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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
permit safe eomparis son and generalisation, Many 
a useful lesson is received by its 1 spec- 
tator ; the: relative value of different k ood 
is taught by the effects of diferent diets on similar 
animals— ike connection between certain external 
indications and the tendency to fatten is taught — | 
the e fects of the same diet on different animals— 
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dineach case consumed—and the vile 
of warmth and rest and comfort in the process of 
is taught by the w holo Shii, and par- 
y by the terms w a ots appear 
W the cattle and their keepers. 
may be true that a venting has seen little to 
8 him durin T 
street es aaa 
or prejudice may have rule 
—the cattle have been sent Piae 
p 
attractive pi sit pa ade at the greater portion 
of the good done by the Smithfield Club must, in 
our KE be mu pote : he discussions on 
n the dis 
agricultural subjects, to go 
listened, have be n 
talls ; but again this year 
advocate the measure v whieh Iw 
demn. And 
erbally 
vor „ f. e., “a dry and well littered — for 
young and growing cattle.” “ Bat,” writes the gentle- 
man who signs himself “ W. C. S,” “in such 
cattle are necessarily tog about, ly 
sleeping at night on their ow 
not see 
or t and: ‘could I have supposed that 
e 
i 5 1 koge — such yards, as I had i in my mint 
nni I-wrot 
yard; thus such a 
3 Tt part also C 
wl 
ibed pits 56 6 head of 
a ound medley as ever was crammed into 
based Sew 2 — he wishes that I (the rev. gentleman), 
one evening at 8 o'clock, addi ing hes 
| person to tha beai choice and 
alk up, k up! ladies got ute: 
8 7 ue 55 J o'clock, and the animals are jus zt 
be fe ection is wonderfully choice P 
Lin 15 Ha st fi 
. Cate 10 oF sus; atque sacerdos, 
fhas s writes 1 e, Mr, Geo. W. Fowler; but 
Br“ WwW. Ca et 7 horse-dung (and that is 
12 miy experience or bt. a the 
bel 
to obtain 
le 
T Saturday last 
; ng horses, colts, pigs, and two rams,” as my 
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Jere ered over ay ok =: dropping this ampt to 
e, you 
rs of your 
ře in practice, 
hiv visits. On the first visit the cattle 
e the: ost miserable ss filth ny J had ever 8 
seen; — were literally covered over wi 
dun ng. n the g visit I stole away unperceiyed 75 
the . and what di nd! A man down in a box 
with a eu mecca seraping the dung off the sides, back, 
The whole place also was 
oT asked the man why he did not 
T maintain, — that not a s ingle beast in * pits, at 
of that visit, e heal thy; their coats w 
— and dry and bare 1 to the touch, and a cold, 
earthy e; and a — verous smell, pervade ed the 
whole buildi 
On the third time I made my e oe pren were 
somewhat better, but in my opinio 
of them I was sure of hen hourly losing money by them 
As the cattle moved a 
means in a thriving condition ; and E — Ie proprietor | 
them ; and when I came eet of the “boxes ” 
lated roof nearl flies ! 
ess of the description 
dungeons, and roo me for taking this mode of draw- 
ing his attention to them. 
mana omestead I Sonatas whereat the box- 
adopted, was still many degrees worse than 
e form 
why a gentleman who occupied lan 
or four farms could not epare a little of it for his s 
ing cattle ne 2 
y 
eathed * a compound of the seit 
noxious and s inn gase 
But after — I vidited a third homestead, where the 
same plan was only p 
T ohearved + 
agreeably 
my kind friend me přopri — 1 Well, 
sorprised comes —— are mi ut i tif 
- and t Spe: look fealty 
thri 
lied he, innocently enough, “they Tooke I —— 
great stress upon t ook, er t,“ continued he, 
“any one of them m 55 in d in an hour!“ I said 
“Why? 2 or w Saet 2 replied he, “they are 
taken some fE do not imme- 
en rend for the 12 es ‘kill priv they very s 
said, “ Pray send for me when another is 
be as sT wiel 
and find o 
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qu 
quite sound within them. £ 
Atone view I saw t were 
also, I heard the 
å an a 
aient fma all the =i wma | descended from the upper 
box th 
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I om W. 
laid in at the ee 
t was quite i 
a is quite evident € it to. ever every y reflecting 
among cattle 
aa £0 — es in this 
dered by the 
<a m 
kita: must 1 Wins good 
ind mu — soon banis entire 
G. Wilkin rs ly from 
Sense of ma 
oar had, 
CHEAP 3 MANURING—No. V. 
W w to explain to the worki 
method of} preparing his bone and acid, 
er. 
Before ee acid with the a a shed 
ascertain that is genuine, x 
5 wich oyster-shell, 
aeid, a 
penetrate 
time to soften; and for t 
preferable to 4 inch. 
o mix it in. be 
sense — _ then the other 
e of about 1 
once, Wi 
of the 
a few 
c acid is used, 3 A= ation of water ma 
with the quantity for 1 ewt. of bones (i.e, te 
and allowed ti f g on 
sa 
also evident that | cold and quiet (perhaps in 6 or 8 hours) tum 
the de eat a ois 3 by the deleterious 2 which | whole well together, and as so 
the eattle were compelled to breathe. All the cattle | absorbed by the bone, it may be 
were bred on the estate, and were very healthy when | and left to work till almost all the bone is gone e 
| first immured in their “living graves.” or softe and then it will be fit to mix 
aera range of buildings of this other ingredients, which will be 
d been newly erected, and for the abominable | little sawdust, charcoal dust, or coal 
pits they wend be the best buildings for cattle I had | to ts recon it. 
ever before seen; but here 
of the range to 
the other, and produced still worse effects. The pro- 
prietor ha n so muc! Poe 1 that he has 
ghee lower end 
meadow, and 
although hg 8 is rather Se yet on 
it overflowing, though it had been 
dent as I was told, only three or four days before 
t to it 
‘observe ‘also, that the proprietor of No. 3 has in- 
formed me st He has done the — ce is, made a 
at — — also observe, that h those gentle- 
ngs a completely tr — ; it is quite de- 
moaistratively evident, therefore, that a part only = the | r 
5 rine of cattle placed into 8. 
0 
orbed by tho rs that is under them; but that the 2 
PARE THE gait Nabu i 
itself is in in idoy hard and co a state to nage 
eather fast e nough has! 
But this hardness is not soggy reduce. 
whilst red kot, into wa 
and crumbling : 7 being eee 
and water, is ar a 
chippings a ig Fe 
ing at the 
urf, in common lime kilns 5 
water, as fast as they ge 
pia ter portion of it either remains in the e pits in a 
oy state, or sinks into a Porous soil, or drains away urf is the best fuel 1 a 
and a low 3 the 
1 e written on this —— at a greater length | it But here 
than I intended ; but as the subject is a most important | lime kü, ata distance from the use 
one, I hope you will | find a place for what I have | used for lime ae 
tten in the columns of your valuable J | half the proportion weed net 
{ eae one quarter the 
Permit me also to ndd, in conclusion, tha 
to Nature as this modern 
F a, yee ee 
Pte See ees Mi ee) ee 
