THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



ting the eggs in tending up into the 



draining such land. This method is in fact the 



largest example of such improvements, as Lssex 

 In the Fens, I believe that 

 i lies are found to give ample drainage. 



is practically acquainted with moory " ' 

 such land may be easily over-draiued, 

 becomes dusty, or husky, as it is cale 

 dry sponge— the white crops flag, and the Turnip- 

 leaves turn yellow in a long drou ' " 



On strong" da; 

 English him Jf under-drain, 



swamps, with a por 



as deep as from 4| to 5 feet :_ 

 underground draining of any descri 



outlay, that would have been expended to little 

 purpose . It is proved from that which take 



_ and effectually i 



boundary ihtches 

 oomplish."— Pmey, 



itig a ditch 6 feet deep for some 



- 



My own 



sue case I 

 deep ditch on one side 



only in the under i; fmg reck, V 



8 through swamps I have laid wells dry, one of 



EnylU i A/j) >cu turai S „• elys Journal. 

 OX THE DISEASES OF POULTRY. 



t." 





Besides, as the yelk 



l,willfloatiaa egg, I *■ albumen of^ 



i Cause,.- 



f their nests, tions of cleanliness', and providing 



; ignorance of the habits nfT W* 

 per shelter from cold »ndw« •■.*** 



•'J--; - :r,!,| . 



following observations, confirmatory of the v 



this Journal, or for " D. S. 1 



through the Editor of 



■ . • ■ . 

 that the nests should be, when possible, so 



proved by exp 





the 



inhibition of atmo 



spheric air in * 















rimont and Martin 







thai 









■Z: 





of carbonic acid 





on through the cat 



h of eggs, which may be a 



the chick to perfection. 



and temperature of the 

 uide. The eggs of water- 

 ; of the crow requires a 

 ring hatching. 



a hen will addle a whole 



expectedly large brood, owing probably to the effect t 

 house. Lately I had the misfortune to have two egg 

 broken in the nest of a sitting hen, by an intruder wist 

 ing to use the same nest. It was on the 14th day c 

 hatching, and in one I found a chick not yet quite full 

 „v„„.!, I,ur f...f ctiy form, i a- ' 



: -" ' ' ■ :■ ■.-.-■■ ■• , 



on the yolk, which was yet entire or nearly so, and j 

 beginning f- 





The Cure.— la the first stage of scours, bm. 

 shelter, cleanliness, and judicious change of d" 

 often prove effectual without the aid of medicioe' I 

 sometimes passes off in a few days of itsowuaoJ 

 only at ShZ^IfuSIt k He* ^ 



aggravated, and 



pellets of Parley r 

 tie yolk of an egg 



(English gin is preferable), is an old French ready. 



I brick-dust in equal ] 



■ ■■ : 



p of white Poppies combined, to a 



;ed to be repeated, 

 f effect, when cast 

 required. A very : 



r Barley, and R* 

 ir. Pellets of prepared chalk, w 

 and syrup of white Poppies, made into a props 



,y food alone. The Sf* 

 nt to the watchful poo*! 



one or two teaspoonfuls of English gin is prefeJJ 



■ 

 recommended. Soot and fresh-butter ro lied m £ 

 meal ; chopped suet or fat in mashed ^«>es,*f 

 lard mixed; P have been advised ; •»* P^£,£ 

 with lard. In very *™ r ?™*\^ e ' effectual- B* 

 flour (meal) and bran moistened, to > which a ■ 

 little honey, is a French remedy. Breeders ^ga- 

 cocks, as a " scour "to reduce their 

 render them light and nimble, give them P^^yrf 



" flvinf" them, with a pellet or two of a • ^ 

 root of Celandine cut into pelle ts ; bu 1« ^ 



ROTATE 



//„, M„Urr,. It has been ^ e ?^ atU red «*£ 



