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THE AGRICULTURAL S225 TTN 
[June 17, 
the influence which it exerts in — Arait Ao 
Mih 1 
200 usual 
2 
ry 5 some p 
en 1 is owe ast Turnip at mrtg ime, with 
at ae g ah 
ary consequence 
ture of — straw. The published Transactions 
— and ‘ear Society of Scotland contain a 
nly 
cane arcing from te proved Sx 
of the 
proving the peculiar action of common salt i in strength- | 
aren the culms of Wheat, Oats, and amg AA an 
although the Rye crop does not seem to have been ex 
perimented on, yet, st, By parity of reasoning, hjer led 
conclusion in regard to it. The rationale 
cae 
or even an approximation to the truth, the application 
to the soil must be considered as only 
tances : 1, in inland dis- 
saline 
where over - luxuriance 
use of salt 
l nee on the| 
3 when A crops are consu on the 
Sans ; but, further inland, a better effect will generally 
s th cor 
| cellent article, at pa 
eckon 
averages 
will eat, 
before each fresh feed. I have been i 
ber 3 hay to animals of — 
daily food; also 80 
3 Taking 120 is, of — pe 
g out refuse 
the ha 
rs of a et. of Turnip Sith half a stone 
— 2 stones each, as the w 
i 
20 tons an 
er and — 5 oon as 
el 
r day 
00 Ibs. 
Tu urnip, w 
was less Tur 
of Turni 
refere 
rate 
penses 
it 
by ex posure to air in 
to earbonate of soda and muriate 
tion of the slug, by to the more vigorous condition of 
Joh nston 
induced by an K . of these substances. 
Johnston giv 
lambs ga 
The use of salt, as a condiment and ton 
ed 4 lbs, 
recomm mended ; but it should be ad- 
ie y ls of any to swallow By — am 
of salt every 222 among their food, but 22 s thero 
can be none when instinct makes the choice 
NOTES ai DATTER 2 MANURE. 
yong 4 From p. 
fog ee Wee . 
many En glish bre 
8 
ount prietors have st 
dealers they ma 
dane, 
of hile 
44,800 Ibs., by 5 epithe 
rnip for a time. 
the 
p- | feeding should go on increasing to th 
5 Bupa yaa or two might turn the scale o 
An * ienced 8 ical 6 
rong side 
feeder . that three Sco e crop | 
eed three oxen for th three 
ex 
poses, are pavhahiy al ey * aap 
week (oe a fo ae 3 Ibs. o 
o do there — beter. 
the sales or pure 
fat Hock, by Wing weight seems pe pro 
this w 
If meadow hay w 
each would 
y 
in calculating cost, the actual first New ah at least would 
may not be out 
Scotch a tnet 
ut there 
ge 749, in the vol. "or 1846. Lor “ 
at 9d. per day—5s. 3d. per week, I 
an average of a gain of 
23 3 Ibs. to 28 bs from 11 70 March. bade 8 
8 in a 
pai 
rom 8/. to 
ed stots in 
4 stones ; po 
and pot Mareh fo or 141, 0 
is found here that heavy large cattle, 1 
| allude to Scots h 8 
which are much smaller than 
8, 2 a best for fattening, Few pro- 
ms subtilty to be a match for the 
If their 
of giving | his 
t 20 tons each acre would give | compared 
at the rate of nearly 23 5 | 
e sheep brought int 
i — "with — to . 
eli 
ina ee ; the less they have | 
9 7 
resumptuous on the part of 
pon the agricultural capabilities of a 
1 
—_ i vantages * h the e 
f England yt for the cultivation 
h nu ber of 
h market alone, in the 
r 1836, amounted to above 214,00 hile i y 
shire, the total stock of shee estimated at 
30,000, though, according same authority, the 
number ar ang tapani and pasture is the same in 
co uld al lead us to conclude 
that the 5 of Devonshire consider their soll 
and climate unsuited to the 33 of the Turnip. 
If such is the general opinion, shall succeed 
. effect of climate 
al produce has some time partieu- 
| aly engaged e 3 3 indeed the state of the 
onstant ect 3 —— among all 
— are pointed 
n rival, the re 
w years, it is each 
0 has its — ay climate, which bse but liitle 
with another. erefore be 
es which the 
imate of one county has over that of siete Sy S 
0 gh i well known 
Bg different wih; 
e clays, others in the ; the 
same 3 N ane whi exerts a still 
greater baene ss upon produce soil itself, 
The conditi 
rops in an 
tolerable criterion of t 
ci 
the skill and e 
ptate of 8 agr r 
s done his utmost to secure a crop by due attenuon 
which is 
this purpose can i i 
* 
ing : large beasts 
all have an — on ibe OMAT pees light, en, iet, 28 
ey papa ieai, and ie i 
following a division of 
our 
rras 
da 
Ge less 
Value 
Offals value 
— 
know 
offe: 
according 
suppose is the Meigen Forse 
Ir has often been re 
k 
and districts where oo 
ks a 
county 
a sais transaction ; 
still of great weight, 
£9 19 
Off 5 per cent. for butcher’s profit. 
A a 6 en 14 ar — og a living weight : 
me wool 11 skin} 1 
Tallow Mien bart, 1¹ Ty a 
ering into these minute ea 
into 
action <— for bah apa 
TURNIP SS Se IN DEVONSHIRE. 
ed that in those 
the opinion of Lord 
He giv 
the ox and sheep : 
From these may y be calculated the vale of of — Tiving 
ene of which he gives the following | 
a bullock of 72 stones livi 
Ca airs 36 stones 
g wale vag 
er stone £7 4s, Od. 
0 16 
„ £0 13s, 
minute cal milati „the 
e 
es the 
the 
2th ditto, 
The head, Ae tripe, and 
ve the rem e 
mg. =p oe maining e. has 
opon 
to tillage and manure are often destroyed by 
ertain | the unfavourable state of the 3 these cro 
or 
ent upon climate, and more affected by its 
her. Thus it is necessary to know 
the greatest 
I will therefore, in the first place, 
liar state of ee in which the Turni 
ection 
varieties containing 93 or 94 pe cent. 
Noa none less on. —— ce of 
there th 
wn ering en would render the trans- mod 
as at present the butcher 
ience leads to Pe 
To be continued.) 
if adv s. I may 
of the which, from 10% 
is is justly styled 
of the mildness 
ts romani 
the garden of England, and, on 
and serenity of i is 
warm an atmosphere 
of the plant. The season of 1845, in 
= gr was very favourable to the 
in consequence, the 
— of acres were pas away to 
1848, 1 sn a a ng 1 unſa 
on the * y s 
on many f. etsy ae “30 acres of Wee 
"a an 
c 
