852 THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [SEPTER 8, 1964, 
their quantities a at-about 9d. a : 
palpate, pra d ey pon bye eden ic e | — ioe ni Seve t ral cuttings Lesben € eren. epe - tbs TO ; 
prs , h 10 or s per | because of the gradual and even slope of ‘ 
Sees drain there ss Minana ond sed to'a on a pai uf acts os dee dest 4 r5ina hot mid- | but it is by no means the better qualis eg titi 
in ra e con T d aga 8 tons per acre in the autumn. ds it by the natural jr which it possess Use 
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still lower level. After aee con se an in ree ue ide : 
over the land, the. filth fa A praed 1 which A walk o thes eadow: i À 
4 th is the best for grassy wioelly 2l. per acre, or rather more, in £ ` 
fr bein peris den ee Mr sol spring m on — these me adows bourho od. The Local Board of A hea 
any cost, gi ve, 
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and ond, with hardly a ponte offe nd the nose; and | growth. The contras E n end E 
ll of fish as | and surroundin om s. fields, 
oan 2 a m into which it falls is now as fu drought, is ey iral But the rn o£ e seed paa oe e for its " "s » $ dile y^ 
f the | spike is in hot weather almost immediate, and there is | for the sewage Svor e land is mot the 
E is on tbe use ' by the land merecen = the ies snéeidabdy in the stem and leaf, notwithstanding for its being of good duis naturally. We n 
Beddington Meadows that Mr. Blackburn and other | that the land is soaked with the filthy water. eds | that a sheer sand w m mer te or two, be as pr odi 
experimentalists on the subject build their hopes. a cool — der as a well-fed cool moist wil. t sé fires asa Pagos: oam under the bw ho. à thew 
What, then, is the use to which this filth is turned ? | wards ost ‘haa acie grow e erige edd p 
i this land with Italian Ryegrass. romero  apasisden owever, 
Aver thd pleat bar fme i receives during rM n cessful. 8000 tons of Grass or thereabout, are annuall In order to the best nya most economical use of town 
winter and the following spring several dressings of| produced from 240 acres thus watered; and this, either | sewage, it only needs that Spon sloping surface of 
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the ay before had yielded 29 Wie and square | in the third spring for Turnips or Potatos—this este men : 
Dn cut the previous day to that had yielded 34 tons, | being removed in time for re-sowing the land in he Mr. Marriage on the fertile per P Beddington 
‘ast as it was ready to men who | following autumn, when it will be ready to bear another | | fnis the waste of 20,000 people living in the 
eame with carts morning and evening from long dis-| repetition of two-year cropping with Italian Rye-grass. | town and neighbourhood of Beda 
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(Fr lts and Gloucestershire Standard.) 
We give below our usual iiez Mint of the a died Sales of the past eight years:— 
si | 1857. | 1858. 1859. 1860. 1861. 1862. 1803. 1864, 
AME, [Sheep Average: [Sheep Aerei, Sheep Average. |Sheep Meri Sheep 290 Shee ae e, Sheep Average. Sheep Average, 
| Sold. £ | Sold. £ d.|Sold. . £ s. d. | Sold. £ s. d. | So e" ed d. Sold £ E Sold. £ s ^ Soll £ sd 
Mr. H. Howell, Coates . ied 12 10 40 .. 9 0 0| 40 .. 819 8| 40 .. 14 10 Hi bà 7 vlt 4 c ipa M 39 . 1017 3 
Mr. J. Lane, Barton Mill | 50°.. 9 14 BE dO Re E 7818 48 .. 10 10 4| 47 3 19 lO 70,3 905 en Ld 47 . 914 9 
Beale Brown, Hampen | 65 12.17 | 70 ..10 2 4| 60 .. 10 xe x es r — em 30 6 ett ie 
Mr. 3, Kin Tombs, Hatherop | $0 .,, 815.0 |. E 0 0| 48's d0-—6- 8^8 E 8055979909 USES 58 0 [E 40 .. 710 2 
Barton, Coln Rogers .. 52 195508] 659. x I9 9:936] 258. 922.0195 50 ..10 5 0| 50 1113 0| 52 Ir 49 .. 9117 
Mr W. Cothot, Middle Aston | 7 9 16 TU os Th Shean. iyo 60 .. 814 60 .. 918 0| 86 1013 6| 65 .. 8 911| 44 .. 910 3 
Mr. W. Garne, Kilkenny a AL OO 8 8 E «L8 B. Ure 45... 5 46 ..19 8 54 2.4 0] 47...10.4-5;| 48 11 84 :...19 foes 
Mr. ake "Broadfield 65 ..22 4 24| 58 ..1614 6| 50 .. 111 D TPOS 50 17-11 8| 50 13 13 9| 56 14141 50 ..10 6 T 
Mr. J. Gillett, Minster Lovell 64 14 2 0| 64 ..1214 1| 60 .. 14 60 1117 66 1X 97 ]- 58 917 4| 50 10 56 .. 9164 - 
Mr. R. , Aldswort 59 1617 8| 60 ...12 7 2] 50... 12 52 18 13 56 1515 7| 50 1114 1| 54 151 50...14 8 2' 
Mr. W. Smith, Bibury big pr ve UNT 18 16 59: 18 6. 7] 9I coe Ak 50 IL 50 910 0| 54 8 0 4| 44 lL 5t .. 91911; 
Mr. T. Porter, Baunton 52 .. 10 15 b 4.915 | 44 .. 9 49 ni 50 18 6 717 6| 30 81 50 .. 101810 
OA Ant 1 a : 1 LE pice Pea der 60 2 — = _ — 2 eS 
. Fletcher, Shipton . 3 3 419.8 7 .. 18 51 18 50 1216 6| 51 1117 9| -592 1810 6| 53 .. TEN T 
Mr. W. Hewer, Northleach .. 54 ..15 18 55 ..201211| 53 ..141 50 16 8 50; 44.10 5-9 |. b6 1717 0| 50 17-5 0 | 50 ..25 5 2 
Mr, Walker, Yanworth. 46 12 0 46 .. 9 0 833| 40 ..1014 19 13.1 — nœ f: — — ON > dca 
Mr. R. Lane, Cottage 23,80. 23,16 5 46,..12^9 61.82 ..18 0 32 17 6 86 .. 3410 8 | 43 ..23 2 3 zs T 
Mr.H t. 7425.29, 12: 0:0 |^ 40. ..12-9-44| 407,11 1 40 12 8 40 11 0 6, 40 15 8 8$|^8 1 + 1919" 0. 
Mr. J. m, Cola St. Aldwyns | 50 OT oy 50.94 0| 50.. S17 45 ..1 8 50 ..10 7 0| 46 819 7| 44 ..131 5 0| 489 9 5.9 
Mr. Barton, Fyfield 50 9 | Or. PAG O50 pai 1 50... 15 8 44 1510 0| 46 1613 4| 44 14 14 11 8 .. 1218 4 
Mr. Handy, Sierford - ies Du 9 18 40 16 8| 42 1010 3| 4 915 0| 51 .. 1010 10 
Mr. H. Cole, Ashbrook e e dd. A dius Au — 00 0| 2 1010 6| 94 8124 
Mr. James Walker, Northleach —— .. Ms m ds id 21:55.182:5: 07 |: 86 “iL 9 40 1.10790 — 
Messrs. "ay. J. Wells & Co., Hampnett ..| E VH $e. a1) 5 
for 55 sheep.—In 1855 Mr. W. Lane's averago for ve e 1d. for 30 sheep —Mr. R. Lane has: now discontinued | average of nearly £7 each. 
In 1854 Mr, Gorne, of Aldsworth, realized £21 7s. 3d. each | £20 2s. 64d.—In 1856 Mr. R. Lane obtained an average. is sale-of shearhogs, and last year sold his ram lambs at 
— e Corre ndence. by eating our cake. in lots of 50 each, by auction, at | manufacture o. A our cake is carried on uniformly in sci 
The Death of gin etta Oilcake Con VECES Salisbury. We pur urchased = lot and sent them | The per centage of oil (the o most valuable — pt oilaki 
xu your Number of the 13t th August i isa letter from be Winer eighbouring uw pes pjamin Gulliver, | Linseed cake ; and that of flesh-forming Mii ves nal ; 
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H cosa ad nin calves. As it is ter of great | them at Houghton. i anba ia improved so rapidly deci e "s foreign matters, ead 
i | : cidedly of opinion that it ta: thing thal ie 
publish dee uo. vene yon Si be gd t | that in the course of three weeks we sold them at a regarded as at a I likely to be injurious to the health of animu 
subject, as to whether the disease amongst Mr. profit of 121. 10s. Seri the Jot, and „the bute cher w who is palatable and RD inar ag ig pierced od uf 
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i e, — or Ai aaia quffarad Konsomeo f lambs, Trusting that you will kindly insert this ss ert hyenas QA c Eod iy com VOELOKER. . 
epidemic independent of the cake. We say “ good” eter in your next paper, and allow the foregoing facts | Comrosirron or Four SAMPLES OF LINSEED CAKE, MANUFAC- 
i e use Mr. arian says “ dd Linseed | 59. Spea eak for themselves. Dizon Cardus.——The TURED BY DIXON & CARDUS, NORTHAM, SOUTHAMPTON —. 
in n nu: umo Termoutaliou following i is the report ‘of ie or rej om by CUTE  — .SauPrES Mal : 
and if the cake was not ny to appearance, might | Preliminary statement fro Me n& ce 
not the bran or nut cake be so before being mixed with | A9 considerable mortality ston gst the lambs: has Nilo 
the Linseed?” If materials ( the three districts in Ham pebire and in ——|——|—_| —_ 
Linseed) ina state of decomposition are used, the cake | pe yea se Linsood ‘cake, on which ‘they were feed. Moisture ey] 10.91 | 11,39 
will of course be injurious and unfit for food; in the regt Lagan as the cause of it, requested i SION S 11.55 | 11.26 
same way beef or mutton if in a similar state would be | DF: Voelcker to investigate the subject aad. report upon (hosh forming matters) 25.62 | 25.25 
food of man. Now, we can speak d Bee yes el ides fom. ET the Myicilage. , Starch, Sugar, 
to the perfectly sound dition excellen ee ME bre 31.09 28 
the 6 Mr. WBÜRG dom y. of, C we m A that could be injurious to the health of animals feeding | NA qoem. "em 1346 
it and supplied him with it.. In o o sai y | spon i . Diseases in lambs in isolated districts are b — "e 
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and some from his neighbours to Doctor 1 Voelcker, ad | often brande d Msg the bgyct of sudden outbreaks of *Containing Nitrogen,..| 4.10 
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enclose his i report for your perusal, The pri facts | T agis mystery that the best veterinary surgeons and 7 YoELCKE 
strongly co P Ji ost ex pe erienced flock-m asters are at a loss to NO rmi Street, London, July 3, 1808. E 
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uj nes o same. district Joab: lambe pho wore mt not in another. The four samples of cake sent for | time a for us, which al 
Pencil wr our cake at 2dly, many hun ysis were marked :—J. W. No. 1 and No, 2, from 
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dwards, of Compton House, Stockbridge. S. A. From 
» es aad Mr. Stephen Ayles, of Braishfield, Romsey.” Med a 
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papers Sdly, Mr. yj observe a Tony of four OPE Your cake. You ihe onl Ite ati I can concei 
at these four samples sh el y D erna ive and pues ing I can must 
st be considered deteriorated | agreement composition, which distinctly ncm the relieve the supposed losses far and gardeners zs 
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aim en asian written to| To Messrs, Dickson & Cardus, Southampton sally, Judging whence it comes. 
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