26 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
which reference is made elsew here, was given a t | of degre ee, not differences of kind. 
re theory of land nbn e is built—a inore as eet ho 
Farringdon last Tuesday with the express obj oot |* sale applic shy aiy na Ste INOPIA flesh of a well- fel animal is sulci 
y P J£ a = y k Joulati f the 
of ann the claims of certain general prin- | se aia $6 inte = prapa therefore which obviously to make calcula ions o weig 
3s O the | must tona rather to indicate conformity than to justify irre fr nt possible ie 
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arity of pra 
ciples as rightly guiding the practice 
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of 
drainer, whic are in danger of ra altog ether (3). The flowing be are the tbe it arial 
overborne by the extravagant tendency, as we lts cn oida of lan ad drainag —from which the bulk of a eylind de fe d 
agai Ta A ae ees A plant, though s sae, pe al Hates as pai as ouaihle equ tothe 
nd asserts that practice everywhe e to- rot it in the s Fe is stationary, pt must hry its food fe ial y P Ei al to the bul 
gether must depend on local circumstances. brought to it that is the first matin ae a the mioaa ; ne in question. “a s 
* a g e : 
There can hardly be a locality in which it wou epends han nape a a Miata eae age A eg! owm any lbs; a ee will weig per cubic f i 
e e difficult to n a favourable | plant requires as food, and these “the soil which the its poner o Oner hea a E tin $ 
i | S eae porn ta Perk oil which the plan iven f 
hearing for the assertion of a theory condemni sd et ag r brings from the air materials | estimating the oi Laer nome gn af 
te y as mistaken, for nowhere, We | of use in ibe ‘iat D maratonia food for the use of plants. he 8 rv ot te ton 
appose, are eas pe marked differences in soil | On all these grounds, then, it is of importance that water | these m _ urements e living animal, y 
a 
compar a with wA T ane circumstances | through the soil, till when tra asse 
t: d e nt them, and eee s the iita to whia her y 
which “magi Tocalitios POSSESS in Sees n with belong ae And niers ane epoca reasons ne rain-water should I , however, cer a ain differences of f 
each other, . Accordingly it was not be induced to pass through the soil rather than lie stagnant on | ness, sex, ar age among animals ready for { 
surprising ute on sear points the lecturer failed dive m seen Teen TR fo the plat bat 8! beter with render val one formula, 
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audience with him. S this was, reaa BY percolation dhsoagh tho land it carries the warmer | One particular set of a itions, m of Newall 
er, tosome extent the result of misunder- = aes of the “ere ce into ed Merete fet and o — ae alue | for e y other—an r. EWART, of Newa 
is is to the growth of crops may be xperi- 
standing rather than i bab te vay prEN x Lid RAEE natin my Wee its been sopreductve of growth on- n-Tyne, | is due the credit of pointing out m 
of opinion, we shall restate here the poin in ‘Our pasties toso unusually late a Du ERA . = Gope on, 80 as tom 
i i uie beer e? temperature of the Sy vad mber an 
which a as was dire ted. mper which "has ie only abont 2 a oF 8 above tho ateng it apple to aie “re e= an 
i first place onda was directed to or the lag 0 years, as from the increased ti temperature of the T. IREE, 0 arlotte Street, Black 
the fact that the theory of a subject is the o only a = ang l subsol ne tiana 2 feet deep, A Poa ae 2 m 5 ana 6| Road, has constructed a gauge adapted 
verage e pas years during w 5 
aspect o of it which is everywhere true and ey: very - rome been made nea z be: don. And not only is be it of ela c formul , = therefore of several re 
rthy through the land should c: gs according to the judgment of the valuer, 
Take the case eof and ial 1age—a lecturer on the practice of p 
it can only describe = ar eggs whether his own or an prr $¢ should car ; 
ae rry the heat away and cool the soil; but | t 
ee F n’s, as he know p At ao firege before the | the percolation rather than the stagnation of t ter is 
nam Sarmers hn Dee ee yn | desirable because in the one case ait is made top t 
sen so ony aiene pna h * drains | Jand, in the other it is exclud 
about ches or eep at most, an y, a r prod! di i 
: produces on and in the soil are desirable, and result hi 
Torg yards apart, had prona er Apparat oxy $ on the stiff preparation of 1 food for plants while by its exclusion 
clay aniis of Northampi P e ERr > ped stated that Be had | substances of a poiso k 
never known 4-feet ns in clays fail when about 7 or 8 yards i 
distance from each other—a third asserted that after itai is vegetable matter exist together in the soil 
thing done on hundreds and hundreds of acres it was impossibl How the structure 
t 
| be ecomes laden with vegetable food by passing through the 
» | and it becomes an more Sh hae “vegetable food v9 a 
itp ary 
air, 
And i ison these T particulars | uniform , and t 
[JANUARY 9, 1858. 
e substance and den 
measurements—the smallest girth pts a 
taken from Pe hia to the insertion of 
ave been constructed on which by 
sliding wale the g oe 
Seis 
not to believe that Grass lands ro Alegre dieing over. feres with amr for r enabling the Shek dey of all 
i t nd was 
= se, de being gire 
è TA Saale sigs uf gsi als te laugh 
, especially wih ü — a ts of the pt Be after slaughter 
jor in the sb ne to bded If any one had sold the animals in question a 
of a soil facilitates or inter- | the faith of this gauge as salin “very fat,” i 
a o 
is. The 
E a dehaiees thie read off. for the cases of fat, t, ve 
The chemical changes which | and extra fat en of ines od tis reed, and it 
i in the 
mg experience and g 
p nagrak han by it, but aat g management could replace 
em nutriti ow Grasses, which well drained 7 
condition of the land would soon produce luxuriant eine | THE fi in the me east table give a very strikin “ce y to nr value of the 
asserted that raine should. bo, taken sab i sore a hadap slope—a actu: tual an the tetra i —_ of some of the | ment an to the a 
sixth ound i pacauery to e ‘ 
slope. If any one of these had given a BF crs Ps Ni e PS cattle shown Bake oe treet, and si ce lation to a su bject enenliy assumed cap 
land aoainogy he sag d hare contradicted every y other; and yet “Ta form f of ae only by lo 
no doubt each w: onestly describing w he had seen - 2 
and experienced, and could confidently assert as truth. It is crear ENO E animal is sufficiently je dgment 
ne naa i PtT ga pa oe er aes useful onl: F 
gontributing “a le case k: k consi : tion, and d reh red No. B j MEASUREMENTS. __ Can LCULATED WEIGHT, _ ACTUAL WEIGHT, 
any general light on can ect so as efit e k i ao:i y 
e es nd even x we ied caghon the casi o of the practical m we coe slants zion Very ft, |Extra Extra fat. Carease. se. [Loose fut, 
s „experien: er many different elrewxnstancea, t = Ft. In.| Ft. In. | Si 
description of his. bapere must be an incoherent massof| 15 Devon ox i$ i 85 A se St ie 
mere which must puzzle any one who looks at them | 30 Do. cow Sa 65 68 71 ot S 
once, unguided by those general consideratio hich the | 3 Do. do. N ea 71 74 77 v7 1k 
t of the subject contains, For 33 Do. do. US aie X 62 6: 68 694 Bat 
> course of the 39 |Herefordox .. 97 102 106 111 16. 
had drained one field after the old Essex method 2 feet | 42 aoe 121 126 132 128 
with stra bushes in: of pi another with the} 44 D0; doe 98 102 107 10: 
plough, merely opening a channel he Do. cow e 89 93 98 a * 
orem angsty of the al for ita remaining | 9 i e a 
, leep ; an 
with tiles 4 feet deep; and he di a t EY a ame horn EI 97 102 Z A i 
appearance of the was which. A statement of hi wal ae se 
this sort (no doubt perfecti y and accurately true) proves of how 970 r T O UT e 
great drainage of any kind must be in waterlogged land z LL U 
it nas Bhi even that any kind of drainage is 
able there—but it is plain that so far as the score sen of of Arato THE ENGLISH AGRICULTURAL S ; meeting in question 
gA main cam ewe: ste qu sem cen ee ri a ov will have observed that at the we marly of the propositi 
—it be qpoted to justify that variety of prac | Meeting of r ya == tite eoanelty 
tice as regards drainage which Maas at soil and climate is | considerabl 
ere i 
a little cloudy, and the ele 
Sorp TO 
Mr. Fram Blandford 
pi bourne 
» Clifton, Wim 
my own course. 
‘Supposed to render necessary, for her circumstances were | the general operations and manag t of t 
ma anager fe e anis o the Sa Society. find the at 
Si tanitasai y gets apecae [1% fiat ctson T took part, and ding ha 
~ With the trustworthiness of the leading facts on whi the object I oa in view was en tirely sunderstood, and | thought it est to p 
one en land wena depends, such a statement could that it ared to some as though there hail been a| made m Fg 
Saied y plan for an attack upon the Societ: - | difficult, i m 
K The faol fact sore meine ee the differe sonst bane s you will let me, thr the are ig 4 per h A A maine ated 
g ocal eir ps y through um of oar e aaa hed 
s iapa s re this difference | ierd e what I did say on oa occasion referred | a 5 
d o inion amo and drainers, the an lf at all m the no stiio f | enabled) of the 
san ri in opinio rp rs ee es resemble } the meeting. I may remark that T went aere witho ii mak : R 
each = es much more influe Sparen se with any one, and had not the remotest 
portant than those in which h the die fo idea that any one else was about to alte to the So- | suggest, 
other, was then n referred to y — each | Pehl enn: e I a ~ mes by ember of the y 9 
Take ian aks SR ait council to second the motion that the report which had | and 
a imate as diferent wt this | been read by the se be . I did so, stating | Che 
at the same time to the president that I wished to vernors, rie a 
tions, an Ee so Etre or after the ing the whole. 
paper had bee ne $ It 
intimated that the latter would bs thi rt iine Pri 
emi hat I went to u be issued monthly which 
viction that as a member iety I | informatio; d ci 
should be acting in a way most likel ul to its | that of the Soc 
virtue of its fluidity o ing P 
Dal i particulars alsa attained; 
smb ther. differences are. differences | feeling now prevailing that 
we suche 
r substance int hessa D try | th 
ee : tT aot think 4 ld A 
wo of iA iiaei we shou be po self-com 
inden PE eu 
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ture of the coun 
ement ee as 
lieve there is a pret eral 
ame each district have 
