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12. — Catton, white, calved March 26, 1358 ; got by Lord 

 Scarhro', Lot 1 (14852), dam {Yoiiu? :Magic Flower, No. 8) 

 by Chieftain (10048).— 21 gs., Mr. Peacock. 



13. — Tkavulleu, roan, calved May, 1858; got by Lord 

 Scarhro' (14S52, Loi 1), dam (Passion Flower, No. 3) by 

 Whittingtou (12299).— 27 gs., Sir J. Paxtou. 



14.— Royal Oak, roan, calved August 19, 1858; got by 

 Lord Mayor (14828), dam (Oak Apple, No. 12) by Magician 

 2nd (10486).— 70 gs.. Mr. Fawkes. 



15.— Lord Aberdee.n, roan, calved September 17, 1858; 

 got by Lord Mayor (14828), dam (Moss Rose, No. 7) by 

 Cotherstoue (6903).— 91 gs., Mr. Pole. 



CALENDAR OF AGRICULTURE. 



The planting of beetroot must be done in the j 

 first ten daj's of the month ; and of potatoes, if I 

 remaining from last month. Sow grass seeds; and | 

 hoe all drilled crops. Sow Swedish turnips — pur- j 

 pie and yellow-topped, and continue with Aberdeen 

 yellow bullocks as a later sowing. Plant cabbages, 

 kohl rabi, savoys, and winter broccoli. Sow rape, 

 to be consumed on the ground preparatory for 

 wheat ; and sow early white turnips, for use in au- : 

 tumn. 



Pare and burn lands constantly during this j 

 month ; and prepare turnip and clay fallows. 



All dung-heaps must be turned over for ten days 

 before being used, that a fermentation may take 

 place : all lumps and large pieces must be care- 

 fully broken and shaken out. Watered meadows 

 may now be shut-up for hay. Gates and fences I 

 must be thoroughly repaired for summer use. 



Cattle of all ages will now go to grass — the milch 

 cows in a well-watered and sheltered field, and the ' 

 store cattle in the pasture fields, arranged accord- j 

 ing to age. A proper arrangement conduces much 

 to well-being and thriving. The calves of the \ 

 year must be similarly arranged — the oldest in a j 

 grass paddock provided with water and a shed for ' 

 shelter, and have one suckling daily, and be sup- 

 plied with clovers and vetches in racks. Spare 



neither pains nor e.xpense on young animals. The 

 young calves in the pens should have green food 

 given them, in order to introduce such meat pre- 

 vious to being turned out. 



The lambing ewes must be supplied with oats 

 and oilcake in troughs, until the early vetches and 

 rye are ready. The food may be cut, and given 

 them in racks ; and part must be carried home for 

 soiling cattle, horses, pigs, and calves in the yards. 

 Litter amply. As the land is cleared, plough it for 

 a turnip fallow. 



Hop grounds may be dug this month, and the 

 bines tied to the poles: young hedges weeded; oak 

 trees cut, and the bark stripped and dried. 



Wash sheep by hand in a running stream a week 

 or two before shearing commences, to prevent the 

 maggot-fly depositing their eggs on the animals. 

 Sprinkle them from head to tail, from a dredging 

 bo.x, with a mixture of hellebore-root powder and 

 black brimstone — :} to Hb. 



No month in the year brings more business to 

 the farmer than the present ; and if ground be lost 

 now, it will rarely be recovered during the season. 

 The preparation of the turnip and clay fallows is in 

 the critical season: the first crops must be planted, 

 and the rest prepared for, with the utmost activity 

 and exertion. 



CALENDAR OF GARDENING. 



Kitchen Garden. 



Kidney Beans : Scarlet and painted-lady runners 

 are first called for : a warm soil is required ; the 

 seed perishes in cold, wet ground, and the plant 

 does not advance well in a dry, arid soil: best sown 

 in pots ; and dwarf French beans require a similar 

 treatment : tlie season and weather are the best 

 directors. It is good policy to have a stock of beans 

 in pots in early April; and to trust to open-ground 

 sowings in summer. 



Peas : Knight's marrow, and Adamson's match- 

 less Dorset variety, are most suitable for hence- 

 forward plantings. Sow the peas an inch asunder, 

 in quincunx order, on trenched grounds, with rot- 

 ten manure, and well-watered by the rose-pan: this 

 precaution is to prevent mildew. Late crops of 

 peas, sown six weeks hence, may be got at Michael- 

 mas. 



Potatoes : The late crops should be set, if not 

 yet plants. Let the rows, if possible, range north 

 and south, to admit an equable ditFusion of sun- 

 light. 



Fruit Depautment. 



Disbud all fruit-trees of all side shoots as have 

 no fruit at the base, excepting one near the origin, 

 which is left for a successor to the bearing shoot of 

 the present year. Fill up blanks by well-adapted 

 shoots, which improve old tiees. 



Flower Garden. 

 Plant flowers in the parterre system in the end 

 of the month, to escape frosts : plots and groups in 

 masses, with room for growth, and no suffocation 

 by crowding. Pelargoniums and verbenas, and 

 the allied elegant plants, are thus displayed ; and 

 in the arrangement, taste must guide. 



