ee a 
476 
percentage oi cated by the 
sample of f milk, may ay depen aa i upon A aay or dow: 
ti also explains the beneficial 
effects of the practice ie ‘keeping 1 the milk in shallow | 
vessels at a moderate tem ture, so as to avoid its 
pera 
sour, and to favour the ene eas 
THE e a en thle GAZETTE. 
(Jury 12, 1856. 
A rat-catcher coming 
past 
I gave him the whole, 
ost counties have their own peculiar method | of hay- 
] ouched 
Fequstet a “portion "at it. 
and he was worth 
—whe ae gd was aware what it rea 
ll. to him to entice rats 
Middlesex appears to claim pre-eminence, The writer 
EET 
lly was or 
not I do not know. 
Mr. ae eo of the Folly 
request the attention of hay farmers to three or four 
rapi idly | Pargi Ipswich, bough t either ri whic! h, if followed, will age fail iaei bring to the 
ascent of the butter ar You can read wider: it at the corner of a field ar hurdle it round to|rick hay as perfee — character of 
stand from the statement just made, how fr om it. When offered to them tey |i the weir will pe rn sunny hiara: if 
times happen | that a Pipas of pe milk plisti in tł fu nor did co °y ch the hurdles bars =. a time w the wi Cut 
i iking yield a larger per- reed $ nad auth was with others. arly i n the ye morning, and till 9 o'clock let the forkers 
tC owers the 
centage of 
taken when pore rar after it has ` been carried fi 
Caht 
several miles an d to th f the air, and 
also agitated in apie 27 with the air contained in the 
milk vessels, and probably brought into contact with 
vessels containing some traces of aci ity. 
2 It is a fact well known to milkers that the last por- 
h and 
London was H per seed). I had a few seeds given me, 
one G which I had planted wae by old rotten-headed 
Pollar e some 10 feet from the ground, and with 
distelonted (the price in | cut 
shake or = = 
most ano lly, so as to or pote 
every lump, not rig a single | knot oo strew it 
evenly over the ground. the I 
wi ill h eat more aie: in n the 
stack, and consequently 
tree 
this Nae assistance “4 aid Orien a height the vendor 
bag 
ll 1 also” be more in quan- 
y 
of this noble Cab it w ould, even suitable for 
batter than that which i is first tet Aak while the oth 
Ure 
it 
g parali t be pacectnet that piltar. ba “of texture will 
hop where this monster Cabbage was to be seen, | | result from the earliest shaking in stone pr, = "r 
rely da sheep with wool some 6 or 8 inches | long alw ays except a 
thi faa Ste <6 h A 
ical ca 
ence of compositio 
oH maa writers, and you 
will find it stated ‘that i 
is to be ascribed to the fatty 
** Makers of Altanacke suppose 
udder, watery portion will be col- 
and consequently be first 
dense 
in as mere part, 
drawn away. 
But ane explanation is no longer admissible, 
been found en experiment t that the same hing prevails 
with respect to woman’s milk drawn in nal por 
tions from the breas' t. As, however, mal fact is cer rtain 
tam prat sine will become withered, and a interior 
Ea plodding PE E a aA mi ddle, will be rendered tough a flacei 
ot when to sow, nor Ww) ore 
Nor make his hay, nor shear his heep so that the forks cannot se parsi 
Or wherefore keep the such a chatter the knots, or pend the pom. x into a regular and 
f sage advice about r?”—Poor Robin. | equable condi ition. _ Here it must be aistinetly stated 
pers Poppy. [It is within d vast crop, amounting to at 
hat Mr. Taylor has no personal interest whatever to least 2 tons per acre, 50 remy a3 it was ri in con- 
serve b by his recommendati ion of this Į plant t to the att d day, t ery fork bore the hay 
mers. ] Taylor in | from the cart to the dg phenyl and without a single 
Serine and “extolling the his ersten Giganteum 
hae ot. True it is that hands hey in plenty, and no 
r hand, 
cream than mo han, is first drawn, it is obvious that 
in 
called attention in the Chronicle to 
forthe use of cattle food. It will be recollected that about 
ago we 
not half te 
of Narying colours or 
te the anini ot t 
the milk. of a eow i enpa ble rdin 
should be taken from the entire wanes of milk ob- 
oge 
TAA ANo taking or to thoroughly mix together the 
: From the observations which have been made, the 
following 
ical piia “with respect to the use 
of the lactometer ee conceive, be drawn :— lst. 
‘That it affords purch: en i very uncertain method of 
sor s| 
d beautifal pale verdare "whe 
hay. These 
Fh 3 } } } hint 
J 
ei "hg 
it not as =i or relied by cattle, 
mental pi whic favoured to us by the Hon ne few hints, if favedibttle 
Seay Marilda Sone of West Iskesley, which she had returns, f Grass, whi ch, it is agreed 
erfection by all o Serpe. any that as been Sint reste 
by ‘Mies Satan. It grew with us with a “shaft during Foot 
stem 14 to 15 feet in height rand as large as a man’s c 
leg, , with beautiful umbu! Ea d white flowers at top some 
a lange as ts top a bushel Miscellaneous. 
and the plant tea We e fee 1]. We , Seeding of Weeds. es of 
weeds is aiias of piai “allowing 
+} 1 | Now, th 
had an i 
tance. g "As ke is s ineapabio of indicating ‘the amount 
of the valuable e-for: ven seine, or of the sugar 
es zansa and ill on 
poisonous, though. 
medicinal properGts o 
Th: 
mn which may phe from seeding 
out. 
may be gathered from 
observations made upon a few of 
5 
P= bles. —* J, W.,” of 
telescope, 
so that nto the ou 
the of 
when m poured ii tube 
small opening on the sae, by Lome in hei inner is 
a layer of milk of any thickness be obtained. 
Peterborough, =o misunder, 
ands * a eart-horse stables. “W. B. H 
Chita agrees with “J. W.” 
dilectio! ons, but consi iders all < _W.’s” requirements 
in his ideas of equine pre- Ji 
‘J. 
saline m: apiga which ikini donitan of e © Heracleu our common sp 
milk, it cannot be regarded Aa affording us information | mend to be cultivated for pigs, cows, and ra | Number Number 
i pect I 1 val f mill ticle of | they are remarkably fond of and will thrive Botanical Common si al ose —— 
and fatten upo with a very little corn as an name. name. Flowers| Flower | single 
3. as the thickness of uy iaaea of cream which accompaniment to very remarkable degree. This may bear. Plant. 
T phe milk may throw u is a very common indige nous po to o this : try, onan an | 
by th rt à ere the soil is not enecio vu 130 x 50 = 6500 
which it is sr ge the he of the milk examined, | tenacious and yA Pils again “iy to repeat that it may | Stellania media, oh Ghickweed 50 x 10 = 50 
and the influence ca much improved by Saeaon, iie emma gi-} |Corn Cockle wines 9590 
cannot be wrdd si correctly the actual Pe ng it to perfection is to so tha, ae re, eee 
richness of the milk in- pegs Fe it follows that the the seed i in autumn in rows, of ground well tren a | Bgeinis a: — jap x boo = O 
nged, 2 a flares and the plants 1 foot be Sinapis arvensis... ma mee - a i” = x i = pees 
deficient in cream, even when it fails when so in| in ane rows. nless it is sown in autumn, the see , nigra ack Mus ere 200 x = 
the workhouse to give the same percentage as when | will not germinate for a twelv ntb, but will lie | @#4um era a Sgen Beant a e E Bene 
be gent an contractor, dormant ra ae summer months, and often perish by | Sonchus arvensis... Corn Sow ihisti 100 x 190 = 19,000 
_ _ The second method of distinguishin, g the value of milk | the in autumn the plants will appear Carduus nutans ..| Musk Thi 25 x 150 = 3750 
is em, aii the fact, that SN of milk de epen nds in early kiii will be fit to be pa ree times a ae ieta tere, axe re ey Ae ee oi 
een year, will afford abundance of useful fodder for| “sperm ke re ee 8 = 180 
it, and that . — yabbite, | pigs, and cows. It will be recollected — ~ Daucus pot {Wild Carrot ...| 600 x 2 = 1200 
the gre ater will be the obetasle opposed | Pastinaca s sativa.. -'Wild Parsnip ...'! 600 2 = to 
of the rays of light. An ingenious, but ati aspersa ve | | pig ys in large towns, as it wili re in cic ai ow, it is not t likely that eac a individual plant would 
nstrument, called a Jactoscope, has been invented in | lo calities. | o favour any of ee ria kapi Perfect ca Kja S bane above papers 
Paris, by Donne, for the purpose of ac tely deter- | corres pondents and readers wit the a portion of its de | a the list a pretty rate notion of 
mining the degree of transparency which the milk pos- | by their koiria: abe Pimp envelope addressed | sonibaek of aie Pine aight be perfected wee 
The lacto: oscope consists of t two o tube es, one of j a few stamps as a remuneration | circumstances favourable to their development, and 
h may b e jo oint s of a | for our trouble. fa gA rdy & Son, Maldon, Essex. | from it will at once babe gathered the important tical 
| fact that, allowing for the casualties to whic 
K iabl n would be 
onstantly liable, yet enough l 
ing is allowed but for a ro year, to give trouble 5 
| many years Da It cannot be too anen 
Aiii Aa tk 
is placed on 
amount of fat present, the greater, o 
co 
the o opacity. The | thickness of the Jaye r of milk is 
- jt | of one horse to another. 
” intends his 
“W, B. E five 
mops ~ ome Tea ia baiidiog ‘of say 30 feet k 
troyed before their seeds are ripe, 0r 
indeed eit ripe, as the ripening process is often meee 
jot see eres other. ma therefore also in two 
able ) chaff wit! h ea ach other, 
L; 
4 a 
ai id by 
£4 bet fa 
hase 
The | eight of the vig s sould be sufficient to alle w 
of } and 
with it shows the e percentage of cream ‘to which it cor- 
openings s of ial eye ep 
=f the 
responds.—Jowrnal of the Chemico-Agricultural Society. 
Home Corre: sponse 
Parsnip.—Seeing a long letter in the Agri- 
p 
Parade, Glouceste: 
by Mr. Samuel c 
o 
securing arcis and abur 
volu cres, oper 
bres to 
ning A ; 
an indefinite distatice ; 
g the mi 
e, by a little arrangement, for all 
1 also for gae corn and 
HRE? 
| Gazette on the poe Parsni 
Fae xin of Wotton 
nform you that, at the first Root "Show of the first 
established eki 
Corn 
ma 
Hen 
ment after g 
fi 
horses require but little exercise or amuse- | 
k som 
Ri 
3 
ve | horse’s mrri ise bet 
t| any ground co 
in space, iabour, pi foods f for rok five 
ach man’s care. As to food for horses, ¢ 
belived the more food i be nd cy aoe fa digestion in the 
Hence bread made from 
s he i experienced, is better than 
My plant apei and produced 
stem Gor? i 7 rer heh, with a spreading bead as Jaree as 
umbrella, and an immense tity of 
| concerned has been made and housed in perfect 
os- A a bs rfo: 
unground. 
a| Manor, p aetan Norfolk. 
The Hay oye Since the date when a short article 
appeared in the Agricul tural Gi i 
ninae under it 
A AS 
B. Hurnard, Gurney’s | pla 
springs vai the baie: 
the ome gp Omer 
<4 
ut down the jatter, J. 
wD 
the writer has nessed „the ricking ofa prodigious 
| quantity of meas 0 
might have flo 
} 1 
man 
uch indeed ha: ected, but 
mE mee a ara of os vast crop still 
y the hoe—are fork Tea 
jee! 
gathered, but the 3 _ ne nt a, fee ee 
re wor! 
safety. 
rmed oes pag by 
s 
i oe 
mown, 
The patches of Coltsfoot flowers should therefore be 
