26—1850.] THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 413 
j forming two others. The waited oxpacity of these tanks when were. He found that 6@ fet by 7 feet was ample room for the 
of what appeared 
No merit was claimed for the — e He went | completed would Ďe 230,000 gallons. He had pipes laid, by | largest bullock. If he tied up his bullocks, a great deal 
so obvious a branch of heavy land culture. M 8 which he could co his liquid manure and apply it without req o behind and in front of fou: and 
oothly, quietly, and successfully. My father | cartage, over no — than 350 acres. Mr. Kennedy thought the —— ing t that was not required. If a er had à house 
ed upon his Hinton farm (Suffolk), in 1779, and | liquid of much greater value when kept for some months till it na feet wide, 4 would give a sufficient Passage in front of the 
in the habit of recording in a book principal | has undergone fermentation, than when applied in a crude | bullocks an e box. But, for th e ordinary bullocks of 
was an ok thi t bef state. He had it in view to e his solid manure, so as to the rer i 7 i feet by 6 L was miry here was a disad- 
events of last year. That book is at this momen ore | transmit it also thro K. * ipu — sarge. With that | vantage ving too large i —— it gave the cattle 
me, and at the very beginning of it, appears the follow- | object the great m: = uid be used as food in- | too muc h SOR, and ti — 9 a é down ins 
D 5 x ki * ae invariable Agitat went ay ke at work 2 lis- alike. Ifa farmer would only take a moderate house and put 
g passa fro calving o! tank by the us of a steam-engine ; steam would be in- a passage in the middle of it, he would find room enough 
rule, that. phir always suffers r less from sgo 1 enough on 
€, that, as troduced into — tanks ‘s regulate the 5 and, when each side; at all events, there would be room enough on one 
wet and cold, — care 5 be taken | to A it on — 3 hasten fermentation; and, in short, the economy of side for a large bullock, and on the other side for a smaller one. 
small round s pooh and t se the precaution of | m m ae = there i n the course of peng exemplied in the — if they arto 4 or 4 —— for tying up bullocks in the 
i ig 2 perfecti ilding r. Kennedy’s farm were | ordinary way, it would not require more roo room for two cat 
o meine, water farrowing, Se, de be 3 as to . SIR newly constructed, and all the arrangements admirable, He an than for three i ~ stall, je —— 
as under rstoo od fro Kennedy, as the result of his experience, | house, the scantling of the r throughout was consid: 
he does ot sands to it, as 1 3 WN, o of t i be kept during the summer months on a | less than fora wide one, But, if they had already a . 
e common way, but of cou which 12 . gle acre of Te alian Broa. oe 1 wey ape ae — om — ridge reih through, like a — and have 
Š : ressing, according to the new system e cattle on ea e.—Mr, PIDWELL said he belie as far 
lowed up during the whole of his — career as a farmer. thoroughly practical man. He had been well Sno * as concerned the retaining of ammonia by means of bonis 
Samuel Taylor, Barnwood, Gloucester, — 20. agricultural world long before this system was 3 He ing it would be merely stopped up for à —.— mat Kiraan 
he Establishment of “ Penny Savings’ Banks’ was no amateur, like Messrs, Huxtable and Mechi—not even acid = — Lee bottle, and when the 
ign wt = 2 Ros rovident habits a factor, like Mr. M‘Culloch. There was little or no moss on | out, ti monia would all eseape at — instond o of having 
iles, 
of t g piles, 
Š his farm ; and yet he had carried out the system of high farm- | baad ‘¢radually as — the 1 
among the labouring e 5 ing on a scale which 3 d all his competitors, and was lieved, however, that box-feeding w. 2 8 — . 
institutions which bring within el ir ch ü 2 means am ut further, with unshaken reliance on | with that plan, the additional care wan prov: to sprinkle. 
we Hitherto | the soundness oF i e eral e He had been supported by an every morning a handful of sulphate of lime over the manure, 
3 and lib ral landlord, who knew how to appreciate in order to fix the down, there wer CLEVERDON said, where 
h d ere we 
5 bank, rece o deposi t; ana. and perha re Tu hee 
of little use to the humble depositor, and hence many, | remarkable exam Ay than any which had yet been exhibited of | folding like the, South h Down a and there was no better way of 
for whose benefit it was intended, have * rpm to how much may be done, in spite of * landlord and tenan 4 the oe ing land my own green crops in a 
i 2 an 
e inte d 
l th ves nA T ea d Mr. Jon M Cad, Barnultoch, approved of hamme feed ing liked: shee 5 feet square every day, a 
of the gett classes hav opportunity a a <a ed if he had houses sufficient. He thought athe corn improved | tha nits the — nait i var a Gopoitioeg liquid manure, There 
them of making some provision “for their ants, | c 225 a very mu — that he would approve rar. inet of a wasa deal of talk 1 ad all shove theories ; but they 
as well as their neighbours, who 3 tte ure of Beans aud Oat s be uised—say 4 bushels of Beans would never do, He had seen many th 
é Siit 5 | ; N 
n 1 f ter facilities for — 6 bushels of Date which he faanghe’ etter — 2 e in his day; but he had never seen og one of them do any good 
ou, with the additional advantage of greater lac alone; that he approved of tenting at least four times each day. | He had no objection to taking care of liquid manure; he knew 
the deposit and withdrawal of their pence. Th sent Ir. 'M‘Lean, os, bane sidering that * x ome tit f o get cattle ode that the 2 was ue e essence of manure; but they must 
ss of these new institutions is very remarkable and | pare pha and sent fat out to 3 with the least expense for consider ow were ings to be carried out. Where 
5 ‘aga? food, had ie doubt this could best be done by stall-feeding. uld knock down their old buildings 
ee I would suggest whether “ penny savings’ | He would not approve, suppose e he had conveniences, of allow- and put up new, and build tanks and all those things ? te 
banks” might not be beneficially established in our | ing his cattle to go abou & con rt. If the catt tle, when put u — de — (Laughter.) And there was no occasion for it.. 
rural districts, for which they seem especially adapted, pari very wild a an 7 nee 5 i = . — phe — 8 * — — — een $ — ag — 5 — manner; . the 
. ren e thoug est fee e where n ‘ould run away exce was 
and be made to supply the place of the clothing aay grains along aces Turnips. Bean-meal, — Bean-meal and over meadows. Mr. Scobell had been talking about box- 
and the coal fund, where not a y existing, or, what | bruised Oats, mixed — — O chaff. He nerer feeding. Now, he should be sorry to say anything to offe 
is not least important, to supersede the present publie- used Hean-meal, o * eer agg ag eg por, without a : and ai ib f| any 8 — he —.— — would never be carri t 
8 6 i i ma- | steamed st: e gave 0 3 ro — . | any extent. e had seen box- very handy by him, and 
house sick club. While on this subject, I would 1 f | he had tried it himself, He had d every experiment that 
z wou 
ages 
: of bruised Oats er poemi early in the seaso trie! } 
mend the pe of an excellent sal s Es abs to the —.— 3 5 Ibs. of Bean. meal — 3 — he chow d — be an of at Trebartha ; but box-feedin 
Labouring Classes, on the Advan ings’ Banks | Oats. ought’ —— e people fed cattle too frequently, He Mr, d a narrow house would do; but wha 
and tips Societies, published ty pao os Reading. thought t B never should have above three feeds of Turnips, would they ‘do — an pag ouses? If people had more money 
— in the —— iir perhaps only twice Tardive, and once — knew w with, they might try it. It was 
med g hat horses aped with frequent feeding, — the must have S test D 7 i W. tr ` 
a Manure for Turnips.— II tried bran, and h, but tha mach, — The cattle would twist round and dung into their 
it hala EE 8 3 Ne one e it was pe in | — uld ron yak 1 — — . * allowed to rest, which meat; ; and he never saw any cattle kept in boxes which looked 
the original d = ess, the as stee would assist digestion and . tening.— Mr. ANDREW Murray well, tte sh saw box-feeding turn out better bullocks than 
fee and alee d 2 = 1 N . k Pang: approved of Bean-meal as one of * — —— for cattle, and | those were kept tied up, well-fed, and tended, he would turn 
wate afterwards mixed and dried with quick-lime. of stall-feeding ; “= that — eater quantities even than those box- 1 but not till then. But it could not be done; there was 
In both cases the bulk of bran formed a damp mouldy | stated would be Sron tablosi in fact that tth e more 1 Seating, not the rh ital ei the coun'ry to do it to any extent. He never 
consistence, in which the seed ven but . — of He. land or of the animal, there would be the eg saw any theory fa sharin op Bog in the pound yet, (Loud laughter.). 
not s — 
entioned that by libe ral manuring 13 acr —Col. SCOBELL a t Mr. Cleverdon was mistaken in one 
pushed beyond the lump, an ir ver’! ar — the summer two points. He (Col. Scobell) never had bullocks more com- 
ded. Ma 8 1 agg ous. T circum- | and ald besides about 15“. worth of Grass,—The CHAIRMAN oe ery = box-feeding ; and he never had a : 
stance puzzles m e very m a read the success | said he was in favour of stall-feeding, — it — Hitter, o m but highly approved them. He had been for 
of bran in Mr. Blackie 8 8 Z D. d o keep comfortably a greater num mber | 45 8 kbna cattle ; and he never knew thrive so 
Am Chu 
cattle 
‘ e : of stock than could be ke t in boxes or hammels, with the | in his life. Last year, he (Col. Scobell) had as much aversion. 
merican Churn.—My ex perience differs so widely | jitter which most fat rms could afford. He thought we should | to the plan as Mr. Clev. had now. But he was determined 
t I am it, and he ran A 
t 
ariy r ity gon 10%. to or eight bul 
n n sto n we had been in the hapit 17 doing, He — He th Mr, Cleverdon that it would be ä fo 
tied the American churn, My dai s ha should, in fact, go to the utmost limit ding. fodder and do Satay aie with the old farm buildings and build new ones; 
six-pound churn in use for the last sie n (perhaps 10 litter would a low. He considered it a wasting of valuabie | he assured Mr, pag rdon that the ol old — s might îe 
or 12 churnings) under the most favourable circum into a puddle, as is done in many altered with small expense—not like s . Cleverdon 
ces, a or 6 e butter in | districts, mer to 5 msi ge we had cut Grass and | had mentioned, which would require an — that no farmer 
l . : „ | Vetches for su eed not have our feeding-byres | could pay for, If Mr. Cleverdon were to try the box-feeding, 
ess than 17 minutes, usually in about 18, and once it standing so dizerto 1 — de ing as oy generally a — he would fiud most striking advantages from it, both as co 
did not come in less than three quarters of an hour; in the summer months, but might be addin manure and as Ki fattening, He never ew WEE Tae 
while the advertised testimonials state a much shorter | heaps, and realising a little — too, to m sine stance as bullocks dirtying their manger go 8 
time, viz., from 12 minutes even to 4 minutes, EA — aoe pay oe ing. 3 was no doubt e ‘Grass | comfortable, and he — aw Be jae thor ne So — 5 ye boa 
> 3 would feed further by cutting than pasturing, not merely in the | his had this last winter as m ba s sata 
perling. narrow vi d b; — but be baus, tt the ground time tied up in the old-fashioned mode ps gin stall feeding, and he 
ee being covered during the dry season, there is a damp retained had been all his life accustom that plan; but he nevar 
3 : in the ground, and from that and other natural causes a rank . bullocks so comfortable or fatten so aisina as those box-fed.. 
nee — Juxuriance which you will not find in pastures picked bare * ed From the Royal Cornwall Gazette. 
veni discuss oul — u — 
d 
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y — of cattle, if it were only for 4 ew. 
h littl i 1 worth — ths „ involved in what has been the Practical Horsemanship. By Harry Hieover, 3 
cae feeding a i Hele a a i ae pask ‘wa experience of several intelligent farmers as to the advantage | of «The Pocket and’ the Stud, de. Longman 
cattle was, no dobt, caused ve excessive pau of Turnips — — — 3 > straw, She Fat aye ondon. 
— duced 
o be upon farmers ae a loss in it, and a want of certainty as to the quantity of Mr. Harry Hreover has again presented us with a 
t rich feeding actually given 1 the animal. But he thougbt volume full of information and instruction on his. 
ine giring consider whether it would not be an advantage favourite subject. It is marked by the same colloquial 
send half. 1 s rice of giving Beau-meal o i i wi 
kinds of ee FF something that would induce the animal to chew, as it does the style, full = funny anecdote somewhat y told, 
When fe bisoi Oats in the straw. He su sa that De had 1 — moa been | which characterised the volumes preceding it. 15 first 
at least to the same extent; i in | disappointed i and me 
the Lothians, — — Ayretice ber ie 2 to his feeding inet asa — discussion to-night — — tH “nag? t ‘All who ha i : in 
these istrict aa also an bably ever 1 —. — 7. — ey ith „ ae * 3 ing astride something or other ”—at once introduces 
before been —— in distri ii ia merely mixed wit wate: [ i 4 85 
o ey bree p an 8 $ — have a mi better effect if mixed 2 Paria us to the humorous manner of pasty And tilb 
Be chi a confined to stall rA peti r rean ‘ood, both to fil animal’s stomach and to i w 7 ; is descriptions and instructions 
i in hanme iPad ants FC... sia | always accurate and trustworthy, are given fle 
— fi attle tied in stalls than in : g. He not fou suc- 
— woul ve — ae ein in | cessful or pean He had never been so successful in similar, somewhat comical fashion. 
hammels—that he found the best feeding was a — as with — 1 Ponta tote Turnips — 4. ibs, be —.— ha 
allow f Turnips, with 14 lb. of Linseed, and about 3 Ibs, Lach beast per day. e nourishing food 
sites voile A wich chart and cut straw- andes a as ys Bean-meal, it required a good Calendar or [on 
ean-m 
we! su 
‘of Turnips, and that the smaller cost of the Grass consumed, ed in boiling for dairy cows, had most Dene Y| Dorser Farm, June 24, a ee — is now far advanced, 
1 i applied. Probably in some mixed state for feeding cattle it hed d they have been got in in very 
eag; urniga, WANE Si 5 ＋*— 1d be also beneficial, He believed there was no — vet snd eed as clean — oe ot <4 e land is co Gunterned, We 
bee 
th 
ng , r be 
there was a er nd profit to feed far on in the spring, but that crop did not seem to second time, but those which escape are 
Grass and other green food in summer, 1 and horses, found well in Scotland, — sughi it would generally be doing well. In some cases the vhs fer from comm the Mi 12 
It Bowe, at deal -me Ín d | Wurzel, a circumstance which is = 
lately bee to feeding cattle, as he thought, unprofita i ay, and to kare cut aoe again to take their ae favourably, 
S al given to cnc belt L oaot cata SEG Gee a place as as early i in May as possible. He believed we could feed 5 z Jools very b healthy, and Wheat is now 
—— to hi _ Ae. ni aper ns alone, at this season, than on pre- the ear. Pasture has een plentifu ton 
5 Pye fin r ne — ie tay good ae omg ap went served . — le had carried his stall-feeding so far as to tie oe ge ge 8 the t dry weather continues much: 
He thought, however, chat =" — — to dairy cows, | UP his calves. He had done this for convenience rather than | Jonger it will get scarce, as many of the fields « a now getting 
mixed with their boiling, had an excellent ‘effect in Producing from a conviction that they would * — better than in loose somewhat burned. I have observed in a field, part of which: 
mi unged and part ni urnip showed 
as to afford s ing for the animal to chew, m ht do more as care was always taken that they were not put out tilt the more vigorous in the dunged part than in the rest, and both 
Sood to feeding ething — Mr. M NEEIL CAIRD, had ies week aid weather was warm, and the Grass well up for a full bite, * parts had the same allowance of artifici 
> visit t to Mr. a s farm of Myremill, i n Ayrshire, v4 w have always done remarkably well turned out to pasture. te per acre. This I think tends to prove that 
both and box-feeding were pra pa yr itis not always the best — > to use the dung, or at leset 
learned Sag Me. y pane that although he attle were NWITH, June Box-feeding.—Colonel ScoBELL said he | much of it for the Turni , but rather apply it to the 
Sooner ready for market under the box system, Guys consumed —— 2 — were about the Wh 3 Gist 
More food ; and that 9 — — r maet to be pre- | expense of cattle in boxes. It did not take so much Sussex Farm, June 24.—Our ey ams are still for the 
> ad as one imagined. He sidered it took engaged ploughing, preparin; ae bee ogg pi 
ferred for the collection of the liquid and so ure, He d con took as much 
been exceedingly interested by his on coat pas which was room to box-feed two bullocks as to stall three. (“ Oh, no; of the Turnip crop, 3 — © oe Bites o 
N the best equipped agricultural establishment in the | more.“) The typing. up cattle required a great width og” ny poms are en ed Bung, 
i Kingdom—perhaps in the world. Mr. Kennedy had | while box-feeding did not. Last winter he had some as large — Cabbages, &e. We Pinay Sorbo here thig 
immense tanks for liquid manure, and was in the course of | Durham cattle as ever he had in his life; and very good they | sown Turnips to-morrow ; the fly has been very 
