814 
THE AGRICULTURAL SAGET 
Bu 30, 
some — н to occur, which have led you into most erro- | 
neous conclusion 
“ There is m hydrant to every 21 acres, instead of every | 
6 acres, and the solid dung is wheeled out in a barrow, not put | 
into the tanks, Peop es infer from your statement that 
у besides the er of rd T the pene Rye-grass 
whick ids. contrary to 0 fac А | 
1 ! 
for my cattle consists of Mangold, used 
Italian Rye-grass 
at four рч per |: 
eeds s per Aes hd Cabbage during | 
Md id de farm 
А, 
when you visited me in September, 
have con- 
consumed during the nos summer, 
of 150 feeds of 10 cwt., or 75 tons of Grass 
instead of Cabbage consumed by the catt le, * 
appli ed, you are in still greater error. м 
T": чү sony 7 A Italian Rye-grass, 
half of this 7 emt this season, 
not 11, as you state; 
and was not ready . for 
spring cut by ploughing and sowing. 
оп that haiti of the field. 
“The ersion into Grass of the ammonia contained in the 
m js guano und the eap x е cows was thus sopoia 
e 34 acres of i A sow ing. . Since that 
J 
[f 
referring to the statement of the feeding of my cattle you 
appli 
сеи to July by th 
the | | Na 
- acre ] een it is To possible that he may, and by 
ming a little higher I don’t gel b I sha * T. it 
peer, Ai mr m se, Swaffham, D [It ro- 
| bable that you dried your Grass more дей, aim 
ture does in the hay-making proces 
ue of Lan A A DE to the editorial note on 
communicatio Farm Buildings 5 d I should 
а solely 
ci x int of v tion certainly 
ared t to involve B Med Те че explanat ion 
liev 
арреа 
I believe to be that, of old, land was not viewed in а 
ойна light. А man acquired land either as 
о ant as д means of livelihood. Не gave 
Пе or nothing for it in a: either in way of pur- 
usted his means and his 
chase or as rent. He 
labour upon it for his. iivelüdeins and enjoyment, 
without regard to a money percent ge. pes land has 
become тч frequent subject of sale, its price has de- 
;| pended not upon the — cost (es edle in пое) 
of reclaiming ita =? of erecting the buildings upon 
m in ordinary cases upon n th 
n its ша cirenmstances. 
ей, new proprietor's hands upon 
yet, when once in his possession, Labs common course is 
to maintai mprove the farm as far as the icy a 
tor's means permit, without any nice calculation. la 
| 
"3 that during the four months I was on full feeding, 480 
A. of 10 
on half feedi - 120 fee 
pene nial Rye-grass field x d not 
210 tons 
cpu me a 
This 
wor 
certain ty of ammonia to eith ,or7,as y 
may re. The difference at the outside will merely be the 
po^ 34 е at 27, = 71, which does not affect the calculation 
“уо ak take the land at 8} acres you will have 77 tons Grass 
and She acres is thé maximum extent that I manured at 
oe one Time th 
eral of the 
nce о f agricultural friends, and the 
I obtained 
now 
them a fair average of the e crop | he. 
apparent it will be that generation after generation has 
sunk money —M ely in the la m € а . 
much land at its ren 
tchem c 
was almost "without a пеев: ” and 
Бер” ret nothing but mo to refute 
the бмин ments of t s impe Gazette, X very 
leor that the buli * Farmer" was de d from 
ood eows, but there i 
the 
, eve it be impossible to decoctae Sere he 
improved it. e er hen 
he states that " а injudiciously das the 
ruin of half erds in land ;” but did judicious 
erossing me poe Colling's Teeswater breed ? D 
not the Gall lood dation of thes 
adorn the estates 
lerne herds, which adorned and 
the Duciės, the Bates, 
the whole liquid 
liquid of 10 cows 
that 
to my Rye-grass, which — 
s not the. 
being applied to s Cabbage crop, and five to the Mangold 
* A field of Italian R I have 
had repeated eek ings, "рм daily, а ө me to 
speak with perfect confidence greates 
uniformity can be obtai 
ts. My root crops 
nt, and I зате Бетси in 
raising my average weight of mangold from им 4 but ‚лш 
cannot use your Lacu with the е same › freedom in s you 
сап in It gos 
gainst 
> ‘guano — on рем of 8 acre. 
er 'I have hitherto gs able to carry my applica- 
€ s of 
tions 
In Ital 
ату! Eo «сеу, 
th profit.—Y ours 
s hae now the length of о 25 S bw 
TEL 
рел There а 
many anomalies in this, as in all vital fuiiétions ; yet, а 
in other тоу enough is known to serve as à 
tical guide, ieh, in at 
tances, will € erowned wit e ar 
with short-horns, and Bakewell with i mra 
suecessful, because e bli 
could etg wen and had the genius 
чет e means of thei 
it an 
— uld most assuredly follow, if * erossings? we 
ecklessly 1 pursued ; des: the skilful агае сап dien: 
tn time and ar nts when and which в 
It is 
and next, the 
and like ** Hubback," an 
e MM offspring. C 
m eet eem 
male to bay ; Pi 10 lbs. T bens 
A ба mg 
Së ы lbs. of 1 ha ay 
give 144 tons зе It has been 
hat he has 
he had 
ciple that 
104 to РІ E m length 
put together is 
best of 
ities whi 
mpart to their эгени vith such dar force, 
ooze out t any 
ductive, in another the 
minate, and be only is anm £ 
of animals who has the 
Hu 
i in on 
imilative таат predo- 
лч * breeder ” 
сабоо, апа v 
eed т wbieh are 
experi h 
required 
"hin S - H., M 73 
— eas pondent, “ T., Glou- 
cester,” EN ricas rs. Hardy mean monte i 
Ша iat 6 inte of seed are all the would advise to an aere? 
The And ~ so ridiculous that it is cti ly worth dem ; 
| an 
dp sienne that r fi tu- full of the source ] понти gt " 
to reap as mueh as 2 » 2 bushels, 3 pecks, i өзу minh AST cu е те із 5 Жа 
and 5 quarts per aere," &e. Now, although 1 um пе | are severally rendered ата eig t medium of еше A 
farmer, it struc vss man. ing above — if it could | Ремо рар ow - 
be shown that 6 pints Le an acre, or a smaller dto wh 
ty it would be nene rises 
| real benefit upon the com owes bel 
p ae алнан» 
representative of a long line є 
and € vm g 
maintaining lis herd at the sud e they 
ҮЛ of the access of water а 
a prag e sb large; and wonkd-he Ашар 
editorial apprehension bot 
е soil as 
s ingle root; 
mensured | 7 dncbes in length, 
0 grai The whole 
fre om the ‘single plant rýr 21 109, which yielded 3 
and 3 q orn, зеш 47 lbs. 7 
from а 'eleuhtion made by counting the grains 
ounce, the whole number of grains was a 
= Miller thinks that, had E made a ecd QE St. 
n the spring, t f pl 
to 2000." Now єпрровћ ng t the 
planting to Ayi placed 6 inches 
l foot from row to ro 
f the ears 
and «nd between 60 
mber 
oen 
ato i 
tation, but 21 
quarters, 6 bushels, 1 pik райо, and all this without 
дү casualties arising i from e mischievous ro 
and p? ugs," 
uld of eourse involve 
Merten Vergi? and attention, but the extra expense 
т our, ould be an eo 
, the Ta tin Ex and the m d by the 
ths of the present generation 1 or ery grea ii vig effected in the seed. The foregoing 
breeders in the pres ay is not that to which the quotation is taken from the exposition of the parable of 
“м r” refers—the hazard likely to be incurred is sower in t Ма һе ew's Gospel, by the Rev. Dr. 
not that of crossing, but that of selecting animals for hee Clarke, ven is quoted by him as a proof of the 
mets ng stock, € -— of t xd colour and their сосна of Ше Creator ; 
pedigree only, ra of tie important|nature. I trust the above may meet the 
ualities upon which their ане. ав ing элә or more to whom it may be useful. William Chitty, 
stock must depend. Few breeders have maintained Stamford Hill. ['Тһе use e of this experiment by 
their reputation t long series of years,| Dr. Adam Ls ^ iremos right and ; but 
| because they have not sufficiently studied cu principles your use of i the adv of ing is 
upon which success 1t. › it is true, | extravagant if hot 'llogical. ] 
F s' Club 
CIRENCESTER, Dec rau 
Society Mr. Lawrenee and Dr. 
dresses from which we extract the following passages :— 
еер mm dos pc Lawrence referred to 
this subject r, at 
because а far а 
oeated shallow tillage a man 
experience berg T opinion was likely to. scitum. 
He 
uite pi to the folly of attempiing, to Iaf d lay down any 
ion however, 
кым em of tillage as of universal арр n familiar, изу ere: 1 
Jar 
each oi 
your minds for our present purpose of хии: nutrition ; f 
earth, «trictl — is the source of egeta B 
» tf m the — we have considering, | 
vhi ch their 
