614 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [June 25, 1864. 
tition there can be no merit in winning. The Dumble- | life i 
ge e Dumble ife or humour were qui te absent at that board, for grown b y itself in dee 
qe e specimens of this breed, and | hurrabs and cheers might be heard issuing vhs ety Kani Bernd vk i. 
a could be vastly i passi Š dir ducam of the fea pn and we hope that all possible | be a fortnight before the elevated land of the Cotewolg 
In Oxfordshire Downs we have mpetit i i Hill 
may attend the Gloucestershire Aeneae Hills and 
Mr. Walli as of Bampton, takes the prises | dor both s Society, - hs - mat arme and subscribers will | forming part of a mixture of * geeds? | M | wie 
nue r th I h and Pla 
- seio ara t Mr. Hol Mus of Mai isy Hampton, shows | many years Tu p diii uod topi * mn oft he oil La: he Clover bar 2A as 
a fine, somewhat coarse, t Mas useful — y ram. ——!T— at all; whilst other seed, under FEM 
psig ats ae’ no Cote old shearh he me d "34 circums € s, has done remarkab] po d V mn) 
r three Cotswold shearhogs, an | Í | 
m fho geint for Mo rhog l Mr. Hebie Ins. “Tha t there i is m auch reason for these conclusions will 
eauties, beating the Tako ak Bonnfdti ped — Playne, | Tales and Traits edi | Life. By Henry Corbet. | warmer climates the 6s us 
, , Y more difficult 
who is again tob ow in condition, j Rog "ap x fie ord the land produce a plant; still itis ouad to aa 
é collection of Swine is really most ss tfor| Mr. Corbet has here ted a number of very} on the increase, because warmer climates ca ved 
us neighbourhood. Of White Pigs there were but a ae sketches and ops ps his "S bave | see si» v uad Á- rtainly and in greater quan lity Th toduee 
w, and those nos. of . first order, but the Berkshire n hom in a very well printed little volume, | ca ; J.P 
1 most deservedly preserved the | i co with clever coloured lithographs as Eod w "A "ifüealt of growing from fi 
reputation xn possess for size and quality. In the | piece and Vignette. The iographies of Gully, | in proportion to the thi md Kate oad tee he 
Breeding £ Sow Class we found some first-rate specimens old John Day, anc he Chifneys, the ae E wardness of the climate, so that the elevated iai 
M s establishment, and of the great Pepe [en n the stony Cotswolds just adverted to present, per! 
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Hewer, the Royal Agricultural Colle e, » Badler, Stewart, and hound show, and a concluding paper o mi | 
ex — In adjudicating the "Y r breedi ing sows, — ing A Hester and Hacin » mre "x ore | Bare of Hbi We RAM cain say. ofi | 
e judges must have been I by size, and Sg ieces of general interest, _ There ia besid « 
fre fay sow ha of MN how could Mr. Stewart's number à a $ y racy [UR cy of ood, A" n e: eei — e" — > and more 
e faulty s ave been preferred to the perfectly- | num of “Tighter Ae istrative of the man 
shapen, eorrectly-moulded ‘ Sukey,” the Odi "i es of sporting life. a passage pe the | silia is Ei eee bul ota, w of Ullo 
the a. Agricultural College. The judges at Distal | concluding pages on tho. pe «ss of Hunter gom m a | Vélfiesop and n a 
nr "Xp aes —n differ in their taste d | Hae Mir i n could not carry away ; " MY while this enerva- 
notions. r. rt deservedl gets a prize for "is armers wi tell you that, as a rule, edin 
young Berkshire boar, but cert tainly is no ins ntitled to ‘nags’ does not pay; as, under the LER dioe tion, « ve = prete this satin, o : perde ue 
distinetion for his coarse mis-shapen breeding sow. it would be r xm er a curious thing if A D Ae Hook of a lower temperature with constant climatal 
r. Hewer shows some nice young Sows in a pen of | # rule ; breeding such stock does not answer, because | changes and cuttin g winds and if it does ^ po 
three, taking let prize, and the Royal Agricultural they are bred without any roe at all. » ‘these days, we say that A" land is ore sick, when, in truth, it 
College came in again here 2d, for a nice neat pen o if a tenant wishes to rear a good beast, he t i n t sickens under these cm sA t in 
thelike number. Mr. Baily exhibits and takes a prize | especial care to secure the services of ^ good bula as | atin well may we say that the Nort "1 
with a ver useful boar; and last, but not least, the with the same ambition he will bid up for a Cotswold | reas schon ot the negro, because he there dies out go 
Royal A gricultural College gets a Ist for a sow with shearling, or a Southdown ram. If moreover, he | rapidly, or that the w arm south sickens of humanit 
seven pigs by her side, and well do they deserve the really d, he will be almost as scrupulous because those who are una eclimated sicken and die 
praise bestowed upon them. in n selecting a dam, and thus provided, he gives the} there.” 
We now have a few wards to say upon the Hor fair trial. But take the case| This is the first explanation offered of the phenome- | 
Then fir: rst for the Cart-horsee. ffe collection under of rearing a ridi ng-horse, ap and how does the self-same | non called Clover sickness —but others are also 
he locality or Socie man proceed? In nine times in 10 ‘just anyhow.’ | suggested; the ual a onmen’ 
n the award of wine I should pe to differ with n He puts eb = 4 may happen i». have with any S i by whic! pots for ^d stan is i 
ipei in their selec’ of mare and. on the 2d poas Poing that m way. E oft en pie and TY which much m ischievous insect lifo ds 
animal guard ey hère had Earl Ra dno res e" scarcely looks at the or s uses, 
Suffolk w ould sea reely hav inge of some roving blacksmith, or 
"pre egs o acht 2 or coper pum travels the country with an aee f ; MH 2X por be larger induced plant of our cultivated 
disqualified = for erip t e Chelten) ham, Mr, | calculated to Ese erpetuate the = exe st weeds and | Clovers a rule, that perennial constitution of 
Woodward’s roan mare certainly is entitled to greater | screws. e foal, wh oes come, is the sale wi peri 
praise, even if she does lack a little activity. BA e tech after same man i that is, left “2, Eve je sane beni is much dénoniai by 
In Stallions we join the Duke of Benuforts Gray, y much to shift for himself. Hs will see him transportation undor climatal circumstances. 
which animal very properly had -eyi the palm i ing, e HE own i tho farmyard amongst a lot of 
Mr. redis old horas. « —« Pet urie ;" the latter aslikely as not with a hp down, or a TUR € pem hil out. the e young Clover plaut. — 
a very fine shaped handsome Put jor Williams | hole ee, side in - ‘thrust of a playful| “4. Thi growing Clover with 
fairly takes a prize p his powerful hunting mare Hector, an Ww - as he can on| Barley, in which, if not pem it must become 
* Perfection.” nat gd Biol. cw ^ ds allowance of Bean straw. | weakened, 
The Cobs and Ponies were nothing extraordinary The x sult w pr wonderful system. is surely logical) “5. We ought not to ad to grow Clover where 7 
Mr. Ed. ay med of Prestbury, gets a Ist for his cleyer en ongh. A or "old the young l cut 
well-shaped B n Cob, and Mr. Fred. Marshall for ; rali -headed, ^e ede tp framed thing, with | in tl p^ 
fine Poco iid robal is e sort to 
In the lacus nt Depa artment we find many names | En his personal Sipi. p with a "general 
amongst the exhibitors already w vell known p fame, as, | expression and Ms as lively as that of Rosinante, Far m Memora nda. / 
for instance, Cambridge; P. & H. P. s, of Wan. | or Dr. Syntax's Dapple. Very naturally the breeder Ax Inzan Farm: “Wer, Foun, AND Poor?” 
tage, wbo receive a ne for their pete threshing | of such a prodigy is more than anxious to sell him, but dpt: spate d de 
machine with ste ; James Savory, of n ; (Concluded from p. 518.) 
uy him; 5 
cA Ps id il and also a very handy | Until, without heart, mou b, or action—under-bred,| THE p was to fo! “et some plan for bv 
ka ng n. E 4 under-fed, and half-broke—the butcher gets him thrown | and pen s land. ^ nf. axpedsel e as al 
again gi p rath ac ; Lane, of|in with his next half-score of beasts, or the villa age occupier of str DA nine RA the tenant to Ty down 
Cirencester, a ake-breaker. oe & | apothecary, on the spur of some hapless m MH is | certain maxim which o take as 
a i i Ånd | his uides, Ho ‘had sape himself, pee that Gort 
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Eua to it; and C. F. Wells’s one-horse cart is | business than one would bestow on a AS of Corbin many years been more profitable than any noe E 
beet entitled to a prize, being a really strong, service- China eggs, or a litter of terrier puppi of farming; and that although this was clearly not a 
ae implement, fit for its work. Great credittis due to — far ss heu Hes pe E 
. Isaac James, of the Tivoli Works, for his collection a m Y | 
i i i Ds ; Science and Practice in 2m degree By Prof. | Mitt e both to the pocket of the oceupier and the 
of implements, which fully entitles bim to he prize of | Fames Buckman F.L.S., F.G.S. How to bond of the land. 3d. That horse-keep is item 
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102. A portable gap drill for mending the rows of cont 
T other green crops, th handy aod. Gro" Goo 4 Clover. Lanes 192, Piccadilly. which it is most difficult to keep down on clay fannu 
M g = ‘ gal "Co a The gin chapter of Am of Professor Buck- | and dead if not resolutely dealt with, will effectus | 
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Gloucester, take a prize of 202. for their assortment of | man’s work deseribe the Gover ‘family generally, the | kee 2 : ; 
> gt Seaman & Mallony = exhibit Rent iécies overs, the varieties HS Red Clover,| T adopted was to buy in dr 
im sppsrintiy excellent quality and work- | the Clover allies, the Clover sickness, an oe yee sube e to ran on the old Grass 
: sod parasiet. EA. e weeds | lan of abo 
The stands of Messrs. vo p d parasites we + ee that are the great the acre. j seasons they main 
Clare. - attractive features sk the: amass the angie in the way vit growin er. Let us|selves without extra keep until Christmas, 
vals ga under bot with | hear what Mr. Buckman says "OR the former of these | time they received a ptg of Oats 
stands rang 
the usual good taste, and do m: a redit o i ecaprite subjects amb 
} tock, ther * In papae the important snetiioe involyed in previously stored on the Grass, were given 
^ nition 1 te exbitiion. — A ger = ] ‘Clover sickness,’ ould first direct corn or cake, until the winter Tares vem 
E A the term until tl 
i illiant e 2 esie Pros odi ha : the fact that crop Toe is a derivative apes E ni commence. By the time these wi 
may fin t within | plant which has been so forced that it is many times sats: and by y selling off 
Ses M Hw 
noh it wet Hn x iam nu to wr m ll the lambs and most 
from which it sprung. ‘this deriv ure all the lambs a 
" mis ba A race Dom add cheerfulness to the | (the propensity i as it pered for fet fattening) can only be | were sold fat 5o VM bobbi DES by the time 
penetr their poj outbursts of popular airs and maintained by a contin from one fe to| done and the had to be pk 
E on tbe arms ED. E: aay isi ds Be To which the TE This plan had the advantage not 
‘otectors, or seats fam e 
tle | bronght b a Aber to a poorer, o! 
le how to a colder sel we may expect t d its | land 
ute 
« w better in pic ccs 
bi sare ree auis. petito rg sn Be S 
Eue ti haye 
Drondjeaved Clover! Wurzel, thes acreage under 
