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ee uw 16 is utteriy unir 
uccessful farming. | 
which is followed by Barley or Oats; then Swedes or 
Tre next Rape or some other green crop, Wheat, 
of those who use them to breed another or two more 
ambs, * This i is done in addition to the maintenance of 
: есе: 
d total M e pro grown rich without | Barley, Sainfoin, is ont po is a asce ertained r 30 mi ilch o or neat stock always kept on the farm, 
Men my ея beyond the nme" of their daily | rotation, it is varied a udgment of the farmer not to buy artificial food, but to 
koowiog anyt i these have in a great measure and the wants of the dock "M UA shift devoted to | maintain the ck by the produce of the farm. 
farm Ше, but mechanically following in the steps of more | green crop y be divided into two parts, one pe It is о that it is by extending systems now in 
асэн Tares followed by Turnips the «ч season, the se Tuy rather than trying to suggest new pum or 
caltivatód neig ^ J argument against Mr. Morton is that | part ba d Tares—then Oats or Barley followed by ntried experiments, that the great object of increased 
Bat tbe gv. a right to be a ; and, i es | autumn-sown e, or winter Barley, fed and TAM sheep breeding m be accomplished. The e e will 
ey ery farmer, bas се bad given him the opportunity, an by nips, thus giving two green crops in on rue of the best system of breeding, and the main- 
where tleman as well, en farmers a: lass | Trefoil is oft mixed wi fem Barley MCA Clover, tonnes of most stock on a given area, whether it be 
edacated gen np to ће same level as other classes of | The tenant, as "pr ded s elsewhere, is not tied 1 tl t , Kent, 
we ч will at once = t т арб 1 1 t 116 Sy stem of r land nshi ire, о other r places 
ze. ey 1 social powe d fear there must be kept in Pra ъа ed to secure yk a sl of no re d [dad ig rod i is indi ie carried 
pili а ia Royal neien [Society who will gar а aria: a an gr en ssion of|out. J. C. C. 
are men iiy Morton from motives very different from „and w food for the she ер pu ck—the (To be continued.) 
applaud У ' induced him to speak. Thi li edt eing that of necessity that begins Eas dcl RED o 
y well- intentioned, as they are unfortu- with d rus and ends vit ad yearly sale Kd the 
wer ош, * Knowledge is p: ; n wether lambs and the dra The latter are GROWTH OF BARLEY. 
le mr t to keep both in thei sometimes fat ted o n such hens, t jut the ey are rise ally h y ing of la: eek Mr. Caird, M.P., 
- pum be fatt»d elsewh ere, and vt thus called the attention of the House of Commons to 
el i Pune Є ; sn iti ü the ran. ^W to buy маме ara of the nid ор, os the scheme of English 
ЖОН hem to put them or a cross о a Cotswol With | arable farming:—He said that he had declined to offer 
HOW ТО INCREASE OUR sneep STOCK. exceptions and certain modifications the above is the|any opinion on the sujet p the Malt Tax in the 
Тиз words of the late Mr. P. Pusey may be applie a ши оп {һ Мел. aud - ampshíre, wd oikos discussion on the Budget, as ke entirely approved the 
blu dhi branches of Д improvement 
«Jf our fu will inquire what is done by the 
lan 
rmers 
of them, they ead themselves чат: юх 
agricultural i improvement as never was w 
Ж, in legible ойна with. good breed 
farrows on the broad page of England.’ 
P. as to — Ба sheep breeding districts, —the 
and ooliti 
kr sheep mr and the sites of large sheep 
On 
the ird зия and rea fing of ж» а vel у demit 
best fitted for a heavier soil ; but, tempted by the high 
prices of store stock, many farmers have changed their 
ractice in favour of a breeding flock, ofte en w with this 
remissions made by the. Chancellor of the ога 
"зо ы right hon. gentleman, though he had sin 
of any fu 
A Фанов of presenting some poin's on the subject 
for his ^m aca He held that a tax which 
id A "А Rada of Barley was ue rious - the 
e of this ountry,. or all corn crops, Barle 
difference as hice Ces with that already 
the wether tegs and draft ewes are fatted on the farm, 
y 
че, was the sho: eA 
time in the gd Was the габ d of the soil, 
{йз mark ont the chalk and axem vbi ‚ав those 
mbined with 
зак of m ool. 
pactio тү [9 клы land of the vales under arable 
г 
This is very often the 
ing or cultiv: gium 
ib Мы it formed the best E for Grass, and 
s the most eu uit able to follow green crops. prre 
arley farmi 
ali ud disais cannot be extended, 16 may be found 
possible to extend the "etin with e s rtain necessary 
laces. Tti is well 
known that the chalk range extends 
per acre, thoug some "have the r fent Beas of not 
рр so odi and healthy a lair to the flock, con- 
sequen uy they are retaine ,longer ei either in the 
good tei and "the growth of those crops 
which were necessary for the production of mea 
dairy produce, and wool Now t he production of 
Dorsetshire to the Wasb, Motte in осом , is 
озод in Kent and Sussex; and that the oolitic range, 
i the ills, covers a large portion of 
the surface of Eu, in ti the same direction as the 
There is another e Mii favours the increase of 
breeding on - stro soils, as compared with 
lighter land :—On the latter, though affording m best | o 
lair for a flock, it isd dificult to secure the gro o! 
of increasing impo rtance, Previous to the great 
PEE of trade and industry, the consequence 
of recent fii mor Mey como " А largo ерла чет of th 
orkin ng c clas uld not afford to 
in dry seas tu The Clovers burn, the Vetches are 
the district in question, they аге to be found here, 
; heretofore at least, have formed the staple of the 
hav: istinguis t ze 
awards of the Royal Agricultural Society. 
Though the quantity of stock is in ar - 
yearly increasing coi pios; it has nevertheless bee 
augmented by an increase in the growth of artificial 
fo, as manifestly es esential to this end. Though the 
wisdom of frin own pastures m 
) d may be 
Чой, increased. рб АА of stock i s its almost 
surel, 
arm 
eti f ted by the amount E 
ge an p ut T ond be a mos 
moderate computation to sy that a million of 
1 , Cabb ges, if u: sed, attain no great si ze, Itali: 
f 
persons 
n by better wages these 
be impossible to retain tle ‘fock in the op n field, y 
if shee thi 
Rye- -grass will “not dE freely, and but for the cr bled Ё E m i daily, the increase of 
of Sai erp ed some such crop, the fock.master will consum ption r became at once sixfold. ge 
find the est Sai in ‘providing bs his flock | were thus Safi а and larger demands 
without an es pus rock, how Е p 4 have т Баю e upon the farmer nds th yx 
vue previously man аъ ы oils ram onger | sheep T a pound on the f meat was 
aracter, when really well tilled E liberally t “treated, equal e {о one " million and a "quater era оп the 
this oricat ty will be 2 minished; and thou 1 f this metropolis, and if they ha 
e pressure of foul, wet, and ungen nial хо 16 vi that of the United Kingdom they v find that the 
increase of every penny would mr the people i lesa 
ott than 
10 millions sterling. Her as far more than an 
good profit a аб present, the increased labour a 
Е wil be amply repaid. 
3 
16 by a change in our mode ot ias dne we could 
ere the farm has a ce ibus amount of p 
attached та гэ, е land, the iius Pul be 
dimin nisl well-stored e Arie he heavier 
i Еб h 
Tal 
stock must be г 
tood produced in due and wl tegit me veg for 
de ve türoughout the year. fest ied 
mana i ^p f the lan in 
m dr nt and croppin 
ü deni or Wiltshire farm, as an example, 
roduc 
the Mo. On such farms sheep yards will be Pn 
able to the standing fold, though the two may both 
nd a place where Me uc y be protected and 
housed, Sene А a free run is of Mme ubted advan ntage |s 
e sho d е; fully compe nsated. And we must 
ren WE a n the increasing appetite of the 
xisting орша, but on the demands from the 
nerease t popa ion. That at ent on at а rat which 
would diet s et three years the whole of the fat 
stock produced in Seotlan g countries could 
not meet the demand. En Cora of foreign stock 
seem to have reached thi eir maximum, The same 
ec 
Wilts 
e deemed essential to a first-rate 
елй чен a hould be water-meadow ws 
1 for butcher's meat. Inereased wage 
one end n sh h 
these must be alwa: 
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usd ness of the soil 
Corresponding proportions. Though 
in the f бы instance to the light 
modifications be extended to 
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Ап example a Hampshire farm of 800 ас 
ihe soil, a drift of loamy gravel 
e sürface. is c is sometim 
The sheep stock eaba 
about doe 
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санбат part of the 
is down 7 # four years оп 
- edin 
e|in the Vus beneath the chalk hills, on soil known to 
be herd РА ihe fene ш of | 
straw on such farms will be an advantage Meis these 
e 
parhao tia re llowed by -increased 
Мон; the eres of г ате for Wheat in hi 
of cro would at once Mum the farmer t 
y | high price, was, und uly fo rced into "ue гад dm 
eisew 
This, ill be L d 
that many еу thought such land u 
But 
bre Take а an ex indi of a i d farm 
ists as the upper green sand, generally forming 
e: range of tail oi ас under the chalk 
i acres, 
in moderately productive Grass pasture; the re 
is аы - vated on the four-course iind with modifi- 
йо в to meet the requiremen he 
natural fertility of the soil and advantage: g$ climate “ 
alow and 
ar he farm consis of шк 100 | an 
s 
; 
› 
In former es, 
pere r protectivi ањ Wheat, from its comparatively 
y 
80 
to 
the 
iet d 
y the gradual rise in the pee: v Barley 
and the fi Г in that of Wheat, had encouraged th 
gro ан 
Crops nst cci Rr us feed sheep 
and cattle С pus the old Wheat system, that 
r elevation, 
farmer P dispense with -any crop s such ee Баш oin, Di 
sowing a large breadth of early Tares, winter 
or wise Barley, or autumn-sowa Rye, or Trifolium |t 
e are consumed 50 follow them 
Zu lad fall 
7, 
d 
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! 
or Tares after e llowed by white 
La 
incarnatum on the Wheat stubbles. He is able after | ag 
crops 1 Ње ше den 
year with Swedes, eui ed nd sometimes Mangel; | e 
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j 
2 
,in p wn imp 
f breast- c. 
ape are sown between. Aaa os TOWS. тын quantity of 
54 E. 
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idi i 
ntained го —- the year ; that over | 50 wether 
maintain те a Th fatted 
" 
«den ам follow witl 
| or азу odas me other artificial 
large improved Hampshires d great cousumers) are | nearl 
much larg 
Bar! ley now realised as muc! эв Wheat, It wasno satis 
r | factory answer | to say that [v had been ur e [vet = 
; "ye Wheat with Clover, 
quality to p 
