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FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
By the steamer Caledonia, we are in receipt of our 
foreign journals to July 7th. 
Markets. —The transactions in Cotton were large 
at an advance of §ri. per lb. Wheat, a small ad¬ 
vance. Indian. Corn, a trifling decline. Other arti¬ 
cles of American produce firm and in good demand. 
Money, very plenty, at to 3 per cent. 
Remedy for Mildew on Grapes. —Fine sulphur, 
strewed around the vines, will kill, or prevent, mil¬ 
dew, if early applied.— Gardeners’ Chronicle. 
Lime Water. —Take a quantity of fresh-burnt lime 
pour over it 20 or 30 times its measure of water. Stir 
them well together; then let the lime settle, and 
pour off the clear fluid, which is lime water. This 
will kill slugs and worms, if poured over them, but' 
will not injure the plants.— lb. 
Top-Dressing for Wheat. —One cwt. of nitrate of 
soda, and one cwt. of sulphate of ammonia, per acre, 
sown broadcast, in wet weather, will give a most lux¬ 
uriant foliage and abundant yield.— lb. 
To Preserve Green Peas for Winter Use. —To 
preserve green peas for winter use, they should be 
dried in a cool oven, and hung up in paper bags.— lb. 
State of the Crops in Ireland. —The harvest pros¬ 
pects, in Ireland, which now engage the anxious at¬ 
tention of all classes, afford ground for hope that with 
abundant crops, the country may begin to recover 
from the utter prostration resulting from the total ex¬ 
haustion of its resources during a protracted famine. 
There is not a single exception, in the accounts to 
the general report of the highly favorable progress of 
the crops of all kinds, including potatoes. There is 
a great breadth of wheat in the southern and midland 
counties, which is described as thick, high, and full, 
with ail the appearance of health and vigor. 
Acorns in Spain. —The acorns, in Spain, are still 
called bellota, the Arabic bollot — belot being the 
scriptural term for the tree and the gland which, 
with watery formed the original diet of the aborigi¬ 
nal Iberian, as well as of his pig. When dry, the 
acorns were ground, say the classical authors, into 
bread; and when fresh, they were served up as the 
second course. And in our time, ladies of high rank 
at* Madrid constantly eat them at the opera and else¬ 
where. These were the presents sent by Sancho 
Panza’s wife to the Duchess ; and formed the text on 
which Don Quixote preached so eloquently to the 
goat herds, on the joys and innocence of the Golden 
Age and pastoral happiness, in which they consti¬ 
tuted the foundation of the kitchen.— Ford’s Gather¬ 
ings in Spain. 
A JYew Variety of Honeysuckle.— ThereMs 'now 
in full flower, at Fortune Cottage, near Garstang, be¬ 
longing to Mr. Tongue, a most splendid new variety 
of honeysuckle, which he has obtained by hybridiz¬ 
ing. It'is supposed to be the most splendid private 
collection in EuroDe, comprising, at present, 6,000 
plants, all growing upon , the surface. They appear 
like one complete mass of flowers, and they have cost 
him upwards of five years’ labor in bringing them to 
their present perfect state.— Mark-Lane Express. 
Management of Manure. —All manure made be¬ 
fore winter may be plowed under in its long and 
strawy condition, provided the land be clean ; but 
spring-mau-e manure must be at least twice turned, 
first, in the operation of removing it from the yards 
to heaps ; and secondly, once in the heap, a fortnight 
or so before use. The economical farmer will endeavor 
to diminish the loss during the rotting process,by cover¬ 
ing the heaps with earth so far as that is possible. 
The use of cut litter is not economical of straw.— lb. 
Pruning Beans. —The “ London Agricultural Ga¬ 
zette” believes it to be advantageous to cut off the tops 
of beans, after they have fully flowered, * 
A j\ew Remedy for the Potato Disease .—In a 
Belgian newspaper appears a circular dispatch, which 
has been lately addressed by the Minister of the In¬ 
terior to the governors of provinces in that country, 
wherein it is recommended that “ when the haulm is 
full grown, that is to say, shortly after flowering, the 
stems should be cut down to the ground carefully, so 
as not to disturb the tubers, and the soil then covered 
about an inch deep with earth, so as to keep them 
from contact with the air. This layer to remain till the 
tubers are ripe. A. M. Tombelle-Lomba, a farmer of 
Namur, asserts that, by adopting this plan, his pota¬ 
toes are every year as good as they were before the 
appearance of. this disease. 
/ Application of Liquid Manure .—To apply liquid 
manure with advantage, a little ordinary care is re¬ 
quired. It should always be borne in mind, that, dur¬ 
ing warm and dry weather, plants absorb fluids faster 
than when it is dull and cool, and that they perspire 
most in a dry warm atmosphere. If the supply at the 
root, therefore, is not kept up, then they become de¬ 
teriorated in quality, and the produce is considerably 
lessened. The common practice of pouring manure 
water immediately around the stem of a plant, should 
be avoided, for two reasons; first, the roots which ab¬ 
sorb most are in, or approaching, the centres of the 
spaces between the rows ; therefore, to be benefited 
by it, the liquid should be distributed there. Ano¬ 
ther very important matter, in common with vege¬ 
table culture, should not be lost sight of; by apply¬ 
ing the liquid in a limited circle round the plants in¬ 
dividually, the roots have less inducement to travel 
far in search of food; hence, they are fewer in num¬ 
ber. But if their food is placed at a greater, yet 
reasonable distance from them, they will seek it out, 
fresh roots will be emitted, and they will have a much 
larger field to feed in .-^Agricultural Gazette. 
Produce of Guernsey Cows .—Ths following is the 
produce of five Guernsey cows, in one year, as given 
in the last Annual Report of the Proceedings of the 
Royal Agricultural Society of Guernsey :— 
Butter, 1,340 lbs.; sold on an average 
at £ 
s. 
d. 
Is. 3 id. per lb., 
. 86 
10 
10 
Milk sold, .... 
. 4 
3 
3 
One fat bull calf, ■ . 
. 2 
8 
10 
Four heifer calves,. 
. 3 
0 
0 
Churned milk, at Is. per gallon, , 
. 11 
3 
0 
£107 
5 
11 
How to Make Guano .—A gentleman, walking on 
the beach, in the vicinity of Harwich, observed a man 
busily engaged with a pickaxe, raising a material from 
the lower part of the cliff, and on asking him 
his employment, was told “ he was raising stones for 
manure.” This rather puzzled our friend, who be¬ 
came more minute in his inquiries. The man oh 
served :—“ These, which look like stones, are crystal¬ 
lized fish, and, although very hard now, will, when 
put through a mill, crumble to powder. My master 
ships a great quantity of it to London, there to b(- 
ground, and then mixed with guano to give it weight. 
—English Paper. 
Soot and Brick Dust as Medicine for Poultry.—. 
Soot is a very ancient remedy among old-fashioned 
housewives, actually possessing aperient and active 
properties. Red brick dust has also peculiar effects, 
as well as small pebbles and sand, which poultry.will 
sometimes eagerly devour. These act as triturents in 
the esophagus, and aid in the quicker dispersion of 
bile amongst the crude matters the fowls contain. 
Calcareous substances are required for the forma¬ 
tion and excretion of the material composing the egg¬ 
shell. If deprived of th.e above-name^, su^^tances, 
the birds pine away and die. 
