ong ı GRENFELL 
4-year old cow, which was sold to 
for 150 ; 
_ At a sale near Flint, N orth Wales, in the early 
tion to 
the 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
— 30, ae 
886 
m sale, the great event of the gpa year, J -Now the mere fact of this Tm oi - the 1 
= cows and heifers 731. 7s. each, and | Lois- Wasin system of 
d 
vera growin, 
calves sold for 76/. ils. 3d. hands of so scie entific a. cultivator as Mn “deine 
. : i 
guineas 
cow and heifer, and 280 guineas 
e of Cambridge which sold at Fawsle 
At Bushey sap last wee 
each, co 
vi pted only 
trict, and probably suceessful there only in c 
P e o "pe ve —— and Rieke 
Mirae a as 
eaders 
iy 
© 
3| this 
i d received an ordi 
tm-yard manure but 
the land. Tn the "Wied it AATA te val 
‘* Nothing can be better suited to m lade- 
4-acre field; for gt = wie is than 
deemed exhausted.” sama it o 
e 
i 
y 
eeper ape the former wok, ane sol le 
tated a, , m 
o iene follow hin n anh his elaborate compu 
ation an mparisons, 
valuable “analy ses of ben 
os don 
tiv 
© power, yrn 
perusa Hatot his somewhat inyolyed aiid: ilti 
utterances with ch impression as the 
following :— 
Calved 
” some sS 
« Well, no el foam Mr. SMITH is 
s 
of Purchasers. G 
ante ep because his lan 
| muc nitrogen, and possesses aia such an inherent 
bower of absorbing this constituent from atmos- 
oy te sources ; te fro Lawes’ experience 
good average Wheat soil it seems that the 
Loi Walon method c can calle be of local and 
limited applicability.” 
Such a conclusion from the Rothamsted experi- 
to uite 5 an 
Burrs. 
be ʻi 5 
Master Butterfly 2d.. a 
Cobham a ae » |Lord 
Mogul 
The mle was DPE T E by Mr.. WE 
ill on the previous day Mr. STRAF- 
auction the herd of Mr. GREN- 
om 
we wish that Mr, LAWES 
ise 33 ani 
about 2300 guineas, or upwards of 731. as 
sible the average of the Heaton sale, a ayer himself (which he 
fore. 
4 
certainly doe 
o added in so oy i rds :— 
om Mr, BOLDEN’S tions, while t 
"s cattle were bns 
2. be 
any of Mr. BOLDEN’S 
was i y 4-year old cow 
bought by Mr. Stawmorr, M.P.; and 91 guineas | ow 
yearling heifer, bought by Mr. H. to 
factory, it is quite possible 
week, the herd o of Mr. E. Bares, ofi pasin y translated, may be remarkably 
Smeets tie akg Sows Speers ta | The field selected for the trial was under Wheat 
Saar hepa bull (Daisy Duke), and 80 and | e ae and was a bare fallow 
90 guineas for mencing th 
that the original, 
van- 
Kekteron, 
the 
Chemists might a i 
conclusively as they Seat a the eechprebad of wi 
his interesting and 
turally contains so | w 
besides avoiding na | 
3 
bri ad 
he ++ 
int Sa 
‘and 8 Sie Se 
is, wa in 
and in grain, while an added ae of about 2 
r. roo 
years ago, oma i an tee 
ught— es pcre at that- time to the o 
piece and sown with Wheat; and all ta è 
blighted last 
exh 
the fresh broken-up land for several years 
over-luxur 
plant is sige well, ev 
imed stirring, which is priren er t to a dressing, 
is unsa “gh and Esanentiy em ** * While the 
order 
uire to be o 1 
ar i 
to onera my Wheat igh the reo or ern a 
crops, which are i 
on this plan ‘b 
So that for the aana 
as we s 
follow the 
1 e years of the experiment. I. A 
THE BREEDIN G OF SHORT- HORNS.. 
pe jamna of y ye 
m his last let ter. ] 
Ir domerhas the serious: consideration of _shorf-bam i 
" pape 
i Joasi ja n ree pata 
with no manuring nae eventuall 
lo 
Pa the land; but as spn 
2 
scheme: and fo found md it to fail. 
wi 
g| bushels of Wheat in rows Mi inches apart, and |; 
yielded 37 bushels of head corn and more than 
w. It was not ot like ely, therefore, 
thin eragin 
so that it cann t Te 
aie of bine tn a es open. i othe 
limited sias 
evidently applies jii the yearl 
system when established, sabes se 
start. In private letters ay know 
fiat Mr. § 
strongly urges beginners -a 
to choosea pieceof 
ruin to the crop. 
d | Season” he advises the Pa a 
n commence: 
the ae, to dig + the field ie once a mF 
eep, expose it during a winter, and 
Ih the ‘ 
4-acre piece was sown upon 
ais ge cay ie 
breeds, 
purpose nel 
the price which they fetch is ie y too oe 
remunerate the breeder. this case 
a double 
o his It never answers to run 
the e nature of things, or to raaraa to-extract priva? 
aiar laes, Je animal ought to tè 
higher price, and have 
ground | Aecording to the remark of the late Earl 5 
e > a sufficiently exhausted state, in order to avoid | shape, whieh 
‘Word i 
i 
=e AE 
ret 
realised a 
2 
l 
Minne 
i te 
sE 
Fat 
fed for. the: 
A et, 
s 
uch as refuse to breed. tees y best 
