380 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. |Max 31, 1856, 
Te o the aen and is tho part by which it adheres To the ears, whilst we farmers of the old school, from our 2 or | 500. ior the best Steam Cultivator, frst aud second Py 
fifth part of the length of the body: mee colour is red, and the 3 bushels of se os Shiai at best but a produce of two Aa "whe CAIN te a fr rps and misce: Sai 
intestines, which are extr rem ely numerous and tortuous, prea weak ears fro ach grain, or about 50 fold.” Our} for the Chelmsford Macting new Dyn brankar ap 
white: os length is about an inch, aaa the breadth not above | answer was ihata we very muc! ch eae d àf they ever | | of foroen required to ov et sta Te 
e half th | the different classes of feld implements, moun 
om me e A 3 TAn Da prisa Ley feta komaba proceeding. We yea! observed ‘isk i we e|" ance, compared with the work co gi A done, will enable the 
more, in North America, an account of which has been published | sh pir be m he c se 
ae tens aed ane (oe cis ey Ma ccainon plan at our own half tokel. planted, say 100 fold or | The Live Stock portion of the exhibition will inc g 
tovi, bat E young turkeys are subject to a similar complaint 50 rar ls, , though we expect more, and sur prised him the p ie sheep lerre gaci to foreigners and bred aboni _ For 
izes for 
us imple- 
structed 
he purpose of ng entries for foreign animals à 
n d pproaching Great International Show at Paris, in the at week 
iis aad Toes in Tw path the Gazette of the | ful, that were it penile to obtain half as much even of su une, the Council have extended the date of entry 
16th May, 331, is oven an extract from Mr. Russell's | as ‘this from their 2 bushels (say no more, though many | fas" om chan bra y See ok pan, MN Local Chelms- 
he s 
paper in the * Quarterly J P al of A yond nite 7? on j elin en of 200/.,to be awarded as extra priate R 
which a ars apprehensive that the not ver error in sowing thus much ry hunting, and ri oadster ka es. Teh won will, 
PP y P no doubt, 
ent and probably not very erudite term of fingers | Seed. Hardy j and Son, pa Growers, Maldon, Essex. rad net a mane Ano ount of competition, and greatly increase the 
and toes as applied to a disease in Turnips should be Agreeably w rint request from the French Government, 
dost to posterity I want of discussion on the =orfctics Council have penia Mr. Evelyn pao M.P., Chairman of 
y of agriculturis turisi 1 tah). : : ae $ ae she Leroeuatenal Implement Jury at the ensuing Paris Meeting 
A and ten English Jurors to represent this country in the diffe 4 
ee cr sme ST a —— of live stock and implements on that bona ee 
econ fi he Council, in conclusion, have again the satisfaction of co 
Ar the balay m meeting we ‘the 29 ga week gratulating the members on the gradual fulfilment of the objects 
sea ais pi oe +h p for which the prae was originally established. If practice is 
not; but as words should ie ta ea te ET REPORT. slow in its development, ae Geen. in rue are Le 
the end of being generally understood, and bra A i The Society consists at the present time of— exertions of the Society from its commencement, it could hardly 
without ‘the liability of being mistaken, 85 Life-Governo: have been expected that so much real advantage, both indirectly 
k Ke fiken Governors, and directly, could have been obtained in so brief a period. By 
= ife-Members, means of scientific aid a clue is gradually being gained to the 
Prt "R cma’ Mr Be Khe our me in ed ‘oor Mombess, and operations of the natural influences on the soil, and to the pro- 
ro! eee r. Berkeley’s, hry ere’ ate 2 onorary Members: cesses by which vegetable life is modified and maintained. The 
of it, an rtain comic: A root v. ies, The fee ERATO otal of 4! Members, 0 a i TE à Be es bg 4 ae st aake prenan o! ene Nob A dosnt amd derive full benefit 
gi an at the previous parea r. Eve yn EEN nas j from the discoveries of science, an me more economical in 
pretty ladylike Sod “ofl Prof. Buckman with its healthy | re n borne a Trustee of the Society, in the place of the Jate | their accomplishment, and more certain in their results. 
eeld, By order of the Gone, 
band which Mr, Russell describes ; thus though in Prof. |. Hs Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French having been gamse Honor, Regen 
Rral Fn Ee h AA ugi e b graciously pleased to cin his name to be placed on te Bist of On the motion of Mr. H. V Vilson, Rca a by Mr. 
«as like a ba Ay hoe 5 | Fitna oral ee Members of the Society, in compliance with Th Sentt the. thanka ot th d 
as can be, as and with its five oa as ene request made on the part of the Council, his Imperial Maj =the homas at anks of the meeting werp ren jek 
be imagined, yet still i a botanical sense it cannot be | has been unanimously elected accordingly, in grate: fol reodicnition Lord Portman, He President pi ‘be Society. 
anid. to be digitate or fingered” “that its form really | of the deep ETNAS peeh his aE pina Majesty has so effectively | knowledgin g the e, Lord Por said: — 
signifies nothing, and fingers | ta gh eek aay par ve “Deda hate hy M easy ee gricults mph Ta Wit Aia to A subject of drainage, which was introduced 
require somethi moka, ae a well formed hand a Honorary Member of the p Tos tidinony of thahich aia not believe ar a: there gree Adom system, sal Se 
fir that is to sa es as estimation in which they hold his remarkable work on the Rural pir paan p iaae A a 
igers, yw ai or | 
3 j Esandy of this conntry. the nature of the water were such important elements in 
other ly prar ai Aei con ee idea | The Finances of this Society ha ò Arnar ‘oceakide heen poten operations, that until these had been ascertained it was 
whatever, The ngers and. toes th n so favourable a ondition, The funded eaperty consists of i pees te tell aes sien youa, fearea beat TRADI Pe 
formation cae the lumps and b and orana nees o i on the New Three per Ceuts. Stock, and the current cash- eee eee |, Sear a ee Maea pa E 
of | 92647. ara AE AA r 
disease, for the fingers and toos of a. mere fasted asp Pe ATS GENERE So DERTTE ae “All that any otten eoutd 40 woe. o henen dha hebgdavormasion 
Prarehed wil will both d A @uiplete analytical index to the volumes of the Journal | th ti d 1 ka the beatof th bili el 1 
in appearance and language | already — shed is oll the press, and a new catalogue of the | tf aed and apply it to the beat of their ability in their several 
indicate a di: isease the ey have not, and lea d, as the. ey have | Library is in preparatio loc: PEE ETTE E 
t Prof. Way, the Consulting-Ct n1emist of the Society, has read Ry aT 
The term fingers and toes conveying then to one the| before es he x. me on the progress of OLORI Siete tf eoria 
at home and a refe 
Far 
| both griculi 
idea of health ge Ay another that of disease, being toja * efivensd. 2 sires on nt ect piaghthe of i Dratange rater. We lf Crestow, Pomowss, . AnD BRovGuton, Bvexs. —This 
one an indication t stat | ha s also devised a mode by which the amount of nitric acid t 
-of regression (a poe cao a degene: cy) toa/® monia in the atmosphere may pe ascertained with Pe asar EN | the wo; Pe BEP a) animals which have been fed on it “In 
. | sinineds, This discovery will at once give interest and im sae t 
normal state of purity and youth, is not ‘tafliciently | ance to the prosecution of egricetibural meteorology, a brink of | the dags of the great war 1 f 
definite, paa therefore does not deserve to be retained. | inquiry whi whieh has hi hitherto either entirely lain dormant, or been | times sold 20 Chr istmas ; ’ f 
But o r plants show this formati ich | purs: ly results of an indefinite character. The 2 n avera; of 106}. 6s. for each 
Aki t the ae ceo ta pelo Pieruteát th: investigation of water flowing over the surface of | ‘2183, vhice ie sae robabl E: never befo or since 
subject bees e , | pac dan land, eE its substauce into drains, will eventually | H py! P y } t th 
rots rsnips ; and again other plants are | prove of great, importance, as showing the excess of ma g reali y any one grazier, And the present worthy 
subject to it, which natural formation of t niu which may have been in any case applied; at Leesan | tenant, though he does not att ne notoriety which 
diseased be said to take on any Aeta body. fests Sonne stabs data, aaae to à | followed his late relative and predecessor, still furnishes 
form o mpana and Bena ab Ceip &e. Surely | put these are aan to indicate the great fea which io |a constant supply of useful animals, of which the 
then fingers and not a term suffici ien tly | bay sustained by an injudicious peecating of particular soils, | splendid Cotswold ewes at the last great Christmas 
distinctive to k aata a di controversial publication of Baron Liebig and Mr. Lawes market were very fair speci ‘ eslow isa farm 
P a, f + lieta theeffect of calling the iiteoutigh of scientific men to the f 860 acres fat with additions the occupation now 
chemical principle of lture, and of practical men to th r 
ty for retaining a sondern Sr given pro- anihi f th nciples in a farming and economical poi EN T > 1,10 mon stock of this fi is 
bably L y ignorance and on a mere superficial observance | of view. e great questions however involved in this contro- 500 cattle, ay n the winter 700 in grass 
of i a Aa have another, — mo Prey a y Er hE at Aian ionately Ena pia one oe seasons, after the ewes are gone, sheep are bought, to 
| . . . 
appropri and appearance rtainly more Ry bene pes only to the progress of philosophic inquiry. The | Come out at Christmas. The house and premises are 
genera y potiones Anbary applies to t the disease wher- | Council eres advise the members of the Society to take situated on a hill, the top of whic is formed of the 
{| a H tag rivilegee thus onf to, the analysis of the Portland oolite, and th he of mmer ridge clay. 
e pn ci enren, as they can us only obtain security against 
beee aud from adulteration. The Council have decided hat atthe | One grazing field, — “the largest inclosure of 
believe I may say ch hrrg contalibk i maggots. | end of the current year the offer of the rasubsti- really good ground in the kingdo om, contains by ad- 
dt z be Se we aa by the aid of some Greek | tu ag sed Peru im guano Pal be withdrawn. Prof. Simonds, measurement no less than sone 3r. 2P., a pretty little 
word have fi e deci he Veterinary Inspector of the Society, has En En the ia 2 = 
fox the aa Berge ades dedi y chara eteritic ta rm | Ie Aia a Toehite ox thie Bich indie’ Aad ilé Aninelg farm in itself. This field consists ofa series of hill an à $ 
qgease, ant ne ave g g | the Royal Veterinary College have transmitted to the | nes and consequently the soil varies much in valit; E 
me , for though some distant analogy may | Council their annual report. the stone and clay join, the water, which 
-externally exist, in all its pathological characters it is, |, One of the original objects for which the Society was founded, ‘filtered through the stone, is thrown out by the clay ; 
i believe, very horse ‘an pior] the last in the order of enumeration, rele by no means the . $ ipall; 
tof : bury, ye OF | least "in in importance, is that i proposes “ to promote te the | aud here draining is i which is principaly 
want of a better, and a better than finger and toes it | comfort and welfare of labourers, and to encourage the improved done with turf, ‘The main drains, which nes pipes, 
qorin m er cant it. The finger and toe for- | management « shy Ae aids cottages “and dete ane Ee w open at intervals into Tittle stone ‘aes rns for watering 
mation not in ii i tly ct of consideration, | 
Tainin, 26 iti y ne f even on the both officially by the Couneil cae ae oak a members the cattle. The summer stock pir this sail is a 
urnip, at least 35. Decessary w very much upon | of the Society. Various ameliorati ting’ e been pro. | bullocks, and 200 ewes with their lam a 
our casa toam it. In all I rath examined i roy la Yhiol at.fag, aa thoy heve y on hare a oa. en ful, but here called “coup a? It is ee omens, go a 
more in an unsi and al of that extende wane ich the im; | . $ 
poaa Sache body of the T: ae Ti hu; Sa | tok the subject demands. The inches has distributed at less | the cattle. and sheep over this large inclosure. H 
d y of the Turnip, swelling out o n prime cost upwards of 30,000 copies of cottage tracts, con- | of cattle and flocks of ewes, which are purchased from 
one side, seldom I think with any root-like pro i practical suggestions for the management of labourers’ | different fairs, locate themselves in different parts of 
when so attacked. The toe formation cer. cer- | gardens, and for cottag tage ronn, and gerar: ate y bave also the field, retain their old companionship, and seldom 
— this case such as to draw attention to it | the besi aud ikani fox inpedl sie a nadvies, z Mia a rr Ml trespass on their neighbours’ domain, or stray awa) 
ace O obvious r the disease, and which T, as well as Mr. Goddard’s and Mr. Macvicar’s Prize from their own part of the ground. The greater 
J. M. Goodiff. oe on tha pone ruction of cottages, Last year the Prize for’ numbe: the oxen are Herefords, some Devons, and 
Wheatin 9. -feet Rote —It ves us great pleasure to | the best essay on labourers’ cottages was renewed, and several | s à nee 
observe in Itural ci of the 9th essays on that subject are at the present moment under the con- | late in the Jeers few Highland Scots. In conseque: t 
your agricul Or tea inst. a | sideration of the judges. The Council, however, regard all these | Of the protracted drought last summer, the grass 3 
h headed no ts x8 too limited and temporary t their characte: e | Creslo ort, and k did not 
i ntelligent mind oi Jabourer, w forms the operations on | Tak TESS. arm 
the farm, and the high moral p ood le within him, hichi is the | eang thing pia thete pene’. Be pm ee of 
surest guarantee to his ‘employer, are best sustained and culti- | POSsesses the advantage of having about ac 
cmrable n evry ON ort to render the labourer ha appy and | it arable, which enables straw and root be grown 
e > 
The Chelmsford Meeting, to be held in the middle of July, e; men pater a tank... Tatie fall ak ad van hay 12 
prom: 0 or in every respect, to the most successful of the eattle tied up, they are supplied wi 7 id. 
former untry tings of the Society in other pa f the Aog: which are placed zyon the ks in the fi 
a ey -The en ry of sareta implements and machinery ry | Th e sheds before Christmas were well filled with if 
arge 0 ent; 
instead u Tying Inactive, as hitherto, ir tee ae oil Leper Hereford oxen, which were nga hay, a — 
acre | ordinary work during certain hours of the Show, they wilt | Sliced Swedes, and three or four cakes (of three 
pree ae =e instructive es in the exhibition. The| each) daily. ne 
ouncil have n induced, on the representation of a ve less exi 
be | large proportion of the Implement Sicufacturers who Eh Th AGE land at Putlowes, iy of of ality 
Z jeie year ho Carlisle, to apportion the Society’s prizes than that f Cr eslow, is decided of | superio pet Pals 
a als in the imp! t department over paa years, reseni distric 
instead of including them in all single successive The | a rich, deep loam, pees pha a nd pecking “It is really 
implements for prizes and trials have, accordingly, ier 4 a of e of the 
into classes for this ae years’ rotation oe the follow parva yee af 
heads: (1.) Implement: machinery for sd in las he digo ae oon: fae? 
age of land. (2.) RAR REEERE A oa cultivation pe i ighi (8 lbs.) 
n nery a 
. | and harvesting, of 3.) Implements and machinery for the which ant oilcake, oh 
| preparation ‘oye for Miarki f et and eattle food, Those wnder the { of hag ived iy Fi t be = manoni e those 
j frst ofthede kiai AN forts is CHUS AIA Implements for | 18g these animals, care 
Chelmsford Meeting, in addition to the Special Prizes of ie wr iaio w fatten and bev ve sufficient ag@ 
