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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE [Max 12, 1860. 
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sys . SMITH’s operation ere on the | amou et sand or l it r at Loi 
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had left Wheat looking equally well at home—the | pciro by which pases determinations are accu af DE Fie is gis, Pe nnde 
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TI mae. WAS A8 | good Whea t soil as any one could the unpractised eye to dete iffere ences in} 
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development, ie the labour it involved was most | thers is om an a gener ral wn sufficient t 
unequal na distributed among the months—and | inquirer—- 
sence of Clovers, root crops, and Taa food | noe of allio so aiee meee Tha he ta 
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on that plan that which i is at present our most pro eir investigation should be entered into to Maidan. by the s & s been us 
a f far A $ 4p nsure a good result as that an ig should | just as the productiveness of eee tillage is being 
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were already convin ced the authorities had that cannot be too gene many, understood, „and we, |e sxponeivenees: of epee NORN ant the defective 
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zten that. me t Hiearoek of Mr. Smrrn’s | a private 
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ich are only brougl it together, bee vrap reo me. our yield and diminishing 1 ex 
fact st usually at the | so heavy and threatening, while _ guano 
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t rom an agriculture | Ki this analysis, and that itis as pai vig ur “that | flowing to waste. Ha appily, pate the new 
t o practice. was | 
majority of those who listened | tak ze place of guano or psi rphosphate—is a matter 
that the 
: | well as costly character of horse-powep 
posing so chimerical a specula- | erefore, direct attention 7 i power cult 
» OLARKES assertions had been effected,| The Ese TE now. to be reported upon are seeds | power. 
even if attempted, was in CS enough. The land | which recomme a à per- | 1. The Rey. Samuel Smith, the Vicar of Lois-Weedon, near 
it was stated good Wheat soil; but it was | manent pasture in a situation described as foltows : 2 fgg een enter Morthamptoabhize, E NE b ee ord 
estimated at that after a — Wheat 7 had | ‘The field consists of a chalk gravel soil 3 to 4 | aan Ebara a wad warranted tin expecting that rb iri 
Tete Baka : out m he | or 5 inches in thickness along the bottom of a vale | dinary and profitable experience, in spite of low prices, woul 
average yield had been : annually fnefeaning Page ve upon the wolds o hire; hence it may, I) pe tested at we that Ontets A kingdom, r that 
Lois-Weedon ma agement, ile the annual ' think, be called upland, Previously it has been | despairing of ever being able to grow Wheat, or any other 
expenses, if anything, had diminished Is not/ su j ect to the growth of the pion W: raa esr | Sg ei vana g — $ ee $ ; the progress ofa novelty 
this f s-W doctrine even mor | The species as under 7 rec be got in | patient and undiscouraged, through al lotiy Seksas at 
than original quality of the | Separate parcels, and s oa ron i rae to be | bowing, culture, and harvest, duri 
land? The difficulties on the se of labou: 
m edul dividuals, both scientific and ti 
_ may be considerable; mt if the profit be | is the result :— aul i aed iy a few imitations pete ina tga rn 
as Mr. Sm an LARKE declare, | Pana. vet Se ag ia ee eae eee. ae [comparatively Sal N agriultura ral, 
t will not be Erien ts, nd steam-drawn | a x | P trust that the practical members of this Club will brin this 
implements will no doubt help to overcome them, | rere geere eau E | äisenasion tens lly practical issue, and not lev the year 1860 
<a z „Fii. hi 1,600 away without sowing, in various districts, a con: 
We join Mr. CLARKE in the hop hat further trial 2: White Butoh doe -efi 11,200 Small weds T OREA of experimental ‘pieces of the three-row pee iri of 
of the plan ma san- erga on the soils—perhaps the |3. Millefoil 1.920 |Plantain and others. Wheat. I have inspected the astonishing crops on Mr. Smith's 
lon i which adapted. And 4. Anthoxanthum odo- 16,800 About one-third weeds. | little farm more than once, and did te oe of my subject 
c Wi is adapte : to : fa 
d we poeta areful perusal of -his in one I could tell of winter Beans, in single rows 5 feet 
on perasa | 5. a Duhakans ‘2 1,000 Dusty and chaffy. part, branching so as to meet a magn the ding Saat with stalks : 
paper. 6. Poa pratensis .. at More than half its weight | = aring 40 or 50 pods each, and y a hg uarters 
c made tae SA pire per acre; ie in a fallow. space s beeen Phat 'e raised 
pate irt, » | Sor 9t f ts besides. s per acre 
~— On next Tue esday week the general meeting ah me ” Ranunculus of Swedes, faint iiei în fatiple foes i 5 fi re apart, on their 
= the English a A Da e Society will be held | eaves touching across the intervals, and their bulbs flatteni 
- Alopecurus pratensis | very pure ennek fee, from | each other’s sides, though singled with a 12-inch Tooo 
dur g year. It must not be supposed moni, | Butea yk heen. Nava engages Da 
mited, y wei cultiva wi 
a eee house H list, which will then moe presented as most of its flowers Perna the intercultural tillage is Indeed « marvellous 
to the members for ado doption or modification, is the are oe in anther, so | promoter of the fo man of nen the tren 
maniat decision ; | as being unripe. buri #215 inches below t ri 
the Council, from whom it emanates, 8. Festuca duriusctila .. 2% Mostly Holcus Tanatus: | supplied. And la tte dn. Sete KOLIE eNA along, 
[he atisfaction of any a siderable portion | pen oto maps (ecm tale of the sa eo iat tan ie ma 
ofthe general b y of members is necessarily repre- | 9. Lolium perenne A) 320 Mostly Ranunculus re- | planta s and spread ee their network of root-fibres like spiders’, ] 
sented to some extent in so large a body as the Pee Ps ___ | webs for some fest on all sides... But PEA on that M 
ouneil ; and most of the points to be mooted at These samples lassed as foll petite. N 2 hony en Ppa o stand thelr ground as edna | 
the se aos discussion have been carried Nos. 1, 8, 8; and 9. Ore sam though both corn and straw are abst acted ov ery year without 
y o inst considerable opposition, rats ps tee medium quality. any m; return. 
That there is thi o disse isfaction is plain from the ny ee nae Mr. Smith’s land is, just what his publications have — 
Wet sltundy:om at that ost all the leading ro a ad been “mixed it would have told you “ee i oe Bi ae = the gener rental a a | 
: ic j soil oi at 
Elm ‘of agri ral ie “er have | minations, but as it is we iato gertetoly refuse to Paved ; the 5 
obvious ensi hibit at . Canterbury eos h prer sow the bad examples of seed. That mixed seeds | chie chiefly a areny arene The a aoe | 
8 : anner in ToT Ee! are made by the dishonest. trader a Sedia for | exist over tens of thousands of ni; = Sey, | 
Ween it peat ta Dy the ag Te been etting rid of “all kinds of dirty valueless Gy ties erably fair Wheat land may be brought by the 
chin asks meis generally. The system; | Grass re Eel ee there can be no doubt, and | same means to a similarly PEPIS con ion 
for so ei hig rs to be, of s seeking for efficiency bard etectine the imposture tis Wate e clay piece is as follows yi 
outside of the agricultural ranks rather than the alt ae te cn h to be | 1t Was in Grass, which was taken of ofthe and 
t it f thi, cape | from e zesu Mg as pe and is clean enoug was then ploughed the full d red and takon of th i... 
accept it from wi where “pom pai be found, free plants, and good Grasses, weed | followed by Vetches. After this came the first triple- 
finds a new d evelo opment in the house list of five tease et nd “natural to the land,” so Wheat, the wide intervals hein d by spade-ane deep, 
ingi surface a Tew Lg 
pret at iti is aint gat ae but a peau and often | subset” The second year, thane ss stirred and poet 
at = — l westig. opty arama, of Bee- or him, to aa own. and wit ow a inte Pete a ers agin stiet mae ang the AUPA i i 
stone ; ove; Mr. = ha s come neous? ae beer byrne. ony epee bone In oa g 
5 another alternately. : 
Waris of of meee Mr. James Carr, M.P. es farmer is ap spe o ten stavnnly s a seeing an re, raan ome fo want down: a little 2 | 
fe = ke S gate sg my green in the artificial meadow or pasture, poe er he | EE 3 € a a i ies Smith then 
and three out of te uae bm = filled | Ls net ot ufc < er as to the nny come identifi- | Cultivated for the net toe years with pit 
glial an mes of titled of no strictly agri- rad son ualities of what may = snd in 188 Be at however, 
eee are. - which we hope ent of limited and 
nen ears labouring to 
neers „and has now 
to the extent of i rawn with wire 
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It is not con so a iplifted subsoil on ‘th e top. Preparatory rts Wa hid 
up this phage house list, pe many a seedsm man of the present day is getting nape grater urnt; then. comes the fre the å with 
rte idee Hint bl a ich v “pe this sort of i ignorance. Tek ae ior | three subsoil ti moi same a ges 
_ it e_a blunder | ever, know his true position and interest herein, | | and loosening the stubborn soil to Ha dept so 
tend for n correction at Han over Square on | dudtles will: demand’a zenu? dp Be be at | The revolving tines raise the whole stratum in spits, W pg: 
te g ne seed, may be a off behind in an inverted posture by a clearer 
Tuesday, the 22d of this month. faa an need price, yet he will not require so plomer a breadth taken being 22 inches, ag stirring im 
shes : e summer season action is perfect. 
WE would partic early direct the attention of | ™ | eng fair = tee ch ean never tre ire aaea |" annual ex: ae ; 
our readers to the “ Notices to Correspo: ndents ” <i , Digging and cleaning the moiety of each acre + &l 
this week’s Aelia a also of oe e- previous | “Fe Sown with the Whea E Ti ses aie nes, Ss Pee 10 
Numbers, at least in so far as the question of dir = gon and hand-w 3 
seed is concerned, They will find that the rnp WHEAT-GROWING ss THE LOIS-WEEDON Two ng with crusher at at red “aii and spring Is. ges EA 
of seeds sent to us have been uly re reported upon. EE | Bird keeping aa aia $ ey 
and w ariable cl following J. Algernon Clarke, x TETAI eget | 
srt atten, Lsticchoshing. San resi oe loot Reaping, &c., to threshing and marketing ek OS 
men ofthe oc ee Club. ] ia 3 al £4 19. € 
: OUGH I am ring. before you on this occasion | Rent say 21, rates. fame Ae AE 
| some extraordinary results of the mechanical tillage of is ond tom wa A i 
18 | soil, I have no wish to disparage equally: important ge 
[art ba ven uring; and while 1 hope to show the advan- Bote shonidbe lay may be taken at 3. 10h pe Per ws ~~ j 
i g haar yay nt sence o the same pr eindse e nantes ys to be 
| iri e importance of judicious much more cheaply. "what hae beam the produce? 4 The 
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hus shane for discussion | of this week, and also to — following oan of miners Ns pre me <= ae meat 
(an in ae of nine samples of seed sent from | advisable, w aK empie inne i 
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