Marca 26, 1864.] 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
E B. . [Tbsnks ; will you give us a full history of the 
pe surely not more than any working man co 
re afte er his s day’ s work for his master is oiadi. 
-- ce in the two =s ?] 
mi aordinary Fecundity Sheep.—A 
Welsh owe of the bs Nod, "Pair ging to Mr. Wil 
brabam, of Rode om Cheshire, produce 
secutive years thr e lambs, which she reared and 
brou, ught to maturity, , making pene of 36 lambs. Last 
three she reared. This year she would 
d for 12 con- | 
hich died; the other | 
lave given should 
what a great deal ud useful material for 
uU manure is constantly wasted! How large an 
amount of soap-suds and hous Marae of all sorts are let 
a few days before her time of yearning, thus making 
altogether in i years 45 lambs, 39 of which she 
m M was in the habit of being fed with new 
milk morning ind even ing for some weeks after the 
m "3 ie lambs, of which she partook freely from a 
bottle. W. » Mare 19. | 
subjects are attracting 
> Man —Sanitary 
“ty e her if you ids not think the matter too | 
I 
trivial for r columns, m 
ery 
age conve- 
upon the og Mr. Moules iti — on agp 
and med subjects, which are very excellent, and 
tong not laborious, is 
sual habits of country pleats: "that I fear iti is not | 
ES to be generally adopted. Besides which I cannot 
e. It is of course founded | use 
other coarse weeds, instea being turned ood 
account. I have said above that the garden rubbish 
hould be thrown in the ash-pit, but of course I do 
mean large quantities of Potato stalks and 
such like, ros should NÉ bu e and the 
ashes tak h gar and be 
mixed with the toi: 
the a with a nife or sp 
uld | 
Foreign State e. 
The E -— may be interesting to 
your readers. Her beg 
fertile soils, negle ctin ; 
a in perpetual farti ity. 
vail extensive e United St ates, 
mulates 
re meris ted 
hen ed for 
Roc re p 864. — Having 
read with p^ intere € 1 thi nk ge no — 
advantage, ubli 
a. thus so b 
obenrve i in the pages of your r book the str sabe de esire 
other pe is h. ystem of drainage - hk hn 
touched upon, t I think there wa 
dicular section ; "t Iam ond will s a radi Aro 
sere ty to it. Rusticu, 
Use of Malt.—As the "Chancellor of the Exchequer | 
n | self- 
: e grea test boon on mankin 
The farmers in this meret d fallen pe = 
-same errors which you have alluded to 
ho | x For instance, never aoni their crop, addat 
the only object ht for is to get rid of offensive | Wheat on the same land for t upwa ards of 30 y Tears ; the 
ed | matters and drain ee n ay, not to apply them to eo oan tilled àt cee ever 
| About two years you gave excellent of mn estige of manure to the 
| articles on the late Prince ‘Consort? s farms, and among e for the pepe ropping ; burning the 
rpetual c 
atubbles, rnold they be thick enough for the purpose, 
with 
these lands now produce from 8 to 12 bushels peracre, 
while in their virgin state (I le earn fr qe ae 
authority) 35 and 40 bushels , In 
proposes to bring in a Bill to remit the duty 
when used for fe edi g purposes, it i s very desirable 
Ah 
that the — are the Cete posi of the com- 
but think that there would occur in prac ctic 
surmise would be correct, as [re 
t 3 13 
illam with an indtsy that 
Is 
Neither do I exactly ead e es E Moule’ s ond e 
AUTE ed 
, &c., 
En Lj } 
the Wild 
untidyness. As Mr. Mo i, 
traly anlo cf * In God's Preise there i is no waste.” 
Palin obtained the opinions of many lectio ve m 
and read to the Farmers' Club a 
lette rs, all Me EE of the limited use of 
a great number of|per 
des are i in this country worth from 87. to 107. 
e, but these are alluvial flats, possessing 1 might 
almost s say an inexhaustible amount of vegeta table depo- 
aro enoral 
watt, ut in no instane 
| accurate e rience as resulting from a carefully con- 
5 
my fall 1 
The comparative feeding effects 
f "n 
vont more then from 30s. t Ses ced e, Of co 
Ia m referring to land birde he different settle: 
me , the land in the far interior bein ng used e 
ment, is i 
f Barley. 
bE Dates B J 
lt, a mee in 
im d dea etable s 
ords, 
well as all Mr offa * ma eg 
poen means of the ect 
D all dh: rer m the | 
support o àn, mell of anythin only a 
certain part of it that is carried | away [by thes 
*o 4l 
rround- | 
d, would be iw 
mber of ie dud statemen 
| the point "pd 
ed for it, the 
any n If| Iw 
s | malt is really so superior. to ves ka c can be substi- i 
b 
y as it lies 
sult 
t, bonn possibly a 
rage dés as x i 
duy fa Rre more by the to 
con Kinet than the producer, 
a part, since there: is little prospect », gie the 
whole. Bat is malt so superi ae rley? In 
eover very wasteful 
allow me 
Mage privies, that would, 
I think, by the pplication of. hig, principle to a rather 
different arrangem make it. l 
opinio: Me. 
malt: made, d 
B 
Many o 
Linus y 
illogically, when they suppose that 
E largely i 
Bean has shown 
adm saccharine matter. 
- Instead of the usual flat-bot tone Tit & vault under 
the seat, have it aes in form lil 
a trough, fallin from all sid towards an 
ached opening through the back Hd side into 
the ash-pit, which should also be e in e 
manner, fallin each side towa vade anothe 
arched opening RE little below the level of the 
d, and leading to a third small pit, -— ng a flat 
, and of a sizo to contain not m han about 
ulf a barrowfu 
earth ; this ed it, which I will 
mm Sanno Mit should be w Ki md just np 
sodes: in the colony, all owing 
to supply 
ws cas s the appe cite petes affected, and 
pe sibly acidity erae resu M e refuses 
ed we Penes h i ^ ing. 
oderate quaxtitiut, and wel mes dern 
wer food, malt tet doubtless be useful; 
ion whether the same effect mae Bo obtained 
eaper rate. Most of the cattle one which are 
still in extensive use, contain a large percentage of the 
rob Bean, and this _appetising effet is partly 
t municated 
evel of t nding ros 
ilt h good ve walls, - wel mortared 
E e 
Rex f e 
rom the ash-pit and the privy, Into the ash- | 
se 
rre be thrown all the kitchen 
ing 8 
| mixed and well ground, wou 
to the f Why should not the farms - make a 
Y afirm t to the mpi. miserable style of cultivation, Were 
en book T Thaw 5 reduced 
accumulating for yas A enacting ‘that it was good 
riddance of bad rubbish. 
Bed NM since I have somewhat al 
e of cultivation, guided by your valued book, 
season ns hav den most unfavourable, thereby prevent- 
erly estimating the value of the ad. 
altered my 
he 
9 would aem I 
ral purpo: 
cc n to thank: Mr. Bai ail ey De nton 
my question, although it is no 
s0 datisfuory a one as I had hoped to p 
ceived, ‘om re be very glad to join. with him, a 
w assist could 
; |style, it was - dg 
arge | 
ditional cultivatio on, &e. The only year that my Wheat 
arrived at maturity since I followed a somewhat better 
the 
earth by 
howe’ about 3 acres "before the storm, which 
nevertheless ^e neck about in the stooks, but still 
turned i 
| 
ushels of Oats o, and T Hay 
f Pa 
but it x can al do? Ta in Parliament ; and 
both the aes and vice- ardt of his Bien] 
in Pa rli ament; and ei ther of ther 
say dou cakle the Divi hay pe om 
my neighbours 
I am nd it cannot fail to 
in comparison with 
ratify you to to Msn that 
is far untry, 
work 
day: throw the ashes or pa 
LUE veas me and RA the ame wo e and soap- 
once every day or oftener, 
and o 
ow down a do half a a prod of aien earth; this 
nt almost or quite my the usual un- 
and not e tenis est wll often comes up such places ; 
rend convenient part of the| 
with ore ear tape 
So much the 
b Bill to provide some simple and speedy y FE dale 
as the Court of Petty Sessions, before not less than x 
k any. person’ 
nd at the expense. me the epplinnt, E Per 
€ that age be done t 
pier 
ork” has reached thi 
n 
Tav in the Sydney Morning 1 
return of your last rre 
produce 
my friends, but they [um heaved a deep 
xit si igh and d sid ^ vi id can’t be accomplished here," but this 
of ‘such jo ae utlin 
measure which Mr, 5 Dent pope ein 
If I can st him in any way I e be 
appy to do so if Ur will i only pona -— qu or 
n the 
rJ m AP 
I lu: 
description Ey r tarm. E mat i to say, its extent at 
present, num ber of acres under each crop, a few of the 
most ambis to terit E you look upon as 
n Australian, 
mos r woos to attend. it. I hope hat this i important 
ocictics, 
Pl of i it “ia dally 1 Lag) ts d I yi no doubt whatever, 
e ! Gloucestershire Drai 
an 
H AND F E 
ne the ae Esaias seeing P ‘the Council 
e Secretary reported that the Local Committee 
