SEPTEMBER 21, 1861.] 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRIC Ur UN GAZETTE. 
855 
es deep, steam- 
inch 
deep, steam- 
+ 
Xx tervals, and manured with 15 о of bo: руч 
9 сті. of septimo 1 cwt. of guano, and 1c 
of salt per On this feld, eos the effect 
of imperfect goce iem стз visible eno and the 
near the drains аф much bette ts than 
he erae in the meia unida 
| plo 
XY until | and 
ugh. | 
the work veli Piers more di 
| nearly double, but yet in relation to A 
|y horse-power, the adv: cce eden asi 
n the side of the heavier lan 
ork. 
E HARVEST OF 1861. 
BEDFOR: —From my 
| straw propor tionately larger {һа ae van one. 
| Yet the тетеге is readily accounte А La. Е, p ari rom 
] blight with which the cro: roughout the 
but th y 
ravages of the disease in ow 
stopped wi ith the change of. weather. 
DSHIRE: JBiddenhain, Sept. 12. 
ex perience ia threshing, 'and of others in this 
ed e don 
e so, I must return the 
iab ei eavy eri it үкү i xc 
rained and the soil above 
dated 
Biin the e 
arab 
ciently consoli 
le land being recently drain 
drains not g 
— the „буы of the plough crossing, ы а 
нч 
more 
; No.17 
ches deep; No. 161 
acres) had been and c ross-ploughed 
| Ben 
| pastures winter be 
La anaE ый 
Clapton, near Hungerford, Sept. 14.— 
t will be rather under an average, but 
weighing 
BERES 
I consider т When 
the quality generally very fine, 
12 st 2 e to 13 si, Dis е sok, | = і 
on the ground, whi 
off the yield. "e the 
| very variable, Oats a full average, and good qua н.д 
n асгев) had been түшү 6 in 
оао деер ; Хо. 140 i ) ploug 
and twice scarified -4 ен No. 156 
iwice ploughed 9 inches 
been t ifed. "This | 
ich 
— in quality, generally v in s eren 
must yield well (about an average). s never 
better - Thos Magne 
Sept. 14.—The harvest in this district 
ie been finished about {ча eks, TL пе wea ather — а 
- to some of your reade 
y unpror DAS g RM prove а good 
аке; | crop on many grounds, T. Duc 
an 
PERI карен ON POTATOES. 
ied the attent 
| among others I tive 
| ments, the results of which may not be 
rs. 
e ground selected for 7 ^y eriments was 8 
hearg clay soil, which had been w ssed in autumn 
Les pem dung, the p de crop having, 
The Po tatoes were those known here as the Fluke 
— and were planted on the T of poni the 
und bei "OS divided into plots of 4 yards 
PI ot No. "а рип anted with whole Potatoes ond 
had been pre ly keptin a moderately warm place 
o r three дых p planting, at the end of which 
5 
me they were found to have made sprouts about an 
г} ploughing and 
rdinary Pene ~ is one half the 
the 
көгү 16 is eme vote v farmers ru the 
inch ong. 
he spring and 
been doubled, 
ле |ы 
| have мт Е ма ioyed de th 
the | the bushe tho bost of 
not make mrm: sho mac appearar ace they sometimes 
have done. es and threshing machines 
e last five weeks, and 
confirms that the crop 
reir vm t of €—— growth 
Probably 
has gone · а consumption 'ore known 
га 
ieasons were it | 
табан ыг. 
tter show ор | опг local 
REA Potatoes eut into halves and dried for three 
А oiling 
re of b 
ificial mes applied 
44" рег е 
еге planted in the ordinary manner 
The w e Potatoes in No. 1 were up and 
looking ens ret on 9 5th May, but were cut down 
cu- | by fr frost оп the ! x — They soon recovered, and 
ag 4th June, after which 
Engineer, 35. ; 
9s. Ad. ; anchor man, Р үте pi 
жаы |. 3s. 104.; oil, 1s. ; coals, 12 to 15 ewt.— | 
вау 138. daily. The "total ex expenditure is thus 295. 
ie de this year's crop for 13 months 
food, Me though the c yield per acre will here bga good 
, the а — is less than usual, consequentiy 
the Probabilit y x E prices will ran ood 
The heavy stiff clay 
per 
Wheatof this yea 
land 9 inches 
labour 
worth 24s. 
is not possible that the 
е and interest of әбү үл — ev 
reasonable extent of work per 
Pa pra wth 
without e жен in excellent condition, of 
66 lbs. per vant 
в fro 
+ + 
very warm weather has озшш ed m 
^s 
they reri very га que 
In in the Xe г e e Potatoes were not up 
until 4th June, consequently they were uninjured by 
fall bloom were 
in own 
of the ор, "t Pi ridge nd then Mee up, 
mencing, though desirous of cci s9 
nd is in most instances very small; ‚з 
as Soon ав the disease had unm istake ably shown itself 
has been 
the | bushe| i and the crop prove à а ful average. - taken eighed on the 31: E 
are, so far as the vil scd well; tho pa T tbat have been sold at market tAE Е, sing аз follows :— _ . = 
ricultural | are very bright гч тш Auli al beat eai ЭШТЕ ТИЕШ | Crop] m z 
| uncommon tma this year. Beans are a fi- rares nee Remarks, 
generally; all sorts are much nalis tum : 
;they “suffered so much from аве умеат : lbs. н 
will not much more than pay Partialiy dried for | ТЕ 
es has been — I or е a an acre, and harvesting, eas yield 3 weeks. , - f NES. 
e following. table gives the similar cost in detail of жеп; аге тор. Рош rod i henry m z above ап | pico | Dried at 212° Fah. "i Not m y 
ere than for 3 hours. { iseased as in 
on the er Ri APO EI y years past; the enr planted is ore than De. oe ï «е ж 
managem erence was e.at Жр been — In consequence of the long tirer the he tubus j and covered 42 { but 1 dis- 
good enough to keep a in many places are small; they md about 4s. d ) ea than any. 
EC E E Ro а e sack cheaper than at x: - A year, | Flot4. poc reed et 
ЕЕ ИБ H Jj: but probably paying the growe quie well. the rate of 5ewt. Crop 
ЕЕ Е 3 ERE Б E Ide green crops are кше тте бет want of per, rh - { сей but i 
я Я 1 : pastures are aftorwards - 
з $ 2 1 СЕ WR сы ain any he bnt on or und еа ^ wy erm reins | am mg — 
2 5 (EROR Фу ap the apparent want of food; but horned cattle are Very small roots, 
т 9 = z E i E | ead" Ке наки for the » Grass and | "9*5: out dom — Not weighed. |}. aod MÀ 
ER Беи [‹ n. rzel in most places will not produce crop generally. 
ээ : 3 uma nia 5 3 more lan мї - е weight 2 epo has i " other| In 1 looking at the above results it will be seen that 
фа 2 US dd Acres |5 rien э-же bo ant, bu | the Potatoes wh 
-: 9E: ploughed. | ^ Q usl Ы" by by Ё the sp Баб 1 
z T F Е i parh "(locally t termed domin); E ar ge usuall | aae disri арт "y: peg [күс ee м эме 
58 ES: Б н ааба. | B р all space, which daily | a 212° Fahr. were not benefited by the extra amount 
2 A their rava pne speedily checked, | of heat; and 3rd, that both laying and cutting the 
mors sz Нонна eg ll very seriously tell on our winter keep, which from | stalks on the appearance of tho prei ее p 
uu rking. | 1 8 present appearances must be scarce. М; ny farmers'| inferior crops, w d t uwseniog diseas he com- 
] E > Date. |03 horses k are already without green food, and | position of the guae bove 
TN E " - А $5 consuming fast the prov чаі that in other years is | ехрегїшү ents, md; sold. at as 
н е " BO i Mie жае of oat the effect of š pa à eu 
p: ; x 2s {ү Oilused. | Dodd ё be seriously fe xt spri 2 E 
om E : Ж @ es are by no wis e have but v: "itle C: 
g e в шлш piy Cols ‚9 (Rape), scarcely апу rowen (aftermath) or autumn К 
ые. ый Cwt. E ога; o 100 v ur Ei will 
en © NUR В pe = : а окан ly of Dm quits We -— epos 
юч vego Oil. 8 grounds, but i Еа most instances the weight is not wbat 00.00 
Em аы 3 has been recently Moe UM. fo duty has ‚9% 
& е E e Б oe Ep] Wepeet | Ё acordingly. &pi12.—|The above was amlysol by Dr. Anderson, of tho 
Tr fen, EREFORD узһат Court, Ross, was : 5 ; 
o © е оо © Sw Harvest DÓW 2 mus over, and with very few| University of Glasgow. E. Т. Kensington, F.C.S., 
а уе. © ЖИ. гъ exceptions the bulk of Wheat straw is one-third 1 
Dnm о чо ж ор PM tban үче average of years; and as without iftos groat 
p^ TEC Io HIE дыда. ы й s 
The average cost of ploughing, probably 6 rm | defi io e ч арор) ficen 7 one Home o Medi 
deep, ip cum been less than 4s.an aere here, e, in | » finest Corn harv я е known, and the ho quality 1 Samuelson's Self- eA ping M >It is 
respect of wages and leaving out the ur Wheats is therefore very superior; but I hear from depo cet to but f о ану of your aa 
tenance and cost of a ose who have thr oh EA the yield i is dL not un T elson has, тыа the last few weeks, 
This is with a 10-һогзе engine and a three-farrow | аа ними rage in proportion to the stra This is as new reaping machine E self- Жер 
