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the work of taking u ae rie especially rras, Cambray, Lille, Paris, Senlis, in | horses consumin , annually, the produce of five 
| continued during Fe winter ars cheer: ap s iad | No: or ae ror ny, &c. Not satisfied with Chicory, | eating up, in k fact, early one- Eutih it ihe farmers 
previously secured), until it is finished. Although the | the French kare recently intr wae a ey is pl it ve 
roots penetrate a long way downwards, they become | roasted Beetroot. The Bee asserted, besides | for a lt se z consume more than one r rod per ‘day 
too thin below 14 or 15 inches to be useful, and the Prde: its lipgienic qualities, ri helps to|—or 160 days om one acre, for the first cut. I think 
tmost care is also required in order to get up that sweete en t the be everage. The new comes is called Vache I see some of my friends on the s ue ‘leaned 
portion of the root which will prove profitable. I 1 80) s th ays opening thei rather wide at this statemen 
cases, h een plough 1 t with another indignant disbelief of t Mr. Mechi; 
deep, with a strong cast-iron plough drawn by six|which led the Irish waiter to se if the cr see but facts are stubborn things, and I vara aay! Boros 
horses ; having men to fork each furrow to pieces, with would have Rast Lhe pth ie ay. it must be hard for the farmers of poor w 
common icant tee! ks, before a second fw is F CHICORY FROM BELGIUM. pastures to believe in such ee I intend fey go ia i for 
ploagped upon and women and children newton abs antity. Value. much larger results, by washing in 4 or 5 cwts. of 
pick upt the ao and cut off the to Ops. Bu t the Years. eeii Francs guano a after each h cutting (mixed, of course, with salt). 
met E OET TIT with this crop is to cope with 
double-pronged, strongly made iron forks the Blades 1851 ier ates paas OTH 108. ee.) DON the seasons, and ada apt consumption to production. 
being about 14 inches in length, and each fork, with came Te A tee eee pow . pd Heavy supplies of rain, such as we have recently had, 
shai The 1854 eee “2 Toon $ 300,024 cause such a ieh, especially of the first ent, that I 
Loe of ploughing is liable to “bring too much of the 8,508 must at once 6 acres and make it into hay; 
and costs quite as much, if not ie "1358 is quantity of Chicory ick imported into | althoug h I have Tso shee ep, 20 bullocks, 3 OTs 20 sm: 
more, than dig The ‘edvatheags whi hi row this 
gt in ploughing is an ensure getting the roots up ee other Coffee substitutes 13,000 ewts. | year J 15 acres, and average` about 10 acres. IF the hay 
a greater de epth than can be do one _by digging, a asaj The Chicory entered for- home consumption in ‘ 
great number ý early, and cart it rather green. If full seeded it will 
a boy | is employed to” assist the diggers, and i is very tba: Tbs. bite ose quality, and become and strawy. It will bear 
t 18405 S.T. e e 1,601,082 | 1851 .. .. 2,187,985 | stacking in a more crude slate than ordinary Grass. 
presses the root upward w with his fork. When du Magy CHO | 2 1800 naie irine BBB, 298 1852 ..  .. 2,949,553 | There is a peculiarity about Italian Rye grass. It will 
tops should be neatly cut off, and the roots conveyed to | Simmonds in Pharmaceutical Journal. never scour any animal, however green it may 
he washin 4 ouse to be c! a ed. oe ie aa es retaken s pes and i Hos respect compares most favourably with 
earthed in pits, but, gen ly spe: ing, ey are taken ‘ares. as excellent fattening properties. Whe 
to the panies -house immediately after being dug FARMING ECONOMICS,—No. V. | you can irrigate, it is truly beneficial, but without irri- 
To the former case, ou the Continent, , the roots with the IRRIGATED Irarran Ryx-Grass.—The great | gation you have no chance after the first spring cut. 
p aim of pee ene ghenla be to make one acre | Broad-leaf plants succeed admirably after it—such as 
length, w d height, on tl fi f the g s —thus diminishing, by four- | Beans on heavy land, Peas on light land; or you may 
some ate ae then rth are put arou ee But fifth s, has eek rates, ‘tithes, horme; abour, seed and | take Rape before the Wheat. It is desirable to break it 
geneealy: the Hower "deliver the roots to the manu- | other expenses—such as dis carting, gates, | up the second year in September, or nny in Dridher. 
facturers from the latter end of August i to November, hedges, head-la oe &e. “OF ¢ Boies Ey ae cannot be done | If you take hent immediately after it you should 
by whom bet are immediately dried. crops, but w Tih Italian Rye-grass it can plough in 5 cwt, of cake, which will kill all the 
2 to 4 inches thick, 3 to 7 inches Tong sind Gos t eiia done; and, to some extent, also with root, Gam apd wire worm, A „prevent the destruction of your singe? 
in a good soil, 3lbs. in weight. In Benen they legumi nous crops. a have 8-acre fie 
-obtain from 4 to 6 tons of root per penen acre. Rye-grass, which, from its first cutting, alae Sac water into one greai eat reservoir they might get w: 
. The weight of the crop depends entirely upon} per rod—being more than 134 tons per ay: Pisces if enough to irrigate a few acres of cama mich 
the richness or poverty of the soil, the ae be made into hay, about 4 tons 17 cwt. Italia: 
manure it has received, and, other circumstan e | contains, whee m75 per cent. of water is Si fatt É 
fault in y into tor 16 p cent. I do not think it weld | other food, though I tae eae adding Rape = 
as possible, ‘to the ped great beeen the quality be safe to cade upon ‘in whole produce stated er s | for obvi che reaso. 
of the root for pow wder. In B ick the p p ir In conclusion, if our clays and other lands, when 
20s. to 40s. per ton ver, to believe that ithe Ait per ‘nie re | ad. me improved, oe be made to a e even 30 
rding as the crops te en good or bad, and an iratok Meadows, - which the town sowage fi flows, 40 tons of this Gra mpe Bo cg what immense 
aa nt at pau 5.. to 7 The cost for cultivation is | will be, this i s sprin e 20 t a e Scotch—or 16 | increase of meat and. m we might pear lf 
from 5s. to 4l. 10s.; 1 dT ean eas ‘ly nderit] how | Mares is goth for i a O 10s. per ton, oo 
crop. aie Wa « Stuckney, who has ae and prepared | Mr, Telfer produced. ‘80 ‘ia per at acre of Italian | Rye-grass is certainly worth 20s. al ton in its gree! 
Chicory 1 for the manufactu rer to í a very e: e-gr ua near rly | = tons of hay. I would | state, ode that it ponnys me ent. of dry ma set, 
tl ecommend, my farming friends e express their | while Mangel only „contain 12 per cent. is it not 
tivation of Chicory there at 4d. 5s d. per acre, und it dou bt and tisbelie B that they will try the same means ( 
add to this 2/, 10s. for rent, EEN, &c., it gives | on some small portions of their own land, and then , top eek 407. or 502. worth 
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bi. lis. 6d. The produce on suitable land he states hd cone armed with their results. I will now state how of food Ae manure ? Let the landlords and tenants of 
ret i ps e ; treated on- 
green root to make 1 ton of dried. neath ogg ea a Seenbinb: my »Bye-grass is gbami by of aa s pis 
the root is worth from 12/, to 247. per ton. Take 10 1856—Mangel. A heavy crop. and dear their own Sl Prg ;and let our Boards of 
tons per ake: at 2010s. per ton, and this would leave a | 1867—Wheat. Ditto. Health and Sanitary Ref Weigh the individual 
profit per acre of 18/. ies eget ae a 6 ars. per sore. and national benefit which would result to the 
agricultural authority states that the price of 2 1859—Wheat. Nearly 7 qrs. per acre. country i a 
of dry root for the Fgh it 122, per ton, would be 27L; ;| The Italian Rye-grass was purchased of Mr. Dickin- | this crop. I need hardly say that if I had access 
deducting 72. for Fania md other expenses, this | son, as usual, sown with the seed barrow at the rate of | to town sewage, like Lord Essex, I should save the 
wou eap tof 202. p | poes sn: 
ushe eon th in r that sev 
PREPARATION FOR ME E —The roots are cut = of 1859, and hoed-in at the last hoeing. When the | meadows were let thi i 
small pieces of about ġ-inch or į- aah: lengths by Wheat was harvested it was scarcely visible—being as | at 352. to 44l. rent for one year’s Grass on one 
Sue pote ot ke or Son pd Pr object being to have fine as needles; but having lost its oppressor—the|acre! Professor Way’s analysis gives in 
as possible. The sli eat—it soon grew, and gave good autumn feed. I | dried at pola :— 
A her died T” sen “th his process wasting the | did not irrigate it, being desirous to keep it backward, 10.10. 
i r cent. It is then marketable, | having another forward field. This spring I sowed 8.27 
pon it 2 cwt. Peruvi i i 18 T 
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$F 
se a pala 
Heal formiog rinciples (starch, 
y ai iples ( gum, sugar, be.) 
ineral matters, or ash. 
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rind os they pa Coffee. 2 Ibs. of lard or | fishery salt, and washed it in with an abundance of | 
common butter is used with each cwt., to nigh it dituted liquid from my great tank, at the rate of wre de 
baie gc, athe ee E and to im ak The | gallons per acre, The effect was almost i 
wastes in roasting per cen Ta| eek it fgg a ikon, and lengthened, until I presume the “irrigated ” gaa would et tho i irri- 
the pie poses it may a kept for vars, bat it it soon last wi i or rod 190 Ibs. | ga wG 
cakes. The ted roo! mptied i Rar "Way on “Nutritive Matter of ‘Grae 
and, after pate ng, is contol “in vertical stone mills, or oe ds I omitted the rm neri = | Rayat icultural Soci 
“between iron cylinders. It is then si and eating | thong irrigated, like the org showed a deficiency need not di 
this operation a small quantity of som s red colouring | o ey ase alf as pr xs pared with that. t which “ral | the best and heaviest clean 
substance is added to assimilate it more in appearance = hav ary another field the same’) Pr Buckman’s examination a the Roy: 
to Coffee. = fog ct is then weighed off, and sold in | any "for al sheep ‘and cow "eating and the result | has been | poiran pry katara that it is » Cooman 
packets or cani extraordinary. The fa 
- The root t by t tt bitt and I shall never irr deste @ wae out pre’ usly sow ing 
and an aroma some abing like oe sugar. its ; an nd afte er every cutting I did this i a: 1855, and kan 
Roasted and reduced to powder, Chicory is the most sagt from A o October. 
universal substitute for Coffee in the chief continental | Thai field has since carried a and Turnip crop, a | 
Countries, especially in France, Switze erland, Germany, | Eii crop, two Barley crops, be a 5 hike Clover crop 
Belgium, Holland, Neel Russia, and the other | for seed, which produced last year 10 guineas «sc A 
northern States. In Germany the ground Chicory is and now there isa fine crop 
made up into cakes din that form. This root is | fact is, when you iy gow i field for two y 
not superior to many others which possess sweet and | produce, by ir and high i ich an | act 
Papeete chair Se acd vie dingl T at 
pro as substitutes for Coffee, and which when | pondingly m e sul 
washed and Steeped in boiling water yield an infusion fertilised by ` the rsa through. | them of 
running down | w 
$tined = ground. abundantly into the subsoil, which has be Soak onrveued ial 
CONTINENTAL Coxsumerioy.—The quantity of the and aérated. Of course the land — 
dried ro France is about 16,000,000 Ibs. | drain Pea ‘email a a es soppis 
ayer. F ý horse daily. -~ of green Italian Rye-grass 
w a A a sito ort aa a wi ontai tain 28 Ibe. a athe aai and he probably will not | 
me <8 to 1 rie 
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000 Ibs. were $ 
y the women are becoming i Mine have no corn, # a first-rate: condition 
topers, making of it an important part of their daily | this “oot Sigua Of; eri sot lene 
oar antes Till within a few years the cultivation | - I assu of course, that you do not allow your horse- | sufficiently appreciated. Cor i rm give us the 
on principally near Valenciennes; but} man to jaa it under the horses’ feet, a r it is all | value of all the elements of manure, but omit to ne 
lately ma mince have sprung up in several localities, ' gaten, I hope that we shall soon hear of farm | the great fact that without water they are worthless 
