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When the English undertook seriously, with that admirable 

 instinct which distinguishes them, the amelioration of their races 

 of which the Durham is with them perfection, it was in the 

 Gironde where they came to choose their types ! 



The special characters of the Garonne race of cattle are — four 

 feet eight inches to five feet two high, skin clear red or wheat 

 color, fine, supple, short nap, large head, square, expressive phy- 

 siognomy, neck and shoulders short, muscular, shoulders deep, 

 free, limbs strong but not large, movements easy, full of noble- 

 ness, body elegant, form unexceptionable, buttocks and thighs 

 irreproachable, tail handsomely attached, long, ending in an enor- 

 mous silky tuft, withers prominent, the creature jperjectly plump, 

 foot well made, the horns hard. This race in all its qualities, 

 taken together, without contradiction, is one of the most perfect 

 we are acquainted with. 



England came among us and stole our golden fleece. The 

 brothers Collings, who gained celebrity for their stock, had no 

 other models than our Garonne ! Yet it is far from being proved 

 that we should envy England. We may force nature, as in 

 the Durham, but not with impunity; they fatten early, but will 

 never constitute the two ends aimed at by breeders, for they will 

 never be as highly estimated by the butcher as our's. 



FISH GUANO. 



The Farmers' Magazine says that it has been estimated that all 

 the codfish on the Banks of Newfoundland would make about 

 10,000 tons of fish guano annually, while they import 200,000 a 

 year from the Chincha Islands. It is thought, from this calcula- 

 tion, that the effort to supply the demand for guano with an 

 article manufactured from fish will prove an impossibility. 



SALT FOR MANURE. 



Upon the subject of agricultural chemistry. The Farmers' Maga- 

 zine, London, states some very interesting facts. One is that salt 

 renders loam more friable and fertile, while sandy soil was not 

 benefited. Salt added to poultry-droppings prevented it from 

 drying up and burning the plants. 



