642 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, [Avavsr 91, on 
and fat. The Leicester sheep, fo r example, ow ing to | quality and aptitude to feed among “the stock of | dence in the soundness of m y principles 
g at so early an Spi have largely con- | | the wing at large.’ Fi ging up through the count led ad et 
duced to supply our manufacturing population with| Our readers will have noticed in our advertising | that the Society would at length this bie 
eat. e improvement in the Southdowns and the | eolumns that on the 3d ofn next month the herd of or searching inquiry and make mix. 
rapid spread of the larger Shropshires, attest the short-hom cat re belonging to Mr. WILLOUGHBY pct trials before awarding the prize 
growing on =~ “he bigher an ‘extraordin Box Woop is to be offered for ile at Sie not walt ep uced to consen t FPE — a set of oor. 
apr." Seabee for pe 
extent superseded local breeds of more tardy growth, | >¥. Mr. SenavvonD, We hope t a it Gralo- Messrs. Howard of Bedfo a 
and this change has shorten ed by aal years the indicate an ion on his part of retirin® i I learn by the report o 
e butcher. The | 8° ether po: agricultaral pursuits. His pen will be | that after a se limited tnial US* received 
aretoei and the Devons have bee ly | greatly m sed when he shall cease to contribute | been operated upon during paan a 
cultivated by their respe ctive votaries, and w ith a suc- to the enjoyment and hunaia of agr poral a 9 to a decision on this im portant subject 
not know any series of le onourable and respectabl z 
at Chester, Attention has also of late years bee n | on arial subjects which better deserves col- | one cannot doubt that H they oe sore 
d Welsh tagtion an e-pul lication in a permanen f the Society, and haye 
breeds, and be hop 1 that h efforts will ma than that ye ch he has woos to our Saat duty assigned to them. But when Il 
witl lequate return. There £ them has had the least e aama AN 
herbage a ance tan ize or oniy IEI medion | Epo materia Di tha T 
maturity. Tas ‘och loca Ba ig is probable that n o more Te Roy erieuitara: Vou ege moy conclusion, th ve been prev 
judicious cou d be adopted than that of im- ete upon the appointment of its ce member | tions of the Society from -zi 
roving the best “of ithe aboriginal mountain paseo and earliest suecesstul pupil, Mr. Hes sg ane might have given them full light 
ut, with reference to the great breadth of the ne to the recently established Dolenni of A Not only were my own farm 5 eens the gua 
dom, enjoying an average climate, and land of ordinary | culture in the Queen’s Co lege , Birmingham. i tion, but also the ands and crops 
productiveness, there can be no doubt but that the im- a preat satisfaction to the arg of the former | adopted my mode of cultivation ; 
Pa wroved breeds present a great advantage over the old- Tnstitation that — ~ me pits 1 scholars should | at least, ia pestin] information as to the 
ashioned slowly-growing kinds. _A year or two, more | be thus early and o di srg ished a man ght have n aoe 
or less, may not make much difference on a Wels engeesi in reflecting ie Ehi ng elsew where, This machinery exited by Messrs. How: 
mountain, but on a Saree farm, on which rent, taxes, | ind Mr, Ta Rh d many | Vas see ked up by the iaid 
rates, and labour m unt up with surprising rapidity, only aca aar: on i T | year on my o nf h dreds te 
hs mae localities as adic h the pages of our decl y wn arm, ae ae poi 
whi ls attains i “as meight at an ently age, oit p anra periodicals ever since he eft Ciren- |; esi and by 
4] ig. | cester 11 years oes wh hile he ba s at the same + ave used i t with vn 
l ut l time His addi B it with cosa ta of the jaca 
ei ain of a superior ere and cla p Even | to his qualifeations i Sd the task which he has now | under the direction of the S 
where cya ‘pe of hes pastures is not sufficient to nie The penne sal and improvement | what prada, 1 may pes Be ae rue oa 
promote wth of stock with adequate rapidity, a of note oe blending “se Betts near Maid- | that I had muc 
is easy, As means apr ae saad or other adjun o | stone, of an estate belonging to Dr. KINNEIR in| knew m 
supply the deficiency. The use of artificial rae ha Wiltshir ire, of area elonging to Lord FORTESCUE | came out t 
r being remunerative in proportion to the aptitud a subordinate share -a in superin- plonghing a e 
the inprorement g bea ea? annos to the | tending the enterprise carried on by Mr. W1tson since, as well as m 
caus phen asses, “ae e plan which is in the reclamation of a lar rge portion of. Sherw ood | esk 
y an increasing number ct pn ploughs hav 
perf edlightonedd sagrieclictete consists in keeping th 
best stock n un under Tharoor ha ata d to to bring given him a practical seuintance with the topics | in i 
hens to: m rity i in the shortes eel ssible tim which it will be now his office Aree. before Meeting, that ha 
(2) B ie 4 dant students of Agriculture at t Birmingha successfully ai 
evid e abundant| A letter addressed by him to the ‘Council of the | standi 
gnoes that amplo cope for an even | Queen’s College there T eree 
i com eak a ication € of = Aree oraus, ES i 
than has ever arii, PP ide ‘these principles | en that a proposition for the establishment | imple 
arts chair of agriculture was to be brought under | appearance 
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Agr eat deal et e d be done are the oe of their eira rab he very Saeiiriy argues for ere trial, a ouiehas 
improvement in de ens the general t 
body. of a a proprie araa AGAS schools of agricultur naga it os will be 5 per cen 
siinmibore OF animals "ane SETY fst rate lane many p e country, points out the fitness | it wi upon. ees 
eredit to all SIEEN with them Wi ne urse of Birmingham as the station of sucha be 1 sei See that, S eterno 
e stock every day to be 2 ship, and offers a number of testimonials to his E EE ete $ 
fairs, where neat thriving cattle bearing the marks own fitness for such ems antl “et mri a 3 in fay 
c breeding are ; The Couneil ot the allege “ Birmingham, who | wi pio 5 
oo a Aa mitit ts £ “ilkfavo ata brings into this secured the services of Mr. TANNER in with he exception of the trenching ie 
multitude of ‘ill-favoure » | this capacit, ; 
which eve everybody is an = > an ng | pacity, as = the Council of of the noel very different from the estim or actual c i 
uipped him for so distinguished -j 
as areke Veeder ihi equip ed a position may of the former, in the oe case where 
gee of} you = i om re cca T av have | be raomereranet on his appointmen nt. : = son is made, ein ered e work on the a imis 
ject will at present suffice. The princi ai mi a when compared with 
E ine desirable stock. is so s baika; wide that whi by STEAM CULTIVATIO ie A Lii bat is we, 
is inferior and unprofitable is so abundant, may be | , IN the agric nla world the gente of Steam t tora ly 21 
comprised i want of knowledge of the principles of Cultivation is the all absorbing topic. The great iy imee mi I mi it ive, but I must 
and want of care in applying — Tn our menses whic! this s mus st bring about i in the practice I am the firs oe the 9 nly c one exce 
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useful cows sitet an a mongrel bull not tance “to the thousands of farmers who on the eve | steam power in ar a the soil or 
; their capi o rat 
itin ta gr aps en fertilising streams ms, every co effect this object. An farmers sor cold pogo sere aed pore 
r eutralised b il, |Jands itis ae pn im ance; because hae them | my country, is that, moe they are fu 
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. per hae 1 when | immensely increased produce a hile my challenge 
ees oH maturity than what te eee have a the| Though but a a a plain farmer, some four years ago I anaceeptod. Willam Say oeron A n 
ly is t I have 
pine the the a until pale opinion for all wh an reagi of — soil, _ ‘I had such machinery | com a oo ie eee ae with Fo 
ees Faer o ` o adopt a more enlightened course. ured as med t me likely to effect this logue, aa Pae isei 
— mast in time learn the connection be- objec aa on ma some apetita and was successful |. prim mec oath 6502, eer 
sees eee on Sos ofit. Whether the object is to În overcomin ery difficulty; and have ever since rope-po and ten e pri 
matcher, the better bred. tliey aro the more rs for the | With the self-same e machinery cultivated my farm. Of} and tackle e wota * “Mr. Fome g pii 
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tsa ane and the more readily will the then 1 numbers of ara ieee anpotie ore of ise ea evens“ fom 
Ho that: ere i s one great ery ha gl pau sree y operation: betw: ween twenty „and i 
an rdinary degree mpress his charact: urchased machi 
car of even itiferior cows, This Daai on the Rpa ee oan farms, ae mes ee nsing q ins 
would suffice to k the e demand for for skort-horn | The Royal Agricultural Society of England, with | in favour of 
so stele means the | the view a iane e 3 stimulating inventors and +ib. I i 
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iry cows in this conntry wil] | turn over the soil, and be A A 
the possession ot pare hort | the plough or spade. rs OF ea economical substitute for | 
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mi 18 not t th fall aie {1 horse e 
purposes that the pedigree of each animal and complete trial and examinati i 
ts and | 
i If E a be rv for i Tpi of all competito so cami nt the me imposi ble, | 
or seven well-bred and therefore unjust Jome the públic, oe arrive at a | 
itor such a fact w sound concl sca gee s 
to the value and the ential close observ: cor pag peptone: o 
I wasa ie ce for this prize at Chelmsford two 
s with more particular refer- | 5°83 28% a as disquali on mere technical | the 
sid the dominant breed | S; mds after E trial, of some thirty minutes. Bs 
ay ore m | 
Tittus area ma grond o Of disqualification existed. © ss pea Sims, Ipswich, for 
experiments of others, and the increasing confi- | and ploughs, John Fowler, j 
