THE AGRICULTURAL G AZETTE. 
— in question, it appears that in 
is one ease er aere.— Tons cwt. 
13 5 
se 4 ; 
eing increased alf, 
the dermdnated 
s were 
ur d Tar de and t 
system was adopte 
In my own 5 et large erops have been obtained, 
results have A te publi 2. 47 stated in the report 
ip s 
more. 
re a weeks since of looking 
and Turnips Ag Mr. Fooks, of 
orsetshire. which the prize cup 
of 20/. was awarded, as being the best exhibited in the 
of Dorset, and a beau and even crop 
e 
16 event 
the eo manner, Mr. Pune sey 
in his p the Turnips raised with sul- 
Araw looked much better in the early stage Es 
with fermented bones. ow, we take 
— of farmers will a e im — of é 
on the young plant, out of the way of the fly, and 
; it early to the hoe ; besides which, — earlier 
more the i are on erie the greater the 
nourishment derive “chee 
faets and reasons w 
I rmenting bones by mean 
ashesis not E arreen 11 inasmuch as a 
effect the use of we a mp s of 
lime 1 t, the for r forcing th 
pant in the early 
t 
tt 
tremely favourable 
—a fact vent by Practical — 
of ch 
l science 
t forbe ear noticing the state- 
Mr. Posey, that by fermenting nen 
gc An whilst in vitriol- 
he bones it — escape. Now with all due 
to so i man an author 
— 
ted to secure it), on 
: but N they believe it to be 
arte upported by a 
of the Pu in other places where another | has 
comparison © b 
e | much 
monia and sulphuric acid. The litter will — iron 
nd li 
ime and magnesia, all for the sake of its 
well m 
darling 
watery va the 
may ce fro 
ae — carbonic acid will be liberated mark 
m t 0 
nia to stay, not a — atom can possibly 
esca . one. W. C. Spoo 
ORNAMENTAL POULTRY. 
Tue Pueasant Bre wis.—The pheasant 
breed of fowls is highly 0 “te! many farmers, not 
ount of its intrinsic merits, w e are considerable, 
cross between the 
easant and the common fowl, Gan w 
rear ing like the Frenchman, who was de- 
breakfast, on finding that he was ae a 
hen he had 
li 
a a w only paid for an e 
an 
heir r, has so 
of the gam e of the aue "coupled 
with the j he: of the fo 
onnoisseurs in good eating; and therefore attempts are 
often ile! to propagate 42 eed by those who are 
careless of trouble and expens —F arming for Ladies. 
event this e 
AP it should be 
breed of parri aneiens i 
hen and the pheasant, th 
fowl is a pma bred ostrich, min pr that the bustard bree 
turkeys sprun ne ar ae with the 
bu ama ‘Dr. —— iai om pigeon and a turkey 
pheasa — W i nomenclature. The 
really half bred pheasant, which is indeed obtainable by 
trouble, expense, and above all by — wc p: 
ectio 
originated ; only a en of isolated monsters. Mr. Yarre 
describes and figures several other m — between th 
— and one or two gallinaceous! birds re i allied 
e desi 
| contravention 
s, — — re the 5 
e The com 
wl, as to be greatly prized by | - 
appearanc 
whieh will detect peculiarity of 
. 
U 
e of — or oe 
re, in their outline, grea 
nce to the genus Nycthemerus, the golden om 2 
dre, prety “the position 
Mr. S tur, 
namely, b 
have seen, bo 
à tha f 
esem- —— 
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pheasant fowls 
cs 
any ands ach — morts; el 
l you say 
ar notion of the . 2 of 
a prolific hybrid between the fowl and the 
r seven years had a breed of fowls * 
2 of which were cold me in Hunge 
a 
» giving them an appen 
other fowl in that — ular. 
from the 
the 
I have always bred from the high — birds, es now 
are white, and — lso ) the he: skin. they are excellent birds on 
table both as to quality, shape, . siz y ha 
| rather n the legs, t 
f the hens a yee Be The 
have r fou Senther, but I hav 
does some — 
tail feathe ers. obse 
pheasant Malay that — “vie —— 
somewhat curved, which 
and in full feather, mate ppearance. 
ive at their full size until the second 
y lay well, “bat late. Thei 
small in proportion to the size o 
sa 
~ 
E. 
aq 
. 
ao 
2 8 
* 
4 5 
ae —— — cock is a fine bird, thoug 
e, except to an experience eye, 
re 
the e asant Malays wi —— is 
rely a market ee. I will send you with pleasure 
a N and a late cockerell ; the latter will be be quito a 
chicken, as I have 3 aie away my — 
I am so —— send an ear Ae Haein i o E 
apprehend that now sent mr not attain average size. 
hie ms. — of 7 Ar romises well. hens 
e 
mb ‘xen dng 
— 
one ro dig TE any variatio: 
combs or the borren and ——— feathery either 
them 
— of — 
which indicate: 
pheasants 
those birds 
‘And t the great and — talents 
and the . i 
very 5 | 
e | ally, 
of moisture en from 
is | at the cock bird sh 
e - p fowl, and that he proceeds from some cross w ich 
are ch 
d, there is no agent so è oat l for 2 f 
shown whether in the admixture above 
ma! advan 
irable to ferment a . of them, in 
Soe — before being used, means being taken 
e in fermenting the bones, It — — der b 
of nature, even though they may not be hs: mple 
m 
described it, but an infinite . — in “all 
di —— viloni ng itself not superficially but cubic- 
like the spherical undulations of light that nr 
m ever y ed star. . nimated being is a portio 
of — network ; and fro h, as from a centre, ma — 
be tr 
bei 
| pheasant breed hen has semi- on the 
d | breast; and 8 intone askie on “the neck mixed | te 
hich 
with dark brawn 
give rise to the 
“red birds ” of the pit had been means of 
im 
erg of the — breed are large, well flavoured, we 
"y good mothers, and in man 
desirable stocks reay hyper- u 
criti e too 
vary 
ge in summer, smooth but not 
very 
relished, “sometimes tinged Pa light omy "apa 
haped, and without the zone 
— He says, 1 do one not feel 
icular sort of or 1 ae 
affinities and relationships s to all surrounding | ! 
me the title ce the « pheasant breed.’ 
very may aids nor brown; the shape vari 
| The chicks are a yellowish ae onn 
— 2e — 
— — that the — should not — 
inten 
wn colour. 
— before 
The birds — 
cepted ; and —.— a mene journ 
miles, step ir ha oe un 
in jured, and undismayed e curious . and with 
akfast. The pullet was 
indiy — ata were thankfully ac- 
tro eae than 250 
and se The 
rm “ Malay ” has doubtless been affixed my 70 dealers 
to i — size. That e e —.— wish to encourage 
an upright and others a merely shows a 
difference of taste, which however, ought to be deci — 
by the fancy one way or the cer in order to m 
the purity o race. This mparison of — 
ann 
: 
no i no importane 
to — of — unless shape an ah th 
ose | found to be different.—Z. S. Dixon, 8 
FLAX DRESSING BY MACHINERY. i 
Conripenr that one of my men, Andrew Cloughly, will 
be found a match for J his master, Mr, 
Warnes, of Tri 
The letter he sent 7 e to the 
5 work edition, a coloured engraving of 
Fare Spangled — is entitled “ Bantam or Pheasant. 
