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299 
~y material alteration. in 1 appearance, or improvement 
= 
DD 
© 
d we 
oarse; grain 
ferior 
uentin's Giant.—See rr ird giver 
ere not be tne here; this DUM is 
with 3 and 10; t thes e three, ^er 
every igual point, no 
b 
mb for comparin; 
Keesinglan 
een 
nd, are identical in 
w the so-called varieties may have 
obtained 
No. 13. — rreff's d White. 
verlaying a hard red anh: 
wetter —Grown 
orking loa 
> drilled on September r 17th, 1862, 1 peck of 
(ipe were 
seed pe which germinated unusually " well, and 
produced a pc crop, ripening very early; straw 
rather long, medium thickness, very hard and tough 
habit erect ; ears long sort, and uniform in 
size; grain plump, remarkably lar in size and 
very 
ES Roan Knight's Pride, calved March 15, 1861; ;J.Platt.. 71 
3. Buttercup Again, calved July 17, 1861 ; E E Colvin, 
Pishiobury Park 57 
24. Pen Farewell, “calved Oct. '9, 1861; Mr. Reeve, 
Bre ood 150 
25. p P Rory. "calved Nov. E 1861; C. W. Brierley, 
chdale rri 
20. rien n Butterfly, calved Nov. 7 ;1861; | R. Eastwood, 
Whitewell : 350 
2 un n Duchess, calved Nov. 29, 1881; W. Stir- 
ling, M.P., Keir : 225 
28. BEANA Pride, calved Dec. "e, 1861; AS ' Cruickshank, E 
Sittyton 2 
29. Turns B Butterfly, calved Jan. 15, 1862; Pu Dugdale, 
Burnley an 
. Double Butt erfly, calved Jan. 21, 1802; R. Eastwood... 
1. Perfume, quive April 23, 1862; H. C. Pole Gell, 
190 
oaled” June. '5, 1882; Lord Sudeley, 
ood 
34. Violante Butterfly, calved ‘Nov. d, 1862 ; Hon. Col, 
n MR a . 205 
35. calved Nov. 97, 1802 : 3. Plat 75 
86, Eare prrs calved May 29, 1863; E. L. ui 150 
87. Wharfdale's Ring et, cal calved July 32, 1863; f Pope 
Latham House 
88. — Batterfly, "calved July 18, "1863; ‘o. W. 
thin skinned, and extremely fine in uality. | ix ty-nine Pac eed 
s per imperia al bushel, and 80, Butter ya e hits Duchess, calved Sept. 80, 1863; E. L. aA | 
t b the best etts : AS EST 
e. Wheat he y deolared 3 sas 2f s: 40 ba boob Buttertly, calved O te ‘Va. 1863 ; Callen, A 
reian: m oe .. .. on n "M 
Ur of coe ‘of “superfine quality. 41, Alice Wharfdale, calved Dec. 16, 1863; Lady Pigot, 
No. 14. First-prize Victoria are ian).—Grown on pe Teanches Park salt is De oL PI ees 50 
land simila ar to 3; A n bro eo? joue d 24, a) "os á ir “se a yn ec. € 
the r Qu^ e; gorm 43. Duchess' B aoe n. 21, 1864; G. Ro oper 
uncommonly well, tillered siy. vr ‘moderately (a | 44. Wharfdale's Buttercup, calved Jan. 23, 1864; G. Roper 36 
] consequéehe hen seeded so tefully and | 45. Duchess of Towneley « iud. Feb. 13, 1864; å. BoT 100 | 
injuriously thick); straw rather short, very thin, and | 46 Due pond venei ie Fea END, 1804; Capt. 
; rather irregular in some very small, | 47, Phoebus Butterfly, calved Feb. 29, 1864; G. s 50 
none large; grain plump and rm in size, white, ins 
some much m i than others I T produce 1l. Baron Hopewell (14,134)  calved Aug. a 1856; 
above average. a prime eat Tor strong rich E. W. M. Waldo, — Park, Kent . 100 
loamy soi cdm well adapted for poor or sandy soile. | 2. Royal Butterfly (16 ved Aug. 12, 1857 ; “reserve 
y en po 
15. sport from Nursery eat.— 1200 guineas. No pu^ 
are fully vu of the impropriety of using the wor oya eph Whitworth, Md A AN ic D y tiu 
“sport ;” but it will perhaps serve for 2 of a better. | 4. Row Butterfly ud (29,719), calved July 4, 1861; W. 
The facts are as follows. certain quantity of seeds Sterling, M.P., Keir . 400 
of Nursery Red Wheat, all e! and carefully 5. Mm Butterfly ie. (20,728), calved Dec. 8, 1862; der 
examined, were planted (see No. 9 . Proud Bare n, ze. EX 10, 1863; Duke of New- 
season, One e plant on "s ‘rom hit the enclosed ea; ir castle 145 
b co^ cp MM we A bees. eu eed from | 7. Royal Butterfly 17th, calved Oct. 13, 1863; Rev. W. 
the original. A surprised to Beever 200 
8. Duke of Towneley, calved "Nov. 5 1803 ; C. Patrick, 
re it closely "reenbling ke Hallet’ s Pedigree a the 
her shorter, bout the 
se ag a with chef of th ths. pde ae colour, fes R "I 
in every € except the semiaristate | 11, prince of Towneley, caived Feb. 13, j 1894; Pv Fox, Bt. 
tly elongated. Seeds from one Bees Abbey . 
i 1 have been planted, and th Brun: 
result remains to be being yet in what may be d heif . £5702 11 
a state of transition. It would not be safe t ^4 i enema si eee + £123 19 4 o: 
e any positive decla: t in al bability it | 10 bulls V E E 1486 16 0 
Will aon IRE Tight on the origin of ts . Average. s 5 s M8 18 | 
ermit us to direct your attention to samples l| Totalsale .. = dg T o. 0. 
4, $ es calls Mo eh e the ce of thin seeding 
t proves that the system un Average 56 head . seri pe ANS. TE 
bon manage 2 oes not injure the quality, but has (PIU: TEE, 
: impro . - - = Duch ^s S 81808 1 0 179 15 
mention that five acres were drill Shirreff's um T MF = DIE " 693 0 0 188 12 0 
White, four pec 28 Butterflies — ..  ..  .. 940 T7 0 19115 3 
satay and contiguos to taton which No. 18 grev;| Pme 2 02 nat end 
and yet the produce of e oia thick seeded | Baron Emi: Hussein OEY ng BR 
Was MEL Ih d in sided and 1 1b. per bushel lighter MN; 
"e 3. 
have many other things to say, but for the| The quae is jast below "y of "Robert Colling's aged pe 
t must let this communication (already much too | sale in 1818 at Barmpton, which exceeded it by a few | 5; 
ong) suffice.— Triticum & Co. shillings. vice 
THE TOWNELEY SALE. 
We add to our last week's notice the Tn. list | 
ofthe cattle sold, oe pera 
WS AND 
1. Roan Duchess 24 2d, calved Bep. i E nd Mr. ete, 
1, 1854; Rev. W. “Beever 
2 Vestris 3 Sire calved March i 
& uy Sept. 29, 1854; T. E. Pawlett, Beeston . 135 
B Ws Bracele t, calved Nov. 22, 1855 ; T. Statter, 
ein Rose, calved June 21, 1856; as, 590) 
aee Tres 71 
calyed Aug. a 1856; d. How, 
g LO NA 23, 1856; T. E. Pawlett 
ipe o. May 20, 1857; Viscount Strathallan, 
gi 
Rossendale 
Valiant t Duke, calved Dec. 17, 1863 ; T. H. Par 
1. Duke of the Butterflies, calved "Feb. 12, cre 
THE DIETARY OF "nd ci EU a 
i bra uda 
follo: 
Ue d one yg J T dier 0 — SE AUN. "bere s | 
yc ne nal aeee the former part of which | 
appeared last 
RESULTS PPE BETEA EEE AA 
results of my investigation :—1st, as to the rimi 
consumed, and the e quantity of carbon and n 
therein contained. 
I give first for comparison with the results of the same sort 
of hut” in the manufacturing districts, the average amount 
consumed by each head in the family—in three cases—whic' 
1 select as those which I believe live the most hard in the 
pa Xem 
. Man and Wife, Boven, Children and Baby, reckoned as 
16 persons. 
Preston 
p Biga ove, calved June 21, 1857; TT. 
id Hall - Nn € 
calved Aug. 19, 1858; T. H. Parker, $ 
Lancashire, calved July 26, 1858; T. 
13 
AR calved Jan, 19, 1801; £1 not 
Feb. 23, 1861 ; A. & A. Mitchell, Alloa.. 61 
calved March 1, 1861: E. 8. i 
NE 
i arb Nitrogen. _ 
read y 10.900 5,153 
MES cro 4,750 96 
Butter  .. 1 4,580 oi 
Sager. UML 4,035 Ms 
123,565 5,948 
Potatos,say 10 7,600. 240 
9j 181,165 5,488 
7) 14,570 609* 
2,080 STE 
* Weekly average. 1 Daily average. 
2. Man and Wife and Six Children, eight heads. 
lbs, Carb. Nitrog. 
Bread  .. Y iy 
Bacon... 
Butter " 1 2,880 98 
Rugar e. 2 
Potatos e 
8. M, Wife, and Six Chitren 2. Pay). — hende 
Ibs 
Bread 48 
Bacon 24 
utte 1j 2,580 99 
Sugar 29 
tatoe! 
Po 10 
Now, in Dr. Smith's Hubs p. 364, Table 41, he gives these 
specimens 
Carb. | Nitrog. 
Number 58 3,193 180 Much Oatmeal. 
i 59 2,945 lil ape as gid 
ey 2,275 85 |Exceedingly low; 
y can Children, 
5 65 2,792 111 Young childre 
66 2819 | 112 
The nist three are man and wife and six children, the last 
two man and wife and seven children, We must conclude, 
the e would have judged the diet of the three families 
x. have exhibited above as very low, and meint But this 
e of judging by the Hoh ge consumption of all ages is 
vitiiiafactory $ ; it might be that one pane of the family suffered 
the expense of rte and it would m MES desirable 
ascertain how far this is likely to be th 
pod eee z way APEL E abont 
to the number and 
g the con- 
| possible, hout attempting a rigorous solution, to ascertain 
E the respective mer of the man and wife, and the older and 
2 
adus n that the aver age consumption in bread of a 
| oid between E and 12 is 8 lbs., and, under 10 the average is 
ti said that childre m an D dl rd the 
ment in their food, t i eatly o be 
riii on that po is not a sufficient pd or titio pit 
E — it a regular and considerable article of children's 
ol “Let us see however what the actual supply of nutriment for 
| the Pd amounts to. Ed way of pe k omi is bead 
this: a piece of bacon (w. hen the allow: all—th 
Th is put by to 
the field rj tan, as it will wd 
children, a nerally the w 
except by bt yis t. 1 Anodrtatn d fr 
10 py e that she had four Mou of bre: 
weighed me quantity indicated by m: and found that ler 
allowance ould be bon t 12 oz., per! s140z. The bu 
in such small quantity thatit is dem io be rated as more than 
a condimen But taking Jn allowance as stated at the 
average of & s Tb. for a 3 r 12 years old, we have the 
week's allowance as follow 
ale 
E] 
g 
5 
- 8 Ib. 
Bac it 
| Butter, + oz. X 9l meals ta be: oz.| 
n Bugar, say 3 oz. 
- 
C | ot 
w 
eo 
> 
- * Weekly avi eR 
Without reckoning Potatos e: s, according to 
amount of nutriment ]b. weieht yt ullos required in tho 
oe E Ro - gg suffice for one weighing pi y Br 
childrei dé of the nitrogen: 
owing € caged died In the case of the little gi Fa, rare 
above, weighing about 80 Ib , the daily average-would m 1650 
aqu uantit; y greatly under = ecg and 
it : that the 
bal 
Ag d the seathed al y mentioned, int 
usband and wife’s Sterns fee ua be foul, 
here is rod Poors separa urately betw the two, 
ce o 
n the former case, w where the diet is alm onfined to 
bread, — —Á being from 14 lbs! n 16 ys € week, 
with 2 oun 
sumption f 
| from. 196 t 220 si of 
req! 
nit; T ut, singularly ating ult is alto; 
diffe when we take the where a full amount of 
baco obtained, which we should d priori pronounce to be 
the better diet. We then find a much lower ount of 
nutriment supplied. When a man gets about 4 ounces of 
bac Leu cy his allowance sinks to r 10 lbs. of 
4 to 16, and the result is, with the hig’ 
brea E tead of 14 to 1 
ee irre of bacon, only 4000. carbo: 
very possible e that, with easier m 
are attainable, whi X kas are not brou ght to account, but it is 
difficult 2 Ln whence à ae supply « of nitrogen is to be 
mesa ti naan a made 
pou. Such pé a hardly seem to be the 
be borne in mind at least, that this is a low 
