35—1848. | 
premiums, 
stop the opposition which was | 
2 Se, -aep te, ope of the im- 
vement. 
4 — Smith, Esq., of Deanston, being a member of 
k Farmers’ i 
THE AGRICULTURAL 8 
stock, the corn ripens from 10 days to 2 fortnight substitution i i 
earlier than my aay s poring lan 5 | Gatshe-metine for most — al he will. 
nearly one-third more than eee of the rising generation in Ayles- 
Darling. bury, Mr, 8 at least settle the t 
Home Correspondence 
The Kerry 4 of Cows.—Referring to the letter of | 
po 
„and wet nature, and so completely changing its your corresp “5.” Number of 1 why, t ion on this subi in your 
im r and adaptation, that it has acted I can give hi a ean « the K — È l , Should ncouraged, u en 
2 to draining in the * distri ever since; N. far as a short experience of the qualities of four of that | those who either directly or indirectly contribute to the 
reed, and the accounts I had p ly heard em, cheaper supply of food to ry i 
No. XXI. — ANonyMou justifies offering an 15 The yield of milk I yrs poorer el e the than our rapidly 
Date of Operations. 1845-6. consid: q ity and quantity to asing po Subscriber, and Member of 
piai Drained.—100 acres. that of an average 1 ak sort I have kept, the Royal peaa octely, August 10 
Nature of Soii.—Clay deposit. and the Kerr dvantages ov Pouliry Keeping.— Will the following items of 
ode of Draini he drains were put in 3 feet breed, In the first place a Kerry is very much cheaper | keeping aid “S.” of the Gazette, August 12, in his 
deep at the lower end, and 2} feet at the upper, there to buy; 2dly, it is much ch to keep, and with | ulati I farm 8 They ~~ the bona 
very little if any fall, so that an artificial fall w risk, being much hardier in constitution and capable i of the uce 
; some we * apart, and others 493 thriving on rough and scanty pasturage ; 3dly, the meat one chanticleer in 1846, and of 12 heus, 1015. In the 
feet; ma common pipe ti used, of three different is very much better, as the carcase of an old Alderney first year two couple of du done drake were 
siz inch pipes at the lone end, 1} inch in the is little more than 5 — and bone; 4thly, the calf, if by | the family, but not in the second, e food was all 
middie, and 1 inch at the upper en a bull larger breed, such as a short-horn, is equal | bought at a high market price ; the produce sold in the 
osi was as*follows.:——The labour of digging in size to that of an Alderney, Having thus, as f lage. The fowls are kept clean, and well ho and 
** placing the ee was 5d. per perch, and the tiles my experience goes, replied to one f the queries of attended to; fed reg three times a day when 
242 in apart, 2“. per acre, and those at 493 feet, 1/. | your correspondent, I should be p d to communi- | young, and have the run of a large grazing yard in the 
per acr cate with him privately, at the address which I send | day tt This I varying thei 11 giving 
The Result. — The meadows thus drained were much | you, abou l farm which I believe nerd N his them occasionally * liver, seraps of fa 
than those not drained last autumn, yun allowed | purpose The locality is healthy and pretty to | Pota tatoes, with the horts and Barley. If four 
of the stock being kept out a month or six weeks later mand | years’ 4 of a e. ll dairy 1007 figures) will be E 
and prevented the stock from poaching the Tand, which | exists for butter, poultry, fruit, vegetables, 1195 , Porky any service to S., I shall to give 
assisted the Grass very much the following spring. Ko., for victualling the large East and West Indian and Costa—1316,, E. d. pene £ * 
Ameri steam-ships, at a flourishing port near at | 40 maie 8 .. 0 8 6 For eggs, aver 
No, XXII.—TAPENHALL, CLaIx Ss, NEAR Worcester, | hand, besides a large local demand at a particular an ++ 019 4)" Sd. per dozen „ 018 $ 
2 2 Operations 4 gg o present time. season, The climate is suitable to the growth of all 3 = i — E | ——ů — 8 5 A — 
ent Drained.— 75 a these articles, and of early lamb for the London market, | Ta il Wu 1,0 0/82 — at le, Gd. 6 3 0 
Talus of 3 — 0 * „in depth about 16 or which is very accessible by railway 8 L may | Eggs for © titing h hens 2 8 4 
inches, on a bed of ae and clay about 9 inches in | add that fo eof a go the rent would | ©ecting eggs, 8 mand — — = 
— I 8 on marl, with here an vein m moderate (not. exceeding 20s. e), and that 44 16 2 ag a 
of sa rangeme ld e for vali a house (if Profit oe £3.18. 0 
Mode of Drainage —The main drains are laid in one were required on the spot), ae improyed farm 817; Btik 184 Eed 
of the head furrows, when 3 in the best position 28 at which w. ale er power w be applicable. | For 16 pints — 0 3 1 For eggs at d. — — 211 6 
a proper fall, th from 30 inches ould y wish ticulars 22 Raster oe, 2,14 066 —— i Sd. 5 10 0 
to 7 feet, as the inclination of the h d and are ias would k kindly put him into 1 with me | Barley-m 9 2 eee ee Sa sy CY 
the comm and sole; and the furrow | at th „FCC eg eggs phe, 0 2 9 £813 6 
pl ced i zon ine of descent, phew, will kindly ea us his address, which we have £3 7 10 Deduct costs . . 3 7 10 
mislai 
es of very stiff clay 
and . pipes to the 
tion w. 
the theo 
1 
Arti ificial Iucubation.— When -publie attention has 
once been direeted to any given point, it ma zug ‘dor! 
be anticipated that =i dea discussion mus ately 
lead to practical os "Yo our correspondence 
on. the artificial, 3 rearing of pouhtry has 
atel rather SSE. A Still the writers of these 
ed who expres 
ang 
inerease rodu 
25 per cont. the land is w 
The wate 
ink "this 5 is 
soil on which it has-been done, 
WHICH 
| poore 
to enab 
present T 
r classes to whom now 
rot forbidden fare,” a Dintriflons article of food. 
ur 
poultry ; 
2 ti 
laced 9 vivors but any 8 speculation. 
Our o 
tions, presents in its frequent variation 
humidity certain 3 obstacles aring of 
r the purpose of calling! che atten- 
uns VELI 
ou some weeks 22805 a few 
the questi now stands, no one, not eve 
Pro 
Richard Pigott, Stokeferry, [We should be glad 
publish unt. ] 
Sulphuric Acid. —1 iis 
late Nu — 
voured to e 
danger likely e arise segr using pai aa Sa acid — 
from copper 
ean 
with the extremes of 
12 hens £5 5 
the dairy acco 
: your friend  Lusor,” in a 
- the Agricul/wral — — a 
e an alarm wi 
ites, on 
e ground of sulphuric 
i Tho. — — . 
— The 
Cantelo himself, has ye yet satisfactorily pro: 
can be 3 obviated, | 
e 
larly dry, and that this land oniy suffered. from tho 
e 
P 
Those who are — oh the aver erage treatment | 
ved erg +h, + 
8 — sae 
ailing; 
although many fields thus affected: have 
Strata of gravel and clay retaining the 
the winter months; James Webb. 
No. XXIII. —Hxrrox ur Woorrr.—In reply to 
my experience 
22s. ; cost of soles, 6s. ; 
depth of ane 2ift- © ines distineo: bet between drains on 
clay, 18 Se 1 on * 24 Cost of | in 
laying, tiles 34d. per rod. The filling is 
t excellent 
Se worked 
met gravel convinced the land would have been efficiently drained ami 
a subsoil over clay, at 
— y, at twice the dis- 
tad Loot deeper each 
of poultry fh 
OF pourr 
dical. a 
a sand 
pee in tee 
venti 
to —— 
2 a ay . 
“compound of villanous 
some nerve to effect an entrance, 
are especially — ii air, 
e 
tribe than. ay man, 5 it t may be a question whe- 
ial means not more likely 
adopted wil success NN who could p i oh 
their whole time and attention to them ; there can 
in exi arran 
attenti 
pou 
purest breed. is 
2 in eee Me Bale, the well-known poulterer 
ps ta detailed. the very large sums pg 
apes tomes salesmen, He stated that aia 
man. alone poe 4 year 100,000“. worth ; j that 
had himself pofl in the course of the last 
— that 1 at ec der 
ni 
0002 was received: annually a 
for young „ ee he added the | hi 
somewhat humiliating fact,“ the wives 
ings. 
This is surely buying even gold too dear ; and if 
` 
4 — the disease had n 
t; 
ss | Brrr 
cause appears to 
the health 
of 
il examine their as ies wat 
of they plant, or its mals 
giving us some —" 
pi aeaa as “ay the evil args 
above 
oughly blasted, 
rather from — than from 
al. Farm 
—I am so much interested i in the enter- 
making 
u im from 
on the plan of grinding his on corn, as I —— 
find his expeciat greatly disappoint him 
outlay on the buildings — 
