a 
554 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Avoust 27, a 
as чеч of the late Earl of Росте, may, as ула, meeting of the НИИ qud Sir Joux M'NxiLL,| portant experiments that has yet been made on E 
hereafter. characterise the pro ofession, and no one |in repor teps which had been ән, pointed | its behalf. | 
higher compliment than теледе out the —— feature on whie all were yi 
it is exceedingly wis that the other causes based and o ic success Ovn readers will have observed the! report from. 
which, with these, have brought about the re- Correct v көңү statistics: cannot be obtained Pusey, in last week's paper, of the judges of Reap- 
sults ts of the к sale, will. long cena to compulsori “Jt was a curious fact," he said, ING Macuines. The umstances of the trial werg 
exert an equal influence on the money v of the к “ that Гардош! pbs had never, so far as he uch as probably to our the action of Bew’s 
eed. American competition, for ee. cann any country, been successfully c col- | reaper ; that is, they brought out ina 
breed ot 
be expected to remain for ever at its present extraor- 
dinary intensity. 
ention as, another feature of the sale 
k 
e * 
the prices obtained by the Oxford, another rema e Governmen ad one—the agricul- | removing the cut corn as E falls are ne 
abit family of short-horns. Oxfo „a cow | tural statistics of that country; that attempt failed. | increased ; and the machine which was in dependent - 
early 7 years old, fetched 205 gingen. Oxford, 11th, | In the rei leon a similar attempt was made | of ma nual aid for this purpose ў 
үе old, 250 guineas; Oxford 14 months | with a like result." lan by which to . — in this respect, especially in mee | 
old, 200 guineas ; Oxford, 16th, 3 kien old, 180 | effect. this is to vem = agricultural classes | cumstances. The judges, however, ha db d 
guineas; and the 5th Duke of oxor, a bull calf, | themselves in Bep i rk, an s | arriv "E at à verdict which, although it might are 
5 months old, tens d 300 guine So thes sure, as in nstance ver us, to attain a suc- arisen out of somewhat circumstances 
animals fetched 1135 guineas, or 227. guineas apiece. ssful issu How completely this was don would be true of the average condition of an 
The gross amount of the sale was 93617. 165.,| Scotland, where the interest taken in the subject by har ; and we may accept their decision 
th 
1507. 19s. sale 
7 pets, 5 5 pene pim. 11 bulls, 208 7 bal calves, 
in all 4 maller number, and at a t 
me M 
lated without Mh e co-operation, o f the манне 
classes. a in France, un 
the reign of Lou XVI, = collect, by the power of 
the Highland Society was at once a guarantee t 
farmers of its really P AN море import- 
e fact to Sir J 
71137. 17з., ДЕУ д a eg. ER 
Сошылхо?в в sale, 34 17 pen 6 bulls, and 
4 bull calves, in all 61 | animals, ES for 78587. 4s., 
or 1287. 16s. apiece. Com n to 1846, there 
were sold of the late Earl EE herd at Wiseton, 
104 cows, heifers, and calves, and 1 Ay ES all 
123 ; they fetched Vei 77 averaging 68/. 17s. 
apiece. And Mr. Bar Ki Me 
of 48 cows, heifers, add: ees and 20 bulls, fetched 
of greater E eae excitement) were sold "for ul 
^s At- Ков i 
arded, and the informa- 
n aes from third parties. 
d ег 
besides its comparative, its actual merits "id r 
j reaper differs from 2 other 
tangled condition of the 
— of England and Sco 
ow. concurred with t 
беча to his long-inve 
of superiority which it — all alon 
machine will, doubtle Ss, soon cause its g. 
im у. 
677. apiece. The hi ghest Зара of which the short- | of d the. intelligence, public own in England ; 
horn breed can SoN are those of Comet, A тече spirit, and integrity of the tenant farmers have | Majority of years, we suppose that three-fot 
Согыхе°з sale years кашг 1000 ап ; and pe ger. than ev all the corn grown in this country may. € 
the cows Co and Lily at the s same sale, tpn ent we have only the first results of the | by machines. No а the mere 2 E 
400 and 410 respectively: at Wiseton, see t before us, еар the average of the is but a small portion of the 
Exquisite 370 guineas, and | m calf ха рна: егедь m. and the amount of sto e pro- ing; but the displacing of ever 
at Kirkle on, Duchess 59, 210 gui esold | duce per an asia = have yet to be a in, (which it is what at most it will amount to) 
last Wednesday for 350 pA 1 um To itworih, | aad, v when depen. ашан, see furnish, by com- | wor ich it is now pro 
the imis. list sepa given with the return = ade, ‘the pars well, and setting him to help the binder Н iul 
a M ~ е e «a ios earliest and peaa agricultural returns of t етет districts. We — and thatchers, will be a great.boont 
short-horns rte т. CHa satisfied for rhe ieu with giving the | farme Wi 
Corzine sold 29 females нан: 1401, 48. puis pe of the returns for three rid counties :— We hope that one portion of tlie verdict at. 
IV.—ABSTRACT or STATISTICS COUNTIES or ROXBURGH, HADDINGTON, лхо SUTHERLAND, ox MAY 20, 1853. 
IMPERIAL ACRES. NUMBER OF ACRES UNDER DIFFERENT KINDS OF CROP. | 
8 331 2 8 о, Improved | Е & 
1 B eel 4 pen d р ae k 
Total, | Arable. | Wheat.| Barley.| Oats: |Rye ond? E Turnips. Potatoes: 25 E 2 E 85 fides RUP 53 5 3 
келише iy ae © З " =” |Grasses Inclosures. ES "E 
urch. 358, 1468183 | 5,1819 |14,6158 | 28,8625 | 14 | 16423) 3803 23809 | 145428] 161| 68 103] 23 425 44.583 | 23,6583 9251 9661 
Haddington| 1491733 | 107,269% 15,3303 19,8098 | 16,802 | 462, 4809 10117 16,260 | 42462 | 48107 | 153| ... 1876 26,88 | 6228}. | 87 21274 
Sutherland 810,903} 22,0223 627} 6121} | 82 89815-13891 22125 22708 | ..| 13) 2 1 | 49773 | 1119$ 23. | 599,710$ 
oem 21,148} | 31,1074 | 51,7858 di, 6541}| 1592 | 42,2843 7981 % 64211141 283| 7 |2001 6,200 | 31,6663 ——— 815937.4. 
The Tortworth sale contained 49 females, aver-| A dar dx. Messrs. Fisuer Honss, C. E. Amos 
ing ; of these 29 could be selected ua W. Woopwanp, and RUCE arrived v 
we average, Mi ds of 2007, apiece. Th Horses. Guns | Other) Ewes, | Tups and | swine | disregarded by the inventor and 
ne’s sale averaged 1717. 14s. ; 3 V n that which refers to 
ed 1917. 18s. The e "Ue | 99.4, S LRL e OST ar M‘Cormick for the construction 
an average prios of жеңе ў a Um d 36,979 | 29,597 | 5580 Рани superior to t 
.. 193. over me 5 666 70, 1310 | well as judges, of ri 
latter is really a hi 12219. |13,090| 25079 361,539 | 151970 |11497 adoption of M‘Cormicr’s cutter in 
n 8 from the | * = would greatly diminis 
d be е E E - few w references tor "Notice facts here brought the, priom of the latter 
pam эе — Lagen oe — €: that, out of 276,000 А pocumenr of some interest, in connec 
tha E ecd standing : acres, only 3 n bare: fallow—that | the histor of THE LEICESTER BREED 0 
ment of the scene sige thie Keon cei the tition oer бода of теж ае extent of land 18-| been T in our hand 
P. Ке жаар бома > ET EE ition | = eon ons — than —— 0 —— Hill, near 
ey 5 “a ioa in tha Ind di af Weert Grasses — that o very 430 sq flock is advertised for 
was the melancholy one that pis at length all chat miles of arable land), nearly one-half is bearing. food a few extracts from it, as illustrating 
to iat the ө asd. skill ien i. ) ed а cattle. т cts indicate a very | descent of the flock fro: 
the late Earl of Ducie hen 1 to bear upon his 15 en imn er rvative — . indicating the enormous 
pes lt cR as bein watered. Tae da d ere are in these counties 0 К s in those 
ne 
"Which 
ex 
ich 4 through 
high a place in the history оѓ, 
Ee t — action of laying before 
* results, so far as the i 
tained, of the frst ITE 
r em le i country he stn of its 
perseverance "with which the present 
experiment has been 5 as emen 
* The document from w PERLE EES 
—— time for u cat Saturday, ta 3 ini PETATE] 
It is, however, ewes at 62 gui 
unfair present the gross aggregate in this of Mr. Pacer, 
ne ipie npn eme 4 district of such entirely | society, who was also closel 
Бана гарде cultural character. Taking Hadding-| Baxewett himself. 
more normal. instance of ood. 8 cottish | after he united with his neig 
farming, we have A of its arable — in Wheat, Breepon, and others, 
„between + and 3 Mr. Ho , ME 
lá, o> S Beans 
a 
+, ш RRYBO 
ind Peas. nearly Thr in in Bheem between and 4 | had succeeded to the 
in Tu urnips, * arly 4 in 7 days three or four used to 
as much as 2 per cent. cot ah me a is 6 fallow ; | take. rams, so 
there are a pair of horses to eve ) arable 83 К suitably 
of Grass ] But in order to com- | sending o each. 
pare the results with t uses, so as to obtain | BUCKLEY’ —— man 
>p of these | the priceshe received for hisown st 
г them in much greater = = їп - instance for 
The counties must be divided into to 
iir severa ‹ id the produce of each con- rem — di in hia bein 
| Sidered.in connection with the natural and artificial | and also 800 and 600 gui 
and this we Бор hajar to the Duke of BEDFORD. 
* 
y 
Mr. Нохкувовхк? 
im- | instances as the foll 
owing :— _ 
