sais 
Fes. 2, 1856.] 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 75 
barrowful,¢ n morning and _ evening, to every six large | both of which are, however, generally necessary to r ake how they had sprouted ; he 
sheep. i he sp quisite for the ae... ati find o pee "orken be e the advantage of sf 
most valuable compo: ost, producing great crops of roots, sa meee It bei g lway tage to tk ew shaking oe roots H aah 
I can, from my own experience, strongly recommend 
burned clay for this purpose. 
CULTURAL arnal 
before it | 
wanted for use, it should d be made in February, aa = 
large a quantity should be prov vided as ‘can | be e- 
Olive j jars h have been found very useful, ‘some te which 
Nfi 
spondent, “‘ One of the Attacked, ” Th will bat gp pre 2 that it it 
ably pr roved b by your correspon. 
dent i G. s”) to answer all my inquiries with sui uitable 
GRI 
Tris a ma thing to differ from an editor, yet " 
I well know saat pe esire is the claidatin of truth, 
venture to r my a; oaia 
& constants. > 
It is me and there is no mathematical certainty 
o your commen 
to draw the rennet from, w hich i is much better than dis- 
expressed motives of an ennn | person. I think 
dipping out, and a wooden tap |" 
that the fi 
tha te 
Ep t hetliffe ? r 
should | be used, as the else of the > Pen “yee ha 
in any o E tars ctions or epee and the 
tai 
ve 
ound 
examples * constants” are liable 
to great variations ; 3 for ins stance, the strength of iron 
with the ite. iene and humi dity 
of the atmos sphere iR the 
materials ath into the furnace, with 
f bo aby her Sais per- 
forated in it ar into the j jar under the vells to prevent 
their getting the bottom, and so preventin 
liquid eon! i i 
the 
onvenience of a adirga aid great 
comparison between them and watchme: , contain more 
of personality ne envious feeling oeaide one a7 of 
those o a pe I wrote than all the attacks put to 
A Novic 
 Partri dge: 
ges, Pheasants, and Ants—An old, 
but know, ” he wr 
oles, 
| learned, and quaint writer gpk a v book i P e way:— 
ly. | “ y We cannot assured 
1, 
affee 
The rennet should be prepared by fi ki bri 
it 
gencies, a and | ye s found convenient that a pee saan | gg, it should then be boiled | With a iye nster o; a : enter the F wi ian ae 
pat aa : "| half an hour, and when quite cold put into the jar, and | Speci y since what is commonly pene is curren 
aE, p also n pier be sapien ae ~ every two gallons should be added six vells, and one credited d by the major pa art of the orld, who take ot 
? : . . WI 
: : lt emon sliced, whi s away with any disagreeable 
2] si pes 1 men we ei ad 20 a ° | smell ; an ounce of saltpetre to every two gallons also than th hemsel ves, and drinking it in without the least 
cod disiethne for an aee Ot Gaul, “Mnaiidliete it 1s pag be added ; it is very desirable that this essential | 7eluetancy.” Pliny has also the s onune sentiment, and 
good am a f that for ali practieal purposes | Part, of ‘cheese- making should be gps two months | doubtless y others besid y ” 
ag armers, tha a —_ pose p zpos thus more likely * do not ere more readily e e ey 
dung may, in calculation, be rec 
quality. 
, Again, as to guano, what is sold by respectable | 7 
; it would be more 
precise no doubt to substitut 
han in guano, 
professor of 
th thi a umes 
betore sh ER for use, because 
check e tendency which ie ‘aly cheese has 
"4 heave. "By bei eing made in 
t "4 
which is the case when the rennet is 1 
made in small | kin 
aed s, and it is i Foe are sn re too strong, | 7 
but 
agr ricultural chemistry points out ee as | aste Y a 
which sh 
other hand, if n 
be eese yy so yes cause great | $ 
the ~éhe 
by a considerable portion of the soft curd passing 
+h 
a har. quantity, the trus 
vast nw mbe rs and m ultiply extremely fast. 
wortn thir g y g, 
7 s 
* co] hic «shy 
before shown te to be a us estima 
and had I been entirely isin of chemistry or uinse 
to calculations, I might have taken this — t of 
Madden’s as c d it to m “5 
ts,” on 
safely act upon them. One very im 
— is the comparative value of ung -o pria az 
qu 
whey lead which ought to be in the chee: eese, and 
that year beasts n birds of p 
J J 
even fi 
of t oug 
this with good eso rah is not key to occur. There- 
fore it is of great importance tend to the above 
ti ae sp 
while; ‘than are "the beasts and birds that are preyé 
upon - But: man destroys this siadeny and wise Apap 
— to go on for th 
a tlw men, Thus the incalculably useful and i inn 
mole is everywhere barbarously ee and tl 
preety dges an d pheasan 
and som 
are not hanis 
pat important question to wits. would be— 
“Wh 
mes the butchers wio sho buy 
uired to 
What amount (n 
field 
word “ constants” for conciseness, 
suitable than “constants” 
adopt it, for the really important point is to have cer 
sto! 
land ioe every ton of Turnips eaten by them on the ‘ 
of many other oe creatures created by a mercif 
BEEPER E KEPER man’s sole benefit, but whic 
wantonly and ederre ggg If you ask a 
farmer w bot kills, or causes to be killed, moles— 
En 
S 
SEGRE? a4 
y? —why, i in the first place, it is exactly 
that e 
months before they are used, or they will injure the 
chee: 
6 Corresponde enc | 
Floors for sar ads .—In reply to 
gave through the Agricultural ey ey. years ago, | 
I had found vi 
jee thi his and various other pur nl ja h 
oal 
possible. Martyn Roberts. 
DIARY OF A DAIRY FARM. 
JANUARY AND ue 
As every thing in connection with 
should be conducted with Pit 
this seaso’ year 
roceedings 
eparations for the 
serviceable 
hi 
` your ay et A I 
ie ae I do not not, n nor or do I care; J, hate to 
r 
r above, ngra- he does it because others do it, 
a zh eo no further. ae this he has no 
r to give ; he ae doers himself whether they do 
r harm. 
‘00 come, let you and me 
a little fine pare 4 a pay a man, i 
to destroy your moles.” “ Yes, sir, I do ; and I always 
will.” you know what it w; wh 
‘a ng 
pers a i Be ‘om gas works, 
to be pt sts a & mor! 
with we ft e gas tar c m gas works 
where | the stmoiaca royi is not: ded >it will 
mixed the Ose ; ut if the latter 
dairy p 
eat cleanliness, it is well at be 
make pr 
separated, and the tar be thick, it will pen quicker if 
mihi —— rane part of water be mixed kae 
e tar when used. For the floors of co 
with 
the rooms intended t 
made by mice, ye ita 
mortar with d glass mixed with it, 
The shel gO 
ed of | a 
this 3 year’s making, to allow of caged washing, looking shov 
mic 
this re be 
e > 
r will se ie ina for days 
house, ee he thickness will make 
I have this Sone jnre- for fiemarreky ‘but 
pigs; hee “daily moisture of a pig stye, and sweeping, 
they- were after aie they em you, a the exibition 
ng, ponies did.” Did you read in 
the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society that in 
with the a OSes cee a cof the snout of | 
ve been in y 
are not thoroughly destroyed, they will do much injury 
of the ne pares by preventing 
rising on it, poi = 
which is 
“es rge beat me, I believe, in 
g pur, pose. 
po ati for snch a a trying ut four y 
Peoh removed this asphalte Coy has styes, and | 
the Portland cement as recommended by J.B. 
Millb: ank Stre treet, West estminster, 
White and Brothers, 
ese little enemies if a have ae 
to increase, it may requi re than one 
washing with hot-water and soda si en; i 
sure ntire 
extirpation of them, and if any of the last year’s cheese | Matters upon careful 
d ites i 
; but 
proviied for excluding 4 at different neseons 
2h aae of 
used 
4 f th 
This has completely posod ovan ee 
it with perfect success, only rari PE pig ‘sxe, Dut for 
dairies, cottage ASO & ing ; 
manip’ 
can only result from want of 
given, gg Sane, C. 
part of it. My crops failed for 
years the land was in ime, but every 
year, when it 
it to paid ie Boi th Toten shutte are required, 
ents of preted bb the een may 
be fo: 
Admitted whoa the air; oe se pc: sie 
of wire lattice, sufficiently fine ecm ad intru= 
Sion of mice and birds, so as to take 
peg a4 hdd shel foe eet eee 
cheese upon, as t generally dries better upon | 
them than on Ag neste i round the walls, | 
or in some 
be |i 
not sprout 
the axe, as he was doing, 
the other side of the field 
