The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-02-01

he sill
left Munich with from the Queen of Bavaria to her
son Otto then King of Greece and July 1st delivered
these letters at Naupa 1t most daring undertaking,
for without guide he made his way lofty mountains,
through the deep ravnes of the rian alps and the Balkan
to find his path through trackes forests and swim and ford
rivers with only compass and his seamans knowledge to
guide him. Sometimes he obliged to swim rivers
two three times in few hours that he obliged to
go whole day with wet clothes Entirely ignorant of the
Sclavone Magyar or Turkish dialects he was unable TO
make inquiries about the road. In Montenegro he
attacked by robbers and saved only his letters at another
time he only escaped death by the of his limbs. On
Turkish territory he detained three days by the Pasha
Janna Making allowance for these three days. he accom-
pshed the journey in twenty daythat is average OF
eighty ve miles day. which, considering the extraordinary
difficulties of the route greater feat than the walk from
Paris Moscow But the mighty undertaking with which
Westons feat mountain molehil he accomplished
in 1885, On the 18th of July he started from Consannope
five o'clock in the morning for Calcutta, with letters Tor
banker there which he delivered in Calcutta the 9th
of August After rest of only three days, he commenced
the return Journey and arrived in Constantnope the Sd
of October In sixty days-makng allowance for the stop
in Cacuahe trayersed the mountain wilderness of Asia
Minor the deserts of Syria the plains of Persia the noun
tans and guches of Aghanistan the Hmaaya where he
sometimes had to snowhoes average OF eighty
two miles day. These all facts which have received
the perfect confirmation and to which thousands OF
living witnesses in Europe will testify The last trial OF his
strength it very easy bring proof of from files of English
papers of that year. 1t to that with such facts In
view the above well spare breath and ink IN
speaking of such feat Westons unprecedented or
unparalleled" In comparison with Mensu Ernst, Weston
is "poor stick"
THE PoTATo-Mr George May, of Benthall, England in
his prize essay the potato gives the results of experiments
on 129 trial plots which may be summed up follows:
Every increase in the size of the set from one ounce to
eight in weight produces increase IN the crop
much greater than the additional weight OF the set planted
The profit and above the extra weight OF SETS In
planting in lieu of SETS amounted
the whole series of experiments to between three and
per acre. and the further profit the increase of
the size of the set from four eight ounces averaged
about five uns per acre. all the intermediate steps parakng
proportonately of the increase.
The advantage of large sets marked In the late
than in the early varieties.
In the of small SETS of from to three ounces in
weight large balance and above the weight OF the sets
obtained by planting from six to nine inches apart In
the rows than at wider intervals
L. Increasing the intervals at which the sets are planted
of the largest in the rows to than twelve
inches dmnishes the CROP and the wider intervals induce
in the weight of the produce the individual SETS
1t may be broadly stated that the weight of the crop
proporonae the weight per of the SETS and that
small will produce the crop equal weight per
of large The fact is however, of limited applica-
ton weight of very small SETS equal to weight OF full
sized potatoes could not be got into the ground except by
planting them close be preudcia to the crop The
advantage therefore, of large sets remains practically unm
paired. :.
Weight for weight produce nearly possible
the weight per whole potatoes but for the
given above the weight of the sets should not be
reduced by subdivision.
T. Smaller give larger produce in proportion to
their weight than the larger sets.
g. When the intervals between the sets in dmin
shed to less than foot the produce OF each individual set
is proporonatey diminished Though this is not necessarily
accompanied by dimnuton of the weight of the crop no
increase in the produce of each individual set caused by
placing the sets at intervals wider than foot.
g. With reference the relative produce of different
varieties late red takes precedence throughout the
experiments and of the several varieties of Fuke Spen
GERS King of Flues and The Queen of Fukes much
more prolific than the ordinary variety.
the best adapted to the potato it was found
by Dr. Lang that all ntrogenous dressings tried In Devon
shire rather preudcia than otherwise regards the
potato disease but that wood ashes (Which abound in
and lime and salt beneficial Experiments with regard
rria1
Voelcker and examining them the following deductions
have been made
The best crop obtained by the use Of rotten barn
yard manure.
Superphosphae and crude potash sas-a purely mineral
manurng gave nearly equal increase The mixture of
superphophae and crude potash salts appear to be specially
useful for root crops light land.
g. Common salt enhances the efficiency Of the superphos-
phate and potash salts; but when used alone it slightly