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MU. BOOTH S SnORT-IIOU\ BULL. 



To tlip Editor of llic Farmers' Rogi.-^lor. 



Shensiane, September 22, 1837. 

 Iluvinfj offered Ibr sale, ssoine rnives by my im- 

 ported Durham bull, I liiive concluded to transmit 

 you, the lijllowiiis extracts from the commnication, 

 which accompanied him. 



E. G. BooTxi. 



Liverpool^ December 20, 1834. 



Sir — T have to acknowlednje the receipt of your 

 letter, and the handsome manner in which you 

 are pleased to confi le in me. I tru=:t such confi- 

 dence will always meet a corresponding return on 

 mv part. Your application places me under some 

 diili.-ulty at the pre.-ent moment — o win": to the state 

 of my stock — for the demand for bulls has been so 

 great lately, 1 have only one bull (I am using) 

 unlet, and only one bull calf, tor which I have de- 

 clined to take less than £200. This may appear 

 an exorbitant sum, but 1 liappen lo be placed in a 

 situation to ask it. The calf in question is by the 

 bull Henwood, and out of the cow, portraits of 

 both which a[)pear in a small pamphlet of the So- 

 ciety for Promoting Useful Knowledge, which I 

 hope to forward you herewith. I demanded more 

 tor the calf, because I had only that male produce 

 from the dam's tiimily. Since then, however, her 

 jiill sister has produced a bull calf, which at lour 

 days old, I sold a gentleman in London, without 

 his seeing the calf, for £70. I enclose you his 

 letter in proof of this representation being a cor- 

 rect one. You are wrong without being aware of 

 it in deducing any certain conclusion from the re- 

 sults of ray sale, as respects the price by private 

 contract; particularly where the manner in which 

 a commission is entrusted, calls on me to exercise 

 my judgment, lor my reputation's sake. Thestock 

 sold by auction, were the last draughts I hope to 

 require to sell, my reserve being all first rate. 

 They were of various quality and ages, and 

 so many being ofl(?red at a venture, the highest 

 prices were not obtained. There was, however, 

 this advanta<je attending that mode of sale. Peo- 

 ple judged lor themselves, and if they mistook, 1 

 was not implicated. This will not be the case 

 Avith respect to any thing I may send yon; be- 

 cause 1 must consider myself committed by the 

 result. What I shall be able to do lor you, will 

 depend upon a communication I have opened 

 with a friend, for a young bull out of a cnw bred 

 b II me ami by one of my own bulls. If 1 cannot 

 obtain him, I can do nothing on the present occa- 



I have just heard from my friend — and if ever 

 a short-horn of extraordinary constitution in all his 

 relations^ left England, the bull I send you is that 

 one. lie is what I can stronirly recommend, and 

 was bred by Mr. Harris of Laurel Grove, .Derby- 

 shire; whose wJiole stock is purchased from me, or 

 of my breeding. * * * * The prejudice 

 against white short-horns, is quite unfounded and 

 equally unphilosophical. Reds and roans, pro- 

 duce white ones, and when ihey cease to do so, 

 prove degeneracy, because their best ancestors 

 were white. * * * Your young bull should 



be kept kindly and sxrnwing, but nof ^^ Thu^ 

 treated, he will realize your wishes, and make 

 some imporled short-horns, if he comes alongside 

 of them, look very small in all respects. He is in-- 

 deed, a capital callj as you will, I think, admit.- 

 # * » * # 



I am, sir, your obedient servant, 



Henry JBi^rry. 



IlKMARKS A!S^D INQUIRIES ON THK PRKSKR- 

 VATION AND APPLICATION OF PUTRESCENT 

 MANURES. 



To tlie Editor of tlie Farmers' Register. 



The mismanagement of manure by agricultur-- 

 ists, and its consequent waste, must soon be a 

 draw-back to the improvement of worn lands, un- 

 til the present system of its preservation and ap- 

 plication shall be superseded by one by which its 

 fertilizing properties can be better preserved and 

 applied to the soil. 



There is much truth and force in the article in 

 the July No. of the Register, pp. 1(58-9 and 170,, 

 on the waste and destruction of home-made stable 

 manure; and the same strictures are more justly 

 applicable to the stable economy in the country. 

 Few gentlemen who keep their carriage, saddle 

 and work horses in the stable during the summer^ 

 raise as much manure from their stables as they 

 might do under the operation of a judicious sys- 

 tem; and there are yet a smaller number who 

 preserve the manure thus made, and avail them- 

 selves of its value by applyiiio: it advantageously. 

 Many of us have not. the means, from our locaiion, 

 either of increasing the quantity and value of the 

 stable manure, or of retaining its fertilizing gases 

 until it can be applied to the land. 



The object of this communication is to gain in- 

 formation from you or some of your experienced 

 correspondents, by which to profit and improve in 

 my own operations I have been a subscriber to 

 the Register li-om its first establishment, and take 

 pleasure in saying, that I have read its pages with 

 gratification, and have profited byits many useful 

 and valuable suggestions. I have adopted your 

 motto as my text in agriculture — "that whoever 

 could make two ears of corn, or two blades of 

 grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only 

 one grew l-jfbre, would deserve better of mankind 

 and do more essential service to his country, than 

 the whole race of politicians [not statesmen] put 

 together" — and all my plans are Ibrmed with a 

 single eye to carrying it out. It is due to candor 

 to say, that m.y operalions and exertions ha\-e 

 been characterized more by success, than by pro- 

 fit, in the results; in other words, that the im- 

 proveinents have been made at an expense which 

 is not likely soon to be reimbursed by the products. 

 The gratification which we feel, is, however, some 

 remuneration for expenditures, when we accom- 

 plish our object even in part, although the pro- 

 ceeds do not reimburse the outlay. And I thus 

 balance the amount by making my own gratifica- 

 tion a large item of credit in the account of expenses 

 and improvement. My desire now is, to be instruct- 

 ed how to manage the manure raised at my stables 

 so as to preserve its fertilizing properties, and to be 

 informed what is the best mode of applying it. 



Ceteris paribus, I should adopt the plan men- 

 tioned in your July No., that is, to mix marl or 

 lime Willi the litter or sweepings from the stable. 



