'DECEMBER. 



a flush of milk presently after calving, are observed 

 (the higher bred owes at least) to lose it much 

 sooner than those of most other breeds ?" Mar- 

 shall 



Value of Fat Calves. 

 " Calves killed : 



No. l. 130 Ib. alive ; 72^ dead, paid by the butcher. 

 57 

 52 



57 



When mutton is 5d. a pound in this country, the 

 live price of a fat sheep is 2|d. a pound : alive, it is 

 half and half; but the halfpenny over is into the 

 fifth quarter." Mr, Boys. 



EXPERIMENT FIELD. 



The farmer who may probably wish to try some 

 experiments on small spaces of land, before he en- 

 ters more largely into any article of cultivation ; 

 those also who intend the culture of cabbages by 

 transplantation ; and others having any views that 

 require a small tract of ground, will find it much 

 deserving attention in a leisure time of the year, to 

 mark out a small field for these various purposes : 

 the nearer the house the better, provided the soil 

 be not (for purposes of experiment) much better 

 than the rest of the farm. From two to five acres 

 may answer the purpose well. If it be rather too 

 large, a part may be appropriated to lucern. Such 

 a field should have the fences and gate absolutely 

 and positively secure. The convenience and use 



of 



