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350 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. TA. wan 
——— oe Pe PEERS ME niu ca a A RIES AÀ-——— i 
it may be a take nM ax rule tha a mo: orma o e roperty, belag and rich in fat, and was found to exercise a decide ed att fleeces Ie Paa. one stone of =E ; 
occupier, makes his return under ule B too favoura en 0 in the mi Tar and Z per fleece, eviot 
to the revenue; and I appeal to all members of assessment com mri tede, op the proportion pom idered to possess| Butter hogg wool sold at 14d. ut is 
mittees if their experience does not lead them to the opndln- rewers’ rains are generally considere e poss Smear. Deduct ex pense of unii 409 
sion that cases of properties held by owners are inadequately | a nap stimulating effect upon the formation of | j $1 
;^ Deo » the union assessments by Lp enr Ai returns. | the mammary gland. M. iekman, of Wartburg in 3d. p "n 
esides all which, it i: n t that t turns : hi adi a Ee 
codd ius die joudo any VOMKY ia ingcqutétel y, andin Germany, in 1 855. published some rona experiments, | jer (3i lb. fleece a Ghexipk hogg wool L ld lie 2044, 77 
many cases, whether purposely or carelessly, no returns are | the results of which are of such practi cal importance as Dip, um. per Ib. | Nee 
made to the assessor at all, aa a ones makes his own | to justify an analysis of Son here. pp b. d" 
guess at the value ; and man y per s areexempt from income | Four good and four bad cows were selected, and the ig 
tax, in which case neither they 3 wor the teme id officers c pue 1 M le, Oatest d 5 
anything about a correct asse In my own and diet pe i brewers’ grains, Mangels, Oat-straw, an x 22 % 
neighbouring parishes, out of ( 290 . OM ssments, bird ue are 96, Rape-ca ^ k (* py Ra e. Ps 1 ne TQ 
or nearly one-third, which make no return. A er ai “s milk was produced by 54 Ib. of Rape-cake id ot 2 J per fleece. C eviot & 
ment against taking actual rent or property-tax Teturn—or | 3 6 Ib. mg f £^ l 1 D 25 lb. of O bod Zu S big Zu 1 hogg wool Ms at 18d. pu n S9 : 
rather, another argument against the mode of working the ot Mangels, an a y iieii Deduct expense of s 1084 
Act, if these criteria are taken—is that there can be no need | anim al? 1 | imm 
for the cumbersome Ap yd of parochial committees to ** A reduction of 9-10ths lb. of Tape -eake led to V 22. 23d. ear’ ., 13 
make out valuation lists, or assessment committees to sit H hé 
in judgment upon them, because any overseer or ordinary decrease of 6.55 litres per cow daily; ths milk ef iur EXAMPLE OF WASHED CHEVIO' 
clerk could compare the whole of the lists with property-tax cake represents an average of 1j Ib. m A Mn 
returns, and there would be an end ofthe matter. Ot course it | nution of 61b. of — was followed b Hogg wool from Morvern, prepared vi meds white 
is a much easier plan toadopt some simple rule which shall do | 6,72 litres of milk; thus 1 lb. of grains appears to — smear, 5 ah jon fleece, id - 22d. Las 9 
for all eases than to judge every case its own merits; and if 1 41] ur cg Ded expense of smearing . as 1 
assessment committees can find such a rule, and ean avoid the | Produce: ł 1b. o p 410 
exercise of independent judgment, they will Be. saved from “ When 18 lbs. ewers’ grains were replace ed b Va 
much thinking, and escape a vast amount of trouble; but then | 41 lbs of Rape-c hi "ld k S nea 
they, in fact, abdicate their functions, and leav: ter | ^ p are, d a yi of milk was ne riy the gre 
the Quar : Cheviot hogg wool, smeared with tar and butter 
ions to do theless mori for them. at the abaro views are | "^ne; accordingly, 1 1b, of Rape-cake was equal to 4b, a 
sound, it. follows ment oo mitte es a ould boldly of grains, in its power of producing milk. Li diei, «iat wth, hà 
and really pede the properti ingaj “ Rape-cake produced milk richer in bn tter; grains, Dedyct expense of smearing ` : 
TEM Lan pray to the. best Port their. ability, Py 80 pire yronuned butter of more delicate flavour. — 61 
and become efficient and valuable tribunals; but if they do| , “During the experiments, the superior cows were |», o1; in fi f whit ES os ^ 
otherwise, and tie themselves down A xd to MOM as | found to be most influenced by the changes of food. In r ie Js 
eh ae grege T vee actu! renta pope pns the tofeciar animals the yield was tolerably uniform, | Example of Balnagown Clip of Half-bred Ewe Stock 
right, but which are often very wrong, they evil, e course, | Hotwi thstanding they were subjected to the same|  Hoggs n with ds Si made an AME 
reproduce all t old evis, and ESR of Jitigation being dietetie chan € 2 Srki o yw = eeee, sold at bin: - 
diminished'it, wall De greatly Ese mee Im Arr 2. The Influence of Breed on the Yield of Milk. 21 € à r 4 
pro mode, viz takin va P 5 "^ [Iu 
oe erage otho tw rds shrevaluing tho whole of lke parishes ^ The Yorkebitu pod bicis o a Shorthorn, is the Jide 
Le ose is Phis ie. to do no m. or less Nac eg it has been | favourite of cow wkee vepers n Lo ndon and oth er large ns 
done before; with. this difference, that Sine y obj ven towns, of its yield, — 
in view was io. obtain equality of OT betwee individuals n although the qty loses 5 comparison with that of Example of Balnagown Clip of Half-bred Wedder 
w also indis maller bra Stock Hoggs phopared s ron usual dip, made an 
lan could ay enti Bi Ly average throughout 9. er! Beet sod at s. d 
satisfaction; La. ag hole UE union was val alued sone b h the f shi ers wo - d make it an object to cultivate| June o at Dd. pe rib. 9 1 
ime and on one basis, the ps vod is that a more unifor oth the feedin, an milking qualities. ther is no oth! Deduct expense of dip ot a 
s iem of rating would, be be a Ly ived a K ON other obj > ection n to 5 A : s png — 93 
is plau is oi xpen this would be a "rm 
Zn coni Mer pede îe the object desired were gained. “Sm mall breeds, or small individuals of large set 2s, 51d, in favour of smear  .. NEM V cA 
I have now endeavoured, as brie slo: point out : the usually give a better quality X QE ee the same : and 
three plans by which the object E the Act E rhe aipoinady food than large ones. The lar mals giving a North British Agriculturist. 
on 
> etter return in qe p^ fuis Xf dis. more meat for 
iven. As you all know, the first appeal is the assessment | the butcher, are, however, more bie ofitable. The Treatment and Feeding of Otiia sinih 
mmittee; but experience leads me to the belief. that an ain object, Alderneys bald Macdonald, of Bowood House, Calne, has E th 
skiv A ee ace, he dus dN ^ i Mea. s will give most A haoh. for they give richer | the following remarks on the above stitati et 
men who are probably chairmen of most of the | Cream than any other breed in common use in this “oat ae ost :—1. SL. Thal bei kept out in the 
assessment committees in the county, and whe, ig epite of all|country. The small Kerry cow, and the miniature | Cattle is often ruined by bheir o8 go poa 
FAT and kcal s may be brought before them, adher: = serially. prins produce extremely rich milk in quantity pro- we phe the inclement ee of "n o0! 
be ht i 
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hey ere! laid. Free Ma res| Wh boa 
or Pur e [rM began and tbis is one of the size. 
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night, certain 
o! We all * For dairy purposes in cheese districts the A. pahira € eniin is an imm ediate Pe > of the quality 
à ale I t of * qu is very are justly pros indeed they seem i to QUARE thon of se milk, and an sen to the cow, and í d ge 
MS raia ibo opinions of mixti m NS. reat | completely than other breeds the power of converting the calf, to that also. But, I "t4 bo asked, is i 
yet si dd before, a cou comp: osed of these very e oficio | the elements of food into cheese and butter; they do their nature to be ont at night? " 
mbers er boards of jo s the last appeal for a dis- | not, on the other hand, lay on fat and flesh w ell. improvements in breeding (which has made 
satisfied ra tepayer. “A cow of this breed bou ught by the Duke of hardy), and the artificial Grasses'they cat, 
After relating his pol eek te in his own parish as to | At ins “er Mr. Wallace, Kirklandholm | longer so. A Highland cow eats the nat e | 
the ind of this Act i matter of appeals, Mr. | April 11, 1860, to April 11, 1861, 13, 456 lb, or about|9f the hills, and knows for hours before storm 7 — 
Dumbrell adds, “Trentaro u a "ink that this case proves | 1305 INS of milk, which at 8d. per gallon would be | Coming, and will feed on for a considera distance, | 
the justness s of my » that no absolute rule | w orth 437. 10s. till it reaches a place of shelter from the cal. Fire 
* For general dairy purposes Shorthorns are probably | that same cow from its natural Grass, yt and | 
be laid down, in catimating - A vost £ property ra the most nae. The dairy farmer will Bara select | confine it in a field where it cannot obtain $» ben 
the purpose of assessment; and where such rule has |those that are more distinguished for milki ag qualities it will soon in a worse condition tha sarl 
been ad»pted, —_ ^h injustice must des rily follow, be for their bnde to fatten, at the sam et ime not | brought here. It must be ho ti 
and the un the Act be altogether defeated. In|] ing sight of the latter qualification, which will tell building completely enclosed and properly es (as is 
conclusion, observe, tl t Another most reprehensible plan is to el 
by this Je isa ment Act are perfectly , the Tha aprioorne commences thus:—'*Almost|done in thousands of cases animals to wind of the 
means to attain m are as yeb very tier bn roti of f at maage ment is in en before they are two years old. The geni " stock i$ 
understood; and, if care be not taken, far from giving | operation during the first onths of the year. Land | mother is thereby seriously impaired, and the, 
satisfaction e the ped sation I tm S, this 8| drainage e and autumnal tillage have P the red in| weakly in consequence. If we get an ep! 
veda fire-brand thrown amongst parisl d tilit atmo-|our stock, the loss from this system will | old. Í 
ers, leading tono end of il- Set litigation." | sphere. T "in application of KHU d r^ crop | They should never have a calf till three years 
———À becomes and economical as the season of|have noticed in many parts of he country tha 
3 bít ete Pade ces, Seed time beige under ba bullocks (those stall-fed excepted) are heir 
£ wg, ssion the various methods at our minand f r | night. is is a imprope side of the 
TM Queene Toes of Science, No. 2 il, 1864, pant Te ip ok e continuance of stall b d shed for these erected at quát in fronts 
d, Charehill & Boe, Ker Barlington Ame ing on winter the whole subject of t! t | field, closed at the back and ends; - na tet y, Give 
rnal is even Mains before the mind of the fa rmer d di and two 
ssor. | lambing and ME season recalls for Sgen |at night to each a | few Aart "a hay, 46 by 
ica], | all those pan ts on w yh the theory rr practice of the | ordinary-sized Turn ps, sliced just previo at ball 
it of his live-stock depen this ith the 
ie body r ments 
— e ought to "on dairy arrangements, | fhree months of 1864 is mum The Journal bids | housed were pronounced by competent. J 
And the chronicles of progress, agriculture | well for the attention and interest of the agriculturist.| be worth 3i. per pog ens gel than the others. 
figures s mong Sid botany, chemistry, zoology, and all| We hope it wil ‘obtain the large country circulation | steward to a noble lor x ge me— 
the other sc which it deservi your plan with a part of my bullocks, #4 Pg 
From Pa "Voeleker’s paper we make the following kal RU Sm at the end of one th, I consider shoa g spall take 
extrac 
Miscellaneo oi han 
L The Effect of has im asd Bf MN of the met Sheep Dips and Salves.—The poe wing account of | care to house all my cattle.” A gentle hich | 
the Milk,—" In the sp m ME ; e mer | experiments, bacis vod in different counties, has been | the Times, Qus ste number m i Sor" | 
us fi cati e | 
ene hand or publication. wild, 
2 Augus casi 
re ved), 
— , nd f e 8 bat tok 
iter: in proper proportions to layi . and wo or day t 
£ Weight, ie Price of Cheriot Hil sph resulted in lung ng. disease and T imd 
xdi Satine 8 yrshire, Argyleshire, Inverness-shire, | great number of them. Access water was till 
Gea ie and ee for Clip of 1860, Where tha, the sheep They should, 2 
for winter with the — e» d : Tha h 
we adire ires V oil bathing mixture, 5 
as preparation from arseni: vm Reid's | little hay, wa pees. very worl then has i 
white m. T 
i Feeding.—It is the c 
Gheuta-rerysied tó uk obs ditiis 66 2410. = i 
or4lb. per fleece. Cheviot hogg wool td d.|food as they can eat—in " 
at 2012. pec lb. E = T 9 Pier ad, Thus a two-fold evil resul 
. Oil dip. E VNerer 
pressing | Deihot expense of bathiig -+ > 9 31 food, and pioneers ary to the ani 
hen ka Merito , as much as it ean ent. ence 
allow s Poet the 
