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villages, ay, and farmyards put upon them as it ought 
to be tha sense seless cry a abou t “The grea Bao seasons | 
are against us!” 
fining. would seldom or never be h 
But. genhemom I have said I pea "Tiptree e Hall 
Far: m when it was a mere dreary-looking wilderness, 
rs, as the la 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Marcu 31, 1860, 
kind, The latter body, at one time, offer eda penn | narrow stetches, sues shouh S ee broad. A 
of 10002. for a ae less. T object—the discovery os mentioned, 
ith the 
kind referred to should, in | even and satisfactory a as if they pe 
n attempt bed joper a | soniy “going 2 Fe chin Thes 
efer n bre gyi are t ken in 
f the 
| ser 
pade till 
d been 
| 
| our opinion, commence 
| that. is at present abseure with r 
istry ils: and if it served no ot the 
Fi me, abou t 66 uarters of Whea only, and |t 
qt 
ortion, fom its fr 130* acres | soi 
m wha 
1 
vcientifie atin 
eu. 
f rom vay weighbóntiog ste po 
furrow. By this arrangem 
manent, but form in the re 
d thus the w 
wai 
than t s acquainted with the a ich | 
required, | 
arded | 
outlay. 
y SE largo sums of m 
an 
ef 
The e prin neiples by which these experiments ¢ could be ing, it Prizes a seen how by pagon of 
soon 
must not refuse utterance 
+h e aA E y 
y 
SEWAGE MANU 
THE solution of this great gestion can scarcely 
said to to. be, advanced by the two long papers dendia 
read by echi, arose 
tilth ual depth is 
= 
and can only b be s 
great truths are entirely wantin: =. of 
s | plied by an investigation or = si 
= meeived and co onducted o) 
ASES. It is quite possible that such én inquiry j wold l 
5 
of the substance or nae aed arrest ‘and fix x in 
the soil th nts of m: And it is equally 
probable that when once non i ` known such ub | 
k x eep wka ; 
f the results obta ‘ned ‘is that the very toil 
is is mitigated by the never- counts attention 
Where weeds yd "eae to T the 
uld be 
rasia = — for sper the fertilising matters cary 
of se’ of the task 
aid to it, 
MISH HUSBA 
e of aa pp and dra 
Mr. — eal: alter his conrse as 
n agricul cae is success and usefulness 
pot Sane Gale eeiam 
itish farmers as a bod: 
investments, 
advice when it is ; either far- fet ched, o 
a upwards o ears hav 
7 Bente: Anding in the ne ehenean of crops apea 
` capab. 
Xit 
are AS very agel S — 
FLE DRY. year 
A VERY noticeable feature i in Flemish husbandry ie is 
alw; 
H 
ys en ndeavou! uring to get ri rid of thn Sp 
the Flem 
removal more = It is pleasing to aoa eye of the 
cof being | repeat itedly w orked a s he strolls „along the Flemish rads 
es, y 
e | together with the use of manures of a specia al a 
tion of wee ing. Th 1e weeds taken u up: are not fo 
t | racter, ans of retaining, nay | increasing, -the 
thrown _aside, but are carefully collected and brought 
the com) 
ete a aaj nee pear of = ut 
of Cereal and green crops 
o sooner 
m exhaustion by a k a} the clods are disintegrated, and a 
considerable ad- 
n to the fertility of the soil obtained— equal in th 
nary 
theorists, And even the views of men ey more e sobe. 
en Be Mr. Mechi, whose success as a com- 
should alone entitle him we ee 
: ear received with a bad gra Mechi 
this as well as we Pea el bi va 
t i 
H] 
e to conten against. 
Tt is perplexing and vexatious, = doubt, to an a; 
— to find thos 
The whole > gist of the: matter is 30 well put by good man 
as 
fw Ae 
Another ‘point of interest connected with lent 
but t little known if not now altogether out of circula- — ure is the a Bs au t of this 
remarks : 
ment. 
he | features of th the: Leii 
| ado a 
with others ils and th ree 
is in 
is the perfection of farm ing. Indeed,| Thro a great part of Flanders th 
the | first maxim of all farming is to draw from pe Tet sandy nature, 7 oe 
cultural mee imen who should ch 
neer at his efforts, no matter kaw 
= his it must oe is the stiligine 
who oppose all attempts at utilisin 
sew . Mr. „a is ‘perhaps Romni n 
blame in the ma atten pr ted and mat f 
references to th whi whieh he is “ amused ” 
the state of the “ arial mind ” can effect no good; 
as steril that whieh sitts 
eant exhaustion of the soil. To i E desideratam | the sea- oe to a richer loamy soil. 
e school of akea gives as i of the provinces of 
of “the land in Cereal = mis other half å in n pasture = bant and 
n roots;? you will have thus to be sur under 
Cereal, but it will p the 
Flanders, and sf Bra 
which the peculiarities of Flemish In 
zae rt of this sandy zone is much intersected 
canals and roads, by means of Te oP 
f manure can be obtained fr 
On 
say; put tlh fifths of rics 
land under in st only of the half; secure the 
e 
+h Jest SESE 
necessary not in the ex clusive culti- 
alderman’s source of amusement. the i fact of 
the case is A m the solution of a nich a ee 
problem as th: of sewage cannot be solved igo a 
Mechi or the carers Club. We 
opinion aa fi 
“round n 
—— — a eae oi cultivation aay 
The supposed 
y. 
ation of fodder plants but in the variet y 
bten 5 z Flay; Pep ares Chico 
nd farina of v: 
ps 
an | already 1 baiek ae ce p uce roots wand peste pa 
tlas as pon the same soil and i in the sam e yea _ We hay 
vi 
| Sees 
he 
with per- 
ey. 
pos ie car of Mr, Sidney = = e ea ere this 
ìearned to look upon th 7 y one preg- 
Pota toes, 2 of Barley, 3 — ae 
ae rae) — stolen 
th 
see under poe and sare 
renouncing our textile and ne lants. Such is 
the essence of Flemish agricultur 
Although much used “throughout Flanders it > m 
at | ero 
Sot 
pro! The on; ly al 
a: pl gh ny aleae aasi sbong parh e is | cro 
create a fine tilth. 
of | the spade the 
used immediately after the Plough, = a to 
p b: 
The furrows ar 
rfiuous 
SEB 
FE 
© 
E EFER 
rece 
Several emista h 
in the pebeenre ae of Sea BOR. the oo of 
any prospec 
sewage with a oi mercial s 
done its work the farmers are seer 
ala. spade or "the — “implement bp 
requires no great oben of chemi 
know that there are g Teat di iffic ulties in the 
n the manner its impo. ce dese We are all 
cnet too, that chemistry. aa ‘achieved most rl ck? 
es y short me. Eve 
_ This 
cal knowledge to Pay: 
seen busy er 
ucing the clods 
s de W; ast Fla de “the t E apada Kad pisa 
e aes, in East Flan es at s — 
phe iat called, is a. When 
through ‘this district at a 
preparing the 
a plo cu mee ae P 
with the pade: 
passed 
hee re ‘a cat via 
seed, we e travelled — without 
but numerous labourers were 
In some districts ‘be land is dug 
in aie the ey dig all s oil intended | 
eals 
= 
os airy Society aa ‘vote a 
10002. for a Ean aiy of this | jg 
ing o 
50 centimètres is a 
exceeded. summer, 
Flemish farm a dept 
usual Sa n Sii this is often When 
the land is prepared for white crops it is laid out into 
the i e for consideration. 
