708 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Jvxv 29, 1865, 
imported; and animals that have never ‚ tasted milk Egine over will generally suffice. Let the fires be| As far as I have been able to a ascertain, thes ECT their 
ог food of any kind cannot well compete with them. at e den лесу: 8, "e: и very far apart. | ment Al differ from that of clay-land only o treat. 
The treatment of es in this country is often The je will for venience generally points: that Barley may sometimes be Substitute. 
cruel, revolting, and тесеу хїгатадал!. Thousands | attend Ф these аи, "seil i if the work is done | Oats as the first corn crop, and that e "i had foe 
of them are born where they cannot ра eared, either | —as it пон id = —Ь ure and contract. As | ђе taken after the seeds have stood е year, better 
in country dairy districts or in large t es They ar are и me ugh let the ashes | new arable land has а tendency to һа Lo. : 
their Шой. Thousands ot ram pma eru on the land: if you wait until they spongy ; аш" if the ground is loose, wire 'e-w. 
abound 
them die шча іп а few hours fof being — көт а far | аге cold combustion will have one too far, and the 
larger num uring the first week o of thei eir ashes will not pro ve во beneficial as when a great 
existence, fom mismanagement i in а аі ti ftl 1 The 
im 
tate of matters is the 
black ashes are bettter than those of a тей colour. In 
eres - Measures should, the А 
n to уер аай э il firm when under E. b 
ted 
found for a dead calf with its throat cut 
li that 
ready sale g 
bons ut it has ment; the fires burn much more slowly, and 
more аш иа sm iru ather is damp; but better 
l, because hey 
Vhen so planted they fre ые. 
well бА the commencement of their rer _ 
um s they 
d ir growth ; but as ths 
greatly encouraged, and their number enormously | ashes are in the dry mdr weathe mer adva become weak and sickly, th 
increased, if a law were passed tha such animal m foquently prent т E the month of March. and at harvest, although there тшу} 4 
— be sold as [human foor. unless i » Жа pr ashes are spread, horse-plough ш in | a fair е e haulm, but very fe бай pods ay; 
suckled for at least six w vith and shallow furrow. It is scarcely | on E stalks; still Beans* may in bee me ps 
many parts of the Continent ; it uec is Ат should possible ough the land too lightly, for bris have | piece. geously substituted for Clover after the б 
be here. One effect of such legislation would be|always a tendency to work downw and it is|corn cro = 
gecuring for the pportunity of pur dcum asing | desirable to keep them as near to the top as possible. po" lk.—In this branch of my pcs I shall have 
f th old than h get now. 
Another — кы m ss ires > н furrows. will 
h һа 
o e can 
The practice in town dairies is to give the calf € rolling 
y our 
first milking of its comp nd then dispose of it at 1 tilth chalk hills, to which of late the operation of breaking 
ч. Dealers will gi un 35s. for newly- he proper season for са sowing arrives, | up has been most rece applied. Frien ends who 
pped Short-horn i in e known MT begi in riy к Swedes, ШИМ, Rape, or a mixture occupy large tracts of such soil concur with me ia 
еза this season 2 oe nd 8, 10s. { Rap Tu urnips; either of these crops коша be|opinion that here also д breast-plough and fire are 
newly-born calves in аз condition i in Aere, and | likely to КТ! especially with an allo owance f arti- the be st agents that c used; and that to adopt 
they Yad the: pay for their carriage h The | ficial m fail e approved ршщ 
mort орк eni orons, a eem it is | turf e ald S reserved for drilling with the Turnip is the follo owing аме the turf as thin as рові, 
hard - io tell what a stock calves шау not cost 4 | crop, unless it has been determined to use the liquid | burn it when sufficiently dry, and, when the ashes am 
present rates. Iti a ыгы аг о пр арена the | manure dr ill. spread, “rafter” t the land with the horse plough; а 
regular ou outcry as he онол ent su apply o of calves, : and у Кеп land d t get sufficiently | the autumn “ rafter " again, across the first work, аш 
the tful m ec а g d to allow the mes to In plant Wheat as the first crop: a Turnip crop fol lows, 
to › remedy the state of ma jo As a rule, the dealers | such ter to Mop. ө old- fashioned and then the field enters into the regular farm culture, 
yup d send the calvesby 1| pl rof sowing pides so tha g 1 
САКАЙ» ута лёд TAGS qu. [у * + ason ant Swed r Rape e € Turnips, tole 
lh 1 "the e ground should followed by Whe оса Where there is a fiir 
Res py p. [eai pei n pen pene once, if | finally be made firm with an iron roller, Cambridge | chance of success, e ini of а Turnip crop, with iis 
: all, after birth. As the trucks are shunted and | presser, or clod crusher, and а good crop may the n ба ttendant benefits, is поб to be neglected, But the 
topped the little things roll over each other, the | reasonably p ected. judicious farmer, like the skilful physician, must haye 
raga succumb, and are trampled on by the stronger. .| We now e to tbe consumption of the first root | regard to every feature in the patient's case. 
Two or thre: ddle up together, and one of ck crop, and I would strongly advise that this should be Gra vel on Chalk. —Bo ome “р tlie chalk bills, вий а 
may be so squeezed. as to die of suffocation or internal tl f He nle ey, in Oxto ts. 
injury. No one ттк Тһе деш cuts the nie n that th Tn break 
med over every part of the field. Frhe үзе "Тиш 
ор is frequently patchy, d Sie eet care and 
labour TE been Pere upon it e spot itm may 
be superabundant, while i in another P lae ANM failed. 
oots 
s 
throat at the station, and bu fro 
to 1. sterling for it а of s farmer удын i e 
a better price. These are looked upon as the risks of | | 
trade; and the demand for calves has pean Ba pateat 
s ide: n irse TA ha author and some Ж M 
ка 
ordinary ie orse plough was followed 
Presser, dd ' which forced. the finas Mer de 
cruelty, to make money at it. 
cartin 
| bare places would be repaid twentyfold. This may | made га channels and a firm be df inci en 
ilway y | appear like “ robbing Peter to pay Paul,” but as the This eic esser? * consis sts of two mti sh piece 
3| 1 and a light guide whed al 
die in very large num| реа айе: hin been deli 
to the farmor. The starv: tures distend their duce ws their r powera should jte tpe The 
any quantity of milk they can get at. | addition of cake o food o 
"The digestive powers of the alim n кле к 
been d avit diarrhea sets in, and death soon |an abundant Corn crop in the allowing s season, 
ib Before any horse-ploughing i 
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to advisable to determi 
Animals would lend its influence to put down cruelty ог 
to calves, it would do more good than offering 
mine in which зені the “lands” 
ог furrows should be, ‚ with a twofold Object, —lst, for 
i i extinction of the life of vermin. | and short turnings; aud, 2ndly, for the ready escape of 
might be offered for the best railway truck for | Ње agi: gir UA «e к ware that the m A" ntion of 
calves—and we do not see why such a conveyance water г g dow may be objected to by 
Should not sg ап apparatus perm jitting every calf to | some e think it deis in n all cases to dispense with 
Suck milk from an artificial teat deseas р doily. water furrows; | still, on some of the strong - 
Th and t m ошау, surface эше will в 
т instance, when a rapid iiam dd 
in ja a deep pon of snow on caes frozen ground; 
therefore jf would say, be on the safe side and prepaté 
expense of f 
amply count eterin d by the эд ема in 
which the animals would arrive. 
"ITI 
жен be юар efore + M of И uals. 
x 4 " "m 
I 
е ping а й buen 
Not irme 
per cent. the calves dropped in the Usted and the iem come. If the land h и 
Kingdom oa Tive beyond sce first fortnight of thei f furrow * st be given hen ай 
опе сап dispute this fact ; and with eaches us that. the. feste те be stallow; the ced in, otherwise there will not be ext "є 
саг: ty of I fro: 9 to pulverise for the covering of the seed corn,! duit 
А ti 1 work to di ly. turf will then be kept near the чет Oats are the first crop. But here, Арон я would ad the land 
d lof mill referred for the first Corn ч nsumed on rising 
о от е be pre áfter, péril to | broken lan d; Wheat is occasionally gro t taki and then. here, т almost a Ce! a 
understand that animals are not to be starved, and ы the average of cases it 18 best to Les "with the Oat. > а оту "€ crop. "The манс, of the — рк? 
2m hay-tea, baked- flour and water are bette Д Жошы of Ci loverseed and Ry е- from their manure, is genera ры thought тий 
[ ^ 1 е го 
Bloughed 1 in а the е iride for 
Whea t 
after as wi ellas the railwa: o let the Clover ary Hein 
get rid of. The calf Musas medal. need үс 
mpanies 
to disseminate bii E the very | reaking up some | poo. r Grass fields (c 
be а 
во do рав es Me more rapidly, and b 
ор. | succeeding cro 
Thin 
ted and torn to pieces by the feet ci 
Stone Brash—On the poor pas aamin 
кзы treatment required for the and eure subsoil) $ in the Vale of White Horse, in Berkshire, the | stone brash soil there s not sufficient t ea Сай 
of the intestinal disorders so fatal to reges ca animals, | foll owing plen was adopted : the turf was пае; wa a thick turf; pu b roots Č 
7 of A шелын and planted with Vetche s, and an cellen Grass are here frequently — iio оар ioni 
ева Абе т the y 
"wi ls d б i-r 
ON BREAKING UP бона кши 
Ix all I shal phi EN TS was planted, which qid an abundant. e then | su AA jr ^ When the paring and burn 
the land has b rr nd wise E ine P Although the Ja ‚ Inanother | finished and the ashes spren a second ien m 
ееп well and wisely drained. ough | field "P ilar pois 1 be followed by harrowing to separate bert 
Oats were i eii dud 
y. de fs ге s ted n Swedes: 4% all the crops for 
first artially or wholly 
dress venous wars m This is the 
| only case within 1 my jacola Whero ri ploughing 
has proved bette: "€ than Loa m ing for the con- 
pastur 
= possibly pe dece by draining, no such doubt 
applies to 
ад аа оп qox or ay loam. ru such 
land the. herbage i р qui of a coarse M: with 
e and th es atches of roug which е, of cla la Bean ^s 
СЯ never Aog im pores as d vires rane al in S ied e, and I mention © e ns, t ne с Ен done by takiog du 
is tin, and there is an absence of the теи ye rs -— Stone зи 10 кча « pie E ad, c бшпиштош s ort tcd 
i o » sedi" E 
e end of February the breast-plough бешш they should have similar ci anion due le 3 inches in depth) for the “ turnfurrow. T ier | 
she бушр чон to eed on the tm, се first few years of cropping ав arable. 8 prep: pared, Ms nate, E ce tween each ig on 
for the fire. Har arch may make Breast I E NE qu c EUMD x sud the ifu ошу half бе ndi 
fire. Harrowing m must precede the Pi Fermer ласу sies сша аш 20 to 25 | ошоод aor d wd wins б tored plougbe 
fibres, will qat be rero ES am ass ploug 
horse ploughing; even if a 
а Beans 
not be generally known that old a 4 
ently аги h better crop than noT puces ТГ 
The writer could em many remar ads vantage 0 fond 
kind, and is so АШУ dar т ш except for 77 _ 
It may 
