Sye THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. (SEPTEMBER 17, 1864 
which Dr. | pr cet state is c 1 
the rule of cultivation indicated by our ordinary |to reproduce here the sel m this e and its ellulose roan iiid ei it oe 
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seasons, it is plain that there is a question of bed | CAMERON of Dublin ay sfr os y 
great importance and immediate urgency which | presented last year 
this autumn in particular demands attention. Society of Irelan velopi nts ot “he sey io I desit 
How are our cattle to be kept during the next t appears, according to him, that the following constituent so 
seven months? How is the meat manufacture to | is the ioris en ch our straws stand as re gards |e 
be carried on? And, what is of at least as much | nutritive: 
p ts u e are 1. 20 he 
breeding stock and growing stock to be kept in 2, Oat pi E nt 
good condition ? for there cannot be a doubt that 3, Bean stra eg pods. Dot I or. 
d corn. A cheaper plan is to mix the traw with 
d deo of om UA orent de rt € A 4, whe yn slieed roots, moisten the mass with water, and 
ea itt 
ats a sl 
of our existing groving stock all through their e Bean ie  vithebt the pods. -— ? ‘on 
his process effectually softens and disinte 
future carer, depen pends on their con ndition during uo M truth bon this i vhi of course hinges altogether pia so to spe eak, w woody tibro, aud sets fite ths 
In order to ws ci e full hese condition in VM ABaY ith pods sto veloj 
questions, we have nailed w widely for er itn namo M i 2 be ee [eet i i that o 8 eei e gem ^ = Pre Proxor 
pr A gr Bo nae Ure mi t re 2 dins | without pods was —' brittle and hard, and | Staal Sen of the use of. stram i in E 
S coming WIRY Cen ord ts pod threshi oped for its BLUNDELL 1 that in the winter 
by ‘which the Lawrie ot Be ordinary supplies e in doll cia as food, dinis is no doubt Ed straw | th fed on ‘large nantin of ANN Inter 
is aa And during the n via 5 general in the dry paid al has this year Li fr M els and Ca me; will refus à, partis 
za da Y our 36 readers ui contribu to | been harvested in a very hard and bright -— dry | nary, agen b a to elig 
the een d of information on this subject. een h I di8 x y v ecome very fan, ut 
The followin, rn = one or two [re im ations us M OENE process as ll 
gi ogee + al m riot Tapas Weds over chaff, Sid rem well — ed — — they get a small and 
One correspon dei writes that he is seeking for | 4 En Toge ther in a heap for some hours befor moderate allowance uten s, say, for an or 
inform more immediately bearin "P € pans i i Dasti ue 
seat most t difionlt, position Wie. Duro T iw The followin are some of the Lp to which pns * stave 3 +. Bien L 
years had to 
Dr. CAMERON firested attention, o whic h lated Its of hi f 
encounter—the great scarcity of fodder ei ted | US the tabulated results of one of his experiments, 
by the unprecedented dr ms, gel T deer E in m dus cons before (1863) directed proving that, by the use "E d — is to be 
Somersetshire a month ago,” says, ‘a pes He tells u us that even in comparison with hay— obtained something more than manure by th 
blade of Grass was hardly to be seen, and the | taki f bo th articles feeding of stock :— 
Terni efe c alniant — where ails d. —Oat straw stands hig will be seen by co Cost oF Trio. AN Ox PER WEEK eit STRAW, &C, 
| rna the flos wing m col ‘of painon meadow Bato: MERDA 
hay, and properly harveste d straw 4 lbs. dad sa p per day, or 38 los, per mes at 107. 
food, as to become reduced in condition; and how non a y a “analyses ) 2) ha sanai depant Ek Sera g 
difficult it is to recover their lost condition. Water MAT E 0 Iba. of straw Hitter, oY 1 Me st iuo a ai 15s. ditto 
“ This is one of the points to which I consider emp . Fy m . io Attendance, &¢., per 
it desirable to direct attention, and to enforce the| wody fibre MT 27:16 : 631 
necessity of preventing it at almost any cost.| Mineral matter (ash) 5. Y e o 4.6 E PA SPETA oe Pe 
Iw be g ious | 
Ho | oom 
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measures the cutting up all the straw that can be| 4. to the woody fibre of w^ MES 
: y fibre of hay a it 
spared, and using it for fodder in conjunction appears to have been proved that itis isa hte cid to | 
I d value of ie Prien 
M spective prices any sort, or of cake, according to the suppos i aer of contributing to the nutri- dudar n" e HN 
n Sonet ate MET M 
sio ete. do p Fr m a des summer d two gnen ite This is the et of his ‘tatting dir d Á 
"Ter but its us for ‘combing purposes will | XP riments y with the view of ascertainin g whether eter ten =) M va to A een alo hem. 
be mate erially depreciate or not the cellulose * of the food of the sheep is Tti hé chemical point 
. Bv TRISTON, of Henley, thus relates his assimilated by that animal, The results of this t is, however, chiefly from the chemin’ Y ? 
Ama ^ d ith kk adi addition inquir rtance, seeing that they clearly | — i 
to straw chef as ptm for stock in store | Prove that even ‘the hardes 1o of bei of eellüleso— 
eondition. Rew hag :—* About 15 years ago, when 
under a very clever and ded farmer n Dor- 
ruat we fed 32 working oxen an They 
"d Bey i is “se and th à rnips are a failure this | °°. 
season, and I would ftt the tihein mixture id 
to those who are short of feeding materials for 4 
their store cattle and his eep :— a 
bs. 8$. 
Sole Oe Co ND MEE M P 
: T Pure nseed-oil .. u e T 
e h sa 
a, and salt; 6th, hay, pulp of linen rags (from the]: 
il paper ey e and iy ti he ex sip at were 
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6 lat 
2 fea, -forming piineipleh aid aboun ‘he 
n pasture "d tor r from in njurious | * ming elements—of which, ho owever 
4 ‘The above would cost 37, 15s. Ve ion’ con- effects of the fifth series iMi aid. enis ‘oduced 
taining about Mi pet gent, of oil. ape est Linseed- prer bly by the resin of the Spruce. The animals, 
wit 
cake contains about 12 per cent. Y et her with their food, drink, and eji were | Very rich in flesh-formers and oil, th ura 
felling freely at 121, 5s. =e ton; ° hed daily. The Ment of cellulose in the | Wil the best ki 3 
“ The Linseed-oil should be PR over Too was determined, and t e pepetis, od that | the elements of nutrition. P mni z is 
layers of chaff by a can an rose, and afterwards enel de the ejecta w ined ; | Of food we soul M wploy for END 
-subjected to pr to make the oil blend with and as there was a abl sehen Tirkere, sd —— A ete) 
es — the | evident that per o p : mucilage, k 
fond of the Linseed-oil, and proves t difference represented th Aer 2 ‘the 
laxative a ne Í X am of straw chaff would — —" by the animals. this way it perties, it Beal 
correct its influe scertained T from 60 to 70 per cent. of the largel ye employed ; the a m es "however, of a wl. 
To this we hay at T add our own experience in bip of hay, 40 to 60 per cent. of the cellulose | meal—the binding tendency o of whick BS 
the use of Menta. A lot of two-year old | of straw, 45 to 50 per cent, of the cellulose of the| x yr, of using 
m, of Cirencester, describes his plan 
steers and heifers were ept all winter on a very | Poplar wood, 30 to 40 per cent. of the cellulose of | chaff as follows:—'*We find that, taking a score of Eo i 
few Turnips indeed, with straw chaff on which | the Pine, and 80 per cen . of the cellulose of the | together f Vrae pe M i consume, per head per diem, Trott 1 
not more than alb. of Linseed apiece, boiled into | paper pulp. was digested,’ casi tV E eas <r por og args rg peni more $e 
a thin and hot and saltish soup, had been penis ed.| In order to render a larger portion Va this | 2 bushels of chaff are mixed with t V, idi and given a n é 
There i is not only thus the ae addition a: food, valo and lignine di Hokie Dr. CAMERON oi Mages pg e feed, thua — Wo use U^ 
but t this manner of applyin adds. the | recommends that straw should be poate and this | steaming apparatus of STANLEY, Of Peterborough, consisting S 
savouriness of the mess, Im is quite in ger with the 7f. s. ag Medici the contre, in which, the Means i fain ai i 
of the provender, making it smell ust ed sweet | experience of farmers. ‘* Whe vty in an un-. Wvitised trot iron E oto WE screen 1908 pigs, ae 
ay. There cannot be a doubt that our live the right with a large wooden tub lined with copper, D ey, 
the the districts | . " Cellulose is the term applied to the chemical substance | the cake mixed with water is made into. a thick «no 
which forms woody fibre. The latter is made up o! Ot ve ery | Adjoining this is a slate tank of sufficient size to contain i 
d by the drought, | minute spindle-shaped tubes. In young and succulent plants feed for the entire lot of bullocks fe . Into eie 3 
and burnt tubes are often lined with layers of soft cellulose. In | laid chaff, about 1 foot deep, upon which a few ladles an i 
ta‘ of that and other ch as T of development, | are thrown in a boili ite; this is thoroughly: firm: 
of that and o the substance lining the cells is very hard, and is termed | the chaff with a three-grained fork, and pressed writ 
ith beddin lignine. This substance is merely a modifi — of cellulose ; and t! process is repeated until the slate tank is full, time 
+ as | and both resemble in composition sugar an See so closely, | itis co own for an hour or two before " 
that, by heating m with sulphuric acid, they may be con- | The soap je then found entirely the Lion. e 
thing | verted into sugar. | has become softened and prepared for ready digestion: ~ 
