7 7 1 



THE AC ill' t/LTURAL GAZETTE. 



LN'ov. |«t 



wooily ri'irr, nnil the r begin draw • I ex- 



haust the land without benefiti thcT 

 under these circ ittam It was considered desirable to 

 take advantage of a fine dry sea«on, not later than the 

 com men cement of February, anl draw from the land and 

 •tore, as far as practicable, all the later and hardy kind 

 of Turnips for spring use. Where parties hare not the 



•.dvautage of sufficient Turnip bouses and sheds for 

 storing t! rl ips, it was considered a good p 

 .c i at up betwixt r;.n~es of star arsor ft placed 



ibout foar or t.se fett ipart, j with straw, the 



Fui psthen i to the height of lour •• feel 



en thatel or covered over with straw ; in this 



way they keej (ret well, i on dry land, where it 



not be con i all cases to I ■ • the spring Turnips 



•drawn! la: previous to vegetation taking pi 



leap jneti. 1 of iga partial stop to \ n 



was nai 1 i>y one of the members, w was as follows : 

 — C) overt ws and poll all the To i i nearly up 



by the r, I en leave them in their lor r posi- 



tion v t means vegetation is c , and yet the 



:> keeps pretty fi h. Another point of very con- 

 siderable i >rt« 6 was also t« bed upon, viz., the 



carting Tu * off ti land; it was considered that too 

 much care could not be taken to have this done when the 

 land was in a proper itat •, as in many in inces, where 

 the Turnips car whilst the land \t in a very wet 



state, there no call iting the injury done to the land. 



i fixe >r dis< at the November m ct- 



i Tii >"r Ploughing and pi % 



Land for l and other (a 



\\ ,, .— lie last mthly meeting, the sub- 



ject before the Club was, The most eligible Syal of 

 workit: 11 irses on a Farm, whetl year fn-do 



Servants, or by \\ . Tht pecu r j 



i team-man wi ntd u> be one of much impor 



on a far ; and i usion wai ther not 



t -i working of hori rat on t mi 



in .pen or > a post. On the score of economy 



th ence between 1 . ants and wee i w 



believe i to ■ • slightly in r 



of the former. The was therefore considered 



more as one of « , which could only be deter- 



i by i ence to peculiar of situation, or other 



local circumstances. Frequent changes being at all 

 times undesiral ;e sd\ es for week-men >is horse- 

 drivers w ) of opinion that when married men 1 ; 

 ci go ly were . In that capacity, their 



■er <:s w likely to be more p; aanent, and conse- 

 quently the in promo .eir eo yers* welfare, 

 being that of securing their own continuance, wa3 greater. 

 "\ y * , on the cant. . were not usually to be 

 d d the expirs n of their p« d of 



service ; Kfi is tearn-i increased 



rate of ws i, it is « ,ead t the pn 



en t y ] be n to Tried men* On the other 



hand, it was believed that r-es r tr« 



i itwhenat! ' to 1 rvants 1 si le men, 



•ad it was i ad . whether the 



pn; c o( entirely employing week-men, and particu- 

 larly msrri d men for this purpose, did not induce 

 earlier or prudent marriages, under the idea 6f obtain- 

 ing better plac thus operating not uufrequently to the 

 i::jury of a parish. In remp situations, in-door servants 

 are decidedly to be ] ferred as a matter of convenience. 

 It was also urged that the system of keepin; hired 

 servants tended materially in the end to their becoming 

 better workmen generally, and more practically ac- 

 quainted with the different hu-bandry operations on a 

 farm. ^ As no rule could, however, be id down appli- 

 cable in all cases, the following resolution was subse- 

 quently adopted -.—"That where a si of labourers 

 exist, and cottages ere conveniently situated, the advan- 

 tage appears in favour of eraph ig week-men for the 

 purpose of working horses on a Vino, but under other 

 circumstances 3 rly servants are to be preferred; 

 although a 1 tore of both appears in some measure 

 desirable, as tending to the better instruction of young 

 servants, and to their ultimately becoming more gene- 

 rally useful labourers." 



Miscellaneous. 



On Fattening Stock in Winter The subject proposed 



for February was, On the b it manner of fattening 

 Beasts and Sheep in the Winter Season. Resolution. — 

 It is the opinion of the Members present, that the be 

 method of fattening bullocks in the winter season is by 

 giving them that description of root first, which will de- 

 teriorate most by keeping ; consequently common Turnips 

 should be gi?en first, then Swedes, and Beet-root last ; 

 in all cases, the root to be cut into troughs, care being 

 taken that they have the food regularly, and not too 

 much by them at a time. With the above food it is 

 desirable to give good hay, with oil-cake and Pea or 

 Bean meal mixed together with a sufficient quantity of 

 cut hay, in order that the corn 1 /be consul d with- 

 out waste. The pr >rtion of corn aud cake given must 

 depend on the size of the bullocks, the quantity of root 

 in hand, and the time most desirable to ^et them to 

 market. Bullocks tied up in a ed are considered to 

 consume less food and to fat quicker than if allowed to 

 range over a yard. Boiled iinse is also strongly 

 recommended. In fattening sheep on roots, it is advis- 

 able to cut fhe same into trou. , and consume tl 

 food where it grows on mixed soil aud light lands ; by 

 this method they may be confined in a fold, and made to 

 go over the land in a regular manner and deposit the 

 tathe equally. Hay of good quality should be given 

 ■beep at all times during the winter season ; and where 

 quick fattening is required it is the opinion of this [ New Iu * 



eti that a pint of Peas or I I »ts each per day she»i 

 be g n mixed with cut chaff. Toe members 

 present not having been in the habit of giving sheep oil- 

 cake or linseed, do not feel confident to ti de if either 

 would be more advantageous than corn.— Fifth lieport 

 f the Yoxfordl -mert* Ctvb. 



Adult era a of Gua no.— .Four vessels recently sailed 

 hence for guano stations ballasted with gypsum, or plas- 

 ter of Paris. This substance il intended for admixture 

 with gi: , and will enable the parties to deliver from 

 tl 1 a 1 ^-looking, light-coloured article. Parties 



ng gt iO are very desirous of having it delivered 



fr ve 1, as they Here they obtain it pure. The 



favourite material for the adulteration of guano, at the 



resent moment r, which is brought from An- 



i in large es. The rate of admixture, we are 



I, is ab ut 15 cwr. of umber to about 5 cwt. of 



Peruvian guano, from which an excellent-look in rticle, 



called Afri tano, is manufactured. — Liverpool Paper. 



Guano. — We un n and, by warrant from the V it 



lion, ti Lords I mmissioner* of Her Majesty's T. 1- 



sury, datt B 17th ult., that guano imported from 



I< haboe, or other places on tike west coast of Africa, in 



Bri , aid sold for the t time, is directed to 



be passed fi of the auction duty of one-half per cent., 



hit! to charged Oa the sale of that article. — Liverpool 



ijuritr. 



Notices l orrespondents. 



Asa 1 is or —Dr. Nex fton.—8ee Paper by Dr. Urs 



in 1 1 mU-r of the h Agricultural 



Journal. 



dost.— I ' >•. — Tt Is not ne< that it riiould he 



illy 1 flncr than half inch material ; th; 



will .be, If spread on year Grass 1 '., will act slowly , 



but fur a Ion ■ 1 



-.— answer to a similar question in last 

 ' be chop] 1, and mixed and co- 



v trth, and bones should bo ^old at the 



mill •■ v your bone-dust. 



w ■iiirmm.. - Tn I, >•$.— Can any on< ibe the proce;- 



. mrnii lay for ballast, as conducted on the Grc Western 



i; v ay? 



I), rn or Sowing.— 1 C.—A lo not know Smith's hand-dib- 



Wheat, ts, and Barley, should be sown 1$ to 3 in >s 



d p. Wil Graa , see an Article by Mr. Stir- 



lii nublish. in this lainr not long ago. Mangold AVurzoI 



nould ibbled not more than half an inch deep in rows 



2 feet or mor< . and at intervals of 12 inches in the rows. 



I Passu.— A Colt nlun.— 'Drank you. The letter by Mr. 

 Cirant has already appeared in our columns. 

 I \s WaTbb, Sic— W. B, G.—it has been applied with useful re- 

 sult at the rate of 400 gallons per acre ; but it must be remem- 

 I that it varies much in quality. Gas lime may be applied 

 at the rate of 2 or 3 cart-lo per acre. It should be made into 

 ftci ■ with any vegetable refuse, and must be turned fre- 

 quent 1. before being spread. When thus exposed to the air it 

 pradi becomes rted into gypsum. You cannot do better 



h 81 aid 1 ure than saturate mould with it, and 



tl it to the Id. 



Liquid [anvrb. — .! Mid-Lothian Farmer recommends to the 

 attention of agricultural chemists the preparation ol a soluble 

 c rid manui the addition oi iter, might be 



1 into a liquid top-dressing for Grass lands. The sul- 

 iron /neti vitriol), is, perhaps, the cheapest fixer of 

 aran ia v 



' Svstem of Pjan»HV9i — A. 0.— It is adapted for 

 dair. ws. 



> s ' '.— i <•■'-— if you are inland, apply it to Grass land in 



wet weather in April, and to young Oats about the same time, a 

 the rale of 1 cwt. per acre. 



Saw-dost.- W. P. P.— There are three ways of using it :— you 

 nia- U with liquid manure, and if you turn it frequently, 



it will >bably, partially rot, and may then be applied to the 

 land; or yon may burn it and use the ashes : or you may apply 

 it direct to the land, and perhaps this, on clay land, may be a 



1 ful manure. Of the last, however, we cannot speak from 



1 



Sea liLCKTiio: - -.V. &. //.—Thanks. Your communication has 

 been ant pated. 



S11.NT Eaiik, &c— Subscriber.— We have applied it with benefit, 

 first soaked with liquid 1 uire, at the rate of about 10 cubic 

 yards per acre. The compost of bark, soot, &rc, which you pro- 

 pose, will in all probability be beneficial. Gypsum as it is sold, 

 is just the mineral as it occurs in nature, reduced to a powder. 



Swift's Works.— J. F. V.'. will have found in last Paper that he 

 v. pated. 



Wahwss' Pudding.— A. Z.— You must manufacture it at home. 

 See Paper on " Flax-seed as Food," in the last Number of the 

 e. 



WfiftAT.— I. //.—The young plant is folded over generally in 

 April. On ic soils it *id to be beneficial. The quantity 

 Of land for a givi r of sheep of course varies with the 



luxurii e of the Wheat plant. We shall, probably, have a word 

 or two to on this subject before spring. 



Ybarmng Suhhp.— Constant Header.— They will fat readily 

 enough on Linseed and hay. Tiuv will need water. 



Mi wovs.— J. D.— There are practical difficulties in the 



* . but v.e will consider tlie subject. 



POTATOES.— Houtuwark Watkrsidk. Nov. 11. 



Tns prevBilina ea<t winds have prevented anivals from the northern dis- 

 trict*, but there have been several Rnivahi from the Channel Islands and 

 Devonshire, yet the demand lor the small stock of R^ds was not so good as 

 was s»> ued, and a!- ig h 60s. was asked for the best Scotch, that price 



may b* i ered nominal. 



V-.rk Keds 



Perth 



Kifeshire « . . 



rly Derou » 



Late IVwmi ... 



Cornwall ... 



Jersey lUnes • 



— Whites 



• to 





Kent and Essex Whites - 



50s to 



55s 



A5 



60 



— — Kidneys 



) 



ss^_ 



— 



— 



Wisbeaeh Kidneys - 



60 



_^ 



60 



— 



— Blues' . 







M 



— 



— 



— Whites - 



50 



mm 



eo 



— 



Guernsey! 3 



£0 



_ - 



sVO 



— 



V 'AS 



45 



— mmm 



45 



T^ 



Prince Regent* 



55 



60 



^ ,.- . ,r ^ OOL -- brt,TISH ' Fripay. Nov. 15. 



I U .rir..etc..nt.n«ies mu.h in the state as we last rep -rted it. The 

 deniind is black, bat prices are nominally the same. Price curient &s before. 

 JAMrs Pxrrin, Wool Broker. 



HOPS, FaioAY, Nov. 15. " 



•i et is U a quiet state, and will remain- so until the announcement 



of Duty, which is now daily expected. 



Pattouwn \ Smith, Hop-Ka«;tors. 



HAY.— Per Load ot :i6 Trusses! 



S.MITHPiEl.D, Nov. 14. 



Prime old Meadow , New Hay — , to _« t Clover mos to lflOs 



Hay 105s to 110s J Inferior Hay W 100 | Straw 84 



John Coo***, Salesman. 



CVMBKRI.AN'D MARK ST, NOV. 14 



Superior Mead. Hay J05stoll5s | Superior Clover 1 !4s to lltts 

 Interior 



M 



New Hay 



100 108 IStrawSOs to 34 B 



100 I Interior „ 



— I New Clover ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 



Joshua Bakbr, Hay Salesman. 



W'lllTECHAPKL, NOV. 15. 



ne Old Hay - loSf Vt 1 10s , Old Clover ISOi 188* 



kC New Clover 1- 



ano 



MAKK-LANK.Mo.VDAr, Nor. ii. 



I"" was I Ur « er lui>ply of VVhe » •'««. Kent. 



folk, than \rc have received for several weekTSJ I the c^* ~ 

 was materially tleteriorated by the damp weathS *h 

 rather difficult of sale at a decline of U.%r quJrteTo 

 as well as inferior qualities. Forci^u was in U iTdeSil^.^ 



e i ices at which it wa^ laid checked the TaSe^'sSl 



Malting Barley sola on about the same ^T^altlc^* 

 inferior qualities were 1*. lower. Peas, both Wh """■* 



tte and Grey, 



are U. higher. Bean, have advanced u. to 2s. per quarter 

 Tnere is more doing in Oats at 6d. to U, advance H«*iwr. 



M 



». 



* 

 • 



SO Ji 



- 



M ■ 



*j n 



M -7 



— 



m m 



*"* IS 14 



Po_»u. ss m 



BRITISH, PKK l.MI'KRIAl. <^L ARTSa. 

 Wheat, Essex, Kent, and SunVk \\ 

 N , Liii'-olnshirf, and Yorkshire 



rrl« nn and distilling 37s 



its, f.in. ' e and Yorkshire . . Poland* 



Northumberland and Scotch . . Feed 



Iihh 



Malt, pale, ship 



d and E»»*x 



•* . 



Bruis, Mazagan, old and new 00 to 38 '> 



, Heligoland . 38 to 42 Wind* — 



Peas, V. » . . 34 to 37 Ifapla SS 



ARRIVALS IN THE RlVKK LAST WKSK. 

 Pl";r. i Wht. Barl. Oat*. >e H*. 



.sh . 60*2 Sks. -Brls. 8479 2185 , tl«J "" ' ' ~^ 



:ih . . 10 „ — • g» I _ , — 1 I* 



Forei«a . — „ — . 



Harrow #j n 



LeoKpod- - 



•r W SI 



»t 



2180 



:i 



ies 



•»— "mm. 



— !«C« 



»t 



FniDAY, Nov. IB, 

 Tug arrival* of Corn and Floor during the week have _ 

 mall, and the buain trun^acted >x)tli on Wednesday and tol 

 day was to a limited extent only. In Wheat, both Enr 

 Foreign, wi bscrve no alteration. The vtry flneat 

 Barky maintain our quotations, but ail other d Art % 



slow heavy sale. Beans, Peas, and Oatsconti e fully as 

 the Market beiOf badly supplied with either articles. 



ARRIVALS THIS U'KEK- 



Kn«rlUb 

 Trikh < 

 Foreign j 



Wheat 



i960 



10 



riarley 



(J 



Oats 



ste 



7>« 



riou- 



§7* 



Oct. 



»v. 



5 

 Ifl 



■ 

 2 



per Quarter 



2170 

 1MPKK1AI. AViillACi;s. 



^V'heat- rl>-j. OstS. 



6 w?eks* Aggreg. Aver. 

 Duties' on Foreign Grain 



4iit 



\<i 



aw 



94 



20« 6^ 



40 



3 



. 



«1 



20 ' 



46 



3 



31 







20 8 



46 







14 







20 11 



4 



, 



, ;^5 





21 2 



40 



3 i 



80 



1 



21 6 ; 



.0 



2 



34 



7 



20 10 



n 







J 



1 



i 



87 10 M 1. 

 M f 

 S 87 o 



i 6 



i « 



per qr 



- per cwl 



44 



Canary 



Carravvar 



Clover, Ke< ;Uh 



— — rordgn - — 



— White, Knglish - — 



— — eign - — 

 Coriander . 12 

 Hempseed • per last 86 

 Linseed - - per qr — 



— Baltic - - — 



— Cakes.Enfc. per 1000 lit 



SEEDS, Nov. II. 



62sto50s ( I.lnieedCakei.Forrlan.p.laa 7/tosVll 

 Mustard, i • p. boat 10s lis 



— >uperme „ - If 14 



Sf 



M * 1' 



Raptseed, Fnglijh, per last KU « 

 Kape Cakes . per ton — 



18 Sainloin ------ 



38 Tares, Eng. winter p. bash, f € 



— Foreign - . ■ — - 

 Trefoil - • per cwt — 

 1W 10, Turnip (too vai r nuotatio*!. 



K.'wo«ro*D a»o Lat- 



14 



COVENT GARDEN, Nov. 16.— Tue supply of fruits snd 

 vegetables throughout che week has been g< ; but in COOS4 

 queuce of the late heavy rains, trade ha9 ! newbat dull. 



The prices of Pines and Grapes remain unaltcrcc!. A lew 

 Spanish Melons are offered, and occa nally one or two of 

 English growth are to be seen. Dessert Pears are food and 

 plentiful, the best being Marie Louise. Crassane, '.: it M 

 ceau, Passe Colraar, and Beun ■ Did. Apples foi of good 



quality, are also pentiiul, and have not v price BincSJ 



oor last Report. ( sai oin *m- 



ance, and the supply of other foreign i. -it is food. inms* 



some of the late Impcratrice may i be met with, and 

 Damsons, although very scarce, are s'ill -> , A . few 



Berberries are left, which arc selling at i!*. per .f-sieve. 

 Walnuts bring from 138. to 2o«. per bushel ; other Nuts are 

 tolciablv abundant. Vegetables are for the m part sufficient 

 for the demand. Broccoli, however, is not quite so plentiful as 

 it was last week. Cauliflowers are well su; ed, and Cabbifw 

 Savoys, and Brussels Sprouts are abunds Celery o* ^xcei- 

 lent ooality is offered at about 2*. per bnnca. A consldcrsoie 

 quantity of for u Horse-ra 8 in the market, and we also 



observed some tine American Shallot-. Mushrooms "lavcaot 

 altered in price since last week. Endi md other Salscmf is 

 sufficient lor the demand. Among Cut How. **Jl°"£* 

 Cypripedium insigne, and C. venustum. Azalea indica ^sios, 

 Cyclamen per . Bignonia venusta, Amar; ™ 



themums, Roses, Gardenias, Auriculas, audiseapoiitan \ uww. 



FRUITS. 



Pine Apple, per lb., 3*to 7* Od 

 Grapes, Hothouse, p. lb., 1* 6<i to 5* 



— Spanish, perlh., 8-/ to 1* 



_ Portugal, per lb., 10d to 1» Gd 

 Melons, each, Is toS* 



Ibert*. per 105tW., »o# t» «W 



-siiti'^, ■' 



^^ per I 



— - belied, us avaar* 



rberrle*, r*r hf-*a 

 Lemons, per ». <^ *° ** 



per MO- 4' •* 



Plums, per hall-sieve, 8#Crito »• 



_ Kitchen, U to A* 

 Pears, Dess-, per hi : --«*., * toto 

 Oninces. per half-sieve, U Cd to 3* 

 ledlais, per bushel, bt. 



VEGE1 v v •**«** 



mi .^ i. q«l Onioos. Per bunch, »»•» 



Ca»apes, per dozen, 6Vf to U^d unrons.p .... 



I b Ntr.s, per -.,1"^ to life 



Nuts, B»t i, M# 



— Braail, \U 



Caurinowers,perdoz..2r to js 



HrnivV.:, per bundle, 9d to . 1/ t d 



Bruwels bprouts, hi**, M* •» ~* 

 sorrel, per hf.-«cve,6d to Pd 



Artich.k per doz , 2, bd l°*'. t6d 

 ~ — Jerrtal., p- hf-sv.. li to 1««» 

 Potatoes, per ton, 50 J to 55* 

 _ cwt, 2* Cd to 4* 



~ &Q4heJ, !«'.»' t« 2* 6d „ 



_ Kid- , per bsh., «»»J 



Turnips, per dor. V^fiS 



Red Beet, per d t " 1 * C r ' 



Carrots, per doz.b-^s, 4* toff* 



Basil, per bunch, 2d '* ?« .„.,,.. 

 Horse Radish, per b..^.;-,l*6d tor* 



vrorf, per bunch, £d *■-*"* 



Cm-umbers, Frame, < '', w™ ,# 



piaacb, per sieve, l*6d t% *' „, 

 Fk orzonera, per bunch, 1* to« ^ 



Salsafy, per bunch, 1* to Is 3u 

 Leeks, per doz., 1*0,1 to £« 

 (iarlic, perlb-,4d to 6d 



- large, per b«*Wl» i* t« S* Sst 



_ >pani»h,pevdfx, l*to«« 



Sha , r erlb.,Cdta3d 

 Tomatoes, per hal{-.7,S*wS# 



_ Green, r«. r »'**• »* *• ■* 



Radishes, per d 6rf*> J« 

 Lettuce r score, Cd to J* ^ — 



Celery, W ' «*. P" ^tj^S 

 _ Red, per bus id to U 



l'ndive. per score, 1« '*« 

 Mush -.F-rpottle.KWto.J- 



nal 1 ads, per P«»n»|; «JJ *~ u 



Watercress, p. l** m '*" "Jl., 

 Parslej, per doa. bnnc! '» 



- Roots, per bun *"^"«4 

 Tarragon, Green, per **)££**" 

 Greer, Mint, per bar *~ 

 Marjorsm, P«r bunch. 2 / < »M 

 Chervil, per punnet,»d ua 

 Chili*, per 1W, 1* to Ss 



SMITHFIEI.D, Monda -. Ng^UT^ ^SLmt 



Best 



3 4 ^mlSLgisfSSi 



Bes: H^rcfordB.^ 



Beit Short Horn* 

 Second quality Beasta 



Calve* - „, 



Beast.*. M<y.i: sheep 



, MONDAY NOV. "■-*2 r H 2KSsi' Vict.*" 





r good < 

 heavy. 



yet 



Friday, Nov. 15. . wil h di*^ 1 



We have rathe - - o mai»y Iteaau ior the trade, and 4* i n |V ^f^^^ 

 tained for the be«t fi i», Aec«. and to lOd for sNort Horv'* m t 8k4B*P ^I*r 

 heavy on hand tVom Un 6d to 3« ^d per 8 lb*. The fuppi'y %t wt e**TL fi- 

 short, and the trade tome what brisker than iast Friday; t v* {rf§l L >»»•* 

 oy improvement on Monday's q». tkoi. Downs, &i t fr< ^ ^ tic^ 

 Best L I toto 10. Ewei are a faeary trade * tx lTtfl ^^»i* 



I New Ci 



1 u In 



Inferior — 



IIS Straw 



28s t., 35 



3s Cd. Veal-trade is excessively heavy, and 4s is considered an 

 I r the best qua 9- Fork-trade is very heavy, and it must . 

 quality to make 4s per 8 lbs^ 



Beasts, 780; Sheep, 3110; Cai res. 180 j Pie»» 3W. 



41, WettStt* 



^se^y 



