12 THE F GAZETTE. [JAN. 1, 
process be valuation has given perfect satisfaction to all parties. long string must not be seen. The passage ge should 
— € e . rre dosi LS The е giv zi эри ade by the valuer, but by the | always be open at other lis in and the covering se d 
or be oaks enun во, it is water in the best form. | outgoing tenant, and put into the valu — hands for his kept on constantly, unless some operation be going on, 
To ener it is almost indis- | 3 and r e ne ниб гай of aoe the q ^ ech Jer. 
pensable ; ter in cial, his plants can | tity of acres, the ploughings an rowings ce NS 
нні be | 2 by the Ia wi os without i it. * Phe house- | field received, were given by the former. The valuer had Sort tieties, Е 
wife M nes a т шоге eg * ps, to it for | nothing to do either in making the inventory of tillage 
their асн rt than rson, because | or in directing the cultivation “of the root crop, both эч 
of its — id me S facilily а dex i poe to the J. Mort Fr т тнр meeding of of seu Society was 
many useful purposes to which they pes it. bs lr he Rabbit-—It will breed at six months old, E шау м at Poulton. Alexander’s draining plough 
river waters contain a greater or less portion of | Mb several broods—say six or seven in a year, and | was exhibited by T. R. W. Ffrance, Es sq. 2 and which 
" : spea nde correctly, of | generally of five віх, or even seven young ones in each | (as will be seen from the Мегре follow 1 р, appears 
3 1 double the quantity | fitter. The naturalist, Pennant, Bays Rabbits will | calculated to effect a very considerable saving in labour, 
of carbonic acid, which renders them hard, and | reed seven times a year,and bring eight young ones | This ius was first brought into operation in Decem. 
decomposes the soap employed in — and е | each time. Оп a supposition that this happens regu- | ber Draining is most advantageously effected 
. t M i mbers will amount to 8 
to a w. heir number and | c age T h 1 
oll and preservin ar * of fine have of late years been diminished particularly in the or finishing ploug а es out the remaining 2 of 
method of e Ў ere т зе 2 "i E richly agricultural district o incolnshire, where | 8 to 10 inches, giving 7 * cut a width of 5 inches 
bu the once-famed silver-haired variety Сену abounded. ay at the d dr p ut pro vin ucing any chalga 
which = writer dw ns at St. poem in the Isle of But not to dwell useless ssly upon genera 1 facts, and to in the surfa ace width. The earthy matters lifted in this 
i ce to the i 
Square of gre 0 bject now in vie 1 = d 
with broad расне in which an opening or man- suffice to state, that the habits of the wild-rabbit in | the cut opposite to where the products of the que 
hole was made for the occasional cleaning of the bottom. win ingi i i ie d i i w. e 
This tank received all the water that fell upon the roofs | it makes in the earth, have suggested an artificial exception of the cleaner or scoop being passed along 
of the house and offices. In Berkshire another re- method of rearing it, which has been successfully | the bottom before the tiles or drain stones are laid on. 
cipient was constructed in the form of an oil-jar bulging | adopted in certain districts, and particularly in those | The weight of each па 18 about 5 ewt., and the price 
at the shoulder, contracting above and toward the where i i c e wit iti oa i 
bottom, This was secu | 
omestic home мы. described to us аз — 
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to a g ed, 
be opened and closed by a ring. Reservoirs of the «ml nl pe when attem 
i , resembli mal 
£ 
cylindrical form mbling a small well, 8 without insisting upon the Жоону (аз а delicady) of Fourteen horses, at 3s. per ^r day "ETAT 
the злуй ма e and ought to be constructed with the wild-rabbit over the one in ul and m" eR Don — t садад 0 а 
the best nine-inch 16 0 work i Par a m эе ab prime cost per day 8 0 
of two or three parts of finely sifted | do 
0 
es. At Пе above cost this plough will open avait over 
18 statute acres per day, 20 inches deep and 22 feet 
— nixed with a ie proportion or apart, consequently opening about 1800 roods of 7 y 
sharp river ballast, In small tank ab er day, and at ost of less than one halfpenny per 
wo t mistakes were committed, which it is rood ; thus saving, in ordinary soils and under = 
& duty to acknowledge by way of caution to othe i stances, about 2d. , 0 
s u 15s. . per 
tute acre, as well as having the advantage of pe om 
r dei speedily executed. In this estirante, 3s 
rtar, and cemented when the work be ntly is charged f 
excavation was t 8 feet deep, dished at 
the bottom, in ord facilitate the deposition and 
occasional removal of sediment. i ceived, 
roofs, It acted perfectly for several years, but at length 
lost water. arde ссе — necessary 
examine us phenomenon "s * the i y Я 
presented itself j in the pvo of a lac fibrous mass, the same capital is already embarked in horses, a E 
which, when drawn u m ter and laid out at | tend to define the limits of the ‘Spaces required. ма 1 | same keep required. At the dinner which foll Я: 
un t i 
its length, represented, without —— a long represents a pit 4 feet on each side ы the square.—2 is | Mr. Elleston expressed himself highly gratified by | 
black horsetail. On examining the coating it was found an oblong, y feet long and about 2 feet broad. Both having that day witnessed the very excellent perform- 
that a rootlet of a Laurel had passed through a brick | are dug to the depth of six кчы perfectly level at the| ance of an icult: al implement calculated to econo- 
vent and the internal cement, which had — bottom ud sides, the latter so much wider than the mise labour—namely, the draining plough exhibited by 
cracked. It is an acknowl ledg ж fact, that if a very | Wooden curbs, as to admit of a Ч of 4 inch brick- | Mr. Ffrance. The cost of using this implement, he 
minute vegetable fibre enter a volume of water, it pro- | Work in cement, excepting the spaces to admit of about | was told, would un 26: more than a halfpenny per ro 
duces a vast development o Je end its own point of | Six arched openings (as marked) of dimensions sufficient | —а very impor nsideration, inasmuch as draining 
entrance being — discernible. But to avoid | for the free passage of the largest rabbit. 2 is the feeding | was the N of. all improvements, and labour w 
further er digression, we must insist upon Qe effectual | | departm ent. 3 is only an arched Passage, tunnelled at the | increasing in value.—The Chairman, Mr. Giles Thornber, 
— and cementation He tank the first | gro — level of the bottom of the two pits, about a foot | then rose to propose the toast of the evening. said 
| wide and bro ad, toserve as a зара дер between | he should be extremely glad to hear from the judges 
the pits, This is also bricked and arched, but is not seen | that the stock of the 2 was improving, and also 
at top. covering of oil-cloth is added to the curb of their opinion as to the best course to pursue to go on 
each pit, and the cloth extends over the frame several improving ; what bull they Beret . — for Ber 
and thus, with due attention, iibi ox pable of | 
hating from 500° ч 5000 gallons may be safel ly con- 
structed. Rain-w. i 
a 
At the ng. E 
urnished with a false bottom pierced with many holes, | sage is always open, and so it is also at the other was a grea t deal said at the I Аа North ae : 
and raised about 2 inches above the other, 4 inches of | mity тыц 5 ., excepting only when any of the Sara Society’s mato at Preston in disparagement of 1 ong- f 
clean gravel pebbles ; then above these 6 inches of | are to be ta Dryness is essential to the 3 horned cows. He o ha d fed ога of them, and he thought 
bruised charcoal, a 10 or 12-inch ‘stratum of coarse | of this р Ж therefore the c should not only be that the long-horned с was brought to greater 
river or sea san lastly a few “ate of the gravel | dry naturally, but must be ted above, ind kept | perfection generally sues farmers than the short- | 
pebbles. Cover the cask with coarse can ass, or cheese- | secure at the Sides and bottoni. ot the pit by the best | horned cow had ever been. In times past, he could 
by one of the hoops. The ra rain-watez is | brickwork, From what has stated, it will be have gone to Garstang or any other fair, and hav 
first conducted the main zine or wood pipe, and | und that a sound chalky or sandstone rock forms | b bought 10 or 20 long-horned ed all well bred ; no, 
falls upon canvass; it then passes through m by far the most appropriate medium for the warren, | it was a diffieult task to find half that number of short- | 
| е i i i 
purif, 
from a tap let into the filter between its two bottoms, | to their own requirements, Four does and a buck may . Itw our 
or by other 3 tubing. Under ordinary cireum- | be rec lose breeding stock; and something of to improve their breed of stock, If they sold their 
stances nine-tenths of the rain-water are wasted ; but the kind was found when the writer purchased the pro- | cattle at 3 years old, a well-bred cow by a good bull 
Moe plan suggested a large portion of it ean be saved | perty in the Isle of Thanet. The experience of about would be worth from 50s. to 60s, more than a rough - 
1 ; mestie pu thus sta des 
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Te ears pro e same He w of the 
teu Aaken It seems to me that there and little more remains to be said on the availability | fundamental principles of farming. He would — touch _ 
could be no difficulty in Government proeuring a yearly | of a practice, which, while it secures the rabbits, pre- | upon drain inage any of the other requisites for the 
average of grain, on every farm, after harvest, by means | serves somewhat of their wild nature. The variety successful — of the land; but he would just 
k $ excise f y ; 
enough awake to ries Аа S 
: | pro ed 
sound of Bow bells eould very- very aden get wido twice a day the Cabbage leaves and Carrot tops of the 
en were into t i 
them, by over or under estimating the produce "ef his pons wet, but not particularly air-dried or contracted se 
xposur lard 
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1 t 32, and 4]. 
3 I know, I and most farme armers, as soon ag by exposure. Some coarse pol and a few Oats others, e n t havi Ure Mage 
eh. ge a stack of each sort of grain, can tell mixed were let down in a trough attached to a long | he was quite sure, that with the improved 
w rest will give, almost to a bushel. It w le. The opening (/r.) was fitted with a tra r. and with 
cost t and would be of benefit to | working free grooves, furnish ith a string | been attained in farming, 
every person, as steadying s. J. M. l LA keep it up. To this a much longer strin bare fallow, provided the fg was 
was tied, made to act perpendieularly, when any | Only think what an ad 
Fee ee wil ts d ess de Ke.. — Farm, Hampshire.— | were to be taken; previously to which a meal or two he 4 — would Мы йз land in} —.— eve 
s eiie — on of D моб, 3 ennan г The * 8 being 1 adapted, it would never lose its hear wou it, 
: gricult er induced a ize the green food thrown | sufficient stre ed to 
Gazette вак the 27th of ee "- given by — 4 — аа after wai а few minutes it ey. ei : Rage produee the erop appli 
ruinous sys ient number was not the | T B 
rte Turnip ate sloped by xd the ene tenant = fat ч ы ге "s m of a proper — js ыз vould il vi toy те n ld i his 
cast a reflection on the p badhea of the OW e The EM 
pose ats must it be. Маша; in ; the man gis holds the pa ani n = 7 
