THE AGRICULTURAL GAZE TTE. 



Sf^rtrS^M K strengthen the famishing 

 ■<* ■*? ffore they can perform the duties of 



** ft for wwing main crops of grain, pulse, 

 jffc:*, for consumption during the summer and 



^""'"^"cu^U sides, therefore let all join in 



as ■£*>** the pre ^ tl i e r :fu T ca , la n m dt 



jSwllirXstalk through the island, and' extend 

 SoBodjta' !et ns remember that unless we assist 



DufDraining.-l am deeply interested in the dis- 

 «£? whether water will find its way through a clay 

 4S«6fLd. " 



.... a 

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_£depth of G 



n some places 6 i 



■■■ first made ir mi > uni -. 



wkinany way beside a perpendicular. — J. L. [Th 



• • ■'; ;., ■■:,- iv'tii. 'I' is i:i: -i-.-J % u ".t^.;' . 

 i 

 k this purpose as your suggested implement.] 



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L. SOCIETY of ENGLAND. 



as held at the Society's House 



er-square, on Wednesday last, the Kith ■' 



; F. C. Cherry, Esq. ; Brandretli 

 isher Hobbs, Esq. ; John Kinder 

 , Esq. ; F. Pyra, Esq. ; Professoi 

 Simonda ; Thomas 

 Henry Wilson, Esq. 



a most interesting detail of the result of his 



- 

 College. Having first Meertl i 

 iijn.ur on a healthy lamb, he proceeded, on t 

 g day, to amputate the limb of a diseased 



HJ-square 

 were r ead from Mr. Read, on 

 *;i as therapeutic : ■ 

 P»pe and Tile Machine and Drain 



■ on' ovSLd M anLThl W e xh 9 " I ° t8 

 it SU ?gestion for the appointmen 

 Is7x^1 erinar y ^Porter on th, 



■ v','Mr Hooper, of Pall-Mall . being immediately peeled, were carted off to 



down by Mr. Robinson, of Gower-street) | where other men were opening holes in lines, and as 



•: 



— ; tached. Thus, to the surprise of the neighbourhood, a 

 j plantation of bare white poles appeared, which now 

 i support the roof of a spacious shed, under which are 



3 purpose of rasp 



led, in which Mr. Ch 





ollege of Veterinary burgeons;, ana rroi. auumoiius 

 >f the Royal Veterinary College), communicated the 

 jsults of their respective experience on this subject, 

 t the request of the President, Professor Sewell un- 



y his lordship, connected with the simplest and most 

 jonomical modes of introducing the vapour of ether 

 ito the respiratory organs of animals. 

 The Council then adjourned to Wednesday next, the 



>f the shed, under the eaves, opening by turning 

 ots, so that a thorough ventilation may be se- 

 when necessary. The floor of the shed is not 

 paved, but composed of the natural earth ; perhaps 



Prize Estay on the" Repeal of the Malt Tx 

 Joseph Rogerson-24, Norfolk-street, Strai.u 

 te Repeal of the Malt-7 >,, id t*j i'" ■ ■' °" / H ' l > 

 Labour, and Commerce, $c. By W. H. Ayres, 

 M.R.A.S. J. Ollivier, Pall Mall. 

 vo tracts, irom the perusal of which, any one maj 

 arguments used by the advo 

 cates for a repeal of the Malt-tax. The 



to which the prize of the Total Repeal of the 



a practical treatise, <L-c 

 . Ridgway, Piccadilly. 



round. No one v 



er is kept too long u 



> well bunged, Fori 

 ad allows the spirit to 



>ens the pores 



sary knowledge, and not roil. 

 the air, as soou as summer approaches, I 

 ring ate, which seldom or 



good as beer brew. I in ;i j»ro[ er s< s n. 





get it cold enough, 

 60. Thi 



, you will hardly be able to 



; 60. This observation is too striking 



iM i€ ; >; 



the pressure of tl 



temperature of tl 

 r so well casked and 



itionable ; but 



' Yeast is necessary to give the liquor tnat portion 

 stic air, of which the boiling deprives it. Obsen 

 or working, no must or won 





lorning last spring there might have been seen seve 

 len at work grubbing up a strip of plantation, whi 

 iteraected the farm, shutting out light and air. i 



t a steam-engine in one corner, close to 





on— the whole pre- 



sentmg the appearance of a men 



agerie of domestic 



This capacious shed covers a spa 





>y 51 feet, exclusive of a lean-t 



at one end. Its 



sides are formed of weather boa 





framing of poles, merely peeled 



&« roof is of i'elt, for 





ned into two ridges, 



. :;ii-to. It is to be feared that tins mate- 



und not sufficiently d 



urable. The space 





of the roof is very 

 hurdles, &c, and 



useful for putting away ladders, 



storing hay on temporary Iran 



es. Windows are 



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cows, and bullocks, with pens for sheep and 

 pigs, having a passage sufficiently wide for a cart to be 

 it, across the shed and down the middle, as- 

 jll as other passages, wide enough for a barrow. One 



( sheep, L6 bullocks, and 8 sties of pigs, besides 



The' sheep pens hold each 10 lean sheep or 8 ,fat 

 tea ; they are about 8* feet by 6* feet, the bottom 

 rmed of a frame-work of wooden bars, 2 inches wide, 



..:.;;,:; 



aised 1 foot from the ground, and 

 : duag, I " " " 



Tins 



each end of it by iron pins. When 



i the barred bottom raised and 



:diately carried out, spread and 

 ploughed in, at this season on the land i 



The sides of the sheep and pig-pens are formed 

 e horizontal bars of wood, into which are fixed 



■ ■ ■ ■ 

 : 7j inches, through which the lo sheep can put 



' the rails, the upper ones being for food, the 

 ones for water, of which they consume a large 

 J inches wide and 6 inches 

 deep. The sides of the pens are 3 feet above the barred 

 floor. The sheep are shorn before being put into the 

 fed on cut Turnips, Linseed-meal, Pea- 

 chaff, Lentils, &c„ with hay chaff. 



-. cuttle, and pigs, are bedded with straw, 



load receiving a soaking of liquid manure as it goes out, 



and is immediately (ploughed in r at this season, when 



• t appears to agree with all 



. A gentleman who had seen the sheep 



.: t ago could hardly believe they were the 



, so much had they improved, and the 



They are said to thrive almost 

 aan in winter, compared to thoi 

 lot being annoyed at the former si 



Peas, Beans, 



chine crushes or grinds Linseed, Lentils, Peas, Bi 

 &c, for stock, threshes, cuts chaffs, &c. No grain 

 ceptiug some Barley, is sold off the farm ; but is gn 



from the neighbourhood. It is saying 

 much for Mr. Paris's ingenuity to state that all the- 

 gearing was contrived by himself, and executed and put 



furaished tymmself/ T htfhe for turning iron, and a 



y the steam-engine. 



-:e machinery is placed was 



not erected for the P^°*V£ d J ^f^f^k- 3 



;. The farm has been laid open by the re- 



.rows, and already produces 



mo\di oi uw> »" a 



best implements employed upon it. No green or root 

 crop is consumed on the land during the cold or the hot 



._ __i„ :_ , — : ~a „„t.,™„ th» remainder being 



ae. Altogether 



only in spring and 



