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RAL GAZETTE. 
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d, for in this way they only mpe 
win 
the wind generally. It seems to me that 
ty, with to the influence o h ar 
ticular wind on the weather, would be attained, 
if observers took in consideration 16 of t 
points. „with regard to the N winds, it makes 
considerable difference to the Re r 
pecially, whether the wind is W or ; 
for in the latter it will genera rall y reeze, and in the 
former, not unfrequently be quite mild, but if both are 
te „it would Kia a for the 
ifferen perature. wri you on 
uld be Sai if — u could in epi as 
to the aspect and height from the ground of the e thermo- 
hich the Chiswick observations 
mine, taken 30 miles N. of L 
being as much r there in t t is lower 
night), I should imagine that the anp is either 
laid u upon the Grass, or that. there i is some k 
which I should hardly think 8 C. B. WY. . 
ying sketch s 
rs on the lawn in 
1 
h 
e positions of the ther- 
momete Chiswick. 
arboretum at 
a, represents the thermometer, by means of an the maxi- 
mum temperature in aa eure — — e one which 
indicates the minimu o, one with A black bulb, 
for the temperature in me — rays d, is ee: 
i l i r 
aining thə 3 N 
The therm 3 a, is feet 8 inches above the 
surface of the ground, seas inches below where a 
horizontal line would touch t 
the l. The minimum t 
in the sun's rays, c, are each about a foot 
— of the ground, and the thermometer 
Fa! abode 9 inches. ] 
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m 
Sotitties. 
Kinrr wo, near NEWMAR sie cd Lecture on 2 
e ntry ma ly ameliorated d 
the health and enjoyment of all classes tly 
improved. thi ew he ex- 
itan 
been ad adopting plans for * tw 1 off 
any consideration of the uses of rain, aid oft e loss 
that it off 98 
fertility of ee He described vegetation as 
ra by matter that the rain dissolved and 9 
the roots, bet oy the heat it 
and showed that the practice a rounding u up Sb hind thst 
rain, and 
ure. ce 
in he con- 
| existing hedges and boundaries, 
he land drainer's | 
these old pastures had been in tillage, an 
s of opinion that agr 
have — follo — — much skill, and the country 
have possessed a population a greater n at any 
perio or rule, and tha 
these evidences of a ge — 1 “diffused agricultural 
occupation must o a time when the country 
oyed a y m invasion and intestinal 
wars, which it never had from the time of t departure 
of the Ro ; and it is to this wonderful people, and 
to that early period, he the introduction of the 
ridge and furrows, and the present form of much of the 
old pasture-land of England. He then proceeded to 
of the ele- 
. that all vegetable matter was made u 
ments of air and wate er, with minute portions sof haying 
which nly have entered the roots of plants in 
gaseous or dissolved form ; that whilst come — 
of er may be supplied through the interstices 
of the soil, the latter can only be prepared an ted 
to the roots escent of rain; and as the 
earth’s ac heated o the sun's action on it 
and it was a quality of heat to ascend and descend, 
it was prinei by the warmth carried from the atmo- 
sphere and earth's su to the interior, in t 
descent of rain, that the temperature of the vegetating 
soil is rai e spri n. He then entered int 
the various plans that have been pursued to drain land. 
He sho y from Columella and Cato, 
that the sys of draining 2000 years ago had been 
an p to 
ast 50 years, little or no improvement es! draining 
n made, He then referred to the insecurit 
rendering it permeable to the roots of plants, bringing 
it into a more eae Ei a lightening the cost of 
its cultivation, and in ing its fer — 4 
After the lectu — ean 
e — pu 
Davis as to the depth at which olds should be 80. 
He explained that having s iem how 
depth to their drains that cost would admit ; and they 
uld see the desirability of — g the water bed 
that would at th ttom of below drains, a 
ace. Th 
satisfactory, and the —— closed with the thanks 
the visitors being unanimously voted to Mr. Davis and 
the chairman. 
* . — 8 nts. 
rshire method N in simply 
, that it be 
asks if it can —— be sown so 
could. 
so that it Mp clear Lucerne: CA 
—— — EE NE —L?ä—— ——— 
4. Sow 6 or S lbs. per nere during mid-April, in 
shallow drills, in rows at least J inches apart, — on deep 
land, or sandy loam, or a loam in good heat, 
tard = deeply wep is the bak sort, 
PERU We have several inquiries for it. 
Those wo have: it for ‘ile sh should advertise. 
rider. I cannot help you. ae ap- 
coon not very uncommon, b 3 
teldom occur except whet fowls are out of condition, or 
have vw) forced to unnatural laying, by nef stimulating 
food. This does not appear from dietary, unless you 
_— ven greaves too freely. I make no doubt the cause 
ih di ras th 
the fowls improve in tag 
for two cocks.—J — — dat 15 bare n — peer a 
ation (having 4. 5 — contradiction) i 
hat once will serve for th 
also.— Constant — ia 
have five claws like a eh aini nor must it have h 
on ch tail as any other breed, It ene 
wenn 
= 5 
feathers, Although one colour may be p ed other, 
that is matter of fancy, a and a bird, 8 in — — is 
not le 0 lu — is * — than x now 
most esteemed, The correspondent com 
swans “will — eat, and consequently die a stary: 
very likely find, on 828 that although the stomachs 
are perfectly healthy, the birds are diseased ; but the disease 
is m the throat, at the root of the t tongue, 8 
say 12 feet square, on the the half th 
— * I would place ail the sickly birds therein an — 
several times a day I w take one of th Tx Bein r thers, 
completely . —.— — 1, an ait — wn the 
throat, oe 80 mo — 22 ‘convenient, and continuing it it 
and e Let 
After 
sease eifi it — n 
wany swans under — q the s time, a 
space would be necessary, and it should. be moves: 
daily, 1 83 0 G. I give my opinion with all diff 
dence, and it must be —— for what it is worth. If Les 
having my judgment reversed, or my opinions objected to, E 
shall $s more Kotana vif ec . — who sit in higher courts, 
* meg believe the white peat =< recy anes distinct 
Why should they n e white 
Dokan I admit they peg aaria ag * W dark 
feathers, but such — bea yin of w ature, or a paler of 
degeneracy. It is e imported white, and 
— remained so, exoept wW 
coloured birds. 
birds, and w 
This — oniy po the mix nixed — of 3 peon 
affect t e breed, J 
Bailly, 113, — a 
Markets. 
cov T GARDEN, Marcu 1 
Although the eather still ree cold, — market is well 
t tradeis dull. English 
supp lied with vegetables and fru 
Pine-apples are plentiful considering the season, New Hot- 
house Grapes hav 3 rove e ery ones are 
a trifle deare The h Pears fetch good 
robs it of both heat and manure, the fect of drainage | 7 rnips, Cabbages, &c., are sufficient for the demand, and 
is to open the earth to the receipt of w eon and ther me fine Cornwall Broccoliin the market, Potatoes 
nutriment from the —— and to the free flow of air, are generally good in quality. — and other aalading 
i are sufficient . the demand. ms are cheaper. Cut 
Heaths, Epacrise! — "Mignonette, Camellias, 
Roses, — Azaleas, tanus zei » Tulips, Lux 
of the Valley, and other — ng 
Cg — perlb,,4s to8s Fears, dessert, p. doz., 28 to 6s- 
pes, hothouse, p. Ib., 15sto20s Oranges er doz., is to Is 6d 
e — per IK odtofe r 100, 8s 6d to 108 
— per oz., — ger 100 per „Is to 3s 
pples, kitchen, per per doz., ls to 28 
to 3s Nuts, Barcelona, p. bsh, 20sto22a 
piaraan; per peck, 5s Brazil, p, bsh., 12s to 148. 
weet, per lb., 2s — — Cobs, per 100 lbs., wert Ray í 
EGETABLES. 3 cs GE ESEE 
Savoys, doz., 10d to 2 Beet, per doz,, Is to 28 e 
French Beans, „p. 100, 28 to 3s ps, per doz., 4d to Is 
Broccoli, p. bunch, 5d to Is 8d | Leeks, per bunch, Id to 2d 
heads, e — ob rang Shallots, per Ib., 8dto 10d 
Asparag s, p. bund 5 — Garlic, per lb., 6d to 8d ; 
— p: basket, 18 d to 28 64 e, score le 
Greens, per doz., 28 6d to 48 Radishes. „Is 6d to 26 
Rhubarb, p. — 6d to 1s 6d | Small Salads, p. punn., 30 
otatoes, per ton, 458 to Radish, p. bundle, Is to 4 
p 26 to 58 — p. pot., 1s to ls 3d 
one h., Is 6d to 2s per punnet, 94 to 18 
Turnips, p. doz., 1s 6d to 28 6d Sorrel, p. hf.sieve,1s 3d to 188. 
8 each, Is to 3 rtichokes, Jerus,,do.,9d to 1s 
Celery, p. bundle, 6d to Is ôd Fennel, per bunch, 2d to 3d 
Carrots, per bunch, 4dto7d_ | Savory, per bunch, 2d to 3d 
as 2 Sprouts p. half sieve, 
over — „ eee 
it ever been applied 
12 it capable of being so 
2 
BREWING: ays, I have —— a Sen h of — in accord- ey, per 
ance with t "method recommended by “J. W.,“ but I do spinach, per sieve, z tole 6d | Mint, per bunch, 4d to os 
not find that I have any nm of Hops floating on the sur- Onions, p. bunch, 2 Basil, p. bunch, Id to 
face when my beer is in the cask. I git porn) bunged panish, p. doz., ea ge 9 re 3d to a 
| down ae Sa and have s —— se y Endive per score, 18 12bunchs.6d tols. 
JW how this comes? I — AS t or, j 
Hops and all, without pres i red hot into the — and 8.— ARK, MONDAY, HSR 8. 
in spite of all my efforts the 3 — in lying wich tbe The committee report that — the past week the arrivals 
regs. th coastwise aip ble; and, not- 
BUTTER: Cottager. You grate the Carrot down and macerate it withstanding the coldnes th . 7 our trade still 
a water ie 55 little, and Log oad strain so much of it as is same juntos ssed s e previous week. 
a deep enough colour through a cloth The 5 are this day’s quotations -Tok 608 
— the 5 Rass B's with the — to 80s.; teh do,, 60s to 70s.; Perth and F 
CHEVALIER BaRLEY. 4 or age Reader may 3 it of any 658. — Fe Fifeshire do., 55s, 60s. Cambridge 
3 or indeed, we i may be almos re, on some 55s, to 65s. ; ent and Esse o 758. 
neig * 12 or it is commonly N known aud Too 
— no correspondent writes to say that he could HAY. eta Bony 8 iat 
supply slie. A e re 
Foop ron Ewes: Beginner. 1 grains, in moderation, are Ab et ations =n Hay a Ti nan Ci 
ee vou can get to give Rowe — 63 j 2 
them along with the ‘ity pote eama ch aon Wie ” 3 ; R i 
Gas Lime: Reader. It is useful as — EA N apon lend, | SON SAF. me e Trade 1 Gg 
after it bas y turned and exposed to the air. E irei — 5 
Apply it to Grass land, either permanent or artificial, as a MARERE 1 * stle : 
gypsum, ad bat 2 — nor fertilisin 2 * ——— 2 16s. 5. s tton, 168. 
um, and that cause ising uence, alisen 3 i a me ‘ 
n ere is a mon a on. Stewarts, 168.; Wralicend Tees, 168.3, Bertby 
* — 5. BN H. Apply wood ashes over the strong — at market, 
= ansi herbage; amam . ye applied Sut oo cattle — it. 20 cwt. — E x, March 12. 5 
Pattenden Smith report the market firm 
fesan iin on land not extra- e "ata prices, - “es 
— e 
BRADFORD, THURSDAY, r 
— —— market. The demand con- 
e e the best, and quae 
