572 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[SEPT. 2 : 
and tat they elaborate à and — but being worth less 
dry substance, i › tels к б-п и 
d it is really an in money matters sumed to a given we eight of „wit 
Pell, as re eat fim 5 of fat and mutton, time, is all ент hage | the А for the three breeds.” 
to graze the inferior kin gh the eases experi- | Now, this our view a wide field : the 6 
mente nb to a certain extent make | difficult ie cles aves gation, Area ^ 8 
out the principle we laid down, still it admits of excep-| be considered so nearly s milar, that they ta wd "d m 
tionable features. large sheep in the north are 100 lbs. live wel ght Loy the same amount of dry 
the improved ones. It is the reverse with th food per week ! єр {һгее dissimilar worm least, 
the small are the improved. And this only strengthens | two of them—this seems to be correct. r it is 
th go on, 
w long, growing an unpopular kind of mutton. 
“Alas! for the wey of the age. 
r. Lawes arried on his plans, and subjected 
the Cotswold ie: dac» — course. Having, however, 
originally intended them for a 1 pira with 
the New Oxfords, р, without success, һе 
50 э alone, on different qualities of "s ae and sub- 
jected them eomparison (as to their 8 
a with the two kinds of Downs he had be 
tried. He th the flock selected by 
m on Turnip 
commenced with 
; hop, & as man edes as they could e 
— nde of dry food was — to the Cotswold 
8 - their weight, whie 1133 lbs. 
г ape aed of Соте chaff, an 
ear the conclusion of this онаа. е oil-cake was 
ecem- 
e 
> 8 
к=) 
in ће same e field i 
е! во of the other хий p only “will d 
ried the | W 
fore | 
But i is the 
ecid 
Has to say that they are therofore all alike to him ? No 
uch thing S r instance : 
prot ope so, or wh 
Mr. Milburn on Bheep and Ste ig. 
Home Corresponden 
al долата 3 Боби y Show in 
e pithy, and so far as it went 
stewa d, 150 b 
eatest 
gained the most was 
eatest amount at the end of the 
iment. The average gain in thi 
being on 3 lbs. 3 7-12thsoz. per head per week. In the 
third month the t inc agai 
grea 
inereased the 
postes that the one w 
ch realised the 
mallest — — it is vr — that the 
one which gavi nérease the second 
month w. на, sth which progressed the mo: — in the 1 beak 
=~ average ET fell, ree to 3 Ibs. 2 oz. — 
eek, Ё fourth week the low as 
W s bs., and the highest 28 — B inte — the 
oe which stood hi aun st i die 2 nth. 
verage a рел week 
Without pursuing ба abject — er, we may sa 
nal mean weight, without wool, was 174 ie; Н — 
highest weight, 214 ibs., and the lowest weight, 147 lbs 
The highest increase per week was, as we stated, 
the one before icularly referred to, не averaged 
4108, 7 oz; the lowest average being 1 
pt Z lbs. 2402 increase 
20 weeks per 1 00 lbs. of live wei ght took 250 lbs. "e 
pow 1 02. of Clo oa * 
t to 
gain e pre 
most, nor vice versá. Thoug it — | 
which that 
Ib. 14 oz., “> 
of 
giving the 
core! Te s Johnston, the fou 
mpo: aa — e in Ireland, nam aa t 
Roni ‘Trish be MU will, I hope, exeuse this, 
as will, ‚ Mr. Carro all, when it meets his e eye. 
. € Ба 
" 
ты 
Lois- Weedon сомон. of. Wheat.—I beg respect- 
r | fully to remind the author of © A Word in Season“ that 
he writes for the Бшге ed guidance of those who 
not a “ш 
take by personal instruction 
difficulty remov = by visiting Mr. 
the last 
— of the “ 
opinion we contend for, but a matter of fact. If I 
Wheat without eror: 3 the ground except by the hoe, is 
hay, and 3608 Ibs. of to try one system 4 Ss ad side of the other ; as yet, this 
Now, the comparison with the Downs wns of the | has the advanta e shall devis ieh does best in 
ds bef t —— :—Th the long run Pica set pet par oe: di 2 feet 
Cotswolds gained, per week: n tet Weine 21 inches is not the moiety of 5 pcm but I rm 
Бенно D" o ci i4 ar that Mr. Smith plants igiene 55 his land. 4.0.0, 
. 21bs. 1фох. € Wittenham. HH see Sea of 
x "ois was as а difirenco in t in the food. = — эӊ? Sane aan КӘ - he fact i is, that Mr. Smith 
consu more — every an the whole acre wi бея although onl half is tille for 
Sussex Downs ; and m wore ГЪ very s eon т all | no doubt the lateral rows of e trips take e great ied, fo an- 
but the 3 than th ampshires, But then e of the гіс of the fallow — por 
they had a large fra туче, greater results, | border. As Mr. Smith's E ition ren 
Taking the ptem inde for ee, as the test, as | misund impossible, we think this little prn 
e .] 
at 
the Cotswold, as the following will show 
Cotswolds. Hampshi ussex. А same mode of destroying — 
9 2 е. 230 lbs. rr Aerea ma eben.) district, vise him not to begin on м; fore, just sufficient mould being o 
ert RI ~ 2591bs. 304 Ibs a scale the pig market is very variable. Не | seed corn in the drills, The crop 0 
The DN ito = . 3941105. 4086 Ibs. ke care to breed the pig that is bought in the — sown in October, 1844, with 
he B weight per 100 Ibs. was about 2 per жыны) һеге = old Berkshire is the only pig for which | rate of 3 per acre of the 
е ч with the Cotswolds. e best sort - kind the yield of. tis erop, although much oo 
of this dn ways so е is not этте хдо go off free reely. have tried Jerusalem Arti- cms = at the rate of 5 аге. 2] yield 0 d 
Er. same consequence as the e It із | chokes, but I never could make the pigs tg them. | being 2 01 bu as ore than АШ vas шиден 
Чу, wien much an be are so confined rand often | J. 6,1 Beet ire. field in 1043." The rest of the field pec еі 
T» ш bo defined as clearly to make g Corn in Damp Weather.—A field of white | thi 3 is period my рг. 
661. an, oa ak The cost of his hale he Oita s p ln Nasse was cut wet, and the weather con- into its and situations, where 
— — X the dies tity food con- | tinuing the same, ked i layers, with dry e e em 
total of 951. 16s. 5 d.; <a а 291, бз. 54d.—a| straw betwe abroad the rick, the grain | they were discontin The 
921. 3s. 744, 3 while the p the sale found in excellent condition, not sprouted nor composition of the manure 
the lot, with the small Lanes of 31. 12s. 10d. in in an d what answered with so pre- | by myself, and partly purchased 
ý vi ure, for the risk, return for capital, carious a grain ite Oats, will s a bette: ce | the ; ing taken to 
аЬ envy” эй, sh Turnips ; but they sold at with Wheat, or even Barley. In this 5 thousands of | to to approximate as nearly as poss! 
the loon, There id sew Sama fade Ia. dia mad die mei r chee PER IE i amd Up, ы emper i vet] expel 
ч " ous А оп ground ; and where straw із all used up, | in this ner 1 
с — а help noticing. | other dry stalks, or even shavings, might answer. | time would have j 
ble ar dieci n Where no dry straw, &c., are to „ it M be | ral ad m: 
de е c CI uM ‚ | dried in sheaf ; either by a si le kiln, as in Russia, &с „I had entire 
er ^ kinds of animals, per 1001bs. | deseribed in Bri — mera vol. ii., p. 206; or | erops of Wheat in succession u 
weight weekly. * But when the qu of — — as follows :- —if the r rick 
ve are each to their contents of | be made hollow, with lucti 
instan 
result is in every -—- in favour of 
Ac dent, * Agricola," 
under this he ad asks for wobei. I [a im 15 
hi 
o- | Success 
hav 
ck h neipa 
he eee eed architect, the only — mai of the I 
nde of the| in succession fro 
e | Wheat, after a crop 0 
The ag гй e — e I did n 
e-grass, 
so | off. 
vu to plant a field of Wheat in dd one foot apart,|of 184 
hoe up two rows together, leave three, and so forth, I 
should have Mr, Smith's quantity left; "will A say that 
oed up half the ‚ уто heat 
planted a foot apart, occupies 1 foot 6 inches on each was sown in v 
side of th nt. hy are the two outside rows to be | applied in the drills 
lowed -— 9 ae! If the ground be trenched, it | The yield of ‘Wheat fr 
is in the win the surface only is moved afterwards ;| was at the f rathe 
and what is to 1 the — from taking possession | els to the — while the average y 
the e ex ent of planting the | the field iot то 
aei] of fresh b eere. placed within 
sed in fro m bott op, and covered over 2 and then gg 
fi 
quicklime will absorb about one-third i aa 
water a ton of ren will у 25 tween 6 and 7 ate 
for turn 
Pi immediately, and bel sh 
cept a 
Aan anure rh mes "m heat Cr te Th he Royal 
5 of England havi 
(for a manure, equal, or su 
ledged the necessity of a s 
ond t a which са E | 
A hr before 100 U results 
the agri i ail 
e feeling pere content po 
milar circumstan 
mself ; 
Ridgmont, n and eminent 
and experim mental мачеа Though a series oí 
acre ; thus giving at ough 
In the autumn of 
next crop. 
1843, in drills, i in the same — —— 
ear the artifici t 
of 4 quarte: 
half a bushel of 2 quarte 
of the field in 1843, The pt ре 
sown with beans. After removing — 
