35—1848.] 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
ee T. 
on the hay to which. salt had been applied, their con- 
dition was 
1 — 9 P 
improv: 
The Fertility of Ireland. —There is b 
we ell in formed le that 
ut one opinion 
rance and debase th ; 
eli of 332 a good tl t to the ans, and un- 
o would 
is 
ig or Tory, 
is no use finding * with by- 
The best plan is 
carry he 
vate the condition of the country. For that 88 
be speedily passed to 
simple and easy titles to those who would buy and ‘cell 
the land. 
A jess * 
capable of 
* chickens, independent of geese, 
eggs supplied by the former to cost, at an average, 4d. 
dozen, it follow ee 
— 
* 
ty, & c., raises their 
„ their total cost 2 
m- 
annually, there are about 40, 000 e 
3 in Neweastle, and 2,600,000 
at the people of Soins e duc 
ducks, 
eb ioned statemen 
ry amer of comm 
‘ practical * 
print pal breed, 
ma 85 Sean chi — e ducks, | 
fol — 
3400 E at 58. 6d. per — 5 oe 
208 Ch atonal at Is. 9d. ea 
Wen 
all over 2. 
Morpeth's bill r5 
acre o who does not properly cultivate 
Law for Ireland ; 5 ob 8 the Irish to 
lions 
after their 
be cultivated, and it ern 
of wretche creatures, w 
try, to o AN in pos same * ver Lord 
the Health of Tow Let no m 
become uag, and 
s Health 
to pa 
rt their own populatio 
hip to th 
8 them as they ought to 
pes mighty boon to 
when exposed to 
an half of 
haveno doubt that at many 
aa 
insignifica 
e 7, 
; * Fra Sates’ 
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58 
at an Ses 
— ate ond 
A 
—— eee to t 
affected 
in their favourite flowers, 1 
ged, may be m 
same description.” Thee cocks, even of 
to the play of the 
with 
gemen t that is 888 
— Pgs — the horticul- 
1 — eiln whil ane —— z 
— y while scarcely an 
rates not ont gratify the eyesight by the ; 
5 — as foc od, a luxury 12 x 
F people,” 8 M. 
; 
e poultry wards; amen well 
to offer them endless Pleasures of — 
the common 
Fa sun’s rays, exhibit the} brightest 
e glossy 9 9 beaj 
every day? I 
persons — y regard ti this — as too 
oe tock to deserve on, 
members Society. The trary 
en I state thatthe eg o the 1 Souls con- 
nual 
this mo. 
e branch of 
song 
— of small vessel.” nd affrds constant employment 
The * is an account of 
tio 
rtation, the — 
20 Ducks, at 2s, 6d. 
Outlay. 
Barley, milk, meal, Ta small corn £6 4 
Woman's wages a F 412 
70 Geese, at 2s. 6d. „ 815 
onm 
1911 8 
rgi yards, we could realis — 5 much 
sent; b we Lisy pat the e 
try- -house, — — II seen a this tus such as and aut — 
te: 
ed 
— Th ve tecsive 
e following statements * whom I tender re most 
thanks for t the assistance she has ren She 
“ We have about — =. e erens ‘kinds, none of the 
beat, or our profits ou so 10 ducks ; 
are fed 3 ged smal sere 
or pigs ; we do da 
“One Turkey hen ought to bri 
young ones at the first hatching, an 
are rather * 
of atten 
— 
e wn us 
eav 
y aee beet deri 
t — pte 
0 of this immense i 
m Belgium, Now, supposing the 
Som 
«Debs * are 
y ae very — and e layers. We 
ave five or six 4 88 and two turk — hich are very dark, 
nearly black. They brought up, — 24 young ones, 
We had only about 30 ch kens last. year, which has rather 
back. We bought in 37 geese -a 6d. eac 
mea in a very sh m 
turkey eggs, i the latter 
14. each. Our proceeds we 
ea 
30 Geese £6 6 
Oatmeal and woman's wages 3 H 0 
Profit .. £17 13 11 
„The Profits are not so very small, but they would h havet been 
more had we succeeded better. I should say, for such a num- 
ber as we have, bone profits, u 
or 221. um.“ In“ 
£ 1831, E e. d. 
£ bushels of Barer. 4 16 6 75 — — 0 11 0 
2 Sharps. 5 lions of S 0 3 63 
Ye aa 8 55 Pollard 9 
» Pollard . 50 0 74 s scr Sd ll 
12 % 
Number of eggs, 710 
at Id. each „ 319 2 at ld. each oe 
Clear profit .. 116 63 Clear profit .. 1 13 
K rly 8s. 9}d. in the year for each hen. % 
Mr. England, in the 4th volume of the “ Prize Essay 
Highland 3 gry the nn statement of the ex 
pt 251 Aer — oia consis! 
£910 0 
3 2 6 
12 12 6 
015 9} 
Number of eggs, 549 
2 9 6 
g of 
taining 24 
Besa of of building one w: 
Live stock, r en 1 e ee 24 hens, 5 
25 6d. a pair 
Total expe 6 
be as . 3 the ine of . 
per ; with proper c: 
le 1 — and brighton 
all imported) 
— — 
. the price: 
Babe en he 
— ** e had suficie: tal 
an error into which our “gude men” too often 57 
E in all probability, have been 
— not his sister, who had kej 
plac mong 
on our farms : and, 10 the next place, we should 
houses — ards for their accommodation (for which, 
§ a great talk that landlords s 
centage — all permanen 
h aution 
qu ently bare three ys visitors, The 2 ki 
made of wood, I object to wicker baskets, 
lated — — in cold air. Eve 
bad 
— a good substitute ; 
— k are alte useful, for when aves are kept deprived 
a c — per centage of their eggs will be 
e ofa ect shell. 
w 
rd 
a A wall Pa ‘paling — not a 232 
d will be trouble pened y 
portion should be flagged a 
part covered with s — or — gravel for them to wallow in, 
—— —— u turf, that the fowls find insects und earth. 
and eat Grass when ed feet i fg nwa In the 
1 — — con- 
FE 
100 
exis 
abounded in the 
— ons less give a description of all the 
— a of pooler; I, therefore, 1 — 121 briefly describe such 
consider 14 8 The Dorking 
— ba led * ot Ae N Ne fow are 
the our for 2 Ai whieh are the true 
n the Malay and th 
— to either of their progenitors 
between the 1 . the Malay, — om has not ——— suc- 
cessful, The C E Chin ew oe 
nerally of 
prove 
too | u your — 1 Shall j 
tion 83 as the bantame, K pop e and shacks 
> 
pence oe s TE Although e. 
— — an ara an ebe e t they 
ehealth of the cat my 
— ta ry a 
— por 
sa Ducks. —I would 
don = alt yee 8 2 3 e = r large 
English w white duck; or a ross betwee 
3 3 
ce will be 
ing ved — one hen will lay 144, or 12 dozen eggs, an- 
nually. 
74 doze at 6d. per d o* #0 3 9 
The —— ha tched . ich 33 dozen ages 
duced chickens, which oa a 6d, per = 
1 dozen full-grown fowls, at 23. 6d. per pair 
repairs 2 
Grain for 5 wards, 15 qrs., at 24s, 18 
Total profit. £22019 0 
Cobbett, in his ‘Cottage Economy,” says, ‘‘ that six fowls, 
Reviews. 
3 on 3 
2d 1 ~ 
On Land Drainage; with some 
gical Influences, as connected 
Charnock, M.R.A.S.E., Land ‘Agent & ke. 
Longman, Brown, Green, an d Longman 
Our re th 
Mr. Charnock’ . 1 
