[OctorrR 30, si | ; 
apa 
* we th reshed the - 
dis hi many miles of this ‘ Toned! plants on which nes feed. Whether however a | bs msequenee my balloeks Hees blew 
ict within s 0 
i i rer | 2 t attacks or not, itis |} Sree horse-d prospered, 
the Cotteswolds” in which Anbury has ever | intary e the effect of insec ¢ t,, ung or heated iney 
E mo eneee pag a En this affection iaat at all | plain that the matter still requires additional the on inary air, will t Aloha certainly att 
kn in that neighbourhood. Another fact worthy | investigation, and we must content. ourselves | PS si Non-ventilationyand a 
of note is that Turnips and Swedes are both | with having on the present occasion shown a a prod i 
equally liable to the attack; but roots of other | that ace which is a -e aaa — Bey 
g rzel, are not at | Finger and ‘Toe, is not confined to any particular | stat d 
desorption, TAR ea nage x district, t ough it i æ particul l- .The| geen 
: y peo i suf 
The reason for so curiously isolated a case as | presence of sand in large quantities and the | prevent Vit is cie 
this appears to be may be sought pi in the fact | absence of lime seem the first elements in its pro- | you will have hea 
that th i q the | your anima 
b 
tion of the farm liable to | duction here, and the conclusion drawn from your animal 
pa aps risi i accident whic here becomes an experiment of on ou have n 
the plain around, the top of which is} importance—of the effect of lime, is a verifica- s system does well, 
srholly sR airy of the Ar sands which | tionof the oft-repeated í dictam that this affection i is mhoen watch the manure a : 
in this neighbourhood are the representatives of | prevented E ae 138 Soy I to lose 
e Kello way rock or the basement of the Oxford | and if circumstances are such that liming would rates pea st ae I ha 
clay imag usually DNF Pa t in its tex- be impracticable or too expensive, experience Homer ae 2% isin ay get diseased by the s 
ture, re then the soil is lig dy | would lead us to use the land for another Crop, | is not wet Mp omg which teyat k 
runam both on the w an ms ate a consider- | such as Mangel Wurzel, Carrots, and Parsnips manure bed under cover ig ia he condition of: 
P 
able part of the slopesof the hills, wn on soil so | for which it is a soil well ada ted, as these roots | straw used daily. If there 
constructed the Turnips, (which have been put in | are not liable to Anbury, and the Finger eè: Toe to | supply of straw hegre TRES 
i he manure,) are always | which they are subject is less likely to affect| m7, 
i the f 
he effect | them here than in anyother kind of Nh a wore 5 hen said 
abs im h, a ut sean ver; y high f: arming. Take 
tion when present, there is in the midst of a fie exhaustion. The m 
man: ea ruined roots a patch of about YIELD OF BUTTER 
a dimi: OW 
d healthy | October 7.—I am in receipt of yours of 22d Sept., in | manured, and feed it on the land with nseed-¢ 
of oasis in which you say you a think some mistake has been made | Rape-cake, or corn, On a clay farm wala 
s difference upon n the experiment I mentioned in my letter of the | there was feebleness unless we or 5 quarters of 
the presence Feceipt of 35 oz. of butter from 13 quarts of milk. 10 to 11 quarters of Oats, 5 quarters of Beans, 
ad. -been S have oa a tw: te ii the “af eons wrens B Mangel per e with: abundant 
; ; - 1 | churn. lst. uarts of mi ave, a ta ree | other in proportion. 
spread over this particular spot, and tap quarters of an bonta churning, 25 oz. of butter. | fertility sa meer of si 
tt 
aaa 
2d. 14 quarts gave 30 0 oz. butter. Ls when stoc! ka 
F art the Now, of the result of those experiments there can be cheaper to use arti 
thy, a circumstance | no doubt. I measured the milk into the churn, tial ty 
, ofthe a Mrs. Minchin remai ined present till the butter was |any weeds, You can pi ry keca a eip) 
e | unless it has undivided possession of thesoil, 
d reality the} Oct —This eek we repeated the experiment, i ge Irrigation by Hose and Jet.—Some 
mm e isthe paasa pr pwe me, which latter has ever | and os “lowing was ia the result :—13 quarts of milk wees oe the O aioom M is ope 
been held asa cure fi and 25 oz. of butter; and could I forward it I should fie nk it 
. h like you to see the quality. John Minchin, CE., Doia the advantage of the system. ‘There 
in the Turnip crop, at to a great s cure, Kiltilahan ne House, Carnew, Co. Wexford. [Are these | no doubt that re 
are both tole: ais well established, a = stl all | imperial measures >—Butter rarely exceeds 4 per cent | partly owing = i 
abroad as to how the presence of a ‘Citi wi eral, of the weight of the milk producing it. He ere it has means of the feriat after drainage. Tts 
| tas a of another, can so act ai ae varied from rather more than 6 to about ation of every description is almost 
pe pier brine about ethic Betraeelinary “eon: ve Horsfall’s yield was rather less than Ñ per cent. espec cially on trees or shrubs. The manure 
torti 3 wtih Sa a Tb r. Burke’s re haria ng William’s Farm Dairy, | can scarcely be too strong ona bare fall 
eel z RES presents, be is “ Agricul ont Rea: yA put the yield of butter | crops it must be sufficie 
has been described as like “races” of Ginger, and | from Trish cows at about 6 per cent. of the milk, and | fluidising of our manure permits 
if we can suppose aani of Ginger to be | from Ayrshire cows at rather ore than 5 per cent.] | effectually with every granule of t 
attached by a TO poor diminutiv ~ s }of several feet. Tiaho: al 
nisshapen ip, we shall have. no -bad idea = ý 7 pues e plough ne a ame 
of its form; these rounded nodulast projections AGRICULTURAL MEMORAN: DA. poor thin chalk atts cubes yer let at 7s. 
being quite sufficient to distinguish Anbury from| Re 
ading.—To dissipate error and become pes int acre, where the introduction a or iali en 
Fi and Toe,” with which it has been con- |to truth, it is necessar y to kno w ba e s that p would i aes roy 
tee but besides, the roots affected with | duce certain results, „eith her good or My P 
t w 
hemists who ob, 
those ‘vith Finger Ar Toe ‘do om en field i tis ened, and my doubts removed by m uch pete it aer | should remember 
ion had few examples that had not commenced Fmi and by a slight knowledge of elementary | by changing the air in the 
mposition, an f the m 
ecim 
. chemistry. I annex a list of my a books. I sang hog abundant valuable: br = = 
kind of deco hi ae d som nets a consider Baron Liebig to be the “ Sir Isaac Newton” of | o 
4 wanen we Drought home” for | agricultural a and progress fim. Diets ds’ no 
to decay in a few hours after- | greater barrier to agricultural advancement than want 
We mentioned that thè soil as to its character | self. “sufficiency. 
was a curious exception in the ory Pree Cattle and — Feeding. — is subject I would 
mn —— of —* e | strongly advise a perusal of t Sa mirable papers by 
met with for miles ; gps sa Mr. Horsfall in VOS xvii. aidait, of the Journal sas 
it to remark the afin e i “ wild Flora nowhere Royal A caltaral Society of En go = practi 
pr eric y, 0. g 
C akera with in the pe- strict. The b there disel asbie yor 
will at ce recognise the mi list as exam- | render stock feeding a more profitable ble operation tias 
ples of a- Fegetation indicating a sandy. soil, that in ar me ice. The rtant fact that his 
arvensis, feeding ho hag ta teamperitans of 60° ining 
2 Scleranthus annuus, winter wan't at he overlooked, by 
3. Rumex acetosella, small Sorrel. Deep cultiv tivation on poor Soils. —Mr. Hew 
4. Galeopsis Tetrahit, emp Nettle, | practical results in his Farming Essays (which T I would k p pet arene “hr can, h cals 
. Stellaria media, Chickweed.* advise every under similar peti 
6. gli h Catchfly. conclusive in favour of aérating our most miserable | doubt that we sow gener 
; The whole of these plants o ed only a week | nls. Mun per 
since are such as attest sandy soils, and there i D e Fed poor eo aam SES 
no doubt but that the list aight be much kag | safely consult Mr. Hewitt Davis's work and follow his 
ented by visiting th ity at different | "ce, ch 
seasons. As regards the specimens numi 11, ois:Weedon Culture—To the Rey. S. Smith we 
2, 3, and 6, these are nowhere els ete a Breat debt of gratitude ; he has eters med gr a 
Unan so hae o mo pa nonstrated that — ‘Daubeney and Liebig nid C 
w in the at The theoretically i fend earth os ou of passive 
latter is quite an addition to the Flora or unavailed of t hic active werd be 
district, and is a a remarkable instance ofa plant as as | profitable by deep oo "Tregont ‘cultivation, and that 
it were stepping over of unsu soil and by thus Ae Be km ben stial a 
serial fruition must 
ttre vibe aE rote had the pleasure of wit- 
nessing Mr. Smith’s practice, and can testify to its 
nd advai Every one should this 
nap useful work. He e may be be have develop 
heory and or of t master m 
dilture, Jethro 
isa ig perature in Feeding Houses. 
The time will-come when as a matter of t 
h will wai in winter like our fac- 
e | tories, and in summer flies and heat excluded by 
forced in by fann 
Stock. —I am convinced OY 
is a sudden change of temperature. T|: 
ieran a beth anche opine e in a barn; once a 
