Report of the Special Committee to Whom Were Referred the Report of the Lower Canada Agricultural Society; And, the Special Report of the Agricultural

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852. Excerpt: ... however, with reserve, as it is not founded on practical knowledge. llth.--The most common weeds with which I am acquainted in Lower Canada, are thistles, wild peas, mustard, Baston grass, buttercups, and the large and small daisy, many fields are ruined by what is termed twitch, or coach-grass, which is very difficult to eradicate. Live oats are very common in certain localities, likewise, a sort of verge d'or, known as yellow rocket. All these weeds are very detrimental to the growth of grain. I have now answered the questions you have done rne the honor of proposing to me; and have done so, to the best of my knowledge; without, however, any hope of having afforded any new information, by my remarks, on a subject which you doubtless understand much better than I do. I conclude then, without adding any thing farther; I am, gentlemen, Your very obedient Servant, (Signed, ) WM. BERCZY. To Messrs. A. N. Morin, Alfred Pinsoneaalt, Hector Langevin, Adam Ferrie, and Wm. Evans. ('Translation.') Saint Remi, 15tli April, 1851. Gentlemen, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 8th instant, and to answer to such of your questions, on agricultural matters, as lie within the scope of my ability. 1st--The principal reason which prevents the rearing of a great number of sheep, appears to me, to be the small success obtained by the breeders. But the cause of this want of success seems to me to be, not, as many guppose, the rigour of the climate; for experience shows, that a simple shelter is much preferable to a stable for sheep, and especially, to a stable that is too warm. What sheep suffer from, is not cold, against which nature has sufficiently protected them; but a damp, and a malignant scab, known in our country parts, as the prurigo, ...