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A <; FIA I c IJ IJ rr fJ it ss. -— Soil, considered scientifically, may be described ,\[1 be essentially a mixture of an impalpable poe.der with a gtvate.r or Smaller quantity ol vi,ihl^ particles of all sizes and sham's. Carelul examination will prove to us, that although tbe visible, particles have several indirect effects, of so great importance that they are absolutely necessaiy to soil, still tbe impalpa- ble powder is tbe only portion which directly exerts any influence upon vegetation. This impalpable pow- der consists of two distinct classes of substances, viz., inorganic or mineral matters, and animal and vegeta- ble substances, in all the variuus stages of decompo- sition. A very simple method may be employed to separate thes., tWII dasst's of particles from each other, viz., the impalpable powder anil tbe visible particles; and, in so doing, we obtain a very useful index to the real value of the soil. Indeed, all soils, except stiff clays, can be discriminated in this manner. The gi eater the proportion of the iinpa'atahle matter, the greater, ctettris paribus, will be tbe fertility of tbe soil To effect this separation, <|ie following easy expe- riment may be performed: Take a glass tube about two feet long, closed at one end fill it ahllnt halt lull IIr water, alld shake into a sufficient quantity of the soil to be examined, to fill the tube about two inches from the bottom; then put in t t-(wi-k. ati(t, li;t%,iii shaken tbe tube, well to mix the earth and water thoroughly, ,;ct the tube in an upright position, for the soil to settle down. Now, as the larger particles are of course the heavier, th y fall first, and form the un dennost l?tyt'l* tif the ati(i so on in regular gradation, the inipalatanle powder being the ).?tt? subside, and benee occupying the uppermost portion. 11'111'11 I.y t'xallliuill.tlll r,:lati\'t thil'kl'sS of the variou- layers, and calculating their proportion, yon can make a\?ry accurate mechanical an!)t\is?f the soil." POTATOE PLANTING. —| always plant potatoes earlv in November, choosing u dry day. and have found them succeed exceeding well. I cut my sets in the usual w.iv a week betoie planting, draw tiie drills about two feet asunder, then put ill slimp rottell dung, and plant the sets about one foot apart, and put some dung on them. The early sorts I plant nine inches apart, in r,i%t-s i?i,,iit(-ell t,i .ill.til Ihe drills up to a ridge, which will keep Ili«- sets drv and prevent tbe frost from hurting them. B this method I have potatoes quite ripe the beginning of September, and have bad a most '?'?'P: I can recom- mend the above for small gardens. Correspondent of tn?ndt))('ab?\<'f.'rs'nai)t!<irdHns.— C urt-fsp(m d Hr)tof Fg:DING PuuLTnY.-Proftsor Gregory, of Aber- IIpen, in a letter to a friend, observes "As I suppose you keep poultry, I may tell yoll that it liiis ;ts- certained that if you mix a sufficient -if shel's ui' chalk, w hich they cat greedily, tbey will lay, ceeleris paribus, twice or thrice a; in "ny eggs as before. I A well-fed fowl is disposed to lay a ast number of eggs, but cannot do so without the materials tor the shells, however nourishing in other respects her food maybe. Indeed, a fowl fed on food and water, free from carbonate of lime, and not finding any in the soil, or in tbe shape of mortar, which they often eat off tbe walls, would lay 110 eggs at all with the best will in the world. Lay this to heart, and let me know in spring if the bens lay two, or two for one." A black fell ewe, sixteen years 1 f age, the p I-o-)I)Prty of Mr. Tysoli, of the Old King's Upad lilli, Bronghtou in Furness, has within the last fourteen years yeaned and reared no fewer than twenty-nine laIl111. namely one wtieu two years old, and two each succeeding year I since.

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