38—1852. | 
THE AGRI NY GAZETTE. 
provement, and nn * to the easy and effective 
principle and in practice 5 
our . are only humble org defective imitations o 
and that it is not only deserving * con- 
—— of these 
ur | the others. 
Pat most — t 
to 
r * mae on 
n eek, which w 
— food bers bad Jebited them with. they could grow 
e felt 5 that a was 
they h imals 
oe, A 
— a third lot he gained 4s. 10 
above the price of their food; and the other lots 
similar i i 
farmers 5 this — ; 
ES 
aring 2 He 
es eir mother’s own ou until they were six weeks 
d then gave w milk an old, until the 
—— and then n he gave them sabe and straw By 
sirable to 
own little farm had proved to him the — NS = 
— ip gett = he had a: it. 
randum book 
were — in the foll — 
n which the — 
f one-third the 
value. Some of — cows Mr. er eee mee, that 
day were too fat for dairy cows ; and w he- spoko: eto 
the person nee Oh, but 1 
can reduee them f 
zes for fat cows, if they snp to be reduced again 
5 Mr. Dwinine then m on the growth 
of breeding cattle, wer nie not be heard, owing to the 
confusion which of the 
in the part 
8.8 
8 
room where he 2 
8, is ing more The 8 — 5 — 3 ara 
i —Six short. teers, 
7 Ae 1 Nins pok esar 5 g manner :—Th 8 faa teeta of sate a s per a~ * Home Correspondence. 
Ww » however, close this most interest ing and 56 lbs. each feed, or 10} owt, pen 38. 14d. ; oe cruehed The offer by the Royal Agri 
important investigation, or separate without expressing — per day each, steamed and mixed with chaff, equal NO, ora itule.— The offer by 7a gri- 
e deep obligation which we owe, in common with the to 14 Ibs. per week, 443. per qr., or us. 6d. per poner As. 5d, ; ultural Society of a reward very o a cheap 
c t large, to h W f Keillor, fop| 14 lbs. s er for n ter (208, per ton), 104d.; | and available subs nected with the 
n ge, t W 5 attendance, 6d. ; total, Aet : 
the energy and zeal he had displayed on this occasion, | « 1848.—Six heifers pu 33 g „ a, result of the conference held with the Earl of Derby om 
not only in procuri dy justice to the merits of t. 20. chat — 2 0 6 the soe we veiling. added in — * 
ll, the now undisputed inventor of this most i ees ape ERS GUANT antent eee 
implement, but also for the vast and inestimable — ib 5. nl xna i Mariaga rieien fa A 
as conferr n the whole eommunit; Reb. 21. No. 4. 16 „ men h fertilising qualities of 
ing its utility at this most critical and e — per od, Mr. No.8 1 on pure and — — —— 2 guano, and by 
and by see eon of public in its use, a paring ; those obtained 
to prepare them to meet those fluctuations in the la 79 weeks, at 5s; 114. 23 7 g| described by skilful chemists of the ut day, I have 
market which are ng daily: inevitab] Profit i 9 0 4|thought it a duty to avail myself of e columns of your 
(Signed) Gxorcg A. Grey, Millfield Hill, Northum- oe in order to lose no time in ws enden 
berland; Cuas. CHAMBEI berdeenshire; JOHN | « or, 1849, —Manure contained in a box’! ditties id sh of scientific men to.a few leading which must 
GARLAND, cardines 3; ANDREW cH t deep from — 24th to March ‘Uh, or 19 weeks, form t of any attempt produce a manure 
Forfarshire ; WILLIAM BLACKADDER, C. E., Glam- i — per week for ne beast, 5 tons 6 cwt. 2 ars. Tiben at wna an, Le possibility, eompete 
; ARCHIBALD TuRNBULL, Perthshire potd cites So DOS Oe E 7 4 51 ag sae Themes Raw eee of 
at —— » Aldovan ; Epwarp Bu TEN 1005 10 2 2 Blt 15 1 iani of Jone On the only Practiea cheapen- 
tan pere deem Garni, Baldowrie, Cr, N $ sold No. 3. aoaia te 16 6 y states, as as his opinion, that “ ce te — introduction of 
a aa peered be ree „ i 1 s an = abundan ys N . 
7 = “ an those previously employed, a ee of equal or 
ON THE a ree BREEDING OF —.— — ae en at 52 e 5 stg erior value, at a gee 1 e om 
1 and 7s per ton, 24 to ee neces 1e pro of the ritis ominions. 
[Tux following is an eid report of a discussion — 3 1 nity piss cat: 8 17 9 While admitting the full val Pi liquid, as 
at the late meeting.of the North Lancashire Agricultural — pr e me „and g> 
£105 3 3 cel peration of the system of 
Satie 7 ‘ae K, of Neweastle-on-Tyne, said—During “Dr, 8555 — Sir 2820 put A to o feed a 5 ne: = 86 rer age p Pa a pe 
the ress three years . — poa ased, in open market, a E atic bes expense for, © 20 weeks, 2 where, en point of fac meno a, aes 8 
umber of stock at the mar t price, d fed them in Bs. 11d. „ 4810 4 the prooi real meri anures 
boxes, which he considered the best mode; and he had are’? 1 still till feel ı much hesitati hesitati the opinion that 
debi e with every item connected with their see e 
support during the whole period they with | „ Cr. 1849.—June 6. Sold 5-steers for 10 10 0 fertiliser which we term guano, o. ager, us con- 
bip He had me ttle in pes mack and had 1 2 0 0 this substance, and the processos by 
f up a balan for the three years, to show MIG AE pron, equ oS ba pet which it is secreted, and then judge for ourselves. 
the goa se of. he matter at the 71 of that period. at = uP" 18 9 0 | Guano is the excrementitious deposit from myriads of 
He had taken his Turnips on 82 asw 6s. per on „%% ⁵˙— ͤ econ ee A E c &c., whose food is ex- 
ton for “feedin ng purposes, though he believed 2 TEK sa clusiyely ipa, A 3 Chinche, oy 2 
farmers did not consider them wor eio | granite rocks or miles from off tl 
On the average of the three ye ars that he had produced “Dr. 1848.—Four en ee put wet to > feed Dec. 5, coast 0 e or no rain there falls, and the 
beef at the mar ash rye ce, he had obtained 6s. per ton for 10 l. 1 V0. 2.2 1 33 0 0 sun's . ex ane ae ty — 8 
all the Turnips he used. He had paid the market 33 l tat ore, mus very different from, if mot greatly 
p for all E e y a other fond 1 he had 2 a nae id — 85 oi a to “a 1 o superior to ithe en ter ox ted i by man oF the 
pi d, an ound t e was some little gainer _inasm dung that 
over and above He had given 56 Ibs. of Swedes to a class of animals i whereas in 
feed, and three feeds per day; 2 lbs. of Linseed per day, — — birds the exeretions of the kidneys and intestines are 
mixed with chaff, in order to give bulk, md he found |“ Cr, ae; a — for s 8 = 22 both con contained i in G 1 also to be a 
that in using such concentrated food as Lin doil- e ee S e uals, 
cake, unk ere was something to give bulk, the food pee woos mec Af € 5 vase per week, © 0 on account of its bee produced by ppd 3 
through the animal undi , and of cou — 2s. 3d. 12 3 0 eae fish, without admixture 
without benefiting it. If he had short crops of Turnips, aoe Kori if the e ors * sg rape aa 
and could not give them so m a feed, he wo above wi no e evident that 
give ag ig feeds of r a of Linseed and | « Dr, 1849.— Three stirks, put up to feed March 15, u gal 72 and 2 to guano ean 3 
oilcake ; but he never exceeded 6 Ibs. of oilcake per ~ a from su 
day, as he found as the animal No, a = weeks’ wel ei — ‘weeks F same i a ib ak ainean e ee eee 
manu beef. Allowing also 14 Ibs. a day of reger a 
litter, and for atten animal per week 258 12 2 N bay Y agii Pa a ad ; 
ahepont of Seeding sash, animal was aliogather | we, eee, sold No. 1, at — 1610 0 s — 
IId. per week. On the credit side he took the value Ditto, sold No.2, at 16 10 9 | that great bulk of what 2 s 8 
pee and of the man in he it Sanh 1, sold = 225. i 3d. * 3 6 t 0 yig er Telia “ 
e e weighed out of in which ure, 46 weeks, a perae E a 
the animal was Sect she fending box being 10 feet by 9 Los 9 3 8) in a condition of inimitably fine subdivision ; the 
fo. f ty weeks; and the weight durin £53 * 2 2 important urate ammonia; and lastly, 
t time was.5 tons Gewt. 2 qrs. 7 lbs., which luble salts with iacal and alkaline bases. 
conceived to be worth 7s. 6d. per ton; indeed, he _ Mr. ELLISON, a farmer, here rose in a 2 eof e eed 2 pi but i the can. 
ould have no hesitation in affirming it to be worth e and said ( discove uniting in itself all the requisite 
10s, per to made his esti i way: 1 Should like to ask you, sir, in the first ee | 3198 and the operator le to produce any 
he thought a ton of “manure, of that quality, with a practical farmer —Mr. Laxcock: I must first = required q ty of the same, in a state of m 
the solid and liquid particles of th was | You a question—what do you aia farmer 2 of 5 conf le to that of guano, 
equal to Peruvian ; and up Mr. ELLisox: Do you get your living by 1 t e. t 51. ton, 
the fertility of lant he thought it much Laycock: No, I de mot. (Langhter.)— ee : | we “ty little to te way of successful compe- 
s le, if taken at 7s. 6d. per ton, which No; I found that out long agate And I should like + to titien. it Kildare. Ha sis ss 
ted to about 2s. 3d. per k for imal. know very much how you can e manure at 78. 6d. a ag — Having read many 
In the feeding lot of anima he ton. og our best manures to manure a articles in instructive Gazette on thick and thin 
the heifers, for instance, at 1 Lid. ‘statute acre of Turnips, whereas 2 ewt. of guano and | seeding, by ie Wilkins and others, and having myself 
per week, came to 105/.; and in selling these the 10 bushels of bones will —* us a greater quantity of been actively en y life in 22 ral and 
manure got the for his food, and a eof Turnips, and the bones and guano * 4 = If . pursuits, I na xily ch paneer in 
92. over aud above the 6s, pe ad yd his Ne you can . by fexming, you iments ; and in order to 
facts. showed the practi of feeding animals never heard such a ri ridiculous tale in my * 1 re | esa I visited the of i, Dimetale. zun. , 
in this way. The next lot so 41 — T of so got your out of Mr. Mechi's book, who bought Esg., an intelligent and experimental Englishman, who 
