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f, which our f nancier thinks might 3 y 4 two pens pre-eminently di stinguished, one a pen of се five hands “could with it beat out more Flax seed 
ino ah feathered-legged whites of most exquisite proportions, | ina day than 50 without it; age so the certificates and the 
of a shilling or eighteen pence in the po ound, The“ haaie short-legged, dropping wings, get carriage, and ridicu- im ar 
remark that we have to offer is, that pr the new Chan- lous sly small; and another of game fowl, duck m in|testify to all the various TAA of grain. We rejoice 
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sion, he will sf a marvellously 3 man. a new variety, we hope to par them often at the exhib e 
other suggestions, and is —— tions all over the country. A pen of frizzled or Friesland although till now she had not contributed her full share 
g by those a have a stake in the rural districts. | fowls was also remarkable for e var m ; not only were i i 
the feathers turned, but they were also i gael i etly all by giving d the illiam Russell Palmer's 
as if the most finished * friseur ” lad s reised his threshing machine. Now y А Herald of the Union. 
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METROPOLITAN A р 4 » last |а pen of *stumpies, or, as a Scotch friend of our's 
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urpose to tailed account named them, ©“ creepies —a Scotch fowl, apparently Notices to Correspondents. 
Metropolitan Show. Po — ry — one destitute of legs, and said to be marvellous layers. If|Acreemenr. A Regular Subscriber should obtain this, which 
Е of the day and most of the on hay rule that makes absence o il a merit in relates to the lease of a “ house and 8 acres of land, from his 
К E M a Р Chin diui а, like. distinction on this breed awyer. The ron and the forms of farm leases have been 
celebrities of the different local exhibitions being | С often diseussed in our columns; but house property hardly 
is show, it will be readily believed that the if, — Ne к, then these were perfect “ie? fer must comes within our sco 
discusse have аз a sorry time боны Sie rains x st four AsPHALTE FELT: WP. It re re quires, we believe, an annual dressing. 
moli : tih or's d ill] DISTEMPER : RG Т. A seton across the loins — А id: but, 
А : we fear, there is little probability of a — - Ya: С. S. 
da declaration was re for fin nt conclude with the*bill of fare for the poultry during i ods no 
d ced themselves nói the week. Seventy gallons of strong ale; 170 ER 
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are co petent j^ dig and superintend the тта of ‘drains. 
м exhibi an x ere the birds were Bau loaves 3 po sacks of meal; 100 abbage es; and o ral. 
sack O a 
We know of se 
FARM, а PURCHASE: K. We should prefer either the old red 
sandstone, Į 
row removal is to be done as on any other; or the greon sand 
formation, whore chalking, claying, &c., can be done che caply, 
as the best localities for investing in land. We suppose you 
must find ad ger you аге in search of by advertisem 
Drain PIPES LIABLE TO TOLL: . The question as n E 
drain tiles be free of toll or not is an open In 
many instances I have had brought to m га * Parte 
have, after demurring, thought it right to pay, or rather have 
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of ex originate with the officers of the eren. Cottage, 1 am; W. Symonds, “Eei; „ Rodwell 
n of peculiar delicacy. Exhibitors and | House, Weymouth ; and Mr. John Bai ily, 113, Mount 
e both interested, and here the Mme | Street, Geer а London. 
i t their interests are inj by e 
2 E ib latter, they alee recollect iei te ape —— y ria eter writer of the 
atest pleasure, and it may be sai will | article in last s Nur n this subject, does us 
be done away the nereg t the public ceases to EA an |2 e Pol 
interest in the exhibitio 
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will show the old on were everywhere successful.” 
We dh hel on this "эе ect in our report of the|, We d f he first ti important an assistance to agriculture escape t. Hewitt 
Birmingham and Midland Counties Show last year This i is not the fac competed for the first time, | Habe, 
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and we see no reason tual our opinion, that with and obtained a irat prize for — only lot we ey in InnrgATION : S В. The water may ре. allow ed t 
ts e fed o the (юй йе birds need this class. wb em ee 3 sn troubled you had not night, or until a scum appears upon the Grass. The process 
р r for by the nee ment, The only our attention S. 0. & €. N. Baker, | fer rtilises ee mu season. a idi cid ‘ 
not suffer by t Чч , Moss: A R SE arrow it well, an gan er the moss dragged 
change we would coget wold re ‘that = exhibition | ?easantry, Be о ү? dt con з Road, Chelsea. ont, Then] Е парові and sho uld be drained. 
as water is sai d aseful in ex 
shall close at d o'cloc е9 eal t ae , RRIAT , ын PouLTRY: M D, Hammersmith. Your pullets will soon lay; their OsrEND RABBTrs: 6 Н. We believe fre reser] is of compara- 
of the evening, in order inne e the bird being fat and in high condition is an indication of it. Ido not © tively recent A hi and that the rabbits imported have 
nd to reach their — on the p 28 like your feeding; Barley is not good food for a continuance. | bred unprotected in the warrens; and are not the results of any, 
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morning We believe some birds did suffer at Dens. A dee i coii et sa reos ed ai 3 benefit | so. to speak, artificial cultivation. d i 
d of giving meal from Oats or Barley Peat Compost: J B. No doubt the ingredients named, appli 
ham last year, but we also know, that for three previo week. If the weather sets in cold from frost or easterly winds, |" in a liquid state to peat, would ultimately form with it . — 
years there were no complaints whatever, anit give — every ds the odd pae of bread from your table, Gompost. "i 
i e 8 | Reruse НАТЕ W. There can be no doubt that it would be 
Re ee. " T E: * — will make — lay, but will also injure the birds.— в v T i T 4 f we had a lot of > sho ld be disposed 
admit the arrangements have alway been most z B. Gold and silver pheasants, like chickens, for the first — ete ae aa o. “if we had а laf oi a we Se е 
liberal, and we think they may safely leave them- few hours after b irth, are better under the h mt “р t was thoroughly disintegrated ; keeping it covered = 
uds mittee, which, leaving m —Ó g the day shouid ram ul , es tip i in whieh ch the with charcoal powder, and ultimately — ng it with the same 
Ч i nen and her -brood are u put on ye and using it asa drill manue for Turnip 
out of sight any possible рану — has done dry spot. А small space, about 3 feet long by 2 "wide, should STRAW: Tuesday. We have to beg 8 "or the délay of this 
so much for the poultry work nother reason Be aie with уе бош fastened with 50 | reply to your question, ehh had.been mislaid. 20 tons o 
why birds suffered more this year was, that from the з to be easily moveable. ан Los qe be covered with string | straw will, L by epe and foddering w welled "cattle make at 
netting, to pitted не young fro y enemy, winged or other- sti nd of d Good crops of W 
ndk eepit in a 
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^e. $ * The poults come — она Уне front bars of the coop, iy 5 Eid 20, 18, and 25 — 
dition, and predisp: ачаа Having по object d run in the space afforded to them, till they are strong Bat of 8 vel ca йыл ом int this одна 
in view but the prevalence of harmony among those} enough to have more liberty. I would never keep the young soil in different seasons, and on different soils in the same 
who * ue it е КЫНЫШ аз на С ог com- of any pheasants from the sun, but I Minn not expose them t season. i 
T ai ut be dt relim great heat without a covert.—R N. I am now setting Cochin Water TIGHT LEA : W.P. wants a receipt for making hi$ 
— W m 1155 эу рч їп агу China eggs. Of late years the weather has been more favour- boots * ater. dght. "te exin and mutton fat generally play an 
| m ge more so that we believe the Birmingham "e to chickens, in Janu y and February, than in April and | important part in such mixtures, dc believe.] 
Mi dlan d Counties 5 deserve che x im of all] begi nis ay. is yea 
lo vers of the gallin under à hen, because the — want more covering and р 
o Of, cuo дА K warmth than they do later in the year; this ise аа ги f Я 
The next point was the eet of selling the birds by | the nights are so long. M a rkets. { 
auction ; we believe it is admitted by niei d that it i ^ — ½-¼ uvĩ — euni GARDEN, asi 
— compared Warr our куйш inen adop ts Mis cellaneous. Tue market is well Mus ag ed with Bibs aa sat шы oat is 
exhibitions. If in one instance a pen of birds rte scarce, more especially table rapes. 
by the owner at 15l. made nearly 507., in numberless| New. American Threshing A — A man from |The supply of P rd ad is pretty жах E i т аге 
others, reductions from 50}. to 5l., and 151. to 30s. did | North Carolina has invented a ing eres mud as pe plentiful. Cob and other Nuts are — fair prices. 
not secure a bidder. Of the first class of Cochin Chinas | accomplishes the following objects :— T. It differs from Sead Asparagus has. ot yet become PLANI | Potíons eave 
submitted for sale only two lots were sold—o ze perior to | others in its capacity to thre sh not altered in value our last report. Mushrooms are 
the other for 44s., and this in spite of the éxértfodà of | every kind of grain or seed grown, with the ci m searce. Cut noyers roonaist 1-4 aa Primulas, Early Tulips, 
an able and popular auctioneer. The Dorkings во sold | of Indian Corn; and the machines for shelling corn Ros ses, Mignone nd Cam 
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much better than апу, other class, and made in most already perfect. This thresher can be so süjasted i in а | Pine. apples, per Ib, 6s to 88 | ue 8 diis 1 0 
instances more than the reserved price put upon them. moment as to come together close "s to thresh out | Pomegranates, each, 4d to 6d Almonds, er c ч 
1 pens of a cock "hens realised 10 Timoth -seed, ber it can be gee lly o ned to admit | Apples, dessert, Ae bush, бз to 10s | er Ib., 
852 P kitchen, do., 6s to 10s bs Wats: Barcelona per АҺ, 20s: 
ji , ears, per doz., id 6 to 4s 
cock =ч hen, of an unusual size ; ue Sir Jol n Cath- m" rge field Pea. 2. Tt cleans the ban out from the I em ae ns, per "y d vis to2s f Chestnuts р. bush, 8s to 208. 
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birds: cocks, black breasted eyed and t ths hen: that is worth saving. Several of the richest and most Cabbages, per doz., 6d to 1s Leeks, per bunch, 1d to 2d 
rich chocolate, spotted with white. The difficulty of sor trom practical farmers of North Carolina say, in pre —À à ти нса 
nding four perfect birds, even in large stocks, was shown | а certificate we quote te from, that they are warranted in Broccoli, т doz, 2s to 3s Lettuce, Cab., per score, 4d to T 
by the fact, that in every division of classes, that stating that the saving effected by this machine in the | Greens, per y 1s to 2s — Cos, per score, 9d to 1s % 
containing only cock and hen was superior to grain that is was y other machines, is at least 20 3 A ү ыз 8 dishes, er долы. 8d to 
that requiring cock and three pullets, The chickens Per cent. Ave ^g This thresher will clean grain | Seakale, per bs sit, 15 61 to 25 6a 
shown by Mr. T. „ in pen 50, class 12, were | of «а kin ost perfect Mes from smut ; for all the aa — d а 
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mixture, of faultless symmetry, and in exquisite condi- | going through rer - als is is oF te cleaned Бу) _ “per bush, DOM 
tion. ; tail-less, and ho so, ar to 1s 9d 
Squire, exquisite specimens, but condemned to a third | w whieh revolve like the poe „йе epe кейш OT | poot —— 17 Uy “| We 
prize—no me: t ch competition, | wrought iron clenched on the axle, they canno 225 
But the greatest struggle was in class 15; Mr. Midwell, | fly off. ri Other thres hers are liable to get out of) 36s eee A Nes F E pibe 
Guildford, stood first, with two beautiful birds, per- | repair, and are soon Wor. out; but * this thresher is so | ge . “MS LU aie gad mew. Hope continues. good, ай E 2 - 
fect in every point. In this as in the two other prize | simple in construction,“ says Judge Martense, of | rates are ж 8 The pa wets weather will operate 
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ther was one excellence much soe the Rul” | TE, Tay get ou af Top а те cheap >| aren emiten e 
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: á much—it is not more expensive | Beraprorp, Tavrspay, Jan. 20.— The transactions du 
were also very large birds, and a connoisseur could many other threshers, while it can perform a great deal Werk are: certainly not 80 buoyant as at the elose of the ine and ren 
ы ee or s pens, by pi icking j — m more 4 and do it better than an any them. ‚16 can, | opening 2 Sof the pre esent year, sit desirable that th ey should, 
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an enthusiast in Cochin China fowls. Теге i r to 2, because at is so light, 
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: шон more grain | the dealers con: ig 
ord of of any kind in a day than any other machine vd s supply eoming to market to be diminished. 
advice to рач чой may not be thrown away. and will| vented. Mr. Charles Shepherd, Уа ade ntifie + | Sod napoli ed гика parca = man consumers are in 
Save future judges i ,* Why did|in North — hee that although his W eit b had in good request, and better 
not my pen get a prize?” No йүн cock has а | been seriously damaged by smut, his shipping merchan | HiY Per Lead of ГУЗ; е 
black tail—the golden is bronzed, the silver is 3 d him it үр in better order than an any Wheat he — 1965 SMITHFIELD, Jan. 90. 
The Poland fowls were good; bike with the exception of | and with one of Palmer's small machines he threshed Prime — "e 3 Chow o1 
the whit ted, tl inferior to those exhibited at | over 600 bach le = рег day. Mr. Shepherd also says, | Rowen . . 45 5 Босоод © i dirt 
Birmingham, res dits were good, and among them | after he had t {чей Palmer's thresher with Flax seed, New Hay... — — H 375 Davis. 
