_ 818 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. (Srrrewsre 8, 1869, 
still of some value peg i. while peny pe! whatever, much less one elaborated * over 40 demy- “pot having: having Woachail that stage df _ ieir growth when they ars 
over-estim: octavo pages of small pica ype. DERBYSHIRE : Harlington, Aug. 29.—The extreme wet f 
` Š of s is seriously affecting this neighbourhood; w Weather i 
which we E prone in safa nes n instructive on À on the ~~ ng : on AAE KAA ANG ia, NHD EO tae ~ han heavy 
weather, he s i to exag- | would have been of the greates service & any time. About one-fourth of the hay is se rae e 4 
ration of misfortunes under other circumstances. | season; but it should have described a larger eeano aaa aindor nearly ail mown and totally rotten, 3 
- The s tabulated a fortnight ago are, we |experience of m recent practice in the} The E a aa Stee ces ato hag p 
believe, as trustworthy as estimates can be. ‘They | various ways now used of economising food, of] Oats and the principal grain crops here full on nom 
put the Wheat crop at considerably under an | turning it to good account, and o adapting ca adie T = ei ee cis rablectroumstanees 
average—Oats and Barley bulky, and generally jit to the quality of the feeding animal. An Swapleld. Benjamin 
abundant, y good. Saari of the lat “= will | it tag Bos have been necessary in the 7 is yg A DonseTSHIRE : Corfe Ca 4 gogo he wenth = E 
ri G much retarde: e har neighbourho 
not be —Bea avy crop—. —Pea ood, it to mend the use of L'HORT LEY’S foo wS not think ae serious damage i s done yet; the Wey? i ‘% 
but eal he weather in hace vesting Pi tat or to cover generally fit to cut, and a Saara nla porion Ss both 
almost universally tikai: s0 ai gace w with the working-out of simple ae gu, BA arley are much laid where the straw is Heavy, 
TRIAGE 7c SEERA Essex: Kelvedon, Aug —More rain, and haps drai 
i Journal fiom plese plane abl cio ing. Betwee ea onr 
ew number of the English Agricultural} There are man othe r essays in the gollow plasia ys the Mk 
bag our veg the clay beat tothe men’ rh bada 
Society’s Journal has at length a appeared. It} which will be rea nf with interest and advantage, = poui Ta ge mai gtoon tan, tong $ s tough 
contains two descriptive articles—accounts of|To Dr. VorLCKER’s elaborate paper on the chemi Cal) is suheiently broarna. tA cutting. Beans will be teady for 
Berkshire Agriculture and of Whittles-a Mero ;| properties of the soil, and to Mr. Lawes and Drs) cuing i fn dags Set fo rach, a 
definite full and rag account of their be no easy m tter. Close drainage has the pa a 
the Che pitas! Proper i of “Bo ils, n the Condition | researches on the Sree hemi Red Clover, we shall ay Italian Ryo-grasis is r rea pi than otherwise 
io y so much ram asses Of roots 4) tt 
of Soil best ET a or the Germination and the an direst atten appropriate it, but more sunshine would’ ‘ool REA ; 
Growth of S o airy aati on the Agri- hstanding aa comments jest made, the} beneficial. The constant saturation of our elay even én our 
oul ee es — Straw, en a Stoot E eeding, on the tala “of the number certaiuly ue not, generally bows padapa goo, S e adt P i igs 
l team-engine, e Take ~course peaking, those of inefficient or too ambitious] soils, although it contains within it all the conditions for the 
: crate on Kohl Rabi, and oe Mangel Pulp. Th a screen Ry The papers for the most “pa are pete m of —~ y biit te Ep rosone ofthese 
‘is als pap of the Blood by |e anata written by hih of Aniyan |) atuen Coo noi Ape vo Tonor tok ee ee 
ai tation. The soil must be accessible to air, oxygen, and 
gn eee ‘era carbonic acid, for these are the principal conditions to favour 
: the development of the roots.” This is distinetl ved 
th i us qui : uite ‘s pah pora Se pa en as ——— thi e field, where on the tenacious tile earth, Mang Fi 
e v0 ue usually exhibits the subjects at a stand-still, while, on the less tenacious briek eal 
A THE they 
surface the agricultural THE WEATHER AND " CROPS. look more flourishing. piip kot manure, by its mechanical 
; subdividing action, has this year an advantage over 
field. We do not see, indeed, that the oe i tong =. i be ove aaen Ra altora hour. ty admitting more air to the soil, witha more free y 
new editorship has resulted any altera- j weather has done wonders to aeropsia eo for prea’ pay 5l. 10s. per man harvest vragen for soy 
tion whatever of the ee as it has been| 328 +9 p PEENE gle bya re or Aineina reals h oat come the stack 10 acres of corn, being at the rate of Lle, per 
hitherto conducted. And a ost of its eget pelledthe gloom that was fist gathering upon a thefa ‘al r. Now acre. ast y ear the cost was 1s. 3d. per acre more, Jd. Mechi, : 
i the fields are gay with active reapers, and sho ald continue a Ee Sewer Cirencester. —The last few days having been 
were provided bn mi ths, "spring = the prize} {2% weeks the ingathoring will not be so bad unny the farmers are reapin Wheat, which is a 
` essays o the previou ought. The B suffered most, the aie Ss pean rop and not Ago injured if weather ki fine 
why the whole sho wild fe h b the hand of heavy rain laid many acres; the greatest part spoilt for and sunny. “The Barley is also an average cro p, in 
all purposes except grinding. Oats l markably wel Son teens Apples and Pears i 
e members months ago, bat tei A fair eo the a pood orap: Baans within this last-w are plentiful, but very small, and fruit Pelai has not its 
er, it be as full as usual, itis also as| have dropped some of their Decree foliage, admitting the| usual sweetness otatoes are being generally dug, but 
deficient in matters of timel interest The Can-| sun’srays to ripen the crop, whic po eas | much diseased, to-the extent of at least half; Flukes appear 
3 1y e Ua ill not: bo:so- good a sample as could wish; butif alittle = infected than eed perce! » W.J. D. {0 n 
for instance is not once referred to| field room and attention is paid them, wil still be very amolar columns] o eather on garden produce in 
ae ond iter hampton, Aug. 30.—The Wheat uncut 
ck siderably Fem tig and of — injured. Abiud dns. 
fourth to one-third of the Wheat is cut, and some ofit grown, 
The crop I c a = papers om er more than, three- 
n 
f the pea treed or of the live stoc 
ibid a at a meeting held 
another to-day, and before the week is out mosi 
this locality will show im their yards new ricks. 
Fordham, Snelsmore. 
Cumsi 
Linstock, Aug. 29.—I have, I am sorry to Eg E 
able report to make. The eneral characte which has fallen in this neighbourhood has done ble 
. t Oo 
3 5 
4 ‘the ily, | damage tothe growing cro mrapa M 
= i = ac wae fine has } - -average, and in many instances 4 dewed, ai | 
recent experience with the reaping machine,| wot with a low temperatur been showery and | are. heavy are very madh daid, and in Bonie k 
for example, whioh might tar been of use repoite “that it has not | y t j butt he round. | Barley and Outs aro av 
had the Journal at midsummer ; z continu: crops ; e rain and winds have Sa y 
or 
ar prie the stenn- plough, whioh would have been 
ill 
now. By y everybody wi was there any disc et ins thal not fi Potatoes are very bad and 
deed eked them earlier than usual. Hay and 
Know wi what has been done in the steam cultivation | apeiaeat a F seeds almost ring ata spoiled by the rain. Store cattle and 
edly bad nore these last t tw É po: 
of the soil, without the help of the Society = fi i sheep are falling in in value. On account of the cold unséasot, 
their editor; and it will be wwa te then for erni ee R A sla 
se ew re = ance or of warning $e aclleck an a Fes: Spalding, ug. 2 . 29,1 amn sorry to say ihat 
account o! seni my report of t] ptt 
pe it for the instruction of the member: the cold veut wroatnven;the present prospect of harvest is mot 
nearly so favourable. In the first place general, harvest 
fully eight days later than I stated, the Wheats Er 
light Fen soils will be very much injured by bligh 
less ern mo nse cd ee er, | Or coleseed; on the heavier Fen soils whe coer 
dae was much of it thin and late, Rat, i Foty ioi 
NORFOLK : Wymondham, Aug. 29.—Iñ reply to 
danger of sprouti: to say can judge he il ne 
hoon Espen oe: so ian ets eather ty pw oe = complaint this year on account of the Wheat being tought 
circumstances would lead one to fear; thi skin and flour weak, The wet weather is causing I 
entirely on the weather di the start. 
result will be agood or bad 
be fair a 
quali What will become of the Barley go over a me 
with the Clover eat know not, as they require to 
groundage, which there will be but little time for. ced, the 
Su the bl blight Oats ke not yielding so well as was exp! 
Rn Bane anys | Aaa Oona ra aigh ight ad to be dea 
of plenty’; butt bad, as Will be an fadiffareut. ganple, there pe beginning 
sath Firas eena kr as -hen COs, "and. the “rains 
to swell and to discolour them. ome 
pi argota er eth he ee, Se 
j i an A 
REA orate atten expected. I fear there will be mor iled 
“ist. That bullocks purchased ey for th hin th of the Jo vee bathers aT i: e eT than in the field, h the impatience of tg 
E praes e purpose | En pages cannot congratulate the | farmer. It is stated that a gontl in this neighbourhood 
of deficit in be Mr sheet new editor on his first essay on Pe nhl literature, Take} has a, offre Pace eee and bas 
than gaved ‘the h anuro ore sdnapenaato, the int aoe from the two first o f s 
Poca & pals rn is at patra pric pies of 
“2d. That pus sig be tatya and economically j 
reared and fed tion 
f the kania. upon Occasi t of those 
m acco’ 
3d. That a ewe flock leaves a good profit when well | changes ` pm cropping oft the land which ‘aes ts in 
manage, with a liberal allowance made for keep “|e S ecessary .consequence of the system 
received rates. 
_ ath. That a a the precedence to this branch of “farm 
ry: flock sient be kept withont loss, or A a Ae of late years it has been a surest staff u f Providence, and how w Tatile and er ate 3 
A profit, according to the season, if the on whieh the ha temer could lean, because rotations and cultiva- e calculati i [Scien : 
Diiin consumed be Wilho at 6s. 8d. ton.” odate tħemselves to this object, and because doi pa aigen perian, Rain— Hes 
We ven ture to assert that none of these propo- though nt aro ens Se tame tee rat pa Aerea. us NEDE niae ee tE bus 
sitions can be “established” b 7 limited expe- | have been able sufficiently to throw of the tramme cut sone We have e seen this pee A i 
rience described—that the truth or untruth of the ee te nme women ae n fit first to farmers are cutting their ps 
hinges r : " ja t ri Parna baing A $ f; 
ether NA sae ances to which | able custom of taxing the Turnip-crop with the duty of doing mat or The T Guestind naturally srives--when will sè 
aoe hat the 2d, 3d, and4th | all the soa amnre bsiiud witht any besii pa leavir corn be fit for the market? to say nothing as 3 
no one wants any iiep) allowance e, hich such a forced proceeding en 
f proof | tended greatly to foster.” ; E Aeaee ‘and the community. Reaping is 
