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27—1848.] THE 
AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
445 
February 
atit: T; ‘rain falls during the months -a$ 
ary K „as was the case this spr 
my opinion. ery wetan stormy 
in 1518, 5, 1835 and 1836, enceceded in the two former 
instances, a we and ST summ r, and i n the 2 
mentioned year, b E. 
a very dry oath of “Maye 0 With reg zeg qs a he see an 
1 8 
s . 1 ey — state st: epee tent 4 about 
an unusual | (if the 
| “established,” by what crossing with 
1 
other 
type from the phea 
now very difficult to show. 
re eal derive their 
robably 
called pheasant 
be 
tainly among the fine 
val markings of apese gold and black 
like 7 om pheasant, the 
t may b 2 the « type” al We breed, ole 
these pheaeant arial * 
ery prospect of e John Sebri 
i gee and u ih ere Ki Lyx weather, if the operation | kinds of h 
be carefully performed, and the land isin prop undir, r, 
rmed, a 
I consider dibbling preferable to any other plan o 
i e F. B., Nori 
depositin seed.— ‘ m 
he Condition of Labourers.—A e . 
er the signature of A Labourer,” mentions at 
servants, or labourers. 
8 an m 
the tone of he se ter acquainted with 
the condition of the Scotch ploughman thas the English 
eo 
kept on very low 
and that they often 90 Spi double 
this he remarks—‘‘ By what pit te 
bay in this system I —. — ne 
out; unless it is tor the of preening them 
from rising higher than their forefathers True it is 
employers are 
may be burthened with a e and glad to d 
extra or task work in the barn, for which of course 
a ri id. Therefore marri e- 
quently do more work than single ones, instead of less, 
rA the 2 in question ae tes the contrary. 
haps 0 the 
the o t —— ave a man 
ek, in order 
n. Still 
not a farmer myself, 
iberal, and not 
Lagi fn A: ane W 
could be 
trustworthy servant.—J. Wi 33 
ardens 
Speckled Dorkings. —The statement that these birds, 
when thoroug are less hardy and prclific than 
consumption and for 
large scale, both fo: 
supply of the 3 and who give, as e Segoe tha bo phea 
the cross parer and darker breed, all indent I think, the origin | w 
re pr vee Ge ie 
stance of their pining a 
8 
ver been able to find t 
gam 
00 ahs. b pheasant kipa. 
e hen. She 
0 ise “fest ani 
Per- | two 
8 of 
extra a 
a 
t 
. Hall p 
g ean 
to be fully depended on. Besid 
> 
ast were among the 
te thi 
all yer saw ce, still exhibiting the 
“longish” body, unmistakeable shape, and usually, 
gh by no means ae „short low comb. 3 
the produce of the hybrid from the pheasant and the 
mon hen, it would appear, rarely lives, yet pheasants 
from the woods often breed with 0 try, and 
produce a beautiful race, 1 sarraa eas with 
pheasant blood, beco maller 
2 cock, are now strong chickens. 
r of >. cock pheasan 15 fer a hen, the produce 
aie and a 
broy own and bla 
motions especially grace ud with 
2 she i — perhaps — having heen a pet, perfect] 
and fa 
ted, and, Š goo 
— . — But Ia „ with “ D: 
of unfruitfulness arising from the 
However, a ee birds, half or 9 . pier 
sant bloo reed with Cw am coc 
game pet endo 
dirva t erossin ay possi 
oF probably) the true pheasant Drees of fi s has 
origina b 
„ by no 
Ay the impossibility of permet Me forw ace the 
e direct cross, 
onvineed 
aired, only plan to give the breed 
s be der a strong, robust cock hen 
r separat the mothers of — eae 
oods, and 
be ‘hardy, sou e hens, of quile dis 
say the gpx ay, the Dorking, the Spanish, the Polish 
, 0 ame breed, an en eross them 
under praia circumstances. Though the tendency 
of this bre = peme the — hen by going on, I 
mea eh ie th Eps nt, is to get small after the 
rst cross, yet ‘they’ ay well when tl begin, and are 
sai asa, sit. The beautiful hen spoken of before lays 
a dark-shelled, — a e of the finest flavour, 
2 oz. in weight. Could such birds, by carcful crossi 
become established, they would be among the most 
valuable and beautiful of all our breeds of poultry, 
t * to the pheasant bree common in 
the farm-Yards, the good wives say they very seldom sit, 
some that they never sit ; an y usually keep game 
hens for this purpose, when all the rest of their hens 
are of the phair b 5 1 ks, so far as I can 
serve, are seldo some, seldom properly chosen, 
any er e whitey or common loking red 
yw tails ; 
white 8 i and always Da e 
Their legs, t 
n to the matter by seeing the cock come 
home frequently all bloody, bir the hens remained 
the wood, and on examinatio: 
had carrie 
e mothers being 
darker, some lighter, some 
more equally and handsomely marked than others.. The 
produce of these 
s. The cocks àre often like 
e bird, mahy a hue and gold semi- 
2 over the bre One thing ought 
nmis e shap 
t the e part 701 “the back- 
rather long, and ata 
one, and the regular e spangles of the 
——.— 
in spangled ies — fowls are said to 
nt mualiy from Holland : eg Ham 
ey produced ?— 
rá 3 of saccharine matter t 
ber of the silver pte) gold- 
n 85 
burgh. "Where an 
Farmers’ Clubs. 
READING : 3 and Management of Kangol 
we ag enan other Roo 
ev: ariety 
with the same 
Dy | manure, and — to the — t 2 treatment. 
as early as possi 
e 
| he sowed. a similar collection on sim ilar — & e little later, 
and a third m uch later. By this three-fold test, the best tim 
for sowi die ascertained, as also the comparative produce of 
each kind. Last year, he gr fM ld el 
. inte “4 
up. not think it necessary to en 
ticulars of the weight per oi hk inne of ost 
useful on d be te state th e i ight 
pt a ee st, Yellow Globe and marae E 
as follow: 1 
aa ton equal ayan 8 ther; 2d, 
. also equal to each er; 
White, or White Silesia. The! ba t, 
ductive — some others, was cultivated on account of the la 
that — 3 pie t Hee: 
e, 
sate ini 2 —— or more saccharine than the Long White, 
The Yellow as 1 pr kap Sed on acco 
large — — — 5 its keeping longer than the Red; T aie, Fad 
ate the milk and butter were found to pa. ofa er flavour 
It had been stated by some isg a 
— the cows gave a greater quantity iee when fed with 
this description of ere —— e Long Y = it was 
found to po N 2 —— ae fe ann ow Globe, 
Apne uan- 
that the earlier the plants 
‘ — the — ‘oul 8 
if they were too forward, many hem would 
e race, 
rule ;|in the usual way by coop ping u a miserable cock hea- | que 
ct. | sant and melancholy hen should be puny, 50 U that their 
eee should e be reared, even if Nature 2. 
upon continuance 
e | all), 
ds | fore (lest more * 
was objec 
eed. If ‘they were sown -r in a Apen — = subse- 
they wou! rar 
run 
uent weather was run to 
contrary, the wouter d, the seed 
should the weather be wild in A 
oe up, pen 2 * 5 — cut them 
t of rain, 
me be feng it vegetated f GE i came up at 
conseq rop woul 
e ant ime was thelatter « end April, or the 
an — 
d an into a hole) aibbling 
; and = 
| rally speakin the’ 
first week in flay gene "e 8 
eed s 
an 
some of the hens were undoubtedly tine 12 Fet as | Belgian 
he 1 elose by the wood had, ** is r probab t, 
e former instane pheasant of the 
604 usurped the — of the whole sisterhood, | an 
düs accounting for the ing 8 like phea- 
sants every ‘generation. pi ul breeder of | 7 
23 
ra 
who are indifferent about 
five toes, provided they 
oints of the Dor 1 
can retain the ot 
there is a fine variety called oye = principal Londo 
he had “ never brought up but tants be a’most hens,” 
and that then they “took the (meghrims) staggers and a 
died.“ t they die 
3: + ) om lh 1, 4 
of apoplexy, 
— 8 Surrey — 4 
more vigorous a; 
3 1 
experience: of strongly, althoug although! without any p practi gen 
8 of Taa agree in opinion with 
grounds for sup- usual un 
Pheasant breeds of fowls to be descended | 
ave become 
kon the true pheasant blood. How they h 
lable Usually those that emerged from the 
first or second day, threw 
heads, — over, and died, even off at once. 
Mest = lene anà a 
d of death (brain ymptoms), al the result 
of b e : in, Taia well as the specific 
der beck their 
The J 2 
Parine were much 
Lees 
vee — i ot 
