DECEMBER 17, 1864.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 
1213 
be and | cating style, I beg to IV. The following rules bave been rescinded :—That which 
I ard your ended to it, as it affords a good oppor- | say, when I first oe publie attention to the Cattle required. the exhibitors of Mountain to produce the 
yee for ma $e experiments, at the same ‘time that | Melon, I spoke of vty varieties of the Gourd tribe ey of c sod that requiring he ama d mirk 
it would be highly remunerative for good manage- | which I had ran mimis in the feeding of — P? "--— * 9 Pew 
M. Thoms Scott, 18, Parliament Street, S.W. cattle and mile o possess valuable E It has been determined that e poy be delivered in 
Mr. Robinson's Cabbages.— —In the account given in properties not hitherto arent to them in this not X ater than 6 Par. on Pie o me py et 
; bat tbat d been used b friend. of ible th bi wi "t 
that the weight g ven of the six merica d cattle food mhimals that bad been entere ir ua Mv, UM they hare 
re 
shown by m 
x heaviest C. 
e is 3251 lbs. This,I beer is ag same 
, but roceed 
for many years; it was ema my wish, after having | 
statement as given in the e they to wn different varieties most epos to our Deme "In order to'prevent the non-exbibition of animals which 
— that this weight is en after their roots and | and having good feeding pro: perties, to make it know: co ate cene tne wr M [^g D d 
i 5 pense, anc e disarrangement of the 
ter leaves were dedii." Tg give you below a state- | to the agricultural world that these frui ts were | e , à fine of 10s. will be 1 for each entry of 
ment of = Cabbage when dug from the ground and | cially ticular] ruere pr Reno eedem ce ae he hand of 
clear m all soil, weighed in the presence of four or|cows, at the most difficult period of the year ‘vig, e ene ee agent, be lodged with tha 
five disinterested parties:—Ist, 75 Ib. ; 24, 69 1b. ; 3d, | August, September, and October, ‘and 3j been| exhibition, certifying. that such non exkibition is eased 
s n rof 60 2 Ru 60 1b.; 6th, 59 e total, | g ltl E by--(1). the death of the — or animale ; or, 
iber to you r I shall | says, “until our climate is anged as to enable us to | btajioos or tne mn —— by 
en ^ sala will cq ^ in — next elton, as grow Pine Apples and other oral fruits to fec- md .Reiitonte of a to payin due yume At 
it ‘will givi much m idea eir capa- | tion in the open air, it will be totally unsuited as an Ines incurred for non-exhibition shall be debarred from 
bilities "production. Satins “Robi Piles JA , | agricultural crop for ordi ltivation. Now this is On Fates a aud meetings of the Club." 
* ” | merely a bare ion, in ition to my own i- arious minor conditions 
Unions and Strikes "(see p. 1138).—You say | men ac in detail, first by Dr. Voelcker's analysis, Pris Sheet have pose eee. as —— 
tbat I am not justified in making the remarks which I | and m n experiments in bullock feeding and butter | have also ram in tos the conditions for the bibo o of imple- 
ha ade respecting Tra Jnions. The passage | making And also by my cultivation, in which I grew menu» dm. od In M pd under Me! dien of the Stewards 
which you quote is perhaps expressed in rather strong 40 to s per acre in the open field agai inst 22 tons of spe Bo th tee o wes — ploy Be endance during the 
terms ; but I think that the rest of w l l l, th ET their ape rao, he a vate 
as it certainly was meant to show) that I alike The present season has further confirmed their | Sho 
ling t ds ti ho unhappily enter | value, for although the season was so dry, yet I kept ax. The vr NM mber o 
into these combinations, however strongly I may see | all my cattle und ver n the fruit for nine weeks, aotned Gi mith ch veneta reni [^ "ife Count deter 
the evil of the course which they pursue. It may be} having no other kind of orem food or roots to give | was prr in the following manner :—Each euis d 13 
also, Es a book on Cottage Building it was not;them. Mr. M'Indoe cre * but if it could be Mere inv mur in a list of those he mended 
necessa. a to the subject at all, and that it | grown it would require fruit houses by the mile to keep ben e Dames so requi- 
might have been better to have avoided it altoget. s would rem my rea ders that I I have never Mi the Doado lam rie the tion made 
I certainly did not expect every one to agree with or | recommended the Cattle HAM e a crop - | Messrs. Thomas, the Club» al silversmith, that the winners 
— of what Isaid. Far from it, in these days, | sede Mangel, Swedes, and other roots, and they are the silver cups should have the Xr exchanging them for 
ni E 
pM 
a great many 
an ocoasional contributor to the Qar 
indiffere 
and am 
fore wit" th ode 
war a 
unions apio do think tha = 
much the fashion to flatter 
o be afraid to tell them 
very wel 
that it ak be. Mri what in practi li 
erstan 
t o f combination 
A od MT are equally praiseworthy, and e 
2 "i aders 
of their faults, But M for v m i the three 
years a subscri and . M'Indoe see the 
deners’ Chronicle, Melon, but deed id mn 
nt to gel opinies and I there- | prove half equal to Vegeta np 
few lines to explain as well as I can | ness vitage over “it in nutritive 
however, another bare assertion, in 
f ich i beg to say, that I have used largely 
It may be Teodin ng not only the Cattle Me a but the 
be i 8, which I 
need not best s Selection of the large ki nds of Marro 
per 
ey Es other cM deleri 
ed. p um 
use to 
“tasheal of the asl quls Gd 
XII. Some inconvenience has arisen from the prastice 
hitherto followed of sending a manuscript copy of the awards 
Council ert rene he Fe m 
that 1 toe + | 
feeding \ 
, 6 | 
e h M rli h th 
ler than the 
to be. s be a 
itn Minsbinsiions of bia ers | Melons, which wil n enable feeding t to com e about 
month earlier, „Itis difficult to conceive the object of Mr. 
f the 
] and I consider i& would have been far 
good thing. of t tr 
le M 
ratter 
which LE gives life ‘to all these rected is the 
of working men 
is their rea. 
the whole Souter popu 
res arl imt 3 employers 
carry o 
mg men 
mided Uy these 
if oi bea Tittle te i mpiient w 
80 monstrous an 
De. 
The Cattle Melon.— 
M'Tadoe upon this Miei “being written in a depre- 
to get more power 
1 object. By DE at it thus, one may 
result o 
ge part of A e four or ave 
dit to him to have waited m he in some 
carefully tried experiments to back his tions. This 
letter will close 
M'Indoe. : Pd p d to farnish an article 
is 
‘or the Gazette abou rn method 
of peared both of Melons IH | omen this being 
e I intend onion out my seed. Joseph Blundell, 
wr r Sarir be 
athise, as they so 
"uide, 
A an 
their views by every | 
members at T9 recent General -— of the body. 
It is natural to 
The Council have in 2 of | nying before the 
General Meetiog "the annual report of their proceedings 
for the ct H 
During the past year the rm have held three 
* 
MITHFI CLU | 
Tue following is the Report of ^» Council to the » 
Poit pen -eligible for one year). 
include in this recom- 
S aii were Y by lot 
tire S after having only served 
e 
th ters 
d to serve on the Coane | in ien o of the eight 
t ri 
w months. 
"XY The "Qnem. 
reu. Poa rere and cox have now the 
of recording that this POE exceeds that of 
jast year DY —453 entries; 1 
MIDLAND Counttss : BraMinGuaM.—Tie following 
meetings, which have been well a tended. 
due following subjects have sss ied their careful 
tention. 
ts of any one u aration of the 
eu m 
this e prepara sheet for the 8h 
E: The ze s e present Show, 
be the result Of -— ooma bhatt rero en : me AE ae last vs ape eg gend as 
bourers tot te o STA determ’ 
— ( ndi the dky to which dm ages of rm have hitherto Da, Aee 
nions (for lated, viz. Dec. 1, „but they h have altered the ree pan as 
A not ogee to T Ins f having tw 
ra for steers ect oxen, the 
one not AE 3 years sd t e oth e 3 years, rs, an 
additional class has been added e ‘the P p^ eri and 
Short-horn divisions, and the ages classified as follows :— 
et if combinations of Y: 
u Steers or oxen — ry 
Not exceeding sa 
Above 
In Sussex cattle a fresh class has been been add 
zat e RA 4 years old. The "og 
mas 
right 
steph the uma 
ou say lawful in the sense of not bein 
moral or a social, or a religious 
y 
Silver eise do breeders 
f | Silver yer Qup be the ee a 
IL. The Council considered the suggestion for the 
is 
ptr dp m EE 
oui Ra a GM tls privilege should be 
err. L^ The Counell bein 
y | servants who ge the actual 
recognisel and rewarded, have determi ined 
| feeder of uh animis minning U tho 1st pens in the r 
classes à uity o sovereign, together with a 
diploma. 
to present to the 
e second letter from Mr. kp eil 
Donc 
ed | Sewage Y Towns. 
dington, 
f the recent exhibitions here: — 
CATTLE SHOW. 
ATTENDANCE.—1861, 59,799 ; 1862, 60,961 ; 1863, 61,530; 1864, 
about 61,270. R 
RECEIPTS AT Rem 13411. 6s. ^x 1862, 12571. 5s. 6d.; 
1863, 12261. 178. ; 1864, 1330.. 17s, 
SHOW. 
ATTENDANOE.—1861, 17,035 ; 1802, 29,137; 1863, 21,561; 
— he veal 
T Door.—1861, 7921. 11s. ; 1862, 13021. 17s. 10d. ; 
1968, mith 150. 9d. ; 1864, 1193L zs 
SALE OF —1861, 154L ; 1802, 868L Ile. 54.; 
1868, 2751. 17s ; 1864, 8241. Os. p 
School Children admitted free .. 2636 
BATH AND WEST OF ExGLAND.—At the last monthly 
of this Society, after the routine 
despatched, letters of invitation 
and 
ca the 25th of amar will be the most arren 
me, for all purposes, he interview to take p 
: Nov. 12.— The best Mode of Utilising 
—The Rev. H. Moule, Vicar of For- 
gave a lecture on this subject. After some 
