540 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
tea, sige ia pr and water, or coffee. I have , the utmost importance e that the larger and healthful this must have been a mistake, f 
done a or. number of persons | plants be left, even should they be beyond, or within the | animals at least shown in tha 
pos tary sir e pawon up and down the land | distance fixed on for Pa ng. But drive a Garrett Mr. Stratton, two to Colona Toini 
have done it aso, and I Darai in almost every case not | over your yo ne plants and he will not turn a hair’s- | No, 108. Ido not sen jere 
only wi e advantage to themselves but to the — out of his tine to save you a dozen of the best | dictive motive, but to rtain if the same 
entire Satisfaction of the men employed. Is say “some | of the Hence we ar, nog nee d of a saving complaint was observable p: oth Jaane 
advantage,” because candidly I do not believe it is of so ‘hares is a loss of something like acre, and this | Spye Park, Chippen TP 
much ae to the paar as to the men; it gives him | reckoning ev ery item extremely Parla h to the horse 
piere more A p = ly at the aie rbag ps The fact is, in too many instances the v i alue of 3 
an re is a little saving in poi ow te expense, I | judicious and good hoeing is not appreciated as it ought Societies, 
think the men ought to inte the differe But I am | to be. In our younger days when our vocation was to 
writ ing for men who think Sos ine benefit of their | overlook the — we have so asa =m the differ- GREAT MEETING A ATS 
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ts and not merely of their have been and | en ence between a careful hoer and a careless one, and in 
am ba engaged in cs mbm me > limited i inquiry as to | different Harti “of the field p their several rows to Bhir AGRICULTURAL S0 
the progress o ie oF opinion | pec in this matter, the ota ate difference, if any, at pulling time; and certainly iF * i. pets elsewhere wi report 
results of which I shall be glad to lay before your information therefrom pace ag a repaid any {arm r. Squarey’s lecture 
sat some future som at te they are not it attention spent for the p In one instance a a r 
in a state for publica How their unit e had two rows which had fest kada y ell and ill ; dd a tabl e proceed with our repor 
testimony amounts to this “that although the men were oat taken up separately and weighed, and calculating woo J 3 Ea illustrative o oft the progress ind 
almost in m that — an acre of one would have exceeded “© SHOW 
they ha e almost in ariably come to grange that | the other by 32 tons. In many o ONEN we have tested a | THE SHOW OF HORSES. 
they fet- do their ark better, with less fatigue, heat | difference rangin gto om 1} to 3 tons was as poe | Proceeding with our report we come 
and thirst, constant appetite for their food, | Li rp aa ers like these may to many seem trifling, thorough-bred "stallions for getting 
more son and a on at night, and more freshness | yet on the whole we may generally form a fi estimate there were 15 entered. Why this 
and buoyancy ee In my ractice I of a man if we know how he manages his t ne And fined to thorough-breds we cannot tell, 
have diopead coffee, wi can a large scale be made | after all, to a perso n growing say 100 ac of r ts that some horsemen contend h 
Mehi good, (en milk and noe "for something less than | annually it can be no trifle if by a little attention ae can only should be the sires of hunters; 
; but all the other bev BOE nam e | produce 200 tons from the same acreage more than his ever, are almost invariably li ' 
are used Sete or less, and I know o nstance in| wont. It would be p to having 10 acres more unde _ Let us pause for a moment to effect if such 
which a very small quantity of isa diluted largely crop. Huckvale’s Paten tage a rule were it to be universally acted on, 
water is preferred by the anything | the ridge what Garrett’s does on the fiat, and is eon te breeding hunters from a th 
else, as keeping the mouth more clean Paga pete as open to the foregoing Rie as the latter, and. strong active mare with little or no br 
than an any other whatever. The great point on | under no circumstances would we use either of them, geny if colts are castrated, if fillies arei 
i mistaking stimulation for | excepting it was not possible to get our roots hand-ho ed. ae We purs 
—Carabas an n we hav 
rary effect, 
which, however, terminates in reaction, and the man is Economy i in Bread: Maize Bread.—Maize may be bred. We must thus give 
no further on than he was before. Nothing but sub- considered as nourishing as as Wheat, Sap will not rise like mares, or otherwise 
= eue in flo i 
ti in texture a 
I suggest as substitutes depends on their effect i in pag as Wheat bread alone. The Maize requires first to be | three parts bre 
ing the mouth cool, allaying thirst, and compensating | boiled to pulp, like Rice, and so made u up with the employ well-bred mares of proved excellence 
for Sei — expended in perspiration. If further | Wheat flour into dou ugh. ihe following recipe has been | diminishing the breed, size, or stamina of the of 
i ded t will invariabl: 
proof is needed in addition to the instances) much pooo = —M: Bread.—To 14 Ib. of The horse tha 
previously referred se I need only pote int to the practice | Maize mea a gallon of cold water (soft, ‘andl stir it thorough-bred stallion for getting 
of tch and Irish neighbours — pa field, | up well; “A j t settle, and skim off the husk which animal of good height, size, and 
where the use of “strong” fluids as practised a mongst | | floats on the top. It should then be boiled for ee or that if he has raced has proved himself 
us is entirely unknown. It is to bè linie that the | four hours, if possible by siew, or the pan inserted in distances. Such ani 
. Erish reapers are seldom so well dieted before com- | | another con pining boiling, which will cain + our system of breeding for the turf, and 
mencing harvest as to = in = “ working condition.” | its burning to the e eg ; and covered to prevent | sires of winners devoted to the purpose of g 
If they were, our best m uld be fully occupied in | drying away. If the are ine good, it will have absorbed hunters, and no amoun prizes ane 
working side by vea with ia through the harvest. | all the water that has not evaporated, and have become | cultural Society may offer will increase 
agiesha Iw ecure the careful consider- | a thic porridge; the EUA in of the southern states of | such horses any more 
ation of my er asm and gan” men to this plan. | America will take one-fourth more water e pro- | prizes will cause their number to be 
I can assure them is ee a fair and impartial tri al, | dues of Europe. This may be made up into dough ever, with half-bred s 
T again repeat m ing you acquainted | with 14 Ibs. Wheat flour as the Rice in our last—yeast | for a first-rate 
at a future time vith rans selling? he of the case as | and salt added—and divided into loaves as usual. ‘This | geldings, causesnear: 
fully as your space will — pag thank you for the | has been tried here, but didnot please so well as that side horses to be castrat 
portion have now acco me. Ifany of your | with Carolina Rice. the other hand, the Americans | has no rank or position, and requires uires the st 
readers are able to give me any information on this sub- | themselves are very fond of “ a sort of Maize prizes at fa ultural shows to afford hat ene 
ject, or should any of them desire to learn anything | porridge, made as follows :—“ Mush, American.—This the racing d ime 
more about it, I shall be glad to hear from them, and | made in different ways; but the pii mode is that thorough bred. With these o 
ae be so good as to forward any letters. | which resembles the making of st arch or Arrow-root. | way, roceed 
XY. HN i 5 pints of water over thežfire, in a pt or skillet ; | “ Hobbie Noble,” No. 375 
Turnip Hoeing—Root cropping has been t termed, | then take 1 Ib. of Indian meal, well sifted from the | well deserving his honours. 
and we believe justly so, the — of all good bran, and mix with a little cold water so as to make a | that the ba ty 6000 guinea 
husbandry. To ze roots on the many varieties of | thick batter—add salt. As soon as the water boils, add | and we are not surprised at the great 
i t tter, stir it well, keep it stirred and boiling | were i i 
or at least 20 tes. It should be about the con only exception that could be taken to him 
sistence of hasty pudding, porridge, or stir-about ; and are rather too small for 
ay ed be mad the y. Take it up | who intend breeding from 
and eat it with é , Sugar, or treacle. This is th = with particularly 
most manageable and convenien the preparations | well-groun pe 
Maize : it daily in a large number of American igs to the ee and ee 
famili ered a most wholesome diet. t | and -q 
is not used at one meal is cut into slic d fried or | No A B ar alit tay hom i 
heated upon the gridiron at the next meal, an otherstone, an ani howing 4 g this 
hree | with butter or treacle.” This worked up into me for a thorough-bred. We noticed in this 
with flour would be much like the Maize bread given | nice horses belonging t MET 
e, requiring, of course, more Sari to oy in the and 379; also 383, belonging to ¥¥ 
Wheat flour. ro the Circassian, all i ue 
aize may l possessing 
y those who ike it. Ihave a state-| omit to notice a pure 
ment of 38 Ibs. of bread from 14 Ibs. of flour with 7 Ibs. | No. 371, belonging to M 
of Maize. But for those who object to the Maize flavour | upwards of 15 hands (which is a 
th bread wit! 
it is to be corrected with Rice. ai h Rice, ), and with remarkably good 
and the compound of the two with M. M as very few of 
improvement, the maximum excellent loaf In the next class, stalli: 
ar a 
to form the subject of our next. 7. Prideaur, |The prize was et ianh 
The Short-horns at Sal lisbury.—I hope in your review quite te to Mr. James 
of the Salisbury Royal Agricultural Show you will not | quite tho argiegi yet 
ver in silence, as I am amr strongly of for the Derby, and though wi 
first | opinion that the „prizes were not awarded as they should | less length than Hobbie Notie 
roy i : 6d. | have been. I will not go so far as to say which animal | respect closely bordering 
per acre by hoe thi he flat, i. e. | should have had the prize, but this I will say, that | hacks must scarcely fail to be, $a 
ea ave been sown on the flat, some several received prizes which they did not deserve. The | imagine he is and will be the sire 0 
s IV awarded to . Inthi z 
cows than 
Colonel Towneley was decidedly entitled to paige the most compact Arab 
prize but not the 2d prize. In Class V., if| seeing, and must be most 
was not entitled to the Ist prize with | ponies and galloways. Such an the 
he most decidedly was to the 2d prize, | considerable pe a a w 
lst pri to|and Welsh X 
as Mr. werner sayy No. 78. Mr. Booth’s heifer nos em substance whilst im 
to place her either before Mr. Stratton’s rf Mr. | markable bottom these 
» Nos. 78 and 79. She wanted d of | the late campaign in the 
imal. In C = VE 
po 
ffer- | Colonel Towneley deservedly won the 1st but the | called “ Annexation,” No. 
of Sik prli wean sedded to AAAA tee very plain; | celebrated horse in India, 
