51++1850.] | THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. _ 80 
— ce 10 1 Maps and Woodcuts, lads sent there had been by no means previously. improvement in an edifice so permanent 
HE JO — a OF ENGL erine edu 5 ere therefore not in public a character, had the daes for exit and en- 
(Fo. XXVI,) a position to avail themselves of the ad g ce been brought only a few feet further over the 
“Mz. Pusey, M.P.—On Mi ahs progress of Agricultural te | vided for them. Weare fortified in this opinion by | roadway, so as to allow a carriage to drive under it, 
Mx. corres TOR 1 Dis knowing that some of the better qualified, who there- and set down company under shelter, instead of 
Con. CHALLONER.—Report on Implements at J at Exeter Meeting. | fore were capable of appreciating these advantages, | being obliged to draw up outside in all weat 
ens. W. ae G eh ses of Ashes of Plants. | a since filled responsible ae "5 credit to | Some special ac ee might be made for 
Saree oppe ee ai epei FFC atoae dra e B apa A oe 
— . gs. e number of birds here ' 
R aE R E p igation m Smaaland | a Council of the -o after much e tion last week, was 2000, ha ifado mgg or m 
Ms. CHARNocx.—0n Rape-cak ave, we unders to the resolution to | or less, in 556 ens ; besides which there were a 
Ma. apf EUA the Farming ‘ot 5 — | egg remodel the College, to dint the — dificalty good number of dealer’s pens, making altogether 
z. WaY.—Miscellaneous of Chemical Analyses, to we have adve and we think they nearly 600. The amount given away in prizes was 
Pablishea by Jonn Muskie, 80 p e l have en 3 ed i pitido; 5 the foun- | about 707., and the nearest possible calculation that 
The Journal will 1 maT, B0, as usual, postage-free, to all | datio school for younger boys under 16 years of | ca made of bond fide sales of poultry, 
Members be . one * pi in in wh a a bog general education will be given, sami oa of of nearly 4007. ; besid ich, a great 
* t ee which will num es were made by private contract, and 
Ros Ae the Royal dene mino ry . the 3 nderstand and appre- not 8 the office; aba, to save the 
College, at Cirencester, propose, „After th e ensuing Christmas Ciate the lectures and d eee of the scien- 5 per cent. is by the Society on all regis 
Vacation, to receive within Be A walle of 1 the College Students | tific pro rofes Ssors. ile y e education given will sales. The total number of visitors map -a yw 
9 8 — * iste nok Soviet 16 e be mainly directed to the pursuit of agriculture, we days that the ere was open 
are informed it will be such as will qualify lads for 30,000! And it is not too much to shows e the 
— between the ages of 16 and 20 may be received in a any useful pursuit in which circumstances may a poultry n was, throughout, the mo 
MANE of a resident Professor or Master, Out Briant À , land-agents, or emigrants, | tractive, and most densely crowded. portion of the 
— the age of 20 will be admitted on the same footing as | or in any commercial occupation. show. 
heretofore. ERMS, PER ANNUM The College system of education will be preserved | As to the quality of the papan it is diffi 
25 HALF-YEARLY, IN ADVANCE, for older students resident out of the College in an | cult to speak too highly. In class 55 ere 
— 8 years of age... ..... 2 Guineas. establishment under the superintendence of one of were creditable samples; in — 1 ie premely beau- 
or a separate sleeping apartment, if it be ie e Professors iful and good. Not that there were not here and 
$ required, a an n additiona 1 9 r Funu ” Another alteration in the administration of ‘this, there afew lots that might as well have sg *. 
e limited na amber herl W Tnstitati ion has been determined on, which we also back at home. In such a multitude e, all canno 
Papils in the Boarding ee N consider judicious ; which is, that the atténtion of | first-rate; the wonder was that there were so few 
as te he ee as oe I A REE 5 the Principal will be devoted exclusively to the low-caste bipeds. But even these had their lesson 
include ev everything but medical attendance, books, — n teaching and superintendence of the school and Col- assigned them to teach. In early youth we remem- 
terials. ege, and that the farm will be placed under the | ber to have copied and re-copied the maxim, “ By 
oy en non ammora ean fn miele | management of a practical, farmet fally senile of other faults, wise men cote thet own,” ahd the 
groundwork of all education, the advantages yet to be derived from the alliance | few shabby specimens of Peo in the Rhee, gi 
jaan . e eee ology— | of science with practice, who will avail himself of Hall, hinted to the fancier w 
das —.— will be continued, for the especial benefit of the elder all well established improvements in the conduct of to breed his stock. ruse os of —— (214) ap- 
the farm. Up to the present time the Principal peared to us instructive in thi 
nstruction— . Surveying ant do has not only had the — superintendence of the informed that the Ju Ages, on Tyi catching sight t of 
ratios His and Geogra hy—will be offered to every | Students, an ample occupation in itself, but also of | these little 7 0 a st into a simultaneous fit 
Student ; while those, abe yt der Parents desire it, will be instructed | the farm, containing abo ut 700 acres, which i in these | of lau hter : ring the vity pro per to 
pr rn Languages a nee the Students times would well engage another mind. eir position, 1 1 ! chit pyran birds were 
will be led to compare what they have matten i in the eee We learn that upwards of 30,000“. have been |“ Hatched by exhibitor out of CaxrELO's Patent 
Room with the practical system o ey will expended in pr oviding every requisite te for the suc- R yee 12, 1850.” Our resolve is con- 
ti 
ut. 
et hey will a also have the opportunity of ming thoroughly | cessful advance of . hig hly 15 nn ane important | firmed to stick to the hens in future, unless we 
sogi ted wi yuia the breiding, re aring, feedin; g, — Saen Institution, in whic e prospectus a either take up our residence in Egypt, or can — 
Corn for the market—and with the e f See boy under 14 years of age may 5 — d and edu- the Egyptian sun and climate into Great Britain. 
Le purposes and also with the best system | cated, in the most efficient manner, at the moderate Exa ctly as last year, so now, the same practical 
It will . deed a tiie the above that the Royal Agricultural cost of 45 guineas per annum. We earnestly hope | utilitarian spirit pervaded the exhibition. Cocks 
College ofi os decided | advan tages to those who wis ualify that fathers will avail themselves of these advan- and hens me 125 “yi and geese were the e prime 
ul ious e 
ly ess upon 
sone of any r+ eae Be Ripe Hae are sire to 4% | SOD a sae A Sar ated, ae ni ata beset | were prese aie e pe three * PN o hybrids 
some knowledge o ** ture before leaving England; their path, an e absolute necessity of their as- between the pheasant the common fowl; a 
who aia 9 oF i for thair S sng eh 1 siduously and zealously availing themselves of e couple shown by Lord . and a si e bird, Í 
tion as will qualify them for any calling or profession, at as various ‘ey of knowledge provided by this a remarkably fine specimen, between the pheasant wi 
a tie baal le 0 acl e with ihe advantages offered, Instituti | and the Spanish fowl, by Mr, Buoxnrit, of Exminster. 
will be attended t 5 i promoted in every particular, THE — DLAND ve da Exursition or POULTRY, There was also a jungle fowl of somewhat more than 
— Principal, — 8 Jons Saxen ade enap to whi: hitherto had bee ani occupant of temporary | half 2 — blood; but they attracted no great notice. 
Dec. 21. Rodmarton, Cirencester. — 3 has at length, on its third anniversary, | Very healthy and w. ell-plumaged gold and 2 
n fixed in a perma i e in 
ee 2 
T f ane object for ich it has, with astonishi ference; in spite of which, we hope never to see 
The Agricultural Gase tte. a an —— a In — ble such things en entirely e, from the show. — 
SAT URDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1850, roo suc collection as just been |! mkins w ere sadly, and we think undeserv l 
ETINGS FOR THE TWO FOLLOWING WEEKS. exhibited as never were congregated before ; and if Pe There were, esis a — of Tene 
Feige K — wi rate of y of g the 2 p te 5 syn — — . 
Tun insufficient education provided by the great considered as any guide to estimate its future pro- turtle, did not the absence of all trace vt mm ring 
proportion of the farmers in this kingdom for their | gress, we are rather startled in attempting to antici- round — neck lead one to suspect that they might 
sons intended for their own occupation, has been a| pate what these terse of men, beasts, and Spec. ct. of ri 
subject of common observation. It is a remarkable | birds — come to hereafte rood-pigeons, reared from the nest, were so hand 
feature in our agricultural policy. We may add, The new Bingley Exhibition Hall has two hand- some, healthy, and well-behaved, as to do great credit 
that under the great changes now in progress, this some façades, —— of each . — at either E Win * 
— eet ; 
is a real misfortune, and will place the yo outh des- end, of a good a utilitarian character, yet far oe at tee eee 
W. 
e, ji 
tined to follow this occupation nier ievous dis- | from inelegant. The building covers a superficial |in the catalogue 8 . . 
advantages, In time to ite aati will rank area of bent. a an acre and à quarter, inclosed | breed domesticated. s well might Mr OMB- 
amongst the sciences, and must seek the aid of man — roofed in with A. materials. With the WEII. a called 2 of the lions and tigers reared 
of them, if it is to be cultivated successfully ; and a exception of a small portion set aside as offices — 1 the ‘usual wild breed domes- 
more or less intimate acquaintance with sciences ers er c eee, oy whol of this can — used a ticated. “If either — or] beast were suffered to 
ially connected with it, chemistry, geology, | o m. It is capable, how of bein — go at large on reaching the third or fourth anni- 
m ics, and vegetable physiology, will be indis- divided Sato ive compartmen ents, the svi oat being in | Versary of its birthday , the one would rove as 
pensable. Weare nevertheless informed, on autho- the centre. All of these may be use for a separate | domestic as the other would innocent. We should 
rity on wa ghee ay aie there are farmers at purpose at one time, if required; and on the late not thus cavil at terms, did they not convey very 
this mom selves of the village occasion, the compartment to the 8 left on | “tromeous 
schools, vided for the 5 us education of entering was devoted to the poultry, the others The prices actually realised confirm, in the surest: © 
of the poor, for the Rates of their being allotted to the cattle, oraa gat pigs. The | way, the higher ree te in which useful birds are 
roofs which cover these five contiguous compart- held above those which are merely ornamental, and 
th that ments are supported by cast-iron columns, which | which have no jiter claim on our favour than that 
— ae sons was pe great want 4 . age, that also serve another useful purpose, by conveying the | of being luxurious appendages to the pleasure-ground. 
fe ago | ral ê wn to the drain no i in the 
beneath. The building is 2 — i. re lighte p logue; many of the prices there set down are in- 
from above by par map ae of sheet- | tended by the exhibitors to be prohibifory, and to 
glass reaching from end pig “Outside, one prevent the possibility of the specimens passing out 
e Ere oc 5 . the falacias dks but it is by | of their possession. This we may suppose to be the 
ber | no ; and the privacy o of the place is case with No. 407, pair of English carriers, 20/. ; 
8. — pees! y this arrangement, to the dis- 409, eee ae noe 15s. 43, Cochin-China 
534, 
rare), 5l. 
e we iA price put 
pe ys, and un k and thre 
EEPING Toms, Little boys cannot here of the . — an 
d lift up the ae, and get a sight of the show gratis. | three white Lyer Tire pisam be (ath 
ur remarks ; and ‘thats with some exceptions, the] We may suggest that it would have been a great But, in sever 
