950 
THE GARDENERS' 
will have to bear their own, losses, uu by the 
association, ! ha n exhausted. 
Th e extension of the system of. mutual pro- 
pl 
oss. 
in proportio m as an appro: 
of yo 
2 | their copy of the Journal of the 
t 
publicly challenged the United Kingdom. Chas. Bates, 
| Dagenham, July 19, 1865. 
Poultry. — Emboldened ї by the position of a parag 
on poultry in a recent NND А. venture t 
room for a few lines on u 
'raph 
о ask 
ived 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAT, 
to abandon it at the eleventh hour, more particularly as you 
ority | . 
GAZETTE, ea eae 
knowledge, to inaugurate their ne — 
e ИЩ 
аф 
branch establi ishm 
Royal Agricultural 
Society of Engla and, Second Se eries, Vo 1 I Part 2 
Missi 
22 
EE 
S2 
they cannot fai 
ry is 
i not 
ran attention the food supply of this count 
recei ving from p racti cal and „scientific men n. Coul 
ty of th 
estimate of an average Ios oss, likely to occur in Gre 
Britain, and the msequent settlement of "e Juin; 
ai. xéópliobaliy great mortality occurred, In 
е. хеб of a ЕЕ association, b. society X m 
ld b 
mutual protection in one county or union woul 
ankrupt before half the Р bad occurred i 
the insured s 
county or 
be far from de reached. 
in 
tock of its member 
cal!s mi ight | € 
e "EET 1 
, while in another ы 
"of the 
day 
Н brought to M on poultry ? The Council once 
regarded it favourably, E - a A years added it to 
their annual Shows. ood example 
followed by nearly all othar Societies, whether county 
or foreign, and the ult has marvellous 
rovement T evelopment t our different 
HYS! 
was speedily | 
lic out of by agri 
and kd. Ex 
g horses 
nis 
die 
di ed of disease, he wrote 
, f 
in and 
— of sodio); but аб Pind we 
ves than Fr rn how much -— there was for it. I do 
ink I advance too m when y that in ^ 
probability bad the Rap "tio санаты}, f г сар 
tinued its exhibition of poultry at its annual aai ned 
cel farmers would by this time have taken steps for 
value of the Stock which have perished by і the p 
that 50 per cent. of the i. uenit of "iwo-thirds Hi the : 
lague 
he койа generally of the different birds as 
direct branches of live stock, and that we should have 
more independ 
on ay 
ge oney paid for diii) в 
and for pure rehus vof bes tells well up, and de D of 
а ntly o crease. It 
tion, Where the farms are small and the farmers 
poor, this 50 per cent. of the pres 4 of two- 
thirds of the value мао nsable the farmer 
. Conseque e" societies | 
dairy farmers decline the | d 
t 
talments, or limit it t fel on Ne 
бани ity. Moreo 
BL t of| 
10 pér m ав 
ver, these societies are often founded | 
a with |, m 
be sufficien 
een IR n the in ould 
be a grace of many 
of our iioii bas who take as pes pleasure 
t ey! poultry yards as their husbands and brothers 
their cattle, " 
on the geo es that they are identic 
insurance associations, with ertained 
e 
successive 
it 15. conceived, in some socie es, to be мнт to 
other members of the been that h e should receive 
de hi b ft 
n as 
ħall lose his whole stock, or encounter any additional 
casualty, dd any increase of the rate of instal. 
_ | could ей а 
prize list would b 
d be divid 
f disease early in Jun 
ап Order in Cou 
to ро и 
е 
ера of foreign stock markets and 
markets and f na After poc 
Steady investigat 
the profession. йош а 
pennt as ignorant and айе! for the 
sio; There was in his opinion great г 
hirci that Forna Simo M who percei 
t the наат bone Institulion а 
È the subject of the ver disease, 
man, 
With regard 
w ew at 
different Tocalities would be sought after and impro 
The nucleus of a poultr uy stock is to be found on daal 
every fa far rm in t the coun try, and o n the principle а at s 
Ithin 
the subj ect, i 
18 worthy wd р 
ей 
ing most КЕЯ ке һе "hoi that if the 
Government could be guided so as to benefit by 
opportunity a rmed 
uld add to 
aha fs ired from him at any stage of those 
d 
"Tho. iida of the cattle plague to sheep also 
атт А а estions as to the facility of its communieation 
and the rate of its diffusion and mortalitv, on 
iiis по suficient information is generally гаа 
Yet without sound dat ata, sheep cannot be admitted as 
з kion: of agriculturists ge sisme бы 
Py the vinds кар m — far a 
чу ма nnu "i 
m seed weeds broadcast 
gom should 
Han wai 
eeds,—Now is the season for Thistle КЫ ; 
wide, Som 
say are 
over our lands P: And yet, practically, those who permit stai 
ворјес! м of inderanit y in existing societies, it can 
Separate associations be safely founded on entirely 
unknown risks. 
suicidal neglect. A visitor to my farm assured m 
own or their "meer property, are guilty us а 
ъа 
I might almost indefinitely extend enumeration 
s hg "gov herd the fondation hun mana 
t of thes wes es. It wil be с 
refused арр plicati tion to have the Thistles ^ 
| down, and rec es and costs, Unfortun 
holdem. of Sit fields and piis poem had nee 
фера atte tive ely on this s matter о of see eeds. 
inl; 
th 
tle hope of making some of |" 
raisin 
meds very quickly and abundantly, | I hav 
ed for weeds then Eo Je ме | their gian 
e kno DOWD. | а rom 
lit 
"p ger ноо: зацв to the small reads ers 
ote distri 
ever p eded, 
prefer a national association, iere on an а 
mation to the рл, mortality d а е oF G eni 
Britain, and managed publie 
- 1 great эйгин, "o t 
Governm: 
paiho. i founded the s Banks, ай 
тг 
ome Correspond 
The Champion Wheat a 
Hallett ү үа it was 
I have forwarded his letter and - answer, 
all est ta favour will publish, 
e H is nk d y 
our regret at our failure to secure a perder 
Frederic Е. Hallott, пее —— se, Brighton, гое 17, 1865. 
2. Mr. Bates to Mr. ‘em extrem sorry you 
К disappointed T p diio з have y^ of judges. 
es reel enough to re Mr. Hewitt Davis and 
ER € во that [ do яд vpn appoint ‘ay |° 
a сенын) once, as there is plenty of time yet— гу 
can inspect the crop better when cut, It will Sev do for 
wW. J. J. Mechi, 
о, rops 
uy weather p {ов "d the growth of roots, and 
io this 
is (most likely 
а consequence of the above) a коныз тй. с mortality 
t tarded for want of 
g Clover is remarkably ZI and has been 
SENA к. үз the sheep Mo Store cattle are 
ewhat o buy than me months past, 
eep.—]I hav any years dr essed m my 
seed Wheat with a зомбі of vitriol with great 
success, No smut ever attacks the grain. Falcon, 
+ 
ALBER Corn Oct, 2.—A new 
| Veterinary I in i. Тыз, [^ "x nmm title, 
and sprin ne formed in Edi a fe 
truetaro there than t 
is to stand ee 
se, acting тед а 
ity Ac ct, dee 
on the principle of * нна while tho iron is hot," at | 
or at least produced seeds that would ef, 
in Соко — Phi long continuance of IM 
y А5115 а bri 
is 
e tim: 
Many "y ui pim ni 
Ра сид шай, but the cattle үрчи | 
e deadly ai in e " 
еә ноар ios or eere 
i ing the extension of the pm 
tablished than thai you 
summary, 
— 2 вл неса 
M s er 
the eri, eon was wa am a 
es bition id anatomical specimens, & d 
ooks bearing on the pan] scien 
institution i devoted, and а " 
The arran ements of the whole 
made v r utility, and no money 
T mere 8 L^ 
oad Locomotives. di 
Locomotives” Acts z^ 
Driver: mà By T. Aveling. 
16, Bucklersbury. 
This little атах is all that A title 
there nev М ME AV Mus i 
owe more to veling, tural 
f road locomotives for agricul 
d do 0 o any one else, The following isa 
once, while pi nece attention is de: drawn 2 the 
е [prec locomotive ио: 
* The attempt to run 
