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THE ILIE Rta iad a aidait 
[January 17, 1857. 
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n drawn and cove over in | 
o Turnips top . The ew: of tal 
bulbs will show r s for even up to t the very | ey 
would rive and split if pierced with a vaes like Apples 
when young and crisp. I fear these details will be c 
sidered an but they are seasonable, pariri haten 
be ae excuse. 
I not ms on the question of 
Mangels, for seems settled by ge eon men 
in favour of or clamps, similar to of 
n. whiet havea non covering of straw or ANDIA, 
sheet-anchor t is a few inches of 
ar well clapped down with the spade. Samuel Taylor, 
Gloucester. 
CRYSTAL PALACE POULTRY SHOW. 
Tmp amateurs had often shaken their heads, and 
wished the directors would have a poultry show 
exhibitors had promised support, an pie capable of| w 
judging had success. We suppose that 
the had not made his ee till Mr. 
‘Houghton took it in — This gentleman being tho- 
roughly con 
8, at once put 
and the thanks of all ama 
A long, light and ony phar, ordinarily devoted to 
Carri occasion tenan y the poultry. 
bya a douti ter of double 
ere 
occupi 
pma ee above and one ull while on 
a row against the wall, in so of dou 
in thereof ana pens. Thanks to ae width of the 
building, th 
adjoining the gallery. Most persons 
with the crowing of cocks to be heard a 
show, yet 
itself, it was not to be 
opornie till rage Sa in the place. 
most people to the double doors. We mention it for 
the information of committees, as a curious point in 
most laces, the 
formed a goodly array. Mr. D 
for old birds, Mr. Ral 
2 
gem of the hae Hg classe 
indeed, we do not recollec 
M 
xd cron and alee were very successful, dipal the 
former. an 
4p 
s 
storing 
peed 6% 
h all the i aatis gue sending | Hew 
the how 
amount of por es upwards of 600l, 
taken by the public in this pleasing fa tke 
J 
Spanish cage sky mon the 
took 
o 
Wew 
The Black Polands — hee in good hea 
ave seen an so wel 
exhibited in point of merto d as at this s 
eridge both sold 
d Mr. Co 
Tweed’s Silve 
The Mal ns of 
these birds fal gre most in popul 
same. 
io Sebright t Bantams are hardly as good as they were ; 
r, if they are, their raken- will not exhibit them, The 
black, white, "and gam 
N 
re curious than 
natn, 
Mary pita Ta 
As we believe we have t eights on Tore 
authority, we will em ea jew! in the Aylesbury 
ass : the nine successful du a weighed 71 lbs., 
8 lbs., Ei per couple, but per 
are poe semen 
re true to colour, haat not so 
The | black and call ducks were Cini: 
were very large. 
Th ni judges were Messrs. Anderson, Baily, and 
Our ‘limit will not permit us B a sits the names of 
the iy 88 ful. This is the ne ary, because most 
people have seen, or can se anon 
e have — in hating that in all respects 
was ently successful, pet that the teen. 
eine 
Home Corresponden 
Ta aiie .—We cann gan ha 
a better manner perhaps than in pwr nt known to 
the wei sepia world, through the medium of your 
colum which has agi a wape indi- 
arapa by following bp with spiri 
verance a syste’ agri 
y since, and continued (the fo tem) u 
to this very day. I i to the loss the Skai 
hood has sustained by the rather sudden death of Mr. 
ohn Rob, of Thorpfield, near Thirsk, a te 
and who i 
past year 
r, 
is career with v 
years employed in farming, he must 
have experiinesd the changes attendant bi both high 
and low prices. A Tru gpa Sao ye 
yd 
ers and commendations. white are 
i in weight, but it is cs spt of difficulty | dis 
to keep pace with their darker brethren. 
‘Hobbs took the prize for a single cock, with 
great size merit, 
Then came once so petted, and 
the birds that w 
sold at 50l. each—we allude to ie tha Cochins. owe do 
poe Page Allison, oon 
Sturgeon, we thought well; but, as a 
whole, they were not up to the Birmingham standard. 
The Grouse birds were very good, of the 
whites 
Brahma Poutras improving, and the favourable 
pu. eti pA iye Par thele ble p 
will, : é e 
ison, Dain, 
It is difficult to do justice classes, fo 
birds were “thick as ge ey in eee Fi Fifty of 
_ them were noticed by the judges, and even then w 
there were others that equally domins the 
The duck-winged appeared to us the best class we 
had ever seen, far beyond the same at Birming- | to 
Truly the winners in may be 
proud, for it is not an easy victory. We could 
not ease condition of these birds. Their 
worthy of imitation to all 
kompr send them for com- 
| remarks of ph two cae 
| * Subseriber pigs 
ama- | 
Charges for Professional on Drai a aap —The 
oa signing themselves 
ot alike that they must 
surely be the same person, or same engineer must 
| have re attended bo both, hen they must live within a short 
other, 
ing weet advice of a 
essional man ae yin 
erria in travelling ? 
onal man to travel by night, 
as kindly suggested by one o of your correspondents, an i 
sarge Sihat forit? Is health and strength re 
fessional man ? 
s, We heartily went with the judges 
Wh 
arity. By 
ed to their award, the judges evidently ‘thought Bi 
rem 
k | evenness ah regularity as gA eo 
each e a 
the ns pe 
n | Mr, R. Ru 
En 
unless 
ane at d home to di t although De 
an re urne ome o dinner a six, t oug a ns 
neer. 
vsti iur 
on 
d 
earing time by ppearanot A 
ee this aeae pon straggling ears 
We ea af by coniidel this 
tage, because {y 
ar is sec 
the sun’s — D 
sam Tn 
yours be soun 
Wheat” asan im 
of flow 
romise 4 
sg 
Kes 
i s0 "great in the hotte 
f Fra since ou ps 
not so apt to “shield out » after a hot pats favourath 
ripening season if unaccompanied by wind or rai 
South Essex, Jan. 3. 
sich S, 
Cen LuB,—The following subject 
are set down for pli: during the present year fi 
ROPOSED BY : 
Mr. R. Barem, f 
Writtle, Chelmsforù. 
Mr.R, curr 
Pla bi 
ARY 2. — The most judiciou 
‘Management and Application = 
myard ate Artificial Manures 
Ma ion a st means of agg | 
ing the “Cultivation of Poor 
Cambridge. 
aan 
The Boa 
and Maintaining ansa an y Fine 
Servants : ‘rg and oe 
mode of do ii bed 
JuNE 1.—The An oa umnal 1 Cultivation of 
Wheat Stubbles—and the subsequent | 
tie ete and growth ofa al 
ils 
ze a ee 
Yven, pors boat 
x or C. T. Janes, B 
the present poe of the Farmer .. ta sing 
Decemezr 7.— The Mechanical and) 
Chemical Principles which should 
properly Tee aa. ORENA - 
Drainage 
gspit, & 
Kenning ai) 
ebiet, 
The Journal of Agriculture the ransactio | 
the Highland and PAAA al Society of 
No. 55. January, 1857. piekwasd and ie 
The current number of Journal” conti 
another ise ie of the perce American journs! 
l, of Kilwhiss— paper by Mr. Bums 
chani o Steam C It which 
suggestions and attempts of Boydell, Usher, Romi 
~ bas Hoskyns, as well as of previous one 
jences opt 
whieh i is being pub here of the se 
ve ig Faroe 
lishe 
culture, in which geology is ra 
to his employer and another in return of the Farmers’ note book. 
jhe el e for the day he is actually engaged sate cae will hereafter furnish the ante se ofati 
with bie sonployer’ In the case referred to in your interesting agricul volume. It contains we 
columns it is admitted that the engineer or engineers in | instance before us a "eaten of the A W 
question travelled by rail (query express) seven ho through mplement Department of Sya s 
to the spot one in the other it | Palace,” a review of Page’s Geological Text Book, 
would appear that the time x journey | Mr. ’s instructions fo wing talian BP 
more. No e time on the railway was seven | grass, e bodi ae 
hours it is to be supposed that some additional time was | gives us the resul p foh 
rbed in pe to and from the railway stations.| “ When I gee bs pr pore entirely for gree? 
Is that time to be considered as g profes- | without gro makin ng hay, I have a 
man ? ain, was there no time co d in had | 
correspondence ? was there no report? no inquiries to 
be tn yer besides the “ Subscriber” as 
the supply an f materials and other attendant 
details ? sg ri a aches 
