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16—1850.] 
of manuring] with bones eame into 
exhibited in the diagram, contain 5 
of hate of lime. 
per cent, hosphate of lin OF. BONES. 
wl the Ae 
VALENTIN. 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
re tion.—On the motion of Sir Rozert Price, Bart., 
M.P., seconded by Colonel Challoner, the 
the meeting were then voted to Professor Way for his | 
kin in delivering before them so interesting a 
lecture on that oceas' 
MERIC. 
8 A AN CH 8 the request of Colonel 92 
a g SA ES ES LONER, the + Saati laid before the g the 
Seis. RS 88 8 8 8 SS spondence in which he had been engaged on the 
83 88 25 88 8 bre 32 | subject Ameri ir-churn, which had recently 
ajg Es S S a | attracted much public attractio which 
| S >e 729 Ge po it the operation of the churn in 
uestion would be exhibited by the patentee at the 
Organic gatter) | 49,3 | 48.5 | 99.5 | 38,62} 41.16) 48.56 = eekly meeting of the Council ow 9 3 
Phosphate of Lime...| 50.6 | 45.2 . ae? 27 an 24th inst., at 12 o'clock, w members of the 
2 4 0 os „0.25 1.54 0.88 | Society, who wished to be present, would have the pri- 
Salts of Soda - . 0.3 02] os 1.19] 0.51 1.67 | vilege of admission 
Potash . 0.2 O12} 0.0 0,00) 0.00) 0.00 = 
99.8 100.5 100.8 | 100 05| 99.99| 99.99 Meble. 
N sphate of mag nes The Modern Dairy and Cowkeeper. By Cuthbert 
1 one . Johnson, 
The organic par osed of a be ag 
the latter of 8 e —— 
shown in ee diagra 8 
RTILAGE OF F Boxrs-(errarng = 
aie 
——ĩ * *. *. ate sa 6.90 
Nitrogen y ods 2 * 18.47 
Sulphur 0.5 
18e Scott 
Now it had been found chat 1000 Ibs, of — contain 
phospho: ric to about 3 lbs. of vie f. of 
lime. Mr. Curwen oe ad that ina mixed dairy of —.— 
and short-horns on an average of four years 3700 q 
te 
that although the nitro- 
genous matter of the bones was highly usef 
lands, the phosphate of lime yer bert principal nE 
pE: 
k is a useful compendium of facts con- 
Tuis li 
ed with the managem f t ps 
too much of the theory of the subject, giving y 
extrac the writin ifie men; but th 
reader will find a t. deal of information upon the 
practical details of the subject as Meo i 
duction of one bn has long been w 
agricultural e and 3 iti is of course r 
condensation blications on the subject, 
than the statemen ieee b 
practical — yet it ill be found to contain probably 
as much useful information as the latter could give. 
Calendar of Operations. 
AP 
Sourn HaMpPsHIRE FARM, April 15,—The weather d the 
mans of mar ch has s bean n as fayourable as could be for 
tee a other crops. 
a prevent month have also 
scent get weather, in smuch as the 
gromt of Grass is now gæt: 520 and in a is 
nem 7 — ‘periculany upon farms where. the Turnip crop 
early exhausted. The horse labour upon the farm during 
* past mo chiefly ploughing land after the 
Tarup crop — been ff, for 17 7 Oats, &c., the sowing 
fed 
ich we have nearly completed ; 
for s 
osiad r e some li —— e, and ng 
portion of our land, after. Tur we prefer ith a 
mix of D an int deR for horse feed, as we 
Barl 
roy che invariably found we cannot grow 
n Bean-meal. Alderney is 
fattening — poop lt $ It will not | Kg a aaa idae vo ane 
Rape with Oats, in get an crop. You had 
beatae I grass ardly know the purpor> 
of your “for in . ieee ree 
read“ Blacker there find 
omen suggestions for the profitable cultivation of this baff 
und, Inthe absence of that I would suggest his 
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read Dickenson’s evi 
ions on the sewipe —— taken in 1846. It 
that a tub well covered should be sunk for the purpose of 
saving the liq from the cow. 
| Gorse: W . It is of use in comparatively places, 
It should not be sown on land, where ordinary hu 
better. It is cut once every autumn, and 
and given to cattle, 
Grass SEEDS: A Subs If your land is disposed to run to 
ick weed, ou had better wait the Barley 
manure. 
t, no doubt, in anticipating our 
but what the disease was as we 
stated—rheumatism. The little excresence with which 
zou 7 5 rt he ae us (produced probably by the animal lying 
d ch) * no whi damda > co on pte — WCS. 
Consta 
RAPE 7 TBD in 
autuma, — A August, about 5 or be. not — in rows 
— inches to 
on of th fant if sown too late — a 
Roma Kerbe by E. Solly, price e êd., second edition, 
matter tended with an unnec if sown later | than the middle of april 3 
waste of phosphate 2 NN To the one class of be- uch 1 ogg 1 the * ean 3 a 
lievers, the mineral te of lime, or coprolite, and ploughing, harrowing, rolling, yo) h for 
the African and othe een guanos, we ef to urnipe, Cases &c. ; also rolli seeds and harrowiug the 
the other, ‘the . of seer eek ike Whea ter Italian Rye-grass se as been sown, Odd 
the sulp onia. Und circu dm — been continually employed — carting hurdles a 
Mr. Way shought that Peruvian ptes. wond mstanees, the removal of sheep, carting stones | off the Clover seeds, car 
the same kind age, as bo arm. yard, and other jobbing work, s as ways y as 
ving any — to common 
ne Lecture, the noble Chairman 
mmediate and permanent 
At e — of 
ine to app 
effect of po les applied at the aie of 23 qrs. or 20 2 
dstone in have n 
pe on of his dairy lan 
Gloucestershire, pata the largest dressing of the 8 
ure had produ 
ced no appreciable result. He had 
urchaser of bones to a 
2 become a t ne pesmi = airs edging, e and — A 
extent.—Prof. Way alluded to oe advantages to be anting quic — 
3 fi ly of ash 
derived from employing dissolv a opera, for the kontesa round the elds, me a es for for urnips, Carro is . 
Turnip erop, on ae Sere in “phospha of lime, of | M d Wurzel, &c. Our shepherds have been cin 
hich pte yed ever since — ia — nt o rn g in 
* sda from Derne 8 of tae He —— LE y feeding at regular intervals—a 
oe ‘Be 25 pecimen what Was! matter an ay A sheep feedin Paus cer estimation, 
there called, e eaer grey | as we 3 e always, 2 er kirg Be and gent of focal | is 
but whi mical e ation found | not produce , 
i ‘ 7 +. unless given with regular 10 ur Tet ed from the 
to be. 4 marl - sa 2 2 f halk ; but it horned Somerset ewes are now nearly all sald ‘as also aniy of 
tea ge proportion of phosphate of | the ewes atter Ravine r fanced their lainbs ; our lambs this year 
lime, and it was to such substan t ret value of os have . — we ever remembe — 
tion for dairy land was a l. Challon hose for which we n mium at our > 
on Mareh the 25th, at Botley, weighed to St Ibs. 
made some remarks on the differe E bile des employed each, at from 20 to 22 weeks old, fed in the open field; the 
for the separation of curd, er yer cially by the | mothers of tbem being sold fat, and ighers, on the 
direct application of acidity, or naturally by the con- | same day. Our Southdown — pti alt — h I 
version of a part of the sugar of milk 7 lactic acid. e- oceniam mia sf hicho nate | 
l nù 10 los. to 11 lb fi f which 
Mr. J „Bethell g observed that he 8 5 7 gh fe 3 — aber a ix Gite shes We 
the dissolv lites would be — on wish we d speak well of the prices we are receiving for 
roquirell upon a farm hav 
decency and appearances. 
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for 8 besides ot they have been engaged in various 
| such a 
- the sale of late os been very heavy, — — 
all 
Our dairy cows have nearly 
there 
anything but ood prices. iry co 
i es small qu . tes of milk, et dropped. thais alves, = — — pend wajh oil, atk tne epidemie | ck 
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ed to it.— Professor Way thought that carbo Which has proved such a former seasons. 
soda would be the simpli * ive Wr that — heiters, which we keep in yards — ——ů 
ising, as it would, by its alkaline properties, prs . 8 or Barley 
j a piste eg of cu A : 
the aeid generated in the old milk, by. to the or Vat straw, which we consider to be the cheapest and also the 
atmosphere, and consequent iti „Fisher | best food the winter months for animals intended 
Hobbs, during his visits to a counties of Leser and > will “ena — one ek ofizia — — 5 sia 
Suffolk, had found, that in the pg land, aud sowing the Carrot seed, which we 
cheese was obtained le in those . one between the 
an the poorer pastures of Suffolk, the butter was ob. per ac So ä 
was d 0 of ing whether | week in May than at any ner period, because we 
practice was followed simply from local custom, or | to 4 on before sowing ; the 
whether it was co with the di | roed Sne and nes 2 a a we wish to drill, 
IT 8 e wee seeds on the surface vegetate, and 
ployed in counties respectively for dairy purposes, Sioa * using the scarifier before the drill they are eff 
and à different ne domesti- hich very much diminishes — labour of — 
w also 
7 may be had of all booksellers, and 
rong Paper. . 
SALT AND r e lime wi in some 
hi ong Ena AS OF els per acre some 
month or so ~ best plan will be to do all this 
re wer pair so as to be ready to apply it on the stubble in 
autum 
SHANGH 5 Fow will probably be able to obtain these 
by applying to Mr. aM of remata Gros 1 
who advertises in our informa ge 
see the second edition of ‘Dixon's Poultry, pp: 293 and 296 
SPANIEL : W W. Sulphate of zinc, 4 grains ; Superacetate of 
. 10 Wer iy WOS 2 oz, A little to be dropped into 
the ear 
ONY i Dairyman should apply to the curator 
of the —. of the =i Dublin Society; or to Mr, Ma- 
guire, 10, N a 
8 e 
er W. . es ashes. 
that r is reduced to a tilth, prom ae h at double 
the depth, and repeat the tillage. 
pe. 8 Se up in rows, 26 in a oem and sow 
the drills.—W Barlow, Sow 3 or 
i lbs. pers mas ce . 2 feet or more apart, and single out 
to 10 or 12 inches. = 
Young CLOVER: A g Farmer. We have often folded ewes 
and lambs and store U 5 first year's 
Je- grass). 
. aee ailne yA the sheep on 
abe ted from the mowing of the next piece, 
Mlärkets. 
SMITHE LEDD; Ni Monpbay, April 15, 
The number of Beas ; however, the — 
still — — — —.— Ante to eset, er prices, Our 
quotation: 
Sheep is anid te —— 
hi s morning, 1575 ‘slow torne the aoe of the market, 
0 4 
trade. 
py? W 
Bulk a 
. 
y cake. 
Rape cake d by 
M. Busey as a "substitute for oileale 
| FEEDING: Aton, Barley-mea} and DAP 
ty A would not 
as t is Fine Old Hay 
ditto 
— 
the 
year Beasts, tro Sheep; and 176 Calves; from — —— 
and 127 Milch Cows from the home counties. 
Scots, 
Best Long-wools. 3 6. to 3 10 
— 4 Si 3 0—3 6 
Short-horns 3 0—3 2 Ewes & 2dquality 3 0—3 8 
2d quality Ditto Shorn ... 2 8—3 2 
Best Downs Lambs. 5 @—6 0 
we 4 0—4 4 Calves iii o . 3 0M 0 
Shorn 3 6—310| Pigs 2 m8 0—t 0 
“eb ATUES.—SovuTHWaBE, AJ 
port the market continues to be abun-- 
dantly bam: ye from Continent, all of which are selling: 
heavi E prices. — — — realise 
ahigh figure. The are the present prices :—York Re 
a, 908. 10 1200, pes. 00M 5 m . Scotch cups, 50s. 
60s. ; Scotch w. , e repch whites, 408. to 
60s.; r 408. to 508.; l do. 40s. to 60s.; Dutch, 
„to 
75 
""Watrecaaran, April 18. 
əs to — one 
int 3 * New Clover se + 
New Hay p 
vill be better in the Qld Clover . 
