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22— 1848. | 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
` during the rain of winter; and although the ner ie 
d 
nsiderable, allowing a uantity to run off, th 
be cas of the grou and was su a toh be but little belier 
a swamp until late in the spring, whe nd 
erare srie dry by evaporation. 8 most 
asture, unsafe for sheep at any , and 
— . bearing the of cattle before summer 
was far advanced, and even then only pr ing 
. — of t ual aquatie is w 
originally intended to be drained 3 feet deep, the dire 
ii in oblique, at an angle of 30 degre ee: A 
nya e, at about inche 
1 h the aviumn. ne on the 
2 222 
a 
g| 242 yards, at 20 — A108 reath 726 
C- Labour iby barer, at an a average of 8d. tor i 
4 pole rel 
Cost 125 Drainage per acr 
Ist instance. 
484 yards at 10 yards — ee 452 
T. 
tiles and soles, at 29s, 0 
Labour, 88 poles a at 3d. 0—3 4 0 
2d instance. 
807 yards, at 6 sg a en. 2421 
rae N 5 at 29; 3 10 0 
46 poles, at 3a.” 116 6—5 6 6 
instanc 
1 3 11 
9 3—2 13 2 
tiles, c., at 3 
from 
: pore ang prevented from 
abro 
BUTTER-MAKING, 
Tars —.— has ee. occupied a considerable space | 
n the columns of the Agricultural Gazette ; but not 
more than eserves or dem 
by laying the drai 
pron Ammar ad A 2 1 3 inches in depth, The re- 
sult is, that this ld, which before was b A 
is now goo pasture y had the 
additional assistance of ress ssing of dealt; the 
pa ag! ae have disappeared , it will Were, cattle 
s, and is at least of treble its former 
„having on 
arable land, generally with a uniform e 
di that 
- | agricultural an nd 3 l point 
be arn. clea: 
y mechanically ha 
ands: for it is q 
a departm oe so valuable 
of view, there should 
It is om correspond- 
nts in nene Gazette, 2 also from other 
Publications, that w et ignorant as to the chan; 
which cream sudati in eroari ng e 
whether any chemical | change takes place at all. 
still so re to le 
or indeed 
speak of the pga of 
proof such as wou 
investigation, ww any oxy 
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e agitati 
particles of butter 9 ue aa into that close con- 
tact which forms them ass. The reference 
Mr. Weston's air: ee is no means conclusive, 
as the es 3 by ee in the air "a gor 
same effec e motion 
e for ee years 
being very precarious, as i S 80 de. 
pendent on the 3 seldom produeing 24 ikalia of | 
is a result whieh ce rtainly does not seem 
rer te 
N 
ot- of 
the: cre am, I know of no he 
c rried on for an nutes. 
and 1 11 pirat of cream war oe 26 Tbe. “of —.— ia it Ká 
his hand, they will keep at home, ge they are 
ranging o bounds 
road; so far 4. are tamed N Gomes but 
no furt te: and neve mpare the rela- 
tions which e xist bafwe them on 
i the common fowl, is 
ilderness put case thus strongly, 
in order t t may be understood clearly, The co 
parisons may tle exaggerated, but they will 
rve 
ssor ae Speaking of 
| sy. 
been aware of the fact. Profe 
effe “ The swan, 
cts of domestication on Birds, a 
400 ! 
the great London societies could now offer to the pro- 
pi rietors of limited portions of fluvial and lacustrine 
waters, 
Wheat o or 4 Ars. o ats per acre, even under favour 
s. In the summer of 1843 this field 
was in seeds, but almost overrun wit i 
Agrostis, This was draine 
ndrai suffered from the winter rain 
843 and 1844, M hilo that on the drained — 
looked wail all through the e season, 3 in the 
most luxu at 45 
0 
of ordinary churn 
when 
ti who 
sec 
+ 
Another correspondent thinks th n 
the ne plus ulira in butter-makin agi 2 indeed it has 
one very great avantage over the o 
may — — 
hat by the 
scalding plan first- — butter is never — it is 
seldom bad, it is ney 
Yo 
ur cor respo! 
butter may be made in a minute by pouring cream on 
produced ; but itisa very elegant substitute for it and 
ble 
ing one was noticed 
in the 5 Gazette of last year, s as * 2 
posed eory of deep draining t mpac 
clays ; it 0 of a clay subsoil overlaying 45 — 
sand and chalk la osit was in 
Soils, this field should — been naturally sound. i 
last instance reference will be made con- 
sisted of diluvial lands in —— ey of the Colne, which | 
eable 
fo 5 feet; on a portion of this land drains were 
laid at 60 intervals, and of the depth of 4 to 5 
to cireu Buna ——— n 
ben satisfactory rtunity occu 
y 
were made on a and distan ces, > which served to 
as the meaning of T 
t| gould not do be 
t | kinds of churn by wh 
clay 
e words. Lacto 
arious ways, but they a ee ia presume, show 
ow relative proportion of crea the 3 —— 
— 0 example ‘nine — 
— Soei — 
i K 
pro Eve 
i it hoa — ane — nn has nothing $ to i with the 
oe ubtless 
as the result * — 
‘pene Ph 3 if itis} 
a ee 
nden t who has miade the discovery that coloured 
in every 
to which these birds are s 
geese, 
we respect, „ Wat I can have no doubt of ‘their belonging to- 
one genus. 7 bill is -y emek aa af y „ 
as well as o argins, an what 
gar! in the middle, of far e Teast ‘that the ewelfing part 
nd, 
nawsa i is ac 
* best acquainted with the nice üistinetions that separate 
the various LAr 
s of swans, seem er the above 
all thei 
to make themselyes 
acqu 
with the 
habits aad disposi- 
the 
tions, as well as 
figures 
wrong in principle, and, will ulti- 
sy the of its 
facts that came to my 
ave a reference 
ile on 22 subject; I Top give | you two size 
knowledge, t | probably - ave e 
3} will save 
at dee people, 
mans 
e whole corpus poe i 
short, i is ee to point out the — ode of managing 
them and keeping t 
Any one who — on the banks of a moderately 
d stream, and has a ee on that — will 
f keeping a k e — 
e him eve 
— a a arti farm houses * 
ions, persons perhaps of ä | 
mark belongi ng to their 
ets on inelosed or ar 
have bee 
8 pay fw the maintenance of a pair of 2 
ing | and 
roved mate air is Z n ry and — e — a ; dii 
it is obvious that our present system stands in need of S of 
radieal change.— ME. H. | a be ii 
ORNAMENTAL POULTRY. . 
Swan: Cygnus : š m . 
Tun beyond all question, the bird to place, divided into preon 
asa —— stroke of art, on smooth lake which anks of he 
bef is pe Ñ = a rg ad 
less, however delightful, to quote Milton and others, 
lauding the arched neck, the white wings, the oary feet, and the zebra among 8 and the blue rock 
a on. beauty i able and ac- | pigeon and the ringdove among birds, just as they would 
wledged ; and, to borrow an ap hor, we do ess-board, but 
not wish in these essays to thresh straw that has that there is a most perplexing | intermediate re 
ice threshed before, . how peig Aa e swan | ħeither wild a yet i 
on the silver lake, floatin e “ fa miliar ” 
meanin 
2 on,” but — 
ma any others, the 
hous — „the water hen, . 
distance, 1 1 b. e and fear, the whole genus of swans. 
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mention of the mg ‘a oy — 
* persons a-thinking. Oh! but they 
uneducated, ill eare 
e!” say well-intentioned persons, who 
the . 
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„ cannot write on either, whateverit may be your pleasure, . 
' food | there to to 
im both eases, is to take 
