604. 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Avovs 29, 1e 
ome through a Turnip-slicing machine—that of 
Messrs, and Bishop being employed. at Mr. 
ray’s farm a euts the roots into slices. Th 
form of slice bes 
bps = it hasto aa is found 
inches in breadth, with a thickness of 1-8th 
tot l- Teh nch. 
tat ieee roots so Sea and sliced is 
arried on in large vats capable 
of holdin e 300 pa ete of Ban and about 
15 ewt. of iced overs vided to the 
vats, and a e perforated with ii to! allow of the 
escape of the es lved during. fermentation; the 
covers are kept wn by pein of bars while the 
process is going on. 
The principle on which the fermentation is carried on 
is founded on the fact that the saccharine roots, if cut 
into 
oes cer Laysa 
any other powerful acid, will “undergo 
alchohe fermentation ; after which the sleohol is tenn 
in the cell ee s of eae sigs Larai em P 
having thus merce Place sacch: matter.” 
By appas nine Beet ina liquid or juice serene ted 
wn ele ments, its azotic =e — cig Tw are 
pr in apa agers saccharine matter only ty hang 
coh The roots thus fermented being ace ected 
Soe, om pore the | 
e | has bee 
decency rot cattle food, _ havi 
sup 
f ith 
27 vars 2 tha Spal seed ie 27 tons 12 ewt. per whi 
stone 10 ha, we i 
a ews apami in ppr 3 grow 
toddering of cattle, and I therefi a a it left closer 
together in eee rows than is usual; this season 
arkable for dro vot and consequent 
a large number of 
at length determined upon 
Tyran e, which is 
, I hav 
År ff; and my 
supply of milks wh which } is 
cu 
cows are yielding a plentiful s sot 
y 
daily foevenied to the Soo market. 
fed them upon grains, w 
pir prag ra but a reier es 
bec perfect of late, that in paid of quality — 
are “tittle Seite eu moistened sawdust. It becam 
then a matter of calculati seis “re are a ape ee 
the Mangel PS or the grains; and this mornin: 
I — an experiment made and the weight <Steowrs of |i 
faa me ro TO ipee = and six rows in width 
weighed wi 
me in tons an 
eaving a moiety of the roots for a winter crop, | the total in 
ond which will, doubtle l in weight 
with the others by the end of Oc tober. I have no hesi- 
tation in Te ng gp ap agi be of ma. in question 
is the finest I ped prha 
experim etted u is rae 
whi 
T use, he 
tion of the year. 
8 
portion 
o 
of the agricultural statistics 
which are always furnished e u ; 
lightened snperintendence of the Bee 
will only present you wi he 
© 
5 
With + respect 
there is an yke of ir acres ks 
Potatoes. a other gree 
een 
ease in the nw 
to me to be baba i of your consi 
be 
a qui 
In commencing to distil, then, te first “alk sagen oat w other jabobineda, whether Fia ntinue to use them, and | know to what ca 
prepare the fermenting liquid, ‘ the a saleable article at 12s. 6d. per ton, | most pleasan 
wine,” as it is term This, in avin first i ce, or 7id. per a or 3%d. per bushel o lbs i ter de 
prepared by macerating slices of fresh Beet in a vat with | weighing about 46 lbs. per bushel, the latter are, in my | has been per 
water, raised to a t ture of 145° Fahr.; or with | estimation, vastly inferi rior to the Mangel Wurzel for| sheep. Well 
water acidulated with sulphuric, roman tes nitric, or | any purpose of fi the whole of a satisfac 
other acid. When the oe begets es estimonial to Me Y. C. es m- | I do not know whether it will 
turated, that is, a yes hol as the | bridge is known as havin ong th to | proper functions of a viceroy 
roots = dpa it, it i is srair A for the after processes | su and ut the employment of assage nition, as we 
of distillation. To saturate iquid, or, i her | engines for threshing purposes, an the tor of | office of app 
words, t r epare the vinasse, takes about a fortnight ; | his well known presser and other a agrioultural i ‘imple: even i 
a succe of fillings and emptyings of the tank ‘gg ments. I beg to call attention to ao sci of a| while the a v 
gone t sring Pah Sen vident, the res petii lately held at Devizes, biisit: ial was | within the two or three last years both in 
fore, that until the v of the strength, the | presented to Mr. Cambridge in knowledgement of his | and in s drai 
first di stillations will i produce alec ‘of 1] little sng a agricultural services. a xtract from | yet still landlords and tenants are to be 
we e rage of w crane id Ae be negli 
wor is 
i ke after the working Pei 
over, whet the a sage of fresh Beet is main 
tained, i through the still, and prodares loool 
of me average paging" evp fling, Bapa with less 
of i n distillation 
the sees sce =~ e following i Boos from the 
is n thi 
addresses 
Mr. said—** Let para rk a little at 
what Mr. Cambridge i done. We are not put him 
before the world as an rg td of the porta table à Bak, oe 
but we do regard him as the introducer of that implem sho 
ok 
passed to 
nths 
og w. vater i sera of the mixture should be added | | 
to the with one portion of t Fren 
also being divided into three pa ak When 
filled with its oe qu eat w pmt aY liquid, the 
kpas wonld be w mixed, 
eer-yeast, as obtained in brew: 
This should be oa with a little oft the liquid from the 
tank, until the ure is h 
ad 
hd 
tit > 
y the 
h 
r eye and Mp 
atter | hi 
tank is 
which 
piaco pr friend before mpos world as the introducer E a Tost 
mplement re S farm—the po: 
DnA eys the t 
introd 
fen inv 
sada it has been land; will 
many other o and go where I I find ay 
se Pgh a and usefulness 
is a matter o he 
devote his life in aoira ring to p 
iy to be of such grea 
will be more gratifying to rs nd as val 
the : aothi 
| as to his fresher, Sriends who have —— him in their Stock :— 
Tina a RAME Í than to see that he is rewarded must have cost 
ee of ection to 
tained ; and nothing, 
me more mirst odi than to offer him this small tribute of our 
gratitude for what he has done.” Mr. Cam 
an engine on the p tab 
the farm for r threshing an 
daunted, I backed 
eked 
oie its 
= 
A h hei pet Be À 
1 e con i 
exception, that the ary of yeast should 
half for the second and th 
bein ing pe ape 
ood | :— 
appre 
pre Ns daa as by proper pris 
n 
been directed 
to its use for summer 
soon begin to 
y eheee bubb ling res pe opatem > in | M 
e carbonic acid | escaping 
ould be only on 
ird fillings of that used for the La 
of t 
y 
m become the most valuable adjunct to tenant refi 
a m anen 
the 2e g held 
ive tae a brief one 2 e pai 
vingto og take: : 
n, e one an 
‘Yorkshire lion’ of the d 
ve me an orde 
other sales being 
w sales took ae rtd Ausan sap of time. 
s, however, their uses becoming known, the sale 
increased, as I think you wi will bear me out when I 
bens on that it Tai continued to do so, by proving that 
een 2000 and 3000 have been sold since last Se ptember, by 
IPAR snd 2 agents.’ 
Soticties. 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL Improvement.—At the 
annual meeting at ho tage rford last w om 
for the current year. 
which these annual exhibitions are Po am om 
! powered to gain the earliest insight into 
== 
gts in 1 his pun owen merely, but al 
am sure, ‘seal give | C 
t 
ser ge 
Mala! 
eek, the Lord 
e agricultural statistics of reagan | 
He said: “Owi 
SHORT. HORNS: | 
Dania: —l, Marquis of Waterford; : 
- saweg -old Bulls.—1, John Hunter, 
de Mal hide. 
earli 7 Bulls, , John Christy, Adare 
Castletownroc l 
Old z TE `R. Campion, sai ’ 
croft, ‘Cab: 
OTHER BREE 
11.—The Earl of Charlem 
Best Devon Bu Ca Galloway B 
hid 
hire Bull.—N. W. Roe 
Bost A; est Highland Bull.—W. 8. 
t Korey Bull. —Willia’ 
lled Ampy > mee te 
Po ed A E or Gallowa; 
West ighland Heifer.— 
Best West Highland Yearling 5 
Best Kerry Cow.—Sir Edward 
Best Kerry Heifer. —sir E. 
