Ocroser 27, 1860. | THE GARDEN] 
Tee ee, ENS eR ACRES SET ete se S E a 
flavoured with salt, or any favourite condiment, | 
will afford a most nutr itious meal, which even the 
infa; 
i rd 
ts even the best Peas from, coo. — 
water 
ked in water 
en pier they senting 3 soa 
for : e time before 
e as 
E 
ee 
he most ‘st cien 
ead r 
outer surface of the 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
959 
anager | ingathering of our crops. In ant pwnd 
the har wd betas one oe ge difficulty and loss 
| Scotland, I thus the energetic pros 
t rves i eros that “ reaping 
f ungus traverses the inner tissue of the 
plant where no remedy can be applied. The m 
hopeful suggestion, as regards topical nonini ji 
Bib ons, in consequence was the powdering of the 
ivided zas hae sublimed sulphur, and this 
itself 
ilst on the othet KAR the people one 
vai it that they have done considerable mischief |s | 
to their physique in consequence, and the failur 
of the crop leads sà food panics which are 
serious in their consequences, 
In this state of affairs we would recommend atla 
very 
least a partial reversion bt mo ae diet to aaen 
the present emergency, a the futur 
would strongly urge upon sie cottager to lash i 
er are Lager and the former coming in early, 
le poor may make a few shillings by s pr 
esults ard ther however the SA lphur acts i 
such a igo xt ming immediately in content | 
it spawn of the thee “ahh may sect in 
i 
by mac he'd» is beco clay a nec 
shows increasingly the delay 
k 
s it causes the sto 
dit and has a end ti sAn 
operations s by the occupat the far: 
drv when they might ek shout be e ingat ering. 
Tho mah thus decided as to machine, I was un- 
oot Zz 
flicting; and the ae sent 
[ont tb eg hey PE puzzled rather than inced m 
Tn 1859 I nine the competition trial for te Hi 
h [and Society’s pi at its hm 
Ith sA saw, joined wear te testimony of Mr. 
Bar: pag ny ther well- kno wn Lothian far 
iin autot of th 
All om ood we belie whi ch has been achieved 
e affections has been 
The {need- 
I tho mee that Be the arises Jes abe ith 
| the machine there would be no difficulty in at once 
putting it to wo ork Iy fi rial in cutting G 
| was unsatisfactory ; the knife cut well pr the machine 
| clogged often, sat fastened in the gro at the 
off side. As the best method oh getting out ye? this 
rier ult; ty I ze ques sted the maker send a. person 
its working. They f ailer ety one 
| of their intel ent Poromen, ge in an hour’ ur’s trial after 
I 
At phar ye the Worcester Agricultural 
Societ; i on the 10th of October, the subject of 
** Blights” was joaga fortei by Mr. Hudson 
of Pershore, His observations were directed i 
ar R he airy 
va + 
re he thou 
n Go 
haer the 
va bce d A Minele 
ghter “and a member after Sme | ciro 
ich w e crin 
anything which fell [from ny 
> £ which we 
pepan may all be im orb tome ‘a i the 
| contiguous patches will frequently be healthy and 
seased ; i if we are ba fled here, much more 
be so in examin hoe: similar tracts 
to discoyer if possible the ras efron imperfectly carrying oat the instruetions 
climate, aspect, cultivation, &c. which are favour- | given, a Bore ssing, el I Ba 
able their development o sagt ten Some | that the an experience 
information of value on suc point might first se s lateri a of a reaper is often hes iia se that it 
possibly be elicited by a few weeks’ "examination of | cra Es er we RA rily Bia: oe I D e ie a 
the crops in different parts of the country. The 6 being oie ie deve the pair of h ses, 
pom attending the working, and four women 
Phare so nice as to be often far above our powe rs of remove the cut Grass out of the track of the machine 
prai rai oy ae In the same plot, under apparently at its next round, this last being so much towards the 
and Beans extended altogether 
to 144 thee “192. ‘of Which w on Ae ‘Gara by the 
machine i ina more satisfactory m n could be 
by hook o fis wai the oblige” 2 ice were cut 
sy be rves 
ar 
= diferent localities, The 
plants of a the crop i is compose 
by these instrume nts in consequence of their 5 Sales 
a fae when he seed or cu 
ed, the pears ures with whi a ‘the 
matter. _ Still it i ae © that, p comme 
"thes 132 acres 3 occupied the reaper 203 boots b 
or less lodged and twisted, and was, therefore, ext 
the lie—the machine 
we 
You may as well try 
as to stop bli hts.” 
Now g 
Uu OL 
in | that $ 
ome conditi 
biras tainly estiis ey others Pita Hr and 
gener: I. Tin Bid eas pant, set out with|® 
strong prajtidibes on the vg ven be A punt ed 
ve all what especial v: 
effectually resist a murrain. Beyond this we do 
not believe that a ommis sion would effect a y 
investigate, and their report i 
Staten ent of a foregone oonelusion, s rere Bi bei 
w partial facts. Such c issions are far more 
frequent on the Contin ik thin in this country, 
d we cannot find that Sat sidt lead to an 
fd practical results, even to much new 
information. 
If the word “ Blights” be taken to m ape 
the mildew of the Vine, Hop, and Potato, it must 
be extended to Wheat mildew, smut, bunt, rust 
and other ee and the aap rome would 
have enough u v 
thoropghly only on 
7 
good, mrt the prosper 
this limited point of sae is so very resplematical, |® 
that we think it very unlikely that Government 
erage, 2 ost | Whe 
ani 
“a 
ord is lodged ; 
have standing ‘corn aah ‘hen “shall cut Soil the field 
eis feel inclined to speculate on the subject. 
and A at aan 12 acres per day. 
_ The tting, bindin ng, ¢ =e apes of the work ra 
s 6 wom 
WE ae to lament the death of the DUKE of | 
Ricumonp, K.G., which took a on peny | 
“age Blom 
i. e., one man driving th 
box with a je to Saiver nice we aaeeea corn. 
for: orm i n sheav S, six women to puti the, o into sheaves 
last, a the family mansion in Portland Place, 
A life grie l ri value and of especial Ẹ | put to in stook. The horses were not overtasked by 
usefulnes Agricultural mcs of the | a continuous yoking of five hours ; but as all the farm 
for i us come proma sgir Pe ii the d of two-and-a half Ho s In cu al 
he # end of two-a urs. In tting 
for it bad 1 nf reached Ay a Dee riod of thresoor FO ae RE wobArol douko on. core 
e Duke was one of 
h Bojai Agricultural Society 
and, of which he had twice been 
| iar, a I should then = chink i it imperative to change 
| the horses as above, and the numbe rs of Pene rers and 
; that is, 
Pr kryg he was also President of the pasa 
| eutting one way, 8 acres per day, takes iforey men 
remedy, The siphe of the Hop, the Oidium of 
the Vine, and the Tilletia of Buntea Wheat is all Club. His popularity among ag | six women; cutting all a a G s per ra: would 
under ofo E aitik: Dh turists, both those immediately a Ea with | tekovclaven. Mon and This keeps 
mildew. Js not aap eee ae ie tht e| him as tenani » and the gaa body of fhe them fully occupied ;. but. 
Goes >n ate ta graminis) n sredncee it, E aa ft try, was ba aad SEN E ER ae in price ge or mike Ie min 
5 i won : can a 
not + affe atached to the straw, and therefore is |f which at all times his time pros ror ae horse rake, eos the spaces ‘between the stooks ; 
spore t free in the iire 3 vane it their i disposal, and by the cordiality the line of be raked subsequently to their 
same tk oeat Menam t Bast. | M which he welcomed ese asion of ot tay hija ae 
and in Smut the spores are all blown lathes irti pr ip with his brother agriculturists. retending TTE one b reakage of iatof the de a 
ind long before the haryest, Specific powders $ To 0 repair po sages: half by day’s gla! j- 
Sy clin recite aan aaa a ora na E eee ee 
in Steal bowen tga me g m tig he must te grda A AO ORINERY. “ Men should not Sen m ta of lts to a 
k » rival 
ome now to the Potato maS. y whic aw was| IN the following notes I shall cote ca, sg 0 come Wa patho its rh Tato dit ns with the 
more immediately in question, The eause of this to the machin nie T have | adv: rather apologists, of the hook and 
affliction is as certainly ascertained as th: _ Pear to depreciate reaping I | —both doomed to disuse except in all occupan- 
Hop or Vine mildew. Wh then in tt ae =A he no or me ons "Capabilities or th glad Pagers Ena as the flail still holds a place in—I do not and ra 
the gi use. gee ough wel satisfied wi | ree ee n unvarnish 
2 simran control? | Simply be Son — nin it surpassed by rs, as I have no doubt, in process of i oi experience ol af reaping by 
different habit from the Z are and bi Alori wor » has been tested porie vantages, 
The ths rysıp ium, had rs th well out of theordeal. S., famam a 
young threads of these, saye in a few excep- l effective reaping pdb as essential to the safe an 
