a7ot on agriculture. Ast 
troublesome by destroying the eggs. If allowéd to range 
at liberty after they are fit for feeding, 'théy wath away 
"their flefhy and their fat, and destroy thé economy of keep- 
-ing them. 
Ail kinds of poultry ought to be.tadken up at due times 
_and fed for the larder. ; 
Mathed potatoes, (of ‘the refuse,;) with cabbage, and 
other vegetables; the dust of corn mills, buckwheat, 
_and the like, fhould be employed in preparing all these 
birds for the kitchen, and the stock for breeders carefully 
attended to. Capons too amtong our dunghill fowl has 
fallen into disuse, which occasions a considerable lofs, as 
-capons take on much sooner than others, and preserve the 
tranquillity of poultry yards. 
In light lands buckwheat may be raised to great ad- 
.yantage asa lucrative crop*. When green, it is a fine 
feed for milch kine, and when ploughed in a fine prepara- 
. tion for the land. 
It fattens pigs with great economy, and _pafsed 
_. through the mill, is, with carrot, a capital feed for work 
horses. 
Accept, Mr Editor, of these slight notices from your 
_ constant reader and humble servant, PuiLocunes, 
ANECDOTE OF MAGLIABECHI. 
Maaurasecui, so much noted for his uncommon ‘memory, 
you know was librarian to the grand duke of Tuscany. 
An Italian gentleman once told me avery diverting anec- 
dote of a stupid theft of his, of a parcel of curious books, 
* I have some doubt if buckwheat can be reared in Scotland with 
_ profit. I have tried it on several soils, and in various situations, but al- 
ways with so little succefs, as to induce me to think, ifit can ever be 
_ cultivated with profit in Scotland, this can only be in a few very uncom-~ 
~ mon situations, Egit, 
