THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



. [March | 



plication of ciean straw, that n^Zl 



^ZXSSSSTh ~»»»» cases - Th * 8im P le 8tatement I I 11 , 8mel !f r ape ? r P /T u ; so far S25 



^^ob^^^o/^ "jd|^^^ - mor 



:-..: ■ 1< u-:.:iii.i::M., a _-i--;.: '■ 



; modes of its preparation and applic 



Dwill not avail themselv 



are unif..riu in t 



lass or influence and prejudice through which the light 



f science can rarely penetrate. Every year sh 



oore and more clearly that we must find a sui 

 f obtaining good crop9 than our forefathers ; v, 



useless for him to trouble himself with the t',2 thine 



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of whu-h ii; • crust of the globe is composed, are ca 



St. Marylebone Bank for Savings, 76, Welbeck-street, 

 <t February 1B49.— 1 beg leave to lay before you a 

 ort notice of the annual meeting of this bank, accom- 

 panied with some particulars of its accounts ; and I 

 ■ 1 beg the favour of your giving publicity to that 





* due to Depositors on November 20, 1 





. and " L. M. A, ' to find that there are exceptions 

 this rule, and that the practice has been attended 

 n success. In a field of moderately good mixed soil, 



r.i! \.-ar«. i Miiey was sown broadcast early iu the 

 ng of 1847. The Barley came up well, but it 

 plant was likely to 



it, and made Irach * 



i made of the n 



lains of the moral coudition of the p 

 eighbourhood, me 

 ving about 700/. 



nee of in the lett< 



r things as they a 



be the condition of a person's eai 



;y of th 

 been general with many critical inteUig, 

 to the system and arrangements for feZ? 



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 have several in the winter sea- 

 axes not sufficing for the accommodation ,>''" 

 hole of my fatting cattle. Of the advuJL 4 ' 

 te system I am confident, namely, the animalsuTu 

 sry quiet and unable to injure each other uTJ! 

 times the case in yards, especially if hearts «!°t 

 tied up ; and if they are tied up they are 1m.LT 

 from bruises than in boxes, and get cramped! 

 of exercise, as may be seen when they are konjf 

 drink from a watering pond adjoining that J 

 whereas in the boxes they move about at pW 

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fficiently ventilated and lighted from the roof, and & 

 wise by small glazed windows in the feeding n». 

 Of the quality of the manure when removed fnofc 

 'ourably, being mote* 



, bs.tf-,1 ■ 



itional expense 



am well aware. Last, and not least, the animals;:- 



so satisfactory, and are generally such good cutters, a 

 they have preference with butchers and their custotre 





accordingly, I find no difficulty of immediate ak i 



soon as a beast is ripe and fit to kill. Further, tb 



according to experience I find 13 weeks the vsx 



period for fattening the stock in boxes, and as tie U 





beasts pass through the boxes am 



I was favoured recently by Col. Challoner, the cfc 



man of the finance committee of 1 



examining my box-feeding establishment, vit te 



bailiff and the feeder (being too unueli myself to k 



present) ; and he was pleased afterwards to expra: 



me his approbation in a manner fully satidft* 





setting Mr. Wilkins and other ol 



judicious treatment of animals according to thepq* 



laid down by Mr. Warnes, with a disinterest^ 



a devotion to British agricultural advantage, I • 

 couraging the preference of home grown over te= 

 produce, to the benefit of the labourer as well fc- 



open— together 20,189 accoui 

 ; interest, on Nov. 20, 1 



leboke Bank for Savings, 76, fVtl&eck 

 Box-feeding.- .Having been applied to by the editor 



results of experimental feeding of beasts in boxes < 

 compound, whether cooked by'bomng^mix^d by 



■ East Lolhian, Depth 



&m has been long adopted I spond« 

 «n the drills of all green I 11th I 

 St HdgeV £ iTfe^ SSPS^JW* 1 1 l ° the 

 each ridge. Furrow draining was' 

 '•■t ,and v..., t 



e^rTolorwat^foTour *** * haVe desired t] 



of obviatbg'th^nece^of furtteTln^uirLT'by'r 

 erring to my reply as given in his paper. In me 

 o^oMunit 6 fas?" 11 - 8 6UbJeCt ' ' aVUU ™ y8elf ° f t] 

 advice) of referring to the observations n^? L~ 



and breathing a foetid and unv 



SninJ w»T* J 2^ n ^ *"***"* ™*Y ZjToi \ Jo^arHSoract ^^^P^umptio'n, fc 



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lr. Warnes merits the applause and gratitude^ 

 ellow subjects, and of the agricultural classes »F 

 icular. 1 have only to add that, to Mr. V 

 11 who feel doubts on this subject, every oppffl^ 

 or investigation on the spot would be gi«n«* 

 ion to my bailiff, Mr. John Laker, RnappCtfle£ 

 lear Horsham. Charles Merrik Bunell, **ff <■ 

 tear Horsham, March 1. 



,.— I was almost deterred froB^ 

 ng some of these by the conflicting •f^jjjji 

 indtm delighted n wUh them. I have milch jj** 

 ng cattle, calves, and horses in ^{ZS** 

 nals so very comfortable, dry, and clean, ^.^ 

 ifford it I would put all my stock in them. ^ 

 arly recommend them for calves and J<Tf *^ 

 ind Aldernev calves kept altogether in a w ^ 

 inimals at two years old than they used to , fc*^ 

 They never have any disease, and come in „ 

 me at from 22 to 24 months old. 1Ber ~" V s 



fLTDRAL SOCIEr 



l wsdreth < 



E. Overman, ^^T'Ut^l 



Wilson. r e Hook, fl 



rge Waterton, of w sn dike® > 





