shells of Oats and steamed Be: an- Stra i in about equal 
0 1 
hei 
9 lbs. a wee 
ben n і the average gain so 
per week each. A sam 
on the 26th of March for analysis, the result of which. ^s throw light on the gen general sa 
I which a 
5 
tible in increase in its weight, these 
ression, 
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828 
THE AGRICULTURAL PALETTE 
s. of Swedes per 
would с 
1 
sample of the excrement was 
give. 
Moistu ^c ӨЗ 
Organic matter and salts of ammonia * 
Sulphate of potash and soda 
“Jalen 51, equal to ammonia .62 per cen 
(Signed) J. me Way. 
The yield of excrement is about 9} ton 
alue in ammonia, 7s 
0 
Ad for 
od with th e sa 
pr ha 11b. time arty ilb. о 
with J Ib. of tere was con ntinued an 
May. cat 
eir straw ; this was 
creased till the whole of their bulky food 
the like allowance of extra 
ae 4 lb. Linseed, as 
the close of Jun 
was § 
ei ing 
— l4lbs, each per week. А "аа of the excre- 
ment sent to степу d to 
consist of. 
Moisture .. 
Organic matter, or r salts of t ammonia >. es 
ио of] lime 7 e 
Common salt 
Sulphate of soda and potash 
Nitrogen .94, 145 to 1.14 ammo: 
з. per em being at e 
manure б I 
51. et 
and rep mineral 
r assimilate more 
in the early, and adi 2 fat in th 
the same bulky and extra food had been 
ces o 
у rich | s nitrogen without any percep- 
experiments tend to 
of feeding doubl 
When it is considered 
(iaka, lan 
nitrogen or ammonia costs 
Beans at the moderate price 
г 318. per quarter), more than 18. 
— as manure is of б имама 
ting the 
n 
& 
| 1 
ing 
e 2 
eed ground in the whole of the ma 
f 
p of live stoek, a most important one in 
itself, w the ys whi ich Mr. M‘Culloch KA these 
ought to determine; his objec to 
| fin d out the fetch feedin ng pr operties ot iuis 
e food, is conse- 
amed for using money values as 
of arri - а setting his experiments in 
| that li ight in hich under the influence of certain favour- 
— exceptional circumstances e appe 
mmercial trans 
tends or sho 
stock, we must, of pee, en them excep- 
tional circumstance we accordi ingly do not object to 
- eae for bre &c., made by *S.," and accept 
t demur his statement that the exuvize of the 
cattle — 1121. 123, lld., 
The question of им" ог loss de depends on 
no 
h ; 
satisfied with the method ado ыз ed by *S." for ascer- 
taini pard i шы Т its — and valuing at a 
trary r I one made д» се llowin 
o liable 
I first 3 the qu — — pesas 
n the food consumed, and the live weight er = 
nal | 
table oad | = м rom À one-tenth for loss in passing s through 
mal organ mount of nitrogen in 
and by adding t ie this the quantity detis in 
| the litter, 1 had in like manner the amount contained 
nure. 
NITROGEN. 
Foop CONSUMED. 
Amountin 
Percent. pounds. 
or, including the litter, | 
t being | Fow 
a that ste 
A 
aiy to the satisfaction of E emplo 
not to have been settled here until 
so it was is Surely Mr. - c 
ing steam а — when w 
of its utility ; 
chroniclers of this event 
уз 50 doubtfu 1 
uran 
ge Y. with all its 
propels the leviathan 
of 2000 or 3000 tons. will be able to drive 3 
chine ? я 
Shed- feeding Sheep — Your nary IE 
; Prince Hall, Dartmoor, referr 
which 1 read to the Fettercairn — b, — 
which an extract is given in your Gazette of 26th Novem. 
ber, enquires what kind of sheep I alluded 
answer t my ewes were half-breds, 
—— =ч tupped by а pure Southdown ; 
esult, whic rem d h hi 
боку, 
000 
lar ad ve r 
whic h I erm e done ind H anticipated that any part 
of it peres € ace fact 
ving i mcum a an ex — боші my paper in 
azette, сай two asides 2 to it, leads 
4306.5 wt. of Swedes % 
1566. 75 do. et Warzel 
225 do. 
51600 Ibs. агытат wad 
6300 do. 
| 14911 do. 5 
1136 do. Oilcake 
9155 do. Rapecake 
0.217 
2⁵ 
2⁵ 
1. 
4. 
4.6 
5. 
Deduct one-tenth for loss 
Deduct —— the nitrogen contained in dei ewt. 
= pe — which, at 2 pe = 
amounts to .. 
Wah 
one 
Ada +h tai КЕ 
oe ** 
361 tons 
Wg 
d we have in the whole manu 
B to 8955.6 ib. of — whieh at 6d, бе Tb. 
is worth 223]. ia 9d., at the co 
| 1582, 58. 5d. m 
e 
„K ve been 
f | which alon 
ss in n my 
wo and three а ears old 
5 of June; and - 
year offers uds a “full bite for cattle ын ‘the second 
week of and is no 5 to e 
ssl Of 
no after 
is quite 
of weight à in our Nepote produce, 
ment of the rotations 
a 9 ot гари 
«M. 
incorrec 
entire fields of by] 125 in T e season in e 
of A The usual n on good soils, Wir 
the alitude i is m above 400 feet, is a five years 
consistin ats; 2d, Turni ips, or other “drilled 
green crop; 3, Wheat or Oats, sown with Clovers and 
Мер, iih, На А ; 5th, Pasture. At а 
he gen 
of CAM I asturage, 
а comm 
| for some time to insure an average sample. Y. 
Home 
— ig vate or soe ime 
өң ander f nder the above aig ЖЕ 
*Culloch's s experiments, T b : a few 
the subject, The pell 
the | information I Y could hardiy poi ip . 
early t the whole of the clergy are 
y in Barley, or its price for the year, as » xed in 
ar's court. J. D. H. 
— The followin 
amateur wish 
tried, and with such st tat 
suceessful. Now, when I 
And and th 
but to have enabled Ану? 
ds | difference of кон (on the feeding ise pe 10 
e leads th i m 
—In the Agricultural | thank. y 
There are not a dozen | 
, Oats the third 
S pt the rotation is quedar by 1 two des T 
Mone the 
he adopted, 
vto hs n a price of 2 be — 
readers to c 
which h 
h 
care and feedi "t. "The a 
240 aeres, ME my farm, d upon which these. 
were bred, is 163. per acre. 1 should probably no not 
Cumberland,” for his- obliging 2 
зб ыш yards, and, if not ton teil TIG 
feel greatly obliged by his favouring n me with a 
tion of those which he has adopted, so much to his 
satisfaction, with p: as to ex pense. William 
Win ‘oy, the Burn, Brechin, N.B. 
Sorieties. 
pa 
Mec he can't It 
most inconyenient lets 
ҮК ог od prejudices Monts he et ie 
t 
ho world kn The old 1 
outlive thé 
— 
t it is 
friends. tifyin, takin 
grounds, to s Ps ian medicine gradually taking 
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