31—1850. | 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
491 
cows, two heifers, four heifer — and three bulls, of have realised double the sum they did on the 9th inst. 
which Oxford 6th, Oxford 11th, and Second Duke of In support of this opinion the writer can state upon 
11 animals of extraordinary excellence. undou authority, that so great was the estimation in 
The Waterloo and Cambridge — families were less ich the premium animals referred to were held, t 
— than — two preceding. The whole of the an offer of 400 gui each for premium cow and 
N inen the prem 
heifers was refused; and that for the orp. Duke of 
The | Northumberland, Mr. Bates might have almost any | 
d, con- sum he might have asked; but he — he the animal 
head, in which were nine seven valuable above all price. When the cire 8 0 
— * heifer — four bulls, and three bull | the great yearly increase and diffusion of short-horns — 
calves ; and of whic leo, a remarkably fine —— the very first class in every part of the kingdom 
bull, and two dee yen -old heifers, Wild man and the crushing influence which — 
0 minent lots in the sale. The — 
Fogga- 
that name, —— robora 
This family comprised two tows, one calf, ments of this grea 
and four a which Ebor, a —— * for — Chrisp, who r 
this ‘qotencedinany hot d realised a — | gems ability, and the 
orns at the show of the Royal Agri- | previously an oppo 
tural Society of iho or at Oxford, in obtaining four — with his profesional qualifications. New. 
four ani d by | castle. upon- Tyne, May 16, 1850 
8 head of cattle would then 
UMMARY OF THE aaa ÖF THE K 
HERD oF SHORT-HORN CATTLE, HELD May 9, 1850, 
Average 
Cows. Heifers, Bulls. Bull Calves, per kesa. 
E sale £ TH 
14 . 1 
13 
Total. 
— * 
sssios 9999 
— 
oim @ No. 
© 
8 
T 
— 
SS SSS 
No. 
8. 
Hon 
to the skill and researe t century to 
to a owledge that we hardly ing as to 
cause 0 ad Clover.” Although I 
| could never detect any parasitical plants on Clover, yet 
me 
|I 
ca by parasites, as I have never examined it by a 
a belong to one natural order; and chemical 
shows us they are (as nearly as possible) alike 
in composition. The manures recommended to be 
n 
2 17 77 76 6 5} 86 5 1 
201 12 0 I" 4558 1 
Averag 
From he 3 Magazine of June, 1850. 
87 5 93 40 6 5 
8 P mes 8 U 
MANAGEMENT OF AS ALLOTMENT eeding. 
Tue following is an outline the w. 
allotment m may be cultivated tothe best advantag 
tion for a eel allotment of half a statute acre, on a | asunder i 
Towards the * oE of this — or the m 
be in of May, al hs = urzel, in rows 
Tin 8 at the plants 10 or 12 inches 
ourth lea 
ig 
In June the winter Vetches will be the 
crop is ert dig the hy and plant Kale, — 
Brocsoli, 1 ate Potatoes, or Swedish 
n 
otatoes, eam 2} tons of dung. Swedish 
pbs: same year pla 
— — — year 
* Peas, Y — 
1 5 — aner 
Turnips, Rape, 
ar 
row, ev r ry ali rnate plant oe and Se e Ualbage. 
12 rods— Wheat sixth year, 
8 rods—For seed beds and other plants. 
As the earl: * aj become ready for Pp 
* ground, . up to 
through disease, or circumsta 
d winter, as the erops are re- | them, and plant a 5 Swedish — or Kale, &e., in andes 
The late Cabbages m ag be taken u up in | 
stored for use, when ce crop | 
trenched in the autumn 
following this rule, the whole allotmen 
ayia weather i in February 
an 
ON MORE SLE Ist, one shied row. Then plant a row of early Yorks, Nailors, or 
Jon i 
been many, but none has 
found so many advocates as or hate 
lime; but even this is now fí to be of little use in 
e case of Clover-sick land. To wet clays, or high ex- 
posed fields, “in a cold dry, or a cold wet, it 
* little use; D * 
is p æn 
(Selwer? 3 oer ts scot the and to which it is ap- 
een 
suticieney oE this Dis ble 
ted 2 * — should Paiva it ev 
habit of growth 
) 
e 
> 
oweth 1 
| Was not the crop a v 
and a jee grap — very e me soil 1 should tis county, 
growth of our own 
re the cause 
being 2 into this coun 
F grain may 
not be in danger of 
“Trough, or the attacks of isis (Von Thaer) E E 
e 
3 aren g the seed and cover them with a li 
In order to col 
sow ‘the i f 
6 inches deep with soil, a ridge. When 
d has 
e ground, and qui — 
When th e ank: lg ahowt 400 8 fa inches above groun ne ae 
hoe a little soil to each side of the rows, * then del — Ai 
n each row of Bea 
or coarse 
stalks or hulls to | from of pits, ponds, ditches, and broo 
i ground o is will | To all these, mix x any dung which 8 be purchased or 
erate the growth of the Cabbage, &c. | collected from the e — pig 
i t the early | cote ; the ashes — the cottage, an oe sweepings o 
the cottage an and 1 the n — * urine from E 
market, Ei “Let all th e t ug . 
or use pe Swedish Turnips, or sow yellow Let all ese ai — s yers 
Swedes = far superior for pigs. In this month, | as collected. A few cart-loads of bogsoil, or tanner’s | 
w Swedi ao Ra 
i en 
seed 
2 for 
by feed ing it late in autumn. 
a * . A e. of a loose 
in that season of the year 
a 
being exposed to the inclemency of our severe winters. 
G. Summers, Stoke Wake, Dorset. 
Law Agents and Land Agenits.—1 am a lawyer, and 
— with the —— of 
i land agents’ business; but never more 
ing your ur Leading Article i in your Paper of the . i 
You there observe, a lawyer, w who from 
ha 
kind“ 
se izures, — Ha and miseries of every 
Tn the by wenn in April, = the late Pota- —— 
toes for winter use, in rows, giving the 1 21 tons 
of dung. Keep this crop clean by — hoeing, and | Rothwell’s Agriculture 
of sbi should be constantly kept in view, or neither | fi 
| experience of law agents and 
i 
enables me to 
unfounded. As 
a ca zelf, although T am entitled to 
—— 
the animal, the dung-heap, — — cottager thrive. = raid ‘for “Tegal be ra. 1 
of Lanc: independent o 
ot aly tnt foe Stil 
