me I 
opt THE 
AGRICULTURAL — A 
Duc. H 
in thos tables to a similar dates will find that 
they will yield very similar resul he sho 
orns appear to a an earlier maturity than 
the 2 258 their owth rapid at an 
earlier e, and less rapid at a y stage, than 
tnat of tas Hereford or Devons ; but refrain from 
ing our criticism any farther at riant The 
tables will, enable any one who may desire it, to do 
so for him 
self. 
The relative merits of the two exhibitions will s 
in * figures, as any one may see; 
ot c the examination info this 
N ai Society has, of 
its superiority for many 
ears to come is to be expected. We think both 
M Culloch does, ‘to bullocks, &e., eating Turnips. J. J. 
Mechi, Nov. 
Home Correspondenc 
2 n of Drains.—A late correspondent of the 
previously held to -u prae manuring for 
ad as it would se m nothing w 
te 
Garden eee inquir es w smallest | able t any resulting loss of elements whio 
de N ‘adn ssible? I am enabled to tel him that I supply food to en cropa. C. L., Cirencester 
sueceeded in T perfect drainage, 7 years ago, of a Dec 
9 acre field of extremely flat elay- land, —— a deelivity 55 nure.— Fresh m manure may be preferable in some 
of 3 of an inch to N21 4 N * length of the parallel instances, for dressing land, in eomparison to that which 
level rule). It She has been fe rmented in dung heap. de how is it 
re re << — racy, — p Ayan — 2 — e 5 great extent of arable requires imme- 
of the levels. The levels of the surfaco v were first ta diate and ploughing in for 5 
The depths of the main row below the surface of a nothing but reir i taken direct from the stables or cow- 
rds, ie caleulated to tes 
A bit of wood 3 inch seas 
ground, at each 40 ya 
accuracy of the execution, 
g | being nailed on the edge of the “ na rule” at the low 
end, the ait level, wie on the “ rule“ in the borod 
of the drain as each etch was eleared ou t, indicated 
at once ibo s accuracy of th e incline. That of the small 
sheds ? 
acres, its whole surface, 
preparatory to being turned over, and averted into a 
„ ion of seed ; how could any 
farmer ore the largest stock ve sufficient fresh 
manure to cover such an praa” 2 requiring 700 or 800 
reat 
ji à i me wate loads 2 a it * erly. attention is necessary in 
idland Counties Association, have ample Wegs. * eani niar — — th à ure heap, and by a little foresight many 
claims on our thanks, and ample grounds for self- said, is perfect, The ma r of the valuable properties of dung m reserved, 
gratulati in the success of their respective soles, covered wit in small broken stones On ad- serapi 
efforts blinded with a slight covering of fallen Oak leaves, over sand, hiner d materiale, and ashes, should be collected in 
hich 4 inches of the stiffest of the soil was shovelled = Seas re rÀ — hte a the eattle 3 — bee 
in, levelled. broken fine, and trod y the man work- | Cteaned ou e e refuse shou e 6 
Exremesce ought to make ws all wise, Ln any caso | ing forwards, These operations being done quiekly and | inches dep with the dry stuff, to prevent the escape of 
it is ie se communicate mine on the above sub- e e the remainder of the earth was at leisure valuable plant food, which goes off — og PAE 
; my last communication I said m returned in e layers of 8 or 10 ine slightly Whenever an additional supply ois ceived from the 
Bi heard the boarding were— nen, 3 ver fatting, it aupa be ee ed in the same 
Wide. Thick. Opening. Liquid Manure. akon r remarks in a recent 8 mann tank should be built near at WTA to — 
Inches = w/a. in referenee to 1 epidemic liquid | the liquid, which — be poured upon the heaps three 
io etka a te epee 27 ees ; manure, „ similar observ: ations * we had or . days before > carting i it on to the land. In this 
Per ery ned wage. and pigs “heal a te it contemplated offering to the n of your readers Way ithout any 
a still: Satis sak akaa for ; 9 . The notions promulgated on this | merease of labour. Economy ia farming must be the 
ney haws — — —-—V— subject the enormous expe incurred in some order of the day. Ingenuity, contrivance, and industry 
82 * . 5 re instances within our knowledge, are t mis- | 8 aera be called in, 807 of expensive Me which 
s weight, mn, e waste in which they originated swallow up the profits of many years. = turists 
enough, They have occasionally bro! 1 one — y ong 8 
injury, however, to the animal. I also t t they does fro less farmers having must — feel dete way, and 2 jam — = 
5 a * 
wear the edges of the boards rounding ; = woul id, there- 
s 
„at intervals of a feat. The yi, Har the 
cks should be at T 4 feet —. o they 
r 
profitable to jes e to expensive tanks, and to 
beats ey by i an me ee a n 
Sa 
attention 
tien of 
arm building. on a os a n. 
aie 
ay 
an 
manure will want levelling oceasion: 
and sheep ag need not be m 
they will scarcely fill in six 1 
I do not use fixers, sti | there 
here is nothing offensive in 2 beef pudding, es = 
N disagreeable s 
re than I ca 
expe 
dissolved banden I have use aba, Ae with advan 
am more particularly attached to common | © 
We buy it in the * 
tensively. 
oe I aes used exi 
neighbourh 305. I believe 
i i giret us in 
and 
peta gge skins. 
2 floor deer 
answers well, and is a t b to a heavy land 
farmer, who wishes to keep en stock and not dana to 
buy straw. There is an 
lot of — 
inter vention of a dunghill or second carting, 
and apply it forthwith to the nn of plants; they are 
all truly grateſul for boards: |” 
at present on 
200 Tone man at 5 N par y week attends to them. 
* 
at 38. E WEER attends to them, and] — 
s} taniy byè $ b ait, 5 par 
Tae bullocks and cows every 
clear that if ee eee 
with straw, much more labour would be re- 
er the 
Pig 
re than 2 nia db 3 
ye 
trying w te ki 8 2 
siply g great i 
shout 2 o per ce sheep and |° 
) 0 
8 Another lad at 3s. 6d. pe 2 12 — the day, and grooms 
there w 8 
contrived that, instead of permitting any absorption of 
the fluids by the animals, they were conducted to 
was per uny perpen: 
the bailiff,- * presumed 
mae 
lishment 
bout. assured t 
ery r Hah i mi; but ek Tees ad not F. 
sonally interest himself much 
E 
0 
e 
Asarol of animals shal be Veeri, 10 4 larer 4 pur- 
Everything i is mate union, and 
it 
the best form possible ; 
the a the solution is gradual, an bee: 
ood is thus Pilot to 
ce. We cannot too. — ngly urge forming 
the heaps when the 3 kinie mediately wanted 
for the land in a triangu * shape, 25 facilitate the 
entire coating of them with earth as soon as found; for 
f | ertions 
e 
prineiple, and to gee! ‘everlasting disgrace o 
We | casualties a 
ure in after entering the —— kof London. 
„ | sions, without Pepan first o 
may beo 
8 4 
man r-housed, and a fasii ar by costly 
out- houses, a ry new inventions. Fal. 
Serials eee evils connected with Smith- 
fiel and v su 
fligacy 
s poor — — do omed to provide food for the 
To yout thsi it 
they anent ` pleas ure in witnessing the violent ex; 
of the drovers to keep their flocks ierann 
by gentle and kind treatment, but by curses loud — 
deep, followed by blows u e bodies of the unfor- 
tun ts, W 
t 
» Mere 
ch -— sight of their wee il fil they fall 
under the butcher's knife, such sights 
can only — the feelings of the young, 
them to sce of barbarity. Can anything be more 
n or r tend yea ias — the lower orders, 
ces whic 
Wor 
one Tee upon the necessity of 8 
ions, aud the * 1 upon 
— to our possessions 
abroad. — ere e „if v 3 e Took at 1 * shall find 
we requi an — on — — 
most benighted piman “of the globe. To pro 
truth of t ‘any one visit Smithfield, pe 
on, and he be 
heathen 
a Christian 
5 | stated slain, ' wi 
city in the wo di the capital of Gieta To 
matters worse, th no for continuing this 
Pandemonium, but iig removal to aunt? ee and 
open locality would be a gain to the munity at 
arge in point of health, mousy. and common 3 
1 0 
es price ——— N * — market, when a 
bein ng injured 
apy animals 
ng Neither can we 
we find ae materially checks, if it do not actually stop promotes disease, by eneouraging bad meat ; 
fermentation. We have just carted a h that was | it depreciates the value of farming stock, and is opposed 
i rnip sowing in to the gold le, “T iful man is merciful to 
fully covered; and a short | bis beast.” Falcon. ia 
within it, and 
Ft very removes the | exert h 
Sotieties. 2 
SHOW OF THE SMITHFIELD FAT CATTLE 
CLUB. 
Tue pleasure is sincere, and the satisfaction 
mingled with which we make a yearly notice of the 
above-named exhibition of fat animals, that has now 
ve no} been established for half a —— and which has most 
in unquesti y proved a stimulus in 
advancing the animal bran: of amti economy. It 
has 2 most justly observed, that o aerie alli 
g progress of human race 
* t were 
ts in the advanein 
have, proceeded from 
" h take placo in the 
te. 33 of Smithfield market ? 
