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THE A GRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



" i, ; ! KN \ e L Ub OF e T P HE ROYAL ^AGRI- 

 X HE crLirSAL SOCKTY OPJNGLAND. 



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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1847. 



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i- .May uhich has attended the publication 

 Tbe mass of detailed history as to circumstam 



scribes the drainage of more than 10,000 acres 

 tattered over many counties in all quarters of 

 England, Scotland, and Ireland, on peat, clay, and 

 sand— by shallow and deep drains — made of stones 

 or tiles, and with every variety in the degree of 

 result. It necessarily throws great light on the 

 mode of conducting the operation ; and gives abun- 

 dant encouragement to those who may still require 

 it, in reference to its profitable result. So important 

 a series of contributions ought not to appear at the 

 " r length did not 

 ng them before 

 *year: we have, therefore, still further to 



an d it these reports 

 'hers of 

 iSi h .' 9 **!! und °ubtedly be considered the 



equalled ; 

 enty years 



a. definite, or quantitative estimate of 



^creable produce of years to come : it is in this 

 Fn, T lts value wiU ultimately be considered, 



or the present, not to speak of "the information 

 En? 7 c rP arison of the ad J a <*nt columns of 

 porS T P ? St av erag e8 _p e rha P s the most im- 

 Cu thcTeast • UC - d - ateS ' Snd - he °" e ° n WhiCh 

 tteKv"* 1 ?*"'? P roduce - In almost every case 

 . - Lt ' t -'rain, per bushel, is much greater this 

 tears ?" u has bcen on the average of past 

 * mer «'"y a mauer ^^TV^V sln^\m m 

 flr B Slir het |! er the bushel ot ' Whea t weighs Sbs. 



^S«^° s& r iris 



br the riiff wei £ hin g 62 lbs per bushel, not merely 

 b ' u lb exh!K? n i Ce ° f wei S ht which the respective 



ani cle on w 6 bushels are fil ! ed - The important 

 illustrates tK ASTE AT Mill in another column, 

 treme c a L! h ' s , concl "*ively. Taking the two ex- 

 ^M »!• i - e S iven » we fi n d 'hat a bushel of 

 * hi 'c one « ? T* 6G ,bs - fields 4CJ lbs. of flour; 

 * «">t a * eigh,n » 62 lbs. yields 53A lbs. : the bran 

 bos l*Ufr P , 0rUOnate lo9s; il i8 & reater on the 

 Pott, i g a. .. ' ,,t -" aimmishes the value ot our re- 

 t0l Moc»l;> ° nces in the returns published as 

 turQ ed a n t y l °r Which the 7 «■«« Some have re- 

 0the *tbrth»r their own occupation merely— 

 W»eir respective neighbourhoods. 



The gathering of so m u \ tine <j . mei - i is:r itivc Ortainly I cannot say 



-. 

 have been applied ..rove- impure «dl, eating, dri. 



merit of cattle, makes us think how much it is 

 desired that equal perseverance and ability 



the cross breeding of plants. Similar ' 

 rules so carried out would be rewarded ■ 

 success : the history of many a case has proved 

 Last year Mr. Maund, of Bromsgrove, called t 

 attention of the Agricultural Society to the subject, 

 and exhibited specimens which were well able to 

 encourage any who possessed time and perseverance 



met with little attention then, and less since. Per- 

 haps it is thought that, if the reward of such labour 



especial purpose — notwithstanding that independ 

 ently of it attention thus applied generally reward 



The object of the breeder, whether he acts oi 

 deposit the food it assimilates in those places wher 



runs to leaf, Wheat that developes its straw at the 



expense of their pods, aTe all faulty just as is the 

 ox which is all head and limbs at the expense of its 

 carcase. And as the faults in the latter case have 

 been remedied, so may those in the former — and 



We have said success has attended the little at- 

 tention which has been paid to thi3 subject, suffi. 

 cient to warrant our speaking thus confidently. The 

 parentage of the specimens exhibited by Mr. 

 Maund was easily traceable; they exhibited the 

 good points of the varieties which produced them, 

 united with the greater vigour which often attends 

 a first cross, just as cattle and sheep exhibit their 

 parentage in the peculiarities which distinguish 



This is precisely the lorl 



A.L'T'l- 



ON BOX-FEEDING CATTLE. 



to bear on the question, instead of urging an argur 

 ust as, no doubt, he° would have had, when he 

 heard the ^^f^J^J, ^f'Z praS 



K^EriitSn^'a|^^ 



force to this assault upon box- feeding, I think it 



in «Xe" d ac "of wZstinff the dements of the 

 different mrtbods he denounces, 1 ^\^ t J^ d 



doctrine on firmer ground than that ^wtaeb il» 



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circumstances unavoidably accompany it, *h.ch render 



these substances of l*ss efficiency than they generally are. 



In conclusion, I would urge th« '". • r-ss n *nicn 



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tion! These men have a f 



lay'm the work of 



,TnT »a£» ef a e ricuHural practice. Th* i. not ^ 



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liSown *^£ b ^ Hi h e xer 8 cie hat " " *"" 

 TSKT-S iJaT-uHural enters j^jjpj 

 mind that fcyf then- «™ ] ™™*__j ohn c . MortoWf 



The wtf*j^^«n£S rfSys 



rations of Mr. w "*' dup?i ni) ,; no ..bsrrva^ a 





