THE 
AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
597 
2 a sea of a friendly societ 
Semple opportun 
be never kne 
8 the aris 
cose Ae ising 
23 
and a 
es for observation remarks, 
wan instance e of one who had saved | m 
from the little mountain ae. to the gigantic Cotswold, 
fattening on our best pastu ha 
ing 
themselves take in jo eosin in the consumption of food, the is not h 
pointed out in the address favour of the ller animal; ‘active habits cause 
d friendly societies afford the means! him to eat mor , and his restless feet dest y 
g against the hour of sickness, | need not st y to prove that an active, lively animal biah 
rs the dwellings of the humbler e more food than a quiet, docile one: it i 
be feared that no only is its entran e | axiom., My i icing er further is, that the little feos 
put its continuance protracted, or its termi- | one will consume and waste (by treading) as much or 
fatal, from the absence of adequat even more food than the large, quiet, docile ole; an 
. and if the sufferer happens to invariably find the larger animal to be the quieter one 
upport of a family, the e tk My own prepossession is in favour of a lar ge breed of 
ous : 
alrea 
; and instead of possessi 
radded 
isastr rty is supe 
dy sufficie — severe, which had | } 
ng the comforts 
they have not the common neces- 
; who, in such eee 
. fund accumulated s previous 
B i no eviden ae propriety o f 
a i i i t ue oi 
— of his earnings, or of ,t 
a — id him in this great 
In the 
. rees 
These institutions, besides, introduce 
75 had previously posing the class of those 
interest 
something ; they m 
ed in the 
eee mmon sodomy and thus are they 
of public peace. 
objects 
— bu societies, it bec 
| societies to the "employed, jog zah will find 
only in 
to themselves, in the improv 
charac 
or by tending them their counten 
where already in existence 
e. 
add that — of the above tra 
ecus 
e possessing influence, 
culiar r opportunities 
ager mg 
doing good, 1 in the N et 
r respective spheres 
and advantages of 
comes the 
S 
ance and 
ract are 
of present, as 
animals, as believing they come to—grow to— 
leavier weight in the shortest time, upon proportionab y 
the least food. W view of exciting discussion on 
these points, ne eee nt ee » Ise — 
a en 
the follow wing nsion 
York mestiag: 
individual exhibitors. . 
u rance 0 
I would further say, that I had ample ti make my 
3 which, with 3 or three exceptions, were the 
largest sheep in each Fag 
Admeasurement of & 142 2 Clas ss at York Meeting, taken before 
e Prizes were declare ed : 
Breed. * | 2 Age. Girth. Length. Height. 
| Mouths, | ft. in. | ft. in. | fe in. 
LONG-WOOLS......... No. 1. ee 3 8} 64 
4 8} 6 
1 94 3 6 
1 Es 75 535 
| No. 2 j 4 03 9} 
5 74 4 14 83 
e > 4 1 Tå 
LEICESTERS . ...... No. 1 3 4 64 7 
. f 4 2 
4 2 $ 5 
4 63 4 62 
$ 2 5 
+ 6 
2 3 43 
No. 2 t 
41 $ 
1 $ 
j $ 34 
4 8} 3 3 
i 2 $ 
k 4 3 
SOUTRHDOWNS . . . NO. 1 1 1 + 
* à 3 
$] 
3 
NU 4 1 $ 
2 14 1 £ 3 
29 4 € 4 ] | 
4 4 1 9 2 ba 
ve you my estimate of the 
comparative weight of 
the Stak sheep — ene ch class 8 same age, 
cording to my judgmen 
; Weight per 
Breed. | Class. 8 Age. * | Wool. 
is the most Profile Breed of Sheep.— Which re 
‘oll reed of sheep, is a question often | Months. the. Ibs. 
solved re the reasons giv n | Long-wools ...... 1 : rt R 
Leicesters ......... aay IE 1 6 
eeds on behalf ifferent Southdowns 5 1 16 35 8 
been tried to test | Long-wools . o z ples 5 | — 4 
ipa i Leitet gs es 
2 3 wist oi Southdowns ...... Rig eee 4 46 8 
PN of our 
prising and energeticagriculturists has been turned 
actions of our arable fields ; this 
appreciates more highly 
I Iso well 
ate conn he two, from 
of animal foo on these arable lands ; they 
to & great extent; but if it can 
animals— icular breed of 
will d 
1 attention, as a 
abort. 1 hesitate to give an 
e see sheep of every variety, | the 
With all A HE RESE I beg to say, that in the ee 
classes nearly eve 85 of Leicesters and long- 
wools was to be fou iss e pure ee ola m pe 
{| dominating, and the Jong- wool classes embraced a very 
superior oe &e.3 J. C., Long Sutton, in Mark- 
lane 
ed into the system, and 
ing will be so much the less 
with fi 
; pleased ary quiet, . placidiy chewing the cud, and testify- | pearin 
and 
iy 
manner attitude that she experiences 
the operatio 
of the udder, and the whole 8 
wards, towards the extrem 
thumb and the fore 
is drawn gently down. 
y of the teat, between the 
r; very little practice enables 
with eas ny apd and tender- 
I nee ully washed 
on say let the hi reat be care 
ut I dare sa: In thought 
the e cow's tonta.. ugh 
necessary to w. wash This. ney 
uld be done, and it will then be found that the m 
sho 
d again at 
an 
the same see — the afternoon, thus leaving 12 hours’ 
u 
ould cause a decrease of milk in autu 
and winter, in about equal ratio 3 dyr A elt urist. 
d at the large ee , 
mploying from 200 
vith breakfast and —— on the premis 
fi to answer remarkably 25 
workpeople and their employers. T 
out at Messrs, L 
persons when g their meals e br t con- 
sists of a roll of bread, of 6} oz. in weight, of mixed 
0 flour of the t quality, and a measure of 
coffee, of one-tenth part of an imperial gallon. For one 
gallon of coffee t app of coffee, 
galls, of milk, 10 oz. of golden syrup; and to every 30 
ae sd of ae robes u 
p, an a 
weighing 6 For 50 gallons of Barke broth there 
is eee 43 lbs. good butche 
art ut of keeping with the spirit of the age. 
in every 
no pa yale 
Barley, 5 lbs. Peas; 
Leek 
ak- 
= =e ead including aioe charge id. eS The 
rved in exchange for printed gor, of 
which aré iis two site oe for preakfast, an Ag 
— ford inner. Each de id's in the vaki 
avin; * 
ol oe department nf each Returns of the number of. 
persons in each ment who dar breakfast and 
door, or go into the sitting e There are two coo: 
a man and a woman, in constant attendance; í 
besides these, there are two of the overseers of the work 
who assist by rotation during the time of out 
ndred people can be yates 
the m sran 5 r hu 
20 min e provisions ars all of good quality, 
5 8 at Fae eal prices. The i institution is a self- 
= Messrs. ys, Mason, a d Co 
to the je eed, e the fuel gra 
house, Krit n a 
vr numerous ical : 
n form t remains to be considered, What 
ing has the fact on the trade ming, an 
How i how does it concern the 
The fact, althou 
h it has many sad attendants, 
ug The | 
is the era of change, ee? sgh curs Thea ish 
or d ave taken some 
of milking, in order that I might be able to describe 
You t in your palm, enclosing it gradually 
in your fingers, tighter below than above ; but not abs 
lutely tight anyw u of the upper part of | wi 
e hand—the thumb is uppermost—embraces a por tion kang 
nT 
dinner for the follewing day are given i the super- 
The Mi iking of Cows.—This is a subject of too much | intendent of the kitchen every day at 12 o'clock, in 
inportance e passed over; and I fear that I must order to the prepa of the quantity nece to 
that it is a subject far too much neg The supply them. Any lus pact inquired 
milking of cows resolves itself naturally into two heads, 2 57 and bought for domestic use 4 fee ersons who 
viz., how to milk, hen to milk, How ilk.— may wish it. The overseers of t 3 depart- 
It is astonishing what difference there is in good an ments, having a list of the names of ho ‘have 
d milk I. If every drop of milk in the cow’s| been supplied with meals during the week, render 
udder be not oT removed at each milking, the accounts at the ‘ax thereof to the su ndent of he 
secretion will gradually diminish in proportio n to the kitchen, The cooking part the kitehen is off, 
| quantity each day left behind. This fact is well estab- leaving a passage for those ee ing meals, who enter 
lished, and is to be well 85 for on philosop ne door, an bein „pass out at another 
principles, as s borne out i ctice. Natu 
es nd f n 
