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THE Pa anaiahonnleconl CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
carted off, we gav 
them do 
be ~ on any food the farm produces 
other kind o 
. An 
sheep do on it equally well; our nearest 
7 t off from hi 
cart or. one- thir d of the crop to the farm- 
ee 
invar a when 
stea 
articles reflect infinite credit 
glish houses have 
on their establishment. | 
also been sn and most 
addition 
good deep ploughing (usin 
Ws Pane to that on the seas it eke the skim-coulter), ried and rolled it, pi ag eet 
be said to be the most select collection which | the plants 2 feet apart by 14 foot land being | 
we hi seen in Irelan fair amount of! dry, and not then knowing the hardihood of the plants, | 
improvement has been effected in the style and | we gave the one. watering, which, however, we have | 
i “sed character of ish-made Wil gee an not since had occasion to do, although we are not E sure | 
achines. In addition to the n makers, ip al: inm a dry sea: eid w pa org nd, 
an pae Mr. Paion. San Dida with. a} 6s. acre would cleo thrown away a Aa m so 
uable geor ment ; Ritchie, of applied; a as "by this means the plants get an immediate 
Ardre, wit > drillin s, &e.; and icù 
Mess r Ma usgrav e, of ah, whose beautifully finished | god rst efforts were quite ucen: we 
suite "of stable fittings a and other a beautiful crop, 
obtained 
ater well, furnishing 
very pres food for the ewes s and lambs through 
March and most of April. i 
[sees the Hertfordshire system, using lamb a 
allow , eating the with 
The En 
othe We rae y Mess rs.. Ho orns nsby, i 
whicl 
+ cleaning ery &e. 
not only 
Be 
oth pa found mack 
k a Senate ‘yy her 
As arti 
exhibited themseives 
usual several of their admirable machines. 
machines Ri 
l manures and artificial Bhd ise form 
pocminay pa of Sing shows n y. 
sya word or two thi ff 
which they are snag nor have we any great i faith. 
s. Howard, of Bedfi ford, | 
their celebrated 
Pre he ted b; 
rs. Clayton & 
ps 
Ib ewes in the fold c shins pa after 
| ers, me esde the Kohl obi is ee pine a 
e ha 
We always in this case | 
cow; and p pig t freely, do 
reena areh ‘Welk upon it. have ve hitherto Pr ae 
little in the way of’ storing the cro’ to get u 
few to carry us . Ehxgagh the frost; nor i dod it si 
nece: shay, for w reely seen a decayed bulb on 
the farm 
hoy ely te re 
s0 far will] be ati oe teceable to the cultivation 
of this plant. It will be but fair now | to notice me of 
little Mangel i in the fold. ve seldom had 
O so bags ae noe since have felt any necessity for a 
change. a good pra ctice, however, when i in the 
of which are—first, that it is a great exhauster of the 
> |e sand, —— that the stalks and roots are both 
‘oubl 
Messrs. | 
ver = chaff-cutters and 
K ohl Rabi; 
. | sufficient plants £ A metl 
do ter into troughs. Thħe food b 
esome. Taking the subject of 
e but fair to admit that, with 
| the ind pu 
| always Ban, this may be done without inconvenience. 
will 
e | common eitir ation, bs an B en heaps hig harder ernie 
the ip: but 
urn: 
Within the last few bee we aaa 
ba drilling our general crop o e fallows in May on 
idges: the surplus planta will be uit zy id trans- 
tt 
+ 
to what ergab akos upon sane Pras. in 
enh sir re 
We have already stated that our 
planting by the time the green is 
and which is 
t by one inary we provide 
Mr, Lawes was of course = ented, an properly singled out, enoug: the: general erop. 
many-Irish manufacturers. Mes oulding, of Cork, Light one-horse or donkey carts track the rows close 
charge 102. a ton for i spiski manuri ceive and carry them off to the parties 
these Pong are honestly co: ty rtp “We h ti may be useful here to oo that | o 
knowledge of the pee formula in accordance with 
little inter E time; because act period 
‘manures may be so 
“Messrs. Gouldin 
snares for for the 
agricultural chemistry. It is quite bag that Mr. Lawes 
has shown that the manures: bes 
several families of E e differ som and so a: 
what special $ hie ia character, 
„and so so far only, tist tobe E a do such men as the 
of sp 
terori crop! “4 
Provided the farmer gets- tthe several oon ot at 
He lo lowest pm the i priced the 
he 
o dimi 
ae f me celica still + tice 
agricu el as a ay may 
them, f the 
fami 4 
pr acipa l fo ods 
iB an coor bat 
ap int will apaia more or less 
upon m the weather, ae it, will take comparatively but | and it will be candid to 
al 
for a co arn 
nufacture ecial 
is the 
per 
think seriously te using 
used a ‘80 
rg 
in | to plant. 
area—the surplus plants of a single acre will f 
ing lb is 
jagong. (after casting the bad away) | to plant | four o = “not Dei severed from the latter is apt t 
The general ran ress be drilled on tiigis at some | was 
because the’ 
exchange, ractice 
hi been to cultivate just ly as for Swedish 
and that from the fallow crop we invariably 
igh off one-third of the bulbs, and often the greater 
of the tops —feeding ra | beast = the 
hand and erto, we have no reas comp! 
of the succeeding crop of B „It mt nd wiat quit 
that aft 
come next to the objection as to roots, 
admit that "to a = ANAS the 
ether undless. The stalk 
beri, „and if 
This, howe ever, m ay be easily, obviated aby 
pate is not 
from the root to the bu very 
the cutter. 
thre the middle of May. It may be owev 
to commence demi some a fortnight carla if the jena 
is in good o We seldom use more n about 
2 Ibs. of ed rn acre, drilled on ridges A ta inches 
acs manly not m Wide od en wage 
should be m close to the b, gent 
without the trouble of tailing - ‘aonig them, a per- 
apart, thinning the rows to about 16 inches from plani 
The mode of cultivation pursued by us’ has been thie 
same as for Swedish Turnips, using about 10 loads or 
tons of farm manure and from ni RER toa fifth of a | 
ton of good artificials, such as 
e same -a i “The 
phosphate, Rapé- cake, or the ei down the tel stem 
Sipi TAR 
mode, as i 
Dr 
tho se fi 
ees 
the resalte of chemiea 
ence ‘ada. W wo es any copeeunnaited. with 
hand-ti! 
der = pane. Sr tai kind “3 cultivation, o on orgie 
. per a rent, we usual from 25 
to 30 tons per acre sof Praa one es 
} „food; 
telli 
n 
4 
igent men a ` embarking in the se in 
fari artificial cattle food, On the 
omnshaey is 
the tops, | o: 
kept, 
fit for —a benefit to the sheep which all practical 
men will known how to pigri ate. 
The 
stalks 
mplained fi is that the 
contrary e think 
COWS, over no ~o dad asant 
the ming flavor 
butter e transplanted crop will perhaps be from 
ng some 
as =. tt 
a, O me -OO åa Fa eee ae 
Se is meer up, he might car: 
lucrative trade, and conf 
hut, many 
THE CULTIVATION 
{The following remarks are by Mr. W: 
ons 
terme 
practical ae sock, were: to 
© directed 
han scientific intelligence. B. G 
, the current number of the 
Journal. English 
ar for-field cultivation 
o oculated 
meagre, in reerd The 
we not usually kept distinct, and it 
5 to 7 het per acre less than that grown upon the | 
more by quackery 
OF KOHE RABI. 
et x fem D e 
fishy Arione Bootet 
Both can be had 
ng aps and te is dion lt 
ound. | 
ealt t to goe 
oblong 
the regular way. In a rr Syr fase 
| from which t the usual crop of Tares has been off, | 
we have Pu mg planted Koh T Rabi afta a a dee of | 
Italian Soma: ternately land for land, Me 
drill 
estion is not 1 n the | 
8, Har 
Your to the | mean: 
ioe 
ensuing -crops;-and_ avoiding es Fa 
It is worthy of _otiBS, tos, thit 
seen the si the Kohl l Rabi sprout again! 
How ie shed git she! question of expense between 
this crop and Swedish Turnips? oa. have in the 
ee ae ting at the costi Dji of 2s. or 
neri e ianen bre hand nd a 
eee n 
single 
as S n. addition a fas better ne for 
asa} 
ter expense ore cleaning, wi 
to. In In both cn ah oases ses the tops 
are pee to ga t off by a 
therefore, i mt oar of 
at eceding 
the worst of all rotations. TE the weather prove 
favourable, and Se. oper: eae is i age sy Ju a 
more t 
me derives. We sim 
feedin 
the value of the = 
y | crop of Swedish Turn: 
off i is abate on in favour of the Kohl Rabi, while 
vastly superior to any modern 
T WE have now put the matter; 
to the best ay T ability, os a the farming public; we 
cannot hop allay prejudice, but it is i 
the 
ubt es true, iE i) 
could be had. ‘The cab of agri on Ko 
y be taken ay S m 8s. 10s. per 
q 
balbs wili grow of the bink shape. 
gasi Seay: regarded 
green, a 
spo Rib e 
garde 
pia of wwork—you may ney 
| 1 earn 
of | drilled cro 
n those days, pe akvario of 
seemed, in 
ho wages : a shni of 
tenn in the neighbourhood “ii ina district of markt. 
dens—where the labour: e accustomed to th: 
e labourers 
® 
Ay w 
when it is | does n 
here and in 
greatly ‘tenting, enor 
in Beds, mak: re 
one soli 
vate 
seen dotted 
‘3 and it Ta anat to 
| greater cost of mrin 
The next point is the most appro 
suming the Kohl Rabi, &c. Our usual 
| commence feeding off our drilled cro 
wes in the autumn es 
cows. Whether, 
of 
aar you cut the bulbs or allow 
feed the entire crop off 
they w 
, | requested to 
the lamb-hoggs to be thor gumer with the 
e ground, we have not found | cultivation 
will exc pam us W si) fa oA 
rnish in pai ion for parties supposed 
plant and its 
