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SerrempER 29, 1860.] i. SAPD EERE CHRON ICKE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 
Se ee = Laat ees Se 
and afterwards traced it near ognor g y on heavier land, wees part ‘must | | merely: as manufacturers. of the best impl rena mam y por in their 
about Alnwick and Pagham. We had d previou sly r know that > 
most of it, or perhaps | the 0. elatior, in the Isle on the, soil t be pie: it ‘usually grows | too Serta straw 1 | sup E 
Wig ht, and I ith | y found to be “80 wearing, to say Stray o the 
iis rare EOE to alter this? W: attendance at the hove 
aidr A that this pest is i over the | crop to cause shortness and anon in this reste | and Grea absence from thei r works, oc occasio 
country at a rate ee more rapid than agreeable ; | and have certainly seen much 1 er r 
though it must ssed that as Ikali i al Agri 
know much of its Mets 4 and even e botanist is but tho > initiate, which in ved _ Sha ape of silicate of ite oar h of Engle an hs so pte My a ahpa a 
ill acquainted with’ its ahii history, „how it i is first —clay—is not otherwise separable. As weak | 1855, when a plan of triennial, instead of annual, trials 
developed, and how it beco to tl is Pa: ronal deficient in ater it. may follow that, for coin, iene of implements was adopted by the 
ts, and hence ‘experiments upon this pores salts of soda and „potas ash , may be useful in aidin ng, its Soc: ciety, t he prize sheet bein ivided into three 
sar are. much wanted.* sections, viz. ihe Implements for tillage and drainage. 
TA Clover i is usually. confined to the lighter and s elp to carry it through the circulation fe 4 Machines for the enlti vati m and hary nici of TOPS. 
oe ich it i n baat principally by sheep, the the he Kasi gawi th of the plant. 3. Machines for preparing crops for market and food for 
Fonte x edb ing ths sig . Oats are largely grown, | and the white Tartarian cattle. In saati n to this movement, a memorial signed 
5. Fetches yiel iai arg ut it is much to -be ma P by all the Sia ement exhibit ors at A pi anina 
d th that | they are very tall and promise well but it is I th tl 
they are far too much pero with whole masses of 
g but the crop Tas nt, such = Fenn en ne 
s, Char: eis 
gi ae ing, inde ry 
common everywhere i in Vetches, arising ne the fact 
tha s its seeds a and dark in py and 30 the 
me fhe em a 
= 
fal 
pad that on these soils the Oat 
in ripening, and indeed, taking Wheat, ec Bastey, pe | Oats 
n this repont, tbey seem to ripen in the order in which | co 
ced them, whilst on lighter soils it us mally 
rley Oats 
e have pla 
hasna as follows : Bai 
ide Man, ‘angel Wurz 
rley Wheat. 
el, —We hav e been astonished at | 
be pee to tho ante aie oF money prizes R 
com: tipon “ We object,” says the memorial, “to this 
system ‘the e ground that it operates as, an, t 
stimulus ie competition, tending less to th 
of useful and practical machines than to the 
© 
ý p tho am. Ar mple oF 
Vetch s without it, an one oat to = 
when compared with the midland counties. 
Every- | 
t of ingènious peculiarities, by which, sg hag ie 
of highly skilled x manipulation, the prize s. may be w 
where this crop is increasing in breadth, but | 
extent of SA weed seeds to a bushel of the crop se 
renee is 
quantity t that | 
of th 1e anajrnods of e opera ati oe Dei peci ci het 
order 
e the 
eficient, amon g other reasons for 
i akM inter. Amon 
tion, considering 
but ‘the crop will be de: 
the loss. caused b; pro! 
Pulse the: mall pro oe fe 
he Mangel presents. p 
sak the fact that. the Fani of Suss 
the loss of this root nearly to the xs 
the- middle of England, 
imate allowing "them 
y form but a 
heavy nature of so ste f the 
to be ange, & ae ee to this Pes 
7. Peas rown everywhere, and thar 
first frost of last be which was. 
a age other hand 
elsewhere from the protracted altern: 
opposed to a good kiddin 
them’ run too > much to fres; still he vast extent of 
“The peme crop; s e060 on, the, very, cold and badly | 
sual g 
s 
gre wer 
be assumed to A 2k 
tthat $ 
i 
ad Laide: this ou 
seed i 
many cases cause 
year has 
ied 
ie: ; via amount of 1 
small and occu 
ith, this once “avd crop and in a dist strict 
suppose, 
feats Soma care is A 
Vacant spaces are ey an up 
answered | b 
Gort 
appa- | 
inae trials at the 
—* Any advantage to 
persist- 
alight 
e B terret of, “focal sci 
y on erie societies. fro mi 
ce in. pac Aea at is very easton ionable. 
| benefit it may confer upon the small tradesmen = 
r ased a 
tation, by the exibition and workin; 
implements ts the loc: neie and. fi 
Pene of view, 
growth of both Swedish a 
common Turnips, Dr doubtless resulted, as pears inti. 
‘oots. 
in 
ed- that the Potat 
over his district, we are] Bits hope at theJabourer | 
will set a due Eua on the- kko n Peas, and that 
the farmer may be induced i. spare him some at a| 
ith t out his ~seeipanaes in| 
ofu 
Where they are grow n they promise as we oe: na ae have 
seen, but the wet hae caused them to perish. wher 
draining is inefficient, Turnips in_ this district are all 
drilled on the flat, but if it be necessary in thin, ee 
Here i nificant hint, and 
in the year 1857, of the feta engendered 
minds of mariah be by competitive trials.. 
beget g, therefor dies n the year 1860 sho 
sed ane t dem iaiia m:of feel ch has 
hat the 
what is likely to prove a dear wae tom 85 
if it be kiown that 1 Ib. of Peas is.equal to sea 20 
Potatoes in real feeding a 
no com nty need regret the loss of the latter: fiekle plaut 
da 
it WO 
wet s r that í 
Pescater 
pa Eiei and a, them. pres peri ” of | 
“ casualty crop,” if it has good store of Peas to fall 
back.upon. 
cold eek 
While on. a this class of plants it may be remarked that, 
even uch indignati iw ould rah 
| trial at Canter nder t the countenance of tke Royal 
aen tural Soc ipie] men Ras than ee 
ich were, to. 
nt a the sev chien of PEREA “were 
made. espero, ore other grievances in 
the bac precipitate a course to 
Pea: ell grown in this y, the: the Rape is inning: to. be empl d, r etenn as pet i shiek Sat of ‘the leading | now “a hats 
soil is ully prepared, andthe crop kept. remark- sufficient antl a attract a te ecided a g following is yy i of ir a who 
ably clean; where however-weeds: have over-run the t withdraw tg ei a t rss viZ. :—. 
fields, pe gresa one which here ionally d J ble for its-gro ARRETT, EXAtt, ana WHN 
so is the er Rhæas (Red Poppy); the amount of P aige, Carrots, Parsnips, and, Pot l yrtrataaken p t RANSOMES . 
deterioration apts ormous. wn. as’ farm crops; eee er sculen can | Ganne È Soxs, Syren a aa 
at is here remarkably: tall and*more even, state that they are of good Cmte; and ea of the | Hornspy & Sons, TuxForpD.é& Sons, 
with more straw upon- the ground. than is usual | district under review would admirably suit. kinds of | J: & F. Howarp, $ WHITEHOUSE & Co. 
this That manufacturers. of su hy repute as most of these, 
EE d than usual; gie however, the ears are|- As stated. at the outset these are only a few com- | commanding: not only extensiye ca pital, or 
long, pal a is less of the small or “bee Wheat” | ments. u upon such, notes as a month’s Ray Recap enabled | Own persons, inventive talent of a high cog 5 wea 
than. peeviods so often in anaes of ht; but when | us to glean. J. B. [The above paper pean ave from-a petty "feeli g of jealousy of unkno rising 
come. to. look. more. carefully-into-the. structure. of | appeared before the “ Notes on Sussex,” publish men, subj t themselves to the taunts, an 
even the ka ears. of Wheat in Sussex, ang more eek, | and active tion of those who have chosen eas 
cially near sea-side, it. is t ee a e ea t say - : San = igen ural is 
of th hi epee ere eee ces simply ridiculous. is may 
rows ee Pr on naiton be eee THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY AND though we by no means wish to to insinuate that iti is «0; 
to form the complete ear, ‘will, when. fall, = ane MAKERS. but that o y had at-leas ble reasons fo 
two rfect oa of co and one Ob: Sait Tux defection from ‘the tof exhibito: thej adopting the coursew i they ve taken, ought, in 
times two smaller which will be separa iad recent Canter ury meeting sa e Ro oyal Agrienitnma ok absence s facts to ary, to pes been 
as “tail.” This is ie condition when fertile, but go Society of at of the ieadibe Ye icultural implem From, what we on ather, the following are 
Bebo so none of tl s| makers having called forth, severe animadversions and | the reasons ate ainly dictated the proceertinas 
is an important point in ees the. prospects mS the leang hge fy and weekly papers, we think it but:| which deprived vn G aterbusy Show. of much 
of Wheat, and no les s that of examining the | fair to thos o have declined to take, part in the| attractive machiner, 
leaves and straw re if it be much affected | pate igs iid, which the Society has for the last} 1. That the Society eb ~proken faith with the exhi- 
With mildew, Puccinia. graminis, and other epiphyti |2 ears sọ earnestly | and successfully fostered to. make bitors, in departir from the “Saleem system, of 
< bli; hts,” as if nee be present foa kargo exten’ i d th ft nares upon, That the a ara sheets 
whic! happily they are are not this st of tie grains not that we desire.to become, th the, gen ions of the| are so indefinitely, worded, that e dark 
will becpoor and starved apd plamp- corns will thas | firms who h have hae at the| as to the kinds of machines the 
be the exception TENK SE : Soe ociety, from, they have get ived: ponat, 3. That the trials ar 7 
ley.—This crop, is not cultivated to t gas, and to the interest of whose | aw is capridouss ingen devoted 
extent which it Sereni > is s$ a lighter soil, and the annual. spate TE here therefore under a tacit |’ Daag AAG DEM 
th gation to co} mtribute—but, that in DT nh of uling are of the j 
e straw dl sits M hee no power ect 
fs the. pres 1 a Pr Riria oats hich if firmi naere pen ve opisima he judges, whether on: the ground 
t Be ames, tisa a eee farther what | hand, and resisted the other, m ventually | their in Anei 
not. pro o bea fitstera i With a aid i in anpnal gatherings to mere ex pac tions of| choice of the caine engin 
liv stock, | It, is no Sı secret to those who have mixed] | position mpire. . 5. That the reports, 
gating th ond here remarke, that ag w sti- ae ler | Are Mea epee cto be of Title secpice either 
e nat astory 0) al . 
rrobanche, in seed, sad epee i “Sia ee pi men ts, that, for years s past Voy bays Sele he ed i a 198 the public or, the 
parent, will be especially. w, hese, whether they be | Content at the frequently recutring contests, w yi: hibiti d h 
on crop plants or on A Mg: vi RA E which some of the | are expected, like pri ize-fighters, to be always ready to | exhibiting ogg 
sAjiach, Shemaalyes, Eepegimens should be sent to rdise their hard-earn reputa ion, by. en tly, that the business, 
se gi Buckman, the. Royal Agricultural College, jeo Dp tition with all co e mental labour | the Royal Agricultural Show is not < 
dant on the ao rarer hich. rmsof Popi the outlay. RT 
eal fall Seals ane late fafo noted d Sut Relaietinrs Tae much snd grape ng make, to retain. their position, no These are, one.would think, tangible objections, and 
