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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[ FEBRUARY 13, 1864 
Sageslifcntion alluded to attached to rà exhibitor and | 
| shee ep from the Royal A 
[D held its meetin; 
dow 
ps 
p tondere p cele for sciam 
at the Bristol pobre we 
HEREFORDSHIRE: Ages of Cattle from the 1st of 
January.—At a special general meeting of the members 
d a 
with him 
reeders generally if all the principal detla i in the 
kingdom reckoned from one date. But t there appea ared 
there were members 
eting prr aia "i 
matte: a E» estes of xm 
into considerati e best day 
ha ales i fri the age of Mel E 
has adver notices i 
bein wv ts ng the present meeting. H 
formed no opinion as to the best day, and M should be 
glad to hear the inen present ex 
opinions on the po He ho 
besten: y agreed 
ecommen: 
generally. 
Mr. Doc CKHAM proposed “ That the opinion of this 
meeting is that the 1st of January in each year sh 
be adopted as the date of reckoning the age of catti 
n 
pur; 
scientific men, Dr. Tho 
rently forgotten that in the 
— and 
untry was humbugged by 
VA who poat ing the advan 
and had no — for 
- Apy kind, let them not be 
of 
Shrew Ed spore ng the 
\grieultural Society; but 
in Norwich, I showed a pen 
prize of 407., 
s owing mainly, 
t | believe we shall fail now for want of it. 
"Ir tha 
f South- 
ntlema tS which I 
erwards gained a pilus of t thé Royal 'Agrienitiral, iBosloty at | he contradicted his 
viele 1 m 
AE ile if he 
h respect to ot 
any ad ent. He 
replied r^ perde as follows :—“ My experiance i "X feeding with | Berks 
rem Be 
oe nay oy: the Pry 
35. 
"ü 
ickly ; 
answ Mun bid 
mui acts iste th 
well linked le aene: mg ooo 
apk and 
ot are ofthe y ge the LUE y makin 
itt 
or yr | up 
I left off, on 
a né p too dear to 
trouble, and forward 
fe 
e value of malt for feeding 
oses, it fe woad x farther re pene" to a memorial, if 
ed befi 
Chancellor of be 
Exchequer epu We might plead three thin 
Let ihe dod: y its untaxed food; As: poor deir wind. 
terated beer, and the farmer his Let me add, that I 
pelled 5 the ‘Chandelier of the 
profession, 
obliged to toe wp on experime: 
pan i ones. I should like to 
malt Rig of duty 
rs of this Clu. 
and I have no doub 
would be to show that they 
five; armers generaily bel ieved. 
al SIDNEY followed w 
f the 
adriodituré, 
uarters at least 
q 
pus in * 79 Ted 8 of a committee of 
having a web man like Dr. Voelcker de) 
t that if in that way 
of malt were honestly im “any tested, a resul 
uch greater 
ith arguments addressed Us h 
| ess 
method by phe " Oe agitation against the tax w: 
cult ural int 
pt 
for exhibition in this and other Ay, Hei, shows." 
+h 1 
y way to Ps e fias the Ms 
r is ‘to sub. 
X. £L 
" EE 
first um 
wanted to — success, Ifeel sur T ‘the 
“bi 
My 
to ba “obtained, 
pe = ie 
not be d pw in consequence of = yearly te 
rim engin 
ember for Berks 
ayo the opinions of j^ ap ehe 
d dira Pus I» phus t groun 
canno! w act in milar 
the ud "lax x? 7 believe t hat “that t Ax 
great a sore in the House of role as it is ab t 
and that certain gentlemen there have a very great dread 
Met 
Reviews. 
The Journal bj v eee Fe. Jan. 1864. Blackwood 
of this quarterly deoa. 
^ on agricultural s ati 
l 
uring an ti showing ua 
nd profitable seope their soils and climate afford fo 
liberal and enterprising ement under both of 
y" 
credit has - in given by d the author 
Jowzs thought ignly Em that 
some dy should be fixed on, dif à seemed to e the 
2 io! that i 
opposition to 
it. 
e ls M January, he begged to sited the adaw ib, 
A discussion then took place as to the time, some 
genhinen being for the lst fri March, others for the 
lst o L Eventually an amendment, which pro- 
prih y e postpone the decision of the question, was lost, 
and the original resolution was therefore declare i» 
carried, 
METEN eee ms 
Sabah MM 
at this 
—— Mr. iene | Castle Acre.—It is nearly 18. 
t I tried the experiment oi OCT penus ien 
STE t upon malt, Ais three of the le: 
meal. The bed t. n malt were decidedly "the Rees beef 
ó Londen to be slan; Rost were 
select 
wei, the animals, as well as al the food 
Eros] I can atate that poe pe he has most 
roved that a quarter of malt will produce more 
noe oasis: rt that, 
experiments, exce; one, Eoo 
TI most healthy and regular in their 
—l have never used 
ts who has; but 
bei 
ent malt to flavour the 
lean nor quite the rule. 
a 
rs are 
alf what i ey 
require—to be owed to 
ve 
I pases 3 small malting 
nag. ca 
-— 
upon that occasion. 
the malt coombs an. 
ashes I alw: 
er Turnip: 
of this eindvion) Fo I fally believe 
Barley would be made iu 
the various steps th 
previous cutie against the 
Au en bo vem to 
Anti- 
Uc 
cant, 
Men lo 
b 
reso olution to 
repeal, 
une 
A ra acus) of a model labourer to 
refined and be ipta UG ar prid beer is mere 
as beer, and th 
e 
preceding labours of Mr. Benet wy y de C.E., as the 
source eo; in lam 
derived. 
E dise essay describes the various machines 
| per rformance of each at the different experimental and 
competitive trials which have been instituted of then, 
vet wA 
li t 
a maehi ine, and am u 
h 1d 
WHO WOuld 
mp. ployment o 
cost of hand and machiue labour 
* With 
E 
» b 
did not believe malt to be better for fe e | 
of re ing gr 
| sickle, seythe, stake 
experience, during 
aye he Barley 
ene E the duty s 
it would conti 
expense of other grain. 
cheapen ng of beer to the labouring man wo 
g 
if Darley rose fuge Peet feos from the 
should be 
nue so, for* more wou M 
reater con- 
d he thi 
a, did 
r. W, S, g, of Kennet, maintained, in opposi: 
tion to Me jn that the repeal of the law wold be 
a are Lane: to the labou 
presen! 
m 
owing to this cause, a vast am 
wu down the throats of 
to their health 
Thee fon recent]; 
others, at work M MT 
which t M" 
nsum. as not ê 
experience i 
am a grower of Barley, an 
f| Iam 800 or 900 q 
I have produced, not an fave been, te for E. 
a pne ms have 
I have e 
pigs, e T han ivato Scl os under 6 
qualities of malt tr 
that t no man Hyang Sas 
I have s 
reines 
16 
= 
et 
co 
tE 
H 
willim ape : 
boin a * positon t to pond it, for 
to rest. ‘an edens. the labourer, not 
from Mr. Dring, I con t 
tot rc 
his wi 
o, | opinions, the expenses of their harvest opers 0 the 
xperience, yes phd of the writer vitre e 
savi erg g from the use of reaping 
not brew at all, leaving to drink | Would lead Be further to Saad the place 
hick I am sure they cannot do a fair da day'swork;|  *(a) That a swathe-delivery reaper cor | 
IR era peu. nn oniy to be obtained ei pomo | and ies the work oy raspar imt 
pes Ai lt i Tu ba loro "lie d id ud c M ede sixteen to twenty reapers with See, 
: t a sheaf- Hid re Tope. 
EE pA ee apes eras Anti- pup nis oes the work FA desi ty reapers 
c rend eth yee for want 
Miyipini deem the 
it is almost i metis to e 
n a number of mechanics, maso 
h, -— while the cost of the bread 
"hA y on Saturda; hi 
oa o aa much à$ 1f gh to pay om Saturday dn f 
Mr. T. Owen, of Clapton, related the following 
n the use of nee oe He ex 
rz o doubt 
pleri Fo Sou by addin 
mal fills his belly, | the more time he 
tend inet. 
a tendency t to keep the labourer at Nue m 
of 
g man 
sent Pcie duty on n. tei =o to 
us manufacture of a 3 das “article, and that, 
t of de matter i de h 
leterious 
"fs 
masons and 
usb mera of 
f 355. 
Miis 
Mtem which 
I am also | 
malt which dni sell. | 
evious to the use — ar 
pe of Wheat on this far: Xd one 
(F qr € per — 
The reaping, binding, and stooking of Wheat, from lls to 
15s. per acre. 
Mowing, binding, and stooking of Wheat, about 8s. 
) By m: 
ow) By 
Cutting of Wheat, s. 6a, | 95 
Binding and stooking, in 3d. 
tope, exclusive of a large quu i i cri 
eaping 
— 
e proporti 
of cutting Oats by siekle or itte will be 
ag and considerably less than Wheat, mo different 
ma 
a testing the 
ttle experience in tl this Latter! In the year 1800; 
arley, re-winnowed it, and 
T 
used for 
idt hey 
repeal of the male 
is greatest 
i a hey Dni 
nor doy 
having Taking; 
sem or - = E — binding, and stooking all our 
cost of eutting 
M ad n—as, for ras 
it of a heavy — 
only, one half of the A mii 
wasted b empty. oar gral 
4p 
opinion 
a 
other—at Lis. pany ews 
— HE 
em Hunter 
ers ilson of Westar Oo ard ad tt 
in addition to sr 
A eR Pentgh Barns, 
th | others, who have 
in | for the public benefi 
essay de 
account which a ere d 
