80 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Jaxvan 17, 1863. 
iding body of the distrieb| of the taxable area inappropriate, and the rating 
when formed. - 5 à | АП contem plated unjustifiable. s BB 
"Tho difference bet а Commission of Sewers and | All thes pude тоте however, wil h their| In a recent Num mber 0 of the gero periodics] 
an Elective Board consists in the former being con- weight idi e distrie& board is established, and|* Connaissances Utiles," there is a good practicar 
stituted by the Queen pron mi for life, and the latter ts gina i ie мы: management will follow | article on the management of the domestic rabbit, by 
being elected annually by the ratepayers themselves. | in due c ours . Verardi. It appears that there ai prae 
The qualification of the members of a * Commission of In my ne vi and last letter I will confine myself to | for breeding and fattening this prolific and useful 
Sewers” is va IMS Lus the 3d and 4th of William. IV. iw two points which are of the grea atest i in the vicinity of Paris, in which 1500 are 
(v which is high | when the Loc al Bo ard assume the executive. The supplied weekly for en me as fo od, , although i in 
sive Haie) while Жүзү of the Elect h | engineering ecogn ized, and provin t Te D des у гей and 
s the Inc e Co mmissioners may determine upon à | the К pn which the rate vul be levi he | reare owev f the 
genes J. Bailey Denton, 52, P. t Street, | tame rabbit is inferior, t adm its, in flava to 
(7 Te Westm. er. that of Me wild sort, Vieh M tribue altogether to 
M т | the mode of feeding ; but probably con nement in the 
zt each fom 9 Сорн viia ye present them TOWN SEWAGE. one еге swith i imper rfect ventilation, and free air r and 
III. The petition te + the Inelosure Commissioners, 1 DA pu surprise and in egr в апа Mss: rather in liberty i ГК 
sorrow Anger. such portions you 
d к а la! aee peperit i Ne poo PARE аз ipe Rr си imports of foreig of food, whic ici are not in к isis дын 
3 шше jo n кеа of t Ee be | ur waste of tow manure. AH was in that) Тһе rabbit that burrows in copses or clay banks, 
etae d pe насе sti T sä: cost of those works, and it die з a resignatio iens things they are, and | browses frequently on very succulent and dewy food, 
четен ай ections | inferential hopelessness of nes ng them, that are|such as the leaves of corn, Turnips, Mangels, Clover, 
of of tha out fl, as КОДЫ» of the owne n yc area, | ei edingly painful to the eres of an iniit oque | &с. Suc h food does not MA at al in додага Y suc- 
te t ЮГ: over. aste usually given to domes- 
ашк of. tho don ws oon, who it each обрне od té s imports of corn а and thi at enormous waste of food pro- ticated rabbits, such as the leaves о сае Mee 
p Qe re appointment. I | ducing sewage. without an effort to diminish the one =, гона: is ton : e: ие r hand, ШШ А ve 
i е and preserve the other. Аге these objects impracti- | lea e rabbit which is free to roam anc ве есу 18 
rica caor wore the aren is p EE peace cable? or Бе be pro ofitably Бары by an in- | own nutriment, to eat some herbs which may possess 
viskually Jithe Казах of those who at present cont ]|vestment of capital and intel igence? Have we been medicamental qualities corrective of the laxative pro- 
the several unim ed properties ; the advantages of content to do the same thing with cotton? Why are | pertie of succulent Grass s and other herbivorous 
foi the d “ай do beyond t cutio: os by the same rule willing to pur all our | substances of kin qualities, The leaves and bark 
peius d ootfal works e exercise of borrowing goods from foreigne Ho t that Lanca- | of. shrubs or trees, for instance, may prove astringents, 
powers, and the permanent maintenance of the who Ден ср сан from foreigners their raw material, ang prevent the evil effects of other sorts of foo 
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the |e тр у millions of British h hands i in working it up, and Wild herbs of X qualities are within reach of | 
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tan Vit the rabbit in a state of nature, and e may i s т 
vanti m аа it? Look at the gigantic faciories ‚апа | tively take what possesses the f virtues" whic 
br apre UM piu сесара о or тъ ws vili bs E and complicated те ЯА d and made by | condition requires, as the sick dog seeks for the 
> Ad th ssl | enormous inves чан o aeuo Pe езет апа | Quicken or Cock's-foot Grasses, which ‚ afford it im. 
works capital, and you hav nce an answer to the|mediate relief by scouring as an emetic. The writer 
question. of the article before me attributes the ill success with 
pon receipt "of this petition the Inolo be This has been done in our manufactures, but fae it| which the rearing of domestic rabbits is so often 
Commissioners Wut шше Er rough an inspector, БУ | been n done. in agriculture? No! „th ierefore in one case followed, to the error of supposing that the waste 
ġ on the spot, an inquiry to в satisfy them | o can defy ti vegetables of gardens constitute good food for them; 
“ the кы fides o£. ће promoters an кийаш ди submit to buy abroad tbat which we could, if we chose though eaten eagerly they are injurious from their 
MES do so, produce with profit at home, th g t succulency. Cabbages and Lettuces are often 
ё | abundant and extensive additional channe els for indus- in a very watery s bees and no doub is the rot or liver 
irially employing our own people, and a that Apa complaint which sweeps off, successi e generations of 
the чиик abundant capital which is now, b inccr rabbits Тхе they attain Аалы urity is chiefly . 
giat carry out the ig cw | annually of many millions for foreign us g| o the excessive use of watery green. 
under " Commission h Sewers,” the Inclosure Com- | and encouraging and remunerating our food; whereas, if their nourishment cons sisted of such _ 
missioners will dismiss the petition if one-third the corn growing in other countries. Bat it will d subs аа wild Chico огу, Thyme, Carrot, and Parsley — 
Ar their dissent in writing; | be asked—ho w can you compare cotton with corn ? ан кас > objectionable, however, for pregnant and | 
but if an elective. board be determined upon, then the rs), those diseases would probably be 
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through their inspector that two-thirds are in favour iiic: That § is Raya the pose Let us mu Field plants vill g Пу prove to! healthful 
thereof. This difference is an кни A not easily | what our land really produces. t} 
explained. d 0 cult it ів e а 
w di а conclusion 
induce persons, who may be really favonrable to а | Great Britain баш enis mountain and waste) may | reli sae are the most wholesome for г к Lucerne, 
general improvement, to declare themselves so when probably be taken as 50 millions of acres, landlorg’s | Clover, an and Vetches, yield a ready and venir supply 
the adva ges are pr: ospective e and а contribution. с “ measure, which in си е fences, — and the | of food, and in dry weather may be freely used ; 
paymen pe . And again, every one know space еш ied by fa farn buildings. The re of this | even аб other times, after exposure to йөр Er 
that so terge a proportion of the land in this КЎ land m per acre; its gross annual pro- | current of air, they are innocuous, provided that o 
belongs nants for life, bodies corporate—women | duce, poi e ot Res estimates that can be o referred et bran, ог sw — hay be — e ose ua of m 
under disability — —and absentee owners, that it fre to, about 37, 15s. es acre, in meat, corn,and other agri |ture, There is scarce cely any e tiva ated vegetable or fi 
— tly happens that two-thirds can cultural produce. Capital employed, ч рег асге, | weed which rabbits will e Mi: E 
, Itis clearly due to the contributors rue in this amount of produce worthy of British enter- | the part of the provider is very necessary. I attribulé i 
that full oppor- | pris To judge of this we must refer to numerous | my ow. n failures to салот in this respect, and Я 
tusity should be given to all parties to express their MN in ou r best- 0 ivated districts, унае on the | оу to the error of giving moist green food to the 
enh an n that no work should proceed without 55. annuall ear! age. In winter, Turnips, 
the rence of a majority, but the effect of |5 is obtained. Pez ү soil, being the ун а gre спы Carrots, Potatoes, and Jeramie Artichokes, mized 
requiring ап expression of approval is practically to | investment of ди and of аракы, But, then, rn, or bran, or grains, and with а little 
convert absentees and neutrals into dissentients; а m we deficient asa nation in capital? E ur e knows | Mog wn keep rabbits in а НҮ condition 
€— iesu will stop soni фар ыз nages, the c contrary, and that the кш surplusag of profits | under favouring circumstances of dry and well 
i id ost every ventilated habitations. Some writer has observed _ 
sioners ave perite themselves on all зба of the ire ree: except the c ise of eios the | that when rabbits die, “ ninety-nine times out of the — 
“ Commission of Sewers,” or the “ Elective Board " is | most required and the m of all thi hundred starvation is the cause. І am inclined to - 
determined upon as the а may be. If the former,| We must, — eds Qe regretfal died nclusion | think. that over-feeding, o r injudicious feeding, more - 
the Commission comes into existence as soon as t = that various causes interpose to prevent or delay the | frequently occasion үнгө death. 
eis issued from the Home Office, which may be | flowing of capital into that most € of allocen-| Rabbits require frequent feeding, and with small 
in six weeks or two months after tho Inspector has h Beld pations, the production at ш of human food. Many | quantities to prevent waste, But M. Ver di р ын | 
his meeting; ifthelatter, the Boa Ml be emet opis of these causes are very о obviou ; but the раена something more. Тһе feeding time is not ter of 
as soon as the provisional order A ncelosu: the present paper, for | indifference, as one might suppose. The rabbit T to 
ї firmed (withotl i in dealing with 80 enormous an interest as British agri- ramble and graze мор nightfall during eight o 
e same Act) by a ск Act ‘of Perl iament si | it 
its moe ian Sessional Acts ura as ges т acre would, on 50 millions acres, | rise, it sleeps deri he day. This natural habi deer 
dod ures, erefore, greater — in the | add 21,000,001. annually to jut stock of т and | therefore be indulged. Ор the su E: of кай accom» — 
case of ап ©“ эктим. Board" than in the of a — food, and thus almost render us independent of modation and „ventilation, the offers 
“ Commission of Sewers,” oreignimports. I gg h tho brief are е explicit = вз 
Having established a Local Board. the functions of e: doubt that we have the means and power to produce са out. 1. The aspect should be 
the Inclosure Commission: — femme and the Commis- | with profit Gf we had but the жошо to do во) |2. There should be at least two windows ur admision | 
sioners of the istrict com thei ныр of fresh air. 3. It should be laid on а dry bottom 
the preliminary steps for ве gern of the work; people. Of course the result would be to cheapen the р заной to t hrow off the liquids ; rue O : E. 
and the raising of the rates for the payment of the cos Lisa m I po yet to learn s не E mighty | in fectly clean state, “ The odour 
If it is requisite to purchase land for new works, then ich has rendered calico rofitable at | Кер n Buteh i is 80 intolerable, + that complai e 
the approval of the Inclosure Commissioners (con- Bd. bur Td than it m when at Is. ©, mer n not be саса on the subject to official authority phe the 
firmed by Act of Parliament) is required; so also, if it | brought to bear on the production of our fi tmosphere of xdi вав been deem mephitic and - 
is desired to mortgage the rates and — oney ired, bett These miasmata would un- 
for the works by ап arrangement enabling the e нента for our live stock, greater economy of our questionably become dangerous to mankind, if they were - 
dues to pay off the principal money y interest | and town sewage, а and an amen ndment: of the |as suscepti ible. of ` itsevil effects as the rabbits are. t 
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not grada 30 y opog perish before there is any dang: 
it y be found to ас езара with profit to landlords and tenants and | to the human kind, which would of necessity occasic 
ско 18 vived to Кыйы the mars at Ладе, Ње гешоуа1 ot the cause of anxie of th 
ON mt fortunate iti is is for the country Every rejudiced man who travels from „county to hutch is а , provided that the males 
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require an adherence on the | and Serve. on the low scale o our general agri-|against cats, mice, weasels. It ought to be well | 
ioners plans and state- | | cultural procedure and BE dise come to he paved or tiled to p pr m the rabbi us А 
эш тар: when | conclusion that it is quite as much a matter for land- | and roofed with projecting slates. The divisions for t^ 
hough any material | lords as for tenants,—to inaugurate a better state of Pres should be raised 8 or 10 inches above the level 
deri the limits | things. si J. Mechi, Jan. 1- he ground, and constructed of lattice work or s 
