6—1852. | 
d inhabitants. Great Britain and Ireland, 
* of 24,500,000, have 32,000, 000 sheep. or 1306 
for every thousand inhabitants. 
eight millions = inhabitants, is computed to possess not more 
2 tw us of sheep, Great Britain, independen 
— ‘stand —— —— than any other 
country in Europe in comparin mber of sheep kept in 
the country with the keent —— "uae especially if we com- 
e the w 
— respective S Tuad i ‘Gr =e 
to de ‘ound in Sax rit 
eset the e Dishle or 3 bre — 
t wold breed, the 2 marsh breed, the Devonshire 
— ote Ross or Ryeland breed, the Wiltshire breed, the 
Berkshire es the Dorsetshire br reed, the Norfolk breed, the 
, the Ch 5 — breed, 
th Ish breed, 
only kept in this dis- 
trict are the Dishley or Leicester, the p ROET — the Cheviot, 
the Blackfaced, the Herdwick, saa * 2 bred pets tween these 
— ties. The Leicesters are nearly s £0, 
whic: ava 8 
— more 8 to N I of found and abet constitu- 
tion. I generally my ewes to the tup about the middle 
October, and about this Pitt or as soon after as Bor ae wy 
of — have them smeared with tar and 2 mixed with 
— arsenic, and not dipped, as has of late become the 
fas hio; Having put — ewe3 to tup, I generally mark — 
the — at which the first i is tupped, which I know by 
cso, fs a rubbed with red paint, which he 
imparts to t ; and if she break not, which pee? 
— ap wed Mf at ‘ul, ent tthe — a A = days, I look for h er to lamb 
hic 
pot dave — S piee the time. 
with — — rest of = ewes. 
hard winters, I never give my she 
8 go, 
give them about half a pint of Oats each in the ARa — when 
Grass gets 
atio * ithne: There 
n every farmer r against, and * 3 
mayen oe e well maintain; 
e them — one field y 
— as — as pos 
to eat the rank Grass “that springs fro wn dun 
nothing, I believe, acta mo — 4 — * ihr 
of = N t n 1 
Now as Ireland, with seven or 
of | inclemency of the winter’s s Aard 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
the ware district, that it is a truly interesting scene to see the 
re — with provender on his back, outing through the 
— with his — — et es ud h 
— him in file, seeking the shelter s fi 
Their auim is highly 
esteemed, and their wool a — — 3 that of the Black. 
— ed or Heath breed. This und nowhere that I 
— of but in the Lake district = Cumberland and the 
— counties. All the varieties of sheep I have named 
are bred, more or less, ia their purity in “their native sing 
yet a great many, erk ali the other 
the — ster; an nd v y useful stocks are the produce. The 
Leiceste valuable animal, as 
I — “a: on the — of my frien ay f Re i 
the summer of 1850. The Half. Bes ‘between the Leicester 
well k 
ms. 3 the Leicester and Black- 
have re the 
principal breeds arising frem stocks kept in this district or 
2 vet there are other erosses introduced annually into 
his neighbourhood as a moving stock; 
— 
E= 
r inga 
permanent $ stock. The custom most generally practised, and 
rtainly most pru s for the farmers to buy in lambs in 
— p them well during winter, either on Grass or 
d having them forward in condition in the 
era 
— 2 to 2 — rg the — dangery us and destructive 
of all dise —— to the e sheep, ambs, or as they are af er 
Martinmas, in the year of th: k birth, called hogs, are put upon 
ates it 'trequentiy happens that the ey go on well and thriving 
for a tim all of a sudden take to —— and die very 
fast DUAAN — or three in a da As an autidote to this, 
the strewing of Fir — has had ‘the m ost salutary effect ; 
as the resinous nature he Fir, whose leaves and Dek they 
eat with avidity, counteracts that 3 to scouriag i 
bowels which is pira rise from g feeding on * 
given to Tur miei dwiag visite e Fha had the happiest 
— in preventing ‘Toraip-divease, as it supplies the stomach 
wich a sufficienc hic = wanting in hehe and 
he 3 9 o kee 
85 
t a be pie stock, but who 
nI sayi it is be wo 
as pos: min more 8 of . wanting in “the ewe. So 
are in the habit of putting such b 
o too h 
also, and when the time of —.— 18 compresi; they are 
their Hence a few 
T aily, rather 8 is ‘much better and safer 
for — r: ppe placing them u 
When msy R mbed, a generous su S of food become es 
an absolute Sure I wish here to e that when ew 
take — — ought to be narrowly watched; and if 2 
ra — — — — in a 3 tim me, they should be s$ 2 ely 
ned; a the lamb has any 
shape, some shia and delicate hand oug ht to be * fodueed, 
o feel that it be in its proper position; and —4 ot, it 
9 6854 in 
lambs are nak . the birth 
ong delayed. ety: their =e lambs are e 
subject A A TA especially if t 
food not sufficiently 
mer months 
ve frequently e counteracted 
by giving a tablespoonful, more or seas, ach, of a medicin 
82828 in the Farmers Almana — Jor 
With vi vey its rt ha The 
— up to the head, and not falling below, but 
Straight — he bead and top of the shou 
to 
with goo 
h 
rump. It should Bo ec wide ‘breast 
. 
my ex ‘perience in the breeding and rearing ot Im 
perhaps be siono to say that the sheep is the — 9 — 
paii upon a farm; — while 1 ati ibutes its 
E canal ly he 
poets a 3 renderin 
irs mutton 
great »nnual return 
ext 
a pth ago ties |, 
stock, and the cultivation of Flax, have recently * held out 
e British 
of 
these times of l on. 
projecting well iai capacious ch 
width of carcase 
in 
Flax I shall say nothing: bat this 1 vr say, W — my recol- 
his —— on arable land 
= more than quadruple d, and yet — and wool command 
remunerating prices; — it we take the experience of the past 
asa guarantee for the fut ture, we All me say that the 
ertonai 
P eans of improving 
our condition, 
Calendar of en 
water meadow 
e kingdom ; and are now in very high repute 
pericr mutton and wool, + d Downs” ar 
still quoted at the highest price in Smithfield market, There 
a few, here and there, interspersed thro ugh Cumberland. 
Principally in the hands of gentlemen, The e Chev 
of sheep in 5 ation as a mountain breed, and take their 
aan autiful green hills that form the north. 
eastern boundary vot England. Their mutton is high! 
and their wool is o ripti ona @ applied i 
d 
The ey are wid dely 
and ave superseded 
yo f the. — heathy districts, 
are extensively cultivated ; 
ripi i 
at Lord — pnt “that the flesh of 
where they mea age and who 
W. 
00}, though c 
f the 
the the sneep ie is better tas as 
clothing —— 
— 
e mountain bree 
flocility than n most of the mountain Carian ot shoe 1 
lands, I am informed by a friend of mine, * idos in 
77 
the mer rates that we 
mulation of the wh 
atiing sheep are fed . 
— wh ouse 
ndt 
of our fallow 2 ea now ploughed a 
shal 1 t pave an pen — 
ch will do harm to the 
ks n generally 
ame remark applies to Vetches, 
Notices to Corresponde 
Botner versus STEAMER: Celticus 
and less wasteful of fuel, But we use both, 
nts. 
We prefer the latter as cheaper 4 
93 
It is a first-rate — — on a 
alkalin 
BURNED CLAY : Johannes. 
'En glish 
Agricultural Jouraal, » — abstract of whose paper we will 
Eeti < give y 
Caxe: RB — iston. From a slight microscopic e examination, 
we aaa place — the order of quality, thus: American, 
Cessina, New Orlea But a chemical examination, which 
of course we — yan them, is the only true test of thei 
relative merit. 
Canta: W Bracker, We have no hesitation in exp ressing o 
— preference * carts for all harvest or other — 22 
farm riage. onveying heavy loads to market over 
good — Waggons . * the advantage. 
ot AND BE We have to apologise; — 
e. ace soad: got over ve 
this way. The ret come up i b unch 
singled as soon pm 2 or 3 inches high, a oein 
th wW 
ated isely as —— — its subsequent culti. 
vation the sa s that of the Turnip. For full details you 
may 7 — Blackie’ ot 989 of Rolo hg 
DRAINAG gidonum may be assured that the Inclosure 
8 will consent to — depth of d 2 as are 
really right and proper under the circumstances of each 
” wants any of it be must make 
not at all heres with Mr. Hutchinson 
people are wetting ' oh of 4 feet drains, Wel rae the 
trary to — th ra gr art of England at least. 
Gorse: mer. 3 Padis poor sal au 
will prow 1 eo — ha 
RELATIVE VALUE oF Ib, — fla + ga 
give . caltle, you will — — — — — —.— umptio 
of Swedes by 5 or $e tir and the effect of the . itation of 3 
portion of rosá ft she Sw w 
Farms, 1 would suit your . ‘ee, = 
— y, as the remedy of perdiei Piir Distress,” by O. O. 
0 derts. 
Erratum: Ellen. Many thanks for your correction. The 
second tank named in page 62 should have been stated to 
“mg barely 1000 instead of 22,000 ga The information 
calculated many 
— ago, and published in page 124, 1844 
° Markets. 
_ COVENT GARDEN, Fes. 7. 
; but ake is still dull. Euglish Pine- -apples are 1 — 
considering the ee A few hothouse Grapes still make their 
earance, 0 n Pears 
st Evglish 
Th * zh 
ance, Ne Plus Me , and Easter 
Beurré, Orangea are plentiful and good, are nearly the 
same as t quoted. arrots, Turnips, Cabbages, &c., ara 
emand, room eaper 
Heaths, ee _Mignonette, Cam ellias, Roses, — * 
Azaleas, Primulas, Hyacinths, Tulips, Ti ‘of the Valley, aud 
r forced bulb: bs. 
RUIT, 
Lemons, per doz., ls t 
e-apples, per lb., 48 0 28 
Grapesorhouse, p.ib., 5 to = Oranges, pe er doz., ls to Is 6d 
Lisbon, per Ib., 9d to i , 38 6d 20 10s 
Apples ee, per babel, 25 — Seville, per — „Is to 3s 
„Barcelona, p. bsh, 20sto238 
uts 
Pears, 8 p. doz., 2s to 6s | — Brazil, p, bsh. Lape to lis 
5 
| aii er peck, Cobs, per 100 lbs., 80 
per Ib., 2s to 3s 
EGETABLES. 
Savoys, per doz., 10d Parsnips, doz., 6d to 13 
Broccoli, p. bunch, 8d to 1s 8, ld to 2d 
Asparagus, p. bundle, 4s to7s | Shallots, per Ib., 8d to 10d 
akale, per basket, 1 8 2 per Ib., 6d to 8d 
3 per doz., 2s to rtichokes, Jerusalem, per hf. 
Rhubarb, p. bun ‘di e, Id tols TA, $d to 
Lettuce, Cab., * ore, 4d to 18 
Small Salada, PF punn, 2d to 3d 
Horse Radish, p. b 
M 
Potatoes, — ton, 458 Mg 80s . 
— wt., 28 to 
er * h., Is oa Pe 6d 
Turnips, per doz., 2s 
Cucumbers, each, 1s w 3s er punnet, 9d to 1 
elér, p. bundle, 6d to ls 6d rrel, per hf. sieve, 6d to 9d 
Carrots, per bunch, 4d to 7d Fennel, per bunch, 2d to 3d 
russels 272 p. half sieve, | Savory, per bunch, 2d to 3d 
1s 6d to 2s 6d me, per bunch, d 
Spinach, pee sieve, Is tols6d | Parsley, per doz. bun., 28 to 3s 
9. p. bunch, 3d to 4d t, per bunch, 9d 
Spanish, p. dos, eee Zs Basil, p. butoh, 3 3 
— per score, Marjoram, to 4d 
Beet, per doz., ls fe — Watercress ng — bert 6dtols 
COA KKET,.—Faripay, Feb. 6 
Carr’s Hartley, 125 * Eden Main, 158. 1 ; Wallsend 
3 * 16s. 6d.; Wallsend Lam 5 163, 6d.; Welle 
end S ts, 168. 6d.— Ships at market, 
"POTA 8 Mon 
ao ge 
The mittee r bee a very limited: 
d pete: ahd but a considerable quantity by rail; the 
weather keeps mild and open for tbe season, * Agt rtails the 
consumption, buta slight improvement has t for 
some roe The following were the quo’ Aai Yorkshire 
Regen to 80s. ; Scotch ditto, 658. to 70s. ; Cups, 55s. to 
60s. ; — * Essex tic nts, 608. to 80s,; ige and 
Wisbeach, & c., 60s. to 70s 
HAY.—Per Load of 36 Trusses. 
ITAFIELD, Feb. 5, a 
Prime Meadow Hay Sisto 20s CLOVER ss tia os 
[nferiorditto... ... 70 age 
, | Bowen sew; RS lbs 00 65 — =; — — 
ew Ha — aes — a . . 
* 8 ND Mazzer, Feb. 5. 
Prime Meadow Hay 8 Inferior .. an 70840 14s 
3 9 60 — Clover . po- oot Pr 
New „„ p ae 
Old olor „ moa Maan. 
eee Feb. 6 
Smith report “bias there is a firm 
an — — . sorts, and the supply of the Sussex 
wth . Curren 
id & East Kents 1403 to 250s | Siena . 3 to 130, 
Weald Kents .,, 1403 to 157s | Yearlings... 95s to 110, 
