ee 18, 1860. } 
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ETERI NARY caper ee iors case | yard manure to the. wind e sun for months jinto your ach the of the 
INTER SESSION, 1860-61.—Professor JOHN GAMGEE |a 
<u deliver the R NTRODUCIORY LECTURE in the above together during summer tim day. hve J spin it f whioh that contains ‘affects your 
Institution, on WEDNESDAY, October 31, at 2 o’clock. pirit; that is to say, it inflam s you r bloo d, and 
Further i parou in future ag $ and to behad| Quer annual harvest-report is given elsewhere. eke es that run pegs which affect ts your brains, 
— al ip aes a, ——— ee = is, as might have been expected from the | and induces you the moment greater 
R. BUCKMAN, Professor of Geology and Botan y eather, ofa very igis A Ret from those | exertions than ae as o make in rite course of 
in the Royal Agricultural College, begs to acquain oF several previous year Rares can be little|the day. Itist rmanent nourishment of the 
Landed Proprietors and those connected with Fi cecltare, doubt that the Wheat cro ie nerally is + consider- body, not the a - influence of spirit, that is the 
ages source of e It is 
mljet ina mele 5 Minora ably injured. Of 140 reports received from a 
England and 8 
than 93 declare the crop to be b cae an average ; 
and chief Wheat- oo pines t 
8, 
yr es of Seeds, &c. Communications 
Professor Bu gxian, Dollar r Ward, Cirencester. 
The Agricultural east 
URDAY, AUGU: 
from om 
counties of Oxford, Glowester, Wilts, Hants, a 
ped: report unfav 
get! uitis nor 
reports m Scotland; and ay 
English pe speak o of t 
WwW HEN the soil | is adapted to the practice, the 
of utilising all the elements 
to plough it into the 
a recent or fresh state. In this 
soils no loss by 
o 
are everywhere 
i nt 
and no dower t 
districts be 
> PE of 
hus five 
ood | of 
22 per. oat of 
crop § as, inie rior. e 
n 93 st 
, Oatmeal, Peas, Beans, and such 
article, sa build up the’ — ar my of the 
. Saj ains a very 
= ae re 
which is 
All thisis P ieateatoi by nal yssaf doen i 
Ligh na hat the tea 
directly pe apon “the 
notes 
write as area ei is 
Of 115 of bom 75 oe of the crop as 
good, 27 8 re ee y good, few as bad. 
puti 
n light soils be al 
y rain washin f the soil the ele- 
ments” of A, as they are Festa On clay |8 
the decomposition 
SOLIS L 
i o 
there are instances eno ugh of farmers ani their 
labourers using co and _tea inst tead of strong 
babe S 3 
and a 
Peas generally promise ae though laten 
wea everything else, they h suffered fro 
OF Gra s there has pehd abundance ah 
if of a heavy h 
of the r 
ent manure erdeti “thea more friable, 
absorb the ammonia, &c., produced. 
h 
a 
en secured in fair 
either rbe apam or is still to make 
The Pot h 
. 
ked 
disease, and Kipas py with much greater severity 
0 returns to our inquiry, all from 
Ey li 
and we shall be glad to ube thelr experience 
and that hg ee our readers on this subject in 
our * Ao 
uld be a service done by them 
elif they should help the arag senpe of Mr. 
a we 
e to explain it 
n an n whom the 
not whale ot fod that the praras 
LAWBENCE’S 
when ‘neesary 
Iti 
of the ravages of th aio oaan te tis 
progressing Ag age Boman south of Lincoln- 
er and of Salop o on the oe. 
aee manure would 
- It appears, then, that ie pane soils and 
certain crops we must have well- decomposed "dicate 
The manure, too, could not, 
attended to as it is 
3 
as 
of as promisin cee 
A prera Bay hay hal 
tato disease is generally 
making its rk m- arance 
The har is every where from three to four 
usual, 
ing figures wy age to the reports from 
s, England aad Sa a a nl 
oF Crors—1860, 
economises labo 
pen a long sti: i 
n the whole e, more mie secured by cart 
Over 
Average. 
Under 
Average. 
“central points, or to the fields intended s ee 
a 
ng: 
t 
ee ; ya gives pii eee adviee as follow 
ongst labo 
“We h to see t la 
improving practice of agric 
ge improved tidk, implements, re machinery 
of expensive character, and r 
and skill in ag = and therefore more valuable 
abour. seems to be content to go ve 
age alae: “tian me year after at in thesam 
rk t whi = Paene nce may have firs ted 
Average. 
ee 
pon n vantage = this page 1 
arte d ou l4 137 
135 , 
papers 
THE economy of food will always be a first-class 
agric sua Boers Steam power and horse power 
sag: holly displace, indeed they give 
mrt e use of, hand ie 
al maintenance of bat 
slack bits Ei peace ada 
not that ove eebebningl™ deal 
often "ae the employ hired 
labour. There is er this a minor dis- 
advantage, “that in the double loadin ng Uy, ? 
at the farmyard and at the field heap 
spring—there is not only more on labour 
required, but a waste of horse labou 
eas 
Fae 
cael 
enly spread as it is deposited from the —_ 
which are made to go over the heap. „This co: 
hee 
J Ereg for ari hare 
until completed, 
~ a 
_ 80 et: ily 
maa le the Seasonable 
t. It is ad- 
Reaping machines | 
a little prackion “wi 
quired. ae wages W 
ia, ever KSS 
work hich he is able to perform 
tred last year at this seaso 
Trifoliam introduced by 
a labourer is ed | 
iy dead on on the vazisty of 
We refe 
varieties 
Trifle vee “Lard if à Taw 
this difficulty by presenting the pce eo 
maturity in per 
t of e loss 
sho ald be x aktored s iie ent in various w ae mi 
a moist slate e| of d the 
surface ;* 
thoug h sown and cultivated alike, sot that the o mip 
ply, “may be kept u 
up for 
Joar: money Ut 
plan ot paying you ‘entirely in wages, instead of 
nt is gag’ with guret of 
pangs varielie s cut the an 
entire T sufficie rth 
at the dung a litle te d be ‘oesionally spre giving part in mone 
n proc bee de 
d| 
the h 
fia The widt eh and gesty - oe aes por nts “fa = order to ds , an ad to 
not, for pee sake, eed 10 feet and | mi h to see h 
6 feet respectively, 
In the he, practice of applying farmyard manure 
are frequently made. It is 
ne sent pa Peete more 
ant he mo 
purposes, the opportunity of so using i 
epea L Tabousere tall, Shae 
weeks, 
ney might be employed for other | in 
ut the tibera-| : 
labour on 
adeta pas: 
| at its best, pe 
ower. 
We have thus as a apital addition to the 
(obs. r acre) ov 
merits of 
at! broadcast in Ootober 
rt nag age ug 
ultima’ is ig PE 4 
the beer you ave 
much more wasteful t than enter are 2 4 
“ Road scrapings are better than 
se seers ee y are 
ip taken DnE aai ot ee RE nowever | 
Manure in Morton's Cyclopedia of 
Economy of Food - a ta Sources 
sae igy aap their Improvement. 
ar 
i heat 
HARLES LAWREN' 
