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n the 
and expense of e 
Pheasan 
the n neighbourhood of Xerez de la Fro 
They have cost me a 
in Andalusia. 
pig freight, duty, 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
about 10s. each, in. 
clearing.” The 
t Malay and the Spanish pro- 
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eon a ee deulari y handsome fowl, and . . 
type 
much n the old Hispanic 
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R. SWETE’S PIGGERIES, 
THE e drawing represents the plan of a pig- 
gery erected upon the —.— — Beaumont Swete between. 
on, — Exeter, by — eee d, 
complete in its e 2 The buildi 
of 48 pigs being fed one time, with a 
trough between a: It is divi 
each sty containing the 
10, and 13. T e two sheds, as shown in the plan j 
for the anim down = with an outer court 
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fo lowing number, viz. 10, 15, | for holding the food, an 
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They are furnished 
either of Wh eat or — 
them, that a boy 12° years 55 ie aN tend” easy in 
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LETTERS om RAILWAYS A} AND AGRICULTURE, 
H. 
this great 
* 
The E aen voa 
| trånsactions, and ¢ 
11 
ural Society would be 
qe thon T uey. Hull, 
and other towns, diverted their best 
reach. 
* — rkets within railroa 
ce fi 
their d ies found themselves 
rally ruined by slow poison; the mal „ the fic 
see = — round— all dependent on — 
importations es, guano, Rape seed 
14 be to fin a collection of . 
caleulatio ons based on th 
because 
factures 
through Salisbu 
. 
all districts 
traffic 
and the 
e a 
whereas formerly the drov 
accustome 
ey would never pay him, I 
‘hen 
uld vel 
pegat, 
large circle a |i 
— . from old i 
sending it i 
r r a 
manu- 
anal She redet of txitway 
and the west 
The 
formerly flowed, a broad 8 tide, in a direct wot 
The 
ry an 
Great Western Railway, e a great way round, has, 
bya a means of con 8 ruined the 
direct 
route, and dra 
Tue e unanim 
terests n the South - 
| that 
of bones, guan 
ther a $ other till hemsel 
beneficially or e I say adversely, TO sake, wa ë eR iy eo Nee out 
had both lost a very considerable trade in Barley for 
| malting, and in flour, which — . — suppled to Man- 
chester and other m anufactu rin 
land Railways had rai 
piapa the me — 
id- 
e precise than a 
as to the advantage gained by it. We know vaguely |t 
t ad have been gained, but to what 
| pecuniary value we have yet to ascertain. 
Mr. Smith, of Deanston, whose authority on agricul- 
tural economy deservedly stands s0 high, has suggeste 
to that a — — might 
ope 
caltuxal 
shift, and some upon an 
most or for the 8 lan 
Scotl I have supp to be 
eultivation, 3 improved, and to be both — 
and pasture. The quan 
of 
‘ge pes along the line of the 
: = e distance of | of 
` paver 
been, 
as low as 
tons ; and sv supposed this weigh to be 
t 
15 miles, w es a 
Ser, a r imports 
the old mode of conveyance the expense w 
assuming 6d. per ton per mile for which is 
can 
d Retford are not of so miwili consequence | 
ce and G 
the conveyane 
„ guano, &e., at = 80 
goods 
1 pestis had a 1 deci D leon 142. 165. 3d. | 
agricultural and and manufacturing produce, 
found that I could never get it do re!’ under 6d a t 
e W. 
r wi 
railway it would be worth 108. an acre more, 
a year.” 
As an example of the gee. ue railways in rais 
the value of land, Mr. Sa to the 
1 ich 
= bringing tiles and 
as been-cultiva 
— 5s. 1 or 40s. an * 
With sapeti to stock, “ the rate 
is nea 
rly the — 
expense of tty especially i in fat stock; 
oss in the case of fat drive 
— 70 miles, of at 1 
e beast—equal to 
Without a rai 
any a 
and che 
— | of the 
superior — at a 
ft 
they can sell the 3 — inferior PTA 
p~ customers in the coun 
Railways may be made seful for or per ete 
AT 95 
män 255 siti} of the kr. 
waste sind it would be the É railway pases 
prietor to sao oe tram-way from waste lande The 
——_ awa moor Or bench. benefit of of railway? 
ney of l yourself of moet €856) cgs 
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