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which all hand-instruments are respectively 

 constructed to be worked. 



2. The speed per hour at which horses 

 are to walk, and the power they are recjuiied 

 to exert, in the case of all implements and 

 machinery intended to be worked by such 

 means. 



3. The weight per inch of pressure which 

 all engines or apparatus for steam pov\-er are 

 made to bear. 



Colonel Challoner explained that his object 



To some of our readers it may be acceptable to know the comparative prices 

 of feeding materials for mea and beasts, and for the land in England in April, 

 184G, and April, 1847. It will be seen that Guano keeps up, and that the Peruvian 

 is $10 per ton higher than the Ichaboe. 



in this motion is to obtain, for the guidance ol 

 tlie Stewards and Judges of implements, such 

 data as will enable them to place tlie imple- 

 ments, machines, or engines selected by them 

 for trial, under the special conditions liiat will 

 best acco)d with the design of the inventors 

 or improvers of such mechanical arrange- 

 ments, and especially to limit their operation 

 to that degree of power for which they were 

 respectively coustracted. 



Lentils, as a new article, are coming mto 

 favor as a comparatively cheap and nutritious 

 food for dairy cows. 



In Guano, a good deal has been done at last 

 month's rates. Ichaboe of good quality has 

 become veiy scarce in the large seaports, 



which is causing Peruvian to be more looked 

 after. 



For top-dressing hay and pasture lands, Pe- 

 ruvian has been found, in all trials here, to be 

 iuiiuitely superior to Ichaboe. 



DESCRIPTION'. 



Oil-Cake 



Oil-Cake Meal 



Egyptian Beans 



Egyptian Bean Meal 



Indian Corn 



Oatmeal 



Lentils 



Lentil Meal 



English Beans 



Dutch Beans 



Peruvian Guano 



Ichaboe Guano 



Barrel Flour, per 196 lbs. 

 Indian Meal, per 196 lbs. 



SALT. 



IS IT NECESSARY OR USEFUL TO GIVE IT IN THE FOOD OF CATTLE 1 



A SERIES of experiments, carefully conducted by M. Boussingault, go to show 

 that it is entirely unnecessary, as it is found, on analysis of hay and other food, 

 that Nature herself supplies what is needful. Liebig is of opinion that an ex- 

 cess of salt is injurious to the digestive organs of herbivorous animals. Still we 

 must suppose, from the universality of the practice, that it is necessary and 

 wholesome for cattle grazing in fields. This is indicated by the habit of wild 

 animals having recourse to salt licks ; and all have observed the eagerness of 

 sheep and cattle when called to partake of the salt which is spread for them. 



Old negroes, in such cases, are not the worst sources to go to for informa- 

 tion ; and we recollect inquiring this summer of the herdsman (we are sorry to 

 forget his name) who salts and meals the cattle on the noble domain of that 

 hospitable shoot of a good Irish stock, Andrew Eeirne (son of Col, Andrew 

 Beiriie, of Mo.iroe Co.), aud he promptly replied, "O yes, Master! very good- 

 it makes 'em shed their coat, and keeps the body open." 



The experiments referred to are minutely laid down in the September No. 

 of the English Agricultural Magazine. 



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