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19—1852.] 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
299 
— by a wani of cleanlinesaanda ing. I know it i said that wool clips better after aj small quantity of land may be cultivated at odd times 
i 1 — it is said that wool — better eae a 
tralised by a want of cleanliness and a 
ng up of t 
teem A 
soni the unstained will e the yarn 
treaky, and no dye — black, primer dark 
a, will hide this defect: "Por for 
the destruction of vermin, &c., t "are preparations 
sold — — N hich I e — the desired 
which ow rather im 
ourse, not alluding to districts where 
with tar 
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8 
8 
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g 
en in hill 
Where the sheep 2 inviting opportunities of — 
Thi iti little 
—— as got into it, and I can well belie 
but if you — err on the ight — e. afer — 
that grease will n 
; besides, such roguery is not only | i 
— ite; but punishable by law. And a having | a 
er, let each fleece be firmly 
es, W 0 h 
its merits; however, if wool is be kept’ over year, 
is best kept in the ‘dark; ales “eur against 8015 
and — 
ing rom a 
- in dam 
n quantity of land ry 2 N at odd times 
with b e e rthen, an 
must ~ looked after when 3 whe request and 
ean es without risk. Will of your 
and tro For 
the hatching of em in at the re are I have a 
brood of some thousands, I have also a ee 
epora en sein which had been. sent — by post, 
S. S. Gurney, jun., Ca een ni 
Poultry Pri ize a the English Agricul ral 8 
t about Cher 1 hope is Likely 3 
prove true), that — list of prize 
Royal Agricultural Socie Lewes, 
In this va allow me,» 
ting for the 
l are m 
feeding of your 
a regular 
preferable to — high feeding and then the reverse. 
ore | poultry 
in the 
t, even if low, being | i 
I cannot € consider the general er of prizes and 
the Com might well 
ham Show 
kea hint from the = — of — Birming 
101 by doing 
of. ‘soll. In such ‘cases I consider that the “farm 
neglects his duty, and his interest too, if he does not have 
idges cut dow the 
he pra ep are . — st su 
mg a this I. do not know a remedy, bu 
ise any, it is his duty to adopt it ; for 
however well bred and 
been up to that ee, a contretemps like this 3 it for 
season. Assuredly no washing that he can give it 
will ever “take away that stain.” 
well managed his wool may have | at my bei 
n proportion ; ther 
Wash well, clip — after the fleece is dry, remove all 
wool in a dry clean place, 
y expect a good Po J: M: 
Halifax, Yorkshire, April 20. 
e . 
Crop Northumberlan rrespondent | 
signing "himself e W. R. Carter? * — — a bad guess 
ng a resident in the county of Essex, and is 
also mistaken as to my want of apt e Northum- 
berland. I expressed my surprise on rea a state- 
— —— authority, that land within a few mile 
Buyers always look s of 
— 5 at such a clip of wool, and it will frequently ze aa New roduced 19 or 20 bua 
late in the season, over j a of Whea aA ac I. did so or ee. 
companion clip the following year al . — with — distriet man y years ago, a a reeling e 
help the tainted one away, and there i satisfac- | quite. satisfied, with proper management, ihe produce 
tion to either buyer or — 4 for the price will neces- | could be n early doubt n ae “ Eel. Moor 
sarily be low, and the consumer finds that though (after | Farm’? appears ra ridi aiat se idea of my 
proce sses "of ine, washing, and combing), his Ir 3 the capabilities of the land in the north, 
“tops” are pretty clean, the loss of weight is immense, and i eb acknowledges that his friends 
“short” w almost leable ugh the are bad f — — . that ‘ood on for 
quantity of athe accumulated in it. Not lo o I tried asking for information on int of such vast interest 
such a sam f fleeces, and by mere working tlirough| at the present moment, i to whether tenants were 
the fingers 3 either washing or combing), found 
the loss, in sand alo better than 60 parts} 
dustrial 
| other counties, according to“ 
improving their land, and keeping pace with other 
in classes Whatever they — 4 be doing in 
W. N G e 
in 100 ; but this was a bad lo p> agri- 
Anot whack on the value of wool is the d are far behind rest of. 
presence of that moss, or, as the teh it, N the country ; and he would do well to recom- 
which abounds i e „and is thence: transf mend the introduction of “Mr. rs. Draining Tile” 
to the fleece. It is not that the weight of thi — and their numerous „where, by his own acknow- 
of much impo t. s diffculty of freeing ledgement, 2 are so much required. F. what I 
—— from it is so great. ly be d a nothing was so wanted 
labour, and it is so difficult to separate — two, me as Akiris off the superfluous 
that T I have known | clips of w din 
of 
a. 
of 38. 6d. ; making the cost 
Pia 1 
in wag 
— — — a befor: 
(where t 
Nn of. this stuff, and m 
after the . is off the back ; but the onl 
remed be to get rid of su sue vegetation 
and replace it with something more useful, and less apt 
to worm itself into the woo! 
The next point of management which presents itself 
is the washing of the sheep. This, am certain; can be 
done nowhere so. effectually as here th i 
ald not | w 
va Pers 
of mutton | d 
imes. | fancier that it is easier i get man 
. or 3h It na —— — 
N orkin ck- 
a ee vi; asa 
proof of this, fancier, who refused ten 
, | guineas for or his Spanish ek and I 'hear that the same 
sum was offered for a hen. I am far from wishing to 
. number and size 
ens, than one 
e they are not to compare wi a Spanish : 
and though the Dorking is unrivalled at ‘tabio, the 
Spanish fowl. is excellent also, pans on — 
Cook’s prejudice in favour of white legs. T should hope 
the committee vor cree to A an pors ma to 
Ae 
the best pen o different 
many like myself, — be 1 E thini not inclined to to — 
i Poultry Fan 
C! Piek. very. desirable and 
e sandy lands. as- firm: and. 
flock 
| seen it be owing to 
venting he rollers taking up es, & — 
becoming el be geass is too often the case on. “Hatiter 
land. The y: well, va 
ore 
there is a clear saving in horse labour of 10s. per acre. 
I shall be happy to give you the results of the 2 
the corn is 
s correet, “that the 
not well tiled. The sooner a different course is pursued | 
e | the better, sd Tile 
dividuals. either do not, or will not 
rom 
— the 
out ee th 
bour —— 
his — when = 
branches of f his 2 something > Aes in weeding, a 
let acres of in 
Stream of some width and — depth to leap the 
sheep and swim them from o another, Sooner 
than wash in the — mutet which, are the only con- 
some —— Iw 
sheep several wastes table place, taking care, how- 
ever, that they were a 8 back — the wool was 
dry, or they. would be little better m washing at all. I the 
have known the w. ose all its bloom 
— drive the 
ten. 
ent stiff land to 
ing or se 
3 iti isa 1 whether such grindin 
somerset does not n the 
shape of bad deb EE le sonn ed land 
the only evil i — an erroneous eae oft 
ting allotments. nant becomes invol in 
difficulties, ily engaged i in an eat tl whieh he 
out from even if he had 
money to d upon his holding, h d not antiei- 
pate any profit, and would be — te if, at the end of 
wa e year, he was not out of pocket. 
an 
of the landlord, in 
The in troduction. | 
0 
ment when is threshed. John 
loughi Steum.— extract the following from 
the American Gardeners’ Chronicle. As it is novel and 
sting ou may find a corner for it in your 
— Paper: “ Much attention has been at e 
e model of a „ Ama ingenious mechanical . ag for 
ploughing land. by steam The in 
ander T. Watson, of Staten stand —— 
very much the ap- 
wil ‘bring much discontent and misery gey all e pron 
act. first, and think 
the. con 
Some may ery out But what trouble, and expense !” 9 contrary 8 3 
— but if I were a farmer I think I should not be ciple and would save mankind sorrow and 
t for eta first-rate sheep to produce second-rate rate | wretc . of a. e fe ese 
be aoe prea expense and labour would r y with vege- mn 
good in all : joan 
123 — “Fesnnot een that the followin wing will 
| upply this ane been only on a 
from | + but there it 8 here 
ver, while the other — 
nd hungry. Aud t i fair to add, tat was 
