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upon the delicate vessels which iced same quantity of farm-yard manure, on the top of 
other advantages besides those which I hav G 
to mowing grain crops. In a farm 5 2 as 
convenient to spare hands to bi — and stook wn when it is e 
day; and if the weather be suitable ate the same 
pe Steger in oe winning. In — establishm Pgs be aa 
re hands t ts also then 
e -= 8 who are no good baer shan pers, but dar who are, 
ou and ose vast n fro anu 
accumulations of mud, grit, and sand, constantly hurried | solves the fish, she destro ig all seeds and insects. 
down from the and mountains, formerly | It is then turned over, taking care to keep what is left 
mixed with the gt oe turbid waters, and were carried | of the fish and ae as much as possible on the top o 
and distributed over the adjacent lands, rendering the heap. In a week it is fit to has and spread for the 
them rich and fertile 5 77 conception, instead of | crop ; John onise, Field Dalli 
bed, creating now annually a| The Pheasant Breed.—“W. ” says that half bred 
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fresh layer of shy —.— never aller to be ee al poe cock birds which he saw bore onger r lance | q 
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Thirdly, in rivers up which the tides flow like the to the 3 than the hens. thee this tend to prove 
Thames, each reflux causing a return of a large propor- that breeds of fowls, in which the cocks do not bear the 
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sand banks, or create form “bars” near their pi je 3 blood? It is well known that the 
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mall Farm —A word of warning | peros, but 11 believe that it is equally certain that the 
tment and serious loss, are not fertile A themselves, though they will breed 
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gentlem: mainly desirous of healthy and innocent admixture of pheasant blood as to breed with themselves 
occupation, and the liberal supply of his own table, but | be of necessity everlasting layers? I incline to think 
to whom it is no object tomake the most of every thing. not, unless the crossing had been carried on with some 
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— 3 — mowing will mera wd answer 80 goo 
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at pig-jobbing and horse 5 whenever he has a the pheasant; and, that proved, we may have everlasting 
lucky opportunity, a —— sends ife or daughter to | layers that do not show any signs of such a cross. How 
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become a 3 quantity, unless some member of had unusually small combs. Any one who will look at 
erstands their ery Ee nt and pays | the representation of the 9 = inthe“ Penny |" 
— 2 — It = sete t o set 4 few stocks Cyclopzedia,” Lo will read the description of the gigantic 
ef bees in one corner en in spring, an = ock (in the same work with his moe 2 need 
expect to find them in autumn full of honey, as a matter ie at a st s to poi for oa Bhs t Mal ys, 
— — best ee eae is to pnt ther gold or silver spangled b. “The rticle 
7 une, or early y, à warm in a Pheasant” will be found well “worth perusing by all 
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shutting 100 meet hens i in enclosures to lay eggs will Farmers’ Clubs. 
never answer. 8.“ may soon lay out 507. in poultry | DARLINGTON, A 7: The Harvesti Th 
stock, which he will never back again. Modes of | and other piers crops. ; me 
management that succeed pens ed e e 7 in| Mr. Trorrer was quite convinced that cutting B heat 
Great Britain. Large profits by the sickle was the best method; and then was 
who usually rear chickens, but by ‘the “travelling Arn 1 a e country as soon as it was cut, to stook it 
who scour the country and buy, for the lowest farthing 
s —＋ can — sm re here and t oa . — * ig ther Barley, Oats, eee Beans, e was in "the 
ing of them immediately at advanced prices, it of eu — em generally by the scythe, when the reid 
or shutting them up at once to be fatted for market. pied 5 he 6 him onal all hs ‘Oats os ‘Carley ey 
e rearing of turkeys a 22 under suitable | cut by the hog if 1 3 were heavy and batas, but 
circumstances, is attended with greater advantage the real a a zpi pi ene m nad co tae Mn eved 
small occupiers, Let “S.” procu a dozen We had not so good am — men 
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and sit next spring. Turkeys’ eggs may then be | ordinary circumstances he w ould u herefore‘sa 
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bought for 2d. or 3d. each, and he may thus cheaply sidered poss fg, of Oats, Barley, and Beans pteferablo to sickle Be 
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have been repeatedly ca ** to cost as much is view of the matter and relative to 
— ese e e are there ough they are pretty,“ "a ropa r time of f reaping, In “ The ive advanta of e of mawi and 
véni ` b 0 8 crops; with the comparative adva age 0 — 
What t Kait and y prar aa is Be rs — — prove and sickle reaping,” there are several. cirgum in 
8 have to onsideration, In the. first place, there is 
from his farm, i allows his family and his pigs to to | to be — — the ee time for reaping, a PE — 
eat ee One — sow will be found quite enough, | 5 Ur uisite o ne , the st mode of ing 
or drying oe pts by — stooking, or otherwise. ja 7 — 
but she and her litters and, t to get as nto a proper pt de for stacking, to he greatest advan- 
_., fore, Alderney cows will not do, giving so little in quan tage e in the least time. n as to which 
2 2 2 » Giving a | e que 
8 tity, —— being of too tender a constitution, except a advantageous Ah Teast = — mowing oF reaping 
fog tH of the ki As much money y sickle ; as regar s re stacking, eae 
parts kingdo m. As ; and dressing. And, likewise, it is w y of a consider: 
may be got rid of i in faney cows as in fancy horses; a as to which mode is en or otherwise to ae 
small farmer or quiet private individual had better land — such crop. onion as regards the proper 
k 5 i e eaping, a 0 e grai e Wheat 
= í crop, my opinion is, that it should be cut a little be- 
porting from Kerry or the fore it ‘is full ripe, ie when it first turns yellow, or 
similar in its purport may be | rather is turning from green to yellow, and in the 
; and, however unwelcome this | state which we term filhor raw or rear. Upon dhe cold 
it is more real kindness to print clay on ti a om time 2 are een portion of 
the nea furro which rather 
— a stock of those r Pizeons and rabbits | 722 
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gentle enter without a caution upon an under- | has at that time a ed yellow above the ground, up to 
taking for for solma — will find himself the place z it ry the — a or sickle, then the 
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- ‘recourse to 8 to fill up the Werse e sprouts much — ok in the stook ina 1 season than it 
ow although ; order and well | °° : ay 3 e wha 
wed: i rof th ets hvet bulbs part is cut full ripe and part cut hat it will be E that the 
searcely ai ats will be a bright 
larger than the size of an egg. A few that have Lonkiog sample and will also weigh h Lee aris ist in Sarin pert tha 
; sae i been ; 
top-dressed with guano, again with bones and sul- cut fal | ripe, the sample will be browner, thicker skinned, and 
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somewhat larger, still they do not as yet strike me as | Looe I before tant usive as to the advantage of 
remarkable as food for cattle. Perhaps some pa 4 àn gust, and Sas fes the bth o of . gave a 
i a account | °° 145 18s, other quite so 
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eight of” of ae buib such cultivation | it is 
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pe s on arter ofp arl owever, the case is so hat diffe erent, 
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ot standing. In reapin og th sey and Oat crops I think the 
scythe preferable to — eklen in — 2 — because 
eutting it before fall ripe. Che part which was cut raw on the | Journ 
close ge ty in the winning, egards the. p 
the gan be done for less cost, I believe it also is read: 
the | for about one- one-fourth leer ae There are frequen — 7 
has been the longest and most re 
ganic matter which is s beneficial tot the succeedi rop, Team 
not tell; but, ti enabled my Se t 
is the fact upon clay land.—Mr. CLARKSON o tay da ot such 
any consideration. By mowing it he got all hefe the told, and 
m nothing by gleaners. 
AST Tts rind rte 16: The most „ mode 
of 4 growing Tu — ALFRED — a „ Snelsmore 
Hill West, ‘introduced the meh 
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Swedesis not 80 ern 8 in this neighbour. 
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once in the spring, thus 1 the W growth, and ren 
dering the plant ries attractive to the nsect, ney er 4 Swedes 
are strong 
Since the Bi ns roduction of speci fal manures, the quantity of Tur- 
nip sdana ve been greatly increased. The Swedish bears 
the frost 457 and will if stored mee till June; it is generally 
consumed b ock on the farm ; ; itis rather 
more expensive to raise Da bara kinds, requiring more 
anure d Yellow Bullock and Aberdeen Yellow 
come ne order as to bp qualities, and approach nearest 
the Swedish : they have the advantage of being ada: for 
li gata 5 soils, and can ie sown later, All o — 1 
w made to grow Tu urnips; and they 
ARAE to the raising of dung and feeding ‘of = A. 
sheep that a farmer cannot carry on his business to advan 
without them; all stock are * 7 — jadiciou 
fed with them, and when eaten off by pe oe | increase the 
following crops to a great digter. The a is ploughed before 
winter and again early in iri det ci in April, May, or June; 
— land with frequent stirri with the plough, harrow, and 
carifier, is m 1 an as pos sible, I find the 
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most other sorts, varies roti: 26 to 30 inches in width. If these 
matters are attended to, I believe there will 4 Do very man 
failures, making a allowance for weather.—Amicus. 
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A Plain Add to the Labouring Classes on the 
A dvantages G of, Savings Banks and Friendly Societies. 
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industrious classes. The amelioration of m lot ofi 
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