902 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE 
AND AGRICULTURAL 
GAZETTE. 
[Serna эу |ы 
Шу ese farms, it is 
necessary for the cultivator to co it as much as 
possible on the land; and oonverting « a X portion of the 
rass of these n ural тае adows into hay, in order to 
find food for winter, he has the after Grass for the 
oeks 
ows a proper 
€ vin bee "food, ё with cut straw and 
r 
| none of it is or need be L 
per ceni 10 per cent.—is calculated as utterly 
lost from a variety of causes, most of which we have 
ost; in the pastures a large | t 
housi: 
mee nam скен bee the green-cut food us ed in the | 
easily digested. Fermentation 
раа re ие саге, 
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Ther ere is yet another advantage ected with th. 
housing system, aud that is the "rent. Hacility һа it 
of E Дец 
cooked and 
en of food | during a a v lengthened period of t 
» for if it ig 
the goo od qualiti 
Aene if it is 
disad antages \ 
Baron P. 
cut straw, liay, and pee 
ter and oilcake, 
the advantage of containing much заа К 
LJ 
requires to be 
ore, that in such 
eps deg npe ge ith such ї 
localities, where 
r less i in quan tity c 
or reduced in fully 
nalf a а century ago, tha t the 
iz] 
М i | 
are not n; and ricts are certainly | but as this we have already alluded. hing | give а grate "oed of milk аба 
privilege yr the ец € be carried out | fu гз on it, hen, пегі here be Said, except P — food. vays of making this Ki d 
during the months of winter. Permanent pasturage | out tha the animals is very first consists in cooki ing t the oilcake, and E 
ean only, therefore, be understood in a erg sense, easily у d, r the su rface of the solid food, nig ded 
comprising some seven months, duri which t which so that the --" Substances will i 7 
Grass is fairly abundant, the housing об the animals | is found dimer it is но to exercise the most буша поме ра А вребїев of -— | 
eT carried out all the winter till се return of | beneficial erre upon the health of the eow. In A whic rnm limals e^ „eat м 
It is in West Flanders that we find all the| carrying out the system of pasturage, it is right to The ond method consists in ving the 
em which we have noted adopted with a certain | note here n Baron Peers says respecting the two hongi solid. food „агу, previously giving ng em a | 
ee of success, although it may be said that their | plans ч Í quc Rm the oilcake is dii 
adoption nds upon motives of which theory does | —(1) the animals brought home night aud mornin; o modes, Baron res agi т ба ы d 
not approve, but of which it may be said that prac- | be milked ; and (2) the миш milked їп the adds eo m pots it will be advisable io give the ig 
tically are eere 1. The permanent housing | The Baron advocates 2 latter as the best; for, as A. slightly warmed- The Сою and t the Dairy, Раат, 
is now, an n from time immemori ial, carri ried rémarks, othin ng favours эм "much the abundan ————— ! 
ti 1 р t illit the li Белу whic : 
long celebrated as a Flax-growing district. Several they enjoy in tio field, the —— they take iiie TS FOR ысы eiue 
causes have determined the farmers of that dis tr ict to bein ing sufficient for the maintenance of goo hn alth. i STRA «i xe elan Tria 
adopt the A ie which they have fi Holland, where the pas rtm are o y fine | igno of pos ntry's phe 1 Тү and le 
to their i rests ; and it may be said, without fear of desig the cows are kept out night and авур and the industrial traditions, on urn much of w! what ba i 
соп iotion a lativi 
partment of their pra ight. The quiet of the animal | mana ба uw T wi ps 
alluded to is the Lene oË E АЫ! Fg ЕН is н-д secured. Bat. dis the Бк» i is carried ovi were ве pe is, P not grossly ignoranti, 
the river Lys, and whi ssessed of a i a of eet b cows home пі E and morning to be Flax cu ultu i 
spa КЕ, tility, have nt been devoted d dod culture E milked с ide Lee. is tained, TM not € This dM b 
ustrial pla: dist d to тт farm-house an old Flax grower, ай bec. d 
ie cereals. Tei а е easily to "e oomprebendel poa Ў as to — аце, but many things haphe a the Xd t e t dri a epe 
foot of|to 
E 
m 
t 
Hin са аё 
set upon, and, in fact, obtained from 
tent of 
nd 
value 
fina, Жап: could be from the same 
land |i 
co 
he continental 'authorit ity, of 
Fertile soil, hig 
f 
-— MAL бү аек by 
labour are the motives milk cows, in eonjunction 
which icons А" in favour Pa the adoption of the | with the bulky and aqueous root food ally given 
system of permanent housing, and in the rejection of|by the addition of the oil-eake the secretion of milk i 
the oral system, which cann bei embraced without | not only greatly favoured, but also the healthy develop 
compromising the very existence of the Air uy w f the animal; on thi a ron Peers and 
are required in numbers th. ious| Mr. Horsfall are at one. oil- cake facilitate es M 
whose opinions we 
"well. аз it is understood at 
йз 
“е Flax in structors,” " ‚һе ther 
e еп and тоша 
Fax y 
n" present day by 
bv e PED 
have thus given a free 
for the use of oil-cake 
Operations involved in the cultivation of 
Crops. 
* 
We proceed o notice ofer points treated of 
exquisite flavour, richness in butter- 
| arks 
- | с practically d 
ed now 
of men 
had of latej been ri a source of surprise, I Ш 
j| на said of disgust, to me, to hear and те i 
wih ould w ish to be considered t 
d with i 
penes M A. this c whe 
e of the ай КЫ 
n assuming that it isa 
s the ees Y 
to 
hira 
a great 
making principles, ЕЕС the oil-onko as the basis 
ow, the Bar ern all the 
Baron Peers, connected with the soiling or housing 
e Con rp and which hav 
try. Am: 
disputed, diit Mb M 
et far from being Бе А settled, is that which has 
Таене to the Pari of the two systems——the | 
of the eight months of the year, | 
of them during Hy Tie 
"t a close 
nclusion. This holds, of course, 
he 
in districts where радан агегаге ; where pasturagos | 
are, оп the contrary, jocis nod and inia R it 18 
A edis 
of | food 
[beso vil 
seen some i ortant diécussio 10! 
Тһе Ат 
to notice thin ds prt yout ш рай 
x late 
on 
other d substances into the f daily 
food. Не is, indeed, like the takjotity of scientific 
ultu mde great advocate for the u ide 
variety of ined о; hard а change of tn as wellas a 
mixture of f within reach of the 
"d of a a catre of food, 
with stra 
Firg regen em ws 
not b 
examine the 
minimum 50 ares 
wg N sken 
faking 1 the cost ot. diy 
eriod еа 
Clov 
abundant cro сор; of dum and whi 
р , | mixing a 
e urish! s mixing a peo de. our 
r day. e | of the ve facilitate their digestion, an 
as the р latib vich yi Заде agi most | ет іп good health. Thus, dur 
easi 
т^ the anim mals to a 0 Ња of food. 
In considering the number of fee 
the command of the dairyman, it may be 
does he MÀ himselfto one only? The 
y of д 
r^^ of 
epi substances together will | wi 
ovr s Pen doin 
ing the Pest p which 
ding materials at sp 
asked, why | thi 
nglishmen 
unlike some of шу own 
diss 
0 
е | bogas (2), light, open, shallow, 
to bow Grass 
ont x mi 
Таеке, T 
perman i 
Irish-grown Flax seed ne У 
and еру selected will be found as { 
f | for wing*, and the produ: ction of oil ап H 
that can be i 
W, gra 
4 е soils, whether light о 
but on lim 
"calmiferous 
de variety of soils, "a e nsti- | dairyman may have at his command the ieties o 
tuti вебу, в a fair means of comparison, we ts, Wheat, med hay, of Turnips, | a Бат Tuy best ported... 
that two cuttings will produce regu 0,000 kil 1C во that he may easily concoct| These facts admitted, and no well-inform b 
grar f green г 50 ares, will give for | an excellent mixture. Cut hay ана straw with sliced | man will atte to ay them, it is to 9° h 
days a daily quantity of 50 kilogrammes. roots, we look upon as the basis of a feeding material, | that етее Т, have taken о ^ T 
expenses attendant upon this extent of land, and the econotnieal for the farmer, and healthy for the animal. | take place in Flax culture will b attribute 
p which y be put down | Economical, Seres the smallest partieles of these trúð Сайа of judi ment in a varie iE 
аз the same ав those attendant upon the ^E extent | substances erted itid loss into valuable | too numerous to mention mn in detail, етен Кет: 
of land; but while there is thus a si milarity | aliment ; ау cause these mixtures have a poa the Se to bog them, What I wish no j 
in the cost, we a value attached Ө Non influence upon the digestive organs in equalising e | to] discuss is (1) the ing p 9 
produete of the 50 ares under er Clover than the 50 ев | diverse qualities of tl the MR =й substances, d м and Qt the drying. Steeping: want а 
им, veg M буш E great drawback, and the aso! that 
of milk, let it be A. - have a relaxing, tendenoy. side it, um is а t evil A i 
Nes that КЫЙ be equal in both cases, therefore—contimues our authori ; tial to is сайей © soft, water” is the best. бод 
fed in the pasture field and ЕЕ fed in the jet but have a mixture of food, L do мои the animals in а after issuing from  ferruginous н 
sh ire be eben ical M OE at once | just equilibrium, во that ross rocks, me beds, and sted Wi 
g igher economi ue. In the pasture, | haye either a too eher solidity e "Ii uidi: Baron t being | carbonate ate 
ie ts by th wegen Bs Peers is no of cooked and $ ferment тү: ү” ТҮ the s secon vi ы -om them 
, iny cases, most prejudieial effects | Cooked food ho айаш forms an agreeàble mode of ould id ЕТ 
the land on which they fall. The vegetation ів | adzninistering it, but ho believes өй, заа | 11e oon й The ре, 
doubtless often very luxuriant where the manure is|from the roots ion ў mein E high n and the second ey vo frin 
yoided, but frequently the animal has a distaste for the qualities, leaving on Sa ly the watery and fibrous porti hus affording the easiest 9 Ў 
Grass pon such spots; moreover, lying “hate Of all the uja - Ponto itn Б my be Мой ШЫКАП tano 
exposed to the atmospheric influences, a great. t lots of | cooked ; but t iš n to milk should be. brought an р 10 
its manurial | sustained. On the contra в, because К^ pr in начан the B Y" m nh as it is DOS ep QUE 
the housing or soiling tem, the best int [^c yid of milk, ish on I other 9 it makes the | The bg to be let E roll, over or ^ sp 
Poi йу четин г for saving the manure, The|butter difficult to be extracted. e have already | stones, and gravel, in its passage ^.^ "p : 
с this, aš p ed by one cow 0 days, | ipn Вб b d Pu нае d tally о 
в sèt down at 40 чем thus at once reducing {һе | изе of oilcake, and of ед ав а food зе ko- The best of тау те че “ 
cost of the Clover 0 to 60 francs. In th ed. It ів perhaps seda ot aam S wie madè 
housing all the food, except in cases where the | речи iastantaneously om valuable prodat f viis ui The best Lad I ever used WaS 
most e negligence is permitted, is utilised; it contains. Of fermented food, he says, that it grown seeds. Е. C. 
