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Glass 3.— SUBSTANCES USED AS FOOD.South Gallery.
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92 Croughton, William Peel, Tenterden, Kent —Producer.
Hoary white wheat; produce stated to be over fivequarters per acre.
Golden pod beans; produce, from which the sample istaken, stated at four quarters and six bushels per acre.
93 Asprey, James, Sandleford, near Newbury , Berks —Producer.
White trump "wheat, grown on a very poor soil; weight,67 lbs. per bushel.
94 Fordham, Thomas, Snelsmore Hill East, nearNewbury —Producer.
Samples of hybridized white wheat; weight stated to be66£ lbs. per bushel.
Prolific beans; weight stated to be 70 lbs. per bushel.
95 Juson, W., Bed Hill, Shrewsbury —Producer.Samples of grain and fine flour.
98 Keene, William, 42 Comhill —Proprietor.Specimens of the “forty-day maize” grown in England,
from new sorts cultivated by the exhibitor in thePyrenees. _
99 Irwin, Elizabeth, Ballymore, Boyle, Boscommon
—Producer.
Black barley, grown at Ballymore, in the county ofRoscommon, Ireland , from African seed.
[Black barley is a variety of the common two-rowedbarley (Ilordeum distich Lin) , In the course of cultivationthe dark colour gradually disappears. It is a heavycropper, and requires care at harvest, as, when the grainis ripe, the straw below the ear becomes very brittleand apt to break off.—J. W.]
100 Bexley, Lord, Footscray, Kent —Producer.Bushel of "white chittim wheat.
102 Gibson, Charles, Pitlochry , Perth —Producer.
Four bushels of English barley, grown by the exhibitornear Pitlochry , about 600 feet above the level of the sea.
Hand-spun and hand-woven shepherd check plaid,composed of natural black and white wool from black-faced Highland sheep.
Hand-spun and hand-woven shepherd check plaid, com-posed of blue dyed and white wool from black-facedHighland sheep.
103 Guillerez, Achille Francois, 37 Castle Street,Edinburgh —Producer.
The lentil, or Ervnm lens of botanists—known and ex-tensively cultivated in the earliest ages, especially in theEast, being probably similar to the “ red pottage” of Esau .
The exhibitor has cultivated lentils at South Queens-ferry, near Edinburgh , for two years ; he has successfullygrown and ripened in soil manured by sea-weed, thesmall lentil and the large red (the common, or Egyptian ) #
[In Egypt, Syria , and Hindustan, lentils form at thepresent day a chief article of food among the labouringclasses. They are also a common ingredient in Frenchcookery.—J. L*]
103a Sadler, William James, Swindon , Wilts—Producer.
“ Lawrance’s prolixus,” crystal white. This wheat hasqualities which are considered to render it highly deserv-ing of cultivation. The root is adapted to^ draw nourish-ment from an unusual depth in the soil, produces astrong straw, effectually resists the storm, affords a pro-lific yield ; and its colour and weight are good. Yield ofsample shown, stated at 06J lbs. per bushel.
104 Gibbs, Thomas, & Co., I-Ialf-Moon St,, Piccadilly
—Importers and Producers.
Collection of dried specimens of grasses used in layingdown land for permanent pasture, with seeds of the same.Specimens of wheat, barley, &c. ; collection of variousagricultural, kitchen garden, and other seeds.
105 Lawson, Peter, & Sons, Edinburgh —Producers.Specimens of the vegetable productions of Scotland ,
comprehending all substances used for food in the chemi-cal arts and medicine, in manufactures, and in house andship building.
This collection is divided into six sections, as follows:—
1. Plants cultivated for their farinaceous seeds, to-gether with their straw or haulm.
2. Plants cultivated for their herbage and forage.
3. Plants cultivated chiefly for their roots.
4. Plants cultivated for their uses in the arts, manu-factures, and for various economical purposes.
5. Plants cultivated for their medicinal properties
6. Plants cultivated for their timber.
A detailed account of each specimen is contained in acatalogue printed by the exhibitors.
106 Jones, G., Bedland, Bristol —Producer.Specimen of wheat, grown by spade culture and dib-bling.
107 H.R.H. Prince Albert —Producer .
Three samples of grain grown on the Royal Farm atWindsor, consisting of wheat, oats, and beans, one bushelof each.
107a Wright, Henry, Antingham, near NorthWalsham —Manufacturer.
Malt, manufactured from barley grown by the Rev.Cremer Cremer, of Beeston, near Cromer, Norfolk .
108 Gentile, Joseph Pascal, Harbertonford Works,near Totness , Devon —Manufacturer.
Macaroni and Italian pastes. Prepared flour.
[The hard wheats are best adapted for the manufactureof these substances. They contain more gluten than thesoft wheats.]
Prepared flour and cocoa as a chocolate.
Vegeto-animal food; a compound of the nutritious prin-ciples of meat and wheat, &c.
110 Watt, George, Upper Balfour, Banchory,Scotland —Producer.
Sample of barley, grown after turnips, in a five-courserotation, turnips, barley, hay, pasture, oats, with theordinary farm-yard manure. Exhibited for quality.
112 Sutton, John, & Sons, Beading —Producer.
Specimens of grain. Skinless Chevalier barley, a newvariety. Purple-topped yellow hybrid turnip, valuablefor late sowing, as a substitute for swedes. Lincolnshirered turnip, from the stock of Philip Pusey , Esq., M.P.
114 M'Killican, James, Piperhill, Cawdor, Scotland '—Producer.
Sample of perennial rye-grass seeds ( Lolium perenne ),raised on the farm of Piperhill, Nairnshire. They arethe produce of the third year’s crop ; weight 37 lb. 3oz.per bushel.
Sample of white wheat, the produce of the first crop,from land formerly worthless, on the same farm, manuredby 300 lbs. weight of Peruvian guano to the acre. Pro-duce per imperial acre about five quarters ; weight perbushel, 65 lbs. 1 oz.