for Consumption in the Metropolis. 



581 



Compared with the same period in 1866, the above quotations 

 show a decline of from IO5. to SO*, per pack. 



Imports of Wool in Six Months. 



1865, 



lbs. 



1866, 



lbs. 



FoJdin :: :: ::} 37,470,008 101,948,949 



Exports of Wool in Six Months. 



1867. 



lbs. 



117,220,028 



1865. 



lbs. 



English I 4,014,604 



Colonial j 36,. 526, 133 



Foreign j 5,304,109 



1 



Total .. .. I 45,844,846 



1866. 



1867. 



lbs. 



3,566,886 



29,451,959 



2,540,984 



35,559,829 



lbs. 



3,117,235 



39,626,742 



6,035,779 



48,779,756 



4, Argyle Square, St. Pancras. 



XIX. — On the Composition and Nutritive Value of Anthyllis 

 Vulneraria {Ladfs Fingers) as a Fodder Plant. By De. 

 Mgustus Yoelcker. 



The Anthyllis Vulneraria (Lady's Fingers, or Kidney Vetch), 

 grows wild throughout the length and breadth of England. It 

 is very common on dry pastures and rocky or stony places ; but 

 though it may be seen on a great variety of soils, and is appa- 

 rently independent of the prevailing mineral constituents of the 

 land on which it grows, it is naturally a lover of the limestone, 

 and flourishes on the thin oolitic soils of the Coltswold hills, 

 and generally on calcareous and open sandy land. 



Of late years the Anthyllis has been recommended for cultiva- 

 tion as a fodder plant ; it is reported to yield a large crop of 

 hay and green food, which is specially useful for sheep, and to 

 succeed well on soils too poor for the growth of broad clover. 

 It certainly grows on extremely poor pastures and dry sheep-walks, 

 and is apparently relished by sheep ; but whether it is, as has 

 been asserted, an extremely nutritious food, even when grown on 

 the poorest soils, we have no evidence to show. 



Probably it may be grown to the best advantage on calcareous 

 sandy soils, and there yield better or more abundant fodder than 



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