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AGRI CULTURAL GAZETTE. 
705 
time made, very few have been conducted w ith that 
accuracy and 2 of data tiasa would yrn 
them to the name experiments ;” and thos 
which nity been mos st fairly a carefully a ri 
have uced opposite results, Thus the 
- d — byes Wheat ma 
— 3 on the Bristol and B: ad 
sing aie Whitfield Farm. Berkeley, Gloucestershire, 
RNER OF 3 STREET. 
priate to its own locality and intended uses. To 
determine the r elative merits of 
only con- Agricultural Society h 
5800 rE 275555 nly ociety has just offered a 
SS ae EN to the clusion Aak can be arrived at seems to be au there the fullest evidence respecting the breeds of 
Phy AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND, » is probably very little difference in the weight gained | sheep best suited to the inclosure, the dow d 
—— pce ers o f tke Society, a and 1 Agriculturists by Downs, Leicesters, and Jong-wools in proportion | the mountain, t and scanty ‘pastures "The 
ountin g . 
je penera), that tein oniy HALF MOON-STNEET, PICCA. “4 the food consume In the year 1793 the Duke report to be thus furnished will doubtless bring 
BILLY, London, as for the last Fifty Yea — 3 3 kD tried an experiment on the feeding belore t ie a mass of valuable inſormation 
å Lists of Agricultural See , qualities of various beeds of shee It was con specting breeds for various districts, and it 
ont cted as fairly as possible; the Turnips and corn | will then be for the farmers of those districts, acting 
ai CO., Gracechurch- street, 
w Park- “atrect, te Inve entors 
ed CONICA nd DOUBL 
SON 2 
s ully ied an experiment, in whic 
ists to their much impr eet method of 2 i nd ha ) ate 555 lbs 
scientific E oai em to Pineries, Propagating Houses, ; y 290 108 
apit He 3 heat as well as bottom-heat is less 1 t 20 Leicesters, yet had 75 Ibs 
. dn ree, advantage in their 85 at pg of weight from 
ve also to state that at the request of numerous months’ f. ding. milar ex eriment in 15 
S. and C 15 making their Boilers of Iron, as well as 
fiends (Oey och th $ d. These Boilers, which | gave 
st is reduced. 
po —— scarcely require description, batto he Pepi another experiment, shite the Sout 
{howe who have not seen them in of the highest authority ; oo awns Consumed, for every pound of fles gained, 
. at most of the Nobility’s seats and principal 23 lbs. 4 oz. of T rnips, and 7 Ibs. J of corn; 
Furseries throughout the kingdom: 11 5 . 20 lbs. 5 o Turnips, and 7 Ibs. 
LI street, every article required re the construction corn ; and the 48 only 14 lbs. 2 oz 
ef Horticultural Buildings, as well laë 72 ‘heatin g them, may be of Nen and 4 Ibs. of cor e same variable- 
“ae Lee sy erected vpon t ness of result is observable in in the more recent 
— deen Palisading, Field and Seriea periments, some of which — n peaini y appeared 
Fences, Wire- in the Agric 10 4 Gazette, the “ Agricultural 
Society’s r jt ; 
777 with 
Ha n. experiments 
e in favour of the Cot — 
against the Downs; and the other placed ee 
rst, and the Downs before the Cotswolds. 
3 aha 22 Bind on: 
7 OUSES, = HEATING BY HOT WATER, 
EST MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP, 
AT STES, GLEBE PI ACE, KING’S ROAD, 
CHELSEA, LONDON. 
ESTABLISHED TEN YEARS, 
A 55 . . 25 
— TO LANDOWNERS.—An Act of Sheep, brings the largest profit, it will not, there- 
eorpora ng been obtained by BE LAND- abe be 8828 of the extra weight gained, 
OWNE OF ENGLAND AND SOUT ALES | but fiom t igber pri i 
LASD DRAINAGE hd INCLOSURE COMPANY,” Fee 3 big r of bia ae J% a Sap 
rests in Land the means of Draining d fine wool at mar Wo it, then, de 
inane Ec i osing, Erecting Buildings of a permanen nature | Sirable to adopt this “best breed” upon all the 
and Proving their Lands, and giving such Land hes 
owners of limited Interests the power to charge in ene nce hest as well as the ll hastures? If this were 
with ihe value of the outlay in either of the fullowing ways, 5 the inereased te of fine mutton would 
vis. ~By nce lower the pri of its extra 
and the cause 
Buti 
ex- | § 
most 
adapted to their neighbourhood and mode of culti- 
vation. C, 
CHEAP MANURIN 
be in the recollection of ne ‘of your read 
that the writer of this has been 
watching the p 
And it 
is for those only, is and some following letters 
are intended; the . “largo * oer learned farmer having 
the same means inform as the writer. His 
object is, then, to give gt working E with small 
“p em as much o ment odern experi- 
in manurin Pg simply and con- 
“i 
cisely ee to 16 sons p kers limited education, 
how them th s of increasing their 
produce, ap att chi same time improving their land, by 
applyi ng i to each crop or course Just the Tight sort of 
without selection or understanding the preference of 
one to another, ut in all our che 2 ons, the 
pr tony must still stand first, z s ihe far 
and, whatever frer covered, it may sal 
said, so far, that the good a 
ment of this will do more for K. Ua than all the other 
new experiments put together. We will therefore 
Muck, remains to 
1 rather 
notwithstanding the 5 * ol the mineral fer- 
t o make | UO r : lst, b $ 
5 . St ae > e 8 apply to of mutton and wool could not be sustained upon the 4 a pa i 2 r prei 2 sates 
luxuriant pastures, experience showi hat t quality, preparation, waste, fermentation, and application. 
Che a hange to better keep would enlarge the frame of . Quantity—The solid and liquid excrement of 
agricultural G Bd tte + | the breed, and as it increased the weight of mutton animals, of all kinds, should be carefully rved ( 
TURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1848. aud wool, deteriorate them also in quality and value; | Wa te, m); and more largely collected, 
2 ause the “fold breed” could not thrive pon | by soiling and stall-feeding ; every f anima! offal 
MEETING FOR THE F rich so es alluvial | plains, abate Dative soil being | and A 2 care of. Two 
Ww 
Tanks CLuB- oot 27: Stranraer, 
Se eee Raed eal le 
HAT ARE THOSE 
_ PROVE ONE * 10 
EXPERIMENTS 3 SHALL 
BETTER THA upon loa wet 5 es, it is their 
als of to be active and restless, mosis little detriment 
from their frequent d to and 
heir health, 
ate wou A sis fog run oat age waste, and 
? | destroy a great deal of Gras ‘Or suppose that the 
final gat is in favour a long wool breed. m 
a 
Cu sat breed be univ rtd adopted ? 
d | tainly a Be Ja in 
ng upo 
a great weight, : 
nse 1 at food? Shou 
o 
n the mountains 
for folding. 3 the exertion of constant exer- 
o his natural habit, would always 
ener ents, therefore, o 
di 
a strictly universal adoptio 
varied conditions of climate ad 2 55 require dif- 
of this order 
© 
2 
2 
oth tke grea 
se value of is a with the necessity 
coarse woo!s in vari induce- 
ments to continue the breeding of both W oft 
sheep 1 produc 
five, perhaps 
e to de half a 
of 
rofitable qualities 
useful properties of the w 
price rises as the fleece that propensity to — is indicated b 
for long a 
4 
ence has established what are the charac- 
` why g 
: give a pre of bone, a roundness an mpactness of form, a 
condensation of substance, and a beautiful propor- 
tion of every part, combined with a springy elastic 
softness in the handling. Ponu 5 this sit 
5r mium for producing bad 
be assy 
pis med that the best breed of shee p is 
greatest net profit in 
tion an ose for w 
and ige the m 
Eats 
e | the du 
weight me sy 8 of its carcass, and the quan- | 
tity, length, and fineness of its fleece, being sppe, 
will emg 1 ewt. dung, ga per an, or 18 tons a year; 
and this may Do EPRE ne of vegetable 
mpost (see Preparation, i): or 2 acres, 
thus giving 18 & 3254 tons PS 27 — per aere) 
yearly. It is for the farmer to Fgh) peri many beasts 
he eep ; and how much of me he will feed 
the the 88 (The ies yor — heavier 
green cı the green crops, the re cattle 
food ; 
from to year.) 4 pean may nearly za a cow, 
1 quality against quantity ; and tw er une pigs 
ay perhaps equal one beast. a 
that they add bait little to the heap, — very age ata | A 
in 2 and pasture. 
5. Vegetable matter of all kinds, fresh, dry, or de- 
cayed, should be also brought to poy Dpi hag if too 
istan rg composted where it lies waste, 
w roots ae up, eii oe “fallen leaves, 
or oie recent herbage, r N the vegetable 
dil salt and lime (4 cwt. add to on of 
, sods, turf- penas and n 
remember that vegetable 
ot 
pent, sods 2 
s + hn s 
salt (0), = will — kill —— aa nets 
should oes, not only all the 
pag but all in due propo 
ng tried in experiments against oth 
seems to have been exhausted by drainage. 
A. The heap should be alike 
