ä 
8—1850. | 
have explained before; it is 7 yards by 7 — being 
49 square r consequently the co contai 
such roods, wanting a fraction, which a d., wou nid e 
11. 125. 8d. r acre, that is for digging — top ‘spit. The 
— if well done, is worth the same money, so that 
N led with the * in an effectual manner 
— for any ap, will cost 3/. 5s. 4d. I should like to 
ow what A Suffolk 3 „ could subsoil an acre 
of land for by horse power, and which work he would 
give prefere:ce to. The princ ag ae of m 
ication was we ow what 
n be d 
rast 2 the — — ailopted 
3 she 2 * 
med, that on 1 0 
The eg 
I was informe ason of 1848, all prove a 
ad; the cock and "he en birds » were isolated the follow- 
ing mapp ; the eggs were n e produce two 
chicks, one of 97 was accidenta iiy kiled. Mr. 
Osmar dai es — of this communication, but I am 
sure he will * answer kiy enquiries. Amate ur 
eign Correspondence 
e Dairy Management. ¥en request 
me to furnish you with 
of feeding milch cows pr i 
Holstein dairies ; and although I ie, lay down any 
fixed rules on this subject, inasmuch as the great variety 
of soil which occurs in these soeka necessitates a 
corresponding variety in eri style of feeding. I will 
gar with as much pre 
cision remis ver, that, as it is with 
us received as an — — fact, that first-rate butter 
cannot be produced o 5 So farm ves fewer than 
100 cows are kept, my s nt must be understood 
as referring to mAd 4 1 a the e given 
Nair: 
8 
= 
— 
unded the w xioms ; 
first, that, to obtain first quality butter, the cream must 
not ept, and n t first-rate packed 
bat ot to b portions l 
ow, 
wards, deliveriag 
not only the bes 
tis customary i in almo ist all our ‘larger pons to put 
the middle of May, and r them 
behind — English brethren. 
Bu 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
me too 45 hire I to attempt at present to explain the 
a tions of this peo though itis my design 
ke Sua the subject of a future letter, in Or 5 
ion that it may possibly u vou to 
wiat 3 politi ea patie Aaa ortion of the de ee of 
been detain al so unmeasurably 
uf, as e already we are compelled to 
raha the want of Turnips by corn, w 
well kno Wer less sacrifice fo — us than 
an te for you count of the comparatively sm col 
ost of betenden not forgetting, moreover, that really 
ace 
Without teed 
he day of their calving, until sent to Grass, it 
is casey in all the large e dairies to feed the cows 
twice (on some farms thrice) a day with hay, say from 
4 Ibs. to 5 lbs. a ti twice with chopped straw 
mixed with pollard (about 3 lbs. at a time), and then 
th Gat- en less clean 
wi 
threshed. The mode in which this — p hpr 
out partakes of the pe * a r ene — 
div 
s i 
left in iei repose during t 
y rv cud, the cow-house is always ¢ domá between 25 an 
0 o’cloe k and ie so until I gee} piai the same 
ben of feedin mmences. o'clock in myn 
evening er — er largest rera T e is shaken 
down bef e cows, and with this they must content 
th embelves 2 e nig 
divided as to . species of corn most 
stock ; some farmers preferring 
y 
gives flesh, and thereby a more enduring mil 
| pr ode cee keg er the cows come on the pastures ; 
Peas a ye are likewise N given, in con- 
y, but itis = be noted 
junction with sither Oats or 
at, unless an unusually lange quantity of h 
afforded to the cows, Peas pt to Topit a 
strong taste to the butte “The species of grain most 
| advantageous for him e must how- 
fo r his da » cattl ho 
ever be after all left to = selection of har: ~ gia nes 
co 
i rin ’ this 0 pa 
receive no add food, nse ne D that, by of | farmer, for as I have never yet been able to find 
change, they are permi to graze off the Clover rean e Be — emen in fav r of any one an of prd ps 
corn stubbles, after the hay and grain harvests have | I have to the elaiak that the varied qualities 
respectively carried. The usual allp owance of of soil, water, and other local circumstance n 
pasture land is from 13 to 2 acres be cow. But as, in | tribute no e degree to determ mine the 
consequence of our pursuing the 10-field tohin plan, piei Pr advantage of one corn species over another 
one-tenth of our arable commonly occupied b r dairy cattle, F. Greenwold, 
Clover 
a 
hare. The stubbles 
since, although D beneficial kiA grate to the a as 
ac ge o of past ording 
any essential q uantity of nutri 
But the er feeding is that e chiefly claims 
the 8 tag r dairy farmers, and this extends 
lst pri November tili the cow 
re our mil kek ttle 
riably s 33 eren y from 
our asec and cold autumnal weather. 
— as it is usuall ged — they shall calve 
from January to Ap ril, very many are 3 pt 
ia calf, when they ae take eu from Grass, while 
milk produc: e is grea 
from 
e expectation of 
r arran 
a large supply of mailk w when she does calve, 
„she gets only 3 
former being in my opinion PN 
on this prineiple, we give pe e y riitele food t 
dry cows, first, in order that the after high feed 
— more N y on the milk vessels, 
econdly, to guard against a too great growth of the 
. be erased. the difficulty and danger of calving are 
ase 
shows by the usual 1 that sh 
will keen within mai or three weeks, 
of hay is increased, to which some 
oe 3 
and 
and y in pec 
customary farm contracts d leases), which present 
great difficulties to Turnip cultivation, It would lead | 
y as food for 
— the state 
can be 
Denison, M. 
a B 
dry 
in dreary a chopped down w-cutter, the | Mr. Parkins 
ing may | 
tieties, 
ia somovirvnst SOCIETY OF ENGLA 
A AL Cou as he : at the Society’s Howe, 
esday u the 20th of 
ustee, in the Chair, 
ord Raster Hon. Robe i, Clive, m . Hon. 
Capt. Dudley Pelham „R. N., M. P., Hon. H. V ilson, 
Baron Mertens, Sir 1 2 Dyke role Beit M.P., 
Sir Charles 3 Bart. M. P., Sir John V. B. John- 
Frene 
Challoner, Mr. “Wal alban ke Bone: 
th Gibbs, 
. 
Mr. G Mr Fisher — 
Mr. Hudson of Castleacre, Mr. J 
r. Miles, M 
kS 
darv 5 MP; usey, M. 
d, MP. Ir. C. 
Filson of . a 
the 
. fro ication 
m the Commission, i in a reply to to enquiries for informa- 
a commissio 
ro 
an and then proceeded 
pA ber ie cere eee the special business for 
2 
of Colonel Challoner, secon 
Ms. Eri Daks M.P., it was Ged: Dat 
which however i * 
Raym Miles, M.P., 
rn. | notice that they should move, at che; — A council i in 
125 
expression of the Council’s willingness to confer 
pate with the Commission, should ibay at any time 
desire it.” 
The Council then appointed a commi consisting 
of the Duke of Nen d, Mr. Raymond 5 Barker, Mr. 
Castleacre, 
a. Colonel Challoner, 8 Hudson of 
Mr. Jonas, Mr. Brandre . Shaw of London, 
to ioe over the Charter sad Bele of the Society. 
aud pel the necessary steps e required in 
conseque pry the resolutions K eia to by the 
voit ye 
Mr. mond Barker and Mr. 
gave 
April next, “That the piece in counei 3a May, 
1847, be be rescinded, with a w to alate for the 
that the = y > om 0 
ard so as to 
e 
forw tain the rotation of districts as 
now . 5 
pa aa 
1851. grg veces District, comprising the county 
of Middlese 
dairy management, viz., & 12 se urs 1852. 5 e District, cating the coun- 
12 hours, and is consequently e to a sim ilar of Kent, Surrey, and Sus 
divisional arrangem Hence the feeding of the 1853.— Sout Wales Distr 2 senpa 5 the whole 
animals proceeds mony f South Wales, addition of the 
At 5 o’clock in the morni nga a 1 of hay is shaken code of Monmouth, eee, Here- 
down before the cows ; after this they are watered, and ford, and Wor ! 
in ater pu left in the troughs after they 1854.— Basi- Mid and 3 comprising the coun- 
have quenched their thirst, chopped straw mingled with 3 ter, Lincoln, Nottingham and 
pollard (as men above) is well stirred in; lastly, ut aad 
follows the fi traw. ose far ere hay} TuHIBETIAN vain EP, — Royal Highness Pri 
is fed thrice a day, the second feed is given after | Albert commute o the Council, through the es, 
the chopped straw; but this intermediate hay feed is. Soomi Phi 2 on Her Majesty's flock of 
i where hay is unusually abundant. the 
Thibet sis then on the farm at Osborne, o which 
Council directed their best thanks to be conveyed to his 
yal Highness for the interesting details which it fur- 
nished, and for the assurance it 
- n thanks, and to be laid before the be oe oe 
gg 
Me. 
a, Mr. Villiers ies 5 | 
Ham 
tla be 
Council that ‘the Belgian ee ind 
5 2 by their e the Bar 
ed to the 
„Mertens, of 2 N aging pe the 
mmitte bee 
th 
ag by means of this 
fire- 5 — are he 3 eh prove, as he intended 
it should do, a antage to ee of er 
ank in England, but especialy to 
The Council directed this work to be bedr wih their 
n the a ch, for mbers 
of the wn 
Gua yv LTERATION.— Prófessor Way expressed 
his intention 13 making“ Ning and i = Adulteration,” 
oy subj f his Lectur ered before the 
— in the Cou 3 of the Societ ety, on Wed- 
Pon the bith Paps at 12 o'clock, gegen to his 
g t of lectures, which Bon 
to the Council 2 their 
E 
55 
gE 
© 
8 * 
E 4 
BES 
$ 
et 
— meeting. 
No “eu to Correspondents. 
A Em * eee Curate. You had better no- 
attempt anything beyon nd poultry, and the largest pro- 
duce for both is to be obtained by | growing Carrots, Mangold 
— —— zel, and Cabbages eee. 2 
egin to 2 5 yh stock of poultry retty soon; but pigs 
be bought for e months; noe indeed, till you have astock 
ot Cabbages, beg to ee them o - And probably ioe 
will be to buy a sow in!: afterwards to put her 
boar, in N 3 * pr ihc gr May ; feeding the Senne 
up to bacon, and fattening the second as pork, — gee = 
the garden which can be devoted to this 
i into eq! y ich — 
seed; ane with Drumhead Cabbage plants, and 
the third sow with Globe Mangold seed. Shall we publish 
your letter? Paxton’s “Cottager’s Calendar” is the best 
book for you. 
BURDENS on LAND: J R C. Mr. Hoskyns has your note, 
Subscriber. Fisher Hobbs, Esq., 
aa ard or a box apiece. 
Gnas SEEDS: Yo Corr 
po 
N 
of wider and more established reputation, 
them consult our advertising columns for addresses. 
Grasses. Sow early in April, along with 1 bushel of Barley 
per acre, on a w harrowed soil, an sh harrow in, Aira 
sa lutescens, 1 Ib.; Alopecurus pratensis, 2; Arrhe- 
maa avenaceum, 14; Avena fiavescens, 1 Ib.; Dactylis 
25 = duriu F. het 
HTBARID Peasants: NF. I beg to mes pcg have in Ao 
instances poe 0 . ss between the coe k 
common arn- oor hen ; and, if uired, could 
ee — — 
who ane ber fae success 
Farr. 
ik but he things a matier 
than for determination 
unfortuna 
5 a B e 
ore for the opinion of your lawyer shan 
iy us, 
