THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
| Fes. 23, 1856. 
average thr mal walks off on a level to the | soils, the very best S; COWS, GRICULTURAL WEEDs.—Mr. Rawson, of Glanhe enwyr, 
The w Sek before last my boxes were com- | calves ad have not ied” it ote “sheep, bur. make no doubt Radubrahiee applied | ‘for leave bs "print off, at his o 
filled, some of them inconveniently. An agri- | it is po good for them). g for a a ch it red copies of 
culturist who was over my farm, on wiking into the hay and will keep in good aitite Tener fast or slow- | Profess uckman’s Prize E vo tural 
i range, and who did not know what was un ws rep pl . Cows milk extremely well upon it, mie the Weeds, published 3 in the last Toara és the Society, 
the bullocks, remarked he sweetness of the building | milk pone k s as ewe ar hen they ted on Grass, | Mr. Raw: ught that such a ae pere. 
it sweet as any room in à ae h and ceal well u Wit rnips, &e., it | ot the sn ma the Welsh far 
ents, in which opinion he concurred. 
n his district, 
would strongly call their attention to “the importance of 
is equally koot for feeding cattle. ito. begin at the 
beginning—first gro il rse. e, I think 
Gees 
ing the boxes while bei ing emptied. They bad the | o 
vantage of seeing a pee sight to a fi 
foot perho frin compressed as aie to exclude a ali 
the top t 
tate from 
the b tt t 
forks 
moist sta 
7 
why. Gore is 
3 beca it gro 
thou an you mat not ta! 
eeds in their 
rows, and to the i njurious ine a of the 
of nek AE G- n; and the 
few o 
ke 
it It should, however, be carefully grown on well 
| cleaned gronni, sewn much as you would Tur nips 
good fh: of it Shown, he : maia ubt Pa lie be 
l y tho t'pros 
7 
, the fragran 
was very uM pocate srs I 
and “kept free from weeds 
| through the first summer, and 
redhest to Hn ensuing pears council, with an 
It will be ready to cut the autumn 
order 
printer. the meantime to keep the type of the 
tee standin 
but one after sowing. Tor 
ate 
a bi 
t of fine Swedes and Mangel, “and 
, heavy e: Haj z ] 
mee 
should b prob ya a at, chaff Satter 
set ied cut from 4 to 6-inch 1 lengths, or thereabouts, which 
For 
was much puzzled how to iiai in the. best | 
nae cheapest manner; but I then panko from 
Me essrs. Richmon d & Chandler, of „Salford, one of thei 
ARLIAM Lecistation.—Several communica- 
| tions addressed to the Council on the pad of 
agrieuitural statistics, but were referred, withou 
the ensuing mo nthly m eeting, whe = Mn 
We put i in the bottom of the boxes when first started 
Couch Grass—Having had some experience in ei 
destruction of Couch Grass, th 
for Gorse. ” My plan of using it is as follows : eat |o 
man who feeds the machine uses gloves, and with them 
tiff soil, I have com: 
clusion that nothing will aiea h efadichto 
Aem pet but the long steel es the pimpt oe spars 
the 
uth 
f the Council to the 
ollowing clause in the Society’s 
Charter r, with a 
view to ascertain iin” interpretation 
ve ab fairly 
was given to the terms of that tion for the guidance 
on feeds it with Gorse. This first-cu t Gorse is put on | of sch Council in their proceeding 
one side as cut till sufficient is done. The mf erof the| «ang kao yo further, that m iranti r Royal Charter 
machin e has then straw placed upon upon this | to the said Royal Agricultural Societ of England, we do hereby 
is placed with a late pi The | declare it to be our full and entire wi easu: t we 
+ as tend our Royal Protection to its national objects, under the 
= bruising condition that a principle of its constiiution shall be the total 
rei the met The cut straw and Gorse is now | exclusion of all questions at its meetings, or in its proceedings, 
ready bat aaa with. This description seems long, | of a political tendency, or having refereuce to measur pending, 
but m ocess ry quick and inexpen I never | ® e brought forward, in either of er enact of ot the sal 
h t Fl Davo not which no resolution, bye-law, or other ena PE nt the sai 
aes é bara body politie an te, shall on an unt or preten 
liged t which i more | whatever be at any owed to in t 
expensive than Gorse, and is not half so good. ATi fact Sm w Ciny —Mr. Burness, of Prospect Ter- 
Gorse per te only good ae! food you as 4, eikton, submitted o the Council a schedule of 
I feel n a onl 
man y | suggestions on the subject of the Society’s prize of 5007. 
vauses his land (which only produced 20 bushels of | Tied to become much u wher cts soil ` remi steam cultivator, and in reference to the best mode 
Wheat per acre under the old system of cultivation) | enough to grow p he wel cultivated i soa generally of 
to ee. tad in Rr lg: jays of improving husbandry is | very Year and yield nA crs esteem si tion, These suggestions were received wik thanks, and 
poate £ AA sr milkin ng Oba poe! it, rain to ee Parsing Co Papani MaD a a request 
somobiacs even more, without re- that they w t neil 
turni i | get at his secret for “aba gan items nce of sweet ar 
ar Beriker orig ed hair! eg a Lage se milk through winter, as he would not allow any one to RICULTURAL seinen at Parts.—Mr. Miles, MPs 
that the extirpation o ung ed would | enter hi ard. In Wales ers of cows are kept the French Government PRE Ri 
leave d 7 in | upon it mall farmers and cottagers, e | 
Pes r “9 j ardiai 4 Mos ne te ae b pid K upon a block of wood with peni of mallet having beer held at Par n the y JONS 1856 and 1857. _He also 
fo 
may an objection urged by | 
wh 
pense of ‘forking is gen 
man ing that valuable tool. This fear should 
It is common 
mitte i to tł 
4y 
there to Pin Go orse, a should add, ‘that although tl 
ine 
y agai 
vanish into to thin air, 
=~ eae dla have proved that thorough d 
aariaa one A serene to a deside of manure, 
' ly when it is of a stiff nature. in 
vantage of i the fork cultivation is sihe i in- 
air penetrating the subsoil, 
ning off more rapidly. A 4-inch 
uch land” is labour in vain. 
fore agriculturists 
f agriculturists, ri E poor, the 
iidoeasity of cleaning land ába ecptog it oy tia in ander to 
obtain th e greatest amount of produce. — wait 
Sanasana in the 
Om 
A short abstract of this 
acre sati: ceric for 10 o e years, 
mprovements upon it whats ae their 
rks hs since, and they have one now 
=| coy devoted to Gorse; but which of course cuts 
ARebielvs, 
vbmcersedcn 
| Societies. 
fst 
The Journal of the Royal oon See of 
outs gland, cobs Manr seat: arle Str 
Gy 
AGRICULTURAL OF ENGL 
T Covret Jays 20.—Mr. atom M. P, vice 
iihi Ka by 
ie otto remar. À the iroi Saien of the a, al 
we have = ready referred. The whole volum is 
CAKE,— he ca . Thomas Burroughes, a member | 
of the Society residing in Cambridgeshire, transmitted 
to the Council a specimen of oil-cake w ra ch had b 
o the herne ts made for carrying on the editorship 
of the work, hich reas so ee a been in the hands of Mr. 
| Pus sey. Am the 
they may wait long enough. Falcon, 
Italian Rye-grass.—To fro’ 
Italian Rye-grass, NFN Morton before the 
govt E Farmers? Club las Messrs. Sutton, of 
Psi lg: ge the folowing notes from their 
extracts a paper on 
by nid 
, | Supplied to him as genuine “ Rape” ; but which, | 
oe ‘om its ae indications, Mr. Burroughes had not 
entured to give as foo ttl 
ure et her is sameness; and the ¢ other 1 the 
method of arviving at theintrinsic va lue of ma anures asso sold 
nits o ar component parts had been made for him. 
This ca to contain various 
kinds of seed, had a fa pungent taste, and on dis- 
3 
obser vatio ons —l1. [It will, 
Ra and au pL should not 
be sown till alter ft corn is beeen or it will get we aig 
before harvest. Alth nwa Italian Rye-grass 
or this Bias pret 5 its great merit is for an ae or 
forage. (See Note 3.) 3 3. August i is the best month, but 
re, de sired to 
safe as food for stock ; 
Mustard. Bu rmoughts, therefor 
ascertain ania it would be 
UEL.— His nc; 
add ressed an inquiry to the Saat Q on a subject of 
D 
peat for 
Messrs. 
Antumnal ` sowing me have k {e 
Trifolium incarnatum pte pret rimson Clover) pe 
with e-grass ld d: be 
ved A fep tez 4 lbs. Trifolium hybridum 
4. Italian is also useful for 
the i 
investigation on the points to which the 
Denk Miniter had referred, 
conomy oF Hrat.—M, Etie 
communicated ce pan by which "the heat given off from 
eoni duri ng i combustion and conversion into 
afa 
nisk rma |20 
e Salmon, of anyer = 
Baal ease aes 
bier fp red in on Porm Dung. To these 
sent; eatter direct the fuller attention of our 
at they may For the general character of 
‘this issue ne the Dacian cal we may m mention t 
340 p f Buck 
W. R. 
stion of 
Bowditch on the 
~~ 
a 
Pid 
36 
shir e Farming r. Bowdit ch’s s paper 
T 
me" 
| is one by the er 
contribut 
det h iment 
he describe was devised sn the purpose : of determinin 
ye-grass 
: ed Clover when sown with = crop, 
by i tt from frost and tinging. 1 
r for use. „5 If the land is ed apes 1 to 
con- | plan was illustrated by a 
manu ctories, 
| the aperphos phate—ebarcoal 2 and 
hosp, and va er large buildings, which require 
great expenditure of fuel to warm them, M.S 
drawin 
, M D' 
even th. y } 4) 
y means of arises 
ifin a liquid 
h aie i } 
the atmosphere, one steam 
manure is pal especially 
more abundant will be the erop. It is als: ‘har 
aa Raa. = should be applied immediately after each 
npn the. (la pe aes the scythe has wounded it, so 
much the better. 6. Mr. e ckenson has since e published 
his pamphlet, and we would 2 soon our friends to pro- 
eureit. Itis’ published ta Ridgway & Co. 
} r below 
the yy and i the walls of the buildings in 
question 
se acine Macuive.—Miss Charlotte pees 4 
Schw: aein near Nimes, in Bohemia, eee to 
Gara the progress made b y her brot the 1 
pe in Bauer, in the inve tion of a cei alee | 
achine, in prai etition Fgh the Soeiety’s s Prizes and 
ution the plans he 
had, à 
] li erfected AS the Kike of his 
vantage from the 
Pan that Tam always 
s I can. partic 
È 
g 
2 
oii 
i 
E 
2 
ype 
wm The Couneil referred this communication t 
Mr. = Rans nsome, 
with a reques st that he would give |e 
to 
rs y many times, ica 
or many years, and think it, on suitable 
pata whi she could eres out her wishes as his espe 
might suggest to 
| —the utter inefficiency 
s| with wate; 
| is ever 
| soil. "ts herari the great superiority of the Ist 
ee of the others under the 
were opie —thus iis 
borating his own previously asserted be pos A of 
| specific value of Wheat 
Calendar oi Operations. 
FEBR M4 A RY. 
Wester Ross, Feb, 19.—The weather has been very ch anga 
able, and a particularly Raltable | for out- ward labour. A g0? 
deal of pany nan “i oe within these few , 80 that farmers 
e now well advanced with ‘chrabipg out the 
Iu idesi, ane wii t are Sent for this season of the 
year, ap wane Gy deserted igo ee m he scs ape y y of st a 
where complained of, and li ttle w be ha 
eter for love 5 y a j 
crop. 
ogee ng from a so somewhat pA a 
Tn 
