i THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
ee aus te be ONDENCE 13. Rev. H. Berry on the K 
in the Southern Counties an utter failure, it is SHORT-HORN CORRESPONDENCE. VA deg K; 
extremely satisfactory to hear of one which has Continued from p; 972.) "d «bie io iter you qt ED October — 
intained its u "e và Pee i [Among the letters and papers loft by Mr. Cottrell, of Co perio cd be obtained, and the fret objter to which [am rete 
ursledon, near| gresbury, and kindly placed at our disposal hr Mr. Bowls, | of calling the attention of your readers is 3 
BLUND ing fro "reiten H of Siddington, are copies of a voluminous ¢ UE bull Hubback, by whose means it has Pek 
mpton, states "the result "ot his Jw seul-| auch of which DUDEN in the — at Agrioularal blood | was introduced. Vid 
ne mals u ards of 4 ars ago. We ma ** ! Hubback (1777) was gi r. Sno x 
tivation of the Cattle Melon as fo vwd o i omo jeg 0 years ag du escendod on bo dam's E es ert sash which m, 
“Another year’s experience in the cultivation o " Ae Kyloe Cross. stock, and got by William Ro son ’s bull. Robson yman 
this valuable green crop has given me more aa | 1l. Rev. H. sse d ont 1822, | Mr. Waistell, and got by Mr. James Maste à odi Bed 
p h tice of thel ‘Worcestershire, April 18, am to | Mr. Waistell's roan cow Barforth ; Westommant 5 bui Out of 
dence} in recommending it to the notice lity with which Mr. Rooke writes, entitles him to | Mr. Walker, near Le ybam, and got by the e Studler ut 
agricultural community, not only as a crop capable of 
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the thanks of the public, who may benefit by his UM by Mr. Sharter, 
yielding a large amount of food for cattle, but as L- dI m not op with oak liberality he will my eee rie dara Lu wa T by se a Mr, ud FIM 
issen om some o. 1s opi nion worth, an 18 anddam purchase 
2 d at th ali ye omen na eee on er eid * If, as he assumes, the Kyloe "* a ever in y» odue "ne^ adt of Ketton." yi m Mr, Stephenson, 
ks, It a moments oo! - « n 
is fit for fi dq od also previous to the perio ‘i oe convince —- Person acq " nted with them that about a oe DE Pag ory M Soa 
of the A soria c = hy m and Turnips beiug | such cross could not be fr menw k, about to be iw - e Short-homed 
ipe for tt me b a alabie at the “Ifit been - we should have heard of calves bearing "m onfirtnxtion of € ford, 
ripe for use, à eing av: the Kyloe colour, and should have cbserved, as indicative of AY to state that a Qr Collinge ‘A I have 
usual panied of the o green scarcity of Grass, viz. | cach additional cross, an indt of horn. But the contrary Coates, now the oldest persons living, i eri. 
Au gusty A ptem and October, The present | has been and is iy the a e. I believe it remains yot to 1 with the subject, have ever deemed Hubbi Posen ted 
a int a Wwe fue ghe Melon fcm am that either a black or dun calf has ever been produce Short-horn. From him, nor from his d & pure 
has p ved "la hay ving | re arkable smallness of horn observable in them all when 
: k, blue- a , or black 
a inei vin, ony oy fati g and BS e of ‘different | oiid with Mr. "'Colling" s T Oa, and indeed with the reiia Since in: their DEED ay 
ages under cover, had ie not been for the supply EEREN of their congeners. Add to these E A 'he| on tho contrary, the calves got by Habback panse Pee 
of this fruit, I must have sold the animals a t the Fu cq oriente have not lost tle if ha and white, yellow, roars, or white, in that, and in ey, us 
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cm own showing, inevitable if th respect, bespeaking the true Short-hotm: in i 
enormous pas ib ES cross were persevered in, and I think we are justified in | Mie. Coates, the zn eat depository, peg iR MR 
) i it ort-horns, wh i 
dry E store of old Mangel was finished | “How then — e ul and uniform colour of I Colling’s stock, when pressed for his opini Ai 
; 1 On, declares 
on the Ist of we ber, since which time I have cw boon m d from “what ontse arises rather &! unequivocally that he never observed anything in that stock 
3 * diminution ot ‘born? "purely if by a cross, not by that with the which could induce him for a moment to entertain 
^ such of. the Melons and ITOWS as were ame black or dun Kyloe, but by some other of which | ihat the adizhals which have been designated pure Short han 
t likely to ripen their seed, and cut "m EN uninformed. were either nearly or remotely allted to the Kyloe 
[preces d cutter, mixing Me ier in EA een room that the mossy coat a ft touch of |“ « e" is TA e I vona ask, reasonable to yield to 
for feedi uh M d A ane bere horns ar T from the Kyloe, i. if I recollect itte onfirming the other, as they do A. 
manner as ul ceeding w angel, an certain Y | | Major Rudd's phun n the ve. he thinks they could be | port tod x um "de credit which I give them E. thin 
never saw cattle do better with so limited a supply of | obtained by no Other St is unfortunate that these " i inions, unsupported 
succulent food. entlemen should so inv ariably ace their criterion of excel- | applic tis reasoning and destitute of ER P 
“The stage at which the fruit are best for feedin anos near home. Had De wort] Major extended his research, ain Too! 
gi vy g | he vend have found other breeds ing these qualifications v TANE we ev 
I think is about the time the seed begins ^ yox al ja only instmuoe the j ers 9 S NE 
g equal degree. ni will, s e. y ri 
abont t two thirds [4 th ttai a4 e. | impro tasad VEorufekde, dit lity of flesh and Em no | Possessing evidence half so Mnt E 
px e size E p ER i the eee s, inferior in quality of fles cont “ Having observed that no Kyloe feature exhibited isan 
o ascertain est T] "Thus then ga nt absolutely necessary to trace all per- rend DM, i butt recollected = r: a 
3 e remarkably short legs and mossy coats of some o 
ar to the Kyloes in the first instance, and ied cdd descendants showed their Xyloe origin. Now by the same rule 
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the sorts T m could of mca and Marrow more apparent will be € truth, added also to a conviction : * EL 1. 2d 
th t poss y th of y ki | that in the worst bre e individuals exist, requiring only ascribed to the same source, for I think: e will be granted me 
e result o: e growth of so inds les" son judicious sel tion d gi tit Paper era end breed, | that unimproved breeds are generally long in the legs, possess 
not only very interesting, but ime dm far to sa tisfy |! UTE Jour obedient sr Tes yAIunple and pure Be ing hair of iadufiront ifla ality, judicious selection being neces- 
me that the Melons and Marrows have each a separate 3 eerie hee rece hen pa a 
r agricultura. e sorts of Marro T r. Rooke o T I Kylee Om. vano — o ves ne be tha pen [dr crs intl i 
Wi co: be that whilst they predomin: 
; 3 re eme pril 25, 1 1822. 
have grown like a shrub, ne produced from eight to |. « Hubback’s colour was a red inclined to oy and North sofa Wi degree, t the lack, dun, or blue-grey colours 
10 fruit, bes ge | 2]bs. each and upwards, and this Stari s T s c ex c4 - bull sued dg called the sional y show themselves. 
within a a pace o of 2 ft, diclows sinly n lt thnks dado common colours among the “ Upo: SNA Me then, I trust I have brought this investiga- 
that ia required fora forward Turnip pl pa ? ‘rod $h orbs. how. tent Me K. af taie Very tion foa sfactory issue, and am, sir, your — 
of the same habit of vive AA NM Of un elanpated equal ln n 
1 equal in size to the Galloway cattle to which Lady was related. | 14. Mr. J. Rooke on the Kyloe Cross. 
and grow to considerable size, producing from iade ey werd om the art of breeding horned cattle is very Akehead, November 7, 1822. 
“to five fruits each, weighing on the average |*hort— [uc lod acne ety ot ary, With every deference to tho opinions of Br, C. E 
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gther Kinds of Marrows require much room for the | As an iustanco, mot wore tae meena viv is known that | the thick mossy coat attributed to, Hubbeck, 
bine, similar to elons. 3 ' the T i one m gd were horned E similar to] peat - 
et T ighianders, and that the polled character w. 
e of the n owever, aro ker | obtained by oe them with hornless pre from a breed of than thos of ~i 1 these 
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7b. each, and having no sign of seed forming, as | the Gal ny breed, which I think can only be remedied — 
solid as a Swede or Mangel, and as hea bulk f for | further cross. 3 PY | duced the Ty 
ing also ve t to ts Fr Own course which has been followed it would i erecirabe tie Worcest iue id "ai de 
= w fea i growth of e Melons characters E the Pa te va e rea j| degeneracy i es e s mort people, howe / L 
m my last year's description of them, | that sort to breed from, and free from their. MÀ ne ch as great perfections, a I - entertain a an vagin tn 
As, however, they take à good deal of room, I this ino oe le E bes t Highland bulis in emen] ri team, z thom, ea Y with es "bulls S 
planted three rows of l between each row | of our polled cows, some of which have been crossed with the | NOW, if Punch's nd oh WA à 
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aco eight e vet dà some iheir ndent * B? | “Wor cestershire, December 6, La, 
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I planted two rows of Potatos between the Melons and | polled sort are now hot but a à fow years ago I knew 
came up unevenly | Stock of 19 or 
* Had your correspo: | 
ance eight planting. I am therefore of cross His ever seen Mr. Bates’ Kyloe *t The obj f ncois 
ved e objections of Mr. Rook my infere 
opinion that th. Bey à on? be planted at the end of the | Cas In Northa mbetlana he Eur d Kept at Halton Do e nmin increas like Hydras —À n 
month of vod in order to secure moisture sufficient | PY "breeding holly baci side, the original | Sensuine MEME ASIS bo crust Some denn 
to insure fi cien, Ere of that si IN] Mo prer ved amd È thick io body eroe e nr fed my own sufficiency as 
of facts is laid rig the public sufficient to bear P5 wi ith the weakness of his argumen: 
á TP ow 4 unnecessary further to o notice his angum 
rawn from the quick inent eye, peg 
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which common sense us never was made, 
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them e but after th the 23rd art 
pos Sivan’ “ However desirable it may be to to know $ 
or oui the origin of Punch, |; € f 
d recovered greatly, more foliage | it can hardly be expected thet t Mr, Char! i s I. 
bs UP abundantly, although too late for | any raping ERAN but at the zequest, 4 rime den of cattle ia putes PC. bes orm Rie ai 
ue g, ye adapted for present feeding. On | bought is and hi is bro and related to that bull. will ap en de "— “yeaah met wu 
ring so of my " a lo- day I weighe ai Let shy purchasers ade " o hin, * f we » Soe — with DP 
60 Ib: n 
p nu Tuit ish the uc other's 
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i y the sa sed I have no doubt but what Mr. Colling k x back, gran 
t per rod as “thirty-sove en fruits of the Me fons i ed Heu freely communicated. perd jor Radd | ac Kan M coe pri d ony, an. T he adds that dot 
last year's growth." shrink from such an inq not believe thero was a drop of Kyioe | Stood in Hubbaek 
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E: Miraris: adde, that although the drought á MUS ; Hute itchinson’s book ‘On the a edicion of the Bock- | worda, what re termed puits of good bain. oe 
m has diminish ed the and ort- ome d. it A stated ọn the authority of Jobn aa 7 Lt y person poser x 
and also made Be le produe available rec wes abet e t "hero Qo... “Mr Bek wt eB, ri ndr Koo brea d ceder = P: 
not suff 
t all at a later uthority of Mr. A. Tall, w.’ Mr. B 
= a bi 9r ws. she was a beautiful colour and === 
er, m A when she Sie got on on to the Bed cx ture aromas NOTES ON FEEDING STOCK. i 
e will in |s a litle wel thriven and and beaulifuleolcured Sha. ae wee failure of the root crops in many of the he counties 
, v f the ora will doubtless be. - 
his sei oy as he had hoped | Mr. Baker's ea iy, ole Bue T question to eke 
80 last year acs | ate if we may be allowed to judge from Pia iarere scanty bap of — food [eee 
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have given of her. is a difficult one ict 
"In my last I have inadvertently said that t 3o evt reports, 
of the follow- | Daisies sold for 560 550 guineas, poc each ; t appears, fr from what can be gathered from ties, 
rien ae BE Daisies, 716 as, TIO guiness at 109, ces that in the southern, western, M midland c usual 
P — the root crop cannot be more than one-third the usus 
