828 
THE 
AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Drc. 28, 
The quantity of the seed of Oats sown 
land a be i 
n on ofjn 
d 5 from 3 to 5 bushels, vet ‘the 
s 
y ripening that is forced by th 
f Bri 
from the 
climates ; but in the northern 
tain, where 
rick-yard, uc 
sap, to improve the quality as fodder for the animals wh þa 
the farm, 
The Oat i . a hardy grain, and is 3 to 4 lati- 
tu 
price, 
than of Oats. Except fi 
situati 
in grain 
guany 5 the 8 com e 
that 
any other 
Barley wong generally Ere aa more 
e purp 
f tha 
tch, the 
straw of Oats is the most — of ‘the prihsa of the 
rapeaa acid 
ee acid . 
Chlorine 
Home Correspondence. 
ſechi's Lecture.—Mr. 
y- = 100 parts, 
e least expensiv ve. 
contain in 100 57 
Mechi states that he has 
m, whose Sole occupation it is to groom 
age f 
description, 
’ | fatted 
t know how long it has been fattening; whether 
foot infancy, for the previous six months, or any other 
period. You do not 
my opinion 
for exhibition should be 
„ ma 
you can, I deny that — result 18 aoe 
or that the contest is just or 
Chaff Cutting and Oat B 
N na your number 
n | for December 7th, a 3 at Chorley has oe 
f « Chaff Cutters and Oat Bru 
glad z = e can pro 
Perm 
in your colum 
say my experience of those — — is 
- He has aby stated the 
ed them, nor the way b 
astounding enol except 
nere . ena e hed 
them ; th wing = necessity 
wish to introduce a anythin g new, taking 
osely — a ert Nias the 
still 11 3 
using the Oat 
30 y 
ir, 
for nearl y 
with either of them, m ce suffers an 
h 
— holds a 
bushel of corn (whole), th e rollers are ork, and 
in a few minutes that same bushel is — e s itis 
ulk at least one-half, but it k 
it will measure fou rths 
ulk than 5 first p into the hopper. This 
e r hundreds of quarters 
in the consumption o _ corn is one-half 3 beca 
of pete corn t 
wo shillings e pe If the boy worked 
for 10 hours a rag he 5 be oa 3 devote about 
each 
this, God 
na ve eac 
Pr : 
W. G. 5.— 
I h 
six from 
likely t 4 do 3 cow, calf, o. 
Mr. Mechi’s “sure it 
1 
would recommend your 
bullock _curry-combed and brushed slong the 
his s part of the world we are not fortunate 
find a boy, of pe capacity at ‘a, at e 
the eat has made a lapsu 
say that 
nny. 
00 ani 
the — 
„Con- 
a boy worth only 28. Id. a eker 
bullock. If the 
t of 
pays” are worth no more e 
the people that pin their faith u 
pon him. — 
hey were accus 
will not be 
ir, to S 
—— 
—— remains, —— 3 ines 
t green po vari 
What I wish to impress is the fact, Bars all us th € 
a 
unbroken 
rse than useless to a — derive the 
8 nutriment from d waited their saliva 
and uice in — — — softening the 
If cattle should ever = found with gizzards, | m 
animals swallow o 
acd 85 
d, aud he 
will arrive at eens conclusion as to my meaning and 
The animals are always clean 
mere 
calculation, 
p 
did ‘pane; but if in 
of | 1 rth mo: 
le corn, and spare the time employed 
and e expense rre a crushing i it for them. I have 
tried ~ — cows, — and pigs as well as horses, 
and with the same results — auy grain— Beans, Peas, 
de, — — 3 as well as Oats; it mus t be 
have not, either 
ay and straw I 
when early imbi in London 
ter 
put up power and crush h 
replied, Very well indeed. ” © You hav 
see t y sa 
He could not see with my eyes, and 11 left right 5 
that I had persuaded him to try the practice ; and in 3 
or 4 years such was the — derstand 
arty consumes nearly > many quarters 
. WO! 
—.— the 1500/. without a 
n increased outlay. 
some of your — will correct me. 
pe 
| I apologise for the length of this; vet would endeavour | ma 
themselves no 
rest unl thy have in uso Oat crushers,” and “ Chaff- 
owner 
know veal . quality nor its 
ou are t his | w 
en much on this hea 
haff e 
ears, and I ene fall n well — if — is wrong tests of 
my inspection and direction, I conclude, the Teast N pr 
diy 
measure o med to h 
receive of unerushed (the So — equal), — will 
— sped i a ngs, to dry and sift 
arly the same extent | 
refer 
the great difficulty there is is in —— 5 | 
n 
makers — — * no Aae, to We the parties in 
and me stm ve been 
w little acquainted s some ne are 
use of implements; I have * 
rolle 8 serew eia up close at one e enà ots enaq uart 
et the Feet be fai 
and the results will be most satisfactory. Baddow Park. 
Sorte tie S, 
HIGHLAND AND 
D AGRICULTURAL, Nov, 20.—(Concluded 
From p. 782. — Substances which can Wwe 
USSEL A 
In complying with the brd ok the a to give 
my experience as to the substances which ca 
profitably a ed as 1 to Turnips in , fatte 
cattle or , I think the renege will be best canted 
by — it, in both the objects I have in view, in 
in urnip rai on 2 farm. On the 
one hand, I would endeavour to realise rad 94 — 
from the Turnip erop, when fed on the farm, 
have tee “heard it 
e from t 
must say that — — 
but the experience of individuals will, no doubt, dbl fn as 
of roots 
— merc aor) 
ing the farm-yard 2 
addition of e ates feeding es g an impo: 
n chosen seer this day’s 
er stock being 22 Net 4 — — b 
fits which have resulted from the * of a vast 
en 
gon whic 
been for 
might be distinctly seen on my f. 
e ~ rich, box-made manure, er whioh w 
roo t crop in 1847, when sie ig 
what was only dressed with superphosphate a lime 
and W ae the land has been two 
pasture ; these facts, and many others which — 15 
re not to be lost sight of. It becomes 4 
rtance to many x — in the 
me 
t at 3 
e spring crops earlier, 
or sow 3 g eke 
of the 
