. The Country gentleman's magazine. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Great Britain. were almost unaltered at seed-ripening, while the latter-math, consisting exclusively of green root foliage, was 15,654 lb. per acre. The fertile variety, grown on a black sandy loam,, incumbent on clay, gave at flowering 54,450 lb. per acre, which lost in drying 30,628 lb., its hay thiK Aveighing 23,821 lb., while that of the first was only 17,866 When the hay. Calyx magn Seed, natural size. is considered too coarse, it may be much im- proved by the aid of the straw-cutter, and mix- ing with other feeding subs
. The Country gentleman's magazine. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Great Britain. were almost unaltered at seed-ripening, while the latter-math, consisting exclusively of green root foliage, was 15,654 lb. per acre. The fertile variety, grown on a black sandy loam,, incumbent on clay, gave at flowering 54,450 lb. per acre, which lost in drying 30,628 lb., its hay thiK Aveighing 23,821 lb., while that of the first was only 17,866 When the hay. Calyx magn Seed, natural size. is considered too coarse, it may be much im- proved by the aid of the straw-cutter, and mix- ing with other feeding substances. SEED AND SOWING. About 14 lb. per bushel is an ordinary average weiglit for the seeds, of which fully are contained in a single ounce, the- ng habit of gr on a black rich loam, produced when flower- ing at the rate of 51,047 lb. per acre, which lost 33,180 lb. in drying; and these results covered by only rolhng them in, or by passing Fl'Tct magiiilied. Spikelet magnified. number varying, however, in the different vari- eties. The greatest quantity of these come up when the earth covering does not exceed half- an-inch, about half as many when the covering is from i to iX inch, and none when it is 2'% inches in depth; so that the soil should be well prepared before sowing, and the seeds then. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London, S. Marshall & Co
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