THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



It is to these three departments of farm management, 

 amption of large quantities of cattle-food, by which 



sward— of bringing old pas- 



snce has been made to the use of artificial 

 s they are called. I believe that they are 

 •ssary to the maintenance oJ 

 may often be advantageously used to in- 



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exchanged for bulky crops of roots an 1 . 



produce of food lor man and for beast ; and on all, 



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formity enough of result here, to justify general con- 

 fidence ? The fact is that our crops of »tr 



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rain ; the Wheat has been laid and its yield 



This has been I nuinly no sign 



of a diminishing fertility. 





ing every succeed- 

 - lie grows Wheat 



[he thorough cultivation of land which now yiel 

 tie food and so little employment. _ John C 



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How to preserve Turnips for Sheep or Stock of all 



pickling and curing, and bottling of Turnips. Is he 



farm 1 Let us suggest to him and others a method 

 I skilful and most intelligent . 



draws his Turnips in February, has them topped and 

 taded and then placed in heaps, two or tin 



y are theu covered with earth ; the sheep 

 HE the ground, the heaps are opened and 

 given the sheep as required. Even late in the spring 

 they are found fresh and juicy. The plan needs no 

 comment, being economical as well as successful.— 

 X. Y. Z., Hants. 



Sailing and Smoking Hams or Beef.- The addition 

 of a few Juniper berries to the brine greatly improves 

 the flavour— the Westphalia flavour. In I 

 pat in a small portion (according to quantity and taste), 



their renowned sausages, and for which the town of 

 Crato is so famous. Smoking these is often a long, 



exchanged for another. The most simple method, ac- 

 complished at home in three or four wee 



Agriculture always has been, and probably always wil 

 the greatest portion of its inhabitants derive thei 



apprehend, it must be onl; 

 people has not been sum! 





i.icho.inb, on^-d 



for the highly-culti 

 9 wTll\ P oX de iong_b 



ion, and should be glad to b 



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 in Mr. Taylor's paper " On Bare Fallowing," ins 



boll ?— Two imperial h 



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ngs'-banks, or 

 labourers' friend societies, I have observed, throws 

 out some valuable hints. I [« 

 receiving only small weekly sums, and 



assist each other to a great extent, and perhaps the 



would be judicious lenders in this case. The wiioie fun 



of the proposed society to be vested in the neigbouric 



■ names of respectable parishioners. 



been favoured seem well adapted to carry out a simila 

 plan to the above, and will, I trust, be soon acted on b 



rved, with regard to receivers of savings'-bank 

 more especially local or district receivers and 

 s of provident societies, that the value of 



iiply by urging upon attention the a 



complete— hang up to dry ; or beef may be lafl 

 Garlic is not more offensive t' 



English Onions are too strong or acrid, they should, »d°P' e d with enti 



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signed by the Presider 



to work a most important reform as regards tbe claa- 

 ing of land, and as I have practically tested its utffitr. 

 I may be permitted to bring it under the considenUM 



cereal plants, I began by buying one. 1 to" 

 four ; and that I may apply it also to my 



My practice for many years has been to nan °~^ 

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ground as to get rid of the weeds. The use of toe w* 

 hoe has the advantage over the ^^ be ^"2 

 depth it penetrates is greater, and 10 acres a d»jn£ 

 be done with a horse and mw and boy. ***£ 



plant affords ; in this they may, wi * J^jJSX 

 Messrs. Garrett enables them very effe ^J n^ 



asserted that he will teach any shopkeeper 

 grow Wheat so that it shall not be affected dj 

 Now, although so confidently asserted, practi^^^ 

 will still be incredulous, for if we have e y^;^ 

 of one fact connected with the cfl 

 clearly established than another, it » ^ a 



form ot disease, i, too, iuiij *i i hg assis*" 1 , 



that agriculture has derived already from h 



of science, more P^^^^-ft 

 correct principles in the practice oi , ^ to #■ 



havSgtr theTr' S^lta ^^ fiS^ 

 great mischief is frequently caused, ana gjBg ^ 



Lnts in practice ar. ^gP^ffiSf «*£ 



is not a new art, that its antiquity « a - ^ 



