easonable, 
heats in 
558 
hun till do “that manda ai PRESENT CONDITION OF THE CROPS. 
many hunts, viz., jump ‘‘ o do (F Cokraspont 
Where there are crofts pr ed to a pien, Bigri NORIO esther iitnied s Thos, unigeason 
ir es, 1 poo ieira aro spect of improving. 
se two . cow are kept; and ET b pati f| the good loamy Pat have nitherto Dare pretty well, and in 
heifers, be ich two POA o ge eaters appea mee were recovering from the effects of the ed 
that close attention which is paid em, and rricane, but this continued wet weather is begi 
i i i tell upon them. The crop has received some i 
that ‘toate aie Shi Spine oF 2 ae which the Pr of the 28th ult.—te what extent it would be difficult 
is practised to put ‘‘a little something” on the| toe ate; where the plant is thin the damage is 
crofts every year. There is, howe some extra| perceptible. Oats and Beans are looking well, but Barley, of 
hel ‘. dmi $ d hich a large breadth is sown, is far from promisi 
elp required to a par destr 
eans, id 
the winter, as well as to make the most 
in the sum 
small folks in this 3 es a is done b 
men + haye m niary means, 
When the book of a good “ley” $ opened i 
usually SR hus cottagers 
for a small sum get rid. of their heifers 
m wold nen day tf „ till sit 12th < 
son ‘ith th g them 
0 
a fodder 
en they. are sold to the dairy farmers, 
A th nd heifers fill i ir places as 
circumstances 
Out of all this ari e which is 
conspicuous: the women for the ink gee live in 
their proper place—at home. 
shire peasants have employ 
with their cow and pig, and the undivided atten- 
tion they bestow on them bri to 
mark 4 a poh rapidity. In many 
are now receiving ne 
or tos. per Pea an grin ee while 
Cheshire pig: every one has a cow or a pig, 
be or a pair of each, besides. Under ‘use 
iE will “be "anteipated that go 
n have here an independent air about 
m; this will be admired, rather than 
objected to, by peop of well regulated mind, who 
ess some knowledge of human nd an 
required to labour in. The Cheshire peasant 
not a very actiye race, iti ‘is true, bu a 
stability that ill-fed m possess. 
They are systematic too, can work well at 
most jo oughing excepted, ut the best 
way to meet them is by ‘ piece,” or as it is here 
termed ‘“‘hagg” work. If labo can feel the 
ages: i 
out. Who would? 
a though pi or when bg Prep 
„lan 
iers of 
omia oanien they 
[e] 
© 
basi 
anes 
ee Y- 
as a rule isa“ ct at i 
ond that pe ‘merely in ee wetter 
rs have a ‘real Engl 
ut, 0 e point :—Cold Ream it must 
be ae to poot oi p: p oinor snow on 
the with a h 2 rain, or 
in a dull Venting or bitiog 2 Ain how ling north- 
easter : if for the gratification of gentee 
society ais ns ent afford to admit French 
wines free of duty, surely the time has arriv 
zt conce er sons of 
e 
indulgence of warm ale on a cold day with 
addition of “a little sugar and aie! 
ts, though ype ena and well 
said, require 
telling sited of & of doing this 
them beer beer warmed, with 
. 
s 
‘elt 
Bui, ifp pes they ne Kept ks they are ready | 
to calve 
z ce o 
The ravages of that pest are yearly becoming more serious. ell-drained fens. The subsoil is so Aad? ab fad siveli 
vies the CRE is food rifclal Grasso aro not r want gh SERT at the water percolates freely quickly through it. on i 
eria a ade) y cuttin e at least a Dmae Ia la ar iia althougn noe taeaie to So AEP CeT strong and 
7, x y , even whe 
than usual, the same may mity aaa of Sten heck well planted. It is also very backward on lands where the i 
a ee GRE pe LSA he crema a AL aE of ant ig ai Pt Pi 7 A a has done so: ischief, 
Mangel W Wurzel was i = oy th most favourable circum- Rear ae iit Parisien inns aaa: d ie 
states the seed rapidly vegetated, but the storm and subse: | |.i-ing their heads as drawn up by sun: tio 
quent heavy rains ‘haviog seriously injured the crop, roken and bruised si are injured can scarcel at present 
hundreds of acres in this district will be ploughed up or e estimated. There are no symptoms of dealing te deok 
resown with Turnips. The sowing of Swedes is backward ; the sap must thardtors continue to circulate, but whether 
many rc ape. are Paaa b "oe va be others sufficiently to enable the corn to 4 perfectly matured re- 
Which is certainly in wretched, condition for receiving the | -Paina to be seen. GA our Di colant io thats and 
ri acious, p its co 0 Si ah 
a a ang | ema tn a al A 
been rising, best red is n orth over 60s. per thd Piep abil soiled landa” paaa E we ks A : i 
quarter. Stocks were never lower in the mynd bi the | some danger of the crop becoming too luxuriant, thefe is 
growers, nor is it supposed that either merchants o 
are unusually stocked ; this, coupled w: 
late harvest will pre event any material “ae cline PEA for 
the next few weeks; indeed with a continatan h ich 
unsettled weather, we may rather look for a further serious 
advance. IV. C., re a Coast; June 12. 
GLOUCESTERSHIRE. e late wet weather has bee 
pbs for PTER Ce consequently the “turnip 
only partially plantéd, and that which is in does not 
ith the prospe 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[JUNE 16, 1860; 
scarce article for the next t © yea: all may be sai 
used a tae ore “and sheep sell high; whieh w 
what co e for 
be: fall of inea Pri br equalled 
t., neither will the w 
40) per 
Since weritiegs the ees 
ve had a fearful aes taton and veryheavy rain 
q dan O Ah 
od by stron 
Ri erhaps no soils hg 
ather than the — 
whole, I should say, a raa Ko of straw with ai average — 
ag of grain of good qu: Barley is not enough grown 
gh gies bata Oats are 
E 
and crusty, whereyer m theo cleaning was nece , the work dare just in blossom, as are also the Peas; and with a 
entirely suspende the land cannot, De properly change of weather poti mop promise to be good. Mangels 
cleaned, I never ceaenatee sò many weeds in thes pring have planted well, but suffering from too much wet in 
bi atti k especially, and very little can be done towards any instances: Pot: a soy are alsos guateining injury from an $ 
n check. Where there is a plant of Wheat it ae ot moisture and a low temperature. The hay crop is 
mc he ealthy, though backward, but much of the Cotswold | good; several fields both of loas or pa d of permanent 
piloted pepe. w. $ pos ai E ‘thin ond can never become | Grass are already cut, but require better weather or they 
ythii ing Von rage The attempt to fill up by st be seriously damaged. not grown. Coleseed 
drilling Whè: at ha “been generally unsuccessful, as | not yet sown. Pastures yield an abundance of f ALS. 
Sy tgs aysyally: abun ant; and a wroeh portio: Rusion, Chatteris, 12, Tam glad ive you any and 
s destroyed. Some of the early-so ent corn has lost| 4)] the information I can; We have earned much from the 
elsi lately, and T ook spindly the inbat iroautithig and torms, and that on the 28th May twisted our thin 
the cleanest crops are the later s Ronee Bose are pro- a o ch that they looked nA ie paet recovery. 
mising, R h of course bac kw var. d. spring| {have examined them in the’ past day or tivo, and am sur- | 
eans are generally good, and the crop of amet much better prised to find that the broken and twirled stems bave 
than was expected, though the plant i is aas very thin in| 4) become sound, and will I doubt not produce ears of corn. 
the ground. On the whole the prospects for another harvest | The bruised and broken parts’ are strengthening every day, 
are crhité but encouraging, and should the present un-| and shortly it will not be seen where the’ injury ap s0 
favo Soe a pS eee Hee ich ja np le it ndtv ill y oaos plants which lay flat about the soil now stand 
very seri oduce of lambs ew near); look flourishing. As a whole our Wheat 
a lamb re nem ewe ta out), Br the te Aa y amongst the on Tine wal but backward ; we have no signs of 
ewes has Pe thee above the a’ tS Harvest 1 - earing at about a fortnight later than for 
. bably be ater than: The crops of less a premature ri 
Galego; allege fain are E generally good y is good; the È ; a Judging fronit wet 
ey looks i an ; the later ieee and cool stai lands that is vi kely to 
vey OnE Join wi cana The College, Ci rencester, June 1 lace. Oats are looking well, but like most of 
ISLE oF THANET,— ort any thing favourable of the rops require weeding, which the weather has mui 
growing Wheat x “7 The ptdr aai wet weather is showing | retarded. Barley is not much wn by us. Beans are 
its effects more and more daily. T eat oni paS eysisthe| thin and backward crop, and-have suffered greatly from 
best; all that was planted after other green cropsis thin, | the storms. Peas likewise suffered much, but are recovering 
yellow, and unkind ; it will be quite three sa str than fast, and will be a good crop.. Potatoes we have 
usual in coming in r. It is not too forward yet to be dance, | šad at läst they Es 1 up and progressing oat The 
h 
of wi nial weather. We na ave less land planted with getting very w Owi aia the fet al ot the land we 
Wheat. prt masta, and hee ste k ‘Wheat t in farmers hands | cannot ET host en freely. Mangels are largely cultivated; 
is very small. Barle s has suffered from the they come up badly; some are res ; they never did do 
wireworm ; where it ii noti it is lookin Fiadh better t than| well in wet weather. Very few Swedes are yet sown, and | 
Wheat, and there is no reason yet why it may. met prodig a hen thed land can be got in order for them itis impossible to 
good crop; Pare ang the wet there is a marke say, as we have copious rains every day. No chance of 
improvement withi è last week. Oats are hoe itdnatvety s awita is i dust.” This year Cabbages and Kohl Rabi are 
grown here hat hee rē are, are generally looking we Our! coming more into ccm Our ows are growing fi 
dry light soils are not suited for Beans, but w. they are | put it long ere they could bè Jaid in. Clovers have 
planted, they look better this year than usual eas in ex- suffered very much from the whipping winds. Grazi g lands 
e situations have been much damaged by the gales we} look well, ane the stock do not prosper. The Grass is always 
e had; in sheltered situations the rly plante: wet and cold. Our long wools are making from 48s. to 50s. 
looking very well ; this ager only to the mon hog Peas; per tod, a higher price than short wools. Jno. Clarke, Long 
it has been much too w and cold for all délicate varieties. Sutton, June 12. x 
There is a large Ahia otatoes planted ; they at present | NORTHUMBERLAND, —The ¢ crops on dry warm a Aa 
look. strong and well, and I have heard of no disease yet. well, but on cold: lands they are the very r i Stii ani 
Mangel Wurzel is generally a good plant. This useful root is sickly ; we have had avery great deal of Cua sie on my 
re extensively grown every year ; it is impossible to say | dry land I h: nly bad one day’s work upon it since a fort- 
wy we shi ave done without it ies spring, and those i it this 
ie 
=") EE 36 p aE Ses 
4 BEES SE e H SE EDEBE SE è E 
Š 3 
early a a s iann 
eek even though uld conti 
well, and what I havi und ah d <- We appearance at > Harvest must be late now even 
have commenced mowing out ; ainfoin ; ; eavy, | on our early lands, and there will be little cutting in August. 
d so it is of Clover and artificial Grasses, but fine| I see no corn into the shot bla èt, and if you allow 4 
eather is Ned Ener wanted for all our crops as well as for fortnight for it shooting and ei weeks from earing to 
the bay. I © it is a fact that we bave less rainfall here | “shear. disposes of a good t. Mangels and. 
on an average of years most England. Our| Potatoes have brairded and grown well. nied a had 
chalk soil seldom has more poy than is Penete for our | too much wet and make little growth, anda 
but this year is is ES aù cone. We have not had illt ds; Hecham, Anick Hoa Junel. | 
x for the last mouth, and during ig. “ate, and looks altogether ; 
— yp having lost plant in the — 
aeae g time yield ati i 
z 7 : at ming e 4 
ro at present two different | 
0 old ay le ai therefore we a e are loo! panied wis more than : that on. low! g sickly and unhealthy 
Se Garge inc Ah ph ope its We Manser, Ju tea Sane in app ce, cannot prove an: g but alight crop; OD 
Lavens a wo ha a boon indeed. W. Manser, J agbe d in a high state of cultivation, however, the crop ió — 
TRE.—The severe winter and lat: very bulky and m lodged, and with the wet 
Sie that the ee fine growing ae in May were not | weather must soon beco d by blight and red rust, 
su t to restore vigour; 7 wet days at the end of May | ‘Ge. ; there Fe therefore no prospect of an average crop of 
quite Bieta mted workin kmg Cit BE bt it to eure of the — 2 ne a although usually ? 
ground, but it was ed u ie gales h ani : i looking 
28th, the most severe felt for miny arnt c Gr of roe “indiðerently, pej the excessive AERATOR 
J uhe this district was visited with heavy thunder and rain ; ph in u the Jovem PE anei were not ` 
since then there vai} ne fine day. At times the lanted thig but. were 
rain has lasted long and so soaked is the land, that even on ja bansa kg setaiionh haste Tow oa ia eepe weather 
those best drained and farmed the crops look yellow and however sow Wines seeds of ‘disease in the plant, and at 
healthy, and the s does not grow on the pasturé or | - crop of tubers cannot be expected erop is 
meadow land as could be wished. However, dry ho ther} abundant. The Mangel.crop badly; large quay 
would soon alter the face of the co ~,, The tof] tities having: been i y- 
sown is not so large as usual ; it is (with SAPPHO) 
thin on the ground, looks healthy, but will bé short of straw 
promising than for some years past. Bogen are bef ‘ 
tare looking well. Of Pota: a great quantity are erage gro i 
set, they are coming Sakri: well eer slowly ang require fine |- is not likel ; asi work is com: é 
A ag It is Soon to ark upon Turnips and Man- |. stand still, and no Turnip sowing can be done until past th 
00 wet at for the Re etl-daiiie of stock or midale Of the month $ ald“ he weather change to fine 
. The crops of the latter will not be} Joseph Blundeil, Jun 
heaven but pen exertions are being made to mow as large 
2 5 ara Sk 1 8 
en S : ee a © egies eat NE 
Surrotk.—I can nen give vite a satisfactory answer io 
tabular form, without first telling, you oot a oes i 
may call) temporary appearance, 
