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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
45 
week, if imr. e 
ї а. if ond pe their own 
Falcon. 
must no 
interest. 
Sorieties. 
Drainage. — ps de tenants of the Hon. 
RTLING : 
yi orth, belonging to the а А and Ashley- 
imperfect drai 
and deprived the 
nr so iom repay him for шә с) Шау an 
He had gone over lands superior, in many 
ets, to their" s, but he had never r found crops better 
more us of трэк 
mprovem MM of t idt 
return 
tions. 
res 
in emm or the n ism 
themselves of the benefit of im 
One great benefit of deep Sone ye vec: * alowed Ф 
ant to root dee 
е water eing effectually drained. o of ; 
d higher til it reaches the 
they penetrate ted t 
obtain air to support their т vitality 5 ; 
land 4 feet deep, Ше г 
mE nearly, or quite to t t de ne i ; while upon land 
ined they would only penetrate audien 12 or 15 
growin well-drained 
com- 
lanted u id shallow- — la "rs 
i land were drained only 2 or 
especially i in ey ide Mee rise to the surface by at 
tion ; but if lan re drained to the depth S. s [os 
there would i foot of soil upo 
Ther 
ways in which drai 4a eg pe the 
armer— i а him to A on his land for ploughing 
and other purposes in winter, when, = not drai 
would be obliged to keep off fot months. 
then alluded to the different m 
gentleman grea 
mistak at some length "the different 
ко: = the earth from the two methods 
of trea and the influe of the sun upon 
the deep ане and shallow drained land. It 
a well known fact 
icq 
us. or eggs. 
ood, 
h thero i is another se 
perso 
acres, being 3 times E kga employed in the eret 
cultivated districts, ome further rvation 
in eii e the 23 trom Mr. Davis, Mr. Cawston 
Mr. oe the Cha 2 goon 3 rs, pee! company 
1, having passed a ple nvivial even- 
ged t to Мы Davis for his ind atten ntion to 
. Innes for his. indefatigability 
in carrying out the extensive improvements on thei 
farms. 
POULTRY. 
vLTRY Shows have called the attention of the agr 
mer rather for competition than the useful 
ble — LN bim last vim everything 
like fashion and fancy have passed away. e have 
t à few w words on the p ттан treated as a matter 
business, be acceptable 
The у ote hides made bya few successful breeders 
€— s, because they have Ai Suee 
Ea exce llent tug ens s a breed n 
, but this 
their superiority over 
they become spread tie ги кее and ju = of аж 
е value m e; or if very large price 
мі imens which a e exceptions. 
to me birds "06 while f are 
— are not the elite of their class? They must con- 
tribute food, either by argen А m table vit poultry 
n those parts so distant from the metropolitan 
market, that the cost o сас an =! кү hot as 
from poultry killed and аг up, the supply of eggs will 
be 8 3 rable. 
he n then 
profitable rm to keep? 
whieh po ces 
mallest 
y arises, which is - most 
Thé né wer must b at 
the greatest siiis of eggs “at the 
I believe, from experience, it 
ink if € eight of eggs pro- 
nst the food — it 
They are mt to buy, cost | little to 
and are a ac us lay 
“1 
Ln" 
о 
pre 
о + 
ly pullets in зом previous spring, as none 
but y young itd will lay the 
Which is now the best t fowl for the table? "Tha 
at the! 
which fats Бом X an ora! age, 
and osses e properties most valu 
which p 
It 15 
disliking its appearan 
look of a fowl when first put on 
Every 
| Prepossession in its. favour. 
th 
eultural world to the subject of these ee of ‘the 
rm- 
still made, ти E belong hd to those choice ze 
7 What i 
ne t may ted odis —— Mab 
took the first prize, was . d heavy, but they 
were also symmetrical. 2 hen — AY . 
„eleven pounds each, t sur passed 
3 If these had la isk d eathering on the 
g their size would not have secu — a prize. Again, 
e: weights are н ons.to the rule, and the 
of Cochin China cocks of 95 or 10 lbs; and pullets of of 
lbs., pos so far as size is con rned, first- 
e Dorkings w ere very heavy, but t they kick 
am when put in the scale with the birds we have 
entioned. The 3 Le in the dee was 
and cT "s 3 
: "This again p: an ex here 
were plenty of [cocks 8}, and риа: 7 and p lbs In 
all thes asses, it must be bor birds 
Cocks 
ab rage tocks kept, where they are 
reay attended 10 and of first-rate strains, 
they weighed 12 lbs. 
Ф 
50 irds, but amateur must 
breed ev ger Е to ge him opportanity for selection. It is 
n 
chic 
the first as well as possible. A check at a fortnight old 
never recovered ; the = cken may live, grow up, 
must be |;. 
the аі Hambu urgh. I think if an dic account | 
kept of th 
h 
* | that has progre 
z> = ran Gallinaceous tribes, a 
E] 
| The 
onderful, that ho [supply 
markets wes „9283 ніва see e Peng p little | my, 
^ e 
bird as they 
th 
0 
n 
t 
east expense, has 
ed for 
your readers this 
excellent information on poultry 
ana do well, but it 
as pr 
will nev. y the prize from one 
ressed uninterrupted As this is true of 
as I have бм writing 
wo 
bo in 
from 201 to 
54 lbs. eac 
Poultry.—In last — Gazette Y observe, 
in the Notices to Correspo ndate, “ Weights of Poultry = 
' and concluding that it 
irmingham 
o person is better able to 
information than Mr. Bai 
through the 
poultry stan 
be given will show Mr. Dixon his 
error in tai oa that Cochin China fowl do not attain 
pe ts than otherwise 
All the skill of trussing | и 
Naf 
cocks at 16 months 90 wei shing 
tT Ibs., months 5 lbs; for I ha i 
it is ies Ады the table чани Of plump and comfort- 
able look, deep in breast, a 
inki early maturity, it would 
я 38 sinking ер = a = 5 seem to be adapted for ыр Me and other markets. 
that they could get EE water 00 E eee point iss by has sak aad Gis Е here р 
thought that .H is always a sale for where there no 
shallow deviation, wool тайы неу Эче ара od sue = ot —— ge they wil dod I supply G will The m wem — 
7 п to 
ining, the ould very n change their fe n ds tya d бы za eae 
ys 
ibd tuo av: in — ж» an long ad "3 demand. Like all iar provisions, there are different 
when eg ne shall gus us : e periods for different prices, and here it is that poultry 
Divi di і. ihe West o trm s быр shows do much good in 'offerin ring premiums for early 
were nothing but little grips pole n gue deep, bu but e If rep who have facilities for rearing 
here th large enough to swallow up man chickens will do so in January, or even December, 
horse. Why were ог -= p but теь ring them to the market in fat state, in April, May, 
draw the water from the land? He thought they would T: doze a remuneratin 
with him t 
manure 30“. 5s. 
&e., 15]. 
ts 
.|wh 
ths old ; se 
ld be ridi ашу low. 
appear of late to be so much alte is now 
less difficulty in rearing early cms than there was 
rmerly. he J did better 
than those hatched in May. trying weather 
realised i m. My only desire is to point out to 
„agricultural friends the birds which H gone ее 
favourable to their interests. M. 5. 
TOME A 
in mind 
that size, and consequently weight, are only valuable 
en allied to the other € on tm = Purity of | i 
iced and stamp — value of a 
0 | Chinas, the pen e 
bited by Mr, Бром, which | 
bu Conn and 
5 
cockerel, га just moulted, 16 de ет old, wei — 
10 lbs., and another of 6 months old weighing 7 Ibs. 
3 
POULTRY : C G W., Woodbridge. It is not uncommon f е sa 
Polands, or any other black fowl, to throw,a few red f 
T have seen it so often I dare not say itis a sign of impunity, 
nk it is hereditary. These deviations are equally 
ial they are not noticed. Last y A — a Spanish hen 
moulted quite white, this year a cock of th m pu 
] o destroy a bird for a few red feathers. a 
be very sorry t 
here are no Polands wi 
lecline controve 
know, I unequivocally assert, I had no catalogue at Bi: 
till some time after my duties were over, and that I [3 nof 
3 before, or after, send one away. I was very sorry to 
unfounded pem а in question. J. Baily, 113, Mount — 4 
1 
1 
th 
Miscellan 
Improvement of Settled Б. N the efforts — 
and likely to be made, to supply = want of means for 
b 
4 and ; to 
other. buildin 
he ath, й: 
