Aveust 15, 1857.] THE ee ot nett aera 573 
` Cows .—1, Neill Malcolm, ravels th here that we have seen. We shall hereafter 
Breadalbane : $- Allan Pollok, of Faside, Newton-M shovel a tr ook it cease to hy off «Aad If pure i t will a almost be call attention to the general view Ardina 
of a Heifers.—l, Allan Pollok, Faside; 2, R D volatilise snd lave behind only a very sm note of 4 T cecike to whkh Mr. Dai erican agricul- 
raped oa 3, Marquis of Breadalbane. paar or other fixed matte: A genuine sample of yore ure an ma whic r. Kussell’s investigations 
Cm Heifers.—1, seg begga Callander; 2, | of ammonia contains from Of to 97 r cent. of the pure salt, | have led him At present we confine ourselves to 
Allan Te Pollok, “gt Faside ; 3, “allan P: the resid more than 1 per cent. of iy yg puoi y fend | extratts descriptive k- per farm arm managemen! 
| the ue in this experiment ot very sm: e 
CLASS Il.—HORSES, For ear = — p p. | Epe sto all these tosts i it may be cons idored red genuine, bu bat | = following is a picture of a farm in New York 
Stallions.—1, S. Clark, Manswrae, B: of Weir; y und i that test in 
Atar Demgoved k, Strathblane ; 8, John L. Gow, Raith, | the Jagat goahti of different samples th Sali are gen mune, “TA } th AA ee 
Kirkaldy- eeg 2 necessary, and i aes 
oe a ens ele township of Riga. ‘The sowing 
Its (3- ear-olds —1, Alexander Galbraith, Croy ce wil he anid. when a d borne in ead that «| | in the ip of Miga. e sowing pr 
Entire Co 5 y . 2, e Turn bal; ta Newton, South Queens- dimin ution of ong i one per cent. ca uantity of smnonia | | | Wheat pik Fran on very ss A ~ many of the farms 
ferry ; 3, A. Logan, Crossflat, New Monkla corresponds to uction wd vale 0 of near nan d ~*~ that we passed, and on some was already finely 
Entire Colts Gy Tear-olds). re a 8. Clark, Manswrae, 5 ig of paaken fS Soda ia invariably £ Baar = tin neater i brairded, ; asa 
Ardgo 3 a oe ees guan: resi oma S in which nifrate of | k b 
Weir 3 Oe ad e han 4 examining a p ame of nitrate of soda, the | Canada and the United States, and the plants tiller and 
Padre Gol Cols a year-olds) —1, J. Salmon, Benston, Peria S farmer mer ‘direct peor nthe first instance, to its dryness. | are well rooted before the winter sets in. In this part 
Bereyards; 3, Archibald Coubrough, Car m4 pii been look to its general appearance, which is apr farm . 1 
like of raw ian. eant com: s, whic 
of Poltalloch ; 2, bain eget | 
wit —1, George Da Dean Park, Ba- should be uniform in d have a bro , ha 
“si 2, Mares (u rr Westhorn, pe temane 3, James Russell, If ppr eye aioly deteta a mixture we 6 similar in figure and size to our carriage horses. Th 
Sha Mearns. two kinds of grain, one whiter than the other, the presence are very rite and a good team team will sometimes plough 
Mares (in foal).—1, xo T araman Po ear À ey ogee common ob peal as = afi ia may be sù spent, The 2} acres of lig ht land i in é day. Tt is put 
o> o Gar e, To wW; orriso presen — 2 means of a solu- common to 
‘usadleheld, wd Pa 4 ee t ia ne nitrate of pr oe (or ar caustic), which eta aree pre horses 
ar) —1, Mrs. Hay, peta tibe. age etre esar S er a curdy white de ait tin any fluid containing it. m § to 10 inches in depth as from 14 to 18 oven 
2, mS a Te bowie, Duntocher; 3, Andrew Renfre Guano.—Peruvian Peon gti int ey psy of gare 22 to | in n bread 
; y co ý 
Barrance, Mearr 4 
(your) d i John Crawford, Millstonford, West | cent. of the former and above 60 of the latter. In examining a The system of cultivation ene an a is inte- 
xyes Riddell, Kilbowie, Duntocher; 38, Dugald — pet yon gu no >i is penny Sre y re mam $ the perin z. fert Spr not strike as being par- 
Napier, Port-Dun Dunas olour, w! e, t e sample icularly fertile, but rather of middlir Tt 
y (yearling) —1, George, Tudhope, Colinhill, Stzathaven ; aes damp, and if, when a handful is strongly squcezod, it i at aidha dele teal seer. quality: kis 
. Wilson, Forehouse, bare! 8, Geo coheres into a mass, more probable. 
k, Balerno. ‘aig tain lumps having a rather palar op colour than the mass of the | depth nytt having some boulders ever over it. But 
ge es "Horse or Mare in Harness.—1, John Bayon, Glas- | guano, rha they are broken across, and sometimes they are | this soil seems to be as suitable to the wth of Red 
Dugald Napier, Port-Dundas ; 8, John Bryson, | white and have a crys tnt te xture. The entire absence ce of | Clover as the limestone gravels of Ire! are to the 
kow lumps is always a suspicious circumstance, but adulterators are wth of G dh ta fi ortilit ? inbiineä 
Horse or Mare n exoeeding, 2 A pends high, suitable for | now so well aware of the importance attached to them that gro OF ITARECE, BNE NENCO T ity 18 maintamne 
milk carts of mary, rang bi rge M‘ rag, E ird North t care is taken not to break them down, and their presence | by Clover as our fields in Scotland used to be by Grass. 
ouston; 2, William "Daisey, Hh aan frew- therefore on By pe that the guano ae nuine. The | The rotation that is followed is — Clover one year 
shire ; 8, Andrew Pollock, M Pee gg er will next fill a bushel measure wit e guano, and and Wheat the next ere “are few or no soils in 
Horse or Mare not e << ge Lpd — 7h, omen = weigh i it, and if the we cighhon gous zeie iay guano is probably tig 4 5 
milk carta of light draught, 2 —I, A. Dunlop, Glasgow: 2, A. adultera- | Britain upon hay Clover "for th with he 
Warnock, Bereyard, Bisho) Armour, Meikle- | tion is one whic gts he 8 es to ‘en f rore Astat although | every second yea Sata were it not oh 
hill, Kirkintilloch. it is on aiie ye be performed ae difficulty. It oe s | many of the p oer Pa soils, much 1 eat wou its à be 
—LEICESTER. upon the fact, that in a genuine eruvian guano the moisture : 
r 4 zem Lander; 2, Thos, | 24 organic matter make up two-thirds of its whole weight, raised than at present. - On the e light so sil in this region 
“ w 4 as F ar at n 
t exceedi: 8 
e 
I was astonished at the fine healthy plants of Clover i in 
the Wheat stubbles. When the autumns are some- — 
d e 
Cock teterpat! th 3, „Thomas C Cockburn weight. For this experiment a small porcelain cup or capsul 
exam, Bey terpath ; 3, , Thom Pallinsburn, Cold- | Ís requi and after this has Arten accurately coun’ poileed by s gro an es place 
i: 2, cen Mason, jarn Beng pa Sbn 3, John | Means of sand or any other matter, 20 grains of the guano are before winter ; but the farmers do not like to pasture it 
Collie, Ardgay, F weighed intoit. The capsule is then placed in a hot by the | too close. amare SP tO Pe that the 
Pens of Five Shearling Bwes. —1, Thomas Mason, mem ge peta hae and when it has become hot it is common Clover last for 10 or 15 years on these 
Coldstream ; 2, George Murray, Mount Pleasant, Berwick ; 3, | upon the red-hot coals on a clear fire, and left there for 15 or | soils if it was cut early in the season and not allowed to 
Thomas Mason, allinsburn. minutes, and is then removed and allowed to cool as ; 
Eat gradually as possible, so as to avoid crac the capsule, and | seed, By the system at present pursued, the farmers 
Old Rams.—1, Thomas Elliot,  Hindlope, Jedburgh ; 2 ; 2, James pete ng) again. Song ought to ny about 7 pm bj in this district cannot k a large herd of stock, and 
rms. od Langholm ; 3, James . a | value of this test depends upon the fact that all the substances the Clover fields are worth little money, being chiefly 
Ý sand, sulphate use in renova 
—are 
0 . 
i is loughed in J and the 
Pens of Five pern wes. = ir Panmure; 2, ome from 10 to 14 that is iš ai wards worked b can Ap and the scarifier to 
A y, two-thi the no P ma 7 
agr abm eare ai remain aba r yodo This is by far the most scour the weeds. ugh this mg oa orn a vast 
, 3 Deal ~~, nie Aa andere testing a Ra ng boll gon e it | quantity of valuable forage, yet in the ces it 
rstood to variety o * 
Old Rams.—1, Adam m Blacklock, M Minnygap, Moffat: 4 gns When 3 any ors other nthe hadi =, Bey it te pence: Boor ¥; | is perhaps th eee i that can be flowed, for it admits 
eT De H bear in mind that the colour is a character of very little value ; a = Wheat crop being frequentl nd 
2, Jam ey mn Mite ae Hil, B ph Tag rig we Hend, Cam on as a general rule, indeed, it is desirable that they should be | involves but A small amount fn anal labour, which 
, Penso of Five Ewes. eae Jam: Bayan, primhelhoed, Mi , Mo sr, | palo dnd Co lh heen iy pp por colour, but no con- ir the tiene elemen t that determines the agricultural systems 
n Pollok o best ; burn i 1-0 
Pens of Five Shearling guhar; 3 —1, Allan Pollok of vende : 2, =a Topibon at benDog is io E a Ser guar Se Ta 
Captain Kennedy of ernis Bitanirss; 3, Donald M ‘Laren. 
capsule until the organic matter is completely burnt off; and district bout one ra 
ponte ge vd conclusions can be drawn from the proportions of | of the beer pees ne eir possessions with Wheat 
Old Rams. —1, John Hute a, Monyruy. Peterhead ; 2, | same ponte say as much as will lie on a shilli that the | Overy year. t is the Dest paying crop, and every one 
John Hutchison? | 8, Duke of Richmond ‘ arvot iy ‘> ahs th Mikale soni it o 'Giacverinan endeavours to have as a h of it as possible. 
ind? ret ohn Hate —1, Duke of Richmond; 2, Duke of Rich- between different samples. When burnt the residue should | The ploughing up of the Clover sod and the cultivation 
Pens of Five Ewes.—l, ‘John Hutchison ; 2, Daks of Rich- | the pramodi is ott abl nage bane sachets te <a ai — of the surface is called ‘fallowing,’ which is a less 
mond; 8, Scott , Camptown, Haddin inferior kind. It is then shaken sat: tee ni J icir aie aeh ec than what goes under the same name 
ohn eyer Me Ewes.—1, John Hutchison ; 2, Duke | other gonvenieat vengal, and a nh balca. hien teaspoonful of water | at home. ‘The winters are ho: Bo severe, and field labour 
tchison. u and as po gee me thorough 
0- Wooten ÑHEEP OTHER THAN LEICESTER: pore pon t, og E h has become ent ge Aaaa entirely interrupted 5 bo t the short season for 
a Old Rams. pa Robert Scott Skirving ; 2, Duchess of Gordon, malt) is added t it eforvances the gaino ns chalk | labouring and cleaning the fand is more than comp 
mntiy:; ig pg Bae i E ee | (ar of lime), or has either been adulterated with that | sated by the influence which the hot summer 
andy ova Ri 3 2, Duchess of Gor- or is one of the inferior varieties which contain it | w destroying the ennial Grasses and 
don, Hun: . If it does not effervesce the glass is left in a warm | weeds, se are fr å by being aT ee a 
IV.—SWINE. place for an hour or two, and then a little more acid and water | |, ei ee up 
Boars, BE gg alg Heaton Norris, are added, and then it is again allowed to stand. The whole | 3t and their roots exposed to the 
Stockport; 2, James Skinner, Woodside, Aberdeen ; 3, W. H. | should now be dissolved, with the exception of a few of | heat and drought. In this way is the land kept clean 
ee , Ratho. sand. Ifthe guano stands all these ne tr bec mag ag bility, | by the best farmers in the north-western part of the 
: —i, Jonathan Brown, Aspatria, oo genuine ; but of its quality we get no information, for it may be State of New York, which i the at 
land; 2, xe Harrison, jun., Stockport ; 3, Adam D worth from 7l. up to 101. or even 121. pore ton, if a phosphated < A our. ‘ most pro- 
Tranent. S no, and from 12. to isl. if Peruvian, according to the pro- | ductive region of Wheat in North Ameriea. No clean 
large breed —, See eae jun., Stockport ; 2, Sir | portions of its value constituents; that, of course, can only | fallows nor any expensive fallow crops, such as Turnips, 
to keep and 
F. W. ; decided b te analysi : 
ie pona A, Wanlmet, | bo orl purchase eguame bal De Sees which, no PORNS | are mecematy the land in good condition 
Sows, small bi 1, James Skinner, Woodside, Aberdeen ; | experiments we have just described with the analysis in his free from weeds. 
2, Robert H. Watson, "bolton m. Park, Wigton, Cumberland; $, | hand. Thus, if he find that the ash of his guano effervesces on |  “ On one of the Riga farms which we 
— mrp A chy po RE H meno s Asyatria; 2 Jan i edea e e E o e oaa t ing acres, we found 80 acres in wane soy ra 
ens of three Pigs.—1, Jona‘ rown, 2, oq me in the ysis, suspicions wi y be awaken ; 
Skinner, Woodside, Aberd Robert So, likewise, he will be enabled D & TOK Barley, 14 Indian Corn, 25 woods, the rest pasture and 
Drymen E ay pps rma peas between th ee r gee. a eeg hei Clover. In1853 the crops of Wheat averaged 40 bushels 
‘As to th siita, wa must be Ga ae sia tha ne but twill be nec fl a Ure which wil = m o S om gel e 
e implements, wi with inti- | Should the guano con av ge he of which will, | the natural capabiliti land, we were shown a 
aig tnt ho promt br pug graben allo | nt afm" feraraing og |Avd caw ary oo tn Oop ad grova 
r > ere ie 
were for the most part awarded to Scottish implements. | can be put into the hands of the farmer. y produced 50 bushels to the acre, then sown wit s 
Those for oe chaff-cutters, pore: e-bruisers, e—X—S_ in autumn, and this year it had yielded 40 bushels per 
grain- gri ming-a) tus, and threshing-ma- | z 4 i “a field of Clov i 
chines, were for tive. wast gait awarded to English Reviews, being e yig with Wheat ; it had been 
ers, amo! whom were Ben aldon;| | | n Wheat this year, but the farmer was complaini 
s ay amet Richmond & Chandler, of Sal- | North America: its sdgricatbube and Climate. By the plant of Clover was bad, while in our opinion fe weg 
aa hye of Dudley; J. Palmer, Stockton- atthe ger Kilwhiss. Adam and Charles Black, | a most one. Mr. Harris 5 remarked that this this 
| ae Matar snag at agar pte tly appro 
to 
ening of Wednesda 
pre a Testare o on the means of Tamera 
in manures. He referred more Breen to sulphate of 
nitrate of soda, and guano. ‘4 | 
are extracts from the lecture :— 
Ses al en ee Poneto 3 
5: EAEE pore an ting on a large scale his theories in teoro- | Britain. The 
If it contains white grains ton eD. ; es in pure meteoro- 
Pease greater pato T end whan ied EN Go of agriculture. The 
Sees nme amg eps |en Vina ave Sitmpotani fo ak a 
it for some hours. If at the end of that time the hë has been. Tt is more likely 
it | ‘hot blot- 
the usual wrod oo seca in Oa t or the States Gas any previous Mt: 
