502 
2... incccten Food Yampa, | yicl 
quan and, along with this, dry farinaceous food. 
and 5 more liquid is on a pa 
this does 
his, it is p 
to which the c it suck rst fr peni and then at 
als, a — able to eat of the same ar asits 
dam. The diet of the cows at this se is a matter of some 
. Swe ah Turnips yield the richest milk, but itis son 
seant U fe d on it are liable to inflammatory attacks 
ome goin x „therefore, for Pair principal food 
— — the — months. 
— vend it it is well to put —— a 
before en . Some may think this — 
farm, milk is of little value at this 
t less — 
now rapidly adva om vaai 8 maturity, 
ob ained after amine, when it is really. valahi. 
are o six weeks old, 
sea 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
urnips, 
il with 
jest to 
yields, is at least eaten with greatavidity. If an animal, 
by receiving at discretion green food, gradually reaps 
more advantage, the same may perhaps be the effect of w 
fodd 
by this eden of. — 2 eir 
winter, and 
east three months 
Bat vg > prestig 
, when 
parese done to the foetu 
When srad 
they a 
heir rate — rh 2 house where several can be 
Send sopether, and have room to frisk — "So soon as the 
feeding-yards a 
accommo- 
t 
are cleared o — the fat cattle, the calves are put 
into 2 most sheltered one, 
hen this is done they a are still brou 
ed for being turned to Grass; and 
gut in at night for some 
time, At six weeks old, the midd 
aam 
continued, and at about 14 weeks they are weaned altogether. 
ae wance 
Ven enis is done, et 
and, as they have been 
ain use, 
to improve in — 2 on at Pi aide, instead of having 
838 checked, * aequiring the lar d un- | 
— he. eo deat nae earki used to be con 
— Ur- * cake is — 2 
they readily ea at 
belly an 
si iE ira an unavoidable 
ing. The cake is continued until they horse-hoeing 
— —— Hho pr with the Grass as to be able to 
with 
is- 
it, They are not allowe 
the nights begin to lengthen and get N 
are brought in during th , and receive a foddering of 
Tares or Clover foggage ut on 
‘allo of cake (say 1 Ib. — g is resume 
steadily throu e 
turned to Grass. This n — 
but (so far 1 . 
ve greater jus 
e, At e $a 10 is given to nt the 
= hed om — ie — — without 
1 — 
** pre 
winter, — the r ob 1 — 
black- bu 
t of i es 
t for this, Turnips ad libitum, would be suff 
cient. hen put to "Sir ss as year-olds, — deoidedly Siecle 
t ye 
f ‘the first 
om cattle 
laid on Turnips again as ea 
ar than 
whose 
pedi 
oP — 
ears can 
ash oe Y 
rly in the 3 — ae ame | 
well to give the 
are 
are ready; and it is a good practice to sow afew ay of Globes 
dy It doe 
reeders of this district for secu 
Sona: Edington Mains, Berwickshir 
land Society. 
many goo 
“sy & 
pose. 
t days before putting them 
feeding-yards ; and then, if < — 
sm 
they can be kept 
ood Turn 
ese 
n the Tra 
ie PA 
as they 
nas and Swedish afterwards), 
Being desirous to the influe r d on lacta- 
tion, by ste hay, I engaged M. Opperm bse 
the quantity of milk yielded by two cows, alike in every 
respe e re fed wit kilogrammes of dry 
odder for every 100 kilogrammes of livin weight 
—t it was ee in a dry state, the other was 
with a steeped. 5 days, there could not 
be perceived any — War between them in regard to 
the quantity of milk.—G. D., in Scottish Farmer. 
Calendar of Operations. 
RWICKSHIRE MERSE vase "hi H 7 since our last report we 
N 
ave 
grondin — aeg gaan, and thinning Swedes.— July 
14.—We 1 he w finished sowing Turnips, and have had two 
5 a ave is 
fae ditches, A in tiles, and filling en up; one man em 
paa driving the tiles and the botto is, one at the coals, two 
: thi 
&e. 
DORSET Fars, July 19,—For the past fortnight we have been 
fey eo Wurzel and Swedes, — — for and 
phi — og Turnips, hand-hoeing Mangold Wurzel avd Swedes, | 
d 
tainly — the best appearance, but for some weeks after the 
top-dre: we had very ary weather, which I believe acted 
against the 1 otherw — doubt it would have 
been best; o far as pre a oped mee goes, the nitrate 
ag hy pride second, and en dee e third; G. G. 
East Lor ftax FARM, Jul i ; 
during the week muc r 2 sme KA 75 re that is, in 
the singling of Turn spt head 
and with A ig. möt 2 plough ‘earthing up Potatoes, Also 
cutting and making hay, Ii ewise bs eng 1 A our 
ch 
8 of the fepe generally adopted by the 
— John 
actions of the 
Boussingault on Steeped 3 weet Cattle. 
Some are in the habit of steepi 
their 
ttie; in ir opinion, MAFA and 
d to them — 
the 
— —— Fifty-five —— 
g palit y Few 
for ta 
when so . have i 
ing d 
— mal 
Coy 
2 
re 
— of | 
+ Hone in water, 
58 
cided * of the Poteto disease ne of our fields ; the 
extent, however, to which the disease at gheat exists is small, 
and we are inclined to hope that the present hot weather may 
gye its progress 
RTH LINCOLN SHIRE "Fant, July 10.—Since our Tast the 
er has been pirt — which has rone Turnip sowing. 
We pare m 14 acres Ak 75 kgs e now growing 
well, rothise fate yelow rig “We commenced 
thinning on the 4th inst. The . * aha 4 — we have sown 
ave bee ag Hepes np Be ca a — 
ars 8. oF 3 pe saat" eier 0 rows 
own Without a 11 that we may 1 note d vee the e e arenen, Y Wel had 
of 
a — an Tast week, and m ér well 
ck on nae —— 8.4 the nii ass nner — nas 
1 — ver is monly followed here, As soon as the 
4 f the swathe ay dee, wel gt it E 0 up in — sheaves, quite 
itse th till 
28247 to stack. The cost is from 55. to ** ar aere, — 
o the crop. 5 this plan the Clover leaves are eh retained, 
in reply to ar 9 p correspondent, I have to state, first, 
88 22 
8 
gree nts hat we can o reason for thr 
; A : wer —— the manare out of the 
made in connexion with this subject. Four heifers account; Certain ly it is of some v 25 d no one can object to 
-age 7 17 to 19 months were separated into | 2% a yard f a weil-made 2 “The 1300 yards of manure 
10 one these, No. l, was fed wit rien Wore as and by the 60 head of cattle, and we 
g eee No. 2 Wed th might ee uch reason strike 1l., 2., or 37. per bead, as 
Clover; $ ived the same fodder previously | suited our cotventence, from the price of his cattle, as he 
steeped 2 in E ved | throw away the manure. Had we not made the manure, we 
in the proportion three kilogrammes+ of hay frk must have bought artificial manure of some kind, and perka 
hundred Ar of Frin g weight. The experi * e e Will inform us Pia to dispose of our straw 
ram — age. sim e method bd etti ver 
ment was ——— during 14 days, with the = difficulty to throw ‘tt it overboard pub ate stubborn 
following result :— hiels that winna ding.” The * hea pind ad — 
bat 8 as bpd 1 wallow in; but t 
Initial weight. iten . ile having abundance traw they had it, so we are in 
| 3 — clined to think that cattle ipay be kept clean with as small a 
2 h * ntity of litter 3 as in stalls; aud there is certainly 
Lot No.1 . TAS Un. 22 Kat, | 1.64 ki comparison betwen € he quality x the one atid the other, 
une ma 1 ** 2 1.64 kn. 281 kit. | Ror is there * 90 5 as your 2 7 2 nt supposes, of 
ing up the manure ; all we do is, put from 6 to 9 
fodder) 1 . 792 kil. 20 kil, 1.48 kil.) 312 Kkil. inches of — 2 in the bottom of the — before the cattl 
dd this differe „which receive any liquid t anure; we h 
that the moist r was consume d by the * * whiel sour cutter onden 12238 # were fortun I ae of 
had previously received dry fodder. The result ined | getting out of ar cattle, ad this We are aware, and thankful 
did not differ sensibly from that already giv Lot for it; but he, as well a must take chance of the market 
No. 1, which had receiv ed tt y fo àd 7 in beef as aelh 9 correspondent might, we think, 
ag s ler, pan in | have taken some notice of the statement we + ope that h 
14 days 23 kilogramm i eder Gat. 
1 y 2 es; fed wi ad 60 short-horus instead of only 20, and the remainder Gal. 
— gaine 22 kilogrammes. “rhe slight diff erence loways, our profits Would have been at feast 1207 than 
trouble of the e operation. In the course of his — 
M. Opperman observed that the animals consumed th 
; han the 
steeped fodder more rapidly t 
= the J in 45 
other required an hour to finish the 
Sn — * may be of advantage in sath 
er cee attening, where it is of im a 
ance to consume as much as as poss — There oe kis 
0 d 1— 
very young cattle, when after venting Y 
ya 
— two at Th a Word, dry hay, pri basing ng 
e 
its weight of water, ought 
buted to 
to possess t the aa vantages 
whieh, if not more nourishing than the hay which it 
green f 
er; 
* poo a 
ex —— from the ** 18 ` * oe. February 1847, 
irdupois, 
and were sold at the same price with the same keep; 
this ight, at least, have been noticed, In reply to W. G. P.’s” 
queries in Sat urday’s pe 84 for beck 29 of cattle would 
cost about 5002., out of Whiclt you May t lots of cattle 
per annum, and have the use of the boxes for your horses in 
summer; the straw could 45 be ges * * neighbourhood at 
all, and, except for the use it was put s valueless. Whil 
maintaining the — of our aeiio in regard to 
— pant winter, we are no advocates — s — 2 orig *. would 
© 
headlon ng into others 
to do wo, but would n advise the e oft stalls into 
boxes, which some in this neighbourhood are doing. If your 
Galloway correspondent will pay ws a visit wert winter (you 
can tell him he cop bed we will be glad to see him, and hope tobe 
* to show him our boxes filled with aie | animals; S. R. S 
. 88 EVON Fask, uly ave during the past 
en favoured with exceedingly fine weather, which has 
enabled A od mt aside all our land hay in very good order; 
— share was heavy, aud the powe of r nay. E ri (an îm- 
E ment every 88 should have in his possession) were fully | 
tested. We have also been towing some common Turnips 
e brairding very well and regular. Horse. 
hoeing our Carrots and —.— 
any doubt as to the Potato disease 
is 1 antag. very — — pl whol 
occupied in singling Turnips, which 
a 
gress, e weather towa rds the end ofthe 
Not 
Carr Y ATTRACT 
water is induced to rise within a tube (inserted in 
cottagers 
to Correspondents 
ION : rime eg insect. It is that 
age 
that by which, in like manner, Water will rise 
— and soil of land berms? is wet below: 
neness of the bore, It 
* of 
ae on this 
ac other 
may affect the tech avival E texture ot of the 0 a 
best when it exists in medium intensity—w yeh 
ected neither too stiff y 
Robinson, of pes Ireland; 
Crors: R H P. Thanks; your report shall appea 
n we 
HURNS : SA B. 
of Lewes, Sussex. 
FLO oF WHEA 
pears on the out 
has alread 
aeons Soor — 
b Tghoramus, The statement was ‘that 
Were — from 
abl 
composition of the m 
find i — — 1 W Agricultural Soviety’s Jou 
p. 242 and p. 35 
Ponp Mops TP. 
urn it over and 
it 1 cwt. of sup 
of guano, ‘and 2 
ano s hen 
sid CF the ear it is pe fu 
be found to — — empty bag. The pollen ` 
ye —— 
2 
sary n the p 
erphosphte of as 2 ewt. of 
nor to fr 
nce the “bloss 
: Dandie Dinmonty The 24, bend, 
that manure. But ford be =- y 
* hais and let it drain 
it down, a 
t. of salt, each of the act 
Success1o 
J 
oO 
* 
o 
E 
of two feet at 
es the upper, and mee 
a time; the m 
— — — litle in advance of 
n the to finished 
Watek. —— * 
. for the 
—.— — our last — as the ne i rt 
tural Society. It should ene been we A 
— 
— Neretorda, e. 4 
Best Short Horus 
Second quality Bea 
Calves 2 7 
Half - bred 
Ditto — baent vaes 
pur 
Perh 
ther and mere s they 
mistake Earl of 
e again a good — 
kiri consequently i there erage num 
A 
m Scotland 
aF, 
1 
3 — nj Os tn coe 
1 5 
N in, mio! 2 
—.— 
— eaa 
SMIT 
e supply of Beasts is 4 755 
nds rie The number of — 
equal tot e demand. Buyers do not e 
scarcely be quoted lower. Calves are 
rather more 2 From Holland there A 
and a Sena Cal — * 1 . r Scotlan er. . 
s ` 
Ben Scots, entrini i ; wae 3 est Lon p Wools e 6 
est Short Horn a d second quality 
Second quality Be 8 . 2 10 — 8 4 Pe and lag i 
! — „ 3 8—4 8 Ditto ae JA. 
est Downs & Half-b Wan KEP 1 1 P 
Ditto sa 3 5 505. Gave 271. 
2 
3 10 
0 
0 
Al. Sheep and Lamb 
TTENDEN and Sarre, 
Messrs, PA 
week’s quotations. T 
Zi ge to 220,000, 
— & ast Kents, p. Cwt. 508 t. 
— ‘Kents y 
— 
* 
arnhams * „* 
he m 
