732 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
[Joi 30, 1864, 
blight and small in the pods and poor. Peas are | because among the recognised which are |year we in no way differed : from. our usual mode o 
variable; some y , and others almost mi ine by experience to be wholesome and profitable, | Ls ci except that i mein ate cutting "p Mua food 
failure from the long continued dr €: t and blight. | th are generaly found in excess of tbe | we turned them out recently on A: alian Rye. 
y good la Lf the animal; the nitrogenous or flesh- | grass which had been previously mow pers ay, and 
the bs ands, but better on the meadow “inde A g t | forming re likely to be deficiente I have | then gogngen and ROBO lic ed. 
proportion of the Clover failed la that the | th ft ely out of The cal li fed, 
R^ antity mown was unimportant, bat it w cured in | consideration for the present. The following then are | accor ing $6 my usual custom ; in is d remord 
condition. The cutting of Oats N jore will | | the calculated values of the common feeding stuffs, | from a bit of pasture where’ they received Cotton. 
ce next f th ly Wheat will | including the manurial value, but lusive of the | cake, malt combs, and bran. 
y for the hook and sickle about the 5th Angus es amer] expenses of hier dance, interest of money | Afro. bang on the Italian Rye ae Tot a week or 
e Maügels have again failed to a invested, and any serious loss by Geath, or contag ious 10 days, p did not feed 
The Swedes and Turnips are at present, NM Friki. da $r el. Th mn 
n. Apples are plentiful but dosi, and the Pear: Try as ; SRT 
a poor crop, the cold weather causing them t fal 1 “Off Ei db. 5 i dps i T m eo pee! 
the trees, in some instances completely blackened Be Sja g g | Worth, da Total shed, fe d'on R s, he and recov el. 
through the core. Stock of all descriptions are doing E 3/2351! per tb. | Dung, | Valve, S ee 2 ye bie: a . 
well on the “roast meat” and plenty of water, but rain is dc - of sats, but dover. and died att M ed 
is very Men w , Elms, near pa rshore. salts poro 
YORE ums: Outwood Hall, Wakefield. — Ibs. | Ibs, | £s. d.| £s. d.| £s of suffering iu violence. "On mortem exin 
| Hay, 1 .| 40° | 180° | £10 0 010 05 0. of the large ipn of the think or r digesting stomach 
Wheat y healthy. but rather lat "d and very thic radians DO. Yton | 88 96 |918 6| 2 4 Ol10 2 ul " : a aa Table tay: 
on the grou vnd likely to yield a good arene crop. | Oilcake, 1 ton.. ..| 105 | 466 |11 13 0| 212 0/18 15 0| (on ec y the | á TODI 1 
Ba rey: particularly promising, Shot dub Oats ; | Beans or Peas, 1qr...| 2 126 |3 3 00 7 0 $ uu o the latter, and especially in the fourth mes or 
particularly promising, but lat Bone: seldom | Batley, Lar. 72 2 : ha : : (deep abomasium, considerable inflammation. The e vete ee 
rnips: very backward ts, Or, is 
and not rap a good crop. ireen fooa $2 ton dli 8 04626150. 1:6. | Co tton cake and Rye-grass, came to the aaay o that 
Hys “ige, crops but idt p^ Clover: very Does experience, the great test of truth, bear - was the Cotton cake that caused the death, and 
pes ge well got. Peas dat: grown in this nei ighbour- these figures ? Do they represent | with any accuracy | accordingly I alarme ed my y worthy suppliers by taki 
round, good. claiming the amount, The 
win. Single company in qu district, which is | I think to a great extent they do. I think s gen |remaining calves were deprived of their cotton cake, 
at 3l. the ton, - rei onfi M to some very nice luxur à nt Rye-gra 
answers IT bie: both to the 
muneration, and 
Af 
n bulk; o. yis ed too soon to offer an opinion. 
Barley fair BEA rwn not bulky in straw. Oats | 
decidedly bad, 
y ans very good in appearance, but 
yet much flowe idi the stem. Meadow hay Rod 
crop. Broad Clover (mown) fair crop. Turnips 
wth 
nips. e now, yesterday and today: fine sun dad 
gogia dl hent, ind I greatly hope that we are now going 
to have summer weather. Peter Stevenson. 
rally allowed feeding valve of hay a 
on price of roots, 67, per acre, are as near 
he same ‘proportion to their cited. 
ov f 
æ 
> 
o 
o 
n 
e of in seed heads 
surgeon protisted they would do 
Wt} 
i gra 
the Vereciaaeg 
` However, after 
anri rices 0 
| : carg e margin o rn ofit on feeding UM 
pv this caleulated profit heavy 
app 
for m: arkel | 
deductions 
apr an attempt to cheat some food from the 
i mouth, a very hot tongue, short e here a 
| yawning, with, eyes Watering, hdd un 
ising up v 
“and i wil 
| ia e made. nave mentioned the items of 
interest of money, attendance, risk of death or disease ; 
| to these m dded the liabilit 
me 
on the Prius rienced — 
is bought at a higher 
by the fatted ila and i 
a sonal entering on 
of proc 
pu 
n the case of any but 
the cde the difficulty 
io I 
r price per lb. than is real ad |! 
E hours two more fy On exam ining the stonei 
cotton cake, nothing but nice RONN Rye-grass 
kea s in short lengths could be f This was 
e conviet Rye-gra 
ves at home were daily on vit “Italian 
wart, cut into chaif a xed with "ue us 
addition of cotton cake, ^N com c at bo After 
taxing pue faculties i in various ways to dict “for it, I 
suggested that the only di eens could Lainie: be 
t home) th 
= 
[n] 
e 
tcher from all attempts at fattening their meat for 
WHAT IS CONDITION ?— themselves, althoug h te a cer erta aiu "extent i it might pay 
Penis of agricultural "i Vm had to d I rely 
lament, whethe: or MPs farming, the | on on th hp figure I have quoted p. e that a farmer 
t discre rd sults and tice. | ing the necess: E ino M. eiae: and 
re is ever Ti to answer jute ut to her, Judgment, need not be deterred by any antigipated loss 
and A bie easi the li 
wer hin pns it is in a way an 
ofh vary, erops will va i dl animals 
will fat one year faster than another. The routine of 
farm gd is Au ut varying, and so does the master 
f; 
tl TASS 
as well as the p or eade and see des Fh In 
the field I noticed that the calves invariably and 
naturally, e p upon a fresh piece, take off the 
tops, and thus fill their Stomachs with irritating sub- — 
his live stoc! his 
i 
e same land and under, 
^ It is fro m this 
x of Nature's answers or BOY er 
with any Se M that 
av ets, relying u the 
bes result o others. 
land p hi Es = in tory ide for his 
money, with his manure for nothing. And on 
| mere commerc cial copie I think no otl 
conclusion could be pre cted. ‘The farmer has so com- 
to|plete a monopoly of the meat market, that the com- 
pun of the world cn large has little or no Apiay ce 
Now if t 
: pr ion di hea dt h 
fo! 
| proportion of smooth stem ; nr the headscontainel - 
of the animals which "e de eu a 
od. The turtle soup, unmitigated by a bulky | 
compa aratively unnutritious Substance, appears ta, M, 
Ha 
ese. 
on this produce. is is so, and o 
vatoalations n oy that 12. worth of ni nit itrogenoua 
| manure per acr r 40 lbs. weight e nitrogene. m 
of Wheat, 
ta 
uarter e can asc 
" +h 
animals been limited to a given space in 
time, and thus consumed the whole plant, no y- 
2 agri 
e pow 
thor ¥ vélos in this expe ent in ascert 
Md our first Lenis that one-half of the pretana 
n the food w reted in dung. We shall have 
nger 
ight probably have arisen. An agricultural friend 
g that both he ne and a nei 
ilar ci , only that it 
dE. over the acres he has annually in corn. This 
dey on it Beier “for the ssi truth—that one-six 
of it is pines e in Mies bor Pea E a tting 
animal; or, in itrog 
contained in 28 Ie o f iod (ao weg) ‘hat 6 ‘bs. of 
nitrogen consumed a produce 28 Ib te 
43 times its own weight. In the res ae f feedin d 
have been 
so common hay, half a ton 
of India an Coen n of oileake, or from about 3 
quarters of Beans yer) pnm h 
root scope. And by taking the same figures i in connexion 
with our former conclusion, that where 1 S of 
iiia n en was consu i lb. 
which from time i$. bu ‘published in the 
Royal / A 
n 
of meat ought to be 
produced, Su ET. left | in the beiz we shall see e that 
lb. eat fatted should Jo oduce 1llb., o 
"stone 
oed a , J 5 J 
n e £411 $^ N + 
rather — 
on qeu animals, and under the most favourable cir- 
cumstances, I thi 
d| We know th 
dead weight of teens wu sign 
manure, which i i 
On stiff-clay pastures, livounk richly. 
saet. Rra bust T have never sustained loss. 
iat the Rye-grass under sewage 
run altho ough 
great stomach, 
inflam 
former letter was shown to pe cheap » 6d. t 
farmers would expect. e realiso from a proper mixture 
of wholesome food gi 
a bro of Lof Barley 
id that a 
D VET 
fn SER consum on Tb. of | w 
very 1 1b. assimilated out rot zar 80 c 
es will vary, as I Esty smil 
h 
u 
the an 
armer’s judgment pes D» selecting the one and 
din other. e, from m 
experience a what I ather from othe 
sufficient i margin qn bee ge for heap A casca of E 
Success, and tha the s of a up t y 
iness they will generally be e 
can 
hota’. Noir à 
meat, worth at present prices 2s. 6d., we have the 
means 
uei 
of ascertaining whether any v Mr aio 3u the 
Bree stuffs can be ec 
ordinarily good stock. at ett 
modera 
f Beans 
Jes cd manure made in the yards pun 
io dE worth ai eask we pee acre; that it 
farmed, clean, and pulverised ; Kbat the 
ve protected wi 
secet et eh to e d erige de on 
hoof us anole WARRI in some of these 
e 1 
fally E the teaching of j iem and take pai 
n: wledge we possess, we shall find materials of 
ae in our power sufficient to counterbalance 
cose over : which we have no control. 
to assure my brother farmers that one secret of su 
to maintain a high condition in their 1 land. J. B. 
AN eai I AC 
CALVES KILLED BY E HEADS OF ITALIAN 
get 
As my d eng nful Maias in “this matter may be 
of my brother agriculturists, I commu- 
| nicaté it fort their inf ormation. 
EIA t1 
dr tie; most voee 
from it, I believe 
but 
I generally we 
und, | se 
ns to | recov 
And I Via sce a 
cess | cooli 
T dure geese a 
of my TRAMA have 
How far 
TE 
BB 
c 
grass, and having cotton c 
a &c., 
suffer no injur 
ed 
d. The ey were upon Red lover, 
cotton Mn and water, He attributes their 
g 
annually, and hitherto very MU A a them | 
fat at 26 months old : at an average of 221. each. This 
the cotton cake, beca: use he fond much of it 
was Myf rich sod iia instead of Rye A 
