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s to Short-horn blood, I must in a few words 
o explain myfidea of what a 
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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 465 
tive and) costly. Four-horse pow effects all my} minutes in dilute mur pote acid, the weig 
ssing an irrigation, ¢ or aape AA- 2-3ds of the pow ot r that Iuse to drive | sand was not quite two grains, 
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ight of whic 
must this forcing | own la 
r generation with | broken 
Short-horn a 
=e Ta the first*place,a S Short-horn, like any other r pur several 
Pree ; faithfully for tl 
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of his views) | a pair o! feet 4-inch mi aill stor nes. m es he = ted rr ches “which Bran after burning 
which I } Aiea res a little | the impure guano; it weighed 60 grains, and was of a 
rofessedly desire to | patching occasionally, which is — ensily by sca Pn mach. a colour, and, on subjecting it to the 
bourers. The corrugated re sometimes | action of the acid, 40 grains of sand remained. Best 
gated joi 
by the pressure, being tisse. San the pon Peruvian — he stated, is quite dry to the feel 
ump valves and. seats require | los osing scarcely any weight by exposure to the warmth 
dairy farmer to nally rece Y to preserve their level ren | of a dwelling- ones whilst other samples that are, in 
i water ight action. Waterworks engineers arè | other epen equally PA will lose a tenth, or even 
obliged t t 
be very * particular about this. I Eki] | more, of ts weig ght b, y suc ch exposure; the former 
‘ates tri ed to substitute prepared t t 30s. per ton more than 
finte D, T Ti 1 
et approach as nearly as possible to perfect the p 
It hou rg — to the drains in kr about the house are | than twice as much pho: sphate of lime as Gibbs’ Peru- 
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t d e latter. Certain guanos, such as that known as 
essure. The comfort and cleanliness of our je et | Bolivia ‘and Saldanha Bay guano, often contain more 
5 milker, and when dry a rapid feeder. | very Hr — flushin: scouring away any |vian guano does, and would, consequently, yield on 
than otherwise, | offensive m and if you iai of to have a hundred | burning twice the quantity of ash; still, it would be 
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ought rather to be | fat Piper in het weather on boarded floors, they may all | pure white, an nd would | be soluble in acid. Guano o adni+ 
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it (and stimulated ‘to feed) in 
white earths 
r 10 nor atone The agitation of eta in our tank is | would possess a white ash, but its EREE would 
per: rfect 
„that no strengt th i s Je! ft i the refuse, so | enable any one to detect the adulteration, 
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their own way oye their milk, and which ble | eff 
m to rear their own calves. ‘Such animals are A calm 
dered better, but worse, in my estimation, by ‘heir tions ‘indies me to reflect on the suicidal waste of of air down the pipe, it sane checks than induces the 
spong me, or by their | manure occurring in this great food-requiring Queen- only aefa drainage aeration 4 the land, namely bya 
trading almost to deformity. Nor do I dom. In one case guano-buying aor ie see their ree of the nir from = = — ownw: ards in the 
fi ri 
remove! Air Drainage.—Your iag article of S urday 
review of my seven years’ experience in irriga- | finishes thus: “ While, in so far as it induces a sec = 
sses of fat|most valuable manure solutions washed n the, n of this same water, inks towards 
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brooks 
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by the water from their p untronghod farmeries, the stil mast siraly for t Ean the sub- 
-|In the other our landed proprietors an soil.” Permit me to ask you two questions—Why or 
“pandance of tallow. Whatever number of prizes | see with apathy rivers of the best guano o flo owing ot | how yooh it peter the motion of the land? and why 
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these ani! may win, they will never be favourites in | make of the words “only useful” ? : hk otp a poom: 
with the butchers, and my he rather degrade than | rivers and se My on X consolation is the c iii ea |s ually “had recourse to the method allud 
the breed in pe ic e soower, indeed, | that on after T am dead and gone future ES aiias | | the m main the e capacity yoy the 
the too prevalent i a of a Shorthorn, as a cow which |w will be mor e wise and calculating. i ; w the > practice 
sames of the fat of the lan nd thr t to obj S 
the can ever repay, is exploded, “the better. Tl the subject, and our sanitary reforme rs will rejoice ssthet | Potato Dis Mia nd is a oa 
pamper J wonders I lready do ch to withd in sl Be cameeaeg efforts to promote health they | early Potetoes: rene in ity were RET good, the reals ji 
ic attention ion the real merits of the breed. mie have co compe elled a large increase in | the quani tity an nd send to ma arket, the mi ddle el kee p fo r Seed, and 
i ional nutrition. he seeds 
reeding, B: culties are insignificant , but the Bier i a$ or ma or three daz 
ribe affords trium mphant refutation me “thie 
idea 
ignorance of fa 
peni is Ioonpátiblo with high 
of a 
by referr 
idea. 
true Short-horn, than 
this family, pe ie property of we Bolden, sŠ- I tehase 
called Gra 
esses. 
are excellent milkers, while their beauty +3 in 
an ornament to the 
dep the swe By their side 
Booth’s Red Rose, t 
e dam si the prize HA Aueen Wheat cr 1 o 
ulated to Tt is Bitsa to guard against the blunder of dis ispro- | | after were discove Gare A eae one Mara, ‘diseased, 
po 
beg as a model of a w calc 
In short, the er who looks about him can be at | tha 
no loss to find pure Shorthorn blood in which the ably br 
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doubt and disbelief is gh an i Our sewage, Tike our | po ca ral Es or three weeks. The iddle. of the 
great Fen drainage, ca 
n only be accomplished by com- | month-harvest commenced, and all Potato digging 
ws of one N nd acts of parliament, ruling the obstinate | was for a time at an end; up to this time not one e bad 
or ignorant minority yy the gear and willing | one is to be found; the end of the month we had a 
h of | majority. I ou as to mention tha n there is no difficulty | very heavy thunder-storm, when on the third day after 
rk of the fi 
ing a fine Wheat cro er two years Rye- vered nearly pon ft bhi left in be field on 
5 is t 
rst | grass, provided ved plough in per or | 
I will plaĉe Mr. | acre. This kills all the wireworms. I have a splendid | underneath side, which gradually y extended all over the 
‘op so treated. Do ni t sow too thickly. o or thr ecks 
, for i r pump cylinders draw more water | The manure I use is 330 5 trikes of soot, t. guano, 
your pu y 
an ‘the dt er will convey yonr machinery must in sti | 3% ¢ t. sae of the sulphates of “07 and magnesia, 
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_ This was originally the error at t Rug Yla wat aat Ban A Ba obinson, Nuneaton. 
| Thanks bn ee find a tolerably 
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‘ri. | The omission of ample air vessels would also cause th | complete account e. Market t Gariening by Mr. Cuthill, 
deed, | machinery to be destroyed. Without air Sayers aj 
attention woul n be ulsory with breeders | cannot tpe o nape Any irrigator who eels a di Ja 
were farmers determined never to purchase bulls | culty w dil cee 
without proof being rendered of this quality pr I pee T mentioned “before that the a way to pre- or 
inherited from both sides. Th lishment of prizes} Vent the nuisance of offensive te from my great ean a et 
for dairy stock, in which certifica! fect were ns is to int uce into the dom gd H wiih steam, ROYAL AGRICULTURAL OF ENGLAND. 
one condition of success, would be a most im nt | Which is a perfect deodoriser. J. J. ihe Montuty COUNCIL: June 2.—Lord BERNERS, 
step toward inducing breeders to bestow a gs ee, em the years and 1685 I nye an Sear? in the Chair, Thirty-five new members were 
it deserves on the milk-producing powers 
At the same time it would place the reputation of t the 
heir 
Short-horns on the true 
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i that ī pan ee my irrigation I wished the one to build on. I was alighted with Gass ‘the’ Prize of 10 Sovereigns, for his Essay on the 
without any difficulty. I confine | my chance of a rookery, which now appeared c certain, To Henry TANNER, of the Lodge, Paddynton, near | Cre- 
Jeger as not only b pon was on on the Farming of Shropshire. g 
have no to take kindly to the place and the meade ut no, To orei Drxox, of Ashley, near Altringham, Cheshi 
disappointed, and ET pa ones persuaded my tame the prize of 20 Sovereigns, for his Report on the Im: 
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epah ienai aptita «ae. | 1856 I 
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rookery. obtained a lot of eggs, some of | ele 
w. | hich T if placed in a magpie’s nest close to my house, Sone cEs.—Mr. Raymond. Barker, Chairman of me 
several blackbirds’ and thrushes’ nests I pl Fi girs presented the monthly 
t did not in any instance rear a yomg rook. In|the accounts of tl e Society, from which it aar] 
brought ed rooks and kepi 
them | that the current inthe ha hands of the 
Base one havin pee ost Wontar $ 
mr e an aviary 
| made its escape, and appearing to uite at e —Mr. sae Gace TE 
sioned t Ue aS gg igs They aan mained with T eatin J oural eniti, repor! the following adjudi- 
in the spring of 185 
d th To MRTT Lane, M.D., of The Elms, Newton-Abbot, Devon- 
th anures or Manurial Substances. 
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irrigate ones to leave. In 1 I procured a nest with the Samiaa a of Grass by the Use of 
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i February, when, if they have any gratit tude they will| The Council adopted the recommen 
We Le i “desirable to do remain 
therefore | forcing a 
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fall, or 100 tons per acre. I Detection of Guano Frouds.—The means by. which Mr. 
more ut on, th i Sai 
bert thus they became very | _ LECTURES. —Mr. Thompson also reported fro 
ich fi at window, catching thei Journal Committee the nngibesd aie, 
ae var paki eding eir adopted b mio ios or 
asa dog would, were very amusing, cake seemed | which at y the Council, ‘ 
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hen, ad mendation of the ; 
with me; if not I shall fa the attempt of of | mittee that Mr. Moffatt’s offer to deliver a 
rook plan will no period of the I 
ith thanks. 
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ation is ably effected by the moveable air | exhibite 
foe ih at a of 1 to 12 2 feet below the sur- | which resulted 
rapidly growing plants 
icultural meeting in Cork, as so simple that farmers | Lawes for his valuable contri 
expect repeated a to blame a if ther allow themselves to be so | the Society, along with ane 
pakeane = the 
an to burn 
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thi t to claim 
mais round the sast; into one great | grains, or one-third of that of the ears; but he m are to claim for | 
Watther of x Senses Ai eee a fornier | barii ok: saat ae Ue ‘fire was | ma and his colleagues in the work t nan ea 
umber of your Journal 
a Tesalt teed All attempts at effecting such | which remains from a like quantity SE grains) of the | disinterested 
ptah inopera-!ash of genu 
machinery would be com 
in 
aine Peruvian guano, di for som | power the the advancement of rooku science 
