394 
THE GARDENERS O AND 
AGRICULTURAL 
GAZETTE. [APRI 29, ү. 
the service of the Rhenish Agricultural Society ( 
Duchy of Hesse) since 1854, and it has been my arere] 
to hold lectures from time to time in у арэ of 
the province, and - chief endeavours been 
directed to disseminate the principles of e оой | 
mineral bei Зу the instru: wget A for its 
icati Since that the little 
90,000 to 
of order оаа dd во 
355 tons, ог 7100 cwt. . Гога a mile po 
thero i is very fair evidence to show. 
orth of things thus 
da ring the voa peu sees been sold at - 
|ex hibition. mple cannot fail, 
think, of being ETONE bey Я 
пездау ча g Mr. ND’S 
Siniy MA in 
arish | 
end desired. At 
expense or tro 
sing stock to 
pply he гейш ng and 
t ter eio ef 
ө has ' he esitatio; 
the мусс of Dia 
seasons, and su 
at large, tha io 
end 
inclement 
n People 
— Ох Wed Hor 
Loco OMOTIVES ON eur WA „е passed pede 
ommittee ES very fow alte eera A cla ause 
rriving at 
Nee. Era 
меча that 
amongst the бойо! itis etui re 
s | giving pow to towns of ulati 
er such regulations within goes " jurisdiction аз 
may think: proper in the matter, n notwith- 
ing the facilities and directions sanctione 
ES 
the land rent, on an avera; ge 
such an 
СД 10 years, has risen to n 
s dae: added 
a8 had the tenden 
sheep in size and hardiness руз makin 
the bone, and to «аргу les lean me: 
system to xd "m 
өү em smaller ig 
These consideratio: 
amount as to repre: 
of A EEY florins, or 10, 000, 000. —or, for a square 
mile, of 5,000,000 florins." 
“The үсе ation of the 
ссе ts 9595 ебе to the mile; 
Rhenish си 
THE COTTESWOLD SHEEP.—No. III. 
of H 
ngland proper 
“En gla 
nd in 
рма character. $ 
*]t England, with an area of 2359 g eographical 
miles, had in 1863 employed imported manures 
used by the German уме Ше 
d 
mpor! and eyed 
England prope 71 be 200,000 tons, w 
get an m of 5 tons 
cce rtm less than 28 Ib. 
“This 
r acre. 
ery в 
f the conditio 
о 
to the square English mile, e 
pe 
sra statistical fact shows how v —— far 
EnRATUM: In the e article by “7. M. R.," on the Cotteswold 
sheep, a mistake has been made in ы the bones 
found among ance remains. e of “ reindeer " bones 
it should have been “гей deer's" bon 
— m high асоей: in which the 
соп 
gh to prize system does oí accoriplish than 
ie 
t does not 
id. 
uec occurred to us, as thi 
ction that 
obj 
give the cost of reet 
Saepe asi 
RN à 
or d sme sho 
E: ds the 
ti 
ч апе, with a short su Sc es 
ree pter with a people whose tastes inc clino à 
freeruse of meat than formerly, whethe be 
uld not take 
nt of ascertaining the 
ood 
har 
give the de ap ШОНА of valuable 
The show 
[ек sheep w s held, up till the latter"p 
ld: zer popularity was for 
F avour and еей 
Lie hy "ed pil nd 
siness, vid itho 
hobby” or “ fancy," regardless of expense, 
vold 
ey as a “hi 
might bring. them before. the world, the Cottesv 
adis who pursue | 
ut ы "great ris tron 
Lud 
be done wit! 
culturists and 
mima tiat will за 
food. 
ә 
fertility dn the English soil by the importation of 
ure. On the other hand, the loss of 
by im 
рте, na remains, Жө, » а ечк the soil of En 
instead of gaining, must actually decline in producti iv e 
power. 
“t 1 
hi ils P their native home until t 
| tural improvement manifeste ed i elt i in ds АКЫН. 
dber of agricultural shows ; € ‘notwithstanding that 
few of the Cotteswold breed 
ty should be made Y 
to the ordinary vendita dn | the 
il Specimens of their stock, DE we imagine iti is to these 
continually increasing, it is iT ip an impera* ive di y! 
to look a атыу or p — — in уке Жы ys Les 
to wrap i empty p Let vil b but | 
else cannot conceive how it 
vald have rens known and spread so 
at the present time. 
ri are exhibited, 
is vedete Temi 
| er as Meya are 
me 
experimented upon are kept in the пш 
Neither was Mr. Lawes in all particulars conne 
informed, inasmuch as he speaks of the Downs 
аит sheep than the Cotteswolds; whereas the C 
swolds are ату more hardy t than the Dowas or 
these valuable 
state. 
their 
erfect Геза not only 
y 
once i aud I f Sp E 
people will o сарн теп ie the readiest s most ied | 
to meet and o 
m, dear Mr. 
“ Yours Ten AE # 
“J, vos LIEBIG.” 
We published last December (p. 1210) the e | olaia ms of bei 
spent by | 
| urg 
of a elergyman to his parishioners, proposing 
some : Bem die gre shou 
men, children, at home, in handiwor 
опа ;the results to be colleoted | 
ng fo ie. € sale at a 
ipit Mord ce, and 
attract the wee of agriculturists, but form the 
eature in every show where sheep are exhi- 
rs. 
experiments ы 
поб tried side 
exte 
o 
bited to the general visito: d prices in different years vary, aud it 
Doubtless, therefore, it is their appearance in public | is particularly unlucky that when the Cotteswolis 
€ has regained fo for them the high standing dier were sold, the market was exceedingly heavy. 
formerly had. Ae slow, ) however, were their jus evertheless жо e experiments of Mr. Lawes, as 
Royal Agricultural Society's Journal, 
Nos. 29 and 35, are by far the mo; ost valuable data ve 
value of our 
breeds of sheep, for with the exceptions just enuie: 
again: 
stock, in effecting their improvement by agricultural 
exhibitions, — агы ot be а doubt but that an 
were ыз were , equal, every morsel of food - 
immense impro t has taken place in the live | asc 
мо = this sidere m the prize system has been 
еттт сен same time we by no means think that the 
ov. В. E. EAA ae. Amberley, 
2 success. The 
lem he M NM D За how labouri: 
their families may find interesting a edd 
Editt employment a£ home during the winter 
months, under the circumstances in which each is 
e А жая €— the tools heh each may 
Ti 
perfect, for x still only repre- 
in e highes 
brough 
y readings, lec 
Ell v ses Er. ia their - ; but 
and to many others, t that to these Pese should be 
addenda, ms 
ha onhtainahl, + 
It is not a wholesome thing 
uring men or their wives or children 
; should] ir for D invariably away from the 
home an 
The Ld сход, the result of the 
winter's work thus = чырк, which has been held 
during the as been a very grea 
pam tan more than 200 con- 
ish of, we eerta gaem 
100 The 
ace, ai xt уй 
owing, 
d 
oonsequenor ig, 
e has вес roduces ike; 
iride not indulged by high = гә but iy ^x 
seek for their living on scant; Lturage, E pose 
me constitutionally wi 
ET the evils — 
icul ral 
8 
cold and wet, b 
their gocce 
every M 
we Е rà 
of the cau 
so of this dM in show animal: 
th 
Nx eid however, be tedious to attempt here to 
e the whole of those elaborate tabulated statements 
Mr. Lawes arrived 25 his conclusions, and 
wit hac 
ТАЛЕ: 
experiments were com Rothamstesd 
in Roretana, 1850, and endid ye 1853. The 
sheep experimented upon were Hampshire Downs 
ussex Downi wns, Cottes wolds, Leicesters, Cross- bred 
wether. d C 
The grand results of these ezparimania АШ 
comparison with the Down shee s OE 
consumed the least food to рг en ашш , 
of i Lomas 
uce A 
it Spp ы 
the Y п 
In regard to the wool borne, “ 
Pm -тооПей € бонети sheep gave m: 
ol per head as either 
Ferri ыр" 
Again, * s t the items of com 
ра in the order in — thoy san 
lated summary, it is seen that of the si 
been exper imentedupon, the Cotes give by 
e crease per һе ; indeed, 
more 
Hampshires, which ar order of 
head per 9чи 
crease per В 
With uen E kA EN uir 15 is seen that 
s—all manner of оу, 
bero. я boats, mo ids dranght-boards, бе, | 
ihe wrong remedy. dpi 
, Lo the breeders is attached all blame of high | w 
articles of utility, rugs, baske 
lights, tools, T e оне &o.—artic| 
taste and beauty an 
ol a their stock without being thus 
| they would do so, an 
Шү food as wel 
alui of peche It is therefo 
made гер, 
and thus save the Бой е Wa extra 
las get rid of the buy risk of life and 
nds the рага! 
stook Be the show yard or ыз з wi memi 
Breeders, like other m de n or produce the 
goods they trade in in that т that pest aui its the 
re a delusion to 
the elerev. 
£ 
mens of the эры = Jeun hours, as whe 
learned man has —- а cabbage-ne t, тву 
e that the breeders of animals аге in fault fo; 
percentage о 
т | Susse: ussex Down. 
nimal. 
“ Indeed, it seems however that the 
although fod. че weeks shorter time, 
of carcase than either the 
adest, [o 
ips, 
е of ivo ory turning, an and |^. 
a little €— 
r saw at 
the Royal sh 
PUN amal? d оне 
- [ina 
У ат it is the 
and t the 
d 
warded to 
гез at Бева shows that aro responsi 
food they consumed mod en auy of the oder 
These ш ЖЕ aed reports pub 
La “л 
ones. 
ЧЕЗ good кіна when in stock condition pd the 
Бим, da present system does not answer the 
Another set of those experime 
innaird, an account of vidi та 
Agricultural Gazette, where 
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