Fes. 23, 1856.] 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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it ought rather ttributed t greater leniency or = ers, and at that time I pointed out moa t I believed to; b When the bread is pretty strong of alum, it 
gi g lief th iho peculiar ss at ts fae a good manu r the | may be detected by the taste. Cut a good 
f th Tae nip crop, and in the essay from aren Mr. ‘Stephens | rao stale, aaa half-ineh thick esting: Taille the crust, 
-And now for pee instances where it may be sup- quotes in his “ Book of the Farm,” I went upon the | put it, in a dee ep plate r saucer, with water 
posed a tendency exists to grant improper relief, or same data and followed the same process of ana siya and set it ove ye ot water, 
For the particulars, however, I must refer to the essays s | Ke eep it rn hand warm (but te Figs let it boil) 2 
tailm Medical relief is a great boon to a poor man, themselves, which will be found in the 13th and lath or 3 hours ; then squeeze out the water through 
and the inclination of hows rds of guardiaus seems to be volume of the Prize Essays a nd ‘Transactions oft nal beila the alum eA betray itself = the taste ; or if 
rant of it; but itis nevertheless Society.» The mistake Mr. M. for this, it may be strengthened by gentle (not. 
liable to be abused, Ist. eam persons applying for it who su pposing that made an i and o Bet itwi ill not beo Wi weeps 
are well ab le to o pay a doctor themselves, “eat pi by orders between th I did Br pert as it | to discover in this way, the it of the bread y 
g rseers of was s altogether foreign to the maine in hand. On the covering that of the alu To d tons the more 
ist contrary, th y 1 to 
and 3dly, ttm orders Pen oo ed a pe ailments effects opon the Turnip crop, which, as you are aware, | make it insolubl 3 nd the _ dissol mery out by acid, 
on which to foun d claims for ane relief, ” Reli ving in Scotland alw: vays follows dire = nid r the ing; 00 grains of the flour or 
not refuse an order, the comparison is therefore strictly pi) to the im- ; then oe in ca Bak with four drachms of nitrie 
in this they often perhaps err on the right side, but too mediate effects or to those only in relation to one parti- act four of muriatic acid, and four of water. Evape - 
much facility in giv ng ular erop. My method of comparison has often been to dryness ; 3 whe en c en add one ounce f disti 1 
gether those medical Si b obj ect ted to, and my. calculations considered erroneous, nutes ; while boiling dilute 
nd yet keep him from = contamination of eo owing to the se igh aa over- | with two ounces of liquors potassee (as sold I by the 
relief. Applications re a doctor to attend the wives sf looking this limitation to immediate effec It must chemists) wi boil again 2 a few minutes, then filter, 
labourers earning fu i wae ges during ¢ onfinement are never l fe ly | neutralize a; Dene: liquo + wit th muria tie acid, s and 
becoming more frequent, often in pl rt of the exists, independent of manure altogether, a vast super- | fat rt ammonia ( nia of 
& doctors” refusing to attend without an peder, because abundance of every ingredient, organic and minerai, chemists). The precipitate "i any, is alumin: Showing 
they are sure oft their which any crop can require, and yet we kn 1 if well nahoda dred Jaapie 
anures or substitutes for man re uel ae The weighed will the 
of si c i 
P: “ funeral os em 
one syst 
piked by the Erg whenever a § 
the |} 
in a Cent dish par 
bu 
i la 
wing plant can absorb and appropriate se 
„| I. Prid 
The 
t this requires a little chemic om pon e 
sn le and Turnips of East Cumberland. —Cum- 
| berland aie 
bo advantages oh ajya by more ser upulous poor | 
without considerable self-denial and privation. these | 
t abuses may creep in an 
should Paka. linn and when i iy | | 
vented. Much of the i inptedap in poor-law charges m 
of 
HE 
Clothes are em „e Shon for to rig vrai one been V 
of th the mily taking a pla ut, | I thi ess g will be best understood the notice of the agricultural: ‘world in the ‘preceding 
pe by an analogy. g on account of the Agricultural Society having 
not pavel Bs for a Poy, ond. Jös: or 20s. | concern, ae reat is i bot a property an and float- | favoured that eano pT tolin A ir meei at Car- 
; the miserae ing capital, and the growing OD at will represent be lisle, a few remarks on the reeds of cattle for 
condition of the family being often pies abou dai ily de de mands for c cash à pay „Now it is clear that | the most at reared ‘dio. best yet o upon the descrip- 
- a fe vy | tions of Turnips mostly grown in that neighbourhood 
miseration for chi ildren, which procures “for | | crop, that i is, to satisfy a large ail ily de ze for money, (with the e greatest success), will L ia ve no “pronao 
floating capital, or whose 
| property is more ‘readily cap able of bei eing. realised, If, 
admired the culture ous apani Pa our le ye: 
or eX: mple, 
order city, The principal 
has 100, 0002. invested in land, 15, 0002. ia the Fund 
| 10 0002. in Exche aaen, Bills, and 50002. in cash ; while e 
in pes Funds 50,000 
be owing to a relaxation hat strictness which was 
at first enforced, and i 
a deal of lookin =e 
i an 
after, yet it war be admitted rd ‘the qualifeations | 
o! 
of all rs and persons 
the poor-law are of a higher character than formerly ; 3 
the union houses are not the horrible hotbeds of i 
in vogue rae are the short-horns, 
Galloway my Back. 
| termed), and a eae rf sees breed, a cross 
chon pane and a There ed 
he neighbouring pi Me 
3 choice breeds of ap sok ng at the | taney prion 
c althou, e th cern 
each a capital of 130,000/. they would yet be ver, 
unequal preparos to bear a 
| cas sh p ts ; a and i in comparing their relative supe- 
breed lately fain EN leet 
some parties to bring their stock to the hammer, 
animals 
of ack: tnbwldged 
rality and wretchedness they once were ; the childre n | 
ll of them are, taken as le 
and though parents their offsprin or 
who desert 
rather men who desert their families, should be dealt 
bi as agg yet the children of such peo ople 
aa 
good, than ‘living with a 
ken or vicious par ugly feature o 
the pi oe sums possesse e exception of the 
amount sanetes i in land wich it he be difficult to 
t the 
sums having been paid for 
bl d symmetry. Our leas are tbat they are 
fitak i iry, rink aiy al od 
dancy to fatten, instead Aar) ilkers. peed 
an H or Black Scots 
of 
suitable for: 
and, and are re dese Ps hest breed for 
pin 190 Leys): 
P 4a 
dad A 
gp done with the three manures. ear | 
nalogy more accurate it should be stated | 
|I sh ould 
acai os 
are marketab bie e pe ner a wal or 
| two calves rat apes Ay pr: wil Ba on a 
f14 ne reeds | 
aa One 
times is the increase of illegitimate child ren, wid 
one of abandoned girls ; this | item cannot os 
harged to the new poor-l amd m 
bands, seems to deman 
r its amendment. 
the 
| cash, sometim xchequer bills, and sometimes a 
transfer of stock, since these are used to represent at | 
must be made dierent, 
wice as ma 
sequently. , the mparison 
ri the second hank can not only supply ti 
mers with cash, but also twice 
ath iid bills, and nearly four tim 
governmen nt stock 3 hence nearly eight fi 
nd bank as 
Rie the | comforts o 
tb fs ili -kidal 
8 0 
by pao oy as being often very stiff in the pain 
and many pees cast calf ' ofore -ro o brought 
to market) slow fee 
The Turnips an here = gaki, success Bin 
w Bullocks, and White Globes, The 
are founa, to be much the hardiest and best 
keepers, never being used until all other sorts are 
finished ; land in t order will produce from 20 to 
compared with the first. _ Let it not be forgot 
Bo 
J Te 7 ham. 
d, th 
an ing price at 25s. per 
in ereny g oil, | 
ficulty | 
P > 
Ser 1 ee) REE PER 
by far the greater part of “its wight from eer atmo 
[!] ‘this shows a valuable erop; but at Shee the Jee 
or such, AA 
sphere and water ; and al y 
Uth F 
s he ns of thinning, hoeing, &c., many pried 
is to stimulate the plants into more ‘vigorous health by 
, and consider that. 
and argue fairly, pen revert to sig and —— 
wenger asa a fair contrast to the condition of the poor 
present, b 
Sioa: vo Pe fomenting discontent or tenia use- 
less calumnies. J. W., Peterborough. 
AGRICULTURAL igs econ tig 
very extensive 
cone years prevented 
me from writing anying on ihe subject of IRR. 
cultural chemistry, I haye by no means lost m; 
in the subj 
writer, but h =a : P 
ropes 
a 
t might be termed, in a 
yi ty I ae now succeeded in 
M.D, 
ee form. 
. Madden 
Seme, my meaning. Henry R. 
Brigi 
Home Correspondence 
Adulteration of Brea REA is jate EA with 
Rice, Indian corn, and some Bean meal. These 
are not uoyholesgme 5 abet the" wo former make the 
hi the latter serves to 
etected 
high rate, 
itii ; 
wreight of the Turnips is calculated without including 
e root or tops. 
Box Feeding.— Having seen in the two last Gazettes- 
not generally possess. 
also adulterated with cbalk, plaster 
paper o 
on two occasions lately by Mr. Mahe Mohants, I am 
praen Reg E words in e explanati 1 hes d qui uite 
hoped th ur leader on i ultural C 
would = satisfied gur at oane aa 
ot tine cen 
being je gpa I would call his attention ns inne 
may be detected b; 
(or Sg y Precise irp ty 
substance will 
will not leave 1 more 
th 
g 100 grains | kep 
of the Howe rn yee ; 
probable results of 
circumstances in connection with my papers on Bone- apy ae the same ee 
dust, Bae aie. and Farm- d If he will refer | easily detected, by m teaspoonful 
to the schedule of prizes offered by the Highland prt ri of co cold anad and adding 20 o 
and Agricultural Society of Scotland, he wi dj} of mi 3 chalk will ven a itself by efferves- 
hat the subject was int d in some such way ee adulte: with praan 
this: « ved that 1 ton of | In y be FEE CIEST R A with | 
eins r Rape- cake qual 20 tons of certainty, mip re a ATOE slice - the new Siagad, 
pew yand ‘dang; in the psi of Turnips,’ &c. &e. | freed from the — over boiling wa 
in competing for the : ES PT felt that one | no more weight. The loss will show = noomeiga of | 
Point ovly was before ee no È , the te! n proportion Rice |} 
these three me agg goer On aj orl 
nee: examined a bat analogous menene eri ae 
iz. t prae eal f Edin- | put in, the taste betrays i 
‘uh ae alum Sa was sal ep | Potato 
while greatly inferior for 
