— Hia iis 
there 
— good-will, sss ant and ability. 
be forced into it. Another d 
— Devos, 
pe THE 
AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
269 
ve read most n written upon 
the subject T this Cochin бот. but I have yet to learn 
what eir relative advantage over other varieties, 
g retain their giddy eminence, but signal 
fall not less rapid eir rise. 
Englan en mad for many months on the subject 
of poul he w lly Kossuth, and 
Bloomerism, and el biology, and now we are ripe 
for another exhibition of national folly in the person of 
Mrs. Beecher Stowe. we live to see the old 
cock restored to his pristine supremacy ; pre: thes 
zh 
door 
and Me loud enough for 1 sent 
eastern inions. Cochin's — I would 
write, Send 6 us over plenty “of T, but we don’t want U.” 
E. S., Enfield, April 18. 
Pouttry: J W. A large loose wing in a Cochin pullet is a great 
fault. The Cochins lay more eggs than the Dorkings. 
Miscellaneous. 
Death of Mr. Alexander eue ont i is with deep 
of 
t that we have heard of the ie death of Mr. 
Wilson, o wburn, Dunse, N.B. He will be sincerely | a 
mourned for in the distri he w own 
h 
— so highly esteemed, both as neighbour and as agri- 
time; an vane — in e q^ for a long — E 
being about weld e years since snow has been seen нее 
weather, in tact for e — red has been unusually severe, se 
so, indeed, than further up wy m its Severity having been 
exemplified by the deaths h 
As r 
ing c cg bom, rom the above reason, 
— dry weather lial given opportunity for the — of the land 
E Barley, &c., on the Turnip folded ас land. Gra: е s has been 
, even the ‘water meadows are so forward m 
thi ings in general are later than * rad The 
I think, showing арш of improvement; — aries y 
clean, large quan nti tie s of lime are t used, а disposition is shown by 
the landlor over-crowded 
hedges and e of timber, and to throw some of the diminntive 
2 — e, which rarely average more than 7 or 10 —— in 
* 
ey are most backward in is good i 
oid. fashioned Tec ru me s — at work. The chief 
celebrity in the lo 2 s, how: white сау — e 
whence the pot Btafordoh vil p Worce 
supplied ep the — ЫН of pipes, &c. The foare гены <i 
M ere, the а na erally wp 1 aree deep; the * work 
n gangs o , one mployed at the bottom 
at the Apa which, is rect, fat — — digging up the 
m re piec ece bein equal in cag etn pum 
an Ж з 5 shout 40 Iba.. 2 pe 0 of the men slide the 
— pind are кна g along a 1 a p to others, who boas oe them * 
ns of m others 
ane ready with a truck, hen filled, is sent — a tram 
road with a boy, down to the canal, г where di guns are — to 
ors hipment, whic 
after unloadi ing, r n with co — ch 1 iod an the track йы 
about two and a halt tots. To p^ e pits t 
pee and then carts are used to take the bee. Ww "the — — 
t the clay is not perfec etly w satis factory, it is 
i 
a irown aside on a 
eulturist. 
x ournal that we have here to ex ress the sense of our 
The whic ad has abated to 
contributi 
— of 
to regret the untimely 2" of so so 
Mr. 
quite a you and had been but a few yeiai pairi h 
ia his profe: —— 
The Square Kiln of the menie eine n nl 
ar 
furn 
one brick "biet caving about pem = the ee 
" a brick On the 
the coal, and wheth 
not, Good faggots and a are preferred to coal, as 
less. moi oisture ; 5 beeause se, "not 
ont of the 
m clearer and with 
onl out of 
ware, but, if damp, pa exhaling from the fuel so 
moistens the ware, that t чу oe can, with little trouble, 
isadvan 
the 
erable "zit 
r in 
action of id elements speedily decomposing i it. When 
more in particular portions of the con- 
of clay, true and false, the ram betok ae with sand is of a 
greyish colour and wonld - too brittle for use in pipe-mannfac- 
ture. e men earn from 12s. to 15s. per week. H. E. (Will 
yo oblige us n2 I address ?] 
OF TH : April 9.—The last fortnight has — 
e for — — men, the seed ope ау 
к БЕШП int the way 
t 
of tillage was to plough the Turnip and 
, level banks, — — hollows 
ey — rid of mue water by every p 2 nee and 
care. At last w e been „веі at liberty, t heavy land tha 
easy task 
E had 
to prepare for seed y. Ap 
overshowed a tilth — ү — enoug h for Barley, Beans, 
or Oats. l si as been to finish Wheat 
ing, which is only now on the point of being completed, but 
land has been almost every where too cold and 
arle ey sown in January is looking 
ans. 
the continued wet tani cold weather since it was sown. Not being 
| yards by mixing the manure from horses with that from bullock 
sheds — ре -yards, overtopping the whole with imt Е e 
to bec 
— — c AE, — s) 
4 Human agency cannot be superseded in tillages by the most 
cleverly constructed implements; the vr may be done better 
and quicker by the aid of machinery, and i 
| diminished rate, but 
better the “dead stoc 
better paid 
n some instances at а 
good m n — be well served, and e 
k,” the m telligent, =“ therefore 
the live s — given, n, land of a fair average q 
farm 2 — 
ably able — a hands. Farm t 
they may, mi pid strides within —— — — years; it may be 
ground, and if the master has bestirred 
1+ @O8 
, 
— — 
c I 
s m sity to 
all imp — — | disposed to place a 
value upon his own capabilities, in proportion as they are 
mem. It therefore Maru ecessary that the master should. 
look ag P ел and should n. an opportunity slip when it 
engagin g active i. Maa rthy labourers, — = "a^ st 
AM. element in the successful management of a J.W 
— ˙d 
. stia nenne cad 
Notices зе a orrespondenti, 
EGYPTIAN Lupin BEANS: ve had no experience of 
them. Perhaps some d: ioe Medien oe may tell you how 
they suit as food са есд 
LAX: Farmengro. Johns rae nds к. — d 
le — o dissolved in in — ттер * 101bs 
ashes; 20 lbs. of 2 йр һев; 
е, to be m lied 
oe 1 tity, and is zum in E 
agree zc 
organic food which the crop requi We 
you chemical prey T you iana. r ie term 
whatis wanted, Gett nto good order by Turnip — 
e 
— husbandry and you will t able to grow Flax or anything 
Ped Green: ERF if any of our readers 
him how the 9 —. mix the green eee, with Shieh rs 
commonly wash the — of their houses. He finds that 
lime turns every gree e has tried to yellow. Рибар 
some опе оѓ ош readers kr — the secret, and will be kind 
Mon . We do not suppose that the old mortar 
rubbish иш be te of much — to the Turnips. Turf, or wood 
ashes would be of much ter value. 
HEAT: . We 
RSERY W WH e presume this is the same as 
* April’ : 
Markets. 
COVE E GARDEN, Aprit 23. 
The supplies of Vege improving; but still they are 
no more — ficient a the 1 demand. A few forced Peaches 
wid 3 appearance during the week. Hothouse G Аш уч 
said of I — y Forced Strawberries-fetch from 9d. to 1 s. 6d. 
an ounce. Cob an nd other 1 Bate oa LI. The supply 
f Horn Carro 
re 
Asparagus, Radishes, Globe Фе ый “Endive, and Let reg 
s still considerable, and the va ne articles are 2 in 
quality c" Seakale and с. 2 re pretty abundant. Pota- 
» mii. Cut flowers т а, of- 
2 Primulas, "Tu Tulips, Roses, Cyclamens, Mignonette, 
Cinerarias, and Camellias, 
tents of the iin than in others, there are frequently | т 
to at 
iron rods or rakes to kilns are often of consider- 
able size. Ihave seen them as long as 30 feet. They 
must of tance ; as, if a the 
arches ever fall in, they are used to pull out the portions, 
and th t is so in that slight rods would not 
answer, rake i remove the hards, level the 
fire, &e, А chisel-ended tool is used to scrape the 
fro bars, and a tool with a forked end is 
shove faggots or billets of wood to urther end of the 
fire. In a kiln where 33,000 bricks were burned 
Once, eight tons of rning them, and 
l4kilns a 
year burned durin season, 
the latter = = PM to Michaelmas, Each kiln will 
take fr 8 hours 
e ground, an 
ee ag Mae E to keep in the e heat. 
We ee 
Calendar of * 
ы sowie than 
he bite rw 
as b. 
shortened m summer peni Чы а mber come 
— 7 Looking forward to ie лей а conclusion of pring 
s to oie, we shall devote all our care to 
к eed Potatoe: 
acre; Yellow 
season to try oe — ча dene: ea ple 
to the 100 жч — arable land, 
ma Ift rm lies within 
convenient, ege rse less зын! ы 
casualties; but some o rs here have land im 
without € 2 спао to Trap hort тэка close to their work ; 
the land is not eg A heavy, five or six 
th ; as о 
"e per Per — 
and don not keep them . the 
ring fence, and the 
д = be suuin for oim 
ein — 
ew npe mui ds late, a S 
as e W. um an we wW 
with heavy snow, i on the ground some 
nse, for, after all, the 3 ust be regulated | 
incoming JEU ru ock of all kinds are Topes ve, and ' 
any bope of profit is inèd. 
road-s ngs, read arted about the land as s RUIT. 
in à fit c — to receive it. The weather for the last rx e Aout e per Ib, 8s to Td Lemons, per doz., 1s to 2s 
five — s has been 25 саев for cleaning land, and we have бта s, hothouse pib. ,10s to 15s | Almonds, per peck, 5s 
effectua ually brol oken up r rries, per 2 9d to 18 6d sweet, per Ib., 2s to 38 
with Buttercup Apples — bush, 10s to 15s | Nuts, Barcelona, per bush., 20s 
and ani roots, which thie 8 winds and frequent. — tchen, do. , 6s to 12s — Cobs, 120s 
have “ weathered,” and nearly withe ghly Oranges per doz., 1s to 2s Chestuuts, p. bush., 8s to 208. 
it has been necessary to pig the peer Жыра and cross-plough — Seville, p. 100, 7s to 148. , ; 
the MN sodden parts of the field two - three times before VEGET ABLES А 
е всп ег would lift tlie clods or си -— поје! slice so as to à 
g the said Buttereups to the ligi whereas, on the В таза о Sprout F — s shallot per ib, Вова" 
wi part — 1 “ploughing followed Ъу scuffler, Os to 9s p Lar "9 Garlie, per Ib., 6d to 8d 
a 8, roll, and scuffler, leaves it thirsty and prepared to derive | 
all kinds of benefit from the genial showers that will soon descen: —— күй an — Lettuce, се dos, n d 2 
to fertilise and renew the exhausted energies of the soil. It is Freio Boon oki i Radishes, | E adr 9s to 9s 6d 
yet early enough for E Oats o й. са. — еа ag mit Asp ndle, 5s to 10s | Endiv. er sóc 28 6d to 3s 
fo MÀ or precede Wheat, the course n fen lai Seakal r basket, 2s to 2s 6d Small Salads " lan di 1 uw 
(subject always to density — - erg soil), Rhubarb, p. bundle, 6d #015 Wotw atish р. bundle. 1s to 57 
—-— m — wo tae te н at, Oats, Carrots Pa ee on Potatoes, per ton, 8 — en, за VON 
ressing of manure wi olesee e pg 
Oats m 7 P preode, the Mc at, rendering t A — pp — т рег et dg А 15 . T ue sents y > "t 
1 i roaches lo or silt, se ^ € Т 
alternate with Coleseed as а relief to the corn — flloved, 9 ini m bers ilk. — ^ as el er — — — о ^ 
е , 
ue А m. et Sytner: жаы ina * г афу nee Gra пеат * — Celery, per umd, od. " 1s m 'Thyme, per buneh, 2d to 3d 
5 
ий, — fed off; or — и for cutting, sown — — ed edem a 47 * Ls — S Jk io enr de Ss 
я ya oed 5 . Оп high — Clover is usually * with —.— ir bushel 48 to Sa Basil, > e tan m: 
аг = her parts. rely give here the omary ~ : 
modes of 8 notieing de pe ck че p^ „енна from Beet Жутту, ^an doz, sto s Marjoram, do., 2 to 10d 
— ited —— to have the preference. The lambing season is eot, per dozy 1з to 12 90 eee un, Sd to 
nearly brought to a close, and may be characterise the obser- HAY. се Load of 36 Trusses, 
vation of a friend, “T am glad it is over, for we have "d nothing | MITHFIELD, April 21, 
but trouble from the partaning to the end.” He had lost more | Prime T a Šis to 92s | Clover „. 956 to 1083 
t 10 per cent of his A favonrable issue — e this part | Inferior do. "tne 80 econd соё ... 70 92 
of the country been — the exception, nearlx e breeder | Rowen ove eee Wise А . 90 
having complaints to make of difficult parturition, аль from New Нау ... Е. J. Davis. 
dizziness, dead lambs, number of questi ?]ew g lost from Co MBERLAND М ARKET, April 21. 
red water or other causes. Fro , сап learn, there is Prime repel rand 8 Inferior Clover — T to 953 
ason to fear Leicester | Inferior do, - 
sheep will not exceed t mber — wes put tup last New Hay . — 
autumn, This un е ма, н cid — А in | Old Cheeks > — zx, 11 110 Josnva TES 
bringing up the prices of sheep to — a pitch. At a sale a few APEL, April 21. 
days ago, ewes i with couples, 64s. | Fine old Hay ME 9 to 90s] Ó Old Clover ...  ...100sto110s 
ch; and good lamb hogs are selling at each, | Inferior do. Inferiordo. .. ^ .. 72 90 
while fat sheep in the wool are making quite 7d. per Ib. a all our New Hay s.e  «.— — | New 3 
markets. Turnips are nearly finished, and the Straw... ..98 82 | Inferior do.  — 
ning to be stocked miss ein и —. idein ^ well à as lamb 
hogs, and prepara e cow stock. POTATOES.—SovTHWARK, A 
few а days "dat - Since our - T market Mm supplied, 
thriving steers, but a “froth of Grass pu Lm 3 d by rail, and trade v The follow- 
and it is mo cit 
Аа — t = ewag 
both coastwise 
ing are this mre quotations: Yor rkshire е orent 1108. to 160s.. 
— (a — Scotch do., 1005, to 120s.; ditto 
reds, 85s. ; French whites, 85s. to 1058. 
WOOL. 
BRADFORD, THURSDAY, APRIL 21.—There is at present a heav 
ness in the wool market; no one seems ва! atista = e E 
. The prices dem: 
она п dealers and Mime -— EL 
prices — 
isina 
— T — alis 
uy the ан trade 
t period, 
trade after- 
ards. Bios and * Е — 
y — ple stock 
general y light. 
SMITHFIELD.—Mowpay, April 
3 scel — Bea 
is a lar pl of Sheep, and trad 5 
p difücult to maintain late AMAA: Lamb is 
ке, ü teca of, 
at ‘fully late rates. There is no 1 in 
rom Germ ermany and Holland there are 906 
sts than on Monday tas last, but P. 
