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AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
Miscellaneous. 
Conclusion on . t box- fed or shed- 
fed animals o | are fed on purcha ood 
pnay y prepared, in addition to the utmost produce of 
best pres crops which a tho 7 er farm can 
out more meat 8 is possible 
y any other animals. under any o mstances 
land m sed to the — “erty which 
0 a or burning, o rling or liming, 
uring and cultivation, permnite— that it must peo 
grain crops, the bes 
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his pro » Say, Beans, must be 
— (or os) for consumption in the propo 
1 of the former, and about 3 of the latter, with every 
100 of the soe food : that this, tae. ba 
n to good individuals of the short-hor 
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Down, — 5 -woolled, or 
sheep 2 Thad 2 and well- 3 
eds, before a max n be expected. 
Eng lish ee, Soci 1 s 25 
ae 
Varieties o 4 * E di ferent eden of Bar- 
ley compri mmon Barley, Chevalier, 
Brewers’ Delight Oakley, pe merican, Nottingham Long- 
ear, Berkshire, &. The hevalier decidedly ranks first 
for ‘naling purposes, sae erly sought after 
by rewer in every dis trict. “the objections urged 
. it are, that it does not produce so much per 
ac som other varieties. I am, ver, 
inelined to think that, under e * and 
with 3 change of tasad, t there are few sorts that 
can red with it will give Etè ate Lore some 
experiments l tried ences 1836 and 1845: 
Corn, Straw. 
n 1836, Bush. pecks. Tons. cwt. lbs 
Chevalier 15 422 0 0 He 
Common Barley a 42 0 0 15° 6 
Am n ve we ` toe = 8 
1841. 
Brewers’ Deter ‘ ‘ce 5 1 1 6 6 
erkshir 8 5 56 2 1 ecg 
Chevalier ave 2 60 1 1 7 
ttingham = 583 3 3 8 
845. 
| ntl Woe oii bos Ta — : 
Cheva ——— Ai 
“2 Keary in ” the English e Sociely’s 
Journal. 
he Bus ness of Landowners.—Landlords gesaai, 
even ona: of the highest class in the ee ire, mig 
well to taken a lesson from the example o f Lord 
. 
retard the agricultural advancement of the 
country yeer can well be ca leulated. It has led to the 
very gene 
by previous education for the important à duties 9 
ought to perform. It has exhibited a 
ards 
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, and developes it 
beins oo often thinks it — p 
a eisean who are 
oe iali, 2 The Plaiiation 
Scheme, by Mr. Cai: 
Calendar of r Operations. 
MA 
East LINCOLNSHIRE FARM, — 8.—Seed time — 
— 1 — mapped are circumstances, an 
uance of the fine dry Eorp basgi ahs at 
ns 
anpa Me are now bas wing 
2 and Wheat stubble n ae Trait 
a pea 
a garden. Tarni ve teas very p 
with us, as wal as in most o of Saen ae there beta? in some 
districts more than coul ; they have on this farm 
Bertie fate averaged a Rice of 30 to 30 tons to to the ners, and it will 
e th 
em. 
8 ie 
bets month before we "e 
r our mos 
from 
pi ng a thing, we were employed 
g the Turnip fallows, which, ith me is always per- 
formed at — season, in preference to doing it the 
time for sowing Turaips arrives, by which 
rpor th the 
Other method seed must me before it g 
= Bogen t from the manure, when put on the land hastily, just 
sowing. In ee ta our work i 
arley, th for seed ; and, through the 
mont ploughg for and drilling O ate, sowing Grass seeds on 
Notices Segoe ane ndents, 
ARTIFICIAL — van We do not know them, See a 
„ ————— 
TH H. The cough is pr bably from 
pro! 
„Re presence of small worms in the windpipe, — Anien 
1s commonly termed hoose, Ghor-wth-ah-teeyntinis: — 
= of we cag 4 Br oil of 8 10 drops, well mixed 
shaken k till the evil is remo ved, 
ESTATE AGENCY : C N E, We know of no published e 
agency accounts. See article “ — in Blackie’s ‘* Gyelo. 
pedia of Agriculture.” — ot acquainted with the agri- 
cultural literature of Fra 
Foop ror Layine HENS : 4 Lady. If they have the range of a 
e food. In one case 60 fowls, 
8 or 9 months old, were — y Seu winter i room, d 
separately fed, solely on corn. ‘hey consumed 6 q 
daily of m dian Corn, Oats, and Buckwheat. 
Grass SEEDS: Constant Reader and V For a permanent | 
3 on medium soils, sow per acre, wi with a crop of 118 
czespitosa lutescens, 1 Ib.; Alopecurus pratensis, 13 Ib. 
derben 8 11b.; Avena flavescens, è Ib.; 
actylis glo ag 2 lbs.; Festuca duriuse ula, 3 ibs. : 
. heterophylla, 1 ; F. loiiace a, 1 Ib.; F. prate nsis, 2 lbs.; 
Lolium — 3 yd L. perenne, 5 bs. : eum pratense, 
lb.; Poa nemoralis, 3 lbs.; ie. 3 1 ib.; ; Trifolium pra- 
ted borcane, 31bs.; T. repens, 4 Ibs. 33 Ibs. In the case 
of Ve bars caters the lst, 3d, Bth’ ris 12th, "and lith of 
y be ted, and 2 Ibs. of Festuca 1 lb. of 
oe, — = — lb. of Medicago — —  naded in 
their stead. 
ANo: A Novice. Mix 3 ew it per acre with a lot of mould, 
free from the seeds of inte s,.and spread it — over 
the Grass . the pia of | this m month. 
:EB 
Hatto ot e et h od De 
y — Ò 
HYDRO IN CUBAT subject last 
year ended —— oly to the invention. The ditieulty i is 
not in — — in 1 the chickens, 
HIGHLAND TENA W. me have not the honour of ac- 
quaintance with D Dr. N Kenz 
Liquip Manure: Cumbrian. We think you might lay ep — | 
an acre or two ey around the stalls, economically, 
one would giv rience of cost, we sh — be 
—.— — 
ZEL: House. 
Oats: 
larly a — for huma or horse fee Popovin . 
Black Tarterian is a large coarse variety—filling th 
rapidly. [Your question has been forwarded to a competent 
judge. 
1 "Perpie SHEEP? cto The end of a barn would do 
The manure para be re- 
work ; when it becom mes 
For You will probably make the 
— — —— Tah the land by the sale of vege- 
tables ; next by the sale of milk, Gather and eggs. If the 
latter be the method adopted, then zone land should be = 
voted to the growth of Cabbages and Mangold Wurzel o 
: a tae gir 2 and Vetches on 
e light u may grow 30 to 40 tons per acre of 
een food pi shar by cons stant cro ppi hA will eat 
4 25 to 55 Ans 
Sto : A Corr Pondent asks if any meteorological observers 
in the ‘north of giant w ill 1 
s of the 7 of 1846, and e: pecially any record ae 
— og hed ve of a 4 traversed Ser Apel — north of 
England on the after of Satu 25th in that 
ear. He would be pss te gt for "information regarding 
the course — intensity of that 
THRESHING MACHINE: 0 There. mista h 
d 0 times in a minute, ae its cir- 
mference is about g. pand so that it should be 5000 not 
50, 000 feet per min This is not too great a velo- 
city. Cole and Rape 2254 are names given iSdifferently to 
the same thing. They should be confined, the former — a 
variety whose leaves are rough when young, and the 
to avariety always smooth leaved. You —— sow Rape 
along ma the Wheat in May, with any prospect of a satis- 
factory result. 
f Constant Reader, We give the following extract from 
Mr. Dixon’ 0 meS on Poultry; When the hen has —— se- 
8 r he er nest, she will continue to — the ere till 
cow N 
from i oat to day, chord Deine no need of a nest egg, as with 
he n fowl. She will lay from 15 to — eggs, more or 
int “if t — are any dena A leave es or dry Grass at hand, she 
will ccver her eggs with these; but if Bet the wiil take no 
trouble to toes them fr rom a dis ance. Her determination 
to sit w wa by her ining on the nest, 
thouzh empty ; i, rand as it is seldom in a position sufficiently 
secure against the * or pilferers, a nest — be * 
the 
ng ee straw, 5 wi 
a most 
P 
takes to bp crate lost eggs, tu about, —— them 
with her bill in the most pine Saey positions, —— 
straw tightly around and under them, and fina’ 
th the Norfolk which is the smallest, an 
orthern or easte: it is found that moderation suc 
eeds better th g cks. In this case 13 
eggs are enoug e her; a large hen might otha more ; 
but w — well-hatched chicas are better th a large 
br of wi at have been delayed in ‘the = 
28 
perhaps 121 hours over the time, from insuff cient warmth. 
the end of a week it is usual to add two or three fowls’ e odo 
‘to teach the young Turkeys to peck.’ The plan is not a bad 
one; the activity of the chickens does stir 2 onee em na 
yey ‘ane . all the beng 
shared with the little turkeys. Some ladies believ: a 
sary to turn the eggs once a ae: ~ but the hen does th 
self many times a day. If the SA are 5 andj you 
— their positio 
173 
an to their ha deen inured to 
climate ; for our —— estic animals do as become more Bardy 107 
— being Fee when young, to cold 1 pay animals 
U not, when arrived at th maturity, 
N s0 3 hardship 8 —— who have b Soon better kept 
during their infant state,” Make them swall 
whole pepper-corn ; à bic is * 
0 
way, and 
Fre. side, wrapped in ene on „ 
5 
pain, or labour: she e e 
that "eat. All she N is the permission to indulge 
undisturbed the natural exercise of her own g 
stinct, 
of enemies above — * hawk, 
the rat, the pert ae aan pr errero S herself (she will pro. 
tect her young) from the sudden me of summer, Offer 
at first a few the 1 m some hours 
will be in urry to eat; but —— th gin supply 
them n and abundantly with e 8 egg, shreds of 
meat aud curd, boi Rice with Cress, Lettuce, 
and the n of Onions. Mel utton-suet poured over 
Barley-meal, and cut up when cold; also bullock’s liver 
boiled and minced, are excellent th arley. 
thick and stiff with wa’ > or milk, Nettle-tops, Leeks, Goose- 
any “ 
e incessant pec’ and — 
ug in which chickens sọ diadh delight. But 2 any rate, the 
ets costs nothing; the attention to supply it 
is everyt 
WATTLED HURDLES: HC W, Your question is properly the 
subject of — advertisement, 
Wreat HoE ONR, You mmence early in April. 
It is — to 35 too ae, ——— a sudden relapse to 
T hence mon nullify the operation of loosening and 
s‘irring th 
rkets, 
RDEN, Maxcn,16. 
Notwithstanding the coldness of — sora Ve 3 
continue to be plentiful, but TE 3 et Fruit are sti 
A few new Hothouse Gra a ae ir 5——— 
ine-apples, though far tron" being ‘plentiful, are 1 
kariga — = demand, Walnuts and Chestnuts a 
dant rmer we observed some — — “frond 
Naples: oraga and „Lemons are ‘sufficient for the demand, 
Amongst 5 ts are good, and there 
is some fine wall Broccoli in the market. Potatoes are 
unaltered — * last —— Lettuces and other salad. 
ye are hipag for the demand, and so are 
French Beans, Asparagus, ipren 
tained at about last week’s 
Bonis — . — — 
nerar ‘ias, Chris Azaleas, Lila 
. — honed 5 
Primulas, Camellias, 
es, Lily of the Valley, 
Pine-apples, per Ib., 
rapes, 2 p. Ibe "od tols 
Ferje 5 doz., to 10s 
sg gto per peck, 6s 
— sweet, per Ib., 28 to 38 
| Walnuts p. M — 6d to 28 
„bus 6s to 248 
ar., 5 yor 20s to 228 
razil, p. bsh., 12s to 16s 
Konsi Cobs, 90s to 100s p.100 Ibs 
TABLES, 
to 4s | Carro bun., 4d to gd 
Spinach p. sieve, 28 
Onions, p. bushel, 35 6d to 4s 6d 
— Spanish p, doz. 1s 6d to 4s 
Oranges, per ‘doz., 9d to 1s 6d 
per 100, 5s to 12s 
s to 4s 
2 —ů fe Ss to 10s | e, Cab., p. sc., 4d to gd 
Greens By wo doz., 2s to Endive. per rg 15 6d to 38 
gh * p. hf. sieve, — agen t., 9d to ls 
6d to mall Salads, er punnet, 2d 
. he 3 Is to 28 ee 
3 a —＋ > 120s Watercress, p. 12 bun., 6d 775 
t., 3 Fennel, per h, 2d to 3d 
aiii, 22 6 6d 2 3s 6d | Savory, per b ch, 2d to 3d 
Turnips, p. doz. bun., Issdto2s6d | Thyme, per bunch, 2d to 3d 
Red Beet, per doz., 9d to 18 Parsley, p. doz. bun., 2s to 33 
Horse Radish, p. sto — eg p. „od to 18 
3 h, Id 100 lid per ge Ts 
eks, per bunc! to 14 Mint, green, n, per to 
Celery, p . bundle, 8d to Is 3d Corn Salad, p. hf. sieve, d to 1s- 
POTATOES.—SourRWwAREK, March 11 
Committee report that the arrivals from the Continent 
beyond e demand, con- 
8 hea 
y many are eavy, 
and it is with jee 1 pae 22 ed : 
York Regents, Wisbeach 
80s. ; Scotch 3 608. to 70s. ; paei o cups, 60s. to 70s. ; French 
whites, 60s, to s.; Belgian do., 558. to 60s,; Rhenish do. 
to 5 
HOPS.—FRwar, March 15, 
Messrs, PATTENDEN and SmitTH report that theer is more 
egg with her g the whole time of | doing in Hops, particularly in fine yearlings, 
only amounts to this, that such officiousness did pores AIA — oe 
| gu aena 1 ne Prime Meadow Hay 6ôsto32s | Glover ss ... ». 605 to 30 
y into add clutch, We will at | Inferior ditto... ... 60 „ 
3 2 absurd n apai of al, Be ions New Hay whist oe 3 J. Coornn. 
immerse or š na water, ot or co! Thin i 
In four weeks the little birds will . he supply wip set tn N 
ö r em. tell you to plunge them Prime Meadow Hay Hay 68sto72s i 33 . eos to 705 
— hardy birds. Sir J.-S. Sebright — Hi pron r 2 a 
of ing to make creatures robust by | New Hay = . «+ 7 81 eat 
4 sie $0 — an ini u | Old Clover ... ee, March 1. dbl Baran, 
.. ͤ ͤ enough to try upoa thelr wn ping Old Hay fue 600 |New Clover... .. —sto =e 
tg —e—ê— d hunger only ani welll — dee or ditto... . — 43 
e ses robust children in — § Foor not be- Cid Clover . 80 dd * 
cause they are poor, but because, if they were not poor +. oh ee ——— n 
they wculd not be alive at Sir John, in his ‘Treatise SMITHFIELD, ma March 11. . 
on Im; roving Breeds of Animals,’ pp. 15, 16, | We have rather more Beasts than on although 
rays: ‘In cold and baren countries no ani can live to | the ly falls short of cathe was is ver. 
the age of maturity but those tha re atrong constitutions; dull, and prices i for the 
the weak and the unbealthz do not live to propagate their | choicest kinds. The number of Sheep is the 
infi: mities, as is too often domestic animals. y ing; si I 
= apes k a the agg a hardicess of the horses, | sold ; trade is, however, slow for oth 
heep, bred in cout tries, more more | heavy for Calves ; the supply is —— Oe a there- 
