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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Ocronrm 8, 1864, | 
Mr. Duckham's is a — of medium size, carrying, in| Thanks for your E I am most anxious to get R! CH O VOLES TI oAXD SC SONS 
proportion to its extent, a larger head of live stock information, but es ecially sound advice, about co T ee: 
than any E er in the vanis, or perhaps in Hereford- | operative far rming. I kat visited {Mr. Gurdon's n T TORTICULTUR URAL T —Lawn Mowers, Garda, Garden — 
shire; as our readers already know, Mr.|They are joint-stock farms. Please order 10s. worth o: Rollers, Garden nene dem ud Tool sor isis 
Duckham "i an enterprising farmer. e knows the| the October “ Co aperis "to be "E to me. m f | Wire Netting, Prize Chu Price List free. a 
capabilities of the Hereford soil and although he|son of Sir V id Lawson, ing my own Ja |” | Bunorss & Kzv, 95, Newgate Street, E.C. ; Works, a. Lu 
may, like ers be and beaten by the|think we are interesting the pee hereabout in EW IMPROVED PREMIUM WIRE NETTING 
rip of the yam we everywhere found him, as | Co-o Ti d I N rovement with Redu 
ere he ha 
nd oir of Cabbage, there he was M 
im of 1 winter Greens i: addition to theu ual | 
et 
| farm and a store separ 
with a aha 
bMS 
On various arms, as we ia dues the smell from | 
Mangels | 
or other roots of any promise had been obtained b by the mte Me aS | y 
growers at no end of superphosphate were AE E & 85£zE-e b 
* going." _ And, on inguiry, we discov vere red that the & g à € 4 Li 4 | S 
" B E 
eating into ad roots of every plant | (Certainly f the| ud M ete | 4 
farmer will hav the season of | g 
1864. One r nid more unfortunate than another seems xs ME La 
successively to have fallen upon him all ahat the "pep z 
year, and the worst may be yet to come. Mr, Duck Sul 5 Sy 
undauntedly says, ^ Well; if I haven't the keep for| | 9 œ = œ w gii SES 
my animals, I must put in my pocket t y 
rci ificials;” and he does so, whilst at the Bie i E 
same time using every legitimate endeavour after Hl ee ae | E 
crops to ameliorate the pressure. He is trying $2858 58 8 $3182 &$8| | os 
a good many ents; o hich, consisting of iS 3 43.5 oo = wb us E | pe le 
some savoury ca cookery, in which the ingredients Spe" | ES 
are a peck of Linseed boiled in 60 gallons of water I 7 | | w E: 
mixed boiling hot w ut -Straw, ordinary hay, [=] Ei ES 
and meal roe of f Wheat and Oats 288 83 8 & EY | ? is Es = gn 
—a mess which the cattle relish hugely and devour sd 8 Ig [rers Bs 
greedily—smells, for all the world, like th nial w| B EIE g F 
aromatic gust of a good wholeso eer-brewing. 8 g555gg9gszl&3|£g (2) 1B o 
store cattle, of which the fold-yard contains not a few, pelos | 2E Jg% 
e well supplied with uncut Barley straw, Several z | 2/5 Ea 
heifers and steers already tied up for Christmas will be "E = “lap 
gnificent specimens of the art of laying on flesh and Soe eo s cotum ME! E T 
fat upon the great square frames of the Ce ig pia , Ei - $8. 
The cattle in the yard make a Boure 6 is, we | zen t= 3 S 
really think, the perfection of farmyard, although = ui ndi t3 CN z 
rather o 0 Fk o e$ | B 
This is avoided by the straw being given out to he | E 5 E 
beasts ad libitum ; and mee many farmers bien. it it T8 aB Bs 
necess lay down 5 or 6 inches deep of fresh ud wipe e tute e MÀ ae BE 
through which the liquid manure or droppings can UA LES a 
never penetrate to the m—and ave conse- CENCMEN E | BIR 
quently an tration at Mr. Wren Hoskyns sz S$ S$ F & A |z | E = 
meme] F s dung cart”—Mr. Duck- —— |£iB8| E 
, E ae arton. y as DIE SRA E 
manure in 
thin lavers of dualis eo rid 2 UTD Lr ED E 
Eun e el n ¢ n than it could e ever | | SS a on Sie | ER EH 
[ A D aaa ption of Mr, | xd E) ve 
Duckha m's ^ edi known tcd herd with a particular | E NY uut i PN. ee | Ég 5 | EI 
ount of sev e individnal animals intended t = 
exportation, and others—Commoporz, Yir, B og.vIE 
TOR, &c., who diee won honours nt our annual iu SO LES UE AC PEE eds aF F 
Bi, 8| £Fg3.5 
z E aoe 
The eddish in the low meadow has won nderfully pre- 
served its luxuriance pags emm the drought; but the 
owner will soon be put to his mettle for the due su pply 
of nourishment to. his stock throughou ii the winter. Calendar of Operations. 
We believe that Mr, Duckham's roposed experiments, TOBER. 
however, will x interesting and dva and this Bare Be Mou v9 giles Mi e : ree inn, Aa ^ ai 
e dostructive gales which scattered so corn, 
bo —— Ad ce vita MS be p e of man any such, Thea attendant rains which threstened. to spront he bulk of the 
ughi as may be. ides the | crop then a-feld. $ sha x is by far the most vexing kind of 
Herefords Mr. Duckham’s endi large head of d our esti it was below the mark, The rains, 
shee he sheep and 1 bs an excellent flock— | amounting for the n month to 3 nr: Geer, until tra We 
the „peculiar sheep. stoc f the district — Ryland bene previoety Wen Was we lacked in x Oat 
y 
an 
a tendency to come 
ter. In fact, it is observed th hat the 
Cotswolds when brought i into the Hereford district | Some of 
owever, have 
gradually undergo a ga few days in turning over their stacks; for the 3*4 
of this kind in the wool, exdoeding) gly warm and still, and t| been little ai 
Mies. The young seeds are a fair plant but very weak, nd 
Müsce llaneous. enin stand the lambs lonz. root except wbere 
F I hall be lad if ed pem eee B= suing ves Lu: de ERES 
.—I sl Y t] m e wea e return 
jns The Octo Sida: ps Shae MEET erm growth.” The bulbs are 
request that whoever can me oe ANZI wet ap appearance Dei owes er p sell for the 
alae e farming, s will inne ante to me [era er — ipn: demand for lean cattle peo earn 
Novem e have been accustomed A for somi e 
à "tr alves is coming in again, for it is ; Dellovod the 
(etant BY A FARMER MAY SHARE THE PROFITS OF HIS plunder ae to the breeder. es are rather poor from want 
z FARM w ms THE rye ON HIS FARM. of Gra: bu E m be freshened up with Oat stubbles and 
t him say uh I wish to share the profits r my farm | Turni ie Som: have put the tups to already, by 
ith you se I think Much. an arrangement would way of adding to ‘the size of their lambs ; but ordinary fioc 
profitable to me ; at the same time, I think. such an arrange- | will not do anything for a fortnight. When lambs come befor: 
ment would be profitable to you. I propose to pay wages as | Grass in spring, the an difficult to keep; and unless trouble 
heretofore; to take stock and draw up a proper balance-sh be taken with them better a month later. Potatos 
cea year; and when that balance- t shows t, re a small crop, rue ee, but much thinned out by 
Li that profit with you proporti our w: -— summer. m was pretty well killed down on 
word wages is used here itable interest Me orning of 27t eren neo of late they have sprung 
equally with suitable interest for labour. Let every urer v , and are forming small tubers, at the expense of vee 
who has been in my employment, either by piece o e, | large—if large they can be cal e hte was im shar 
the whole or any part of a year, be entitled to hisor her | this morning, an ises to ight ; a e hope i 
share of that year’s profit, if any ; and let the e right to sell - will check useless and isisealonabie. growth, and admit of the 
or ker chance of a dividend be acknow 'wledged and arran, arranged te Crop being stored while the weather is so very suitable for it. 
in way that may be found most convenient. For ex: 
to have amounted to Sos 
on crease of wealth of 11001 Noti ee Meere an 
erest due to the capital I have — eti p : If any of your gare i have e expe- 
d a us, with regard ia “feeding shown ech mast, I should 
ue to me on account of fel obliged to them for m as to whether I 
to the labourers, and is| shall succeed in fattening a apie on p ptm (free from tbe 
es they have homie or peg dA and if sohow 
many gallons a day I i, ne to 
besides skim milk and butter-mi 2 — 
e pig 
vei nr" 8 during 
losed ground I cannot turn the 
eech 
ng in Pis Ds 
Yar INCHE 
Light. |Medi 
ead tly used for à di 
Mesh. Mostly Jap| Gal |Jap|Gal |Jap|Gal Jap 
s. d. s. d. s. d. |s. d. s. d. s d 
21in. | Hares, Dogs, Poultry |0 3 |0 4 |0 33/0 5 |0 
2 in. | Game Poultry 
Netting 0 34/0 43/0 4 |0 5 |0 
i its, Hares, | 
fin. Small Rabbits, un TEE 
1}in. |Smallest Rabbits ..|9 5 |0 6 |0 5% 0 
y in. CITUR TR x ..|0 9 |0 11| 10311 14|1 
iin. | Aviaries, &c. .1013]li31i16!i 
ntities of 100 ards delivered fre 
principa pos opis o r apa UE ke 
delivered free t 
tion of Nettin; Me warranted to give 
Every descrip i OF Aag eae ab 
vt 
"s * 
lif not appr 
and AGRICULTURAL 
Every article guaranteed to bi 
City, London, E.C. 
of HORTICULTURAL 
TOOLS and appliances. 
Lists Free on application, 
KREE Sn 
., 18, Cannon Street, Ci 
and thë 
Barnarp, Brsrop, & Banvanps beg to mm dels frien 
ublic that they have made ON hor read reduction in the x ud 
Machine-made Wire Netting, ani also that all their Nettings 
Galyanised after pang made, which adds much to their pir enar. 
= Hi Ns 
a? 
strength, and durabil: a 
Gauge. Gian 5 d. per 
2-inch —- " tn ice No. S E pm 
2-inch P is . : 
2-inch 17 ” 
TR POR 
yet - man di cd 
xm mt, mee cure mU 
suit e oin d gm 
e t i E n x and 
fie 
yards of Fencing, 1s. per yard. 
m ió samo wit Catalogues with ec: s 28. pp Wiro 
Feni led free on application. thé 
iae agin N gue delivered Carriage Free aball 
principal Railway 
[nn] | 
(DEN BORD 
u io grown E 
pm chea; d 
V. UNTAINS, £64 
BÉ. a Pot da ingen Pa 
e E F. Tot digi. ufacturers, 
1 Man $ 
Ground Street Blac rs, S. 5 Tii 
West, Chels elsea, S.W. ; ; Kingsland Road, K Kingsland, Ñ. 
Price Lists free by The Trade so 
SRAMENTAL PAYING TILES for Conserva! 
Halls, "ur Balconi & heap and | 
in blue, red, and b sy at i capable of forming 
esi; 3 
TESS) PAVEMENTS of more enriched desig! / 
WHITE GLAZE 
for Walls 
Kitchen Ranges, 7 te Grooved. and other z 
corkage AT and Sta EL ppl a 
opings me in Pi Co i z 
To ed of F. & G. Rosn ent at their Promises May. 
erae vr edas fu arded by Railway with 
SILVER Sat SAND "(Best Quality), of F. & G. 
s above—14s, per m or da 1s. 3d, per 
ne 
or Wine for deliye: ry within ties tee oe 1 to any Lon 
[5 m uantities of 4 To} isp on less. Ton. 
RDEN FLAN TS eto oe e ind Mé. per 
