Marcu 1, 1919.] 
CROPS AND STOCK ON THE HOME 
FARM 
ARTIFICIAL. MANURES, 
WirH the increase of motor transport and the 
= reduction of horses on the farm 
- loss of animal ma 
ed less than "os: 
ig eie as 
h Small 
wonder, iion; if pu e holdings “fall Баа their 
. usual cropping lr ipe" On farms—iarge or 
_ small—the shortag A manure is felt, but | ina 
с 
4 E 
has been Army requirements for both hay 
. and mw; “but conditions are returning to the 
normal a 
Artifici al. iid 5, in spite of the high prices 
charged, are being more заров farms an 
re 
in gardens than iously. Market gardeners 
d allotment holders a es аку the value 
ive f ‘or crops ук PE 
te of hp no case is this more 
emphasised than for early Cabbages and Onions, 
om. s n standstill 
i 5 t suipbate _ of 
they c 
to such an сан that all the “ 24 
land, and in time sadi will 
the chief 
soils; but 
lat Ра _ become 
ults on poor chalk land 
» by the judicious use of basic slag 
of grass and clover of 
cre. 
s sorts for sheep feed has been Мар 
у the aid, also, of farmyard 2 
1: = Tao i good с ae vm 
he Downs yhere but four 
o 
no hesitation in grins ising t the use of 
chalky soil for the growth Seen grass. 
il, but of double the 4 I 
say the results justified the application 
increase in the crop, 
Turnips in other fields. In the 
which 4 ewt. of basic slag wa 
ie Whe at. Last August I saw an 
crop e of Victor Wheat, 
f 3 ore а $ 
at the € С 
е 
Rs 
he ie E "of the field 
ated Mur к slag, and here the 
poor that. chad She whole Lir been 
it would not hav been h the 
n 
manure for fruit trees or vege- 
asic «0. Si ape at Pla rate of 
ig e gives results, 
E die a application „о 
t, sandy 
devoid of ү basic 
in 
ө, | ze 
he Superphosphate = Ese is s liable to ridet 
soil Um md n Molyneua, Swanmore Farm, 
Bishop ? 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE, 
Obituary 
oy 
е г 
soon brought promotion, and in a short 
time he was pl in char, f the ee 
pa tag r four years at Kew he was 
s th at 
еи: 
ап 
nd their de ron, as 
possessing m and the artistic 
Mr. a oe ian as able create 
жеге А, pict ur E beauty and intere st. 
i г long "survive him 
i 
a 
ha mode 
ahora Ta veces 
Norw: ich, tg eg Fes 
was retained by 4 
upon the enine. п "Phenix Park, 
great Soas re 1904, a po Louis Exhibition 
‘he prep Б dant kr a garden in the 
s the hte ye Period, геад. the Bata 
avilio: For this he warded a Gold 
idow and two daughters mourn the loss 
of one who was at his Rena! in the home. Many 
ui the home circ 
with thos I 
gardener, ася а 
kindly, аут 
шү кела МЕ in Sussex has 
заро а severe Toss by the death of Mr. 
а 
James Adams, died at the Victoria 
Hospital, wes, ussex, n ednesday, 
February 19, in his sixty-third year. The 
late Mr. Adams en associated with 
E on ы life. е was a most 
ssful arnations and ferns 
A. ero ug an e includi those of the 
dd ааа e соу ak at Brighton 
L 
District Horticltural | Society, and i valuable 
advi eetings was 
* Da cher the past 
ау ges ehe cia 
aged 
Ar 
ten years Mr. Adams Au почека тап 
oe on ore Rpr rseries, 
—We ud with regret the death, 
on “anes 16, of Mr. Tom Pride, a prominent 
deci of Scotland amateur rde 
of years secretary of the оше Horti- 
жар Society. Mr. Pride, who s for the 
past twenty years headmaster of Canonbie Public 
School, was keenly interested in gardening and 
did much to serve the i nterests of horticulture 
his own = fend di 
Thomas d.—The urred 
Bishop ооа, оп гн 21, of E 
Thomas Sibbald, proprietor of a local n 
108 
and seed firm. After holding responsible posi- 
tions in London for 20 years, п mainly with the 
itch and Son 
firm of Messrs. James Veitch a: Son, Mr. 
Sibbald returned in 1894 to Bishop Auckland to 
n his , and, on the death of the latter 
to the business, whic 
04. 
ч ie as on back as 18 
NOTES FROM IRELAND. 
г command of His Majesty = 
By King, the 
Royal Horticultural Society 
of Ireland, now in 
its ninetieth year, will veiba take the title 
of ^ orticultural and Arboricultural 
е kee rest taken in m ue by 
Pres reg "fus poses of Headfort, on Xin 
of was 
initiative a Committee Ax кек шка 
instituted as a sub-committee of the Cou 
Representatives of the Irish RUNDE of 
Анага, and of the Irish Fores 
nave been invited to meet 
Dom аач Authority i in Ireland on the 
12th i 
By kind permission of Viscount Ive: ЖЕР. 
the spring show of the Royal Ны апа 
Arboricultural Society of зет т б held 
ка covered-in yard of his lordship 
St. Ste aphan b Gane 
April 10. Sch may be had from the бес: 
tary, 5, Molesworth pang Dublin 
The Irish Gardeners’ Association, Balen езщ 1{в 
head in Dublin, sie 
quarters self- 
congratulation at the result of ims dc in 
ing to the Lo e E of Dublin fo or 
reased r ee gir gar of 
and members of in particular; 
engaged i in public horticultural, al and arboricultural 
ork in and about ration 
Torem eman gardener, Sect who is a member 
of the Iri "rein ness d s had his 
salary raised £4 10s. week, wide e 
standard wages of мрена gardeners are fixed a 
not Зз than £3 3s, 
_Silver-leaf 
badly attacked veral 
h trees under glass in n the ae 
en’s, Booterstown, Co. Dublin, a few 
Mr. J. Allely, the bead | ar ааг. 
to try the formula of a local chemist 
who had_ been inte in the matter. The 
TRADE NOTES. 
Іт is announced that under the new im port 
regulations the United "Me will allow "m: 
кш, under permi dr eat Britain 
of the n aci which maintain pla 
inspection, "^w Lily йв, Lily of the valley, 
Narciss a acinths, Tulips and Croc 
steeks, ings, кею), апа б = r fruits ste 
ition: Rose stocks for propagation, | in- 
dedu Mai netti, multiflora, Bri 
rugosa ; nuts, includin: pr seeds tor 
propagation; and seeds of fruit, forest, orna- 
mental, and ЖАД, ey seeds of deciduo ме 
and evergreen [o shrubs, and seeds o 
hens. Zu 
> 
of the 
огото не 
diseases. other ev ia ос ы айне goer 
life, rather ae to restrict normal commercial 
operation 
Messrs, W. W. Jcunson, Lop., Boston, 
peu Lincolnshire, have, during the past month, 
tched sev eral thousand pounds’ worth 
bes m to Vladivostock, via Ko n defin 
days most of the jo equired = — were 
supplied by eigen This 1 is but 
the nucleus of a arger pii eiie n 
will, before many sent avi passed, 
