—— Бер 
the state 
of nitrogen sad 40 gum protein, &е. Іа із ne 
13—1854.] THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 203 
temporary steamer of tin, with € holes made | answer equally well as hay when combined with Turnips to me. hope by next week to have this diagram ready 
іо fita large used for brewin r domestic | either for feeding or dairy purposes ; we attribute this | for your acceptance. 
The feodi effect of (he: seaming pro- = its Аал d the laxative tendenc cy of the Turnips— | To the Editor of the Dorset Counts чу Сагони amd Séhestébihie 
cess was at once apparent. The Bean was|a quality which I think is not sufficiently — to— | Gaz EFL. 
a 1853. 
from a brittle dry material into a soft Pd d and not to its у equally nep. ; indeed, we find | ми. Epron, Having had reason EE S et de DIRE 
and emitted an odour not unlike that of spent grains, | our eattle thrive and do well on hay alone, whilst on уп іле gland оп пе 96th and 97th 
The cattle showed а relish for it, and instead of знай. | straw alone they exist 6 do d thrive. In accord- | August last, was a rotatory s ul application to the 
e materi а condiment, it becanie | ance with the contents of the foregoing Table of mate- Boards of Light-houses » or Faglsnd тий сур v ean to T me 
the incentive, and I have as yet found no material which | rials of food, I have computed the daily оар of їг + рогіз. І һауе now the pleasure of presente 
serves 4 an inducement to the улеа iam of my animals under treatment, and give the result. Fi е Tigh Amana че > of the air and the great amount ef 
dani — steamed Bean st: т rain, my opinion at the time was that this е came from the 
other straw, as an admix | Libs. | p, | Oil, southward and westward, probably paming between England 
For the presen I have procured a proper per ftein, (Starch -- Ireland ; and from the length of time the storm lasted that 
steaming apparatus, nd mix " re steaming one-third day. &c. must have crossed this island in an "йз or north-easterly- 
t Haan ne-third of Oat straw. and one- third. racc which I apprehend now to have been des case, 
straw, О hich d de so befor | lbs. | Ibs. | thatit travelled up the Solway Firth and, along the Chi pearen 
of shells of Oa о w 1 тч е * 76 160 towards Norway. At St. Bees on the coast of Čamberiand me 
—— 4 lbs. of есту: 5 and 3 Pr ы тап ч би эша, ges of ot Qais, and ау si straw ... ® 4 «ај — ye ен forenoo ыт: of не T had be at 
each is given ad li ium, A. e «44 К with squalls e rain, fell light in eoe rs fens 
day ; of "- whi E E n sai эы гы "PS фе 1.28 2.00 | and shifted o WNW. and " with blue Sky until the baro- 
consume more than 20 lbs. each, some m 
- h е осна н ачдан: „ч ч to | meter begai to ni rise, when E. set in again, which would indicate- 
ess, or when еч „ 
р : that the storm's eye 2: MUS 2 езд over that locality.—I am, 
33 | 140 | Sir, yours obediently, Е.Р. B 
od to 8 à 65 5 ie 
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60 Ibs. per day ; in addition to this, Turnips sg — Deduct for moisture in straw, &c. 
quantity, some of them getting about 501bs., and others i n eP | ; E z 
only ibs. each per day. After each feed -of di P^ poene ү эре. nio TL ll ors 90 | 438 | + | Eg = EEF Direction m c m of Wind, 
food and Turnips, given three times а day, they аге percent. for moisture Lighthouses. | SeS |5 Сё 
supplied with fresh chopped. Oat «не, of which they т |3:57 үл | | 8.7 = = 8 | — 97, AX 
ем 4 4 ме: 1 - — 8 = e ees 0 Ibs; ж wd Р di iint per " of elements of nutrition and меч an" | уены рва 
gaining at the rate о Е Isl c 94,94.«|26,3ao| WNW.S WNW.9 
being the greatest average gain l have as yet effected, p mparison with feeding à on банде, : say 160 lbs. Flam barong 24, fm 26, T4 SSE-E9| SW-WSW.6: 
"E — е Зе — of P» AUNT per "ae with a little straw | у У anii 4 5,9 а-м na Cp 8: 6 -—— 
observ e materi av ——- |t. Bees......... ‚ЗАМ. -S - de 
hitherto been (n little noticed for feeding. Dry matter. | Protein. Oil, &e. crema ^u bg FIR MN шы у WS Buen 
h higher , тегу т=з; Island Glass..|25, Aar|96, rat 
emistry assigns to Rape-cake and bran a much hig Tutüps .. .. v. 16 240 11.68 sland Glass...25, A.4.|26, рм. NE Strong! NNE Strong 
а a ay RO aaa ЖЕНЕКЕ. o me. pem pra a 
pe I p find no analysis. I therefore sent to m 63 тата Иен А а р Pru. ES s|sby W SW 8-9 
Way a sample of En I am now using—the 2:89 - 
produce iP 1853, which I giv ___ | Тһе above letter arose out of a circumstance that ex- 
xs Toc om moa |танаготзиннеаитевтн [зш З зн магы at е овы. Пи» tmt 
Mi 1 dients e. RE: e с. 95 n e 
че д. оь О Rs Shoma &dtc-qur -condago. in ea ооа of protem com- and her life-boat having been w near Port- 
Ой ш Же. de qo C dear pounds, and also im oil, starch, &e.; yet, by inducing land before the lapse o hours, s i 
Tir eec wo да Tv Ars —— them to eat а greater quantity of solid matter, I obtain | nomentar i P Ur d А I nt, jn C pen 
um ERE Xue us | 
e сга m е Ќ аду: о ieme, алй» nearly perat probable that her course had led her into the vortex of - 
There is doubtless some ace of food 6$ | э seri и быгы ч mind у-ну sema Ir. I thought 
pio агу, 1854. LL. 58 per cent, AM sm bulk, in as proportion, elements of nutrition and р... to Lima d eboiber аб p Ec io that of 
а ration ; it will probably a admit. хуй some modifieation | y ; 2 
This Bean straw, as compared with ап e ШЕ фер a den Pid. course of "iem the amps being | tho Ш-йштей Aara "меч though in a prin 
meadow hay, shows a double per centage of albuminous | o fati thé adwvabeed в х ascertain | quarter, asago er fate under yn y pi 
bdng iim the hey, to 3153 Jn the Dear sareh, hr, (ш окап apprime rd vy ume T айл zo- ;ppro&ching burritahe. My prineiple js, hat, with an. 
b o um the hay, to 31.63 in the Bean straw. of genous or oily food to intu. for their red d tien yog б ph ov rh а b P tof jane гай 
Н y abe A ^ or mineral matter, the propor- in straw or other material; this I look upon s the | AL Misc e ы, Firg ссд сад p paas ыл 
La eve spur i NT [рее fic о such foo, аак ier Ls ч! жшлш 
Са ond Ac be es eut in серет, оп) The tendency of шу mec - -" fe — is - E emains station at ds b 2 Th 3n Pu h 
WTE WOWO SIME. " ше ght the short side of ripe- | strengthen my reliance on the chem mpos vus. nu à ы et 34 mil VE ар 
vede retaining a considerable portion of the mca c food, and I look to tbe analysis of an anle initi ilie. | Mind m odi Е de do ko bomi anybody ; Es say that "e 
with. greater interest than to t ota ing experi- | А ы 
the ood quality pet d E рылу DO c. Ei ments which are yearly "a lished: Y. March 18. ‘practic р e of sending e EEA auia шшр to ^0 fo левай БА 
of 1853 was sown early in А тонне i E a кола | the observance, especially no w that chus has made 
гае y* eutting till Oetober ; the yield of straw was| - s nde = [аёв` rapid strides since de. days of the President, 
abundant, that of Beans was at the time of cutting!) On Meus: ^ Shep.—1ln the Agricultura] | Nevertheless, the Bengal did p: to sea ; she encoun- 
Ms quite equal to that of 1852. Before carrying Gazette of Merch 18, d 18, ct appears in the review of the {егей this very bad weather ; from causes with which I 
to. stack it was exposed io some weeks of wet Bath and West of of. England Society’s Journal, a full," pers 
b | 
her, ап 1 h report of an experiment Я : ; 
tion; on taking down, the Beans were. much Fowler, of Prince Hall, Dartmoor, on fee ды mountain | India, and in the nieantime I drew up — biished the. 
damaged, and the straw partially so; the sample sheep. Eleven hoggete were selected for the trial, and едш! letter, How far my meteorological anticipa- . 
for analysis was taken promiseuously from а quantity of they were sold in April, 1853, at 71d. per lb. ; net | 1005 were r^r. your readers vill shortly be able to 
chopped straw and leaves ; the sheaves selected or the money average, 2/ 3з. l044. Мт. Fowler d once Judge. P. M. 
purpose were in fair condition, It will be borne in min d before in the Gazette brought this experiment before its | Disease in ra еер and Lambs, and on Draining.—In 
that this - os was from the pr dde of 1853. ES readers, an To. now pmi ls up his report with a sort of | reply to the observations of your correspondent © C, B.” 
кту» е, i 
o n i 
erops, fr i hat hitherto vba as there эзе be “something Ана adi about it, and | fold and remain there until s o'clock the next morning, 
not obtained z асам d: which it is entitled as a hope therefore w. may have the beneüt. oí of seeing it | and during that time be supplied with dry food, witha 5 
feeding materia І may add, that for my own eon- | partieularised, as some one may doubtless then be in а few bruised , malt-coo bs or the sifti 
advantage, culate trouble 
This practice of feeding was begun in December; it Mr. Fowler with another i oggets | Whi | 
question,— Were the h white ! 
Tenit ii dut owards She olose of February dhat Томан ever remove d from the mountains into a more с genial given; but if fed upon Rape, and Peas are added, 
analysis of Bean straw, which enabled me country prior to Die. 4? I do not despair of Mr, Чї idl; : griping of the 
examine the eo composition tion of the food. It appears de. ен аа rette АА eing taken up by some мей of | with general i 
when he considers the 1 tm i 
ties of food to consider as dry subs tance, omitting the h offen sold Я рег lb., and that they were 
moisture, or water, id: gira dn the woody fibre. It quently only 17} lbs. per qr., it is not much to do be. and ifa eorrective course ys T 
is shown in the consumption of T'urnips, of which cattle |f — t. Devon. effected. nd itis pe advisable when fe: 
vill eat 150 to 200 lbs. a day, that water does not satiate, | e Snowstorm of Jan. 2 to 5, 1854.—I accept with ейди вис юа, 
M of Mr з — which eontain a great propor- the great — the challenge of your corre- | | food in addition, especially if entm, recent 
t i ing is 
30 lbs., with 60 to 70 108. of water given separately. амне mein | and brui 
| , 8 собне Vr eid — —— al Pond benctieial, to 
раце Doni im stand authorities, І find the EM _ Жи n, and that it нашое up the British t of a pint "M : 
different materials used to ver Ushant, Kent, and Bien and, or in tides to the Equisetum, its apa interfering with rod 
WENNS gu germs Nip: c tete асгова хан country. Some weeks, however, must drains. I have known an instance of drains Medi. 
Turnips. Straw. | Straw. Bran: | ар cake. | aiiud, ч elapse аа Т Ishall be able to colleet the i ithin : 
uisite rere he, such o of 
piptein or albumen 2 15 г А 4 p а Scilly and Жайлы, «ыкма this time of year roots upwards of 20 feet long, so closely interlaced as to. 
Sagar, gin, starch, c. "u js .. | 43.65 | 39.70 | communication is поё very frequent or very easy. In resemble a large горе of eocoa-nut fibre. R. В. ЯЕ 
12 4125 | 56. |34 | 16.30 | ће meantime, however, in reference to “ Б.з” remark Origin of Ammonia.—I cannot in айба ik 
100 | 100 100 1100 |100 —— never been able to trace a single Pridesux's inquiry а ш late Number, that I have ever 
The analyses of differ considerably, from 33 | th | p rt s | eoi 
l узев of Oat straw differ considerably, from 33 the rotatory theory), am I taking too great a liberty | that ammonia is formed or developed i the 
10 98 per cent. of nitrogen; its 1i soil but el moro so by local joa reprint the following extract from а -tion of vegetable matter, andern. t моны 
resa | on 
the amoun w 
of зенит Зато opinion on record, and by a somewhat | that such is the case was observation of the faet under 
curious coincidence, at the very üme I was preparing a | casual or aceidet -eireumstanees, which I re a 0 
it! diagram to illustrate it, * R.'s”? the time as confirming the view I had pice : 
of ripeness when eut ; I have estimated mine at 
use our Qat straw for fodder, and 
