May 31, 1856.] THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 379 
bailiff who does not require to work with his would b! istake to suppose that the mere possession | full development to the root progress. It does not seem 
hands. But I would not say that the steward of a of ngricaly nba oe. em fit a man for the office | reasonable to suppose that because land is poor Whea 
first-class farm ought never to have wrought with his of farm manager. e of sterling probity, should be sown thickly we insure a crop. The the: sen- 
nt meee: Nay ! the very reverse of this, for I would active, industrious, ‘painstaking, civil, kn 1 uld “rth e 
applicant for such an appointment as dis- nature we li poa e all he must have a good moral 
prhe fo r it in one very Alin porient tapes if he had | character, be sober ar ney ali 
ae praeiesliy executed every kind of farm work. How ; his duties, A man according to this model, and pos- must Ebe made. for paaki taar viz., destruction by birds 
p judge of any kind of work if he cannot sessed of ouithble. paella and practical knowled ge, will | and insects, but not for careless farming. 
os it hi ? How ean he detect an unqualified or De acquire sii Dyre ence of his employer, and | ful pees Of the tender roots through masses of soi 
sham Soad if he himself is igunnant hi the m yer i lope the resources of the farm intrusted to his care almost pros peers to the steel wpe excite astonish- 
in whi ht to be d No! the ba iliff o aina t most OEA nner, True, it se the thoughts of m to Him who 
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me farm will hav 
work mah ‘xectedy seater will he have pm ‘th lon respects, bat i it is right at least 
influe r his workmen, unless he has at one | standard, and to regard thos ben on the whole come plan andere; ter food, and that the 
worker, y t nearest to it as most eatin a of preferment. If plants ‘hemes “tiller jeri in an a 
in his hand and a the way in which it should be bapa pn ons of a farm manager are of a vag ord under favo powered circumstances : these. ine 
i salary will re quire to ibe good, but then by his|a are in eters of giving th 
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: oun rigs is disgraced if h as to, pay y pared with | fai ly suggested to the rasan use his discretion in 
perform man labo i mot per- i i 
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ir sons must on y or me have already referred to the a ‘too from a) always remembering that two heads of Wheat will not 
another live by their own exertions, will by no means | fretful querulous interference with a farm ard on | come ito per rfection whe ere the natural soil has only 
consent to their lear ning either practical farming or the part of his employer, and have now oui notice | 
_ the bad effects which must result from any The farm | ie he must ne draining, labour, manure, and 
and anne the sleep of ala abouring man for some ye rs | bearing of the former towards the ype ais f: Attempts to intro- 
io come. Forsooth that the gentility- imagined — of bailiff is a responsible servant, pak is sti agriculture will often meet with 
me ohn is at stake, the said James or John | notwithstanding. H duty is to study Price Babe to his | strenuous opposition jee rejudice, rE E by 
must ty kept from learning a healthful = 4 aie g master, and while a man ie his postion possesse sed of a the ee of following in — jogtrot path of the “ good 
i d be in e desk to drive | g f when far cw heen ving a n could 
quills as if that were the sublimation ual labour | chance with their erops. 
and the sign manu: sy yet duty, act ath and common ak a require |The markets “ere lately been high, but the daysare y 
Till once absurdities of this sort are entirely given up | him to act towar rds an employer wit th deference and coming whi ae vp agai 
by those who can only afford aot Velie a prt respect. nable oon to compete w with the 
ed cation, we are not like ly to have that influ x of iy Ps even conan in self-defence to _ cast these foreigner r. ‘en will nees never pay, either to 
bl j it will smother weeds with Wheat, or Wheat with weeds. 
requires at the present time. Neither are we lik rely to to be e incomparably better for him to resign his cha arge at | Falcon, 
have so many propan qualified home farm managers once than to continue to hold it. Should an overseer; Zhe Gapes im Poultry. —Amongst the various sug- 
as the improved state of agriculture demands. Many of | | give way to tem ptation and act un emily towards his gestions í for the cure of “ Gapes” in fowls, tee have 
young men, who see connecied with agricalvaral superior, his influence is gone, and if h aluable joan al al ee imes, È 
esi rosecu m, | lead him so to act without any real temptation he is j have never ‘observed any mapas very. simple 
receive so imperfect a training in the practice of the edy which I wi d 
art, that their fortunes and prospects are often ship- Tn the carrying out of the farming operations it may | some zearo since at a farm house in Dubos ire where 
wrecked when they take ing on thei p taking an interest in |a number of white fowls were kept, a large proportion 
ccount or on behalf of others. ‘They are too liable his home farm will hold very different opinions from of every brood being always lost from this disease, and 
imagine that farming is a business requiring so ao seh ehis manager. The duty of the latter in that event is to | the rere breed would have been relinquished, only 
practical knowledge that with their school-taught | State unreservedly his views and his reasons for them ; that when reared they Baie a er price in ‘the 
pe alone they will be able to make a handsome show aby ister the objections he MAENDE pela past (Gesestaple)yaleci ker kinds, I there- 
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rom it; or if they have not capital to | sade Lae o the opinions expressed by the) fore copy the tc rs extract from a paper \ which E 
start farming for themselves, that pert will succeed in then if his pitts yata are not adopted tł 
iving satisfaci un in farming for others, ‘The sons of | | responsibility does not rest on him. wget of active a es 
ae ait on the other hand, aa! “Table depen nd | inquiring habits are often misled by bailiffs Pee. per piel of By George Ma ae von ona p a 
altogether AR a practical course = trai ai to consenting jat ance to suggestion pe ay and iro witha, n Most pers al orth sho eve in th ieast 
despise thepretioai acquirements, t fr sa oe ither of throw n farı agapan Aka That reserve and | attended to their p Biama pinaasa t young chickens are subject 
these classes are the aR oahi farmers or the | timidity. "which _keep t the latter from sp eak ing t the ir (to zi fatal etaan, usually termed the “gapes’ "from the 
ipet highly auld et at ca Laaa Sit an extension of ths. peck, ike guftocation, and 
spring. So te are concerned, we smd with ere mo out of place, and may lead to v very un- | sometimes. an apparent phthisical EANN or irritation of 
expect our sni en o spring n i pai many par- | _ The employer natura’ ily lo oks | i lungs. This distemper, which eap te attacks them 
ticular grade of prt apie but to be veten selves | l | To ki ip ect yt bes or six wee! pepa og believe, ate 
an educated class, Their education must not be con- Ber if the latter acquiesce in everything t that is brought | ahar “the ainda Py be nae an ae om ater to mi 
fined to either greet or science ati sively, ut | Produe ctive cause, remains to be discovered. This disease is 
shot uld have for objec ects—I. Prac tical agri iculture, place atall. No considerate landed proprietor or agen! nt | pr pr saa dy ran, Nea of Smee ene oeae PE 9 
requen extendin; rom nx e a, 
includi ng y vorking with years on a ar object to a farm weaphare stating un Dead gy to | fea MT waipatia inte the Hoty Tae ar thats 
farm. A careful “sty of farming practices in dif- any proposal that may be made in pect to the | (june 20 1808) a brood of 16 chickens of about six weeks old, all 
ferent dates 3 ; and an acquaintance practically farming « a br land a a charge. iei in many | of ‘whieh? one ex , appear to be more or less affected with 
with the mode of path general agricultural im- | teward must give a practical bearing to the | it. R ere loging: ee aia ne pene penn edn 
eonetbente, Then in the scientific Bi partment they eataa schemes "introduced to his no ose | then 20 of these i vermes” firmly adhering to its surfaco by their 
must acquire a well-grounde: ed gene: y ledge of who are above him, or beara share of the blame re- | single arm. be hr aie etnai choked up the 
—l, chemistry ; 2, geology; 3, bales any and physio- j sulting Sie td failure sere put into operation. pres the aol) undoubtedly di 
logy ; 4, natural phinophy—the latter aar me- | is very frequently the case that in consequence of | Rone of these worms had passed into the lu shey:moro: fonnd to 
pE S a In the year 1806, I first powered tho eapse 
ology hanics ; and 5, natural history snare t intelligence, and from travelling a . good deal, of the e distemper ; “aiid the Milowi year, on first appearance 
aa ps thre pi But i ep Ta said that prs ons ‘ors are nabled to make t pI nip ei pin mple — py 
I am laying out a course of SSA for farm s to thei r stewards on the subject of, lon manage- Some persons in chia past of Pptp i beg saa po tinge 
Managers little less than that of som he | Jas its influence, died, but, on the contrary, all speedily recovered. 
professions, Yes ; l an per fectly g the pon for, to detect rae ing that is incapable of being carried | The recipe consists in mixing up their meal (Barley or oatmeal) 
what is farming in highest sense ams a professio „into execution with any chance of pe they should with urine instead of water, and feeding them with it three or 
four times a day. Rue chopped small and mixed with their 
ap more skill porn general acquirement tl hi n ready to carry out, as farias) has been a favourite remedy; butit may be proper to remark that 
? The cultivator of “the soil is ii may be possible, those new agricultural systems | my chickens affected at this time have under a course of 
g norganic world and that are thus _ Suggeste ed to them. „Nothin pg can ‘be ‘hat ofr Pumas ot inh melee fd aoe em 
Melaia onee y. H adm ni nistratio! oa ya icl as be tio 
ate r he is th attainme nie as a farme r, and — ing that | had’ died under this disadvantage; in’ the “advanced state 
: resource: monstrates her latent power. — ae or gentleman, herop" comprehensive or | of the disorder the former -prescription was given, i 
can he do mimi in aa ae effective manner without a well- inform ed his min id may be, can instruct him. It is iopentd Bieta were visible ie two or three re oome to 
re nat, science, and +e a? is now in a state of convalescence. It may e 
T pame e kn owle edge of all the laws which his thus that vapid practice sets i agains! 2 remark in this place that this vermicular. seems to be 
dail i Su rely not ; p yet | bars te progress. The assevera ration of “ Talpa’s” Draait of the common | “eign od 
the f ing rof the United Kin son is carried oi with | are Te been a-draining brag forty year nee go peng eomprronn a oc aed 
a omens a share of this TRAR | more?—is the perpetual chatter of some agricultural same spot, hè have been nko pened by my feed Lord. tiipreceding ee 
knowledge, and is consi sidered superior ive "that of any | ine pambheanapi e as farm aiei of the -old | three parts of ung pheasants in his lordship’s menagerie- 
other country in "the. orld. Were our _home far school, that ORIY either be reformed or dis- | die of crt similar compain but ata mare more advanerd age, generally 
Mana d i hart Mi iat th he time the feathers begin to show the sexual distinction, 
placed Pome J. Lockhart Morton. peera eorismt a a specimen for examination, i 
be, this country would no longer | rh Whit the tae fe Sythe was stuffed with the same species of ‘fe z 
millions of quarters of Wheat, for it would not oniy ee some old Fo clog demic with 
y suffo- 
| Hom e Correspondence. o apd what is. remarkable, the posterior 
ing large quantities of grain. this) Thin Sowing. — The in teresting phenomenon of vege- | Tal eof the ae Fores; and h the Prembrana sh poe 
should be the case ! and how im nt tant al e hom t on only instance o noticed o 
mgd por exemplars of ‘the fied amongst Potatoes ny in a dark cellar ; a shoot nor |e any pyre va wate ra pa 
general sy f managem that are capable when from one of them oor | fly Hemp seed. to ent, independent of 
Universally p a of bringing a abont this result ! | of many feet in breadth, and rise up the door ron ay ch the Grass plot the menagerie 
In are ting a Storad fora class farm, therefore, the keyhole ahes a ray of sunshine opper S. sca hs fatal gee a3 =. tara T kave bet 
j F eea with science ” should bethe e guiding motto. The „will Algo Fayel long distances in search of ood, and hav- | occasions: disease: 
ascertain, a nondescript ering. fon 
r the outs ed, they will multipl; * EErEE a Ta e mran Ea Vion ot 
or leor run wild i is ten times more dangerous that Jant is wii ey will m ly their fibres in tsu] en i 
yi » and how to obtain a eee ga The attraction | which induces this beautiful | this animal :—07. osm ie een He D at vi 
sepad rid of qualities i is sometimes puzzling | gl natu arance is not fully understood, dort ng rocts | duced” poung aoaie sini postr te lower neg hasan! 
Now, » however, that 
ani a 
i i i anterior endo the boy, a EA these openings 
| portion of the soil previous to reaching hee desired mt 
ystems of examination for ee Madem a and point, The study of f physiology may in the course of m little or are subinfundibuliform larger appears 
to grant diplomas to those who month, 
the i 
ractieal of the fact must k satiny agriculturists and horticulturists, ioe REES PETER gee Tare 
ah here now ily te bot pe and | and will be sufficient for their guidance and instruction; Be ound ata dr and oligon sthers = Aian it will: 
the difficulty referred to gradually overcome. But it ' proving the advantage of of deep stirring in order to give’ distemper. priehies ? 
