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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



ia ry measure! applying t 



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^i^e^S haV e gone, e th C ey subject 'every' 

 "^ ileott to a much more 6US P lcl0U8 ex- 



buff" 5 ? 8 eD . tfae directors of benefit clubs do 

 ^nuuuon wmu > who enter their c ] ubs That 



^ boy* *»« deception and much imposition 



Si TdST-Mdi are managed by gentlemen, 

 fT^Lritnee proves ; and if a boy receives I Us. a 



l ? K«» * ho earns but 3s '' 4s ■' or 5s ' * 



Ub0ar '. * ff l r T > tu)d n of subterfuge in order to get pay 



2ST •« f «*i uentI y out of T rk , ,n the ™ nter > a ? d 



L^Za wnsequence a heavy burden on their parents, 



SJdverefure become equally interested in getting a 



„«*]» allowance from the club ; and some time since 



man said she knew not what she 



id bet family "hould do in the winter, unless she could 



mi her bora on the club. 



' Mv o.u'ofiuion is, that on account of the many im- 



; and superficially in a state of satis- 

 fy are solvent, then the actuary's tables and calcula- 



tmoont of money paid for sicknesses each year in 

 Buy clubs has greatly surpassed what it ought to have 



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i the club seven days only each year 



reppose that the amount in one such club was eight d 

 ind three-quarters, and that in anot] er it reached 

 days and a half, it is clear that the outgoings from 



d surpass the actuary's 



ter case by 250/., 

 ■ e been. Now, i 



ton of them, their language to each other being like 

 tr - ■ " I »i;i nut i., jure you, neighbour, and do not you 

 injure me. And, besides, the members of such clubs 

 are often spread over a wide extent of country, and this 



nduceinoi r Ibi fraud 1 i i i 



iegets his pay, right or wrong. I am writing this 



JjP«ia|| v when c 



»tirce • , SC L Ure wnien relies upon such a precarious 

 exists ic" i C - 9 ' the knowled 8 e that s . ach a fund 



man whoTna'nTge's to' handle "the 



/? 5 ,^?° me Correspondence. 



ne can possibly have perused the 



^ the mLfe/ MarC ^ 10 ' Wllh ° Ut beiD S struck 

 rence m every respect between 

 in it— the one from the pen of 

 1 bfeBcester, and the other fr 

 it t 1 k,DS - The first, every man of businei 

 * hk L^f ble > straight-forward, useful at. 



B8 is decidedly j Btraw evidently 

 prejudiced against box-feeding. Surely it requi- 



will give 4 lbs. of Linseed-meal per day to 10 bea 



," therefore after the words Pea- 



le better the addition the better the 

 .1 have been much more 



ntk for the first 

 six months and 2s. 6d. afterwards, had given the quan- 

 tity of Linseed. : - we ek con- 

 sumed by them a nut so very 



vague as Mr. Wilkin> trie; to i. ake it appear, when he 



tght some time in 1847, and 

 a :■!-, it Mr. Warnes had bought them one . 



nld have been 

 less loss than he really sustained. This is most unfair ; 

 Mr. Warnes says expressly that he bought 



uproar for more food, in which case th 

 ikely to make much improvement ; 





Linseed jelly, they 







s pursued, the sa 









his, nothing but 





be system has been tried it has sue 



Vilkins is determined to become t 



njured bullocks, 





ot of young beas 



s exposed to all the l 



straw, and little else to eat but perhaps a few dirty 

 Turnips ; the hair on their backs and their general 

 condition showing they would be much better under 



of them is allowed to go when he has caught a 

 cold or some other illness ; and then, with the same 



: prove and go by the others 



never seen a bullock tied up by the neck for 



ease of 10/. 10*. pc 



ti June, 1848, a 



Turnips and hay (in addition to, or al 

 Linseed), even if given „ , hlalum. As 

 one of the lot of six, which Mr. Wilkins 

 sider (no one can tell why), a lucky esca 



v: it a j ujiidic. 

 little or nothing : 



broadly asserts that Mr. Warnes mus 

 by the lot, and that he kept them for i 

 ar, although Mr. Warnes plainly s 





t the figure. »« can 



ugh how he 



where perhaps a 

 has, I have, an 





• lated, to benefit the lumen 



a farce, as "any one inay.ee who visas a. 

 j ducted box-feeding establishment. fn,/>iin 



communications upon the subject of box- feeding, i 





the purpose of making manure, and then allows it to be prove : he ; 



washed away by every rain that falls, must offer a better cattle is the 



one who takes care that not one partich 



adopted, and although the plan may not be perfection, 

 he is entitled at least tithe thanks ot hi- follow-crca;un; 

 for making the attempt. The feeding of bullocks mus 

 generally be considered a necessary evil, and mucl 



footing. The most charitable view that can be taken o 

 Mr. Wilkins's letters and proceedings is, that he ha: 



cheapest method of making t 



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- he be following Nature < 



unless he is told, so little does its presence 

 have read in your paper of March 10, Mr. Wi 



^Httrr^.s: 



uYoHlr.'warnes's ■ 

 i Mr. ( some Dutch heifers, also contain 



nical mode ot making ! must be allowed that 

 ust feel obliged, even vague to indicate qua] 



Warnes has repeatedly s 



C 1 ■? 2^SSt& 



***ed from Mr. Wanie.'toa 



Sine it ;'he does not exactly saj 

 tier by { he would say that sawdust (if containing nothing i 





i fatting throughout 



been perfectly healthy, and 

 have been grazing remarkably well. Judging 

 absorption of the liquid manure, from the 

 being preserved, and the dung undiluted with 



should have no hesitation in saying t 

 re does not possess th 



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 Let me adrift* I ; ' n J' superior 



;icles on "Box-feeding" 



containing nothing of any pra 



Progress of Agriculture. — On propounding the 

 question— " What is to Income of the population ol 

 England in 1850 if the resources of the country cannot 

 feed them in 1819," a little repetition may be deemed 

 excusable in pointing out the visible neglect in the cul- 



e on the ri»isg generation. 



