THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



^t his hand the operator is toe 

 t m . L prv hog's head he wi 



*'**?2+ tbe centre Ai S be dead' 

 *W"*TS«ily done, and the bog win neaaw, 

 5* '»*Lv death having been so instantaneous. 

 S-^'oS knife and open the aorta and 

 **■■!!!? Which will be readily done, and the 

 * * *Li In this manner a score pigs may be 

 *•* > I*** ( ew m i n utes. Some inquiry has also 



^^rid^rthVsalt rtnVand which 



,: of the meat the work will b 

 meat should then be hung up t 

 P ■ -Te and it will not rust, but keep swe« 



." ^.-Iwaasnrp 



_ZLTbk rate of interest on capital employed 



- 



mm more, let the capital be employed how it ma 

 :f 1 mui bis 10,000/. in the public funds, it brings hi 



h to lUl and labour. So, if a farmer has 5000/. in 

 fan, ill he makes above the interest which the publ 



■d labour. If he were to turn brewer 



ocM^pitmer, he would lose instead ofj 



k baa no skill in such matters, and his labour would 



ton away. The only way now of benefiting t 



Prize Essays. — Mr. Pusey, M.P., chairman of 1 

 blowing decisions of the Judges of Essays 



aipaison, near Pembroke. 



II [,,. g le best Report 



on the Breeds of Sheep best suited to different localities 





;, awarded to Thomas Rowlani 





III. The Bod 

 on the Top-dress 

 awarded to Thomas Rowlj 



of Greek-street, 



.■ • :;---.;;- 



: to employ it productively 

 N. A. D. P. 



The Plymouth Monster Ox, fed by Mr. Elliott, at 

 Dadolph, chiefly on Grass and hay (for he would eat 

 apis and but little roots), stood 6 feet 3 inches high, 

 %tf the back ; live weight 27| cwt.=3108 lbs. ; dead, 



Colonel Challoner expressed the satisfacl 

 at witnessing the admirable working of the Society's 

 system of prizes for Essays on the different topics of 

 practical agriculture, not only in the Bterling prize 

 Essays produced by such system, but in the attendant 

 result of secondary Essays of great merit, and the cir- 

 cumstance of that general attention and 



n.— Mr. French Burke hoped that some 

 means would be adopted to confer a mark of the 

 Society's approbation on those secondar. 

 which Col. Chalioner had alluded, as they often con- 

 tained details of great interest on particular points ot 

 : n Secretary of Legation presented a copy 

 of the report of proceedings at the greal 

 meeting held at Brussels last year; and M. Wyatt 

 re connected with the managemi 



The Council then adjourned to the 3d of April. 



Calendar of Operations. 



' : 



at the first ploughing 



*»«b. Itisaverycommo. 

 a «ft«w many weeks o U n g tU 



Having had an > 



I of I ill 1 - 



nd is 50 years behind England 



ng to see the hay 

 [the first cut), and 



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35L\ the /, Wonld bre »k *P tbe , i eattie have also a 



■ 

 »«S S^?l eat '. Pea8 ' Beana ' Turni P 8 > MaD 8° ld 



CWr^ 1 * Turni P s « Carrots, Pars nc Sted by a few hou.V 



^Ctr^'t, ape ' Cabba g e i & «-« the, v, 



■;.■- • 



IJj*"7tothe famer' B r po c ket rer moreTent toTlu .'..elSi.A V. 



^a5L,r rei ? anure t0 the Ulud - Kee P more j 



^a«^ . fh: Notices to Correspondents. 



~.,, luye ine ait , erent oreeds d 

 F^oS 3 ' earwith 2-i 



■ ' .v.::\;; :.:■;■. 



very nice crops of Oats and Tu: 



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- ; 'I" ■ ,:^, -V-., - . ' ' 



fe$S»i new kW * Md Mr ' W - B ' Waster. 



1 members were elected • 





SSSZJZS* 



/be1ta V ndOa™s : 2 i. a Ho r e P early e in April; 







)ifto shorn ::: - i -* ambs p ^ 50 : c ^v 



wing to ?he y g°utted a state°of Ve dead markets 





