THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



small breed of pig that could not be fattened to 15 or 

 20 score. Who desires bacon from a heavier ' * 

 Who would eat bacon of the large, coarse breed 

 has tasted that of a small sort ! And now we 

 spoken of the eater of bacon, we will ask does 

 feeder or breeder of pigs find the large sort 

 profitable \ One says he can sell the Bhoots at 

 money, as being larger for their age. Another 



of stock. To this I replied, perhaps rather 

 as Scotch beasts brought always the be>t 



Your correspondent made very light of this 

 , and treated it as the offspring of their igno- 

 Wow, as I knew nothing then practically of rural 



high bred one ot England, it must b 





prize in the short-horn breed at the gr,u 

 meeting for the whole of England at Nor* 

 week. The value of the merit of this bull is greater on 





) whole ol 



1st, the breed is peculiarly Eng'lbh"" 



Bg aside. This fat 

 verities the idea I had formed of t 



the first to call on your i 



WelTwhl? toTreiUhJ resuTu d TnrtTw far^aawm- 



solitary Sancho, signing himself "Rust- 

 Gaxette, of the 4th. When an individual, but especially 

 a land agent, is placed in such a position, his only alter- 

 ak of honour, and to catch at 



SwrSte^I Mr. WiuUrTuft IS adopt S her He Ses 



%ZZ^X id ' COn8umed ™ ^arm, indlhat afteTde* 

 md afso t e he XP ric? of 



who 8cofi e »rjSS?eaf expS 

 strange fix certainly. Yet somehow oTothe°r, he^my 



^s nest in the change of my signature, but even 

 ast refuge will not avail him, for the ap- 

 lce of the letter F. as much surprised me as 

 Id delight him. [It was the accidental mis- 



i.] But I again beg 



r him to you for my na 

 no private ends to serve bj 



i in your columns, or any"other purpose 

 to serve than that of truth, nor any grudge against land- 

 agents generally, as several of them are amongst n 

 most valued friends; but they rejoice in being account. 



undervalue their skill. Absence from home has 

 hitherto prevented me from seeing your Gazette, a 



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laws. Did the people feel that th< 

 the United Kingdom pro 

 l experimental farm amongst them", they might 

 ally begin to believe a brighter prospect was in store 

 r their suffering land. And it would be a glorious 

 id enviable reflection in after days to be able to 

 y, Ireland improved from the period the Prince 



fort to be carried out by a powerful and strong hand, to 

 Bure success ; and no individual of rank is so well " ' 

 accomplish this undertaking as his Royal High) 

 Prince Albert. Tomtit. 



iDournood, with a view of nai 



• : ' ■ 

 jmpetent judges from various counties. L 

 Messrs. Ransome and May were desirous of 



opportunities of bringing it into notice, 8 1 ^hac 

 pleasure in giving up this cart to them. It w; 





they hold quite as many Potatoes, ] 

 as most horses can bring comfortably OBl 



:v and easily, and will last, if taken care 

 c ' -.u»li..ut the l.-mjeat lease that the most sensible 

 d yet thinks of giving ; as these qualities are 

 possessed by carts of 6, 64, and 7 cwt, wh 





, the go-by, by trying to find 





land cart will carry a body of an m * de c °oi«. 

 carry 30 cwt. They are kept small' t," « WiU . ** k 

 the light horses of the district and t f e t^L* * 

 ground. There are many counties in EalL ' 

 and ton weight waggons which, unless uJV* **■. 



soils, and in all light ones, the active M&-L* 

 horse of moderate bulk will do far more Xt *«* 

 more pleasantly, plough more and cart more^i* 

 time, than the coarse-bred animals we &J • 

 ploughs aad waggons of the south. The lirfj i* 

 the light cart, and the active, compact hSL W 

 little breeding are never, I believe, abandoned^ L 



not v do/' D But Vhyshouid s \L e wS w bi h rio , s 



There is no reason in the world why a cart weiriuJ 

 stronger carts, more lasting." Now*L Hm^X 

 else, and as there are plenty of carts from 10 toTieS 

 ° f ortm e ' ThesValon * countr*™ ^ ^^ " ** 

 that the heavy carts need more repairs' and S !TJJ! 



upTNofa^er/butonlX 



most wood and iron possible for his money, could looki 



useful purpose on the farm, should not perhaps, nnds 



might generally weigh less. It is the skilful adaptitka 

 of the different kinds of wood to the various parts, ho* 



of the wheels, &c, all summed up in the phrase a an 



ugh « Cumberland carts ' 

 a Scotch cart prevails. 



body of the carts of the 



z the objection of 1 



idle horses and steady men, loads are em F* 

 aire as quickly and easily the one way as the , on* 



Messrs. Ransome and May are, a ue«<";> -r - 

 several upon the principle of that sent them from 0* 

 berland. You know I have no personal or pecuj^ 

 interest in the matter whatever, but at the nex ^ ._ 



dols'so, Yshall t^l*!? to* * ^'Pjjj'i JhS 



a^XncKte^Ts 6 ag'aTn ^U operation amon^tij 

 ^ToZitoh^b^hZvTten, and J"J u fc(*S 



sound the alarm again, and impress U P°V ■ e fj& 

 necessity of either sending the orders they re« ^ 

 strangers to some of the Guardian B0 f w ™ hioe , «re 

 LVtT re We Bt havtdo;'e 4 ;Tl we ca™ & ^* *5 

 means little, to prevent this wholes ale J' " 1 ^" ^0t 

 that disinterestedly too, but still th £*™ |" ore . If tbtf 



Liverpool Guardian Society. 



