over, I draw his spade obliqnely through the soil. 
remark, “ Mr. Burcham has not thought of a 
guide-way for steam cultivation at all.” My invention 
d ed poi 
Ẹ 
an of the “fixed point” renders this v unnecessary ; 
in fact the “ guide-way” is only an expensive mode `of 
fulfi a “condition” which my plan cheaply accom- 
plishes. As to permanent rails, for steam naar or 
carts — pon o uite o the 
of r nant lag usio 
for the reflection of inv forms namely, that ing 
permanent, whose first cost is very high, will ae pay 
ri a a s re on tea where the Ta are 
and in . C. Burcham, 8, Upp 
John Street, Golden ae W.C. 
Home Correspondence. 
ER Sood. mite — in singe spe ices x Sea 
pon dents an Lumiya 
ould pè 
<_ 
© 
wag 
beneficial, thus proving a ps As of 
salt to be coals ania, to the growth o d 
root. Th p thi 
year, owing to y summer, and 
cially to the hot days in the of 
ugust, is very short, the average not being more than 
a ut i e acre, and i instar not 
g 6 to 8. e best size for producing seed 
would appear a well formed bulb of a lobe apr ‘the 
size of a small Orange, of a Long varie 
small Carrot, and if these plants a a se froin se scot 
a 
grown from well et ed large pi it will not fail to 
give good satisf: 
gh imes a 
rom such sorts, It is, aaah 
uced fr very concent 
that the seed shou Id n 
atedly grown from 
p many, thu 
of lifting a crop much heavier, and causing in 
away of a much larger portion of 
grow m stock 
; SÉ ; 
i bolere for my general crop of seed. John 
Moss, Jun., Feening, Kelvedon 
Breedin and Management of Shee eep.— 
‘pregnancy of the ewe extends over five months: 
_ sequently if served in Octo 
con- 
r-she will bring scsi in 
ae at before a nd ai war 
turition demands not he a A itte of the arar 
a mistake 
with o 
s rendering, et ne i 
the 
| element weather 
me a saving of “foo. 
recommended 2s as good fi 
eason. 
got at two and a day 
seemed a little 
ally 
rich for the tender 
e of comfort, 
goaie I have 
ood tt ewes ee lambing 
ver 
and | 
heard 
uch s to 
menced 
s old their 
swelled; los k ron in 
— in about 
miss. 
to of our 
Whither the brie a induced by the ra were too 
mach of the young lamb 
ambs, 
or | betw 
aforesaid. This —_ = have fi 
with success. Last season I J Er amey 
guano, 3 cwt. salt be aa but w 
superior eu can be attributed to the mixture 
as yet positively asse In Season 
experir Haris on ae vi. : roy ; 
e years 
ops s 
what peg Aaroa cause I — pretend to | Wheat, still there is great difference 
say, but at all events a change to Swedes tog a ternal form of the ears of the ih. m 
was the means of - he disease the other, and great difference in the plants isa 
fter lambing, if the and her produce ebe Healthy, especially in height; moreover a far greater differ ord 
and the ae A ive ie they should b fined to | in the structure of ste chis of each In 
the house as little as possible through the as They the ear stem or rachis of Æ Ops squarrosa we have the 
will be better if they are sheltered at night; until at | stem jointed at distances about ur lines from each 
least the lambs get strong enough to resist any s aiden ther; each portion bearing a seed poche ren 
change a apana which m might occur during th r order on the ear from bot o 
Nothin ood as Grass for promoting the flow When ripe this ear re Pia: at the ty mi 
milk, but if iti is not to be had they st be liberally each joint is seen intern on its 
supplied with cu " s edes and a few urface, which accounts re Area the 
% pint per ewe The disease atte fatal t ar into portions about four lines 
iem. 
ewes at this period is that known as “inflam 
ser 
and have a hard time of labour. 
es as having them 
When 
little Haitin in Oatm 
the pain, while the aa affords nourishm 
nature a pagar = overcom ing t e sh 
system Een hes = ath it is aie a 
mbing, 
lub 
rate in ‘ ‘Superpitine of Lime,” 
care re be: means Se So sis to secure 
he can gain sites his own fingers in 
W. 
pondis inquiry as t 
mong to let t their 
or stock Tati as it were, maken s fr for them- 
selve Grass w has n too 
un le for consumption dating the mer | 
months generally makes th pasturage and the 
home of the ewes during the w In ar 
however of rural economy is the adage of “ penny wise, 
-» 80 fully exemplified as in this p 
the view of ho 
to brin 
di 
Nothing is so good 
in a good fresh condition. 
eep is n I generally administer a | ear 
al gruel, which "= argh deaden 
farm 
e and insoluble Phosphate at a 
nd 
contribute the little 
ho i 
© 
= AFS 
arried the 
ı his hands, and caused ‘the death of yea 
Car 
_ Superphosphate —It me ae ee ser that the quo- 
tat idea what animadverts 
ec ha 
ifhe t 
ak 
a good article, than 
the proce 
k a 
Wurzel. —Relative to your last pe Srey 
eight 
r with 
img up my practice as a rule, bafi rather 
g out and elicit the experience of others 
I have 
given thrice, a hs my owed } pint 
a. This with their usual su f 
‘in 1 condition and eeek and ina flock of 
one death in lam bi _ I have profited 
of. that in ion to 
saturating with water, I cover well u 
time are 
early in 
thorou hly 
with dikis : 
by oad means they heat and a ferment, ea ina pa 
dissol when y 
as 
a cultivated 
v poly o of gilos EEE Every one knows that the 
of our common Wheat is not at 
atiguaon can only wale i 
a aca 
ur f Ægilops squarrosa; 
intend to pov what further coli ka will do, and shall 
her progress when opportunity offers. John 
Brown, Sas, Essex, Nov. 9. 
Societies. 
CuEMICO-AGRICULTURAL: Bztrast.—At the recent 
ERRE meeting of this society. Dr. Ritchie, the secretary, 
re ed. a report, from which we take the following 
= Shenae the past year 78 new members have been 
society. 
adult @ ex gy am 
t mist in the public papers of sev: 
to introduce — ated m ergo were found to be pro- 
ductive of t ost ri t results, the couneil 
have reason t a kE 
nvince 
ho ae ae ot. 
many farmers were protect 
several cases, dealers were obli 
obtained from membe 
In order to render the 
use $ all PERRE inter e prengon a that 
teration in man or food, i yin lately ge 
the ahorator ory Ta with the names of e 
of all m es and articles of food examined, ee: 
ieee be’ open for consultation, without aye 
mb of 1 th ie dhe 
ew | m well. Unl e be | been in the habit for a number of years of cultivating a | the me , and to all, 
inah y condition, she can never produce a healthful few acres of " Mangel, and though I have generally bee een payment ofa m fee. the adoption of this 
progeny, and unless she be at the peri ion mated | the angil og r that, in the goed p ie expected 
in such condition as to bring forth without exhaustion, | to what your correspondent states as the produce of his. the cool emand which ma; ioe 
the e two to one but she is att with t: 28 to 32 tons h n about the range of my fe aiid Tentiisers aitona to introduce ee 
yagen and ae. o% ocagi g that, her re crops, and I always considered them g ones. This} and ted et 
or in quality an n >» an ason I h ve u average crop, and after the country pe 
tolerably inadequate t rear a strong and vigorous | seeing your last week A Paper I Pa i to measure the yt ti Bg vats neh have a 
lamb, and eall know the irremediable effects which | and w igh half an acre, an th this result—th ax eting, a greater number of 
insufficient nutriti tails on animals uring on et ; 
the early es of their existence. I remember that 
during t rap eason of 1854 an unusual fatality 
ne e : e lambi the es in. this district— 
many ers being losers to the extent of 10 per cent. | will with much ‘interest t for his promised descrip- ab mist ; aii it is 
in their flocks. The losses m less were general, | tion of treatment in your valuable ai In th tended Š co Pa FE hie Dr. ices 
5 and many use. To me i ntime, as not tends more toward advance- | that every y ased convie coe 
seemed perfectly uae bo explanation. In cold |ment of the sci than a recorded experience of facts, | value of the association ppears to 
Weather to in condition they must |I will shortly state " È my practice, with | classes, and also t 
have an extra risa Be of heat -if artificially, in the shape | the h of inducing o who are more succes: ul es of manures ar 
g warmer h naturally, by an increased supply growers to finde a ttle Tight on the subject. it is their interest to avail them 
food. u soa Bes be not stpplied artificially it is | may be c as a fair description of loam, pretty well | ties wink the ra f ; 
y by an in consumption | adap the h of rooi ough deep and | estimate of the qualities of the various ed 
of the tissues of the body pe arts off int y an | early in autumn, and follow in spring with the | for sale, and to imitate th 7 
increased supply of aeia acid gas—and if the animal eral mode of ploughing, grubbing, h owing, the p, ny re Pe le 
is not provided with a larger supply of food than would | until the soil is clean and in proper tilth. The dung, | bleaching po value, as deter- 
pope varmer weather, a waste of the system and | which in the winter months is carted out into a heap | supplied with a icles of their ac PE ee 
emaciation of body ensues, and in sheep a det d well with soil, is tur about a fortnight | mined by the analysis of th he chemist. 
Fel Egk oP , and should the neglec r ing wanted for ing. I cultivate on the this 
ently long period, death itself wi il ridge which is first made, the dung spread between, the} West Krnt.—At the meeting ad É 
inevitably f follow. ts the season above referred to aft split to cover in the ure. I omit | other d an interesting discussion ee 
had a severe and protra ow storm, during the however to say that I sow Peruvian guano broadcast | Colonel Cator, the chairman, Mr. mag 
of which my ewes had daily a regular supply of | over the dung after it is spread in the ridges at the rate Caird, M.P., took we on a the relative 
ca mg taken to give no more at one time acre. Alo th the seed I drill 
