236 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. | APRIL 13, 
„„ E oeir br. / i T aS Sinan tha doeabe Mies OF We Royal Agricultural Goclety. r — 
a dition of iet y, by. ee early | “I eS e proceedings of the Royal Agricultural Society, ing in in Scotland, which arrived in perfect safety, 
. IES “sal oe aa 1 os that Stale a considerable interest rin watered meadows, 1 
fancy Ti have lately discovered that the benefit derived fro sad postion — character of the Jersey breed 
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he w was “nilio injo . z * mugen erea show Villebois, one of the Governors of the Society, to the 
ountless m ons O ese animals, Where rriga ion is going 2 . 2 4 
orward ; while they are fo — ‘few Sue far between upon comig of Berks, in which he resided, in favour 25 two 
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to plant and take Aa p ; the remainder of the ; of had p 
season is usually spent in basing idleness. Therefore — —— t a epos It strikes ey may assist vegetation — —— quantity and qu ma r. Alcock, M. P., re. 
he is a poor workman at home ; but when driven from er br dt ane lives, sby supplying ane e ere ing marked that it would be hi zhi y desirable, if, in the case 
his Potato field into Britain or ” America, he becomes a vegetable matter aroun — When — they must of other 8 cattle, a similar scale of points could 
good labourer. I refer again to early marriages that furnish not only animal bat mineral manure, for the shells | be established, in e at the doubt ard difficulty of 
are imprudent! as not only entailing much ~ = most of them are covered consist of silica. 8 > — 
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Tt should be obse ved, however, that | t this is pares . ps as S tis own breed of -e P 
Ft 5 mi mcr Spe 2 3 small baer?! oe eee aner. od ja pa Sinple Colonel Challoner said that he could fully corroborate 
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* e small farmers in Scotland, who bring vi in making their awards. Col. Le Le Couteur entered into with Lord Spencer and Colonel Le Couteur at the time 
i r. Burke sed that he was 
This m strange, but it is n pee Ea ere ent animals, and selected from ; 
true, for it costs the British farmer much care and ex- | mme island, erste bes eg mand thanks of the Council were expressed to Colonel Le 
pense e i n hi d for 
his stock pene 2 K x e A essere coord documents and statements with which he had 
Grass nearly year, By it appears that Irelan 0 d them. 
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fect specim as cou ll be conceived. He Henry Clayton addressed a further communication to 
remarked that the cows which had the inside of the ear | the Council, e the conditions under which, in h 
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ment given to emigration, will not remove the dead |” 
0 e in the way, as it will not give employment to 
the overwhelming pornea unless it be accompanied — ä 
age ie ingly inferior quality, and of a paler hue. In the finest machines would be found to confirm. —Mr. 
than stock, too, the eye of the cow was soft and placid, while | Browne transmitted an average sample of the Flax Seed 
Potatoes. It cannot up ing and that cA the bull was lively and full of fire. The “action ” | grown by him in Gloucestershire. 
nits ii of Jersey cattle also indicated, not only their aer T be Council pus see to Wednesday seant 
are now upon the land. Sup; g a farmer takes a power and their mode of employing it, but that general | the 24th inst. (Prof. Way’s Lecture being fixed for that 
00a bef conformation and cee dee of parts which constituted | day week, the 17th igst: j 
ma 20 small holders ousted. He cannot of course excellence: a finely-bred Jersey animal, Co Le Couteur 
employ hardly half that number, and the misery * remarked, ought to walk off the ground like a race- HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL, Feb. . Feeding of 
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scale of we. the labour and responsibility of the feeding I adopt is as flow: 3 Teni 
i judges ae much de en gc while in th decisions almost ale. 7 ede! till the end of May my horses get Aree forts s 
. H 5 . . 1 variab gave satis faction ; as in ase - any dif- psa od, and two feeds of Oats daily, with t est 
embarks eee into a land where agitators fill their | ¥ yg a 35 ec he award 1 . ve be — a 
pane: ae. their vanity from the miseries of the often seen the bad effects of in arily o wing, I think, to its 
and excite their i against their rulers is at once decided. Daring the ‘10 years that hehad cted weather, and * — the quantity of sand 
employers. J. Wighion. as Secretary to the Royal sey Ra peat Sbersly, which adheres to it; T use it N ae litter. The steamed 
he had never known the dee. ene e of an absolute case | food u is well washed 8 Swedish rnips and Se sy in 
1 3 equal 8 mixed with sif * “Whe at-chaff, e 
of dissatisfacti ion. In reply to uiries made by the years when we had a total loss of erer Swedish Turnips 
Sotieti s Chairma n and Colonel Challoner, h rtd proceeded to state, | alone were used, but not with th e good effects as Rang 
: ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGL, AND that no through the | mixed with Potatoes. This year, stom —— plenty of diseased Po- 
s tatoes in a peo oats: I give a larger proportion of Potatoes 
* W EEKLY Council. 8 at the Society + Sony ee menavan — allowed a free exhibition, than Turnips, neve er upon a any occasion gate Oat-husks, 
y last the 10th of re : 1 poi i roe ha Ss . ne pay an d ue oe l commonly call Ce plee seeds, having often * — ae Ee 
y * e n ed by ju gos eing du y effects. At = ie = ock in aed morning each horse gets . 
pril; 2 Mr. ‘Raraoxo Dune, V.P., in the sam half- 
Alcock. each animal, Colonel Le Cou- | bruised Oat oon the same quantity of Oats ; and at 
* Mr. Burke, 8 oner, Me — = teur, in reply to further inquiries, wdmitted that this | Past 7 P.M a Ibs. of steame 1 iin seamed: 
Dyer, Col Le Contour, Me, G EO . — apn — 1 th merit ost dze ptm, At rage be | to each feed of steamed food 4 oz. of common on s alt is fa dod, 
Prof. imita or the el of deception, t the present | and mix with one-fourth part of a bushel o eai 
Sewell, Mr. — e Solly, and nd Prof. Way. tim = asi 4 e | Weighing At l} lb, Agre od quantity of W. Wha 41 wan 1 
The following ne bers were elected: Jersey 4 — y Pai cfs minke 80 plack afi a Di 1 ee a. effect * 7 23 
, om to 18 1 odder durin — 
Anson, Sir Toke, Barty J Avisford, near Arundel, Sussex white colour, from Normandy, and others from Brit- | what is required for litter. During th —.— months f some. 
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Creed, William, Abbotskerswell, the term Alderney had been rall Le 6 Tares 
Stev * generally | manure, and harvest work, are fed with cut Grass and Ta 
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eee e e ee e item vs ersey or Gu dermaey- Cle tie Coateur they have to do. Itu out are those ho mgr 
— * were th y * are not requ un e busy season. sapprove orses 
8 0 as at resent t Grass, 
Parze Essay.—Mr. Puser, M.P., Chairman of the | scarcely an animal in . that he would think posed to all the changes of our variable climate. f believe it 
reported to the Council the decision | worth nna He explained that that island had is 5 FT — 1 E i aE 
s adj te on the Essays | belon ged to his g eat-grandfather, who introduced into peta 11 — 1 poleo 
sent in to compete for the Society’s Prize of 307. for | it a great num 3 the Jersey cattle, which, however, | 12 lbs.. of Oats per day 
the best 2 Report on ention of Abortion in Cows, | from the — of — 8 soon deteriorated 30 Bend is 7} ars. of 42 Ibs. per bush. 
including a statement of the and causes of its from the orig be 1 Le Couteur Mr. Par 7 Ibs. of do. for 22 weeks, is 35 ditto ae 
prevalence. The sealed motto-paper being opened by | kins 1 . on ee 
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winner of the of the Council, it was found that the instances of the grent a A 2 dutter yielded b 2 . 145 stones straw consumed, a CEDES of 22 Ibs. 2 
int the Pri: ques was Mr. Jonn Bartow, cows, during the fi f Grass in May an h horse consumes — 185 ewt. of Turnips and 
: 3 toes in weeks, 
e rere d ma ene | theomghout she year, = if fed e — Ole ne — 
had 4 = reported, udges | tended w ep edo — 16ʃbs. a an pout urnips, a — 3 
. commended” The Essay, on the same subject, | months, or IIb. a day i the thee enue g 53 2 salt, Is. 8d., 82 bushels Wheat-chaff, 4s. 4d. ... 0 
motto “Prevention is better than cure: Colonel — —e— of a finely-bred | and Tares,at 9d. per day -= Í 
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ded essay was b uncil to be rll — 15 14. for 
it ee eee e o fectly healthy and f. hi i 1 the 30 weeks the keep of each horse per d 
transmitted to Mr. Panj; in order that, — his capacity gion A yellow — Sea — Ao — Oats, cohen se , and 24d. for 941 14 thea 
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or not, at his diii Journal Committee. awd — . lly within his ears and on his tail, a result he The expense E. — — steamed food, including COA 
i of competition 8 je oi u- could only attribute to an abuse made of him by parties | is 44. per day for each horse. Two hundred and sixty stones Of 
— Essay Prizes, and com- to whom he 3 lent —Colone 1 Le | Straw will be required for litter for each horse during 
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of consulting him confi confidentially as to his will t € ‘pressed th leasure > : 
ingness such essa -|all times give himself, as one of the Governors of the for their work. I have acted upon em system fi 
— T at the disposal o of the Journal Royal Agricultural Society of England, or successor years, have always had from 16 to 20 horen and ‘during that 
ure, to 
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power | Ho ad had Jast yeas tho atistaetion of drelghting a | aidar Bar araara ia eiee ie hse Sree Ra 
— — stock, to a gentleman | condition and stamina of the animal, and I have found those 
