THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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as the bustard, it would soon 
of these curious A 
—— — from the face of. the earth Mr. Darwin, 
swe may fear, so truly 3 in his “ Voyage of the 
Beagle round the Wor. 
The wigeon is a —— tory bird, arriving here in the 
riend, the owner of a decoy, sent me 
we were going to turn th 
chavea better view of them, when an acquain 
ion was performed. They each utter ed one fain ery, I 
ing at us imploringly with their — clear, apt 
This was n ble recep The 
e 
ment in — e I thought it time to give them grea 
a a small square w -h wicker — 
on an —.— 
and by 8 — there. 
female had disa ed; but how? 
In a day o 
1 
re curious instance, 
re (young wood ducks) were — mas 
dn empty flour — and covered over for so ours, 
m the 
w 
= 
s to the — edge fe their 
t that room w 
a time up the side, and foot by means 
of their diminutive — claws, which, in passing over 
soy hand, I found to i e 
ofa 
„therefore 
eomplete liberty; but instead ef following i the exa 
his his 
anio on—I canno 
in hben- ep. 
State — vain search for a — ended only in capture 
Brom what I saw of these birds I must believe the 
gpg tieab A fairer experiment would 
to procure birds bred in captivity, to 
confined space is necessary to 
at Sigg — higbly and giving them 
r three generations. Un- 
— inereasing in captivity 
been rare. Their a and 
fear of their — at present 
crea he 
of four — rs, 
y | and educating eid in lieu of their daily labour 
look- | linen, s 
ere | are from six till six 
d when 
eir aea haunt, | e 
o the 
yja 
f | of foo 
4 er of buttons, x cy óa. per ross 
thread, a 215 * 
1 ‘| Or 2s, 919. per week, per boy. 
n 
| — as — 
pearane 
leasing ; their flesh is excellent. 
You will p 
; iho boys very —— 
‘MORAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND EDUCATIONAL 
TRAINING OF BOYS IN AGRICULTURE, 
I first for 
con- 
siderable difficulty in adopting a regular system of dis- 
cipline, owing to the want of education and 
management at home, I made the necessary accommoda- 
under own care 
ing, plating, 
— 
Eg 
months pr ce, iy 
en tirely, for a t board 
fa 
The system that 
be provided with — suits of elothes - one for — 
in and ime ane for * a use, also a complete stock of 
S, &e. ; and at the end of four 2 
them Cor, with a like selec The wo u 
in summer, and duri 
they h hour for supper; an 
The food 
w; ; bread, meat 
nd pudding on Sunda, 
n cider 
xcepting during the hay Rep eha "harvests, 
ha nl consists o 
i=] 
* 
8, and the hand 
thee ev vening . — is 
of Wheat 
they * 3 by a ** 
pose, o was four n l 
eee ol, and six yen paom at the Duke "ar Bedford’s — 
e 
ri 1 make it p4 uty to 
evening to assist. The-enclo Eg — 
the cost of clothes per yer and gar: week, 
per week, Wen 
Calculation of Clothes, 5 Making, ond ‘and e : 
34} yards of moleskin, at — e ver pa 
443 yards of cord, at I id. p 
3 ya — of canvas, at 7d. p ae .. 
n 
ee will 8. 
and the cost 
20 Boys for 
4 i 
. 
23 lbs. of 
see ard 
— —— at 98. pes dozen 
— er contract 
ay 5 Boat 
. 12 
20 caps, at 2s. ; 20 ditto, "a 15. oe os as >O N 
20 smock a ocks, at 4s, s, Ód, ai frock os oe oe 41 
Attendan * os ..i20 A 
SS SSS 
+ 
* 31. 2s. 73d. per boy, per year; or le 23d. por 
eek. This a does not include the perso 
3 isher works „o t 
NT BOTS KEEP PER WEEK, 
wenn as per amount consumed, 
e —— — a mar 
t fi per ene 
bushe at 7s. 
A lbs. of 3 at 5d. per Ib. 
18 Ibs. of treacle, at 44. per Ib, .. . 
34 Ibs. of dripping, at 6d. per lb. ee ee 
35 Ibs. oi Po and salt meat, at 6d, per ‘Ib, 
14 bushel.of Potatoes, ai 6s. per ae 
3 oz. of pi at 28. per Ib. 
. 
oe. 
S 
—— 
m 
S A= er 
~ DSG 
2s. 9d. 
Is. As. 24d, 
expense for each boy per week 33.1 1154. 
we boy’s keep per w eek os 
h boy’s clothes per “ditto i ee os 
tion for the reception of 20 8 on my 3 about 
d took t 
aig ni paka d. 
may more Partionlariy observe Nie planting or dibbling k 
and not have found six double plants. Of incidental 
re! ` 
“a 
ood and skilful labourers, and to get 
h 
8 ch, pey geas otherwise go to 
garden stuff, w hey have when in abundance, The 
furn 
to rea Title per week ; perhaps in all, 2s. 
ow Mr. Batson, of Kynaston Court; in the Horeford Tines 
„AMIN SEEDING, &e 
in former — — I have written 
only to elicit caine that I never acted upon any 
ee 3 and I trust — shall. I — 
onvineed fF spose tes echi and Wilki 
largo 5 of seed corn is wasted annu aly a that 
fficient sa effect the ebject is enough ; 
close and careful investigation, — pes ye 
— | Wilk 
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am 
oe 
as may lead us to the adoptio 
success; and with this view 
last year poblishing mome — stated 
of this e unty 
an pret upon — and by the 
ured to render of contrary import. I 
en pro an 
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143 some of the advantages 
rived from the we gs 2 in the first place I may 
, that their work is much 
more careful — any man can do i —— 
by the piece, — — — e, given, and as shown 
y the annexed sta 
Khaak planting®, 6 TE 7 hey at 8d. per Not feag in this 
county. 
Men per acre, 4s. 
Ditto, Gs. 6d. to 73. 
r aere } Ditto, 3s. 
wedes, 6 meres at Ditto, 6s. 
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Wheat hoeing, 6 5 boys, at 8d. ‘per acre, 40%. 
Turnip hoeing — — eee, 
r are, 486. 
e that this 
tatemen 
In planting corn there is 
land. 
ak a arae niani done 
“Something, and are daily —— 4 
y will 
„Dorth, but it would be 
— of them wit 
. — in nee — mps of the 
o > 
few years 
ey now — 
dae ek garoo is beco 
4 — 1 to borro 
$ we ne of t them, »_ 5 offal whe i 
„ ande ae milk from th 
-The th 
man, who seem 
ountry of his children.” —* Journal, » 
“Trp isin Neve 9 — ei er also Dr. Ernest Dieffenbach's 
ish their |.aeco 
-delightfal, meanwhile, to provide | qu 
$ sce they had 
e Y g 211 of cou urse, v 
to the idea of i it 
seed is all in the 
'B 
e hoeing 
— all the i 
at —— distances, pe cot 
no W. 
udges of Swede crops ps for the Hereford: 
shire A pepo Society, the season 
tioned the — of my Swede cass 
er seen; and I be a Makin in a feld | 
of 40 acres a man a might have erossed it in six places 
Mr. Mechi tells me oe 1 his A they pay lls, 
t is in favour of i 
n 
vary 
the farmer, ao to quantity >: observ 
carried out when wi e. by the piece. In = . — 
he 
— — proves nothing; 3 and ir not N 
per acre for corona Whea 
practice 
how the poh ap ) 
last season, 
al 1 — me to fi 
results of the — sowing, it does appear that 
pass over the Wheat erop, except as to the 
tion, The o 
it by 
