764 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Nov. 96, 
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not viewed in the light, were sent to Edinburgh, and sold for 23s. per head. 1 it. But to the ease which I sa „ 
pre eo а Лена Saget opinion is more con- | happened to get the very wo orst market of the rug and | you : the whole of the manure at the tas 0 "pes. 
ducive to the interest of the labourer and his n | was much disappointed with the result. The 70 hogs in manufactured under cover, with the exception of a 
than length of service, and any institution which doe s question were the shots of 150—my crop of lambs. "The quantity in a small open court. Soon after the smal 
not reward this I think can be neither the labourer’s nor | result of last year’s experiment was— of my Turnips, I remarked that 10 drills were very in. 
| s fri pol „оз зе ferior in appearance to those in the ra. arto a | 
m to get as * xe m 3 1 nm vanced, the — 
ean, and the workman to get as much “ty т аз he can, Turnips, 5s.; gi ent bet 15. onin ч 
irrespective of higher considerations, is, I fear, only a ü ; шар Uis manure of these es had been nee | found 
manifestation of that covetous spirit which i в too rife in Sold for 235.; —.— 65 e ee 0 о the casualties of w. 9 
Ф ngo. Owl. LN Cu дандай ing a v ery wet thrashing season, A few days ago, to satisfy 
Anthony's — -— езй — — ж e 1 some Profit per hea .£0 3 ie that it was not all in n appearance, I had a рог 
months since purcha and bee The of the previous = ИУ were the average of alo e two parts taken up and weighed. The follow: 
much disappointed in ou pH Tal MD. obliged to a * of lambs. No general or comparativ ifs the result :—10 yards of a drill of court manure 
ту. of ую. correspondents who may hav 8 result ean be drawn from these e different with shaws, 53 Ib., without shaws, 28} lb; shed mainte 
~ to give her the result of their experien x in character, and also in the description of the stock. I with shaws, 62 Ib., without shaws, 39 Ib.; or sh 4 
finds, katad ‘of its producing (as is stated een! in the prefer the latter mode of ee rey ; and I will persevere with shaws, at the rate of 18 tons 15 ewt. per acre- 
Aer tis with it until 1 e e tha t t does or does not give a | without shaws, 12 tons 10 ewt. 2 дүз. 24 Ib; do 2 
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cream in the box churn obtains 54 Ibs. of butter, the is sufficient evidence that there is nothing unw iffer i | 
same quantity in the American giving only 4 Ibs. 3 oz. in the practice. — apprehensive tliat their feet ЕНЕ | covered паро of abou 27 че r cent. It may not 
This has happened more than once, when the directions | paoia affected by th e soft straw, but such was no t the | considered o 01 Bhce that I give the club some 
iven with аус А s churn were implicitly followed, case; and when it is considered that, fed on Turnips | | particulars of. pa of Potatoes, grown with Шашы. 
and the weights ron tds sture during the winter, they woald have been | from these covered courts. I have heard of 
nicety. eis ада cireumstances, some information exposed to much wet walking, it ceases to be a matter of wonderful results this year from Potatoes, arising 
to. be relied on will be very acce Time of | surprise that they remained sound on the dry dd I | two eauses—a very large crop, and a very high 
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varied very little—with Antony's iino: may remind you that the winter before last was a dry I had ] acre o 1 of 3 ) 
48 minutes; with the box churn, 20 minutes, Parson’s one, and consequently much in favor An sheep, whieh | | the rent of which was, when in pasture in 1836, L 
Green, Nov. 16. were only pa € ally under cover. Again, last year wa в | 8з. per Scotch acre. From 1-4th of this асте Тый 
Over-Feeding:—The remarks relative to over-feeding, | extremely wet; and my hogs had the | fall benefit of the otatoe: u | асте pto. 
objected to by * Clod-Crusher," were intended to con- | | shelter worded, thriving at a time when thousands of duced two crops, 120 times the amount of the ent in 
demn a system. It was, therefore, quite unnecessary | sheep were dying in England, and when there was a 1836! А grower of ры this year (w els 
to introduce the name of a person who appears to have | general 8 that “feeding sheep” were doing no of food are so very hig А pay be 190 Oe а | 
i inted in not receiving a pri t the late | good in this district. І тау call your attention to the benefactor. I have to et, on f 
ing o i i 0 r. small quantity of а rnips — last — Ib. of well as on that “ the pnblia с, that ihe wie iil | 
It should be а rule amongst all exhibitors, where | cut Turnips per day, which, at only 20 tons per acre, | not been Potatoe if 
judges are appointed to decide upon c» merits of stock, | would keep for six — 18 Beal, а number far more To feed sheep “successfully under cover, за 
or anything else, to consider them competent to a than i is usually kept upon an acre. The quantity ate by provide the necessary accommodation, йт | і 
take the duties imposed upon MM It is paying m dee sheep — кә їз кы ; and there is no waste always attainable ; nor am I in a Pate d | 
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of the natural use. of its legs, and the flabby, soft, un- | dung and all the grain and oil-cake or Linseed | as Isaid,I certainly shall continue it, Er m ĉon- 
wieldy state of the carcase, pampered u nni particular upon the farm. 1 have charged the grain at the vinced that it will not pay. In my o ease, applyiig, 
occasion, — лога the grunter a almost i capable of full market price. Under these circumstances, exclu: | as I did, the buildings covered in bor 3 manure courts to 
locomotion: The i “te later only sive of the direct profit, which I admit бе very | the “feeding of sheep,” I had the advantage: ithout 
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he would annihilate. * The great utility of this — sumed. I "pee no caleulation of the value of the sheep рита cover“ із worth trying; and Ii ЧА БШ, 
(the Royal 1 M being the tra of manure ; т.а would — ез» Ee to come to anytiting some of our members may be induced to do 80, if үй 
country er ö * accu ots without numerous and carefull fon a small scale. I ач now buildings in progr 
other, the intelligence of йды would be a guaran- | ducted experiments ; — I think T may assume — wed which will enable me to experiment m 
tee for all the young stock bought ; and the exhibitors ese is very consi iderable; An allowance ought also to | I еее under cover, and І s 
finding it would not answer their purpose to pamper | be made for the Turnip-shaws left on the oil ~~ t is in my power to state the mis 
animals ( suming m Tur —— 
€ which they eould not find a market, would | results from this mode of consumi ai Maie eme mene 
soon relinquish a practice now so much complained of.” | as I allow 4s. 6d. per ton for Turnips, I binge dk а 
Why should not паи nog Agricultural Society hasten good market. I think a farmer in "this district n E | Notices ot Books, 
the re i ofa“ pee now so much сот- grow Turnips at 4s. 6d. a ton, getting back the re, | Aasiaa ii 
a — by Fulcon. leaving a very handsome margin for profit. While | d | Suggestions for an Annual Return OR Agri 
E nad thus do not wish to represent the profit or advantage of | fistics, in. a. Letter to the 
Right the 
> « inse Tobin sheep," as far as it has gone, 2 | the Board of Trade, Ву G. W. Cooke, Da 
armers t has been, or mislead you with imaginary ог Law. Stevens and Norton, Boll Yard, 
Harpen, Nov. уб Sheep.—Major es et results, I must admit that my trials liave "TRE suggestions are : | 
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MC е и we make the against the system, What I have satisfied myself of is, parishes which shall fairly represent all the Оте 
follows extract: My first trial was on Mr. Hux- that sheep housed and treated as I did my stock last | Pf soil, culture, an and climate, that optam e ough 
ables -on It was a decided failure. year will grow sat on a comparativel rm uantity | 
Before the winter was far advanced, the sheep, which of Turn — and a small allow 2 ance обе or dH ees 72. aing eed his representati ive 
had thriven well for about six weeks, fell off perceptibly, and, after paying a ўт price for what th ey со ё, 0 to changing them for och 
D. e died ; and ig satisfied that the cause was the E a small profit to the feeder and the manure in rite | “should о Р 3n their culture Mode ba fie 
; manure below them, and having по means | improved condition. I wish t o state facts, and let you тергев character), the 
2! out to the fields, and draw your own conclusions; but І may remark that, "himself ipn a field. book of eat’ "Every f 
abruptly terminated. It appears to me hig I AT sold n my hogs i d rie e or a week earlier or contain columns headed” according uri | 
ing pen la e season, I know that I should haye had questions which tbe s p stem of i inquiry bé y 
unless the manure be periodically removed, and id shillings per head additio rofit. F. la 
Чи place below kept sweet and clean. be гайте moderate as the à; Eri — i 5 15 ast ks дсн eo 
. pian of . the ammonia which would prevent | couraged to oceed in this 
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femi. Я ува уне: E ега зене M rte the Tu: rand us эзсе: rtain whether "hey ium ж | ny 
8 ter under cover. Here they received by the superior progress c e the stock. The e manure — 
as many uld eat, a quarter of a pound last 
erushed Oat one-eighth of a pound of oileake. | was excellen the shed t e re 
Lm $n sia а a few days after * put to the Tarnip drills, and H had a most convincing ed of 
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were scld after | soe elipt for 26s. 6d; — e „Те wanted to AR) gay’ reps reason ide e man of its а Oh ad 0 
winter was pid and cold, but little or no tical 405 ntage. I do not think or wasting your time to 
eA court was very dry all winter, - The ао е uce afar: well-established fact in support of such a 
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