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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE Boas iv ult GAZETTE. 
(NovzMBER 19, 1s 
THE CATTLE MELON. 
AFTER the manner in which you n promi- 
nence tò my m upon the bh tle Melon in the 
ers to give their 
st 
Meg n DAIRIE 
the New ca terinary College 
at ved fuh. ise e md ieu John Gamgee 
said:—I have striven for of years past to 
show that, hithe rto vilérihaxidui p? 
d by a ance on 
v 
pear season, iem 
als 
in a great m ? s 
eiie bad, but partly aso to the drought n 
pièi own case Isu ffer 
eni 
are e chilly ept for the pleasure and comfo rt of the 
well-k 
elsewhere ; but t why shall we not strive t O prever 
x traordinary, ravages by pooti enoa vue 
witness if we watch for them ? Ne 
nies to protect the dai 
reat difioulties ans y'a adopted hs onl 
ould protect them ruin— selling 
idend at ock; and if we are deter to 1 
for the patie good, it is hoped that some System 
y shall » 
d In t 
nown fac at that w 
ve the sufferings 
oy! po for the 
e devised. Lam altogether Opbo 
idem tal ion of any class men, x 
aocbdedt that the, Dutch plan oi m 
nd the medi 
su 
eris sevi of the 
ae 
of pre 
any, animals alk fall sick, will meet the e 
> Pa 
out the U nited 
held foremost positions amongst us on t 
the amount of disease in the country can only 
exp lained by the fact that t if we do not 
similar way, toe provin 
ta a “considerable extent, deine > ot a from its bel eing 
taken fi rhaps pi eed 
dríed before storing or cdm. Tuas fo r sale 
hall | obvistad this yar ideo: m 
the way of g aning ita daily pra actie 
e siti 
in 
eds of disease require 
a spec: nner, [fan papse - 
small-pox occurs, we se pt ork 
tion? 
of ena 
and drain, ven 1 
ate ; cattle me s ish to’ pat 
serve Mes “and disregard all mi of sania 
m, nothi ning is don E: Ww 
cathy pi with the C 
1 +} 
not i 
intnos in ae a D Edinbur; 
2,000 o 
n London LER 
so on 
ve 
sE} 
own care and s supervision, hope to 
seed but. wil grow fied x er DE“ * Melons” 
* Marrows.” In my desire E Íurnish the purchase 
with as much seed as possib le in or rder that the 
mission, Duriug 15 
000, and 
ae is posing rig | 
day 
Ene ock owners on the po int. It pubes 
me we se ill-will L have incurtod Ms. those 
bolst: a vi cio Mrs disgusting traffic, and 
term 
id maby 100 cows were ta ais Siok or dea 
from. the byres of this city, ‘and last week I traced 
^ ih al 
a sol 
e 
fear that care QN was not 
Another 
correspondent, 
ev vice seed, and at the same t 
aed of his produce from the one plant 
& take n last year to losse: 
a 
This s deficiency we can readily trac ce » the part 
G 
ro-pneumonia In my report m the Priv ivy 
| Coca in 1862, : published a ON referring to ehi 
ngst co n 12m aga the Edinbur, 
k Inquiries "conducte me rii the ED i 
resulted em narkable revelation that, out of 
need] to desist i in my end 
to dra nt ud on reckless folly 
management e hich must contribute to 
of the conntry, $ and. especi ially to the benefit 
o have been most loud and vindictive in their 
yself. "the festa i in this country hv 3 
their el are looked after by those who strine for 
po opula rity in assert ing that ei cattle with the 
ld } 
son bas 
= 
P 
yovernm 
L-J 
He how speak 
of the Me lons, and M of Marrows, and states 
his fruit containe d 96 pe i Printer 
uit I sent him was as 
of the feeding value 
ever goes on 
that 
follows :— 
Water .. 92.030 
ee matters | .. 7.850 
ineral matters (ash):- s .620 
100.000 
This pg I published last year when I se 
the seed, d I have never P duri for the p a 
ay edes or Man 
Now last year 
It 
is year by Mr. Ha 
Maxwell" causing he dairymen of tbis city to assert 
that the table ould not be correct, because ra had 
all 
bought a 
+ nial with lung bs: should be 
A sold, or conv eyed by railway—that s 
eep are too numerous to be inspected—and so 
T "s is, “that the farmers ae serve to suffer, 
pity fo r them; and I must ask 
h any 
T s 
n n 
pes: jet of f trying to convince us s nt we mu i 
tiny “represented by “asserting that, enini. s the 
dai ien sell withi in the year as many ani imals i ina 
she as 
out | by uys €: 50 em ja 60 p 
in whic 
30 cows usuall 
er €— owing to the rapid 
wn "stock is is estro; oye ed, All 
s. Infact, a dairyman who "keeps 
mu n 
still dior that the best sor 
wnter, and my best t kinds of 
ATE md cent. 
Malo et eve no more; but be that as it may, the 
truth. ‘This ye ar I have secured on two oc casions ^ 
ntlemen who wished to test the statistics published, 
rm the resu 
LAND DRAIN des AND DEEP CULTI- 
ie 0. E 
[The following is a HS. the first'of a short series of - 
ficat X =a Fyfe, lately given before the Royal | 2 
Pe 
any br in favour of pu 
my return from — in 
June last, and referred do 10 diris in this city, 
which the D were as follow: 
| cltivation Lofts eis 
d 
s the first, course 
of vegeti 
uce o of the deeply- 
AR 
cs adi prod 
d with ordinary tillage 
ltivated uus as contras í 
difference i is is: slight. However, as pai AA he à í ference? Is it 
wi rash cover st pumps | PM. Node Nn itd, | PS es e po al 
it „be. Dori in ind that I intr odue ed „the P v E = tio: nd why should deep; 
g esp ad E 5 4 Th original terials 
all acid matter a a i Tast the vail of &. oves ouai; 80 25 le di 
butter or milk—it aser, rid at the period of ; “iy tg tah i $ persa Rese pe the. DER hav! 
the year I recommend their use, namely, August, Teen api) 5 og 4 essi the fertilising in 
September, and October, these being the months Wika 8 ee es ee 20 hich Park 
on the dry pastures. The last 9 a ie inuito). 
corresponde ent. Mr. J. M'Indoe, also com of - OL Ru o E recipe pé occidi Th 
ene seed which he obtained from me, and states “247 195. eme de seid ae rd 
Ad ae n, a ge ^ € oM the | The rate per cent. sold ddl within ry months in nee m as you are awa 
OF tiene: Qu se Maharani y ai nu Sid P M these 10 dairies amounts to 79.75. g ropping, and the 
deficien t He t a de lu eme id d edt hi rire ed i eap the statements made was shed by his | always admits of that o vadis 
s ^ pos ad dk la Aet O"| visits to the dari: of this city, prr SAGE me, and | spades deep of earth are rem 
1 p. VER MY. ing P ee that id last week, with the following notes :—One Bat it has been remarked tha t the gon 
ower | pots, rwards potting off singly | cowfeede; had 31 mu ground and the wi 
Ed EE J rins ee bse planting d beds them | byre, and edila Wola ing sold 6 diseased within a ro p eier in it tha ia of 
it E p tons 4 Pie mr. tee | month. A second, visited on the same keeps | of this country, which have puc bus 
pp is only | o e acre, after | 4 a and he had sold 6 diseased since May. A third, | 9 inches deep, the ordinary pa sees rt: i Hu a 
weather. | who keeps 7 cows, has sold 7 diseased and dead since | A practical essay was recently pM treble 
Now, it should. be well known by all deat it be |? Putüéty last. A fourth, who keeps 6 cows, had sold | Lothian epee to show that do uble "ipea 
18 diseased and dead ge M December, A th must produci 
continued at frequent intervals during a dry period, it 
no rain to benefit e tg rye 8 cows, and has diseased since January. to the Inghest pitch of | their fe " i 5 
for 12 weeks, viz. from May 16 to Aug. 23, Now several 
quate to the requirements of all Cucurbitaceous plants. 
“ved on Septem 
M same time. 
7 diseased durin 
oes on to say, i his tha att] 
e y 
Palace, Kent, g 
Melon i isa deluvi Ms a tmr or in o other words, 
catch-penny ; and I m , these observations exhibit 
a great want of intelli eines nets discretion in their 
author, I trust, however, bre Row enty bs Jor e ro 
this year aid in the — of in 
Cattle Melon for evt 
ee sepa 
&. I a conclude r4 
suppli 
S twelfth, with 
of disease within a week, I a 
| prepared die n time to praduce ample evidence of the 
truth of the above ages md and were it not that 
| my statistical details not well suited for 
ead) present occasion, 
i above set forth. 
gen nd n 
aring y 
obtained than that 
men in this city in een 
sit ling appointed »" inspector, chosen 
mendation of the meget te bathers and'w 
R 
November 14, 
dece: 
ring next. rr m to ruin the dairymen of this dij. It i trae d 
stopping this sale here will cause the sale of 
being 
some  southe: untries 
even more. In Sir Gardiner Wilkinson 
graphy of Thebes” a 
the cultivated ts g. 
are even larger, and certain - quicke 
whiter or the summer cultivation (for they fret 
But ıt has been justly said : the British 
ld be thankful if, with he aid of 
could rea; after one. imi 
the new opportunity of increasing our p 
afforded a The Flemings, pen have sap 
experien: much of what w 
attain from | scientific 
interval regulated by the natu 
(or the geological facts must be 
y Nature in this respect— 
