-1849.] 



THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



or at least the clayey and c!o<: 



great rapidity. It is more worth 



Idy part of it, with for fat 



descript ns r 1 are not getting them. The descri 

 tions already given are perhaps sufficient to enable ai 

 haody and sensible workman to make one ; but unle 

 w other person may furnish you with the furth 

 particulars which seem, required, I send you a fc 

 dimensions. I mentioned in your Number for July 1 

 p. 445, '^"Jf™ 11 " t0 the weight of the implemer 

 passing with an easy step over a faUmv the Hecofftim 

 and leaving the ground in a fine state of I 

 implement bo adapted to two horses, is 4 feet 8 inches 

 broad by o feet long, and consists of 13 cross bars of 

 Ash, 31 inches square, nailed strongly down to 

 iches deep 

 5 inches thick. For double draughts the implement is 



rger size, 6 feet square, and tbi 

 the number of the cross bars or breakers is increased 



Cmake tKofbatf for^e" o^ Sl ° Ped my *""-" 

 implements take pieces of stoutAsh, 3j in" 



^1^2 inchests to e fo a rma S *° ** ^^ ° } °* 



■ '■■■ :. 



as to strike or "clip" the clods, a little more must 



token off one side of the square than the other, thus • 



stout nail at each end secures the transverse to the 



tongitudinal pieces. About 12 inches from the front of 



toe longitudinal bars, and on their outside, a strong staple 



the'nume' m P " ul ' a r I >' ***» l 

 subject to, then : 



by selling skim milk, a, 



Ml at the end of 



fat animals exhibits the product* 



the finished state of utility. The 



i*., me vast quantity oi nesn, ana the comparative 

 the , 1 i ? T * ? nT W ° U baVe ,he milk ' fr ° m '■■ 8mallne88 of the qu^tity of offal, bones included, and 



»m be ^pr^vKf.^4: - Ti^ ."£ £S£ 



■■-■■■•■.■■-■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■. ....... : . . . .. . . :i : : : : 



appnea m tne 



usual way, a en 



used for the adjustment of t 



: 



I fcopT, -TnoZt LndsTouTmore accural 



. 



thbreall^er 



enable any tolerable workman 





for3ol lJv 



y valuable implement of the best material 



' 



%ng. — I am endeavouring to 







system of feeding fat cattle. 





mended in your Paper, and can compose a 





relished by the animals ; but if my memor 



y does no 



dSedTw 



one or more of your corr 







y of mixing Dm ■ 





butchers are busy in pur- 



object generally satisfactory. An i. ;:, 



tirst r. cords (-1 lii 



degree, the food of the British peopl 



.' k» of it become the subject 



must ever mark the advances of an en- 

 lightened agriculture in Britain. 



The arrangements of every year show an indefa- 

 tigable care and industry, and reflect i 



n tl»e I'r.-j.ri.-tor ol tin- Viae of exhibition and the 

 honorary secretary of the show. Though no blame 

 whatever can be attached to th.« y...* ■;, r-. the very 



ing and pastry are, also, . 



- : ■ 



S Ct f a r rm he f ° nd herG ' 8nd Send *"* ° f bto™ 



I should be greatly indebted to any of" \ 



Bpondents who could communicate the method of making 



fattening of 



constructed in my coi 



tes. But for prodi 

 1 the most advanta. 



n 7" , moams cleanings of the houses. They consist 



ipet rough stone wall, banked u, 



£«cn posts ; the wood- work found by the landlord, the 



^costing about 21. 10*. This answers all the end of 



I are provided to receive tb, 



.wnicn. are poured over the heap wh 



SmwT p7 k GuisloZ enrietta Whartm Myddlet ° n ' 





nstantly to keep them road,] 

 in my bam about a i And tl 



; present show will meet with similai 

 that locality, having the area roofed 

 linus of a railway. Branch railways 



h Ih,v.<.th.rWheatand Barley 

 , in the same barn, which appear 

 died with. Do not these examph 



Barley animals to the general rendezvous, without travelling 



which he speaks 

 Roman Catholics labo 

 tdds, that "no one : 



• on any of th« .. 



hold this is by no means the ras. . The n 



without one exception, attached to the ] 



Church ; but so far are they from neglecting the: 



days, to spend the hour from ] 



IrTnTreffe^th^l 



Tto -, " -* /'» >a-rui wnicn neim 

 beT ex P erienc e nor the expert 

 of fin ^*' , In the firat P lac *> he c 

 °f W breeding ewes at W per ar 



as Zl , \ If he has ^n fortunate enough to rear SMITHFIELD CLUB SHOW OF FAT CATTLE. 

 ZSV lambs as he had ewes, ' ' 

 ** the, were ready for the butch 

 y fortunate ; 20 years' experi 



alive This splendid exhibition ■ 

 the organise 

 aighest and i 



wanted. This j 

 to view the show on the evening of Monday the 10th, 

 p l had finished the task of fixing the prizes. 



■ ' : £ 



entitled to much applause, as it affords to the editors or 

 reporters an undisturbed opportunity of examining the 

 animals which are to form the subject of description. On 

 the days of public exhibition the bustling crowd prevents 

 roper examination, and allows no leisure for reflec- 

 description. The well-known urbanitv of Mr. 

 Gibbs, the honorary secretary of the Club, did not fail 

 to forward the tickets of admission to the ft 



time, and his attention on this point adds much- 



most agreeably indulged with the noiseless and leianreljr 



ing the animals 



■e wanting in trad ; riety. The 



irizes of this year were adjudged as follows. 

 OXEN OB STEERS. 

 Class I. — Oxen or Steers of any breed, above 4 and 

 li tions as to 

 ■ kind or kinds of food must be certified. 

 . and silver medal to the breeder, and 

 old medal as the best Ox or Steer in 1st, I 

 th, and 6th c!.: ■.,-, of Wood- 



• ■ ; 

 1 " 'ord Ox, bred by Mr. 



days, closing on 



ob- i James Cartwright, of 



*™ of ewes during the yeaning season, although i the night of Friday, the 



i Iorme r part of his letter he acknowledges that | served that labour is useful « only " when exerted along I Salop, and fed on Grass, Clover, cake, Turnips, Carrots^. 



' 1U prize- 1 , 



v »xt place, 30/. profit on 1C0 hogs fattened. 



»hich n n P T 0Unt u 0f the ex P ense of W°g the 

 . ™ Produce th««A «i<i inn \, n „ a ™ ™ «,u„* 



white Turnips, Swedes, 



s 



