Jory 21, 1860. | 
THE GARDENER’S CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
681 
rices s paid for me all kinds, a 
high pi p of and 
The es scarcity and high price of wool, ar re eden | 
air ction n to Islands. 
3. Mop. CONDUCTING INQU. 
On this Beis no isis can be laid are as each 
country will best judge of the machinery mons oe 
e Bri 
ming is more profitable, and Soe pas in 
than corn 5 and the ene to which the su ar face 
ntry 1S b 
can oy a asce: 
f which an t alteration of the most 
ay be going on, of Kanep the nation 
A 
5 
Ma. 
ow vast ree 
imple! 
hese isl 
eee too os 
© m 
ma E 10 million quarte.: 
thrown as markets of the wand for this enormou 
Cae e corn market in Euro gee and Nor th 
eon Sa eg agitated, an export 
t of the monetary affairs of the 
would snl fll all aires would be affect 
ted. a 
disastrous conseque: x 
Buta change like ara Pich is perfectly natural, yi 
wuld be e accompanied by no such evils if the fact of its | 
were ascertained beforehand, 
and, md the requisite r 
On the contrary, pone an er gga 
roduce of other countries would, at 
he a legitimate [nterghatgo evoa nations, 
the best interes of. al 
and pro 
ained by correct ae he 
ofit 
General thro ae ‘the ar a aih W appears 
d PY | sta xed by that officer; and 
w med 
su pci system for the United ea might at once 
oe 
of poio pna 
try s 
priate 
it should be such as, by recommending its elf 
of the farmers, will secure the g 
mi are a akal ‘for t 
and its resuscitating powers are perfectly 
ae the Buttereups, Daisies, eee and 
sses which erly clothed i or] 
the fi 
descriptions s of her age. Before i pe nd 
pas Grasses are to the good as 20 to fter irrigation 
e ha ave bad Grasses to the good as 3 to 30. „ The 
tatio 
surprising, 
Gra 
endly co. 
with this dats, both t 
ormity of action. 
thi cf in 
quiry has for Hae | yen een 
x 
winter or r beg ginning 
pel 
in condition for. hello ewes vit lambs before peirar 
n the see eeds. After they have cropped | the, Grass 
and s be 
Piece: i and cheaply conducted by the Etot- 
by the 
as a similar 
in, an 
ement anr r; 5 
or ganisation is no piee at Brita 
~ 
s possessing an uniform survey of the 
cere ation ae pose of the 
tained from the map, by 
each field. 
= 
merely noting the ‘ehh 
closely the waver and 
give it a stimulus for the production of hay, which is 
cut and off the ground ek Ro middle of June or 
egi $ Ju ly, wher meadows are flo ‘si > 
itabl 
iia 
for the i 
math, which in fav wae § seasons will bear it 
until Christmas. 
infoi slopes of the Cotswold hills 
ess of soil render them 
able. 
with ae “ability o of ‘groning mo. 
uffici 
o as t 
tinued cropping, the 
of the farmer, answering every desire. The aid 
feature of the _Sainfoin is 
tricts. 
Novembe 
ak, 
eae Congress desire to impress up! 
ents the vast national “importane 
owledge of | 5 
on | of Wiltshir 
ted t 
pra 
upon the chalk hills 
me cate with 
hence 
be ee and Berkshire we find it 
eet 
Dat ‘which, at the time 
calcareous ingredi rta 
cultiva exte tent, and the "Gatswolds may 
E agricultural statisti e "telan. Between 1340 | fe 
the 
and 1859, the chan: 
of that country ] haa in 
half in the number of live stock. 
aie ed a . diminution of one-fifth 
| are Finke, da 
d papili 
The co 
geno! 4, Belong: 
ana 
apilionaceous form, are succeede 
11 t 
The advantage of ngn ampum statistics is acknow- 
ledged more or Fess by all. ci lised c comm munities, But 
one reer may te sealed from the abundance of 
others. James Caird. 
% etcalt ure, a difficulty in 
rm necessity that was generally felt of supplying, 
along with the ascertained extent of la nd el erations 
crops, an estimate í of tps probable yield. Inp lishi ing 
such returns, 
padi ini Fae ard to those 
THE NEIGHBOURHOOOD OF CIRENCESTER. 
e otong remarks are extracted from an essay by Mr. 
n Pick rein a student of the Agricultural College. | 
nage.—We may t ie for pre že that the 
d that eae is ata. | 
pom Dra 
oolite will be suffici ently drain ed by ‘own porous 
interior. Upc an the Cotswold and chalk hills fo van 
foin is generally 1e 
cessiv vely, 
one in “ev ery twenty years, but i in “yr eastern she 
Jot. sth, O 
ea bees successfully adop' sted; in which case t 
Hae sae. Lets of the ley. The chief value 
this ow the land a rei cessation 
othe exhausti 
a om pat 
e 
En | of the -iasperviods beds, which is Piim effected as 
fie fe oo Z., the Goad i Hasy should be ika 
as a reliable basis for estimating ANA gt of crops, a 
pee rri i ht also to be wards lis 
pli , which, being an stimate “i will 2 PA 
The estimated yield of the crops is, fortunately, the | 
j|the land, to carry away the 
e 
follow: 
otter; ‘vith main drains at ngles s upon t the fall of 
datet collected Arg the | ¢: 
former ; or in case of s ee bursting forth, an inter- 
ght 
right a 
me time to peor Pin making a r soil by the pro- 
ests which it possesses of deeper so its mineral 
matters. from the solid rock pengat Sainfoin. is 
pecially suited for sheep, and makes substantial 
fodder for cattle and. horses enay 5 BS ea spring 
Pe snbstituted in many instances for Vetches 
e, add ti n animals are ex- 
er 
cepting channel is taken set rity yr or erg 
| just above the spot where The 
ceodingly healthy and beneficial. The a 
of ha Pe bg aes | from we to a wa n per ae and al 
al quantity m a 
oly branch of agricultural obra be cannot be depth of the gain must parke up ogy cireum- the tot s a ‘ally ato 
“aeeurately ascertained. The extent of land under the | stances, p an invariable rule so > deep that the ; l 7 
various crops, and the numbers of ‘i everal kinds of bottom o f the “drain shall be of Sainfoin—: i OMe 
line stock, are simple questions of fact which may be the collects. Where the field consists of a beg natu wed w. to racy ie Er — 
learned with as much certainty as the census of the ture of henry and light soil composed of clay re has in ini been cultivated with success. 
population. brash, b h oiran ea Re ges ethod of cultivation is cet of drilling 
l iry ł y dra the infon at kik —_ a the drills 
Savedienl o on bes avilling assistance o the appropriate. dept! th and "distance oiai the ‘cay being about 6 in ount of 
until the oolite is reached hen the water wil oe nea per Hop 
e far m 
eatest care should be taken that io. ‘annoyance be 
Gin ucing subjects of 
rtant character, which, however use: 
a national importance as the simple question of the 
supply ot food. 
ae 
1. Fac 
sa The extent of Jand ine A te to each sepa- 
peiie EME that por 
£ | dep: 
mMTeafnil tath 
ya acre. 
in brda to to o help out the Sainfoin 
e without further Sti nce. 
e 
during its first year’s grow wth. 
feel sete which khan Sia the "ha ined 
Pain ol se simple agronomical laws, 
g to athurst, hard by the farm buildings, 
ined to the depth of 3 or 3} the parallel 
Fb eat and superfluous expense; all the 
drai 
were very ing in Eo eee in the direction of 
the “all iat channels running at 
This process also renders the insoluble silicates and 
other salts PENR and prevents the too great collection 
soils 
2 umber of the various kinds of domestic table m 
ea mals, = poon agricultural live stock ; ient t way iene volumes of liquid, but | of a mi peat aute TN and pro 
= ees a drop s since “thelr formation sng reached a of ashes for dressing the patty crop, anne is gene- 
2. Perr WHI ETURNS SHOULD BE MADE. hollowed ground, inasmu uch as all that jape nes rally 
+h 1 4 4 Ha Ai e 1. rei 
Th bjoined Analysis, of Sa de by Dr. Voelcker, 
desirable, considerations, viz. the | finds n umerous channels through which to perco! cd ein a ia gna Fart a trots AA bdid. ami 
a s and ‘the seen Heated by the red rock beneath. ind cost of this aN, ae R E Rg Se E a Lan 
quite abroad as in this country), w piece of enginee  gtate. |. pate 
m per acre | 2 
Tia eat Aeh said that nearly all the elaborate | expen: The dra ains for the fi wt. iat 
A tables of trade compiled by the Lea | on mond dug out during the excav ation. Tw erp bred gum, Say and oth er) ‘ Se 
‘departments ar rai laced perpendicularly as a support to t the flat | See ee ve | eee 
they are recorded by the revenue officers with a view | coping stone, ani Prai here is then covered in with | Laer, ure soluble je SE See ee 
19 fh lation of tho duties payable upon them. ‘The the ett. Wher be | mpte egetni Bora pees ae 
of agricul r hand, can l tid mS 53 | -i 
ig by a special D natio they lil 7 400.00. | 100.00 
Ms made as Road costly bceaib le, te petitions will in their lightness of cartage. ae plane of the Morten Ce ral pen ition be i 
2 objec on the ound of expense. Moreover, | of hoar vy 80 afforded by e operations which have follows E “ie mE 
= sof the $ inquiry which Ri most vamabis is v in No. channels | ğ 
of land the farmer than ce mn The extent | g down the ene rie = meet na Serer hon d A ; 
to ye ar; bu + +h, Si bs bith E ai if ey ee crowns ose vat x r = 
Sel live stock is less considerable. It may, therefore, be | and for re at any ti tao tom a oes Of ace Nitzegenised organie ; 
recommended that— sho uld be forced down and. net be able readily enough Substances eee sisted 
LS oe should be an annual return of the area ia 3 x Sed Et lay on M ee pS 
ider | into the adjoining copse. From the respective qualifica- | q Mee T 
2. Ar tan of the live ee should be obtained not | tions and position of th we may readily drain | W: PE 
aiie ently than in every five years, and if a heavy soil which lying in a hollow is lower than “er 
Sras Be fo practice Hrki tees end ine j A Meria rd e fresh plant was found to contain .562 paced af 
it $ . e impervions bed 5 . 
become less i ANE ne eae tiene live conics into the porons bed, leading all the vans | nitrogen; in a io state Sainfoin meth oe yields 
_ Stock, then both returns should be uall: to this central point; fill up the cavity with stones or | 2.48 at cent. of nitrogen 
_ they can both pnts 5 saniey “Maagt | The False Bar Barnet, a weet = ric todry soils, 
3 A be made at the m time and with little | other porous mate! ial. hoe e ia 
< ges cost. In Ireland, not Irrigation —In the wy ie ray “ge j s 
i now object returns m e banks by the irriga ion 
4% _tvery year, but hey abe great mns of th Sapien | ziee eig RA wi fo r meadows. Its influence on feireced with | Sainfoin < or siss natie dirar tt may 
