THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[JANUARY 16, 18 i 
Corres 
Hom sponden 
sters and Men.—I wish to oat rs some of t 
a 
misunderstood when his language is not before us. A 
Deep Drain 
rear hay and straw. Mr. Proctor usually 
o his nk cows till reget foe an gives X 
iner. 
Maize—I am afraid the remarks by as 
eed firm i 
| your last iden" Bae under this head w vill, as the 
remarks which I advanced in a for er article res bother 
farming, farmers, and farm-men, tate, 
carried on in the north of Scotland. Town a pre- 
ference for the northern system over that whieh gene- 
rally prevails in the south of tland my former | them. 
article I stated it as being the general practice there to 
and | he farmer all hands employed by 
him about his fa I will no fly point out a few | farmer 
EASON r f 
refer to before; first, it = eates and c 
the employer and the mplo: Ser a far more wage 
degree of eae ‘ie sympathy than could e 
under the system to whic ? k cote h Rustic” refers 
Tisy: are bound togethe as one family; the 
r’s wife aug aea Gigas in the house super- 
intending all the affairs of the hous eho ld, thro s her 
oy great satisfaction as they 
r fabulous io agric 
will tend to 
the: 
disabuse use the 
nd of the idea that they can obtai 
the 
2 
ultural vaas and y cate 
lar; 
8 year, 
to tl 
von them. isa 
te for Bean meal Torc cow 73, but his crop was 
when harvested, and © nsider: pr 
Beans disproportionately high, and has theres, 
tuted bran, b if Beans were 
return to Bean meal, about 2 Ibs. p 
the roots. n th sg ft o 
h yard if required ; 
like from ay ordinary cultivation, and I t 
will have to be employed to inform gris 
of D o the acre, if i is Fto be done. 
les are shown to 
the ey can pi 
i 
state how 
+} 
Pe 
ngi ving t 
weight per acre; it is s to the ctl mer for 
Gosmo to show a few “picke ed hts unless they have 
of the same, and ean it nstruc ct others how to grow 
he yards 
favourable peer rie for patho y into the 
rrives. 
every time they come . into the kitchen, every time 
come into their meals, and more especially during their 
long winter evenings. Secondly, cams Sanphived on 
the ang kan ty a. the comforts of a home close to where on Maiz 
they 
bel 
ae 
h of sae) as somethin ng w won- 
dani was supplied by any particular 
Will ton correspondents 
sate tity of 
tnem as a. 
Ya verry 
abetting 
"Forking cheaper than Ploughing. —In one 
l 
extent of their r power at a 
in 
tons per could ied and the|ing 11 inches. For this they 
at all ten but m more av eapadaly tel the fone is very course o they pursued ; this Saak be highly interesting. per rod, and earn 2s.6d. per da 
work a busy season. Comparing the quality of the work in each field 
Thirdly, there are fewer inducements pr ess ung | since st introduction, now nearly half a century; with | cost (the horses and 
men to get married at an early period of Me they such a long trial to back up their experience many threeroods per day), the balance of adv 
ha have a_comfo tab le ho ome. provide ed for them, superin- would be glad to follow it if they only knew how. They | in favour of the diggi 
nded by also state that they grow Cobbett’s or Ma ys Quaran- | the glazed surface caused by the plo 
the f farmer and his wife; and as I hav e often know tain in preference to the Forty-day Maize—now is not | tenacious unbroken furrow esi and the man 
the case, good behaved me men Coe situated will nie Mays Quarantain Forty-day Maize? It cannot te th aoa eadlan ds contra pions he the by 
books lent them by oot far their stock | same as Cobbett’s, for he brought h rom Am y lying, a il mixed y the di 
of knowledge, and t en one T their long | where only four varieti are, e sweet ¢ corn, The ool looks dierent yw. AE cru 
evenings during w. inter, aad iti is frequently the practice, planted for an ng, the grai ae “nimi "held having a se 
afte armer has read through his weekly n when ripe, ctf delicious itis. is; Hak corn, _ yellow, glossy, and mo 
paper, it is pect ‘nto the kitchen, that the for eman | and white. whole of these what again ii e 
or any from the ioth ‘to the 25th of May, and ripen about the | un equal bottom w 
give ‘them a desire for such information ZaUBY: see H little | same time, the second week in September; if sown later, |I had after Clove on 
o the frost, which invariably occurs about the 20th of that | ters o Wheat per acre in 1856 and 
part rin of pe own native straths. Fourthly, ‘vend pe S| month, cuts it up completely; it therefore occupies | of Rivett Wheat in 1857; total 13} quarters 
who may becom about four of the hottest months in Ameri a pl low 
sys 
teining shee the highest w 
took 
| tain ? —which signifies 40 day: 
e made to appear that it is m same as Mays Quara 
The Ameri ricans will 
r arters per See 
Rape-Cake, Old and New. —My s sheep and 
were eating o old Rape- cake, which being exhaust 
ne 
ver allow 
stalks from choice, being ver y rapt to what they term 
“blow” bes , but after it i 
bn ip or ch nla of DARA d Sa ining al 
Pioyed on the farm by pe are may 
noted E there 
anti gi atte 
ore 
ose by co 
reprobation of the bothy a and of | 
a practice as carried on in the 
south | of a oe combined with the ross farms, 
as 
. iers ban given them but Indian 
abou same distance bi 
wherein three plants $ re generally left t to 
e; it t requires paai three tim 
thick or broadcast it ve 
eI ea I will n 
add, very improba ble 
“fin grow e tons 
A 
: CRYSTAL 
t least ; if sown | i 
e 5 to 6 lbs. per day. 
sep is is 1 to ate ms Fat sheep will ink more tha 
ae Fe ; 
Societies, 
L PALACE Sai ULTRY SHOW. — Notki 
on 
“co arh 
ing it to soe mill 
rable, kinds 
n Indian we the 
opni, they vere: see it 
whole; e take the t 
e 
conta 
by se i with Indian — 
it. 
s4} 
ifferent engagem 
the hgaeultaral Tahice f are gi coat te pried 
systems, ibe Saree. e best from the others. G. 
Dawson, Fulham Nurs 
e— Mr. Mee hi begins his letter in a 
th the E ahii sentence 
100 
6 Wheat re but eins s very dry teed iy itself. The mi pens of Ban 
Canad: 
the subject of à riii nd rag to cogent 
“better ae 
H ti ate 
milk will consume from 75 to 100 Ibs. wei: ht of Sw rales 
and about 20 Ibs. of hay. Is the “2 Tbs. Ts te jë 
qı f roots 
d H sa thn all 
m a 
wall d commen m- 
Ñ z sia running lon th: 
; Inger pipes 32 ir 32 inches deep Ti went We aaa 
hrase if one excl 
a good pl 
thou art changed!” because the bottom 
says, in 
ce run- | t 
Another 
=the MPN Mr. Proctor’s milch cow. 
m 25 lbs. of Swedes, 2 Ibs. o rain, 
mixed with si 
mi 
t Jt would be throwi 
Jaim ring 
ere | accurate on that 
withor ut | so great eee 
er the statemi 
bee what possibl 
eI m great v waste ? | ther 
aren says aa aot 
nilding, 
collection E 96 pens of 
of Dorkings—upwards 
birds —46 of Brahma 
m 
the show of Spanish birds was esp 
‘orm and spirit, besides’ so 
eal ties of distinction, rather tha n weight, 
Me 
prizes in 
amounting to nearly three-fourths, 
hee th 
Farmers’ Club, Mr. sans lst 
only De | bia 
allowing is the ex planation 
is ee Hornby, Mr. Linge, Captain 
d Mr. Lingwood 
nen should have i: 
being the average of what 
ean The ane cows this 
mt a, 2 to 3 lbs, bran „and 
Tk ara 
28 be. Menge shout 
year | Loe, 
again a 
show of Cochin ON 
Fookes of Blandford 
erbert. 0! 
5 well-known 
es go to 
ere Bart a good 
prizes gi to Mrs. 
‘Ibert of Norwich, Mrs 
Fowler of Aylesb: 
white Cochin classes the 
. Manfield 
e Game classes include a large 1 
