310 Agriculture.[Apa
His Grace, John, tlie preſent Duke oſ Bedford, has been cleGéd an hoe norary member of the Board of Agriculture.
The Earl ot Egremont, whoſe merircs towards the rural œconomy of his country, were, before, very great, has latcly ſold or given away his fox- hounds, on account of the injury which he could not avoid perceivi g, that the hunting unavoidably did to the labours and inclo(ures of the far mers in his neighbourliood. This exampfle deſerves every praiſe.
The Fifluca fluitans, or Flot: Feſcue, is cultivated in wet grounds in‘Den mark, on account of the uſes to which its ſeeds are capable of beirg put‘as A grain, for human ſubſiſtence. Their flour makes 2 pleafant bread’;‘and the grain unground, is excellent for malt, for a material in the diſtilleties; for the fartening of pigs and poultry,&c, Ought not the culture of. this plant, whether as a grain-bearing plant for the uſe of man, or as an articlé of forage to be here tried, in the marſhes, for inſtance, of Lincolnſhire? It Srows ipontaneoufly in wet ditches in this country.
In the county of Wickiow in Ircland, thcré abounds a lumeſtone-gravet, little if at all, known in England, which próves, of all poſſible manures, thé beſt for a deep clay ſoil.
Peat-Earth has been lately found to prove an excellent manure whether for clayey or calcareous ſoils. Tt may be, alſo, laid with great advantage, on any thin calcareous ſoil, where an additional depth of mou!d is wanted.
The common extent of the farms in the South of Ireland is from 150 to J00 Acres; a very judicious diſtribution. The Icafes on ſome of the moÆ conſiderable eſtates, ave for three lives or for 31 years.
The price of labour in the South of Ircland is to men tod a day, for the months from November x, to May 1, and for the reſt ofthe year 1s.'a dèy,
The average produce of the acre of land in the county of Wicklow is 36 buſhels ot wheat, 58 buſhels of oats, or 54 buſhels of barley,
In the celebrated plains of Marathon in Attica, the olive-tree grows to the height even of the nobleſt walnut-trees. On the hills, its growth is leſ lotty, but its fruit richer and of finer flavour. It is cultivated, in Attica, with the plough and the hoe. In winter, the ground is plowed round thé olive-tree. The hoe is uſed to work the earth about it, in Spring. In winter, the earth is heaped up round the trunk to keep it warm. In ſum- mer, the tree is cooled by an excavation round the trunk into which water is admitted. But, the oil of thé wild olive is always of a better colour and Havour, than that of the olive-tree which grows under culture.
The Athenian mountain of Hymettus is fill as famous for îts bees, as ît was moré than 2000 years ſince. Twelve theuſand bée-hives are kept upon it. Each bee-hive annually produces, on an average, 30 lib. of honey, and 2 lib. of wax. The total produce of Atcica, in honey and wax, is, therefore, 360,000 lib of. the tormer, and 24,000 lib. of the latter. Of theſe to the value of 2,400! is conſumed in Attica. About 20,400. ſterling is re- ceived for the honey and wax exported.
The beſt form of a ſheep hitherto known, is that of the ſheep in the flocks of Arcadia. They are in length uſually from 30 to 36 inches, in height from 15 to 18 inches, in weight from 30 to 40 lib. The limbs are large, the back broad, the tail and the head large, the aſpe& vigorous and healthy, The legs are ſmall, the eyes large and túnken, the temples proje&ting, the look animated and healthy, the wool thick, ſoft, and müch curled. Why ſhould we not make trial’ of this breed in England?
A good deal has been lately ſaid of the neceſſity of relieving ſalt from the preſent duties Upon it, in order, that it may be employed as a manure in agriculture. Should this accommodation not be obtained; the following ſubſtitute may be uſed with infinite advantage by all farmers who live not à farther diſtance than 20 miles from the ſca. Be ſure to place your dunghill in a water-proof baſon of maſon-work well cemmented. Then, whether your preparation be only of dung and vegetables, of dung vegetables and