old Clyde 
ie celebrated Battersea prize-winner Bir ong 
Soott. This 
THE GARDENERS ар. ANS AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Jort 29, ér 
for which the Council, or rather the gentle emen || 
T 
e the ho rni ettet for the 
members, who afte er 
rg the 
1007. bee een given on ‘this occasion, 
The object of 
of 2-уеа 
exhibited for 
most y Loy animals, 
stock—that is provided for by other prizes in 
another class—but for the improvement of the 
breed of r h ; it is offered for “ ће 
thorough-b ied stallion best calculated to im 
prove and бтн зле the bree ed of the. stout and 
there was A э» v o 
and 
x show, belongin Pri i Er PHÏOE. нури tlie Mim uM y destroyed, unti 
| plan ive, 
r tó compe ete for t three pru and |: 
merit. In they 
9 
з been the 
If the xt mmittee, instead of offeri 
кам for en. adapted for a hilly. Mint had 
ffered 8 ards for what r ned of t 
аз а winner, or a sire inners, but he succeeded | useful c -— affor > publi o an opportunity Sito onia crinita (Онг, the: бром. Pea | 
in gaining at the late Tali ОН Horse Show an | оЁ seeing what the h gre, vary in two to thr Mos 
extra or fcurth priz 104, as а part of 50/7. |and what dur improvement is really r require bei v é bibet de гет the үгү pei 
w he judges had the power of awarding to| We give this general review of the Piymouth brownish externally, much of the colour of the soil 
horses possessing merit, and he has again suc-| Horse Show here; hoping that Ут remarks may rinita appears darker and sometimes almos 
eeeded without any competition in gaining our|induce a careful review of the horse pe list, | black when the greyish scales are worn off th 
'in 
Le M for improving the breed of stout race 
hors 
Thus the grand problem has been solved at last, 
and we may hope by means of this horse in à few 
ulogne 
er, it is certainly very 
y "опе lio orse, and that of 
1 Ps for the 
oking apart, how 
extraordinary that 
I. towards them, ut ey they can get à 
alm well withou 
For unting aeg bid stallions three ies 
were offered ; and for the 
two years 
also equal propriety have 
pairs b E agria] horses, a very popu 
g the 
n Ae Ka Nat ИИ Agricultur! al 
ociety and else 
COYERED YARDS. 
Cassiobury Park, Watford. 
Sig, —In various interesting articles 
| унар den time to time in y u 
| forth the ua advantages arising from. covered yards, 
which have | т 
d 
very naturally accused the 
аггозув; 
ughter of the нача, rini » “ч vien mice; lime stre oi ог - 
sometimes. in арч 
for 
couraged to ех tirpate 
g still. the ep kept ARE 
precautions affected the wary e 
ыы in 
s ow time to describe the nature 
Ё many | пото. a creature, which belongs to the SN js Coles. 
d mig ptera, family Cur Sito 
"i { Of this there are 
Beans, 
Sitonia rei (Linn.), the Striped Pea 7 
reulion mde genus 
two s 
Clovers, and viri Pa apilionacere, 
bla 
—oOtherwise they аге much alike, and Беһато к 
ві ағу that а description of S. lineata may 
bot 
irá of an earthy colour; is more or 
into an elliptical or oval $ shape. 
es 
no dei fis 
eatu 
act o fe eios "t canti iously арраи it not, ther 
cies which ud 
Tood-ice; but 
none 
y in his 
ОЁ во mig. 
е elytn, 
less el 
notie 
ed. 
of many tons of compai йыл за iR usel 
shape of straw s rain-water. 
hie x. 
ess matter in the 
1 have же various 
can be 
kinds, 
M abs «fa d uble 
they feign death, until all sign of danger has | passed 
NA 
here the creatures are bred isat presenta 
bet. I suspect that this operation takes place on 
ie lionacez, from bit 2 
migrate 
leasant food of P. ould a 
it quite saturate 
s have an area of 1200 square yards, апі the 
average rainfall here is 25 inches annually—say 12 
nches fro om lst November to 300 th April. 
Now 
EEN fine white Pea—the headla 
give just 300 tons of water pee would à on my 
mon E not covered, or i ton ry 
I straw will absorb 
double. its s weight of "water, cedi 300 tons of 
wa ater would require 150 tons of Straw, supposing that 
ыт р in ms qualitis [oda an undeni tih geret viz., 450 tons of comparativ Rt worth. ripe d hd арт t alt, if d КИК 
pedigree, bec ecome positive advantages аз a sire of | less matter, has to be sarei wi in the spring, when | aiea] 1 appearance о of the different species; and will 
piis he yn ards sare u uncovered, or ifa great portion of the "qus to these weevils, all hit can be stated ig, thai 
Ther ood hun the "оао seem to fav heir r E 
bel inging t to "Mrs "tet oe equal ra fäin M mot t | ingredients of the dung. Ав regards saving of straw, it | and others to check it Jt is ей vident that 
great, weight. The mares with foals were but t o al бе о күл at SiN detailed by Me M Бас checked, iare i is not a. crop, whether in die 
P9 р 
шой, and modi Sein in spot. ial иш others "ni € oie the qon aia un Meng рери ‹ p i 
none but thoroughbred stallions are fit to get n4 1865. » iA f other insects, especially pe 
hunters, however ы and well bred the mares 
е. 
AND 
INSECTS. 
Тнк readers Journal are well aware that a 
ge 
the hi 
^ doltish h mper n small birds has for a long time 
сата 
гар 
пей т ы ‚50 often shown are di 
e deli cate of rmn аге з нечий. food of tli 
own :erop, not having enough of the 
to their mom 
appear that the 
nd was 
Tut [^ F pnia 
referred to ag Curtis м mot в коз sii 
this Laert work ук оре поло 
Now happe s that about my farm there 09 
not an improveme 
some de into ul ber ў the ad which is 
d e water-wagtails, Motacilla 
А. Жыла, has occasionally thet троем ln thes and 
xamined t 
The Lu stallion elasses were divided into 
viz cultural class, not |у 
llo owing brief observations to i treat of one particular 
абар, their foo 
cies, utr e 
fo 
insect enemy, whose devastations 
themselves i inan unpleasant manner upon my notice ; ; 
jor a ust country ; 
Suffolks. y m latter оа Te a distinot |r 
ass so far from their native count We 
searcely tell. However proper thi 
is DE be est 
Wi 
my ш and in the field 1 „have of late | weevil 
Eh 
Е. 
n the 
were ida, of these weevi 
gizzard а comple "s Apu of small in d 
me field, the crop was 
of elytra 
agtail, from zd 
i he g 
в, and in shots, а mass 0! 
- Both in 
lost crops of Peas 
endered more wordt inasmuch as I had selected 
hoice seeds, and devoted -— care to th 
e jao Nep rire arundinacea). is 
ada kiM nared of larks, — 
e crop s а б 
ils, and in the 
of early plants. In the e of the garden crop, my 
dst е ү! » r di. 
J 
» "ae 
ted 
nk their merits Dp 
nst othe 
|n 8, 
to ЖОЛОП? 
real са 
about to deseribo and whie h, on the ? occas 
referr 
e | abunda 
was, es ie idle insect к^ X 
to bo LA 
' The 
Agri Class was weakened b t 
thè epa Р pri y bolog £s эшүү t the ey ен ang led in my масе. and ur 8 gave Freie là motas, shot in the t М5 In its ot d 
Local Committee for a class adapted for a hilly unmistakable evidence of иы Тае р А кер SUN кушык MM С оі 
eountry. "There was, however, but little difference — mast i t inevitably Chenopodiuni "d a weed ^ З was Aao 
bélen iko Тона f o d d the о, If we look at the leaf of di: тойа Pea we shall find | some in a Potato crop of the fo form! dup) "I 
SE vil cl and the er. o Hager wo entire leaflete, that is, without | sparrows then are not mischievous, nor "in c3 | 
rst prize in was gained by the | divisions at omen leaf bifoliate, mpi times, Е 
of BEAUFORT for a useful brown stallion of and which is terminated b It seems ра from the foregoing s ns 
the Clydesdale breed, and the second went t f eli g- liable to a variety of insec re а аз these 3 
four-year esdale, son of w in the injured leaves we havo appearance | were piad resül birds, the 
ma peces having been bitten out е the margin: 
ged ev. 
this is either unobserved, or if noticed, it is tho ught 
dis over in consequ qe г 
ори» ера i у 
and w 
recognise it as abnormal t seems, put it 
déwi to op pecking of birds, pies bites of slugs. 
A figure represents а much-eaten 1 leaf, but in some 
- truth sh 
under by th 
we ent to appear to be the natural toothing of the leaf. 
| A. little reflection will, however, vot essen e ha 
lloped 
атый: onil 
no of 1 
FE моги. caro еч 
consist of a series of | Journal of Science 
ation, не саз to 
x 
Ал за illustration of what even e — 
I may direct attention to а heir 
molest Р оре у Ша 
ave Pct Romae to them which has RN 
