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— s, from very same hens, habs. at TT ee g bg very aa would be injurious. —Mr. raana- 8 viga oilcake was made, differed from other descriptions 
i asirin fruitful. How is nes hei ae al and cattle on boiled or steamed food would and did answer well in re ieee of gluten Rien ‘ith the pW ian of ar Bean 
will lay eggs, without the presence of their 10 44 and the only difficulty appeared to be, to | Now practical men had derived great advautage from feeding 
I readily grant but are the eggs impregnate seus er the system ee to small farms. This difficulty I | their cattle on oil seeds ; that food, from the peculiarity of its 
85 : con- | have re gee red to overcome, and B consider that I gd! Reni a a laying on fat and muscle at the same time. Oil- 
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ai a Sanders’ phos A 10 gle cow. Ihave 8 this van for oe time, and will bees descriptions of food. It was a rem j 
real facts of the cas y h, pi 9 ow describe it :—first merely observing that it is materially that the Baas and Pea contained very Uitte fei; mod Ai the 
dy Hammersmi killi 0 nd different from any 1 may ever heard of. In preparing the food | wheels of the animal system require to ‘be gre eased, these — nds 
Harrison’s P Pilis.— hese pils for ki mg rats m I have a common iro nace pot that contains 64 gallons of | of grain would not serve for that purpose, alt y 
sng are the best destroyers f these v vert min water, into which, when 1 one peck of ground Linseed is tained what made muscle. Although the Bean and Pea were 
have clea ed my mal and ricks “on brag use | Well stirred, and a wed to boil. for 10 minutes, when nine Sew food, yet they were not good as the sole food of ani 
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could not rest at night for the noise of rats in the consisteney, i 1 is then pu into troughs and well beaten, and | be far more profitable than if they were given either of them 
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: 3 . for the ene It cuts just like moist bread, and will keep f food founded i 
vermin a from ju , I p for | food was founded, to give all the substances the animal 
ful. They have exterminated these h ight days; it is therefore unnecessary to prepare it oftener | required, and to give them at the cheapest rate.”—Mr. Par- 
their piggeries- The best way we find to give thes than once a week in small 3 It requires some RINGTON said that very much depended on the disposition of 
: la em, Say half a dozen on a tile or slate | care in tho boiling, and the fire should be slackened, to prevent the animal to lay on fat or to produce muscle, and he fre- 
their holes, and, as fast as they disappear, to re- the Linseed boiling over, and the inant burning to the bottom; | quently found that on the same food one animal was disposed 
near ir di Mr. Harrison has most fully o from a 10 minutes is sufficient for mixing in dhe ground | to lay on fat, Heger tat the same time another was disposed to 
plenish their dish. . corn. The whole of the process from the beginning. supposing produce musele, ted by Mr. Trotter.— 
testimony as to their efficacy.—P. Q., Hants. e water to be boiling, does not occupy more than 30 minutes. | Mr. Dixon: 20 doubt such instances were of common occur- 
FTT... EE I do not mix any cut straw or chaff in my compound, but I) rence, but we must look upon them as the exception and not 
: give ine straw to the cattle in its natural state. Perhaps it the rule, as this did not at all detract Rar the value and im- 
0 kieties. 3 be an a pea in = age A cut iat were used, | portance of aoe use of mixed food.—Mr. HowELL said: There is 
ut the principal recommendation of this method, is its eco- one thing w poly ages rae ver. — 7 with th 
dn AGRICULTURAL BOOK CLUB. | nomy and simplicity. I give 6 Ibs. of the sg eer Mg in two | subject, and one i Phi: disagree ar fe vad people. 1 
annual dinner of e club lately took place ; Mr. feoda of es ea por amp wd rosa, oe oe eding stock, prore i like to ‘keep the iodine cattle warm, and therefore have 
$ _ | which cost 6d. per head per day; along wi this I give two houses with doors, and ma py open gates as some 
a iied. In the course of the evening 2 air feeds of Turnips, and a little siraw at night. To my holding recommend; there are s lide windows in th Shane which are 
oat the results 5 bis experience of Linseed feeding | cattle at straw I give 3 Ibs. per day at a cost of 18. 9d. per head | open and shut as occasion may require ‘for bad erage y the 4 
For 70 head of cattle he formerly used | per week; and it is a fact wo orthy of 7 that since I began | perature, mth of great im- 
f 111. 15s. Hen t eat at least one-third more portance. Mr. Wirson, in support of Mr. Howell’ s views as to 
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l : straw. This does them a great deal of goo bùt if I gave | warmth, read an extract from . Johnston’s lectures om 
uses à mixture of Linseed, Barley: flour, cut hay, &c., at them a greater quantity, the benefit derived would not be | the subject, showing H hae mth is of the utmost importance 
a cost of 71. 14s., thus effecting a clear saving of 44. per | in proportion to the extra outlay, I also Ate it to my milk cows, | —Henry Pease, Esq. a “Johnston, Mr. aW (richt the Chair- 
And the cattle do better upon it—they milk | and it has the effect of both keeping up their condition and | man, and sev veral oth mber: 
making them milk longer and Spit regular! than other food. which was kept up until B 5 F N wis the meeting broke up. 
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which he wished to touch was the breaking up o Grass meeting e Bei and although not a Gotten me your AN yet Farm Memor anda. 
He was satisfied that, ere long, all land would feeling a s I do a great ee. in this 1 1 . a Tur ISLAND OF “Laws When Matheson 
come to the money question, and that all notion of land others than to become a teacher myself. I shall, however, be | of Achany, now Member of Parliament for Ross-shire 
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lying in Grass — spee dily be done away with. e glad to give a detail of the little experience I have had in the 3 the island of pow for 2180, 000, most = 
spoke of some Grass land belonging to the Marquis of | use of cooked food for 8 in the hope that it may lead 10 imagined that he had made a bargain. The 5 
Northampton, not worth more t 2 e inian Li at eee which Mr. 3 ree effect ed, however, i 
7s. 6d. an acre, which now produced 30 tons of white W which he has in hand. The Grass land lying in afford abundant reason not only to hope that the pur- 
Carrots per acre. He then read a paper on the subject | the park is a good deal ee n 2 . rato o chase will turn out a profitable one, but th * ex- 
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of breaking up Grass lands, and the advantages of 3 ge ht ; idabiy of Sar I Y vality, and saris fad periments that have been made, and are in N 
irrigation, in which he declared his conviction of the apie waste was i froga ently an inevitable de ene It was the island, will be attended with great benefit to agri- 
mischievous effects of water-mills, &c., and the advan- | principally with a view ion medy this evil, and by using up our culture in every part of the country. It was our privi- 
i +. | bad hay, do away with the waste which was a ne y conse . ee : í 
tages to be gained to the land generally by their | bad hay, do away 9 the old system, that 1 5 i adopt the lege not long since to visit the island—to examine the 
He also read a letter from the Duke of | method of steaming cattle food. This occurred about three various plans prepared by Mr. Smith of Deanston, wi 
Bedford’s agent, confi of his iew. . | years ago. I then got a straw cutter, ut the ay into e i its improvement, and to note the results of 
Shaw also touched upon another subje making | and mixed oiled Linseed jega pane 8 n ia TAY oni that gentleman’s labo g the y e 
beef. It w i hat, in a few years, beef E ragg ma y apat bey er the Linseed, and after been conducting, perhaps, the most gigantic experimen 
d cease made out of doors, and that none but | boiling the water, the Linseed is stirred in and simmered for that has yet been made o barren and mossy soils. 
breeding cattle would sx out. The whole process of | 20 minutes; the cut. hayi w "E put into Ë ei tab, and the | of Scotland. The island of Lewis ee a surface 
beet making wa goed fly taron Oe A> Pee ahah eis rk Sows (000 wut de er beg ae which ie ee 
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T e dry hay chaff thrown over the top, to keepin the and wet, the other being almost — 00 mposed of 
Farmers Clu bs. steam, and when it has steamed until reduced to about blood- | moss, with here and there some undulating surface of 
heat, it is then given to the cattle. I not only give this to my | plue clay on a rocky bottom. Three years ago . 
Daruincton, December Meeting: “ On the Use of feeding cattle, but to the cows and drau ught-horses ; they con- Mathes e ‘Mx. Switch of D e 
Boiled or Steamed Food for Catile, with the mode of | sume about 2 lbs. of 1 eg per day, a and do remark- atheson req ` . Peas go over = 
preparing and using it, and the a . the uncultivated wastes of this territory, and suggest 
rived thereby. ess with other motes of feeding. | 3 waste of 2 ite hie 1 5 be sver tt 18 1 4 N a what he considered the best means for bringing it under 
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Gronen Coates, Esq., of Norton, said: I 1 feel Sow gtd palatable that t the cattle — it greedily, I reg here re- profitable cultivation. Mr. Bart cir pish e to a out 
ih sag * — information ih ca ubjec č that I nsider thew most cleanliness requisite in follow- | & farm in the centre of the island, selecting as the best 
3 experien has taught me, being perfectly i ock; consequently I have the vessels | field — 3 a — — of moss, bounded on 
| sie that that its ed by 6 of opinion, a and by dis- regular y cleaned and scalded, and the feeding troug zhs war "e thè 
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certainly much 8 with the system of using boiled ‘Linseed ae — it washed out the sand betwixt the s s, and ren- flanked by a hill I which contained a a 80 od e of e 
mixed with chaff and “cea smn o or by Mr. | dered it more difficult to keep clean. I, 8 now have] Here he measured off 200 a : divided the space 
3 * rnes, and at once made y mind t it. I ner also | clean sand applied at regular intervals, w which answers very say ten fields or parks, ene 15 g fenced in by su 
= ipea to Ery 3 5 a lg ‘of reaming food, as practised by | well. The feeding cattle are 83 ve a mortaj n — 3 pi rf 
ATRAER hat I might compare 2e difference ith cut Turnips, then again at 8 with the Turnips, then a s i : i 
7 two methods, 1 I used the — food on f my —— ka we ort eee phe und is given, and atl o'clock a feed | either tiles or stones. He employ ed a practical farmer 
farms and adopted Mr. Warnes’ system on 1 Tn the | of Turn a feed of the compound, ard at 6 o’clock | from Inverness to conduct his scheme; had a few good 
result I apy Sead that I was forcibly struck with the decided | another teed ot RA Turnips. ‘The cattle thrive splendidly upon | peg gers and ditchers imported from Argyle, and en- 
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superior to the old system of feeding ; but as r as my expe- | 56 st, of o Bullock: Tami, 10s. per t ton 0 
better. hee has gone, the process of steaming the food has answered] Attendance Be 2 
“inte eis Pikk Saia z — economical, ame Lins gmystraw| Fire . ve „ by aoe Sie : t 
yrr Pa sn it and mixing with a little 3 I can Labour os 7 * oe wa si j 85 
a k or tity ot tod. 22 —— | the time of our visit the experiment was in most hopeful 
an could nave 8 thoa 8 T 3 seg 88 — “you win | Progress. About 100 ‘acres ad; been farmed 
ry day, but on Saturday a double quan his, gentlemen, ma o you a hea 3 
to serve over Sunday, and find — bei Monday morning it at orice ae that T hav have gone to the full market price for drain d, 50 aeres lay under crop, and finer Oats, P. 
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1 48 hours wat Gans tty certain if set must deduct from the profits. en ‘urnips are scarce, or | bushel ; Oats, 40 to 42 lbs. ; the Pota‘ 
ferment tation Fill take place, And the compound | altogether wanting, I substitute Bean-meal ; and for every isease, and the Turnips would yi eld from 15 to 20 tons 
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i T eys, and instead of improving they are weaker for it. Mr. DIXON, = Reoretary, said: I have been led to believe, and clay and shell sand, and peeking a small ; 
; alee A en iN 0 ork, e | every day’s jence goes to prove, that Linseed is of all — on the soil, or laying it on with the crops. ~ Sach 
3 * + give my feedingcattle in their compound as much other sabetances when crushed the one which produces the has been the result this a experiments 
the compomn ay of Linseed, and to my holding stock a feed of | greatest quantity of fat in the least time, and perhaps tl earrie = out in different pus of the island, tbat Mr. 
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yong of from 11b, to 1} Ib, of Linseed ; this keeps them | meal is the 8 ted for supplying muscle; this we k 
Another av t tu Grass. of the Bean from the effect it has on the work-horses and in cobie, at a publie di 
found in 5 e in this system over the old method will be feeding pigs. Therefore I think that. Me. Rowers system ef day, in congra tion op. ý 
5 ns when your Turvips are all done, and oilcake occasional! using 5 . with ae is ertai var a have only to | ook across in 3 ; 
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require be watered ; they do not however drink as using the proper means produces the proper eff 
E en fed on — — food. Tt is also much better to bay 2225 to ya 5 n muscle + would feed with food còn- ; 
eir gron cattle than to force 3 on | taining the largest — of gluten; and if they wanted to lay | rapid gr c : 
In pre | = fat they would give starch and oily substance, and only a who visit the island, a specimen of w 
mall ENT would "a oihar ingredient eT ie eth ae immediately behind the lodge, and for the last two years 
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other pe, fia way. Wheat + weaned two per cent. of fat, has produced a crop in weight and luxuriance eh nature „ 
and sometimes a little more, but Oats contained sometimes second to none.“ Ihe nds were, 
from four to fiv r cent., or about double the amount of} to a great extent, demonstrated by cultivation of 
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togeth — ee oped d s more of that in the | ments of Mr. Thomas Ba ee ~ it re- 
the Pea than in the Oat; but the Oat was better mained for Mr. Smith to show that 
Turnips, or other food; wers for steaming | than Wheat. But there was anotbes Kin Ot toed amount of fat | bighlands and i islands of Scotland may now be turned 
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Ee cabin from it which takes ‘away. the 9 6 of any other kind ot grain. Linseed, to good account, and chat the proprietors oe Sa 
