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materials. In piggeries of ordinary construction, is forms of animal life which were widely diffused , a he now continued his stock by alternation off 
the frequent addition of straw cut short, after the throughout nature wherever there existed the slow pro- | Essex with the Berkshire breed; and he 0 On of ‘the 
manner of bor feeding cattle, or a constant change of cess of animal or vegetable decay. Diseased Whea t best ae ng sow by putting to Mr. Hobbs’ 2 bea 
bedding, found to be the best in practice! W. was well kigis to swarm with peculiar * ; eet female = g of the same boar with a Berkshi the 
Memoranda.—It would be a common advantage if| this Clover insect, whether found in the the | His litters now consisted of never less than 12 
all “Constant Readers” were to follow the example of stem, was, he believed, only of a parasitic ‘al gochey pigs at the first-rate quality, still showing the an 
Delta, Hants,” and contribute such 3 as may and the natural effect of vegetable decay.— Col. Chal- | nant influence of the Neapolitan blood, sustained tp 
1 to their brethren. I ecann ast of a loner and Mr. es mond Barker then favoured the the combined admirable qualities of the * by 
large stock, but on the principle of Lt smallest Sain Council with thei f circumstances con- oan Berkshire. The floors of his pig-houses 1 
tg anil y received, I pre uch as occur to | nected with the general question of 9 ekness formed of brieks set on end; but over these Pip: 
me. Crib-biting—Having o eee that horses 8 MANAGEMENT OF — Mr. Fuller, M. P., ‘stated he put an oaken frame-work, so open in its te 
kept their cocks straight when sucking the wind, I had e he had aot a . hen sei his pigs sions as to keep the pigs dry and warm, vit 
the m wered so that the top should not be mo some caps ae or di f which he was at allowing their feet to get through the separate 
t 6 inches from I then placed es igno d lost six of his finest| boards of whi 
the ring through whic p rom the porkers before o Christitan ; afterwards a fine sow in| during his residence in Italy the folding of pigs in the 
animal could not reach it, and thus pig, containing a large litter; last w. ek, nine other | Chestnut groves the green and rock 
prevented a most disgusting habit in the pigs; and he feared, ur less some reme y was found | promontory of that peninsular branch of th 7 
stable ; and, as far as si have observed, effected a perfect | that would effectu ually arrest the disorder, that he which separates the Bay of Naples from that of Salerno, 
eure. Liquid Manwre Pipe.—I have ee 17 8 age should lose his whole stock. From the examination that | he was led to adopt the same plan of rpm for his 
percha tube, for 8 an impervious dung pit of had been made, the lungs of these animals appeared to | pigs in England, instead of leaving them injuriously to 
any excess of ot spl b use it as à syphon, dischar Ling be much affected with acute inflammation or disease of bake in the heat of the sun, as in the summer months 
the contents N below. It some kind.— Prof. Simonds informed Mr. Fuller that, was so often seen to be the case in different parts of the 
wery well, but © sae * very iaio cacy as a member of the Society, he would be privileged to | country. Accordingly he went into his w and 
the which a 9 "plumber to told me gutta send to the Royal Veterinary College for the best in- selected the most convenient damp spots, where he 
perch 2 was liable. In m pap eee and assistance that institution could give him, | formed a double-hurdle fold, into which the pigs in hot 
and is easily s = but for pump work it would be me terms of charge as i a subscriber | weather were dri orning meal, and sup. 
serious objection. I have used plain 5-inch draining | to the college. If he would therefore send up the dis- | plied with Cab es and a few Mangold-Wurzel roots, 
tiles for conveying closet, &c., | eased carcasses of the next pigs that died, with a history | The purifying effect of this cool and refreshing folding 
and were it not for a considerable power of water which of the mode and symptoms of attack from their being | on the pigs was most striking. He began with porkers, 
ean be turned through the drain, it would not answer. | first taken, the subject should have every attention paid | which soon acquired a pure, soft, fat condition ; and the 
The fall is 1 in 24 inches; set in cement. Sawyers.—In | to it.— Mr. Fisher Hobbs, about this time last year, had subsequent progress they made when put on Barley- 
ing sawing here, the breadth of all four are or | lost l is most v: 8 Shei A sows fr eal was astonishing, the animals becoming fat in half 
outer pieces „and the breadth and one edge |ulceration of the throat. Without staying to inquire | the time they us h in to thank Mr, 
of each plank (a most uncertain and unsatisfactory | what privileges he might avail himself of at the Veteri- | Fisher Hobbs for the great service he had derived from 
za Fir pole sawn in two, ‘an a piece of Oak | nary College, he lost no time in requesting, on his own | the adoption of his invaluable and well-known breed 
cut into }-inch = ing the extremes—the sawyers | account, that Prof. Simonds would at once repair to the | of pigs, 
say that it is quite fair, as they have the trouble of spot, and favour him with his rofessional aid and The Council then adjourned to their weekly meeting 
dressing and pitting the abar but pel 3 advice. He did so, and having investigated the whole on Wednesday, the 31st of March. 
acknowledge that their wages are ve: able. circumstances of the food and general management of + 6 
lan ania brother „Constant“ 8 be scat these pigs, he gave those instructions which, being fol-. A WELT Councrt was held at the Society’s House 
able. * Constant” Reader, 25 ipsilon, Devon. [In this lowed, entirely saved the remainder of Mr. Hobbs's in Hanover-square, on Wednesday last, the dlst of 
cuts through a round stock. Pork and Cabbage it appeared did not always March: present, Mr. Ra ayn Barke 
of timber is multiplied by ihe surface of e sree, The animals had been fed too low. Too great dent, in the Chair, Hon R. H. Clive, M.P., Sir 
ng thus paid for.] | a 3 of 3 ad been given to them in a Lemon, Bart., M. P., Mr. 
Liqui re—I have read with much interest well as trimmings of Mangold Wurzel Dr. Calvert, Mr. Evelyn Denison, a 
nd beg to sug articles on the application of liquid manure, sid Turn s lich, it appeared, had become partially Mr. Foley, M. P., Mr. Fuller, r, M. P., ai 
d a ints to which I hope | decayed. His seg ge s had, in consequence, been Fisher ae Mr. Kinder, Mr 
rected the forthcoming frequently subject to mig and been injured in| Mr. Majen „Mr. Overman, Mr. 2 M. 
l. The comparative | their. milking properties. Mr. Fisher Hobbs particu- | fessor Sewell, Mir. Stansfield, M.P., Mr. Tre 
farm- | larly recommended wee food of pigs to be boiled before 1 Ni ay. 
being given to them; and he had himself begun with“ Por Mr. Trench, of Treehill, 
great advantage to cut ps straw into lengths “of from 2 gers d the Council with a 
to 6 inches. He also strongly impressed upon all pss my of Potatoes, cultivated by himself 
breeders of these most useful animals, the greatest, success, and the wi statement m 
attention to be paid to the mode in which they were ey A sal 
lodged and treated, and a most scrupulous regard to] Ihave A eta the Forty-fold Potatoes 1 
; | cleanliness in every arrangement connected with them. and bitherto ney i ene ser baran but dasa uh bai bine . 
s, No kind of live stock either suffered so sensibly from a fered from plante As an wo eriy a wall as a late Porato, I find this 
want of a or so well repaid attention to this variety the best e table of sa Iam acquainted — 
essential particular. He would also ende me ventila- ana if pen 5 zich yet the m ee 
dal of the houses in which they were kept, a ona AN Soun ns ies herb For . from the soil in which 
selection and assortment of their food, ee 1 2 DE an early kind, the Forty fd 
most able essentials for the pg Sg management Potato is very mealy and keea 2 I also i ee 
= of pigs. “He had himself bred every kind of farmers saae Bem called oe a — reside ara rE 
ces to Correspondents, and the points | live stock ; but pigs, he found from experience, required pao b — rie re where Ire tse, 1 had las ° year and the F 
manure 1 9 80 to which oy nee will, more attention to their management than any other | precedin 15 8 acres of these Earl ly Lemon Potatoes ee 
hope, be taken up by our correspondents, as well as kind of agricultural stock. On these points, he would | on a light sandy soil, and oft the produce 1 Potato, um 
ourselves. ] ouly add that with better ogee pigs would gene- 55 =. ae 2 “Lemon, 1 guot use. The retail 1 5 
JJC rally be more profi had never psec hs pigs do — — Sa in a ä market was, last ere 4 
S0 cteties. 80 well either in houses with a northern stern aspect, | third higher than that of other P Lemone nok haring , 
es brick flooring, which persion and | year planted nine Suet 3 . than five actes. 
retuned a a meee e amount of moisture. A friend of his had e e Rip r different names 
had e rable outlay on his piggeries in | — Mr. Love remarked, = same Potatoes 
Kent, 3 was at a loss to discover how it was that Swen in different districts to A tod to identi 
his pigs did not do wel it was pointed out to him | dered it difficult from the néme oe 4 
Ar. that the buildings had an eastern lar variety. The Forty-folds Rough 
‘Siam and floors th red brick. Mr. had a great resemblance to the du 
—.— Glover snd, ex Hobbs had ascertained the same result = with | these did not yield so many tubers p 
not to DS 
8 act 
l „„ There is now so construct though a gre P ea 
land becomes again subject to Clover In his own case, he found that during oie 3 t often remarked, that the produce per age uber of 
i his farm buildings, his eea had removed his pigs s inferred from the simple fact that 1 u mam) betet 
Š usta 
was . ma 
other piggeries, havi! oors ; the consequence of | tubers were yielded by each plant. ; imselt 
the point, bu’ leaves open which was — : T ‘animals were at gore iaai by the the soaverss wad found to hold good. ne ag {hi 
rte PP to boarded floors, they soon | grown on one occasion a crop that i, i, fornit 
that having a few days | recovered, Let did walk p e In Sussex he had 24 tons per acre, from plants indivi ! 
s 1 he | seen the piggeries floored with flagstones and bricks ;| With but few tubers. T WORD Wp 
A e magni- and he feared that until their old buildings were all | of Northamptonshire, a variety very. fi 7 ae" 
t had piani failed knocked down, the pigs would not do well. Mr. Fisher Seedlings. He had been in. the habit „ mipi state BS 
any vibrio, or worm in it ; he would, however, conclusion, remarked, that, although in |growing 25 acres of Potatoes, acte- This 5 
K 18 il th different report the | his own case = n enabled to | average produce at about 124 tons per French's For 
2 ies the per bore of a 22 war a salt oo = vigour, in no| the produce, he et t he ee, time, da 
: is in the see anima ene king, di 2 : it might a leor u 
would not explain the anomalies of Clover failure. Ife . 3 ss judicious N. 3 roe: sae! yielded E much smaller a re very git 0 
the cause of Clover sickness originated in the seed, s breed than i in the case of the pig : the 8 mr tubers than formerly, b n eT as 
every ae 3; whereas certain soil would ak er, pr 
IAN Beet.—Mr. Reeve 
an hai h 
n to —— bad elapsed. r os could most fully pa a what produce =i of the sugar obtained at the Mount- 
ad sent to Prof. Simonds a bag of soil from Hobbs had stated. He had imported his pigs ireland, from i 
— of esate Prof, Simonds | from Naples, and they were fine ip ss e of the cele- | portion 5 . this fgg at fo ce W 
d sown Clover seeds in it, which brated breed of that aparas, 3 but, i 5 to variety of Beet, w cireumstan 
its, some of whic eep the race pure by breeding in ‘ud from the same Randall's opinion, soak, jid. e 
ar — age eg N 5 that he s ge nacre aring nature in oa great repute for the pery f 1 
ants hie a inste of i tion o 
pie he c vas tau * ing or even main- for that of the extrac he 
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