APRIL 20, 1861.] 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 367 
some 29854 
- being fro 30 per cent. of non-germinating , men ; this had been fused with. soda, but contai ed. E reo grower, and ripens early, which is а great advantage ih а 
seeds for p ud 20 samples. | large quantity of The Potato Oats are also much so dide In былык 
If we compare No. 5 able 11., with No. 4, Table | анай ре acid abundance of M dedo, M са | when grown on мела їп » Xx сбой, and possesses 
r eis ree. 1 next. weighed a ortion of t „Маек | I advantage, t dc ie allowed to ripen 
MEC oer prem in (in fie eti mid being alao an ear id is a most portat 
c" н Mm нау seed. This is of| instead of - ring akon you show oe dens 25 | E" The e re elative Productiveness of different sorts of 
У : shee being at 4 
x Е : aper g - 
importance as showing what genuine seed may be, | beat de ome time a large black mass was left beh ind, | 
| 
8 | The Giant Wh айл is stated to be the most prolific kind ever 
E КӨ latta Бе! g dou —— — ме which on | weighing found е per cent. of w^ grown in this country; but as it is not yet pd known in 
\ former was mixe I examined this substance too a ound 16 | this district, much cannot be said until it is fairly tested, Itis 
LI RU as s regards this ad of mixin g we are nearly all sulphide of i iron, and by a pr а ‚ры wenk being tried "ів year, as most Wheat growers EM ойне z 
TE tt. 
Lir 
not g make it wi 
quantity of seed for the purpose of sowing a 
s trial. 
1 г looking over the Table es we "here Ne tipi 2 at liber Here then w ng pii In an experiment made two ago by Mr. James Smith, 
1 uta that dis was tie cause of. th н md. ient in wb beer. кече of Gray Farm, near Dundo Я sait th Улуш уе НУ kindsot 
kc Wheat, sown 0. nd equa as regards quality of soil an 
Я centage of non- -germinating dede, say from The n» ig 9 АУ ыі ШУЛА же А. quA ly Мн үнү Аде ved, bang all hoavilý manured, 2 rie were 
1 10 per cent., LA t not only the examples ape made А E p" E 5 тк йге dre к 1 wit thi this set apart for edi variety, and they turned outas regards 
ver тораріе tha. M en s are r 586 roduetiveness, as fo d 
еони ras i bela T pua arate € which have bos ә са lst. Hunter Wheat; turned out best. 
а кубче 20.06 ow à genera amours Ot) ооб at the late trial they frequently "d. been| 2d. Fenton Wheat 4 
dead seeds of from 2 cent. For these 3d. Golden Dro 1 three equal. 
bl : ph lot. Bot. -end б (оша it was said by some that they did not| 4 Kessi 
d —— hei dust hw A t a good plan to dress.so late), the sulphide| 5th. Matchless; was third in the competition. 
| ir Y n ма ед and 4h ir behavi PE i - fl — чаа а và — Am сакен tr S e loast duce that Matchless might 
Ы sid die dier de "E ——Ó of the Hop, that it is not changed ру a erhaps been first in the Lewes cocer had the ground on 
drying kiln, but tha when P o the beer. either | ен it was sown b ss heavily manured, as it looked. 
ry 
shows us clearly enough that good seeds are to be 
'btained, but the other rar are as clear that 
from some seedsmen at any rate they are not good 
as ac ctually s old. 
cen les: 
for brewing the | far the most likely to turn out the best с 
h 
evidence, but we are a in possession Р facts | 2 
I more Feet o upon this giten point, and нА 
m e — to enlighten our r gane 
ide and mystery of Turnip seed a 
Фәй 
to Turni 
Confini marks t p seeds, 
assert thai E if i furias will try the givin it be 
as Ho ог “hopping,” vied erop for a long perio 
beer, after a time the iron becomes oxidised, setting butit was all lodged before ы дЫ л үш stood up. 
The por pe у ith E m hles кече Pues all t 6 
the sulphuretted hydrogen at liberty, апа m | winter dod v «Аріна rop. 
ета or it the отно g iir шей out; а ару superior £e. 
add that I also examined carefully the volatilisabie ib» em - is in much favou A. че cu dis 3 M peer a 
portion of this black brimstone, and found i Ен anda v sse varie D 3 
mistake able evidence of arsenic. 
not s prising, as it is well known that sry оока а н 
* iron od f | late n the iu commencing operations. The lateness of 
that substance. Here then I think is quite sufficient tho hay M ne; d d e атау та of f 
wert E 
ason why jan v ic should Sj p Ei buy Hops | алатоо DIM inte 
vofessors а the necessity o 
und. early on the 
1 wers from the bulk of the seeds which may this aylor and Dono) ws m еў — that ame could | уох reby ding its growth 
i year be sent to ; they. йу | a5 Yo- hari deat pure sulphu Sadh nt каа than otherwise it would have been ; it 
= one-third to be rubbish. is о use to try | impurity, but you state ni bes od Ny od to ор ou башар he һеау hinti d 
Ё ind iP a] à except in "Grat ВНЕ with bulk answer the Hop planters’ purpose,* neither does the | the you g G d i tended e hay tóo long in the spring and 
and d all the farmers еа p did this|i impure answer the птроѕе, or the * pu lie ” | begin: of summer has ара to orende the hay harvest 
and communie: e results, what an еї ither, who thé реек. QNA German x and. i is often attended w d with furious oopseqe 
н х{гао tal ld be unfolded, is pe pude e 
е ату е wou un ing Qi year occurred, h: 
i м 
t чыр if the evidence be eee by notes on 
suc g the 
his дак ойго of P роуна pom baso "e ig ne the oy crop 
e bee ured in pro nsequence of the 
no doubt n prohibiti 
gus, and the German Ha. planters have t 
Hops 
fo und the , advantage of it, as thei hav dE rob coming x T y y ee for thinning the 
HUR ON HOP 
for the purpose of 
In that s Particle 16 is stated that no | 
( ү: attend the | 
lh 
A. 
kiln, and you quote from the evi Бо 
ЕЯ exa, Brande, as given at the trial, 
Pe wn pd Wigan, in support of such argument. 
Asthisi ала шубу g theinterests 
Роѓ both tbe e as wers apa Hop go wers, 
was ташу tha can Ea 
а a 854-5. 
I at 
some samples of 
pi he sol id dba, p that 
f the 
Е: T e 
2 then, 6 the same smell at 
became ver ery о. and lead kp 
by holding it at the top of he bake m "ida анд 
ards examined rw * 
stuff 
BS. VAT Hops. The “solution” I fo ше 
E. black еде held in p. b an аай | ans 
h an alkali it becomes soluble in 
d s to be puo tha 
t | district i is RAA ба, it implies the “ Braes 
ET 3 
Ор | Wheat, an 
had been | fi 
to be the | being 
free | farm Fen could not be spared away to attend to the hay 
in England, те. Ше ee нь have been t tally | harvest. 
neglected at half the | M Matthews.. [See + The Value of the different sorts of Root Crops. 
memorandum in page e34 eid M is mistaken m the great ncy of root crops in Scotland during 
in both of the assertions marked v * ]. tho garen of їз and spring of 1860, а a quantity of 
el Wurzel was obtain at 9 m the M th o Engins ее 
PELA Еа сЗа. ат he most d 
1860. gro E а few а es last наан А аа he season DTE "d 
and having so little sunshine, it has nd ral turned Ж 
ing ess are herein set SEN in the Every or crop, if nota failure... The greai ior part w 
of questions up and st re the · 
kiisi үе where 
t wherever the "оа this almost lost. A few ө бер 
raes and Carse | which has been the means of 
and Strathmore —S a portion ‹ ela a field a 
farms in Perths .the rent 4l. per acre, 
been allowed to stand without any pro! teciion, and fi 
only the very smallest of the PUN which are MR. Ш below 
the surface, are fresh, and allthe others which a 
LESSONS OF 1 
THE following 
ойк aner 
to have an muy 
p? tecting them z 
ow days що on one of the bost 
around Dundee,” 
here P € 
of Gowrie,” “ District 
| in gen eral. 
lst: The у а the Reaping Machine in order to 
n | rapid Harv. 
any size are nearly quite ү E for some inches Жа Гар 
this district, owing to A e grain sf Jide Hd ree жа ТОГЫ орагепуну few n". Бе found Mad v.e satio door Ad 
and twisted in contrary ways, and уту the | Red variety, as they 
вісі э йаа іт ча А generally employ e 
Че | Juen there being р hands to procuri 
uence of the grain yri late in c Post". т ados 
Sdn Mr. tud of MM. M Bell's m with ene that he 
cut the Mime m in 
[ate ots, one recie hei inel T 
on several DTE! by acquaint- 
Y same Ati of county, 
md to 13s. 3d. per acre. 
Bell's harvest, ; was like most others, no 
ime one, having DEM over a period of ЕЧ five meii Jor 
in consequence of the erops being so backward in coming estroyed (аб 
forward. The Turnip уна of 1860 in general has been an excellent 
24. ds 99 bf particular sorís оў grain to cope — and a less M ЧО, ruina thán cha Mangel, and 
with w ; Er f los ig аз having turned out twice the TS per acre 
of the la 
Fenton Am Rm as 
Wheat, boing а short p ped " LE 
ving yi 
rather hea 
rne grower and Som 
[FUA ih o of the ground it is 
o be pe i4 the frost, di is well suited fi 
It has been found 
produces a a benef Eup 
rple 
early T matur 
д ps 
n КЕЕ 
ed e of the ah 
autumn vely я 
ot sown in rd Carse as well as Паг p 
f 
Pie op grows more into the ground, and 
dro apt to bé damaged, but is found not to 
en 
p. 
urple ie hd а зеи ver introduced into this 
ear from 
A 
b. ч vy soils and those 
out erally, that it is preferable to use а е 
чау Ж E 
an most othe ther апше» therefore 
uh е еа it has E 
eral experienced cultivators of Wheat, DEM 
for зова for dom sowing Whea е season before | stand the 
esee ot Wrest Fom its er and coming — S шой роле 
faster forward, and consequen à 
Season. _ 
i1 uui suitable T: 
а усаа grown 
s, is орои tobea 
said by 
rrr: estimation, grows 
orautumn use. 
The Greystone, a new variety, h 
po es н енен for the two last qu 
rnip than the White G 
t Nerven of 1860. 1t ip р has been е than an 
Pe nd average crop this season, and grew very ree pon the 
are apt to Nm also а | autumnal season, which was во mild, The Mangel also m de 
