therefore, in the prevention of | it is done without any waste. And,indeed, afterbeing 
т ERA for аг its use and | cutinto chaff its valuemay beincreasedor diminished, 
value in feeding such animals as the horse and the adding — corn or hay chaff in such quantity 
Le are exhibited by A: "a d to-eat, |as may be deemed desirable. 
hay, inf n quality Whenever corn or pulse is given with chaff, it 
qr in porem with straw, m Cenite portion should be in the crae seed: з — state, as it în- 
ef which they would refuse in the ordinary state, | sures a more intimate mix Chaff c cutting has 
though it will often be found, upon analysis, to be | latterly been жай, на in the preparatien of 
lowing year gr 
äs nutritious as охе portions which are more straw for litter ; here. again itis found that uud М 
er соша а 
ättractive to them. The object sought for in mixing | power is of the utmost importance, fer, by e 
chaff with oilcake and other feeding materials is not | hand or horse power, there is not suficient advan- 
always obtained, for it often happens that the chaff | tage in the practice to pay the cost of cutting. It 
АГУ i : А that t deal of , o been d pA ыры j 
is “routed” out of the feeding troughs by the |is proper to remark here that a great dea! of ones | degree i eis localities, н: 14 
mss ithin the | 
animals (particularly sheep stock) in their search for | experience in this matter depends upon many things, 
Meupetior. ne When. the food is composed either | such as the food and health of the animals e ма 
of hay ог straw, separate or mixed, and moderately | have seen cattle lying dry and clean in sawdust ; for 
steamed, рта sufficiens damp it thoroughly, а nd | box-feeding, however, a certain length of litter is ne- |, 
rego veins of any kind is mixed with tne chaff, | cessary. We have noticed animals, bullocks and pies 
the who]e mass becomes so entirely 1 blended, that in | in particular, when box-feeding, littered with s 
ede state eue is so little. chance of waste, that i dre cut very fine ; but they were in a miserable | Wurzel, all the varieties of 
an poen manne шо v th pigs, had so disturbed the accumu- 
under them, tha ЖҮР се 
erron However desirable it may be to adopt | that i in all cases ilak w is ent = the e purposes | 
feld that all animals should =н e at least а | be about B indiws К will нав trend down "a m, 
quarter part.of their daily allowance of kay in the | and become more readily converted into dung, 
ordin 
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ary "et die only, as pfactica Ga bu it, | prove more uniform and better in nit y fiin time 
cha aff. soi 
S the pu of “cleaning "vw mou ere by t the use of whole straw or fine 
a did vetito * in feeding horse | VR the whole om 1 
allowance Y^ ha ay is given as ав; ; it is apt іо. | inquired for o as to the proper даага of 
injure ind, where previously im mpaired, оша | chaff to be giventothedifferentanimalsuponthe far 
ta being swallow red without a sufficient. quantit. ity.o of. Suppose every pis requiring chaff to receive one- 
da portion of hay i in the PUMA state | fourth of its daily allowance of hay, orstraw in the | " 
y, 
is more Speciali pus Mrd in the case. of rumi- ordinary state, and the difference rpm in the 
an order i 0 tti imals to be- varied 
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this point, by noticing the avidity with which itis stock animals getting only roots or green food in 
-consumed by the stock, showing how they nanih апа addition—it may then be stated that the working 
enjoy this natural mode of feeding. — horse would require 18 108. of hay and straw chaff, 
а y or straw chaff is. often used үк ood А mixed in the proportion of two-thirds hay and one- |i 
um, qu ver, &c., | third stra Jose xcu whilst working, 
кА, dry 80°1Ьз.*^ nm xed Sá ; fatting beasts, 24 lbs. of 
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excellent food at the жен! of enmt doin roots of — ta "i whereas, store sheep and 
pons produce pand it will also be found. a — breeding ewes would Mm 15 - - н — 
able — of. soiling young animals, or store The foregoing statement conta 
stock, w ey do not receive oilcake, corn, e кириш to ihe qua абга у=, ў the different 
such like subsianees [ki ock require s ^ is calculated only as а 
The use of ent ЕЙ for i feeding of быз sheep | gnide to the novice, and those who have = had the 
the 1 arying circums 
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P ычы A Wi MANGOLD WURZEL RUNNING TO SEED. 
ре. d that chaf ii * Subseriber,? me м myself, and MM 
ib. . "d , d . man 
nga m тарына! =з. учи t да" from his M olds pee 
-feeding at; half a cwt. per ton, which to PD tinere pecus a чыч aeter 
difference or loss against a no! i. ti 
{ ordi inary State, of 56 lbs, to | comes to the conclusiof that ны чн е 
and the wa ted portion must be considered | to do with it, and all at e grower for 
We will, | mixing seed saved from what has prematurely run 
. per ton, | that saved i e or 
not psy the cost. of converting | proper way ; by prematurely run plants, I:presume e 
yt of steam-power | means such plants as had been sown for a erop of root 
3 least 3s. per ton. say in A — "e May, but instead oft of E have throws 
TS PURA de ihis upa flowe m. ; if so, * Subseriber," is 
m5 зна iion vit Е? ан. МЕ: "etai runt inr ^mi res tans they offer to flower, gue ever saw | 
into chaff; is made more palatable for sto; store sheep dm — ten ripen seed ?—1Ё our sum 
ed until as we might probabl: 
most ins 4 ight probably save soed 
— eat а 1 er portion of i ы A a bei » from € nm same year this i$ mol 
1 f given entire, In act of cutting hay The tendeney = bulbing pl 
: ш plants to run d yon 
iu. Pria ex it has been. damaged by mould in | fear, mueh on inerease, for of late д iy. 2 
off, ру е К porion in agreat measure flieg | Mangolds have m toan a nein extent, - in some 
and leaves the hay less tainted and much better | Particular localities the Swede Turnip has started so 
ч description of cattle ; and when freely that many farmers have lost half mas erop. I 
and mixed wi ces the objec- | an eminent gr irent ege demiengrosuied: 
often of Skirving's 
the time of matti a узига Improved, with. età which аан tat et his 
à : farm, ther on. 
nt eounty; when the two grew up he was 
chagrined. to.see- lila аме 
through a wire sieve ог һе naturally concluded t 
back the chai t all 
18 | malformation i : 
| were.equally well cultivated, and е seed was sown: 
f the . Besides —— know of ober im | 
o DE К е, опе 
E анты «i 
up later d not have been so ай 
+ $ b {i T uno 
h who:have to dis to pieces 
ion of a п the saving which otherwise would е 
А r and disappointed than a | ?g5inst ——Á Жаһеғгеарег 
ch means ће | сгор of plants resembling = Rape, with hardly any- "bulbs; through its work with n mai 
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memi vm d 4orb5 mI — р 
_570 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. _ ET | 
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where the seed was saved by a f. юпа MS | 
eare from ya iend with the, : | 
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то 9 d. P mio. ч" the sam 
ds the foll — 
armer, ап € following. year. 
thing аА Rape-lie plan o£. v» та 
; е базі, 
pene or suggest a preventative, they mni, 
| fav on agrienlturists. 
atha ree чава appearing, like the cholera. 
emi е тер 
ear its loeality 
reversed, but Мз is S generally observ. 
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Bax: the — d P. ап alluvial nature, Asin M 
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the 
same par reel of ei pos hardi: үбә сз DE 
lar sides, it is not conclusive evidence. that 
ccn the the whole crop has not been affected, the cause 
isnotin the atmosph pis ur dmn uses id 
шан o t the Е of a field. does not. 
items m but the he of. ее. 
mor the vegetating of the seed is 
first may have — influenced by somesagent ише 
gat is not understood, but which was suf 
the changein the habit of the plant, wh 
Бата 
ме partially used 
Garrett (but not 22а by him 
urpose of giving it a 
i dedo n laying it aside, 1 am 
result of my experience: This-reaper" quee 
standin crops very perfectly, provided ihe 
Piece ah "rg aS hard ; and if the men ri 
ine ees those tying up do their duty proper" bd 
of these ‚а 
quent breakages frequent 
the ttai by having extra 
fiel з but. 
me many ges are кё | 
aceuraey of t he workmanshipof the country E 
and who must always.be inferior to Ше awor i 
great machinists, but upon whom most à 
must depend. The stoppages also” загс 
frequent in this uncertain climate, and-more 
s- | by breakages, have convineed. 
