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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
a magistrate, and the disinelinatio 
of marching 7 mbes with begga 
t al 
n to oceasi on to the 
wheel o 
f the traction engine, 
rs | question into a small KARE all other points ‘being 
police 
toa te render the Vagrancy most i 
here. _ Besides, many pore tarn farmers pee alms (in meal | motor force upon ihe carriage itself, 1g aprons of 
l oer p question once set 
pulse Cout ‘mischievously in pr i vg groups of | at rest by the = sy when ced as it 
tramping beggars that frequently pass by their doors; | is ried sationry aa es, has no effect whatever upon 
ssive movement of rriage. is 
in workhouses remain a burden on our industrious and worked bym means of the steam power turning a shafi 
poles population. The clearing of roads at nd the of gl shaft in direction being equal 
to the for team the other, and not at all the 
and insolent, might, I think, be ae ‘obligatory 0 on 
ce othe 
same thing a as a Pon prag directly at the wheel 
Home Corresponden 
e foot is in opposition to the for- 
rd movement of a axle, pa the load pan This 
an sure you will at once concede, and will, I fe sl 
tisfied, promulgate your acquiescence in it as promi 
nently as you u have the contrary opinion, [We do not see 
iiy Drill.—An impressi ia ita gone 
abroad that the yd drill oee by Mr.C Chambers 
and exhibited | by M essrs. Garrett e recent Chelms- 
ford show, i fe = he ricultural 
world, I feel it onl y due to rays te ugh far from 
wishing t it due to Mr. Chambers 
ow by any 
the thrust “of your piston rod you c an void the er 
ded.] One of our tract i is 
t Hounslow, near Hatlow, b; 
dahaki demonstrated laaie ii ansast] of the 
propulsion of psami it will do ploughs 
. i than as many k i 
A ag a ciety Per m = pd aa et think you will nee muce to see the work done 
r gn * Leribe s y ia s e| with a aa pA aie which the —- of the 
inverted by me was e: hibited, and in addition the eighbourhood sa: cals, Wathen lacie tle 18. si hadi 
À i of the j medal 
judg been trenched in "the pence way b; labour. 
as the best drop drill, I supplied that daioi A ay T 
t of ient a pte ME Puney, with ‘a James Boydell, Camden Works, Gainden:Toain 
entire 
ra 
miker of its working. To all connected with 
Societies, 
to meet its requiremen 
than a rival 
by no means the merits o fiat eat 
Production when I venture to question its title to 
known the oe fe 
many 
=s years— question 
think, 
30 I observe a reply from Messrs. Hard, 
Merit the 
& Son to m 
uirements cannot fail to be a subject of 
interest, and i E is rather in the light = a Aer etre 
I regard Mr. Chambers 
’s 
asked— W 
ioral | come from? and that 
Tap mproved shorthorn, there 
principle has been before applied to water | three or four distinct breeds. 
Vigour of Vegetable Growth.—In your ey of August 
HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL : Shorthorn Bre-ding. 
—A discussion bes this subject toek place at Inverness 
wi other a y, at which the question of purity of — 
oo y Mr. Harvey, of Liilygreig, Aberdee 
shire and ane 
It itis “al t are your shorthorns ?—where did they 
a puzzling question; for, in the 
touch of Holland, a 
| the banks of the ‘Tee 
gat kA catte-breeding, see was 
asy to say how it Tarraa 
rn began to be regarded a: 
hapt ag Galloway, 
orthorn was attributable. Collings helped to improve it, and 
then c: thi e regarded as the head of the 
00) edge-side cow had something to do with it; and 
well 
B 
by this process; I also asked if this fact of i | the at eed 3 sprang. ey had now attained great celebrity, 
could be accounted for principle | nd posse Ske na well ap nie yp rao oo a 
: T think Hardy & bs. a pure bi » Fol m 
o vegetable physiology. U 3 y N | breed for about ei ears, and he would inculcate on all 
confirm ew of the question, and in these parties’ that all rear this valuable breed of cattle 
ae ae we Be mihi: Mees! | sepa re tne prineiples ofp io other rarai DEVAM wr oh 
| of puri would mentio) 
bread, half our wool, half our fiax, all our hace af crossing, the shorthorn improved with ever cone 
silk, and all our cotton (to say nothing of sugar, ee, ration, and that, consequently, it was a great matter to keep th 
tobacco, &c.,) it is too late to oe of oa independent pure. The question had been started, how were they to keep them 
of foreigners, If we can get T p The breeds of pure Leer wer oe of a 
à . m w, and were ming less less i r of their 
Vad af Sic pa poe Wieew of ] the. ‘aoe | farem amass and in the very eopaideraple, istrict to which he 
soil, can Wheat that will a quarter | belonged, it had become a question whether or not to introduce 
more per acre than our own it is very | a mbes among the lee eiea ea 5 -at it zo be 
z i | well to have it initively settled at at stage they ought to be 
soul oer seed. I do not my ye we shall p eee as pure—whether at the fourth, the fifth, the sixth, or 
able to is, bu the facts r pono in my former | the seventh cross they should be regarded as reverting to the 
tetter lead me to infer i very probable we shall pure  aoithort = = rs question eA be definitively 
be able to do this, and i pared Settled. A difficulty would thus be removed, and parties who 
ments will be tried - i. I y ofa ae vi th th experi had taken a great deal of pains to rear another class of stock, 
pa k ? again rep e inquiry, 1S through which, it must be admitted, the rents of the farms in 
y befi d me parts of Scotland were in many instances paid, would be 
b d i y E glish foreign i r satisfied. He ha ct na own experience, ped breedin, 
are acquainted ? If there is no notice of this to be found, | | down to a sixth, seventh, and eighth ve a bull appear which 
a 3 ake at 2 | could not be entered i n the Herd Book as a sho: relied from his 
i it? Pp G., Cli | bl an tare t perce not avant x be sym- 
ba mo! ~ G., Clitheroe, on or what the pedigree of such an animal, the colour w: 
f becomes of TE and it ought not to be admitted into a shorthorn stock- 
de ies s iber Bao y rs 2 sine been "As ney were era ane p de not for themsel 
E E ture. | only, but for Europe, if t were rigi ore in ng toti 
. Eve’s 3 what w t | principle of purity, they set be still more so now. There w: 
want him to info: i s, another fact that he would m 7 re were not only black 
j S T | bulls but Highland cattle at Paris, eh ned to point ont 
reaper and the 10,000 others at 302. apiece, when the a very nice West Highland cow to a friend, Ta he meenarioed, 
temporary on of corn cutting is ? re | “She is a very good one, but she is too like a.) ke 
is such a science as economics. We hav: liked the remark, for there rey u exhibitor Sticking ‘up a 
ry 2 z ement s, . tri T purity of breed. E d had its weight at this show, as it 
will ar g this : ce ; let had at Paris; let us tl fore keep each of t pure. 'E 
us hope he favour us with an rE eis . E has its own points, which will in time develope themselves p 
{Is w the this ques pabl, as well as those Imla have mates pen se in the: short- 
5 to the orks > ae iy lying | It was not mee cane n the eding s „ nor 
was it simply the breed, but s nded also upon giving 
oat hie 302. Sa ties way saved ina nrg harvest sok tease to to pear vie g the purity of the blood. If 
than 30/7. in the cag c ha dip corn ? ] "loaned on pure stoc x, pesi them stick to pas stock ; if fee 
Grown elsewhere the Barley both crossed, peo agg S eea atni 9 breed s ould 
and arise, in additi to p Aen ready existing, ra e sa agrea 
cat heh had tiowa ont late to it, let it have the same 
d very 
rains. Taket some grains which 
ar had no 
minence in competition be given 
attention a! ds of Laine 
on at the hands e p 
arh ie appeared ; they , * i Hall Maxwell (secretary) did. not desire to taco any part 
i esi o take any 
were just in that state in which as malt they woul by | in this discussion, but be wished to observe that the oan le sak 
peer for the kiln. egies were taken the oe submitted by d Me ae ser eal og = two questions. The first 
carried, and the rcots were rubbed oi | was, under wha =~ horns be advan! 
im the folds of wet flannel the y all vr | oa crossed i was 4 ‘esto ae 
| vent pini s practical men; but 
throwing out , and th S you | the prone Bed caste tion affected him anes darabig, a4 
’ 
bg by the sample spear, eik that | secretary of Pie ete and tsa his friend Mr. Harve: e 
vegetating power was i as secretary to the Roya! ern hig: am nd the ama 
: pot lost Bed ater: at kirpat wonid greatly assis r tem epee 5 wA or “dates 
> a s—When may an aa wit cross in 
your scientific readers tell me what | admitted as a pure inetira? An Animal might be presented 
purposes]? J. C. Clutterbuck, Long 
so grown would lose as 
for exhibition without a pedigree 
and 
Locomotive Steam Engine. —I have | sho i Il the good 
great reason to be obliged to you for the candid and | com and economical ae e p th: bag Lig dar 
which you lave given your opinion | Such animals in the class for which they were entered, and to 
question at issue between myself and (As | leave it to the judges to say whether they s be allowed to 
many scientific , relating to the pete. An - ti ight be = some Ea eran Tar 
say there i p s, batted sete a ht . Such an animal might 
of the: bad anaes by Sees = gain a prize, and a ge might be given by some disap- 
ted competitor, on the ground that the animal which had 
[SEPTEMBER 13, 1856. 
“received t the prize as a shor tho orn was not ‘really a sho orthorn, 
onal a case the hapten would pe referred to the judges, bat Pod 
k may take udg 
as at present. He therefore ventured to direct their attention to 
the last question in vey’s proposition, with the view of 
iving some exp’ on of opinion on that Ge salad 
ee large breeder in 
Grant Duff, o 
b 
six nae ut from his ow 
ay t 
rt 
ot pure without a er ¢ 
Tosses became pure anim: 
Me a M'Combie (Tillyfour) said that he quite agreed wi 
Harvey, and as completely aree with his friend, wall i 
had long known as an enterprising farm es Pt Cruickshank, 
Any mark w ve mpure ing ae most dis- 
> 
z 
E 
e 
e go! h for it. 
those teas denad 'ontiraty on his Fisi for the means of earning 
a livelihood, and if he found ans t the Baker Street butchers began 
to prefer another kind of animal than that 
mud. “Now,” said this dealer, pointing to these “Twill 
tell you something that may f use to you in making up your 
mind n breedi You these different beasts; well, I can 
mes as I can 
firm, 
some parties, 
who knew both clases. 
wn ood) approved highly of keeping the breed 
a pc oo he must any that Beto qoute 
e than the -horn naire 
crossing; an to 
best and purest bull, and would always try to get hi good 
He could not speak as to the subject of when crosses me 
but was inclined to believe that that never took pla He 
sorry that the Society had not continued to give prizes for 
crosses. It took from the interest a oi how, and he ot 
sarei that it was improved by the omis: 
e ee the question 
one he would say not s word ; 
h first question in 
an connected 
h Scotl it was a most 
Tartisto event that pada n 
place, for there was m 
opened the q 
did not think "ihat any number of crosses 
animal—that was the ei gociina p: erida d to 
Mr. Forbes Mackenz 
having bred a pure pean in his li 
address such a meeting on this subject. 
Mr. ays that, Lg oh i ng faran ir 
animals to breed fro 
followed ineoaghont Scotland, it ‘ypeared i him that there ny 
Mek A ee xa which they. ought to dispose of—one, what what 
r the Highl ? and the other, rom 
ie was jest. E would | e snd io 
better for those gentlemen who lived in nigh dis! 
pee deste ba A a or atl A et teem: of oe cutie o oree 
be! ani re profita! 
re they t to Ain eona imal 
l 
t 
ith 
all of one mind ¥? 
with what ‘Mr. Horne 
ons of the Laon 
but according t° 
arvey replied. 
lective — of fré meeting, they were 
regard to eee i Fe ol rape 
T! es porti 
ei nea thelt er bread. b 
