7—1853.] 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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xtured loam, resting o n gravel at 3 feet deep. 
me surface soil, ‘and have since tested it, and 
inei о be 
the onl 
iis the dera Manchest er Guard 
lime. 
eff 
| POULTRY. 
tof poultry having been already treated 
bjec 
TIR RUE t for the task, it is with no small 
nia 
that the “ ma 
lea 
pedore 
a yard somewhere about eight yards 
that ng ted I indulge myself in 
poultry. ki eeping, my stock Nau р. H a cock and 
six pullets of the Dorking bre say that 
kept them -— 8 = purpose of supplying eet table 
I ong, and not 
d to t trouble gt pe this. 
gs from fowls of a 
costly species ; » if the chiekens come to light 
and attain to à sufficie age to warrant me in separating 
them from the ттщ then to send them into the pet 
honest cottage whom, I trust, I may say there 
are p lenty to be iini н will for a trifling ai 
week tend th hey will have the bene 
gj ah price 
iiid. ad by the m 
li in the sweat Pot — vri 1 
id. ria would not have time s 
are there better managers of 
poultry than the and daughters of such men, 
y if the « better half” have passed her early 
days in the country ? Metropolitan. 
Sales by Auction at Poultry Show. The sale 
auetion at ” the 1 Show, taking E M in a 
was no dou rable affair, а а= Би се 
тапу а ele fre enhancing i 
the interests of a few e 
hastily any rate not 
Iti > а imposible vr "de Birmingham 
tem, to o ded pen, as А че * 
birds are Sue od shortly а icm my opening of 
of Bingley Hall ; and many of them at one ur ore the 
та they — nave commanded under the 
I believe > that I am expressing the — of 
that only the 
papon 
ought not in any way to 
with the “disposal of the other pens, те 
could i as heretofore. It appears to 
= it would be — more than just and fair, both 
to the ex sie itor an 
method by which t 
specimens, and 
have an equal chance of obtainin 
the winning bird ; м 4 
dit was no doubt with this laudable 
аг? ace 
e 
by 
== апа 3 peus be оніо to public сот- 
and the time | 
analogous ; cattle is ue E hec 
the purpose 
| of breeding from, ent» 
xhibited | 
me time 
they were ar and desiring to have such 
only as were likely to obtain a т» paying a pr € r- 
f 
ке their « " 1 
* Магуй [The thing requir edy 
n supposed is the Pattie of grecs 
merely to exhibit. The prize is dem d to 
t to the article dieta 
shows is to reward 
the rule which Pedir obtains "hat all speci- 
бов Канй have been the property of the exhibitor for 
at least ый о months—a period which, іп our opin 
not long enough.] 
BAKER'S Za Fountain: We have seen these fountains, 
which have no opening ер below, ant therefore the. water is 
kept clean and fresh. They look well, and cannot es to 
answer. The shape of the top prevents fowls getti ngo 
IN 
ion, is 
lat 
r 
of our readers ever succeed in MERE. thei 
eat up their food quite clean, unless t wi 
ore 0 
Does weekly exhibit a 
mapa amount of half chewed it refus ert 
Ther y be, Ww 
us 
‘who 
5 
Em 
v great care, 
experienge and experiments — proved to us the 
- | impossibility of | preventing it entirely in any of the 
mon ways of feeding, the more especially if we — 
the Gren dong 5 hired men. [The paper goes on to 
Com 
e the f the chaff cutter.] F Parini э 
Det 
—— Á—— 
Calendar of Operations. 
— — 
RUA ы s 
p GLEN Feb. 56^ 
лса nei ighbours wil —— 
iste we 8 to get along in — 
they are bu му eat. red tri r gardens, ‘planting 
Roses, xuriant willie ats, Ko., we are breathin, ng 
a freezing atmosphere, —. the ground is lying under a snowy 
nder these circumstances, we cannot help 
a * discontent сатун мй mmn уз з ш n upon 
thst man’ 
N dear; Mr Да 
sight deduction from our * — тА y the contrast 
ore than over-balanced by its effects upon our more favour- 
ably situated neighb From the 26th of O 
54'; Altitude, 
like to know 
å 1 disag 
da TI gain disappeared from the e low grounds, 
and ploughing ‘resumed, when a ge fall came on the 3d of 
February, which rem ns wi ith a clea 2 -— and hard 
Ploughin ng is well py pa ced on 
progress has been made. 
rti an 
y otherwise 4 
— €: 2 — grain, 
the 
and defiling them. An overhanging roo: 
into the water. Being xd made, and of strong metal, я 
are very durable and cheap. 
PourrRy: M G C. The fou! is either suffering from cramp or 
injury in the back. I 3 » моњ are MARY O ad oa 
being taken in the sam 
flooring of some sort, as bricks, stones dt planking. 15 T all 
bad; earth is the best floo ooring for poultry. I should recom- 
mend, in this instance, a table-spoonful LM and feed 
afterwards эе a day with oatmeal mixed with strong ale, or 
bread will do as well. Keep her in a large basket, with plen ty of 
dry are x ina warm place where there is no ДЗЕ: 
— 1 2 pdt 
1-4 аге more numerous, as they 
ble t the nece warmth, and they perish. 
A hen will de her conditio on {770 while sitting, if well fed, 
trying to 
— she will = aca кечер a nd follow her 
ral bent. you determined to prevent it, the 
bes ^ plan is to sae un under a rip, away from er 
— haunts, pi some days and nights—M D E. Ah 
t fea med | Ape 
ni 
early maturity; t 
of 
any fatal and injurious internal dise 
аге induced, and cause a premature decay. The only meat I 
ever give to any 2 di ыр is roast nir Ж that I 
my Клен I co em bad, 
eir 15 К "ae. in a 
compel a 8 
t Which shonta * the Me of a lifetime.— 
і gapes ard wa 
mber 
x е con- 
ases 
e best se a 
Strip a feather to “onthe about an inch of the 
feather, which put down the chicken s throat, twirl it rapidly 
between your hands, and then drawing it sharply out you ы 
find the worm seem y IÉ ener ee А ени I am n 
friendly to artificial hea’ any lary rs use it. The 
usual heat is about 85°, on — be mee yen as chickens 
— treated will not t cold or drizzly ex without 
injury. An Inquirer. I see no impropriety or difficulty in one 
gentleman asking eggs of 1 
them I can get them for you. J. Ba 
5 
but if you cannot obtain 
dy, Mount Street. 
renders me but an incompeten 
t agitator, 
i mit the | 
M e 
Dealers e Judges—In your 
udges of Poultry. 
appointed at cattle shows, but 4 
article of Е dnd 
You say бм. doalers 
e cases are mot 
tator, 7 
Mr. Punchard’s Poultry ос е may Ье | perform 
us, and | paper 
to sh ot his 
Ti 
ме of hay? 
Miscellan 
Chaff чт a aT in Detroit is is ‘worth, while we 
re the winter 
ars 
„ 
best issued. 
Because you ean at any time receive 1 dollar's worth of 
gold for the bill ; and why not for the hundred- 
At the su , the latter is 
re ot ae the 
arting manure and Turnips hasi frost set in, небу 
employed men and horses. ee ects of the * contin 
rains are now becoming appa pe the shee; — 
never wante a , but t when ‘continually drenche SR the 
pastures wet t this season it — 
daily more — Rot is not ‘Known here, but 
t the c common dis- 
eases of braxy and st hay n more than — 2 “fatal. 
From the former alone we Save aay lost 74 it cent. of = 
hogs, and in all — fox но a —— r minor co 
tingencies, 
will require са same 5 
before the end of summer. The — backed Bh land 
reed is generally kept hereabout; we keep else. We 
rent winter. pasture for all our stock in the lower nasties of the 
country, where the snow does not me — + e farmers 
m to ean 
Soon as the crops are off the fields, ind the rro follow as the 
enl fails at home, or the snows соуег The las 
— removed from the glen — (fé 7th January, just 
befo зеет che now came. We have seldom much snow I 
begiuning of the year. During a time of our y is 
the Whin,—Gorse I think you call it in England; if it is kept 
tender and succulent by being frequently burned down, the sheep 
eat it readily, and thrive it. A ahead sys of 
go- 
arming has yos нар extirpated this useful plant rH the low 
country, and we now require to cultivate be 4 “the mountain’s 
bar 2 — brow.” re if 
on n 
eep he ds 
they require to be burn. Pos 
improves both the Whins and the soil, 
the end of March or A methods g 
pastures are draining, irrigating, and burning, which will occupy 
us next month, if weather permit. S. 
OUTH OXON —.— Feb. 1.—The weather for the -— few 1 
been more favourable for out-door operations. 
no manure for 
— Fan perl 
Our autumn-- rena Wheat i is al} 
ich was injured by the floods. We have now 2 
a blanks by dibbling Talavera, the ** und — 5 ме mui 
continued rains many e 
w, the hayrick 
ap E running Tas re 
lett “andi muc ch longer will not only exhaust the 2 M 
е 
Wheat, but the part of our Barley; th Ч 
both in quality and pear ene is inan: zu ш quality, but 
the quantity is much the same as 
There i а not ar by any 
bs r r ре . 
MERICAN — а We do 
not know Mr. x ‘Palmer's Сс A 
ANNUAL AVERA are given in че 
book t 3 
meri some weeks ritis myo 
cum 3 2 We vi p an opinion when we: 
rth hly d де е deri "rie tll Zu rk 
n oron y an eeply, etit lie t ou can w. it 
in x — ien shallow n К олан 2 
Б о Scot. Is it your own | 
custom of the. qms that you 
T Met If the former, we 
hings, let “science” say whet Ae за 
not strictly 1 ie the contem 
in certain. ome 
—— green crop is 
would not pc so ak In your Р 
зей — ул Seeds, top dress with. — ты guano 
| | 5 
15 
plas 
{ин 
—— in жиш und apply it over 
