THE 
NOVEMBER 7, 1874] 
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um: 
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ehe Middle Tem le, 
of the M es, P ba a 
bloo 
antl emum I pr saw ; but 
to John Salter. It is 
o the pea 9 to see this single 
. Salvia ee hen grand old autumnal 
g plant tso often met with as its merits 
for in addition to = flowers being of the most 
re produced in the greatest 
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GARDENERS CHRONICLE. £93 
more on account of the inherent conservatism of we | them, and enclose you a fair sample of the wood. 
Britishers ” than for any other reaso = = We have not yet had any bunches more than rf 1b., 
may be noticed with aod pres and fio hough I believe I may fairly say this year’s Vines 
vegetables which to occupy the inition yr look more promising than before. I may add, that 
old aeta, and are cherefowt non to the exclusion of | I sent you a sample of this year’s fruit on May 3 
newer and better sorts. Dr. Hogg I at ent con- | which you my $ pinion of them is 
sider the se Strawberry (excluding new sort given in fe eed orrespondents, in the number for 
with which Ihave no Bini, opening tab next comes | June 6, the signature ‘* H. sae R 
nd M tade me then Vico 
Cockscomb. 
mtesse 
ro 
touch of acidity er a absent 
y fruiting and valuable late 
Powell I do not know, but it is spoken 
t I take the supply of 
mber and the 
AS 
aaa akaoki I have watched their movements 
v closely. Any roots they ma w will be 
attacked for the la 
at a loss to understan very 
much inclined to believe that “' pes Gardener F Dowe 
West” as charged th with a won- 
of their under leaves, thereby in a great 
e ty of the plant. They 
in re of loam and well 
ow-dung, n e pots 
a wee 
"Salvi »_aplendens is . plant I 
a I can 
ect selig Tapes. pre there any 
tapes ever made and sold which will measure cor- 
ly? Ihave had the Ss ager af testing a few, 
not on quite correct. So 
are worse useless, and, 
presence a few aye ago, a cause of dispute. H. ic; 
p.— —“W. T.P.,” in your Home 
has a p aph in re- 
icultural structures with min 
three years I have raised con- 
elargoniums from seed and have 
heat but a the common 
e ed 
gives off, and to 
through the last three wi ‘* Horley’s 
i den Frame,” 8 feet: by 
Is., with 3-inch bu and chim- 
ld half a pint of oil, which will 
t combustion more than twel 
hours, I have had two burning low for the last fort- 
Kare i gres 
from these to show that at the fumes of paraffin 
oured iing ee 
derful operation he mla would be A to perform. 
F. Taylor, 
Glass Range at Frogmore.—Please per- 
are no 
my possess 
Pot Vines at  Grimston (see p. 560).— ad I 
intènded pen in ia 
would have been more 
a passing look, 0: 
t the rafter, oega" 5 riban 
‘ont, viz., 
3 it: y, we 
mannre-water until the fruit is 
is 
i mulc 
ickness, oe save watering. 
took the frai ting year for the growing year, when he 
. as papier aE, bise that we we gave 
sieo iet 
The aiaheter of ‘he pe sts 
am aware this is much larger 
Vine owers, 
isy fruit them next, 
We have hitherto accomplished this Ta difficulty. 
lows :—We propa- 
say, po 
° 
= 
ut 4 feet long; then, goon 
apa used 
and 
pe forced ca m last year’s Vin 
clear them and 
So 
my | Potato d all we can say is that n s 
remember to have had pigs get on better, id we 
Clayton, Grimston AEN = udcaster 
THE FARM. 
T AS A FEE —As at th 
gathered ae the 
following market pe ri week 
of October of the present year :— Wheat, 62 tb per 
bushel, 40s. per quarter ; Bay, 561b. per bushel, 
48s. per quarter; Oats, 45 Ib. geben pet or ae 
bushel. Old Beans, 7s. 6d. per bushels 
w these quotations m cant orian on one that, 4 
supposing our live stock can thrive as well on Wheat - 
as on Barley or Oats, the former must be considerably 
the cheaper, and therefore it follows that, at present, 
Wheat will prove to be the most economical feeding- 
stuff, 
For ourselves, we confess that we have no personal 
experience of the merits of Wheat in the fattening of 
e are 
deen extens pi as we 
at present using Wheat som 
the treatment of 
therefore give the following details of 
this kind of stock :— 
Our “hard pigs,” after stubbling, were put up on a 
det ofkon a which was mixed a quantity of : 
the diseased Potatos, boiled and mashed. 
hope soon to be able to produce a few sides of bacon 
as economically, if not more so, than usual, We 
have thirty porkers do oing well on the same food, as 
they are not rn growing, but fattening rapidly. 
with Wheat as pig-food has has induced a 
feeding. On our own farm we 
Wheat boiled instead of Oats, ond 
We have, however, better 
from some friends than our own personal experi 
in supply. 
neighbour who has a very large farm tells us 
tha all through his this year’s ploughing for Wheat 
he has fed his horses on boiled Wheat and wheat- 
straw chaff ae and that they were never stronger 
to labour or looked better. wis ho try the 
So much, then, for for the of uk 
upon which we confess that we y await further 
experience ee a cae see OF te pre 
stand in this matter, we pigs care- 
lly examined what Science has to teach us i 
to aie feeding qualities of Wheat. To anvserite this 
eaders with the following— 
Proximate Analyses of Wheat and Barley. 
Wheat, 
air dry. 
| Barley, 
r dry 
oo | 14.83, | = 
oe Ea 12. 
