JaxvARX 14, 1865.] 
THE GARDEN 
ERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. $9 
ter ч n, and without waiting for the 
ured о 
to 
to drip 5 г рА immediately that the "- quits of] 
dri 
ОР course, if the ither | the. quantity may be gradu ual ly: inereased up to a pound 
per day eac Paus й care to feed with Gy half the 
and 
full allowance mornin, ev ening ; and „towards t the 
ocks are kept i in the fie ld, e 
n warm gruel for an exhausted мн ог мөтү апу 
pot venient remedy that ma < p: ардай, The ewes 
should be ' visite d from t time during the night, 
really Mira T but not 
d 
were allowed to remain some idu cot 
in firmness and quality of meat. 
to do во officiously ; for although i in many cases lambs given at times during the day, and the маст ман 
ill 
t. 
of water, 
r4 por Ж дї wem nl the whole of the free water 
bnt the long st 
EF eh 
are sometimes destroyed by unnecessary interference. | The lambs whilst t goung ema have hay or hay-chaff 
be 
rule of importance should borne in mind, 
which i is, that manua al assistance CY be render 
twice а gd but after they arrive at A age of eight 
uld 
in fact, not 
ed to|or nine weeks, they sho hay three times 
se the orts of nature. | per day ; "the rat а, ав жа, been stated, the үл: 
The cases most frequently : requiring assistance are|thing in the rning, t cond at noon, and t| 
Ше? where the presentation of the lamb is unfavour- le about 3 o elo ock in the Pr acne 
and where the lamb is iu The ordinary | 
water had re ae лла the column of so 
endar of Operations. 
JANUAR м 2s ntinue our reference to the 
јес em in our last Number as ешн аш the | 
пойсе о the farmer rm the current m 
lee: 
d 
The following are actual reports by а Hampshire 
rmer оп wipe р. ct:— 
|а. 2, it is well known, is with „the fore-feet 
first, an де. the б. 
epherds аге stil busy with the 
orned ewes Е — 
о! f Southdown 
wedge. ла s tho D ad and at oth. in the mo 
| bent P back, or simos à 8 may m tha И аке » к) [өн a moiety which s vt lamps 
, we er ourselves w. 
the lamb may lie on its аск. These a anm pre- thdown ewes b anc AE are at. 
sentations, and the object should be by means of а | least from 10 to 14 days later to lamb this year. 
| small haud and skilful manipulation to turn the laah D | the ever and En — rU. re xs eem mp 
| or ums le 0) Pee: forward the parts that are mis- | drawing бо a clos е, Ë eir attention is chiefly turned ting 
сей. In s es this cannot be done mmn M lambs; pr allowed to range over about a quarter of 
n acre of ере, ni eat off the tops before the ewes ; they 
also > plenty = eed кина pec 2 through Gardener's 
moved in а wet season Without Esas bat we see long the lamb than Sometimes the агі parts ma they n also а liberal allowance of White Clover 
teams of horses in the fields e they "i TY zx" the crees is аво With | ha Ў ал as = sch павой хы 2 стс д they can 
more harm than good ; due ys Grassland ought regar Ks icin e following may: given in | eat; for we have found, after years of experience, if you wo 
d h lent; 
ө io "5 all [ро Е „гере eo A thorough difficult, cases, E particularly when there is much uni od at al de noris rea s important that tho „ы 
shai en e er by steam power is as should be well fed, Кона with us that fat 
summer fallow, and any subsequent move- Opio powdered, 4 drachms; spirit of nitrous ethe” |make fat lambs. We have 0 mmenced selling our. Somerset 
water 2 ounces, Mix. To be well shaken, anda lambs dropped in October, 
ment of the land till jus& before the seed time is not 
only useless but i 
ad it, so that good 
drainage, needed where t e land has bee 
during winter, may be a ed. 
‚5. Su ndries. — Horse labour is almost entirely confined 
urface 
koddan 
5 ounces ; 
ферарарий, given as а dose with gruel, in which there h 
been previously mixed a teaspoonful of the following po ier — 
Ginger, 2 ounces; Gentian, 2 ounces; Сааса Ша bark, 
2 ounces. Mix. When there is much fever the latter may be — 
omitted. mall е 
e of Berwickshire, Jan. 7.— nth a 
portad thah b оер. e. ue понет tiat E 
o Whe: Just then 
cy was ашин pe som a ved tehes of drier 
but the resumption of 
g done in the 
The free use of Turnips for heavy ewes is to be the 
| avoided before lambing. Тһе result of "nir e land were finished in fair order ; 
warping ani anythin Бор 
чмо vua stones, lime, and grain may be carried, 
P niinue Le 
со 
which manure will con 
«3 igging, quarrying, 
and wheelin ng of à: clay, or "pem r Ар 
lands appropriate for 16 = ay be done an; y time dapi 
winter; of course the earlier in the season the bet zx d 
аз the frost w ili have the longer to i on 
Threshing proceeds during A voi d cattle mi 
sheep cine ng an E ndant supply of litter. Dur 
1 tere lambs the consumption of extremely apes 
ушп 
шл country, and many farmers there 
ngle handful. These ur whose mainstay was fallow 
Whe at, аге largely extending the cultivation of root 
"for a dry us is De Rr aN to the preparation 
r land, and the drought was not puri 
or early J 
e Lamb and Early Lamb are already receiving 
n our southern counties the Mec of һе - wt rotes 
owing aecount => Meni anagement o of the 
abridged fro e Agricu ыл. йе 
лене | 
"gren when the lambing takes р, in the months | 
it is gen erally unnecessary to 
uem to the lumbing yard except in severe weist. 
On the other hand, it is Paar advisable ve allow the 
dur th 
Hed order ; and 
LE be employed in prepar 
ay ell soaked at 
uid m ee. Superphosphate of lime 
e by "the TM of TT acid on bon 
Salt mi кч. may be —1 ewt. to 1 ton—and 
Spread.on a floor. The contents o 
tied over beaps, under 
good o . good land 
o 
api t ^ small heaps under sivi i and earth, 
part d the Ea and the r | turned oui a 
found dead. A shifting fold should be 
placed ou the driest and most sheltere pet vet 
pasture field, and removed onto fresh ground ej 
ay; and in hea to take them to 
a hovel or covered shed. But in general, when 
season : 
5 
CRM The ies 
of ihi new ow year А а поб ida. С e а) Lad the the 
effect of turning attention to muck-cart want ae 
ina e vio lows st strong sod 
ing. The Pina 
burned cla charcoal dust, charr: 
peat, sawdust, spent bark from the 
бр as à sponge o 
aotin 
the liquid or its volatile гаа or "of rotting the 
тиу бы ig saturation by 
Whe 
З urine 
pat these urposes, 
perfectly will 
ар be necessary to put them under cover, 
n sown over a certain 
ex nin of W lambs should | T 
|n € placed à on = Бой of this in the Wheat — 
n tbe young Clovers, taking care 
| еш at the day чре лоў the, Aet е dung | inn 
the night. In this wes will give the perfect 
t| & | greatest зүү of "milk, randi th у шау Бе ej проп | scou! T 
о d or five weeks | weather, 
M Кый haye been. 
fin 
ү 
feet much from unseasonable growth of Turnip- 
caused by the October rains; аА, in special 
e use of im- 
r 
y decortieated C Cotton» 
z well 
straw 7 use as tbatch 
E uy should have a deep now | 
e harness, 
аё are н т се d roots mixed with s 
g eeding for ewes, Mr.: tolaga of 
арага, Midlothian, thus describes his е: 
e 
йш тау t harvest y 
and then for cleaning E 
Sheepfold.— 
ien 
straw | dit 
bega 
old with immense p antago; for“ the lambs = фа usual, besides T daily a 
| fonnd p the € of that time in the best possi a mixtu - pa Oats and Barley 
tion. onth old the — ко КО: o the grou f 
castrat at Py 
| should be taken from 
fe edin 
——— PHÓ :й Арай 
о т 
ра спав, at M Ehe fato ot I 10 0 ]b. of of Torlips 
creased to 15 1b., 
are lambed, when 
n - ora чч 
pet e 
uantity of hay sore ees before 
A my lambs fat and ready for 
of So Southampton, in a late volume of the 
Gazette thus refers to the importance of 
covered shed, fitted with rack 
n oné side, bu 
s lamb, 
ог the market 
Mr. ee. 
- Agricultur. 
shelter Mis. 
, 
15M 
mingang at the vin m therefore, а epe should be 
unds to 
» the lambs which i is done by passing them twice emn L m 
which р an 
d niti ing dice, in "- state the lambs can 
| only thing to ices. Barley was extensiv: 
grown, and yields fairly; bub the men ier sn is Ei 
demand, and good grinding quality can 
е, 
Тһе mh M ohouldefeed in n advance, and separate from 
h space between allow the 
mbs С vd vd de poe being sufficiently | 
wide to admit the e 
Mos m should c as the shepherd |t 
see in the moring, giving ty first, both to lambs 
led | h 
has iA wi 
feeling e en at just 
tan tou h Linseed- 
for ^ inining bi y- Potes are 
vith са Ком sound tubers, Boh, of эже" acreage; 
ck to its normal condition 
the cutter, lan reduces the food in| 
consume 16, and ari to feed at the oan тыу 
period, without is of time and СЕЗ pem Аз 
soon as the tror ughs ha have supplied with cut roots, | than 
then Lens to eh н cake and Peas, оа quantity to 
ted by t wants, always taking care to 
allow ir iss as ёо ч) as they will Posts To pum 
waste, let the oil- саке be 1 broken fine—about he size | 
«эс iid зя dolus Ж. 
closed o; 
f hurdles, open on the other, 
convenient building $ and Ace adjoining | w. 
а hove ^ a tected on all sides, for the 
гзе, о 
aud 
t as | eat cake or Peas at prs it is 
eder orte 
тошу to blight it Zu abont di ne Ta 
€— 
put 
се 
will occur; for ће lambs, whilst young, will tke | crop failed so E 
E Tom ю some атай places, 
pieces up and dro € outside the Monge. к» Sd 
is trodden under foo! "охан То іп 
Daas: poseen e 
П port ion n of common Mi with it, The ewes lies very 
н M Rs a тз фи pias 
ME dn gv 
pit Fe нк The land being so dry, 
light, "p d think it better ey d it 
hat it may Ae and get a little 
mix a s sma 
to the мев ре ач 
south, апа should be well 
sand then ilitteredup with straw, toasto 
erenv 
aen 
any Peas, commencing with a quarter of a pound per біле especially | for 4o and 
dh, the half of which shou!d be given ar this time, е The winter being 50 wild, has пей the а NI v 
oie half j the las becomes 
roots in the| mue ‹ 
ra bae er dre to of, us 
6 three weeks | сп 
