658 
Iture dema gister all cases in the ho 
Cotton-seed cake as artificial food for cattle, it| prove ed methods in agricultu ali e hope of arrivi 
was found that equally satisfactory results: were | skill and iat he ede . - asrina ioe n "this Sanat The a is the rd 
ized from the same weights of these two|—(2) t ct Poa educa nag Baer Wisi Ae ae Ris: 
es. This becomes of considerable impor- | oug rht o be confined even Aer sho tad | aye : x pore ve if 
tan en we remember that the Cotton-seed | necessities of our rural pne ne : Pea Ea 3 z z Ong z ; 
cake is but littl e than one-half the cost|ing commerce of the country cails tor adis- BSE 9 = 3 EA z a 
the Linseed-c is now being more | of 4 a thins ayie of th outh i = eed g F a 929 Be $ E : 
freely used and several experiments are now in | tricts”—and (3) that at wh 2 mi ae ae oe 2 Bes 75 pe f 
course of trial, and we shall be happy to report | sidere the commencement of e ep mers es k 3: a E $3 | H k 
any results showing the comparative pacer E is diappnt a to find t ws ber ae È i F | 3 
obtained from the use of these cakes with which | opinion of some of our most irfluentia Pee ae 3: = | 
our favour us. It isa matter | reach id aii ced point—too advanced indeed, | ~:  : ree | 
of very ge eneral importa nee, and me merits the | | for sarah diiteiots none i 
attention of feeders, for we shall h an oppor- PR ENR ee hho z eg a 
ity (when showing the se ia A value of Our correspondent “H. D. P.” having sen Sse R £ S38 SE pie 
different kinds of food) of stating more clearly | parcel lof seeds for our examination, we have ect E z 
h much ore economi it promises to piee nar in publishing our results as in previous 
than the present expensive Linseed ya ; 
cake which is so generally used. Doubt- "The per s we have now to report upon wer 2 = Soe Pe 
less the Linseed-cake is a very valuable food, | cach of them generally under half an cups in = Š 336 2g gliz 
but it commands a very high price in the market, | weight, and yet their weeds and other circum- |e 
and the feeders of stock will welcome the appear- | stances could as pment be ascertained as those of Ruoan PES Haa 7 
ance of a competitor for public favour. As it is} Jarger samples = ba t we should prefer packets of | o o -63558 Ry 28 2 8 EE à 
of recent introduction M a English market, and | as much as Eso oanad Dy measure for our inves- SPA SBER gS SE E8 BE i 
quite upon its trial grou » there is ou tle chance | | tigations; not that the smaller packets weld lead | SES SEE ORB, | ELES 
of adulteration, and at ate e it may be con- = to an overstatement of their weed con Ba Bol SRE = 892 Soh ee 
sidered safe fo raame time hene coutrary it tear impossible, in arte Segeerss EE . FBS Bi i 
addition t th veral varieties small a sample we may examine, to detect every | 3 was B82 poe $ a5 E 
of abe met sith in our cat it ma y be de- eed, thercfore tet sma aller the —— under Sabha eee oS aeS Pon 
sirable, as we are extending our | the minus err T E | sE a 3 pa 
cipal ame! — not to pass over the Carob} These samples. consisted of five pen o of| Engega a PR 
| rangam Indian Corn. In the purchase of these | Clovers, by no means over clean; three of Italian Biaetese gle Se oe 
there is less chance of deception thanin the various | Rye-grass, which, besides containing a large p sae RE ol ae hi 
d t will be seen PRF ‘this table that the Pacas 
ro- 
cakes: we have noticed, and there is consequently | portional of mischievous weeds, are of very low 
little need of many premina remarks on othe ir | specific gravity, resulting from the quantity of | Rye-grass is a remarkably good sample; 
The Carob Bean is grown | chaff with St the samples are mixed, a point | we should have preferred the absence of the 
are 
in the w istrict rita ‘the e Mediterranean, | in examinin e-grass which should always be | tain seeds for two reasons; first, 
wos c bisects in this he form | attended to, gett ing e-grass seed should | and 80 tend to. aid the we eight, and 
of a dry fleshy pod which encloses the seeds. It | be both bought and sold by weight; an hop the ain as aweed 
is very sweet and seina to the palate, and) at the termination of these investigations, when | we are aware it is by some looked upon 
: stock are very partial to Its use has been very | able to indicate some general a we may have different light, "Hones, the case is 
is , and its Saisio character is at present | to propound a medium weight at which to reckon | when we buy Rye-grass seed we do not 
= doubtful. We shall in a subsequent paper enter] a bushel of seeds of different kinds. an admixture of ER differing in % 
the comparative value o There is vo ve sample of Turnip seed. This|if we oe red it we could so easily add them 
g materials, and notice any lis a fa mri eeds diffic cult to make o ut the | ourselve $ 
al pointa of of charaoter which may be observ- [genuineness eeds ort he > Cleat the samples numbered a 
fre the B are gps se hee st i n point of pur A 
p t these are aA Aa aid a sample ae be very hav ned. h 
Ar the last meetii of the General somes yet thes and yet pass m . arlock, ara Smit bide Cak tabul ated except thosein n our 
of the Established Church of Scotland an m-|Rape, &e., vei ing very difficult to Won The | previous table, and ‘hey would show a great in- 
structive discussion took place on the character following then are our resulis :— ferio oa A n weight of seed, no doubt 
Da es ins of ere 
to 
districts. Speaking of the Highlands of Scot- fe hs ee ae tag | 
" 2 oho Fw ao again 
s Fass tg Pee ason of. sheir «xara glens, PERRETE Seeeee 9 the estimation of nila 
bs Rev. Dr. Mor owned he had no desire Bae SESESESS 5 aq $ ds No. Sw EOE Ah 
-to see any class bien chers raised for the y raai FTR, g § sce _ geo g 5 t, a teak T a-quantit na r 
pose of going to these dist tricts, higher than ER EEA 2 Z ee Co er oo jarge q rst y - 
$ z a Paos a, E E EE S053 5 g margt, ally, unless we apon a) aii 
of education, and more particular] well 4 eek e828: 8: Ba. avg. a & ateh of Clover was purposely ines 
to teach the arer ha oF truth to bri S m yw ws Sa p hardly worth b whi le to pay tor the seed 
ee othe Nile children Jesus, and 5 amia : 2: ¢: 9: chow ZE. z | z m rien: pte = apa caret 
oa see bent dove the Savi? a Bowe oS] > smother the more delicate Clover, sons i 
_ “With regard to acA apranga 4 of their school- | a2 3 BS sesa'6 8 be | = | gets into the land it is dificul oy 
masters, the general rule that as he knew, | kj ga = a ll be understood if ey give the follo 
oie i AE Z f ting thi o 
TE e E aia 
hae 5 to te 2 a © flowers 
to do his work would, other circumstances: bei A nÈ ferni g & e gj i er tanec chess 120 
alike, do that wo 2 £2 S328348 |e verage of three seeds to 
i > rk best, be it humble or ie. i | © mag cf = E š : gine api pre ee = . "A 
— The Earl of o> maan _ rs those ong = 5 gye & 2. Ditto ditto x em — 28,800. 
highly educated teachers were not suited for the) | 2S ESEse geger 3 Now, although the las ' 
toon the ye in ‘the — ast, a | ge & 4 3 "E g 83 zE 2 treme case it en the f rt ae w whata — 
KA oy SEE ESmaE g a happen, but even t rst, 
c pe ogg ae Bg Sm f SS8Ee 2 = : 
— Princi alee anil lieving it was for SE wits w Sd 5 v he Rib- rass itself, Xo. 8 in our analysis 
the good of the church and for ar the, benefit ofthe fu Boe Feeipe a only distinct sample eae 3 
nerally, he g ESS E Bese Awe 2: $ se of weeds. af d 
people gen S Fri E ge E assuredly introduce heaps peri 
possessing the ay ais BAHE pachem for SES p Bgg bad meme if coke in the lan 
fenching t the e hight branches of education as well i SEE $ BF | ao’ regards 9 0, and 11, it will be « 
eae a EE A ke a ‘ade ere 
he Ea rl of SELKIRK, in the co a few! We , have also been favoured wit with a h a packet o hai mi cially if 
Nersa of explanation, replied. th Ay u he siia n | seeds. from ak Bai 4 tn a ws a epeta of pa 
, whic 
-~ Yepeated instances of schoolmasters _ bei Fi interested from „their variety and ‘the facts Da eae 
-secomplished men, that they cou mig: f ins alysis wh ee ae 2 ee ae fag a EOT h 
minds down o teach the ‘A b, ab.’ the pr i the packets were all besides i ‘ay larger s seeds t tho at Sih ii 
<WELL, D pore what avail, sail the weeds intermixed with them = adia] os anaita mjia F 
y por. 7 in ti main- very obvious, an cou bs ell as other cireumstance eT ee F 
sat ney in the present | worthy o note e as readil Gad y aas ae E 
lard N Go tak too| ples as from bulk * gon gen spon 
ndard ; aes that; through Government is collection falas of three Grasses, four} [The following let med ones had been 
were tempted talents by: country and | Clovers, Rib- ~grass—the latter; of course, not a 7 Ayn ene A nein al 
ose and attainmen ey, be done in o% 
N order to show what may 
and two samples of sept Wurzel. In all we "e is ue has been done here, T beg: Your 
| observed. the same method of examination as-in| the subjoined statistics with 
d we take |: previously ta ted, in all perpen H e e nge bank 
ue of the whole debate| the weight of 2 ozs, by: m , not that in all) tute. It 
o in the columns ny i inte y arise, but it | with which you have been 
