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yards hav m for, e stage on which the tiles are 
cut to their — —— to be long -= to admit of | 
four lengths at le: ien ing on it at one ; this gives 
away, while the ner re is stopped | i 
; besides, the cutting close to the 
die causes the tiles to issue unevenly. 
With regard to — 3 or wood may do for drying, 
but the full fires best made with coal. About 
at quantity of fuel 
the supply, to come in a. stated periods. 
o be continued.) 
XEN ON BOARDED FLOORS. 
I PROCEED to detail the pro of my experi 
u tage they seemed 
quite astounded; their — mance was eer and 
ludicrous. The sense of danger curity was very 
. sill me 
with the 
Th 
14 0 mfort. 
— edges pr — ably give 
; wo or three weeks all this ff, 
edges get smooth, and you will fi 
attach great — to 3 open floors; they 
vil enable us to keep almost any quantity of stock. 
a 
l be required for the year, and anche one contract for do. 
AEP. da 
Mechi, Tiptree H. all, K — Essex, 
y 
m Roots per Acre.—A corr 
. | will contain 4840 ‘plants at l apart, a 
care: pleasing | i 
no 
and thes i, uent 
In | ignorant o 
newly purchased animals to rub -excessively. 
of water. This 
or Glauber salts in about a qua 
is repeated, if requi fe This allays 
the e ive heat and irritation of the skin. If 
animal ks dull and d ot feed well, the dose of 
salts is administered. me- 
— poor animals are so 
times lousy ; wash well with tobacco-water, to sera 
them. We find no eee from havi ving tw 
horned bullocks in one box ; although one will probably 
be master bullock, we never can rn a d 
its condition ; ‘this is because 
food, . were they seantily supplied this system would not 
tis very necessary question your stock-man 
ily as — the —— and health of the animals, 
apt to 10 bes to — Aen if an animal shows 
aie 3 —— have 
their feet well — — with 3 salt water, 
wien aer a ready a water, a of salt to lick. 
A dose of salts — — remove pre — symptoms. 
n conclusion, where 6 
here s — in it, or — weight we the 
oxen might bre ak it it. Tf re too i 
mmer, they have -= advantage of transmitting heat 
MT, 
in spring and autum is a desidera 
Ho my e Corresponden 
rrespondent — 2 an aere 
Wel 
imm e in such cases, 3 a pound of Epsom ma 
according to the weather; but be the time what it 
reaches 148°, I * oe wort run, and 
lose. The copper, meantime, been 
again gaining heat, and when the mash tun is pretty 
ed—say in half an hour, I again run 
do if the plants 
between the 
rmed — — — acre 
ow 
men in my neighb 
each (of small — some 80. or 80), who in 
ith the Farmers and Graziers „Mutual Cattle 
The e qui 
rules of t the association, — did not 
(many could n sot). sign them. They a 
onl —5 one — of little ber 
is called on to pay y for — on e same sum 
o ha ars =s wield et insured, and ai 
led on to as 30s. have aske d me for 
advise (a small aemet), pe you kindly tell me ‘what 
to advise them, wheth 
Š W 
e honest and | k 
ey must pay pri 30s. 8 not ? tion 
o have not 
not erous. The instant 
is again 
| in raises the mash tun to 172° or 173°, which is now 
this is 
— and as 
b. of kopa — for 
every bushel of pre and boil for one hour and a quarter. 
At the end of ime, the second wort, 
copper is empty, this wort is 
pumped up and treated as the first, eme that the 
Tope are in it from the first, and it i is boiled 23 hours. 
in — under back one minute longer than necessary, nor 
to expose it at all to air. When the second 
; ‘led 
m vesse. e nrs 
second at 63° or 64°, with rather more than a p 
of yeast to every bushel of — eee 2 quarts 
to a hogshead. In 24 hours z= eas 
the two worts being mixed * ually — and 
in about 72 hours more the — fermentation 
is over. I use no — The beer is always bright, 
i bu t is better at ‘the end of 
and fit to drink in a month, 
two, and gets brighter the] longer it is kept. w with 
rain water, and next to that should prefer p water if 
sweet, All utensils must be kept thoroughly clean, as 
clean and s for milk ; and if there be any sus- 
picion of acidity, they should be washed with lime- 
water two ree days before using. For any further 
ls I refer to Black on Brewing, whose instructions 
eer as 
oregoing receipt. e — 
sibie — be ee and — malt — marar 125 
re than a few hours after it is ground. The 
rapidity ‘with which wort vill — me acid in certain 
tes 0 ther is inconceivable. Of this, grains 
known them become 
oO 
* 
afford the me proof, = have 
acid as vinegar within 
—— out of the mash tun. Wort i is equally susceptible ; 
once tainted, is incurable. Proba om po great deal 
of beer is spoiled hefore it ever the wort- 
copper. That is to say, acetous —— as begun 
in the wort, which interferes with the vinous es 
the cask as soon as the imperfeet 
he . turning or fermentiag, there is surers vinous fermentatio 
expense of littering or frequent removal, and no loss with the obvious injustice stre 0 
of ammonia by fermentation, The comfort is great in you allude to, would jarrien us —— t the demand. But is luable for no th 
ev espect. Some of my pigs and sheep have been | you had better obtain the advice of an n attorney. mentation and detecti ug ess or defect. It 
six weeks liquid manure tank without the n — —The inquiries of ‘ ium” having | wou im e in u to enter into 
slightest symptom of ill health, although I feared it ved no satisfactory answer, I think a m plain | further details. Those who — them should procure 
when I made th m wn on the boards | aiveotions for brewing may be acceptable to your the work above referred to contains much in- 
every morning. Burned h is an essential auxiliary | readers. There is no mystery whatever in the process, | formation on the whole eubject but the 1 of a 
to boarded floors; although I r 1800 cubic yards which i is as —— as —— tea, when piy under- | simple process is explained it I believe it to be 
— year, — — — reserve enough to Com common is all that is “age to cure aci ‘won y neu some 
me thro 5 Nan season I shall aere but a — of the . principles wil the acid by alkali, or you may —— it by fresh 
slightly — a ete of th he ee to keep them dry, prevent erro rs whi may arise in followin 3 — “het wort; that is to say, you may spoil good beer to make 
y for absorbing the winter’s supply of shall rie pitur to point inkable, but fe tion once be 
led boxes. Gyp: is meer er necessary append- principles, and ‘then give the receipt I follow. “The on, and neutralised or disguised acid is little less 
age to this system. A little sprinkled every morning | operation of brewing consists in obtaining the largest | unwholesome — that ae * The Se. 
; oes no 
antity of saccharine matter from malt; in boiling — 
i ti 
— ump of rock salt, aud a water trough decoction thoroughly, and allowing no opportunity for | u you make up your mind to drink it. 
Su als Nee drink more tha id — 1 take place. e Pits t quanti In reply to the wish of a Somerset” as to 
Proper for them. The same remark applies to pigs er: of saccharine matter is obtained by keeping the infusion | what quantity of and it was applied 
sheep : with horses, alittle — te reciittel), should of malt, three hours, between the crop of Swedish — exceeded 36 tons per 
they come in over. tures of 170° and 145°; below or above these tempe- acre (including tops), and for which the premium was 
The following instance of the effect of — is interest- | ratures there is * or risk, and at any rate little gain. awarded by the Wore Agricultural 
ing. Six store —— from marshes and straw-yard | The safest and m e ran first is | last autumn, to my Mr. Oldaker—I beg to 
were purchased and placed in three — manger | 167° and 148° ; ‘hae is to say that th tun should | inform him they were planted on the ridge, at 
of one box contained a large lump of salt. The other | never e 167°, nor — to fall below | about 30 in d that the guano was a 
two boxes, being just finished, had none. boys who | 148° ; and the longer a any p mash can be main-|as a top dressing after the plants well covered 
a! them observed that the two which had salt ate | tained ures the better. Below | iately each hoeing, and after 
— whilst the other four scarcely woul ir | 148° you run risk of — ~ — 170 of —— or a heavy dew, the total quantity ppl being about 
under confine I observed that the two gum, not sugar. The course I adopt to 34 ewt, plan which I ha iformly 
having — to salt were constantly licking it. We follows, for which it is me pted is to sow the guano broadeast at the rate of about 
are using Cabbage as well as roots. Now I do protest cl tting wooden cover to the mash tun, divided into 2 ewt. per acre, and lightly harrow it in t 
— ase fattening animals roots or green food | two halves, and made like a copper lid. Having got my | mediately it is ready to form the ridges, and plant ‘the 
em purge. The state — a eran copper full g er, I run in mash tun seed, by the manure is well distributed 
ust — — uid, When about the 9 gallons for avery bushel of malt I mean to wet, and | throu the soi ridge, and not prai stimulates 
thick batter, having a certain ap nce at e, n, immediately put covers. The is then the plant in the early stages of its growth, but grad 
We are right, but when it falls i in a weak — mn. A 5 filled again Ls whilst it is heating, the water in the dissolving in it 3 the latter. 
dition, indi di the i also apply, by the aig. ab about 1 ew 
‘any more than ourselves under ——— i has „as a 
I have great difficulty in restraining my . — old — wh 
bailiff in — the old custom here t bout bein 
— them ur them with an unlimited supply of 
Sreen wittles.“ r ve oderate quantity of ore 3 
i sufficient, and we seldom e — 1 y 
‘daily to each bullock, The remaining food — i 
fine cut cut straw and hay chaff af sprinkled with — shed of malt wetted, stirring it 
soaked — nseed soup poured | 
over it, 17 there is a disposition — — or 
are withheld for a — be wo It r a the copper. 
‘happens. that confinement and good living eause i 
