552 



THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



CALENDAR OF AGRICULTURE. 



During fresh weather continue the ploughing of 

 stubbles for the next year's wheat, and green crop 

 fallows and leys for Lent crops. Repair old fences, 

 and make new ones. Continue the cutting of 

 drains when the weather permits ; mend roads, and 

 cast up earths for composts. Collect for manure, 

 in every shape or form, all earthy and vegetable 

 substances that can be got. 



Flood meadows, and lay dry occasionally. 



Cut underwoods, and fill up vacancies by plant- 

 ing and layering ; plant all kinds of forest trees, 

 especially ash and oak. Keep plantation fences in 

 good repair, to prevent trespassing — a very sure 

 sign of slovenly management. Raise turnips, and 

 store the roots in dry fresh weather ; give the tops 

 to young cattle in the yards, and to the store sheep 

 in the fields. 



Early lambs will be dropped during this month 

 in some places. Feed the ewes very liberally, and 

 provide good shelter. 



During frosty weather thrash very frequently, 

 and litter the yards very often. Collect earths to 

 the compost heaps, and carry lime for mixing with 

 the earths: cart stones to the places of draining; 

 carry fuel, timber, and faggots. 



This month arranges the winter operations for a 

 systematic management in every department. The 

 live stock require the most vigilant and unremitting 

 attention in being amply and regularly fed, and in 

 having a dry and comfortable bed in yards and 

 sheds. Keep the steamer in constant work, and 

 give cooked food daily to the horses, cows, pigs, 

 and poultry. Give the meat fresh, and allow no 

 sourness to take place. Give to the cattle the tur- 

 nips from the store pits, but in fresh weather bring 

 the roots daily from the fields. The drains and 

 culverts must be all in going order, to conduct the 

 urinary liquid to the tank. The cattle in the yards 

 should eat under cover, especially in high, cold 

 latitudes. This purpose may be most completely 

 effected by having the whole area of a farmery 

 roofed over like the terminus of a railway : this 

 arrangement has been mentioned, but not more 

 advanced. 



The crops of grain, the animals, and all moveable 

 articles being the property of the farmer, should be 

 insured at his cost, and the buildings at the expense 

 of the proprietor. The lease must contain a clause 

 to this effect, and the party who neglects the in- 

 surance is most culpably negligent, and commits 

 an injustice not only to himself, but against the 

 public at large. 



DUTY ON HOPS. 



An account of the duty on hops of the growth of the 

 year 1857, distinguishing the districts, and the old from 

 the new dutj-. 



Districts. Duty. 



£ s. d. 



Barnstaple 55 8 8| 



Canterbury G4,749 15 8| 



Cornwall 2 1 9| 



Coventry 13 9| 



Essex 1,628 14 101 



Gloucester 34 3 81 



Grantham 8 4 IJ 



Hants 2-2,859 17 11 



Hereford 41,707 3 5 



IsleofWight 16,438 8 lU 



Lincoln 212 16 s} 



Lynn 6 15 Uh 



Northampton 41 3 8? 



Nottingham 80 3 l| 



Reading 117 18 7 



Rochester 171,924 4 1^ 



Sheffield 1,328 9 5^ 



Stourbridge 11,327 9 2| 



Suflblk 1,578 14 1| 



Surrey 1,570 19 71 



Sussex 68,492 9 8j 



Taunton 56 12 9' 



Wales (Middle) 195 7 2 



Ware 83 10 61 



Worcester 12,381 16 3^ 



£416,883 4 2 



Old duty at Id. 12-20 per lb 228,594 1 U 4-20 



New duty at 0|d. 8-20 ... , 168,789 1 8| 16-20 

 Additional duty of 5 per 



cent, per act 3 Vict., c. 17 19,850 1 4 



£416,883 4 2 



CliAS. S. Hawthorne, 

 Assistant Accountant and Comptroller-general. 

 Inland Revenue Office, Zrd Nov., 1857. 



MONTHLY RETURN. 



An Account shewing the Quantities of Corn 

 Grain, Meal, and Flour, imported into the 

 United Kingdom, and admitted to Home Con- 

 sumption, in the month of October, 1857. 



Species of Corn, Grain, 

 Meal, and Flour. 



Wheat 



Barley 



Oats 



Rye 



Peas 



Beans 



Maize or Indian Corn .. 



Buck Wheat 



Beer or Bi^^g 



Total of Corn and Grain 



Wheat Meal and Flour 



Barley flieal 



Oat Meal 



Rye Meal 



I'ea Meal.. 



Indian Meal 



Buck Wlieat Meal 



Total of Meal and Flour . 



T . . Imported 



fr,^m''?;^tnf--B,Hi.h 



C-ntries. '^^^, 



qrs. bush. 



.38(i06l 1 ' 



121.587 I 



187187 4 



1.56^4 3 I 



4^32 5 t 



1 4S,'5f) 7 



156701 3 



8 



1110 I 



qrs. bush 

 9916 2 

 1 



26 4 

 1 



287 4 



879323 7 



Total. 



qrs. bush. 



.389977 3 



12I.';87 1 



187187 4 



13684 8 



4f69 1 



145.57 



156988 7 



8 



1110 



8900E4 3 



cwts. qr.lb.' cwta. qr.Ib. cwts. qr.lb. 

 104357 1 20 18135 1 25 122492 3 17 



2 2 



4 13 16 



35 3 7 



3"o 



2 2 



2 10 

 15 



3 7 



8 

 2 2 



101403 1 9 18148 2 1212v653 3 21 



