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Roxwell, Chelmsford, Essex 
urinam-terrace, agg Essex 
ng, Sussex 
Rutter, James, 
a Horace, Su 
s Soha, W ton Park, S 
— 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
781 
The average expense of the keep of this lot is about 5s. 8d. per 
Lot 3, fed on Turnips and ground corn. 
the farm, where 10 only could have been kept, had 
Turnips alone been used for that purpose ; and 
with 
Rosier: Hos. and ay. Thomas, Rhy a Hides Fane. Flintsh, Cater i2. Price of five Nn at 111. 255 0 0 person at all acquainted ure, it must 
Simpson, William, Kirby-Grinda lyth, Sledmere, Yorkshire 4. 10 days’ keep on Turnips and straw, atéd. 118 4| evident pim iaae spe as Agh pat od 
Easton, James, Grove, Southwark us fed, will be at least equal to two if the 
Aytoun, Marriott, Coate s’s-crescent, Edinburgh iS —. 1. 17 tons White Globe Turnips, at 8s. 4d. 7 1 8 5 * cattle had 
Aveling, Thomas, — — Cambridgeshire A n k des | April 7. 3 tone Sont: E 9s ib * at ea . ge t only a straw and w 
Barrow, John Ja West Bu rton, Gains ug ncolns ean-meal, or 63 IGHT OF CATTLE k: 
ummers, George, Se ke- Wake, Blandford, Dors — . of Bean at 5s. — 1515 0 VELLED TO GLASGOW. err gem 
2 1 ; Cue Be o 9 bushels N den. at 3s, 6d. . 
ercy, Alfred, Hurley, Marlo —_-_— Lot 1. * 
Sg roha Botnio Westfield Farm, 8 Ireland Fe a 10 to 14 eae’ inte £93 14 0 Lot 2 | Lot 3, | Lot 4. 
ims, Thomas, Downiehills, Peter shire une 27 0 u aga at 12e. 6 14 1 Draff, dreg, 
Bolton, Thomas, Ballykisteen, Tipperary, d 1 ton 9 cwt, 100 Ibs. of pan * Fed on 4 171 Half Turnip pins ps and ground 
Midgley, W. H., Ercall Park, Wellington, Salop Dus hele of Be eans, at 5s, . 1310 0 alone and oilcakes, pe oy pro 
Wie al. 1 . qn 33 London st. st. st. 
els en un., Roc ane. 2113 8 1 el . 1 wed. 
Ew bank, Charis 5 Port Eliot, St. German's, Cornwal! This lot had latterly the rough seeds of oatmeal, as a mixture = ay 115 No ans -e A pia 4 a Ar ag aH 
The names of 1 andidates for election at the — 5 Price as manure which are not charged, be ing orth the 4 „ 1110 — 5 „ 105 — 3 „ 105 — 3 ad 2 
man A were then re Lot No. 4, fed on Distillery Grains and Ground VF 
B * 41 » 
FINAN Es. — Coro ONEL “CHALLONER, Chairman of the | October 12. Bree of ee ee ©. e i Mite RBs. oe) Raga = 
8 keep on Turnips and straw, at ód. 113 4 536 552 517 Er 
Nov.7. 3to cwt. White Globe Turni 5 
report * accounts of the Socie ty; from which it ri on ied 
ae ats a eee Siw Mage | í E OF THE W 
appeared, 2 the eth 2 — n r s draff, at 4s. mA 7 1 eg 5 TALLOW, AND HIDES. * 
ance in the hands of the bank puncheons oe t 28. 6 „ ere 
7691. T L ton TA ewt. 62 nig le The Carcases in imperial stones; Tallow and Hides in Ibs. 
Guano,—Viscount —— N, her Majesty's Prin- per 8 ery * oe ei bs 15 10 0 rer | teh 
cipal Secretary of S e oer Foreign Departme Serer Beef, | Tallow. |Hides | Beef. Hides: 
transinitted to the Coane, through Lord Stanley, of renne — | E gt na 
Alderley, important documents connected with the June 14. k- reer at aff, J 4s. $4. A No.. st b, Ib. No.. . st. Ib.“ bs. Ib. 
5 e E a ce leo 
supply of Guano to this country, fou a commu- 23 82 dreg, at 25 00 „„ 96 1 „61 11} 108 
nication of facts resulting from inquiries instituted by 3 aer or 36 ape im 33 12 101 75 3 55 1 ins 77 
| Palmerston’s special instruct in referen ground B * weighing * = 900 4...) 54 s | 68, 4...) 66 9 110 84 
age . question, At the request of the Council, — 5 „ 50 12 69 5 49 12 97 68 
the Duke of Richmond, as the President of 4118 3 r 
and as ing anxious under any cireum "s he Society, The ee ee of the keep of this lot is about 78. 2 283 8 514 391 | 295 10| 580 | 412 
per week eac ast. ae * 
eee 5 lä Mati ch a more abundant and a At the commencement of these experiments, the ih. Lot 3. | Lot 4. 
ie p ear Ara or vala t pera e may be furnished to | ferent divisions of cattle had each their places, as well — 
peat with Tord 3 ve — A OA as ki f „ allotted to them; and those of the | Tallow Hides | Beef ‘Tallow. | Hides 
5 trial lot, No. 1, whose feeding was destined ur- | 
report to the Council the result of such interview with nips only, from being the kind of food which they were T .| 51 25 115 z9. | 125 oT 6 115 T 
A ordship. formerly aceuste , made a more imm 2 63 % 8t | 85 2 ...| B 6 80 
How or 1851.—The Council gave * for the provement than the cattle of the other lots, so so, 2 — A * 118 6 8...) 66 1) U2. | 77 
General more 3 of the Society to be sum- indeed, that of my friends who s m 8 1 48 9 151 85 5 46 9 12 78 
moned to meet on esday next, ae “the # <consi- this period could not believe that a proper division of ‘ | F 
deration 1 ene be base connect with the | the — . een made, as this lot 280 T| 520 | 377 | 280 oj 513 | 357 
Society’s arra es ements for their show of breediag stock : 5 57. better than any of the othe 
in Ae ext y th e above statement, it will be observed that From the cattle having travelled to Glasgow, their 
The ‘Council i — appointed ne standing Committees the feeding the lot u on half Turnips and oilcakes, was weight has not turned out in the manner it woald have 
for the year 1851, and adjourned to their weekly Coun- p ch adopted in making done had they been slaughtered nearer home, 
cil on Wednesday, the 11th of. Dec mber, at 12 o’clock, the experiments; and that these cattle made the from a very great dulness taking place in the butcher 
at which, as usual, al mer er of 3 would greatest improvement (although, after 10 or 12 day rket there, Mr. Wi Thomson, who pure 
hav the privilege of admission for the reading and | trial with oileakes, they were so obstinate in refusing the cattle, found a gre lty in disposing of the 
Retin of papers b with pisal points i in | them, that 1 was necessa take away their allow- beef so quickly as the time of lifting required, therefore 
agriculture. ance of Turnips for some days, and give them water i o. 1, which was first slaughtered, had an advan- 
their stead, before they were induced to begin.) Th e by n ing allowed to fall off rer being kept 
HianLA ULTURAL 20, (M: was sufficiently ea by the marke rh ar in | after being aioa a In conclusion, I may 
remarks — frie page 7 500 ~The n is is | v. 927 put upon the udges appointed to report refer to the great change which h as lately * ni aged in 
the report ‘of the experiments made in 1836. on the e e value of each lor, at . Society’s — 5 of fattening s stock. About 50 years ago, 
mittee was appointed by a East-Lothian show i in — 2 _ This continued in rather an increased we 
Agricultural Society to superintend the experiment 
e taken for the purpose of the experiment 
were 20 -polled Aberdeenshire oxen, three-year-olds, | 
i Falkirk October an 
straw, 0 count be | s 
designated the trial lot. No. 2 had half the quantity | 
h 
or aer of Turnips which was allowed to No. 1, with 
30 Ibs. o ilcake, . a substitute for 
. No. 3 had th 
repa OF and a portio 
to their draff avery morning. By follow- 
— we have ascertain 
f the food consu 
a fattening ofeach — lot: 
1836. „Lot No. as Ten on insist 
October 12, . £5: 
24, 0 ays keep of ae on “Tarnips and 
at 8d, 118 4 Tho 
1837 
Jany. 1. 34 sor ge bees Globe Turnips, at 88. 4d. 
ince 24th October, being at 
— 
April 7. 38 tons eas out Ruta 
> d., 
2 es e —.— 8 cwt, per day 24 5 0 
8 
June 7. 21 tons t. Ruta Baga, at 12s. 6d, since 
2 April tee ie 258 ise wes 
£108 
The average expense ap >n e of this lot is about 6s. 2d. per 
. each bea ast. 
1836. Lot 2, fe hy 
October 12, Price ae e stecrs, at Il. £55 0 0 
24, * by gf gue on Tarnips and straw, 
January 1 17 tons White Globe Turnips, at 8s. 4d. 7 1 8 
* u 18 wt. oe coos cake, at 
5s pii n, from 16th N 
date 
June 7, — — ages ewi, Ruta Baga, at 12s, 6d. 
inseed cake, at 81. wee 610 8 
the less quantity of | ha 
the quantity | toward circumstance ca a greai 
keeping of this w a would have been otherwise 
Int i 
in yards, a had eats straw 
furrow draini 
gro 
are given aux to 
per rhaps the amount of ‘stock fed in East -Lothian 
r | the habits of = 
food. 
of 3 — or principally, but from a chan 
os ple as s the consumption of 
animal is there is no “doubt there ma 
still very great ZS at eps say ws 
e hin East-Lot 
no tig a litle en, go that newts pigs fi d by 
selves. It eet t creasing co 5 that 
nd evervthince 
38 
2 
$ 
ke 
+ 
1 8 the fles pods return 
d had been when valued e mpara- | 
tively with the preska 1225 at the Ape show. This un 
r expense in the 
against No. 4 it will be ob- 
ts Nos. 2 and 3 
th 
ages — state it is 
a 
8 
“3 
HI 
SE 
ge 
served that piging i upon — offal is more expen- |r 
e | sive than the keeping of 1 
— | to be attempted to surely such fod a at 
increasin; 
as may — to improve our present of feeding 
stock. 
Mr. KENNED said: The 5 rod 
the meeting fos is, 
ich be 
Turnips i in fattening cattle an 
detain the Society by ee eel be og om I pora found 
hich I sued for some 
Y, Myremill, sa 
atte p 
they will have suffici ood ventilati 
and a ie supply a pure fresh air, as their city 
to fatten will depend v erature a 
i 8 x 
f 
| A g up the heat of the body, great loss being suf- 
d annually by the tenantry « of this county, for 
ive cattle, the Pescara upon ote 5 — by lo lo 
No . I woul uldhave been 29“. 6s. additional to whatithasbeen 
want 
their cattle. n all situa- 
tions, their kag rg t will be greatly titted by 
the valuation was made a 
gi 
the how in 1 as from | q 
he * of 
ttle would not iets have paid for their 
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0 
a 
a 
to account the great ad 
£103 16 9 
— and enriched manure of 20 cattle — upon 
u ca 
keep; but by continuing till June, I have been amply | cat 
ed for all my poe 
rtificial orl different kinds and 
. which will d very much — — 3 
i the various 1 in use, in 
ies. I have always = found my my 
uantity 
