698 THE 
AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
e slowness with which they arrive at maturity, 
and the difficulty with which they are fed — 
ge eRe disappear as their 
the above breeds, h 
n earlier age 
ment is * 
— — either the. feld- — or net, — the 
with which our readers are doubt- 
— acer itive which both the black-faced 
stn fatten with great upa after 
that their confine s for 
ason ; the southdown pays for ho 
feeding i in oe finer = Har of the south, 35 system; 
ust be a more profitable one in the less congenial 
‘all briefly disp n toto, in a concluding 
e ne .— eep is more dependent 7 — 
and hence on artificial 1 iy stems, than any of the 
ther domestic animals, is certai nly not the 
ios ungrateful for them; A sA on the oiher hand, 
art has done less for it than for either the e, ox, 
6 n food; and yet 
— of the finest quality’ and Hew Be 
h hbo 
dair 
sooner | ; 
pre 
d | roots given to the cows. 
eea no other assistance than the food etA pick up in | 
they are prin- | 
ather ; the other on haps ag 
cipally ae e on cut be n 
chasers 5 y rom neig ing Le i 
and owners of fi 
aceording w the time year; a 
sult, in a pecuniary viov, . Mie 80 
| the extent of his dairy a as the i aan ey 
the lan e 
roots and straw which the 5 age 
d the preservation and application of the liqui 
manure which hitherto has all been foe st, gives him. 
A re is ere singular in the 
s, or the my SP ent af a 
what is "poltited 9er ai 
The cow 
is part 
s are . — all ho 
the night air, by shelte 
r 
be a secret be eyond al all this, it lies in the 
stil the butter from being flavoured with the 
and in the Wie of the cre 
ae ess in 1 the 
avé not any 
And this is only & gues 5 toned Ren the rich 
appearance of the milk in the pa asia: Hewitt Davis. 
QUANTITY OF MANURE MADE ON A FARM. 
ued From page sesa 
ontinue 
Sl. course Farm, 120 acres. —— e in Scotlan d 
ER 
— one- sdai ee crops. The „ and e eee 
of k th 
and | 
| 
to the 
e| where an ill-bred beast is fed, it will pay for bu 
ed animal will m 
t 
Pier sik i fodder, 30 
1 40 „ 300 tons = 
225 tas 
= 
a paid 
j - other er = 
— — of the green crop (Potatoes) is s annually 
wae to increase — uantity of Bees 
ee ype He, 5 maaan wue 
bee vi ma 
and tie 
Linseed in the feeding of ou ‘eat, 
double the number of stock may 
Bo 
. 
well asee 
= if more than 5 lbs., at — 6 lbs., of oie 
daily to each beast, a loss is sustained in the 
ithout dequate beg nsation bein 1 
manure, This quantity, mae at which p 
is larger in propo sets n to . of the 
high-feeding, while a well-br 
feel the 9 — feedi ing it. 
Ther 0 
ou — sta a oduc 
of which is the pE e oe 
as Vetches, and Rye, o 
corn oe hen u use 
—— eae 
nips These 
calle can ston} 5 Pod Spro y Gene in 
stl uthern portion of Englan 
and hengo they have not been 
ti 
the crops are different. In Norf e six-course We Huded t 
ž the natural system ; and however numerous may consists — vis, Wheat ay — — mA 3 20 Turnips ; 4th, ae of 8 A i pe 
je the obstacles which art has to triumph over before Barley , Grass or corn and green increased b — bese 
— can —— practised, erops ball — half. int both — however, the Turnips Mangold Wurzel (about 1400+ tons 4 
why succes ultimately | occupy one-sixth — the land, so — the manure-making | | of 240 acres) 
ern * — in the — forbsdding districts ; — in the latter will o nly vary in amount in — and — ‘a ting also — 
‘ ag we can point out thousands of acres | proportion to ay quantity o Grass consumed in th prepa d we might 
á a a producing Furze i — — ndance from | green state or made into hay. The Scotch rotation is Mechi’s system of board-feeding without litter, 
Ww art can easily return ten times t es the amount 95 selected in preference, beca f the equal distribution being all cut and used as fodder, and the use 
ate Nature now does from of the crops, and also as no two white crops follow anti ox: od along the 
sak eae be ke aminda i ki keme ee ee ay | ome space will not admit of the nvon or 
. Y FARMING. we as b 71 > indicate th yw 
i edema Gazette of Sept. 25, with a vier ene per Wheat at 27 owt. a eria — by elthet — eee, Si 
E E straw per ai made by either of these syste ji 
e ei inaen a a E a ay 5 ‘ — 
and seience in all o straw per acre ey 
branches ; — it will be admitted by every or oni ne who 0 has 20 acres of Oats at 30 owt. of straw Home Correspondence. 
seen the economy of food | Fae ra fh t 30 ewt. of st ee Eydon Industrial Club. py w — show í 
ful manageme — cows abroad, that little ma —.— been per sere p ect esl ag 10 0 0 Club took place on the 15th instant. —. 
pet oe ie, Progress intelligence to benefit this gn oe Beans sat owt. of straw ae ae exhibition were numerous 4 28 y 
ritish f n this country the success d the meeting propitious. Some of thet 
of — nd te a ihe entirely Lee Bron th x _— ary ay = med by SCENE wv clergy : and gentry who take an interest! inn 
—— s pastures and climate to cow acres 0 rass 7 
feeding, a le is given to . h 6 0 sure of the several classes of society, — 
winter, either in shelter or support, beyond what they find — acres ae farapa o consumed tn- consisted of needlework, articles of f ingenuity n ‘ 
— pice = ame et Se or — indifferent — aegri near a — 0 — 3 
that neither butter nor — be —— 10 acres of Aftermath consumed 4860 — adj 3 — — 8 adj 
— 87 * N d s 8 of hap od indoors, 60 tuns. „ 30 0 0 conduet in service to boys between th 
quality, So in practice is this r — 0 
ducing fine butter 4 ions thought 104 3 Total green food ... 4% 6% = oh age . = 1 
to certain pastu: nearly the whole consumption 555 6 0 | labourers who had worked for the last year 
1 roduce of six — va ties; and 3 an f the farmer who gained 
we | we parts i being 
these counties are so appli 3 nay, — A on straw ana aa i ton 5 — . ocr he p 
eome to individual farms, you will be the diff ach per day = 2 specimen of ‘crops. To the 
a $ — L ty — — fields, 4 d Cut Grass af horses 6 stones 2 “number ot prizes, parn ti 
are the i Gadar sho pasture, and so limited eac da ys% 6 8 Nei N | ae „ The nual subscripti 
— 8 eee that are Straw litter, I stone each perday 3 1 0 his children under 16 years o age i 
rience than that gained from the English dairy prae- r 3 8 
sule i : e, s 
2 —— a ag that good butter for 213 r gr 400 received as much as 193, 4d. z 
aut i pilm obta ed from cows pastur Podder and liter or sama period, gaining the greatest number of s 
1 F and of a particular qualit N ott 1 1 Clerke gave 5s., to the next 3s., to the 
But from what I have lately seen, I may ask are dr ee eae f 149 3 231 
arable districts necessarily de: d Summer food of eattle— club consists o 
— i 1 y enton moist permanent 4 cattle, 168 bs. of Grass each per ——— by 59 exhibitors, and * 
pastures for their butter and cheese? and I can answer _ day, for 100 day 35 0 0 to the amount of 3l. 18s. 
— 4 ee calling to mind the large * | me of Straw litter for 100 ays, 14 stone giv 
regularly sent to this country 8 
‘rom dairies in in dry san —— the cows a 
are without „in the sense understood in our 554 4 0 
pasturing . 1 ——— 1 ton of straw over ... £ “0 
2 is sent us, and aia Gaon 755 6 0 
— oe housing the cows the greater pa „By the four-course pagsa the woe Turnips, 
and: keeping them on roots and cooked food, is general, and straw consumed as rene amount in it ill de ne 
were are examples at offerin round be 5 
2 thie * 8 abe 8 r rs s to 393 oni which 295 tons of 
A l Sir John Conroy, in | manure are m 
* in boxes and fed upon eat oa 345 tons, athe — lidiar (8 2 added, — 1 2 257 on the farm; by the five-course 2 : 
‘ae y —.4 be made 9 of N butter horses and taken — the s, oe — Gasetle, 
r t Chi — * Ie the time occupied at work or in the stable; but tak 140 white eee — Ka er for ne J 
— — f ing « 200 tons of straw used as 
with the dung actually collected | pigs, which during the winter, pe parri” 
. d, will be r | will turn out about 3500 cubic yards of atity of 
s ; management of which the * deen use 
inches manure there 
— 2 this are one d oa 
Neeb woa of mi 
