Ocroper 31, 1857.| _ 
half a dozen men m csi aye a doze en answers. 
on the korg = al 
e 
purpose for which they are 
es with it, 
according 
differ exceedingly in their charac 
loy: 
arrowroot and st 
skill he hate of lim 
meat, that the meat: ates sorte OF food. 
in fact, as regards 
the farmer useful merely actur: 
Th an 
‘of manure, 
That then is the theo 
Th 
man farme S0 h, who| Again: animals ex 
knows better. Mr. eran of Swanston, near Edinburgh, and therefore a denser air 
tle feeding on roots, and distillery fue -burner per cubic foot—anima 
re e 
= ee ih 
proportion, ie po ed hy 
the different Kinds o 
kep 
gain 
matters is in practice found the most fattening of any 
posed to cold—breathing a colder | 
Zuten, or any 
rt the life 
nly? 
vere sh constituents as 
and earthy and saline midio 
ex leans and | 
f animals, or the particular | 
cu 
| Tead y ccount of Mr. ett’s “ gui 
nes |e ” tried last sake at Wandsw 
describe steam mene mounted on a platform 50 feet 
-|in length, &c., er i 
species of ‘ing ees ate 
hou deseri ptio 
s con per 
more 0: 
a. o cold, | 
á | an 
manufacture, | wit 
ll | growth 
i physiologist. 
d 
ears that 
ma imple | 
has been recognised as a sim 
om Aa and ag ie of the materials which the 
_ Mr. 
T ee a; the i ap rD of food into rita pay 
three great class e first t mes all that may oe. 
be burn sayy the ncombusti t— the as —is in Caithness 
This 
the ssc ha A in Hi 
part of p a ret supplies ieee than 20 
ormation of its 
part e 
oat a par f bl 
er ly into the pedere of blood 
contains salis of of potash, which abound 
circumstance ces which i 
juices with their n 
o ic part 
of 
sugar, fibr b 
gro uped into „two = bee 
Eito oe in nitrogen, and 
tuents free from 
e second co: 
necessary. 
Tha fall 
the . of | 8 
matters thus supply the blood, the flesh, | Maxwell regrets tha: 
i inera] | complete these tables a an ide ae 
nd dryness ; et of their food goes 
a dank ot mane i eert e want ted and burn ed | 
regard m c l1 reb 
» of your machines e converting the eda nag keeping the 
Im e iw 
down by the Sant and ani 
CÁ 
us, I se 
AGRICULTURAL A FOR SCOTLAND, | being 
185 
Hart Maxwe11’s Report to the Board of Trade | may be } 
ves an ae of the returns of 
der the Statistical Inquiry. The 
hich this i rac from that of 1856 
nants ren 
the nitia 
while ee alteration in Caithness and 
ney has also caused del He has 
rators to fur 
nish 
roduce as soon after the lith of November 
will then in transmi 
and 
The nitrogenised ingredients ineludo albumen, o iten, | Teport, with such general 
i 
ot in action prosper as known to my. 
negat tive, gi ever 8 
x ay 
the t theory of 
1 “ersten no 
acreage and gree | 
nly | 
nq my 
is | and rove a b 
ing 
not as in = power 
ut there were 
ei arrange- 
as reque 
sted the 
eE eala of to 
as possible, 
8 
him with their 
* 
a Boomer 
43,432, 
, distinguis able eat 
each Other r. seg pied up of a substance, | Barley -- 
ret and this wither 4 ri phosphorus, and so they are | Rye 
_ ealled protein compounds. | Bere 
These protein co compounds are necessary to the food of | Beans . 
i gs fed on starch alone will 
ix weeks, having lost a great 
All classes of in; fenton are needed to | Grass and Clover 
food 
Number of Occupants, 
mall 
orus, or both, ara are | Total — wader ap 
LIVE STOCK. 
ue measur: 
was no L araa difference i in ieee pg in rake 
trial wi the ot 
ee 4 
pore which ge more than cover thie Or me Bons see 
4 | whie taken from head above the Po 
av shorter are a. closer set. 2o 
[The 
ce, and 
appearance ; but it is s cansing me 
larg 
The non- nitrogenous Supt contain large quan- | 
es of carbon, and to be burned as fuel in | 
> opne 
» go to build up the 
t, thes: it is the a mara et growth. 
Dr. Voelcker 
Total Horses 
teh ofthe an Milk Cows 
You ous ie stated by 
Total Cattle 
cos with | Sheep for breeding .. 
wl 
ea | Sheep for ee 
Lambs . 
Albu animal, Jute ten, l 
ts. umen, gluten, a 
ood, 
Total Sheep 
Swine .. 
loye 
respiration and team coms heat. s ba 
it: 
a few other non- p rogeni. Daai 
prepn e 
Farm Horses over 8 years old .. 
Farm Horses on 8 miei aca se he 
Other Horses . <a 
7 
the roads 
much trouble and anxiety on account of a 
of my Mangel 
Si Oar 
is thrown merely to prevent the wind ome 
the straw off until the stack has thrown off 
istu 
- 
967,047 
974,437 
+. | 2,714,301 | 2,632,283 
-9 Conas mails 
-| 1,955,832 
in- 
h 
u kindly favour is with your opinion of my 
of havi und 
me | 5, $16,560 z 883,168 plan, and >p prospects Mangels in 
spring 
126,924 | 146,854 | Fn kee 
.| 7,090,384 | 6,989,368 | hoar frost had lai 
