40 
K The milk sold was ae 
OCTOBER 8, 1864.] 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 975 
hi barat is ‘not yet much | ficially applied to the land, the one in He liquid state | barracks) will serve to illustrate the | readiness with with 
more qa een, little win, being visible, especially | and the other in combination x comp g th fi 
on the <n we “lon wn. I "T now h bad a a s in the liquid state the en Mo he [3 ‘time, ‘when’ plea in towns, and ped st parative facility of its 
farm and numerous plosk; I should try cutting up | ve egetation shows signs o of ai moval. The farmer only supplies the straw 
one-third straw and t o-thirds hay, and well mix, pid growth. | pedicel in the barracks re yof all charge, and on the 
steaming it all well; pot. my corn very high, thi dition it eris passes to tt pit 8, perte is | sole condition of receiving in return the nure mi 
kibble it, and put it in — eee above. K t ) by the plants to which it is applied. it. For every load of straw, he in general recei 
ihe eason being that it 4 To use a i manure in ¢ jation with refuse vege cin iara loads of manure, Now that load of stra 
goes furth table matter, soil, road-scrapings, ditch-cleanings, &c., selt for at least 30s. Add to this value, then, 
m a tha “animal — more, Beasts that are|isa method which has met with great favour by many, the pe of a man and boy, the use of hoi 
Mai for the butcher must be got C at a ya but toa CE it vit th c ould be put on the|and the wear and tear of waggons, and each ] 
oss; and now ards ina ward s in a state of inac etivi we anure pe cost dus A A. t oo E. 
i this li eed convince a 
cou ubere br re baat ha t place is required, hich th aving obtained the privilege, E thus 
make up for the 4201b. weight per fees Avr we liquit s should be ial ear and it edd be well in | supplying straw to one wing e eri y nM d 
have not g Avon makin py v — a co as" error of "vwd it too | the carriage | of the straw to bles, o 
WORCESTERSHIRE: Pitchill, Evesham.— Wheat is|small, made it is difficult to alter it in ma px er à 
rather under an average. Barley is over average, After t; ‘has yor received into t he tank, at should be it 100 ; acres at be rate o E 2 MÀ " mem acre, Me 
quality good, but rather flinty; I should more than 500 e this t Mee 
aop ever gm ns is a very bad c ii. Peas: fiquid à manure contains, and the most important i is the | have to Gerd, dn performing is tas s 
n good P. 3 oe rather V E on prso ammo às to! m W, nrerin Ural qo 15 0 Lote 
our rict. Pot were a — " ort erop eol are in f X: g 'asiest re Pt the earth or subsoil might i m Ped be 
half the quantity of last year, but f | of applicat phuric or muriatic P zm fix it | supplied for it rand 
disease. Young seeds are very pq ffect » but these ey should be used ee carriage.” 
field of seeds can be found, ^d great den. of ritchie care, which is inconvenient farmers in gen ral| | Here again is a testimony to the value of the soil 
and = ds n sown this au Hay a rery | practice, ind "a 
short cro is no Fui n bont E: per ton. to bruise it small and put it = the tank, crnina s been doubted by some, but withou| 
Mangels : 4 epee er op. very 1 very nine or 12 months, | assign ver reason for thelr doubts, whether the eitti 
lately, „Swedes and Turnips a [s failure; not | first remo what dw tank befor Dai in | abuoching and deodorising the soil at once, and before 
fresh, Iti is wo onderful ht may be acco Sor e | fermentation sets in, rec and. retains the value of 
the proper application of liquid manure; ain 
district, As regards the keep- 
w stock, having plenty we 
it conta anure i 
ove a satisfactory settl A s Aue d such doubts. A 
t asid h ships ‘are sent to all parts | of the and | farmer in my parish put in so urnips late -— 
bes but the best management and strict economy 
will meet the deficiency. We must have meat very 
dear.—R. Bomford. 
Home dde decere 
roduce of a Cow.—I send you the s produce 
old cow which dropped her 6 th or he elfi in last 
December andis just now dry before ealving again. 
3lis iy Rate to our shores. H. Harrison, York, Sept. 25, 
wede 
| the vp with some ~ the per penkoa above 
having used five times in removing the soil px a 
ily veraging, d th 
15 persons, It had Mit: in om he shed fu 
after us used. The mito applied to the ground 
1 ewt, to a quarter o fan equal tp vl rema oferper 
ill readily pay a high vd dk it 
H AND wae. OF paar 2 — At the 
Q} 
Ad onthl A tC 
mittee "brought | up the list of prizes proposed to be deed umme 
ey ed at the Hereford gout The committee 
eared to be Le as " e best time for com- 
m was one T the realy in the reacted 
And though all that I had looked for was, that 
the piece mare with the mixed earth should be as 
good as aa which - received the superphosphate, 
Butter 
lbs. 
No. of 
Weeks. 
Butter 
value, 
Milk 
sold, 
mencing the breeding year for cattle; one party think- 
ing with Mr. Duckham, entr at the Tt €— Her d 
à yet throt oug b the whole of their 
the ss and m 
ngth of 
bo 
Januar. 
February . 
LA wn 
ied E the date of calving shou 
e Ist of Ja eg | in each year, n pu 
feo to the view ". Davy, editor of the n eir r roots. tiated full one- “third heavier rote the 
Devon Herd Book, that say ari n eg would | others. an othe ve fa jns subst titu uted 
have the « effect of cu tti ing the breeding ye r in two, and 2 
g them, 
farch 1 
ree ril 
M: L T Ys 
Ju 93 LE 
pen v m 
August SE ee 
September - b 2 
Wee De er oto 
denk bone at the rate of 1 ewt. an aere, 
or, the crop white Turnips, were 
expressed the opinis on that a fiue! 
so prove, 
in Devon and Somerset. 
discussion, the c mitte 
After ded md oe) bees “ground was po 
ithdre sider the | several good judges 
fter mature deliberation “thoy bad thought it best to of New Park Farm, Hampshire, ha hat suc 
tite to the same dee e erto—viz., the Ist of|^ mixture is equal to crushed bones in power, Wore- 
£ 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
t 
0 
3 
s hit| 
June. Afte er CM further discussion the prize Take pcm rn in its "reed and that the benefit iste fiee 
i years e ground. 
ed 
re ordered 
2 
ae made 
2] or 31b. are weekly ie in the house, 
he M charged is what the remainder was sold 
-besides ea a Ee heart ps whole milk and 
50 co; that 
51 16 
OF the 
Some 
ani 
t 
Council, when ce 
will, doubtless, create very li 
meeting.today, Mr. Duckham "Tovibly urged the im- 
The ay Journal of Science. No. IV. 
et - mm 
rectly _ agricultural 
In the present | 
cream was 
have been for 
upwards of 6d. daily, I rexsept five weeks. when 
and give 
harged 
we 
e the 
Num nber 
water which an unusually ang summer has a 
efers 
assimilate the rule to bs of the LI oe ty o 1 
meos into prominence. It r to ‘ord adyantage of 
England, and an i memorial in dis 
cow credit for 3s. a a — e 35 — for so 
much of its. milk a was med at hom Its 
thus stands : 
of the leading y bnt 
da ainage and deep tillage in of drought—to the 
LT MR followed i —— of summer irrigation, i the experience of 
Cotanplg and Shropabire a cep, 
Mr. Hollan wage meadows—to Mr. Bailey Denton's memorial on 
ae eee to the 
B utter consumed p sold, 251 Ib. 
Skim-milk sold 
Milk and crea: 
"3 
consumed, 35 weoksiat; 35, 6d. M 
Total produce z os i 5 
Add the calf sold for ^ ;. 0 .,  .  . 1 
Streatley. £26 12 
Liquid Manure.—Many farmers, from experience, 
S tho" pom of the rainfall in the — of the 
y generally rather — > 
individual field or property xen he 
ant tion of — er er m deposit messes by 
recent 
in various parts of hu 
As the Committee had p 
. Kno ollys gave notice is Ici 
úncil he would SEY call rira 
Aag and 
i 
the 1st of of 
ape e^ 3 ohn Gray did to Mr. arnan een rr to 
estion of 
melalui 
B Neameetemce o trae Sir CH. M waring’s speeches, and to the qu 
ot ers, 
Ma 
now t fully convinced of the fertilising 
by the President T be pr A acknowledged on 
| behalf of the Socie . The volum 
e generally is a most — picture 
of liquid manure, and the dd my ge derived | 
PP 
other han ble 
w away e their 
hers, allowing it to flow 
ifes more concern for its 
pe very Em would not r | 
ilising Ages il exi 
sten towa ds making arrangements for its preservation, 
y 
ess and achievem: 
ebicws 
and Wealth, instead ,, HAN, ir es il 
sance, Expense, and Waste. By the Re " 
Moule M.A., Vicar of Fordington, andis zi 
Third Edition, n, pp- 17. dbury & Evans. 
Fe pamphlet deseri 
ial 
Na en Health for the appreciation of its merits, "These 
H. 
the strictly scientific man, Mr, Stowart: 
paper on mr Light and Heat is. egg 
extra trouble, _ How difficult it is to induce some 
E, 
ree 
—The following report of 
s 
Bavsu AX Covrr 
ustrated | 
al value | 
icit s with — on 
mo years. Those farmers w eep | of what is n whe ge 
p th ess of press ke vi mok koop | Moule’s ey it m | Mr, Duckham's E is germen oe the columns of 
but still disregard ad helps and assistances which lay ought to o read and hir nt Sis s ees. The | the Dorset C. Chronicle:— The farm lies well 
wi heir will certainly have to succumb | following passa especially deserving their | together, and contains a good Peg of orchard ground, 
and give place their m enterprising and|a — ek several pieces of which have lately been added to the 
spirited Pas ideis. who will be by e at ae earth for this purpose into | occupation — b cider district, tl ees 
sed e new es manage s to iw inier or country, even with the ponor ca y pretty, and loaded with gorgeous 
higher rants pete Te v n those farms from E every five individuals, for | crops of ony checked Apples. We found some forage 
which their predec re. The Sakarya- | | 12 months, Neat Saas, cheap and easy as the present | still left in the meadow bottoms; but Swedes and 
tior "oi d application d of. hoon ted Listen : di easy that | large supply of water. sea rnips have wee blauks, or are entire failures; and 
D: farmer er might readily adopt the tice. Thef “The arrangemen e removal of the stable; autum s, and attempts at rearing Mnsta me Rape, 
: ael is only op and the additional Teeghte is not | manure of the Cavalry Barracks at Dorchester (and I Bye or inds of keep as substitutes, are every- 
i Breat. There are ways by which it may be bene- ' suppose that similar arrangements exist in other where c in the hope of aid from a mild, vadit fall, 
