion in 1 some shape or o! othe T. sp sition and recomposition. y these 
them d ouly t 4 bushels of salt are employed sufficient 
sow them broadcas r the adjoining field. | weeds; they have only said “ ‘keep ‘them on, but chlorine will only be supplied, according to Jo! 
is a very amin destroyer of weeds. | more than this should be soi E t10 bushels of limeinto a iate; the remainder 
e underground roo y be cut in | into war with a foreign enemy w to learn every- | then,or 130 bushels, will absorb carbonic acid and 
but every one = jenas pieces of Hung T can about that enemy ais “abit his pea es insoluble. It might, therefore, improv in 
ranch, which consti- d his resources, &c. articulars of the 2e is pr use | ime and more salt—this extra 
capable of r sane k ne ind ean be se amon: ers about their might be spread on the laye pa the slacked lime. 
lants of its own — es. com y the weed. iffer in habit, &c., Possibly 40 bushels of I ime and 20 of salt might 
tent to epee ag BRATA foes be studied diligently, and attacked ity of li 
ead over ve land mitt s ett promptly and vigorously. Above all the farmer | and would probably in most sans ‘be less costly. The 
eradicatio’ t a farmers’ cl ub never feel sure of weeds rotting. Couch and Crow- French use fgg, Ss small dressings of lime; they say, did 
i of London, it was | garlick w hea in a field, and thought h y pply t y the from their giving 
the immense amount of mon ba been ged to manure, but when spread abroa light i of dung, they should render the land 
been spent to keep down weeds, | better crop of weeds e up than ever known sterile. The cs ag the lime and salt aien the seed 
increase in this country. befo; We must not me too sure either that we og basket after so might prove a preser- 
is, Nature propagstes by self-sown | destroyed a weed when we have pulled i ow- | vative from the depredations = ne By) Face as it f vonia by 
tracting m 
“One y seeding is seve 
is the poe ed = the 
ing fresh o the 
"S 
n | garlick may be pa up 5 ae rae n e greater Tiar 
of Ta AR may be deposited in The only 
safe yo be tel of prenra marn 
= A ade dae ie cea te 
© otily seperated into | 
Saree 
wider circle. » Eana 
weeds pian bral at 3 leaves over | to get ri 
oper 
i capable of aape: aey 
over the Jana in this manner. 
examined by the 1 | sani 
the — of their 
esce: 
e 
prove ag egg to the e fiy. J. M. Goodi; 
ý The Fl ax Crop.—The 
its properties of a 
cultivation “i Re’ offers 
tak tion, as th ak 
en no as the as a are as qui 
as any decom of weeds a be 
garlick and many w wads 
Let us = sl 
t rii 
country tie for the 
| the 
| the uae 
and dressed in E 
> produce oi f 
ee ae he C. Adry 
straw has been | long” 
prepares his own 
but not a quick 
water convenient 
