7—1850.| THE 
lation o ation or experience is frustrated by the outbreak and 
pect of the European war, aggravated by alter- 
AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 1 
deal plagued at first when we had narrow žin. openings, | cating with eit on the outsi ‘Duis may be at 
A i 
A tside. 1 y made 
having to sweep the floor, and the sheep got dirty, but little expense, and will often pay for its cost in a single 
natin of severe scarcity ; followed, in 1815, by | now with 1 I in ngs, there isno 9 — mys year. Independent of the 8 
egislative efforts to pallia the! con of a no expence of — — The of boardin when used by itself — — — 
sudden collapse of prices on the return to a state „ Per ee * r 9 feet, is, = — valuable for the pepi just described, giving moisture 
— . and indeed unprecedented, as the as I can calculate the sheep foor, ma ie: to the dung heap, when required, to to promote f 
rogress has bee that date in Trade, — to 4s. 6d.; for the — do 2 about the tion. The e dun ng i in the farm-yard should not be turned, 
— the Useful —— eee included, it can only | Brick * cemented tank under — — ae as, if this were done too frequently, its strength would be 
be regarded, historically, as one of e nued struggle, | superficial yard. The urine and mai — to reduced, and it ‘might at last be brought to what is 
on the part of the 2 sealers t the irregular | preserve and harden the flooring. 80 poss a is * com- called a caput moriuum. In the winter time advantage 
but sure declension of prices towards their natural fort and saving of straw that I shall extend the opera- should be * it a frost, ony it should then be carted 
él : which, so far udgment may be hazarded | tion materially, and report progress when my b bullock out, and put u a headlan or ete crop it may 
the are boarded. 4 shall give the bullocks a little 3 be wanted in ie spring, 8 Beans, Turnips, 
erhaps, according to circumstances. J. J. Mechi, &. This should be raised in into a large high heap, as the 
or Tiptree hal, Kelvedon, Essex, Feb. 12. P. S. 1 fear, less e it covers the less likely is the ammonia 
esca, 
48s. per quarter improvements in Agriculture, | as some of our old practical friends ye so much diffi- pe. a common practic cart and unload 
a che inerease of population, being a en as a counter- | culty in getting seer arer “& stamped down,” that they | upon the heap. This, however, is by some objected to, 
poise to each other. C. Wre will wonder what we want boarded N for. By-the- as the unequal pressure from the wheels and the horses’ 
ye, 15 saw, at « — s farm, at Cire ee hoofs will create lumps in the dung, which will cause its 
FEEDING ON OPEN BOARDED FLOORS. great number of — on boards tied vi like bullocks, unequal distribution, when it comes to be spread in the 
some north country enquiries his | and doing well. drills, Over the top of the heap should be placed a 
system, I proceed to detail my o In or layer of gypsum, to prevent the escape of ammonia, or if 
to arrive at the proper width of opening between each Home Corresponden tek of eum e aea obtained, a 3 ~ Nhe ae 
i , un ck of co ll trodde 
plank, I measured the animals’ feet, and Practice with —.— —The discoveries, of the age „ alae ae o high authority of 8 ed 
as nd them 
when closed, as follows :—Sheep, 2 2 inches wide; 3 pigs, 
S3 o 4} inches. 
I therefore made the i 14 inch for sheep, 
pigs, and small calves, 2} inch for bullocks. The the 
three former answer admira ably ; the latter no doubt, 
will likewise do, although I have not quite completed 
the bullock floors. The Rev. Mr. Huxtable, who ori- 
ginated the plan, has much smaller opening 
f course 
but we give them straw at the ends or —— for be 
Pigs h i ir, must hay 
deal of the solid manure also goes through the openings, 
when trodden upon by the pigs, and of course by the 
& 
m satisfied the openings might be even s — 
1 ame seen ey young pigs gallop across the 
floor when disturbed trespassing for the odd 7 
St sll T like to — on the safe side; I have never had an 
accident yet. 
Straight sound yellow Deals answer best. They 
require no planing, merely sawing. I use l4 inch 
thickness for sheep and hogs; 2 inch for bullocks. 
Width for sheep, 24 inches; width for bullocks, 24 in. 
bearers m y be „or yellow Deal, or 43 brick 
partitions. The planks are divided hy: a OO ine gauge 
and nailed to the cross ledges, the nails well clenche d 
on the under side. Ledges 2 feet apart, bearers 4 feet 
asd by 6 or 7 feet sizes for removal and lifting up, 8 or 
eet 
One kaid 
year, having es =< require as ee ese area of 
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and its feeding 
apparatus. I emptied one shed Feet to-day, 2 feet deep, it 
was three parts filled with burned clay or brickdust— 
there am eee e. I put o on 9 loads per imperial | 
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venience in the re of id on ildings belonging 
—|toit. The usual fo 
. g reen nots the feeding of stock b 
e 
in- uch pw ptio 
k pei uaa of different kinds ; —＋ exact cost of the keep 
| —— are doe modes in use-—feeding in boxes, in 
iscussio 
have ens ee in the composition and application 
i che n his “ Agr al Chemistry 6), 
he ty aner men pants r alen stor 2 * lest sor e of — — 
— — is yos return, through the medium of manures, | . Aa Plest pr sino 
| raise sufficient manure to supply its own requirements. 
This is what is commonly called a es farm. 
n- 
process of fermen As 
ung bases to decompose it em ate off its volatile pe parts, 
A farm of this kind should have every possible co t efficient. 
which are the most — and the 
Pang whieh has fermented, s os banis A mere soft 
f these is an oblong qua wik esive — has gene rally lot from one-third to one- 
If the manure is to — raised through cultivation of half of its most useful constituent elements ; and, that 
it may exert its full action on on e plant, and lose none 
of its nutritive powers, it Fer wt evidently be i 
be 
— There is — “nothing a ena een sooner, and long before decomposition has arrived 
n is common as in the feeding of 
not being a . reckon ed, the clear profit is gene- 
rally considered greater than it really is. Those who 
ave brought r calculations to a strict reckoning, p 
gai m y er f : 
loss; yet, notwithstanding this, they have found it ne- One tew Specim 
cessary to continue the system for the purpose of 
1 their straw into good manure. Mr. Hillyard, 
n his work on “ Practical Farming and Grazing,” has 
given this matter much consideration. From the caleu- 
lations there given, it does not appear that a bullock seen “hy! brids 3 y a oe > epee 2 he wilt 1. 
can be kept much under 10s. a week, attendanee in- ied ok nce a A . me, $ ties of ri 
cluded, and oileake being 10/. a . If a bullock be ie — B with the pet et eB e i 
put on Turnips and oilcake for 16 , there would 1 ed by the union that nets ey e 8 * 
be an expense incurred of 8“. If a 3 year-old beast be singular y to recommen — 
; as tbat they do not (as 
„ | bought at 12/., and sold at 202, which is as much or hare k believe) regularly b; ed with 8 
e poultry of 
a farms * o preserves. cannot believe that a 
single e * the kind, upon Aer authority, can be 
4 hn cast 5 trouble and expense outweighs the chances 
If 4 eee ene 
is, es aas ee "to act most, 3 a bautam hen confined with a cock pheasant, I had only 
s, and in open courts with sheds. Much d tg ee, the chicks of "e 
e ee E E at wire or unprolific, and if any one had reason to expect 
ee ee oe 7i 8 shames ne a% . progeny, I — nly had; and I think 1 
: 5 ment upon the fixed laws of Nature will never 
acre; 
and sd ppg no straw. The e pigs are over my liquid 
The — constant — when po 
tials ng about, reminds — ar, a 
d the health 
how tanith ately it miry require to ba the triekling | 
ave t 
sit. 
— —— — Apk ee sheep, such as Cotswolds, 
Re * a larger area. After sheep 
are shorn oy ii 7 packed n much closer. You 
find sheep thus 8 earlier than 11 
e ness; = pami ve sufficient warmt 5 in 
arger 
2 B. B. 
by the constant compression going forward, none of the x 272 : 
ia can esca All animals like warmth, and as à Advertisements.—The abolition of the advertisement 
Papes generally points out that hg sa is . for them, d ee 
same warm for their 
bolition of the penny stamp duty on ewspapers wou 
they ought todo. In sheds 2 open courts, not arene te 5 a 
tah eit ie At ees aga „ do more to educate the peopl than oil our ed 
, Which is conducive to gwe 
S aa Ra e E a e 
The . ae Haaije tells -me, his: or 
openings for bullock are only $ inch or less- Mine will 
be 24 inches for bullocks ; im 
a bullocks, the plauks should be laid parallel with 
the manger ; $ h not so material 
g ma 
a * Dun . „ but 
4 eng sang . cannot enter s pi 
i Mechi, Feb. 2. av 
dip to the centre of the ea e 3 She ee P — the best 
. 1 om A: ; 
liquid manure being conveyed into kat the lower x rr 
3 certain degree of fer- 
ert and thus assist in its decomposition. The |? 
different roofs of the building a rant be spouted to 
off the water to a and to pre: 
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aud comfortable, instead e 
a engines” in wet weather. We were a good 
noi 
