144 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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goose, in spite of its original migratory | their ornamental fowls and their ordinary stock 175 ra 
The Cavada | eye 
habits, which it appears in almost every case case to forget | do between their garden and their farm. 
in England, shows much more disposition for true do-| goes without a spadeful of 
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manure fro 
mesticatio n the swan, an be maintained in | of a seven years’ lease to another ; the Turnip "feld is | a 
n tha d may a year My 
perfect health with very limited eS pe bathing. | glutted with guano and all sorts of good things. An 
The manner in which these birds are us ually kept so, exotic birds, procured at considerable expense, or 
i i i hi ts r re | a 
there is an extensive range of Grass and water : s0 far, are taken as much care of as 
all is as it it should be. But they are there gen erally asso- | To a late — after the fate of a pair — is 
with other s of and water-fowl, all | tance, I got for answer, “ One flew away and the “olet 
d — 
we of a sociable position, and and Ps one hetero- the swan: killed.“ The growing Canada geese must h 
flock. 
In the breeding season, they neither | sensibly miss the abundance of their native . 
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to to live together in peace; consequence is, that they is not just in us, after such neglect and ee | 
interrupt each other’s 8 keep up a constant | on our part, to complain that they neither fat well n 
bickering, without coming to to the 8 quarrels 3 reproduce at an early age. 
battles that would set all right ; and in the end we hav 3 cove pair of geese, pr 8 looked after, be- 
birds without mates, eggs unfertilised, aud now — tween six and nine goslings may fairly be calculated 
ew mo 
us hybrids, which, however some | upon 5 prie killed in the autumn 8 really pomp 
ity for the absı 
2 h goslings. er., writers, Audubon amongst | fatted cygnet. And their picturesque effect, as acces- 
e whom one would have expected a more | saries in landscape gardening, would surely be greater 
healthy taste, aapa highly, of the half bred Canada | in 3 8 gronps, moving here and 
goose. They are very large, it is true, and a merit | there across the scene with a reat object, namely, 
approbation wn the. tables but with whatever other the ee of their young, than as a motley crow 
species the cross is of diversely coloured, R shaped lean 
An oid fashioned pian — sweeping chimneys was to tie tue huddled together in unmeaning co h 
nfus 
e gta ofa ree u her up and down by a stri ing, and | wo odland park should be erer on di oien principles 
let her Thus w 
soot by the flapping of her wings. | to the aviary and the mena 
This — cruel, and is not humane. But is it more | spot of pure white that the ane gives such a 1 ing 
barbarous to send a goose down a chimney than a child | brillianey to the picture ; and the point of deepest 
up it? This by the way: but all half-bred Canada | shade (an adjunct of no „o importance to the 3 
geese that I have seen look as if they had kindly under- may be made more intense and — by the Wee |e 
taken to act as substitute for the poor little climbing ag ey of the Ca ands goo 
boy or gir — 2 When a pair are received Arot a distance, the best 
Not only are they su hus to! 1 with varie-| vay of settling them in their new abode is to confin 
ties, but ff d to e- chem with hurdles and netting, as near as possible to 
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the 
parents, ‘ehh — be — all square im — natural make their nest. Those from the hands of dealers will 
migrations, till the park gets aa eee to generally be cowed or timidly tame ; but young birds | co 
the most hmp poean * eye—it has rea lly been bagi fresh taken from their parents, or adult ones that have 
before, rplus ed} been removed from their old home to a new one, will | fiy 
mostly at an age and se season when they are good for |sulk and be shy. For the first few hours they need 
of, 
little except their feathers, This mode of mismanage- | have nothing to eat, only plenty of water to drink. 
ment accounts for the low esteem in which the flesh of | Their keeper should show himself to them, and speak 
Cana En i pe 
i gland. I i ly, as often as hi 
with any one who had tasted. it here that did not pro- | when he guesses that they begin to feel the cravings of | M 
nounce 1 handf 
it eee = ; though ha entleman who had | hunger, a small handful of corn may be thrown down 
with relish. In one — withi knowled f 5 
i . in my own knowledge, | worms. „of course, supposed that they have been 
the extra stock were given to the poor, who could not located on he Grass, It is! like ly that at first they will 
or would not eat them. Butit is impossible that the | not eat in the presence = a stranger; they may be left 
i if hav 
— e — opinion they | selves of his absence, a may give them a little mor i 
f d . : : ; t l each cutting with liquid manure, as far as it will , 
rp wea OF, years — ee, its aa ea “he of diet. from time to time. P eeding thus by kindness, afd ed with water to the extent of one-third or ce h 
lin NN i Me “ti e ie rn | familiarity, and ve e visits, he will soon secure | balf ert tal 
sire ry S — 3 in a via sag tn eee ocured in | their confidence, aud be able to form his own judgment sulphuric acid. The land upon hien 
8 — i — ar surpass reno e when they may be e ae range at large. grass grew last summer, a which’ afforded ge 
e ro Da most fam van tit. bit that he young give no trouble in rearing. The old ones | feed in the early part of es winter, has since a 
ul to man ; for besides the . tained. ‘The keeper one . it dose not eee fe 
* serach — E È orn and the fat, are | bring them a forward for the table bri ant 57 2 N 3 a em ies 3 sites e 
— 8 ng.” ting them up to and before Chris tmas ‘hes arent í i 
which no — ‘on — breeding and feeding, should be again 9 in their in. They will jon: . 8 eg 2 leave 10 Li : 
kern her think of adopting with the most | tinue to Increase in size and beauty for aly years dto pl y a a 05 
— R ce ever grazed upon a common, I and should have been Paten a tle first joint of a e ot V 
Canada geese- to his sea m (No dae flock of the wing (reckoning from the tip) in a manner here. In April. ponte the Potatoes have been once earthed 
diately Feduced to 2 othe order arer e zs 3 or the swan: the young that up, the Mangold Wurzel seed will be pat in "a 
nt to one), at the most eae had better remain unmutilate centre line aie them, which of co zes the 
very largest par greatest K ere in the believe that “old birds killed in the autumn 8 r they | rows of Mangold at 3 feet asunder also, the individ 
sessed by our nobility. Such pa i id 8 et eee eee before they have | plants being ta 20 to 24 inche par 
e ; 
r „ee. age as may be consistent wich excellent meat if cut bit f e The Potatoes will probably be ripe early in a 
1 _— rs th also, if possible, those sh slowly five or six hour wih pace ar 5 ape the warp 3 3 will be » 11 7 
4 c ve been observ en in a | ma en inju wiil be considerably 
eenas dislike, in order that they may fix their makes the 3 sa 1. — French, he soup that | by the operation of ae the Potatoes. I 
have ven ttached to iher. They should previously | broiling. ener et «joints. ” we tie the lar ers Sa as way last summer, except ee 
their coats that othe keeper, though not to of nutriment contained in the bones a, eid ing the Pota oe I substit an ae 
feed th 3 they may suffer him to approach beside rtilages, | toes in every alternate row, making, of 
m and their goslings liberal! d k 
‘sige 1. and so make tender. The young (as well i 
ring them — — good condition by killing America salted and boiled; ot r 1 pha 
me. 
i most pal ; 
Grass grows little or not at | vivid, and, as far as I h = 
t half-a noe early laying 3 but they usually have and not t all ae The eee 8 
or See thrown down to | frequent disposition to neglect his 7 rg ne e or a 
r be one can blarne them if they | himself up to unlicensed companionsh Ara 
ys Ae bounds in Begg rani that d ee Te had one 
e 
is partner, to r 22 
shy ness, aud so made most furious love to oe 8 
geese, separati r from th Pre sat 
u ts on move, but | any othe E the rest, not permittin 
and under- feeding; in proof of which, ny other water . g 
s Giv m roo “i 
7 cal mach 3 eee, = home, “Cu Car. — not perks to mal, 15 al 5 Aei 
— their oe lag —.— poe ge 5 oot erer pi we killed and roasted the object of his $ : 
ee ed ected anoth Arakg 
of ir song. The Canada ably the ugliest of the survivin w 
uat, eathered, ill-marked 
pa race he so admired, he returned 
survived the | reluctantly and cold] i Ao 
tl y to his former love, 
* a so lng Many people in the coun- | remedy i such a eae ia to divoree them at once — 
their treatment of | exchange one out of 8 
taining about 20,000 inbabitants. 
al- 
e | ones . de ed f 
_[The writer of these Essays is desirous tha © 
“ History of Domestic Fowls,” which hie i ba 
a an oa its oxi ik iT all ral by any authenti 
8 or traditio 7 
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The soil is a deep and rich, but e a 
and would let at from 5/. to 6/. per rass, and 
from 8/. to 102. per acre when o occupied Pee 
The Italian Rye 8 ass I sow in the spring, using 
about 3 bushels of seed to the acre. On the 4thof 
scythe again. This first ekg occupied just a 
month; during that period the produce entirely mait- 
tained nine cows and one horse, and 1 of my sell- 
ing 3/. worth of the Grass, probabi or 5 tons in 
weight. A pr observe that I dress the Grass after 
Beans and Tof Potatoes. The Beans were rosie e 
failure from the blight, but the Potatoes, 1 
, produ! 
for 147., besides 2 two or three 83a 
seed. The Mangold W. 
about half 7 Red and half Yellow Glo 
lanted i ep 
The roots were rge, ani hy 
of 20 lbs., and a few nearly 
adl 
for the first year or two after; but 1 e under i 
that arable Jand is far more productive un the ght 
Segre ten than Grass, I ae to break up and | 
by degrees, e pene oma which I renh 7 i 
I have no power to wa (ol 
| is my average number 
y present stock on eee yi 
, horse, 2 breeding 30%, 
