— food, and ve had got a table 
830 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
Dc. 28, 
should be ‘be applied also to cattle. For a few years past, | 
pain observed, that this more | 
I have with great 
rational practice is S decided ly on the increase. Large 
numbers of young stock are now brought to market | 
either weaned calves, yearlings, s year-and-hi If | 
olds, as best suits the circumstances he respective | 
ers ; but all acting e common principle of | 
bringing their stock to ket in good condition, and 
of parting with their annual cast at the age when the | 
ience 
1 to the ulti- 
most valuable substances ; but in purchasing a ton of 
e the byw ore got 103 Ibs. of nitrogen, and 
f Rape-cake was quite equal | s 
on practical and scientifie experience, would no doubt 
le ad to very important 1 in regard to th 
ad been discussed. Mr. C. Sr vs 
— that of . on —.— — ne ere were, e plained that Mr. Wooden,” of head, — a 
ever, some i uestions to be * y EAn in | been long before the public as one of the ding a 
addition to the een of — ogen and o iy culturists of East Lothian, and whose experie 1 
fact was that the wh these Wr 2 raced a practice of 60 ye had inten sendin È 
cattle was not pikem into fiesh and fat, and the paper on this important subject, but had been — 
questi How of the nitrogen present in | by domestic eireumstan begged to state, as the 
o flesh and 
fat? This was 
mined by laboratory aet arma or, at — ae toa 
e cattle. 
ne might ‘add to the consumers exte T ust experiment upon rains, especially when mi 
betwixt cattle that have been steadily improving from | Suppose that they rtp a certain quantit: oF piia 8 ons mires weight for rei with cake— and that 
t birth, and such as have been | to cattle in the shape of oilcake, Beans, or any other other miina 
ed and 88 I have hitherto confined | kind of food, the question på be determined was— 
arks to the mt of cattle, but the same | What proportion of t e nitrogen given wa 
principles apply in sheep. con- | converted by the cattle into fles That was a point pooxs: Suuren. Can may. — — me book upon th 
ing of Turnips on the land where they grow by | on which the comparative value of different substances | manufacture of m N 
these invaluable animals, a long time been | very muc nded. He tho tight that cattle could be A Nias App. 16 bushels per acre now on your 
fully established as the best way of enriching and im- | shown to convert into flesh the largest amount of nitro- | o kers CATTLE GAUGE: OAS. Any 1 t 
proving all dry poor soils, as in fact the key to the gen, where jer was in the most digestible condition, or | maker will procure it. A few shillings, with the a 
ade, cultivation of wea lands ave not hitherto where it wa state n up by the organs | Cuover: Ackham, Cart over the farm manure an 8 Co st 
regular practice of giving cake or grain to my | with the . possible rapidity. He found, in the — qma — Sy the 2 fronts 3 It should be 
— “put have recourse to ad dene er- | nitrogen of oileake, abeut nine-tenths was soluble in before pg 1 aime urned once or twice 
cies, as when Turnips have ru spring | water, and of Turnips about three-fourths ; and h ost: An Old Subseriber. You would injure the compost by 
ore Grass was ready; when 8 hus failed ise prehended that whatever might be the exact amoun ‘adding ee to peat and . fish, Get gypsum to dry it 
untoward weather ; or when i b ecessa difference, this was a thing which could be determined FLAX: DA By many Hod D books... Read T, Kei 
graze them on pasture inferior in nour g aan by e ent, t which was soluble was e Shore sixpenny pamphlet A. ent 
what they have previously had. By giving a small | likely to pass into the system, than that en was in- pen 5 x 1 — and is there- 
daily allow of grai a 1 head of stock soluble. That, however, was ubject on which they ore —— insects. In that state al 
can with safety com d o a given area, than would | knew almost nothing. uld not attempt to en 2 eee. pg 
otherwise be the case, and a gh soil ma ay | into further detail on this subject, except to notice one st be exposed to the aa for a long time first, and it w 
be much improved for the fu ps. quiet way | point in the discussion. e of gentlemen who had ecome a mixture of m and chalk. You may apply one 
in which sheep feed together, and the facility with spoken (Mr. Wilson) stated that he f Nis ‘cuiges |, © Shee ees ; 
. f p gether, ang, : GRASS FOR Lax ED REES Toate tram. Agr 
which their feeding t hifted, render it did not thrive without the use of a ne — vulgaris, 2 Ibe. ; Anthoxanthum odoratum, 1; Dactylis slome 
practicable to distribute the a manure thus a appli ied = 2 ae Bets A.) presumed the calves were, r T; uca sylvatica, 14; Lolinm perenne, 8; 
ly over tħe field. t think that a portion se, newly weaned, the mat . Are nemoralis, £; 5 E» trivialis 4p — olium repens, 3; total 3 
of the inferior. m may be pro rofitably — * to pik they bad been re 2 555 
n of th 
this — and that i used in small quan- 
„upon the whole, yield a better 
| 
Hirt 
. 
a 
8 
8 In the ca 
- the consequence was that it could not di 
The 
milk contained a very large quantity of on matter, 
essential e kre mg wi 1 animal, but 
taining a compara 1 ely en poe 
food in the same way as that w ks * had pro- 
He was able to e the statement 
hex speakers, that a value of et 
uch in erent cireumstances—to a 
red v 
grain | greater extent, hs found, rig 5 was generally imagined ; 
0 hat 
romakat t 
e difference was in 
me sort connected with Fa all. d anal 
a very superior on; and, in 
clay land a 8 t > be unsuited i for their 
proper cultivation. n and 
f beneficial foods was of ve great atcha and 
d 
Rats: Cliftonian. 
o not know A 3 about house and 
r taxes here. Your 1 — be 
Ww. You should “pound 
the geese and detain them for damage, —— the clay land 
once ploughed till spring. 
The 8. recommends a particular 
breed of terrier, as the best 8 Any bookseller will 
lisher.—Subsoriher. You 
We have not a copy, and 
obtain e do not know the pub 
must apply to your bookseller, 
do not ea the publisher, 
THE MOST — Fence: Rurioola. We should suppose a 
cheaply ; but itis impossible to say, 
ends 2 . er upon 
ly descri yer you 
— * without a — of the birds, or uch more precise 
cription, You should get some food. 5 — on poultry, 
and study it, 
Markets. 
gi 
for ‘indi 8 of attention from o besides the 
endeavoured scribe, we shall find it more profit- | agriculturist ere m asi other sub · 
able to sell grain as grain, by first converting | stances which might be, usefully employed for feeding 
it into beef or mutton.—Dr. Anperson said: After the cattle. He had an the cake of a iderable 
xtremely valuable observations which had been number of seeds, and a nd that Poppy-cake vas 
brought before me meeting by the Eto * had rather more valuable than the average of d- 
preceded * would scarcely be expec or in- i 
deed was i that he should occupy on | 
of the "mosting at any great | ip, ag e subject, how. 
9 t was one on whi 
eat rene Sond nee tage er on a common 
field; aha it j: very, find, from the obser, 
vations of the gentlemen who had 2 . those 
which they had found * ex be best 
als sed a 
name of Cramboline cake, which nobody could cake 
wagering OY of, bur which he found near oileake in value, 
m 
28. 
Not twiths tanding e which has taken — 
during the week, hothouse Grapes 
equal to the deman d, and the same * ng m 
. — and Pears. Oranges ma 
ave not altered since patie 
and Rhubarb. French Beaus are 
Turnips are good in qua lity, eer s0 are 8 The latter 
are getting de a arer, Lettuces N other — are sufficient 
for the — Mushroome a aes poy 
sist of Hea . ee Dems mellias, e Tulips, 
Double Primrose ardenias, Bignonia venusta, Chrysan 
hemums, an 
FRUITS. 
Pine- apples, per Ib., 43 to 68 Pommegrauates, each, 3d to 6d 
1 P: Ib., 48 to 6s | | Anand per 
, 8 N, Bonnington : That as the syste Portugal, p. Ib., 8d to is — sweet, per Ib., Re 3a 
fitted for p | stock were exactly thane which were | of feeding whieh had been recommended to the meeting Fears; an pe ae , 0 3s Che ests ko er peck, 23 8 s 
consistent e principles ience. He w was very different from t had been generally 1 . —— 2 oa 
of ttempt te enti into the whole aiai ta the Lothians, perhaps Mr. Kepnedy or ionen ba 590 tos 197 Sats, to a 5 r 
question of feeding stock, which ery much | some other 8 would be able to state whether Oranges, per doz., 9d to 2s — Brazil, p. bsh., 12s to. 148 
ut of place, and would occupy b too much of their they had made any comparati perime the 1 to 60 2 - Filberts, per 100 lbs., 60s to 658 
De Aes oni * some . touched, Ni he | different sy sade so that the actual results were deter- Lemons, per doz., 1s to VEGETABLES 
0 worthy of observ was re ed by mined in such a way as to wa o adopt 81 1 
the HA they tat * Brodie) that the Mpa za one | the plan rec “ek e not vias Peed ts 3 at Shelled, per W Gg 8 oa 
on whi ey = 9 60 ee e y little definite | farmers could afford to conduct experiments, without Cabbages, per tols | Garlic, per Ib., 4d 
experiment, e; there being somewhat sure of the results. Mr Y Gantiägwore p: Ae ban 10 —- Aries, Jerusaiem, — 
still remained a 3 hat to be Wise Experiments, d: The syst he had recommended had oT bnd 5005 to 12s | Lettuce, Cabbage, p- 
sateen . * E cin made, but the ere by him Jee. a great number of ae and he French Sp Beans, — Oe Sebo — Cos, p. score, 1 to 1 * 
ves just been —as, indeed, a eases was satisfied i he most profita one.—The — — — 
—to shew them that something m required, | noble 23 patin that Mr. Melvin ot — — . We 
aie ving made one class of patients: they found that state to t ting the system he adopted,—Mr. Potatoes, per ton, 60s to 1 Red Beet, eee oe oes 
more precise experiments ~~ o decide the Metvin, said: The food he gave to his stock depended r owt., 35 to 58 — 2 —— pot, sido afd 
5 e. of valu- very much on their condition. At first, when the sa 3 — enn m bane, 24 
he thought, was now animal was put up, t he = pal the digestive gor Cucumbers each, 1 s la t, a per bun 2d to 2d to et 
n . me innutritious food— Ra s, per doz,, Is to 1s yme, p 
pro neki gon ne out of the Grass | Celery abi menia Sa = 8 ——— to ey akg 
oho the 410 ‘of the b e a= him 88 Spinach hp half sieve.6d to ls be jor ams pe pes banci, 24 tos 
4 cw urnips; as t ons, p. bun mt, per 0 
and the digestive stem suited t to St food | — Spanish; dons » 1s 6d to 4s | Watercress,p. besch. ach 
— “thoroughly, be found oe quan HO 8 Dec, 27 
0 and as the an ges S narra report that there is a leer 
Paak state of fatness, he foun found dih or rl me of 8 o suff | and ärm rade — 
| t. — Fhe could be no 
as bey A ene 
| experien ora hat they bad Beard in favour of eae d 
Bean-meal; and he believed th these were the su — 
which possessed the hi 
0 
* who 
ere able to verify their statements by 
es y= experience and were sa of their truth 
experiments they had made themselves dend he 
doubt na Mr. Kenne 
had re 
ga. not L kiat, s that l of . ing 
| * 
Prime Meadow Te tbs yy ns wi 
n 5 Second 
— = cut od 2 
„ » 56 83 Straw a oer 5 
— i „% „„ Tm Dec. 26. J 
CMBERLAND ND MARKET, D 
d | Prime Meadow Hay urpas ed * 8608 to 705 
f | New Hay ka at x ew Clover... + 2 
and Old Glover. 10 es 2 Joanya BARES: 
HITECHA JOC, 26. 
Fine Old Hag 68 to Tis | New Clover . 4 
‘Inferior ditto vee 55 Inferior ditto... ane 24 
Kor iwy ma „ 75 8⁰ Straw „„ % . 20 
er re oer 
