THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



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,iry ritzroy, M.tr., nou* "cu. ; *^<*^, ^ 

 ZZL-AC Dering, Bart, Sir Henry Shiffner, Bart., Mr. 

 rV2?M l\ Mr. Dodd, M.P., Mr. Law Hodges, M. P., 



U Divev (chief constable of the borough of Lewes), 



X" Elima'n of Glynde, Mr. Figg, Mr. Laing (chairman 

 5die South- Eastern Railway Company), Mr. Mac- 

 ?r«ror (chairman of the Brighton and South- 

 east Railway), Mr. Mouckton (town-clerk of 

 ^*^ ne) Mr. Alderman Randall, Mr. Scudamore, 



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^'^ ^l to the Council the fullest, information 



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Mr. 



nected with the ensuing general meeting of the Society 

 on he 22d i nst .,; at 12 o'clock; and adjourned to 

 w e Inesday [next, when Professor Way would deliver 

 • lecture before the members, on the agricultural 

 emplf yment f common salt. 



The first week of the lambing 



Calendar of Operations. 



i^ffi °t tne lambing 



^ourabip ,i!n ♦ th . 0t last month » under the most 



b »alK^^^ ia * 00(X condition, 



p or »3fth , h he ^^ Were he ^hy and vigorous 

 fte lattl ?► * 8 the thermometer ranged from 45° to 52° • at 



^Po S° dl ^ onlh w e "«A of the 25th-Wha 



t^^^SA *£ -ri n ?Jl^ound was 



^d T^n H tW .° incbes of > now ' with a Stormy 6 north-east 



bare', r I g ? tbe snow bad melted during the dav thp hnL 

 ? hJ!!! re l en ted the sameeoDearancR «inr^L.il.J' ™^ll 8 



f rt«iununication which each of them offered in reference 

 f. -iter localities of the district or to the metropolis ; 

 lad received, through the President, the best thanks of 

 the Council for the favour of their attendance on that 



m^mWAmlmt 



Mr. Raymond Barker, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, 

 Braotiretfi Gibbs, and Mr. Milward, then presented 

 to] the Council the Report of their personal in- 

 gpection of the localities offered in the towns of 

 Lewes and Maidstone, and their respective vicinities, 

 for the purposes of the Society, in reference to its 

 Country Meeting to be held in 1852, in the south- 

 eastern part of England. The report gave a detail of 

 the position and amount of accommodation of each of 

 die proposed sites, and concluded with the expression 

 of an opinion, that either of the places in question fully 

 met the requirements of the Society as a locality for its 

 Country Meeting, and at both of them the members of 

 the Inspection Committee received from the authorities 

 evtrv kind facility to promote the object of their 



inquiries. 



The Council then proceeded to make a selection of the 

 particular place at which the Country Meeting of 1852 

 ihould be held, when it was finally carried, on the mo- 

 tion of Mr. Brandreth, seconded by Mr. Shelley, that 

 Lewes should be the place of such meeting. The Lewes 

 Deputation, on again being invited into the Council 

 room, were informed by the President of the decision 

 to which the Council had then come, and informed of 

 the condition under which it was made, namely, that the 

 chief ofiicer of the borough of Lewes should, by that day 

 week, conclude with the Secretary of the Society the 

 usual agreement for the ratification and fulfilment of the 

 Stipulated engagements. 



Country Meeting of 1855. — The Council having 

 already decided on the South Wales district for the 

 country meeting of 1853, and the North-East Midland 

 district for that of 1854, proceeded, on the motion of 

 Lord Portman, to constitute Lancashire, Westmoreland, 

 Cumberland, and the Isle of Man, as the district of the 



Country Meeting to be held in 1855. 



Judges.— The following committee was appointed for 

 the selection and recommendation to the Council, of 

 judges for the Windsor meeting, namely, the Earl of 

 Dude, Mr. Barnett, Mr. Brandreth, Col. Challoner, Mr. 

 Druce, Sir John V. B. Johnstone, Bart., M.P., Mr, 

 Jonas, Mr. Milward, Mr. Shaw (London), Mr. Simpson, 

 and Mr. Stokes. 



Pavilion Dinner.— Mr. Raymond Barker having 

 called the attention of the Council to the number of per- 

 S ns for which the Dining Pavilion in the Home Park, 

 Windsor, should be constructed, it was carried, on the 

 motion of Mr. Shaw, seconded by Mr. Bennett, that 

 accommodation should be provided for a number not 

 exceeding 2000. 



Election of MEMBERs._Mr. Fisher Hobbs having 



moved, and Sir M. W. Ridley seconded the motion, 

 that, for the purpose of leaving the weekly meetings 

 free for practical discussions, an alteration should be 

 made in the bye-laws, by which the nomination and 

 election of members should be confined (like other 

 official business, as now arranged) to the monthly 

 Councils. Thisgmotion was carried, with an amendment 

 made by Lord Portman (who conceived that every 

 facility should be afforded to those friends of agriculture 

 who'wished to join the Society, and promote its practical 

 objects), that, while the election should be restricted to 

 the monthly meetings of the Council, the proposition of 

 candidates should take place at every meeting of the 

 Council, whether weekly or monthly, as had hitherto 

 been the rule of the Society. 



Captain Pelham. — The President expressed his deep 

 regret, on the loss sustained by the Society in the pre- 

 mature death of the Hon. Captain Pelham, and 

 announced the vacancies which that loss occasioned 

 in the Council, and in the list of stewards of implements. 



lhe Council then decided on the arrangements con- 





been great. As it is, we fear, from what we hare heard, that 

 in some places it has been considerable. Our own loss was 

 only 8, wnich, a* nearly 1500 ewes had lambed, is much les* 

 than we anticipated, lhe half of these also did not perish 

 from sheer cold, but were drowned ia sheep-drains, which hare 

 been, and still are, much flooded. We are glad to say that 

 appearances would now indicate more favourable weather. 

 Upon the whole, our loss, from the usual casualties of the Iambi 

 ing season, have been light, and hitherto we have had a suffi- 

 ciency of twins to supply the blanks. Twins, in such situation* 

 as this, are not desirable, further than to meet such demands— 

 indeed, the supply very rarely exceeds the demand— as they 

 can scarcely be brought through without the assistance ot 

 seeds. If a ewe can make one good lamb, and keep herself in 

 fair condition, on our lean pastures, she does very well, and 

 will pay better than two inferior lambs from a ewe with a half 

 —and frequently no — fleece, and so reduced as to be unfit to 

 dispose ot with the rest, if necessary, or unable to staud the 

 privations of the coming winter, if kept on. Another week 

 will see the bulk of the lambing over, after which the unlambed 

 ewes will be taken out from the rest and examined ; those that 

 are barren being marked and returned to the hill, and such as 

 are in lamb kept by themselves, until all lambed. The reason 

 for this is, that as a large proportion of casualties take place 

 at the end of the season, when the ewes begin to improve in 

 condition, they are thus now under the eye of the shepherd, 

 instead of being scattered up and down over several hundred 

 acres. The eailiest lambs will be castrated about the middle, 

 and the youngest about the end of May. We are in the habit 

 of burning our initial letter on the horns of the blackfaces ; 

 this was done to the ewe hogs about three weeks ago, at the 

 time their jackets were removed, the horn not being sufficiently 

 grown in autumn for this operation. The sowing of Oats was 

 ouly completed last week, being much too late ; but as JBarley 

 does not succeed here, and tbe last of the Turnips to be eaten 

 by sheep on the ground were only finished a few days previously, 

 there was no help for it. We only wait for favourable weather 

 to sow the Grass seeds. We expected to have had the Potatoes 

 planted this week ; this also must be postponed, from the wet 

 state of the ground. Meanwhile the horses are carting out 

 manure for Turnips, and getting foreward with some odd jobs, 

 that there may be as little distraction as possible from the 

 mam work of this month— the preparation of the ground for, 

 and the sowing of Turnips. The cattle are still in the byres. 

 We have sufficient SwedeB in store to last them a fortnight, 

 after which they will be turned out to Grass. A Lammermuir 

 Farmer, May 1. 



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METEOROLOGICAL REPORT Apbil— Mat. 



{Continued from page 285.) 



Date. 





Apr. 26 



Time. 



6.55 a.m. 



Max. 



29,73 



Sun 



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10.20 p.m. 



7.50 a.m. 



5.20 p.m. 

 10.30 p.m. 



7.45 a.in. 

 10.20 a.m. 



Min. 



Wind.— Weather. 



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2 p.m 



9 p.m 



29.56 

 29.*48 



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29.51 



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7 a.m. 

 7.20 p.m. 



29.54 



29.'54 



29.61 



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29.47 



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29.50 



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29.51 



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About 9 a.m. the wind shifted 

 from MW. to SW., and at 

 noon to WN W., with a very 

 heavy appearance in NW. 

 horizon, and in the evening 

 toNNW. 



A brisk breeze all day, with 



occasional showers. 

 Gentle breeze at N., but a 



very cold day. 



X. a.m. Bright fine morn- 

 ing, gentle breeze. 



29.50 



7.10 a.m. 

 10.15 p.m. 



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29.60 



10 a.m. 



10 p.m. 



7 a.m. 



10.40 p.m. 



7.30 a.m 

 4 p.m 

 7.50 a.m 

 2.50 p.m 

 9.20 p.m 



29.66 



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29.72 



29.70 



29.54 



At 2 p.m. wind shifted to 

 SSW., veering to WSW. 

 at sunset, blowing gently ; 

 thunder about 3 p.m. 



Lablt Dutch Tuen.ps: a B. We do not suppose that bj 

 themselves they will be a sufficient substitute for Grass with 

 cake. Your sheep will not maintain their ground unlest 

 you give them cake or Beans as well. 



Farms in the Sooth : Scotchman. We cannot take it upon 

 us publicly to invite visitors to the different localities worthr 

 of inspection. Hut on giving your address, we will privately 

 name two or three where you might apply f jr permission to 

 inspect. 



Gobse : E G, Your specimen is the common Whin, which to 

 used in some places for fodder. Another sort is also used 

 which is not so coarse and woody, but does not yield seed 

 and must therefore be grown from sett and layers.— 

 Cottage Farmer, There is no botanical difference that 

 we know between what they call French Gorse and the 

 common Whin. The Ulex strict, or Irish Whin, is a dis- 

 tinct species, of a more upright and compact growth, softer 

 and more tender, and is more easily prepared for food. We 

 do not know the " Champion " Potato. 



Management of Mancbe : A Farmer, It has been frequently 

 detailed in our columns. We will, however, again refer to 

 this subject. 



Peat Chaecoal : A B. It is very suitable for Vine borders- 

 See page 132 of the current j ear's volume.} 



Scientific Knowledge: Ignoramus. "How much is neces- 

 sary * Enough to enable jou thoroughly to see in your 

 farm a geological museum, a nursery, a hospital, a botanical 

 garden, a laboratory, not forgetting all the while that it is a 

 neia on which capital lias to be made profitable. Enough to 

 enable you to see in part the limited extent of your own 

 knowlecge-for that is generally a pretty good test of one's 

 attainments. We heard the other day of one who fell most 



^ ^ ^f^V e A[> e ^ t€8t ' / ■ iD * 1 « ««"• <> f lectures had 

 already fully filled him; and he applied to a neighbouring 



?wi? W S er ~ hlmSelf , th ? 6on of one!-for a vacfnt farm! 

 ..EJi J V^t no ' take fcad »* y^r father ! » was naturally 

 asked. » VV hy, Sir my father would object to the scientific 

 style of farming I should with to adopt— iu short Sir he is 

 far from being acquainted with the Uacidt and the Uaikalic* 

 of the present day."— This conversation really occurred 

 Poor fellow I What good had M a little knowledge - done for 

 him ? 



Sugae Beet : Irishman. We do not expect the yield of suret 

 will be found enough to reward the cultivation and the 

 manufacture. 



Yellow Cloveb : W Jackson. Medicago lupulina is a wild 

 plant growing in waste ground It is annual. It may occur 

 in arable fields unsown. Sown in 1841 on land 6ince cultL 

 vated, it would not be possible for many plants to survive, so 



• as that having been sown with red Clover in 1844, one half 

 of the plants should turn out Trefoil. The seed professing 

 to be red Clover must have been mixed with the seed of the 

 yellow Clover. 



Yew : W S. Sheep will eat Yew when it is withered, and it 

 is then extremely poisonous . IK. C. S. 



Yield of Deainage Watee : T W T, Cheshire. We have to ac- 

 knowledge, with thanks, the receipt of your reply to our 

 question. 



Eebatdm. I beg to rectify a mistake in the article from me on 

 "Spade Husbandry," which appeared in your Agricultural 

 Gazette of April 26th, where it is sta ed that 18 inches of the 

 length described should occupy the handle of the instrument, 

 which measure I intended to be applied to the blade, not the 

 handle. E. T. 





At 7 a.m, W., veering at noon 

 to WNW. and WW.; fre- 

 quent showers during the 

 day. 



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29.54 

 29.58 



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29.62 



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29.63 



29.62 



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29.59 



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WNW. all day; at sunset, 

 NW. Brisk breeze, with 

 frequent hail showers in 

 the forenoon. 



SW, Heavy and frequent 

 showers. 



NSW, Brisk pleasant breeze, 

 with occasional heavy 



clouds. 



WN W. to N W. Heavy rain 

 in night ; fine sunny day. 



N. Stiff breeze, and bright 

 sunny day ; at 2.50 very 

 dark appearance in NW. 

 horizon. 



* A storm travelling from west to east, having its central 

 track considerably to the northward. 



t A storm travelling from south ; and, on overtaking the 

 preceding storm, curving to the eastward. 



} A stcrm coming from westward, and passing away to 

 eastward. 



§ A storm coming also from westward, and passing away to 

 eastward. J 



All these currents followed each other in very quick 

 succession. As the season is approaching in which 

 thunder-storms more peculiarly occur, it will be inter- 

 esting to watch their effect upon the barometer. 



IT Those of her Majesty's subjects who were present at the 

 inauguration of the Crystal Falace, will long remember what a 

 beautiful day was vouchsafed to the wishes of those who had 

 looked forward with so much anxiety to this interesting cere- 

 mony, and they would scarcely suppose that at so short a dis- 

 tance the weather was so unpropitious ; but the preceding 

 storm having passed away, London was on the confines of one 

 which was 6lowly approaching from the westward and going 

 away to the eastward ; the central storm's-eye passed over 

 Woolwich on the afternoon of the 2d and about sunset rain 

 began, with the wind at N. 



** This storm came from the westward, and passed away to 

 north-east, its track ljing a considerable distance to the N W. 



CO VENT GARDE?, Mat 10. 

 Hothouse Grapes are plentiful and cheap, and the same 

 remark applies to Strawberries. Piue-apphs are more abun- 

 dant. Dessert Apples chiefly consist of American Newtown 

 Pippins. Oranges and Lemons are plentiful. Nuts remain 

 nearly the same as last week. Vegetables of all kinds are 

 abundant and good. Large supplies of Asparagus, young 

 Carrots, French Beans, and Green Peas have been received 

 during the week from France, Cucumbers from Holland, and 

 considerable quantities of Potatoes and Asparagus from Corn- 

 wall, as well as some good Gooseberries ; the latter fetch 2s. per 

 pottle. New Potatoes may be obtained at from 4d. to Is. per 

 pound ; old kinds realise better prices. Lettuces and other 

 salading are sufficient for the den; and. The best Mushrooms 

 fetch la. 6d. per pottle. Cut flowers consist of Heaths, Pelar- 

 goniums, Camellias, Mignonette, Double Primroses, Stepha 

 notis floribunda, Cinerarias, Moss and Provins Roses. 



FRDIT. 



Pine-apples, per lb., 8s to 12s Oranges, per dox., 9d to 2s 

 Grapes,hothouse,p.lb.,5s to 10s 



— Portugal, p.lb.,18 to 2s6d 

 Strawberries, per oz., 6d to la 

 Pears, per doz., 2s to 5s 



— per half sieve, 6s to 15s 

 Apples,dessert,p.bush.,6s tolOs 



— kitchen do., 5s to 8s 

 Almonds, per peck, 6s 



— Eweet, per lb., 2s to 3s 



VEGETABLES. 

 Cabbages, per doz., Is to Is 6d | Garlic, per lb., 4d to 8d 

 Greens.p. doz. bunches,4s to 6s 

 Cauliflowers, p. doz., Is 6d to 4s 

 Broccoli, p. doz.bundl., 7s to 12s 

 French Beans, p. 100, 9d to 2s 

 Seakale, per punnet, 6d to 2s 



per 100, Sa to 14 s 

 SevUle, p. 100, 7s to 14* 



— — p. doz., Is to 2s 6d 

 Lemons, per dox., Is to 2a 

 Chestnuts, per peck, 2s to 5a 



— per 100, 9d to Is 6d 

 Nuts, Barcelona,p.bsh,20sto22» 



— Brazil, p, bsh., 12s to lis 

 Cots, per 100 lbs t , 70s to 75s 



Asparagus, per 100, 3s to 8s 

 Rhubarb, p. bundl., 6d to Is 

 Potatoes, per ton, 90s to 200 



— per cwr., 4s to 8s 



— per bush., Is 6d to 3s 

 Turnips, p. doz. bundl., Is to 2s 

 Cucumbers, each, 6d to 2s 

 Radishes, per doz., 6d to 9d 

 Celery, p. bundle, 6d to Is 6d 

 Carrots, per doz., 4d to 7d 

 Spinach, per sieve, Is to Is 6d 

 Onions, p. bunch, 3d to 4d 



— Spanish, p. doz., Is6d to 4s 

 Leeks, per doz., 9d to Is 

 Shallots, per lb,, 6dtols 



Artichokes, Jerusalem, p. halx 



sieve, Is to Is 6d 

 Lettuce, Cab., p. score, 6d to 9d 



— Cos, per score, Is to ls6d 

 Endive, per score, Is to Is 6d 

 Small Salads, p. punn.,2d to 3d 

 Horse Radish, p. bundl., Is to is 

 Red Beet, per doz., 6d to Is 

 Mushrooms, p. pot., 9d to Is 6d 

 Sorrel, per hf. sieve, 6d to 9d 

 Fennel, per bunch, 2d to 3d 

 Savory, per bunch, 2d to *d 

 Thyme, per bunch, 2d to 3d 

 Parsley, per doz. bun., 2s to 3s 



— Roots, p. bundl. 9d to Is 

 Marjoram, per bunch, 2d to ±d 

 Mint, green, per bunch,4d to 6d 

 Watercress,p. 12 bunch., 6dto9d 

 Corn Salad,p.hf aieve,lstol&6d 



Dorchester, May 9 th. 



continued 



F. F. B, M. 



Notices to Correspondents. 



chaecoal : J L. As much as will take up 300 or 400 gallons of 

 urine would be a good dressing for an acre. 



Cheese-eoom : J M gays, " I have a cheese-room 18 feet by 

 164 ifet, and 9 feet in height, which I am desirous of having 

 fitted up with a steaming apparatus. Can any of your readers 

 inform me what sized boiler and condensing cistern, and 

 what kind of pipes (material and bore), would be best adapted 

 and cheapest for the purpose, so as to give the room about 

 75« of heat in winter ; and whether should the cistern be 

 placed in the room ?" 



Chicken Fatting: ^nna. We advise you to buy Baily's 

 *u D ° rk *ng Fowl : Hints for its Management and Feeding for 

 the Table." Is. 6d. It would not be fair in us to transfer its 

 contents to our «• Notices to Correspondents." 



HOPS.— Fbidat, May 9. 

 Messrs. Pattenden and Smith report that the demand for 

 fiae coloured Hops continues to increase, and prices to advance, 

 particularly for new Sussex Hops, the quality of which is con- 

 sidered superior to many past years. The late ungenial 

 weather has greatly retarded the progress of the coming crop, 

 and the land being in a wet unkind state, the probability is 

 the crop will not be a heavy one. 



Mid & East Rents 75s to 130s | Sussex 70s to S4s 



Weald Keats ... 70 — 90 | Yearlings A oldHops 20 to 50 



HAY.— Per Load of 36 Trusses, 

 Smithfield, May 8. 



Prime Meadow Hay 75s to 85s i Clover 75s to 90s 



Inferior ditto 58 66 Second cut 70 a0 



S owe JJ 60 70 Straw 27 32 



New Hay — — | j Coopeb 



The supply large, and prices looking down. 



COMBEELAND MARKET, May 8. 



Prime Meadow Hay 88s to 92s 



Inferior ditto 60 75 



New Hay — — 



Old Clover 81 92 



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Inferior 

 New Clover 

 Straw 



78s to 80s 



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