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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[November 15, 1856. 
for ie best ox over 3 years old of aly several 
b. and also for the best Highland ox under 
4 years ase g 367., 322. T” 247. are pr mn Aand pian 
for the best’ ox of any of the Kerry breed, and 
bins, thus saving et storing in the field ; but on 
lamp farna dhis s potra en e, 
or six 
being unav bie, as 
ane lately had, may an taken t any sum varying 
rom ls. to 203. a quar indeed; if the Wheat has 
aet in _the field, it is leat as the material of bread, 
m 
supp ply is all “hat k aieea 
ontain: 
t home 
ae d 24/. are offered for the best Hi ighland | 
ox over 4 sets old, and for the best cross-bred o 
over 3 ey s old; ; 40, 32/., and 287. are offered for 
withou 
cattlemam to the i injury of their c 
Paid Reid of bins 
long-woo colled, and Southdown breeds zeepantivaly s 
and 247., 207, and 167. are offered for the best 
of 5 fat we! thers under 3 shear of the omae breed, 
under 4 ee pi si kadh aek- faced breed, an -] 
Po some 
In addition te to ftps these premiums, gold ~~ 
will be given with ae ~ prizes, silvei 
second prizes, mlh medals the pion 
As extra prizes, po eup worth 100/. will be 
gn. for the best fat ox a British breed, and a cup 
Mel will 
medals 
with 
practice exists. 
or ot. 
storin of Sw edes e have seen 
be c 
t interfer! ing with the duties of the r 
char 
aW Or Suer T g 
The page is, whether at a cost which _it is 
ur, the Wheat 
ree, and its quality preserved at 
BARON nay’ 
e pa standard of aera! to Which the 
ure oye t. Iti 
um to be paid i. cover a risk—uncertain in its 
demon but the insurance serine to c 
t it stat consist in the following 
give 
must be shorn, aad a small lock left 
behind the left ya pets 
the 15th ap 1857. ” The pr Roa 
the name and address of exhibitor, with the kind, 
at Fool and age of the animal. of all 
must be calculated up to the ieee Manii 
certificates must be sent to the + anned je 
Agronomo nd Commerce, 78 = dnp ede Vare 
ad so ai reach the Min 
or before 
ust con- | carts 
15th Marc 
All eee intended to be exhibited at the show 
can arrive at the 
the 4th A p: 
The Fh French Governmen it w will Pay the cost of 
Tapeti: viih in their d will pn 
for the keep of stock cdg the as exhibition. 
E Lee > it 
‘Tux storing of root crops and getting in of Wheat 
are operations e 
p rme aae Paris. 
being foll n e. There were no d seems to me tha 
differences in deta not more between I A teld Of when te kt re gig 
3 : o e moment it is ripe, ei 
the three than between different seasons in ach, “irrespective of ie state ot hA weather, it being 
The practice followed was to m the bins on | immat: Atorial, Red tar he crop is concerned, 
x whether i ae oka neni deek t by 
Th surface, a cart-load to e every yard in pon am | bs pee seas a8 done RIÉ wath de os 
is is not only a convenient UTPOSE | 2, Each scythe to be followed ut ght women or 
Boe storing, but it also serves afterwards as a young persons, whose duty it shall be, by means 
dy measure for cartin rie short knife, as rng straw fal othe say the scythe, 
separate the ears from the w ata cost of 
When made larger they., are iibl to mae mi w hen | t 8s, per acre 080 
ess more expe sive cover. The witk itself is | Thee a of Wheat to be immediately put into sacks 
* or carts As gs hy for ae arpose, and at 
imple: a man sup sath the emptying of t pe Sol a a tying he ar He te 
, Placing a plank on each side to regulate buildings. ny 
width and prevent the roots from rolling sideways. |* ae iliy ‘Mal with oe seperated fer bentog ft 
When the roots are neatly trimmed up, they are ith currents of dry air, of a te about 
covered with straw and allowed to lie thus for 14 his temperature would expel all water and 
t from the ears of Wheat, in 4, 5, or 6 
ays or amonth, according to the quality of the hours, according to circumstances, create a con- 
roots and weather. The bins are then covered iting in whieh tho grain wouid koop ay yond 
n manner, pie An; 
with em leaving a narrow strip along the top which thenaseom iat a lee ta ons, 
in which state they remain until the that moment at an en ihe cost of the fuel ze 
quired for thi: in no case, is 
arrival of frosty wonder, when they are topped out. el et A A lB 
The rationale s practice as si eas the only 6d., we Iphon bas or 1s, more in all per 
practice i en Turnips of kind quarter pee 010 © 
lled and immediately carted to the bin, they ar Retet apsbiimenehe: i 6 0 
| unfit covered close w h. | But from m fale ie he dedaniea i cutting So 
i i t the erop peste tay D 
This arises from fact that they are BES gwen = x pp Apt, pra scl hs Bom DEM 
living plants, and that the mere topping and of Wheat . 016 © 
yen do. not „destroy | pp For time an | nearly 3s. 2d. per q ren y 
s kept up, gases bein ng This s um is re >be Sa pikira the possible Rage 
the sur face of bulbs, and value o! 
=| a an aý oetloty remaining, and even by. the 
bot tom Ko De bulb itself when the 
grain exposed to all de vicissitudes of weather, Is it 
o cover a risk and secure a certainty at 
reasona 
off. ctive state must be destroyed and fej 
mets in a 
pS airy eriep in the pre sont Joe 
ubt must doug? that overa pe exi 
cos 
paging fhe shit attention a the | 3 ye 
farmer the A period is no | ful effe a of this depends the entire success of ries upo the ii ie 
doubt approachi Pye = oe pratico in mrg case | storing Turnips. Now the sperring à of straw allows A 4 y be stated that an excellent and powerful 
will be nearly uniform, but as yet a wide provincia - all gases Mainah to escape into the atmosphere ; heating apparatus may be erected ted for about 402. The 
diversity exists not unworthy of notice, the roots soon and scale over, becoming then cost of separating the corn from the straw is taken at 
ae up of try whens Lane 5, As, incapable of er Tam either moisture or gases, at per acre (assuming five poate o ftag the 
ers to judge from observation, and Resi dis- least so fre reely. The covering of ea arth wi ith a way proatiiy i ie that in praetice it ld.cost | 
cussion of ti pra F ppan that pa whole operation 
be od illo, fag to the ultimate option of At first hoar-frost will not lie “on ae | opening, vould iy ti or dess: bay on 
more general entually, h t tedy and € $ rgert 
mip aroi must always give to f | however, it lies, proving that g gases now cease 
this branch o: 
ee posses, 9 more or less of a poly character. 
followed by winter Wheat 
to 
weight of the crop, and other circum- 
ith fons or fiye Turnip- ty one to 
erya em. and then the bin may be earthed up. O 
ntrary, were it covered wholly with “earth 
uld then be confined a 
S when newly 
earan we need fa rdly advert to the ‘impr opriety of 
storing unhealthy ones, or those having sustained | 
eines 
W. 
an hit or six drills, a ag et Ares or 
injury from coe asa a bad examples would soon 
‘pie the whole. Unh y ua - easily kn knon own 
dri ills 
-a “A oa drills 
A gens hy left asa 
ds finis shes 
are uns 
her 
oe) SP hs ol pesca aren between 4d. and 6d. 
the threshin| ; machin and a, e 
va wer to work it. Inasmuch as power a iabour are 
n | the equivalents of expense, so the discontinuance of 
their tops or tails, ae when 
they s should be thrown aside. 
machinery and labour mie A an stani 
economy in tis saat There would be saved a 
diezin a pit or: trench the breadth of ‘the cart, or 
To 
that wfs 
carrying (one on 
ó = are liable to two i serious objections —first,|™ 
second, the depth of roots | 
ray anual labour 
sies be each jee, from 1 the. as bulky nature of the 
rial to be dealt y 
asa e the grain 
cha: ff. Here, therefore, would be an imp 
ee or line. If the land is wet th 
on the surface; but ho dry two 
P mra = tsa thes be cast out, one to each en 
and the roots siege into the hollow, When th 
ice is followed the four middle drills have “ 
l prior to opening the covering | 0! 
is partly by the plough and partly by the spade. 
By this Plap a a large breadth of Mangels or Swedes 
ned i is li 
pre epee objections, such as lial bili 
pei oa Seite Buby tea of removal from th 
store near the pemestea, 
er, and injury to the | io 
i f 3s. 2d. per 
from cies ating. e rdles and hoarding may be judi- 
t the ome ew a month’s con- 
sumption or ai ut in ey are beyond 
that PEARY which fonts ull ever study to 
DRYING OF GRAIN 
has rarely heen a season of harvest 
or to put int 
Scot- | wea 
the present to excite the 
quarter, o bd. pae baaba- f 
o erde Gres 5 an eae e ia S 
pape the West Ris Be it has ripened, in cir- 
cumstances of c and soonriiy, 3 independent of 
and sample at 
season ma; 
f grain, and it has $ been difficult | of 
mga must nece 
the | longer be 
uring harvest, except as reg 
persons employed ; a new class 
be introduced into the operations 
to have 
+ the hier would be com 
by the 
fatigue and 
although, bp aoa, the piip 
ih advantage. snd 
ned, and 
high wa, 
erates, ka 
a pirat bg pod 
y po 
tate against the Aare Yan —_ . the 
Attar +h. t may 
be par en what amount of d ròp] 
liable ? itis to be feared that y5 n Seotland, p ieres 
year, 
ment the cr crops jae pe pd inj 
ping by a 
: the scythe, and it see! 
mi Phatgphjent is full, 
