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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
-l a a adoption of 
it would 
For „ at 24 seal. = acre = 
Ts. ea g bushel 
— per acre for drill 
3 horses 1 day to draw it, * as, each 
A man 
and boy to guide th 
For 8 acres drilled 
* 3 eg pen acre for 8 acres = 4 bushels 
na py acre for mach 
A oo acre = iye 16 daysfor 8 8 acres at 2s, 6d. per 
For 8 acres dibbled 
Being a balance in fav Wan the ‘dibbled of > 13s. 
And let it be irok that I have only reckoned 
upon the use of a small machine, whereas if a * arger 
aas used, the cost of the labour would be proportional | 
S — shrew mer; “so far all i 
good, but should I realise as a have 
ire. 
pping bserving a paragraph relative to 
alippiag horses, 1 beg to state that I have lately “tg nat 
formed that the process injures the ns of the i 
ca mal to 
is at the time of clipping 
is thereby ua — e his work more 
a also thrives owe: cting on this opinion, 
pped season. 
much mischief ma 
rs! 
may — 
t, by adding ng 
broken flints or field stones, in — proportion of 
et Jaad of ry-nine-of th 
K ent. 
n Keni: 
Farmers’ Clubs. 
DARLINGTON, November: The — Rearing, 
gen ny ere 0 
Mr. Gane KSON said, as he had coins the su 
subject of dis- 
cussion, they 9 naturally ex 
arks u upo In his 
t him to make a few re- 
le 
sheep. When 
antity of Leiceste 
well, , bat the thir third year 
ms en every tom 0. 
tributed this to the mas 
for the aun of fl —— sheep. — Mr. CLAR 
one other shed to make, — "that 
e best t thing that could be 
— —— 
r and 9 
warm. The Onini A then in 
the afternoon’s discu 
; most 
and this 
pigs.—Mr. Dixox said: I . that a fair 
on a farm, with judicious man 
general 
1775 
Fs 
$ 
~| offal. 
heavy bacon, that the large breed would be preferable ; but for 
— — small breed would be most appropriate, In all cases, 
r, it with 
tol dl small bone, as this ki nd generally —— ce the least 
pira rogari to the proper time of the year for breeding 
pigs, each individnal will be best able to judge re oy pints 
stances will — 4 suit his particular case, and w t accord- 
d we all know that, at the time whee sien are far- 
_[Dre. w, 
* ae all her spare bands on 
plenty, — 
not — in . ne te inti Ne y and 
te n 
suppor 
ingly, an g 
rowing, considerable attenti m is quisite to prevent the ships to every foreign clime 
destruction and loss of the young pigs by the mother over- ought t r on he 
laying them if she be not at that time closely watched. After - r 
furrowing, sows should be fed —— hs sts for the first 3 or 4 
isk of fever, after 
but great care sho 
scour the you 
| pigs 
are 2 it e kin 
E wt i is, . ee 
3 
— 
Some people eee Hy, feed 
lieve it is not so good as other 
warm, it is all the better for it. 
pigs with Bean meal, but I be 
well in uit seasons, and it wastes more in 
— e, in all ordinary cases, for 
r pigs to prevent them rom vege ae S 
nie ck o 
| does 
mers to ring their 
is “considered, by some, a bett ter way to cut 
3 
r b 
as itis found at the 
+26 eh 1, 
>| less in the way of rutting. 
ts. tien 
du 
to eve; ourn 
a bond of union n by whioh the read — comes 
consolidated. X. bee 
whil 
igs are young, the edges of fat 3388 — once e 
will not grow together again, and this renders the snout pow 
* 
A oe ae 2 aie at Elucidation of National Eco- 
in 
5 re. t Watt. Mar- 
shall, East ä Land alk 
His is a collection of letters on various matters, poli- 
l, icu religious, economical, published |3 
uring a series o of years in Scottish newspapers 
whole are presented to 5 ead 
esate. 
2 There i 
matter in a few of the 
k, 
— ineffectual ‘atte to 
confer a more eee eem on the — 
bours of ib 
an industrious newspaper contributor 
2 
The Crops at Wix.— 
niibled ¢ 
d boast about, 
ose they had failed, what then ? 
e thinking world weal lament, and only ee 
Bo let us examine 
us 
what has excited it, 
cle of 8 and of £6 bu: 
8 of | produces a 
— 
. the wii, is much a 
y failure 
— In 1845 1 Dada field ‘ol Wheat, in in 1847 I had — 
and 
8 pusbel, being the 
least I could put in with the —.—ͤ— drill; in 1847 my 
seed was under 3 per also dr ined; and in 
than 2 
2% pecks for each crop y pro 
44, 5 51, 293 weer. equal to 1215 bushels — acre 
| from the three rops, and increase on an average 
has been dpon of 65 fold. ee add the laughter- 
loving disciples of custom and preju — e ng 
thin and 
de it out not to be fit for — nor — T 
Then is it coveted for seed! My Wheat grown 
1845 was all applied for forseed, and I disappointed mes | 
mat pi — — ee of it. My Wheat 
ced), w I grew in fter keeping it a year in 
* sold at seis aad — I have sold half my 
I intend to . a sample — 
ng Pigs | and retard their gre se tb. . Then — young | a 
8 
rain, as — * * the bacon, = unpleasant flavour ; besides, it 
port et grae Taxation and Direct 
Rober R. in 
in New 
- any where, who fou 
tf caleulation, that — 
The average | sp 
at first as the — had whilst they were s ee ng. “Alt — o not. e 
g tk d wil eed on the , a 
pigs are fond of 1 in the mire, and will fe a0 = 8 “i we ought to do 80 com 
warmth are — s necessary to their well being; aud ho we may think it 
the sties should therefore be roomy, well ventilated, and dry, | failure this last year was in the 
and if possible . be should have a south spe et. On many ears; m er 
in cumin mer, and 1 food Light 8 one-third less weight than 20 of 
r which, in che latter r part of summer or ucts in autumn, e year before. In 20 0 
— are turned upon the stubbles a while, an a up in I had nearly 1900 grains, wher 
the sty tofeed. The best food for artaning that I know of, is tban 1200 z 
boiled or-steamed Potatoes, mixed with meal of Barley, Oats, reer * ir e same number ofthe 
or Peas, in the proportions of about fi of Picked ears from my las P ‘ 
meal to a bushel of Potatoes, and if food is regularly give earl ny ears grown 0 my field as 1 
look over superficially indicated abundan 
average crops—but. wh e er 
and 5 coombs only an acre was the prod 
ns, Wiz, 
food um 
crop. They! are — aware of the amount dd 
minent fame 
w England, reg een who would be esaat | 
y actual measurement 11 
vegei etable matter in a comma 
ca SA field, or meadow, weighing the roots: 
as the tops, amounted in — to full 13 tons: 
— European enn 
Calendar of ope ee. 
DECEMBER, 
ICKSHIRE MERSE Fisi Deo, 22.—Sinee last 
have been employed in ploughing Bean stubble — 
and for — ms eg 1 we hav 
white Tur tiles and 
drains threshing Wheat for poi * man . 
BERWI 
sh 
man that lays i in the tiles. J. 
— — — N Fan, Dee e last re 
— in carting. of "Sw — T 
| wa ‘te da land and sowing the same on 
i 
threshing for gee fe Hones and 
tiles for kod z. 
2 distridt Ww 
y in repairing the 3 — . 
pic ag 5 their stacks of h 
wind w t accompanied wit eth ; 
— otherwise the damage 125 would! 
greater, Our braird of Wheat is looking well; 
are red chaff white and Hopetoun. V. F. 
8 to 2 ondents 
Aa, : CE, Thanks: i 
DRAINING: 3 Hunt. We do not by . 
0 = oe of . drain. 5 
. Pare away the h orn and ¢ 
anoint in ‘the evening with a caustic. 2 
Kokt RABI, &e, 
Poorer. : PP. We are unable to an 
3 hg believe age 
pie pet 
18518 subject — 
als might 
‘iain 
Th 
kh acquainte ted with 1 thi 
Yew A discussion o on 
„ though it woud proni 
do not know if the Scoteh 
We should prefer 
nabiy or gromen na 
Wureat : G Simmons. 
climate, where the 
able circumstances, and which it 
C: 
be answered the same we 
POTATOES.—SouThwAR, were 
Er a rapi pao Zur market , 
‘one week fi 
. Potatoes tha I — 
with a very sale, has caused 
thie fo, ee 
