294, st oR Mint ae Be [Aprir, 10, 1858 
of course, the aim of the farmer j= 
the ceca slp of — Sang te. fe teach him | [the Herm Sa of = farm as well, ie how- | et op m he can, and frie. its iad to get ty 
“ to say yes or no.” Approach him with a straw in | ever pos sibly he may be superseded by the se whe pitan aine is most important element a 
one hand and a pin in the other. With the: Fans | engine, he rt = at all likely to be superseded i edge ad de = de that a greater 
ickle his ears and the horse will sha ke his head, | the field b g Tea ws z a ich the perfet 5 
with the latter pric imal will| ‘The fol lowing lie ate o hd r. epen : is still a matter of Primary 
toss his head ; but after a time the straw and the | the two as beas draught is Tere i nas Pe th | impor . sak, gonia i procure the greaten 
pin may be thrown aside, t becomes enough | volume o the E nglish Agricultural Society’s a7 ris he er e dt aca ce in ‘the © best pone 
to project the right hand or the fe vag horse abu l. ince its date horses have greatly | condition, he M pee _ ina T positi 
to shake his head or nod his appro us | increased in value and oxen toc—both circum- | not on A eal si i qua ity but to increase thy 
by a system of rewards and aiia ae patiently | | st stances. bein ne in favour of employing the latter— quantity sit ap a poet on it. Tem 
for time put in exercise, the hor - s | the author any 9 
eh Se Oh ee ben a d oaan meit oaan i pra atl Mi da oia aaa A 
by hoon Peri pa pd San per apik nono- possi | esas othe i in this praedae arison the cost of a| botanist am its offi Eve snelades 
«dag era ot peda Thins alates propensities | | singlo ox is nator against the cost of a horse, | are aware of the value of lectures u n botanical ttis 
and besome a solorued chara mel | whereas four a “ee kan o horses are now|matters,* The Royal gricult ity i 
We are RAREY | | generally taken sent a team. The follow- however without the aid which sr, oe 
ultimately, it be published ` general. Se - | ing are extracts pig the paper on this subject :— i On referring to the list o f officers we 
ment or by universal pajis ess |. “ The ordinary allowance of food to each horse daily |an able chemist and an accomplished veterin 
larity we do not venture to ant cipa aey : it will opt su oes wae as much Oat straw as he ch gi but No mentio pion ae AEST 
m of i in philoso ea e as urnips as nap 
it a; à papot, aa amt and to a sae They are fed four ne a da | fe t doubt that tho i = 
exhibition of new mo otive. mt lie re 85 ast 8 P. Aeg at pi time ‘they eat betwixt sciences is ee nised. 
Since writin thes 
temporary or perm 
it was the aang n 
porary, and the 
to those syst at 
ve the ae bay 
rtion of the horses 
eed of working oxen in place o 
momar fhe employed 
we lately ap aa 
rt that | 
em 
a j and the 
5 Ibs., being n all 500 Ibs sary I often slice 
| have little time to eat, They n nev 
even in the hottest days in summer. 
s e have 
Both o 
ircumstance that a 
| non 31 
tl Grass. 
ere a good 
unn ‘thar sok 
= 
ar nd uestions 
tivation of B eric 
he adulter 
pe Rap as esiis pas 
in frost, ae the horses, and kee 
orses, four pas old, suitable mor 
be bought foi r 567. , Thei r gea 
ear | fojt that arae tanist, 
“| elucidate ail these matters, is 
5 "a goo ce t 
or oe roses the cost rns i 
early. 
amounts to 25s accident occur, 
LLMAN in a letter | o 
worth about 
ime hata en harness, 
oxen (from their greasy skins) oil their o 
whi 
yA Cotswold Farme: foe 
posos than y 
it being provi 
wn 
e of 
tbat ox harness 
“One of the above four a, valued when sold poor at 311. 
oon ah at 
sinkin; 
dead 
“In LES Aras mney wo of them t 
So sisal for work. hae 
on hill pasture, were 
agricultural m 
y auction at 60 pstmt ad ethos 
scores 
for 194 months, and 
g the offal, being then 
under very similar circum- 
grazing, I sold fat at 100l, 
wins), reared as above, 
the pepe till July 29 
considered iv Hig rth atone 
okes, haan, being maro od annually. 
that 
30s. to cı cover scat and dea 
whi 
ery for four scl ma Soi ved 
|for slaughter. I expect to t 307. m. 
sane oe one day a week at ove threshing. mall which 
T their feeding. I would t 
ilate th actual loss will be sustain 
oxen from the time of their being bought re = 
And | The cost of gear, including keeping in repair, cos 
“The aR sae ae ange items mae kt — 
Expend a Working Horse 
To 104 quarters of Oats at 1 18s. . 
PA pyc a in value, interest on outlay, 
sses by decidents’ and eee ae 
” Poren and medical attendan ae 
» furnishing and re repairing gear 
_ § 
Sjea che 
R £ 
liture, £c., on a Working Ox Yearly. 
To 235 tons of bie r at 10°. per ton 
furnishing an ie ern) goar 
4 loss on his work du: Ting frost 
» interest on pu: chase price 
m 
CROK t 
“Tn the above table of ory a éhe 
to the horses at m 
at a fair at 112 , less 1 ted weight 47 scores each. 
A dealer apr Ant y oko thine for theni, that they were 
per pound as eae as good Scots. 
* Without gr — of any pa 
(and I have tried pores oa tae I ret Fe etm Fag 
portance of good blood. tt he to state that all the 
ears mentioned oxen and ates were prodneod from te most | 
inferior bull calves, Aana bardat short-horns. 
It is only fair E ak in reference to the é| 
aang of oe er economy bang risd now and 
then in fa r, that the 
-appe: avour 
petii has neverthles ai heen re out, and 
the distric ts have 
ng in which it still 
ip | Over ride an y advantage which altered J prices may | 
rare ms m can 
nd, 
with A ae nth of parties iy correspon h 
horses or oxen, or pee 
a considerin 
number o ~ 
pol ploy! 
Th 
e the preference 
horses exclusively,” 
e valuations both 
guano, ‘cinerea, e, vie “other § m 
the purchase 
> 
respects ur correspon- 
the second point of ou 
eats strictures, viz., "a P desirability of public 
| re the p ultural 
roceedin; 
Ah the m 
of horses and oxen are from 
a Scotch farm and 12 years ago. They soun: 
edly enough now. The superiority of Bae herse 
as regards econom 
yof f time is 
weekly papers devoted tothe see cy 
is ho 
tho experience 12 years ago. 
managemen the quicker ageney| « the Royal Agricultural Society of | 
ground psi yroa the more | England,” eniri in akrh 250 aà to ina s to have 
—* account in| mooted two eiae of grave i —lst, | 
= a perfect | the need of a — officer on the si eve 
KA ante ies d lads and men agricultu ety; and ag FB the ©, propriety of 
> fe a he in 7 aidin of’ activity and energy | publicity in ep proceedings ties devoted to 
nt of Neer 
: ge to the ox is impossible. The As to the f per Aa shag ropositions:—Īt must be | * 
may become one half — By ormer value while prveerseer (1) that our crops depend upon the laws 
the ox ypa a market value, the | co za gm with a growth ; (2) that as our live 
former ave ` -an Aaria e money’s stod e mero upo tabl d, th 
worth of food—but his as been so much: yy kiki id in pl i 
:necessi 
oan 
of agriculture. It would be done the more 
~~ | factorily by the pinko publicity thus conf 
GREEN CROPS IN rags d 
THE follo are the reports of essrs. I of | 
Altrincham, and Rothwell, of Prescott, the al 
| the Manchester and Liverpool Agricultural and Carrots | 
the crop of Swedes and Mangel W Wurzel and Corie f 
grown in the Society’s district and competing 
Bwaben .—Meyrick Bankes, Esq., of Wins 
near Wigan, torte bese very gr Swede Tarni not iett 
acres, the Society’s Sil ver Mods 20 acres. 
z Farm ns Ga ) o oil of 
Swedes 5 Soil a dark loam, on a saseg 
and las Tiener pres r drained m 
