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96 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [JANUARY 24, 1863, 
at S bo of1i cwt. to a field of Wheat on stiff soil; | shown his name. Why s should the Royal Agricultural 
Farm oss quite lea measured space undressed, The season was | Society, w. with thousands аб its с ommand, uot offer 
COLLEGE FARM, CIRENCESTER.—In writing a report | very unfavourable for such land. The natora produce | 1007. prize 
for „the ast month of the. Jer, we are natu ra ally | was only 20 bushels per Mida the manured part | to befollowed up by 
i m" acr creas 
only g 
МА ielded EI потене 
Or why no 
fact stand bviondly hi ed. e plant was stimulated | work, to hunt out all the reminiscences w ich may yet 
is his M 
th seas obviously, | straw which was no ; 
viz., "ы, has been a bad year for the farm. A to assimi ilate an inereas ased ош of of foods which ou exist as io his history, whether any portrait of him 
the ri Eu become emptier, so does the evidence stiff soil contained i in abunda ance., Of course the topic | Ш ог ever was to be seen. _ 
ecome more clear that the yield y tall a his early shee ) may be in existence. n the iterary 
deficient, probably quite as bad as in 1860, and по |how f. e ап philosophical journals there are few more interest. 
doubt in g reat measure owing to the same cause, viz,| With eei to у suns inti is past we he еле їп es than those wi ive chemis 
i important periods, and the | of inter bis p» chronicle. The eather du urin g the early | mechanics. Why not let us have equally full accounts 
absence of genial, Ay аа? ather, during the ripen: me j pars was dry and favourable fi s, allow- | of t ave produced 
of the Ка йм, ‚То total rainfall as registered by Mr. g of stea аш and horse. ploughing the filo land, races I — € have no equals in the world ? 4 
T. C. Bro t very much abov Mag rM". being |a d Mid hian Pus 
32.46 бан. ве tho average of t ast 15 years is for the breast plough, е" burning. Swed had ам 
30 inches, Тһе following is his table by a common ей В то 
each), and Fyt ploughed over, ш сломе portion Calendar н AE ids gno 
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t .. $s А Tho following passages are hel from Morton's Farmer, 
Маа 2 0. 0e 410 Angus 17 з ^ 2.25 grubbing up fences, in, order to make the surface жыз [ E pesset Дат. Routledge] bd 
May «Ass adora а о Novembel аара гая 025 constitute the principal pid od - In the repo rt for сий Tie геа НОНЕ оа АМТ inN URBIS torem and don 
June a y .. 2.97 | December Ee EN ovember we. made some remarks upon our falling | w n it commences, and it must suffice here to refer to the 
SRL otal 792.46 dep: we will now Dia the management of the ewe e 
ac аа 80 aped ^ hio teh 
por e e fa я nin З gs onged, [n 
The large rainfall from March to June inclusive | жү АШ ewes are gnaw ing Swedes, and getting some ш y d» tity of roots ormerly pO Ton. or Boro (or, ay 
must have been very unfav outaha. for the cereal | inferior seed hay m. considering the very wet 
produce, and by pee with the preparation for кейе. еу аге {Се well. A pen of straw is made | B 
Rd root crops гез ie planting back, and this |in one corner of ia field, on Мә Уз cribs are plac ced, 
tly 
ary ке} ei aha d ыы ind chi or their 
valent in Carob Mom - ien. as cake, or some g CM 
othe er т onkos whose merits will be red in t Un Calen 
November 
Thé Cow —Qows may, some of them, calve this month, 
They sho d, afterwarda receive more succulent food than  ' 
formerly—as Turnips, Cabbages, Mangel Wurzels. Aftert 
y S 
Leni many Forse The months of February and | ewes are g Tur eint: of "which hey have a ver ry 
November, often amongst the wettest, were remarkable | limited Bed at night they are m into a fold- 
for the absence of rainfall. Тһе character оЁ | yard, and supplied with straw in racks. АП through 
November was of great importance in enabling the Deceniber they had Bean straw, and it is коша either in th 
farmers to turn up the fallows4n a healthy condition; | what Я s шл they consume, and how well 
more especially as up to this date we have e had s во li ttle | they thrive upon such food. two or three 
frost. Liv: e sto ck will iir ritos р m" tis does idea that i only the pods or the 
s have been remu | upper portions of the straw dar E sheep w M eat, but we 
ive, а and on dry he althy land Жер Бат. fose well; | find that игре proportion of the st eaten. Now 
ni ре m 56 dns lambing and weaning | they are hav э Pea straw, and ux within а week or our Эа енче " A Edge e 
еду seriously affected the young | two of lambing, a portion of hay will be given for хе the boiling heat, and re. "uenia stirred repeatedly. Itis 
t The feeding value of straw is a question а eg all ей and 
li 1 other i нын y disord n Пу | such opens that any successful абыт of its Ad Teo ee а M Pans will bo CEDE wee 
МУ. lan n w alone is used | cattle. Тһе great expense of winter-feeding cows with ? 
spaken р ic Шош this scourge appears in a very miti- | for. it will n y to cut 16 in we not ara: alone eats а the profits of the dairy, even ifBo ne be giventil | 
ated ft compared with 1860; and all over| баен е. podre of ontang 1 ън the з ль дү, will „поб do 
England | cattle have been attacked with а foot and | во well John Coleman, Roy nths for that expensive : 
uth disease, causing very serious loss to the dairy- 
man and grazier. 
With еи to the question of Horn v. еы which Miscellaneous. 
1 appears іо) Bakewell and Jonas Webb.—Tt is реш to see the 
awakening of a better feeling to those who have 
€ an BE Puis do? If. we could | distinguished themselves as breeders of live Stock, an 
Jook d into the future and be certain that corn would | desiring all manner of success to the subscription for а 
bring only low prices and meat irs remain dear, we €— to Jonas Web bb, 1 n the Agricultural Hall, 
isely modify опг sys 
may be gr 
ea anner thei 
perfectly sweet, AE элүү almost) "^ their food, "t the milk 
t water (one pint ET. а pura added, "-—- set for 
e tin o 
that + 
чн be thoroughly - 
АБАН 
to keep an increased quantity of dh ug Wem must I have no уз» 16 will be, 16 must have em 
still though perhaps rather less frequently. e corn, ind the wget x which has bee 
that. i itted to h the e greater e of Bakewell. M 
great degree for tbe outlay upon our root crops. As а |16 is perfectly vonderful that some attempt has not 
Esel (ns the return from кар f does not pay for | Ws made to associate his name in some way or other 
more than the cultivation, rent, taxes, &е., of the| with the many displays of live stock ше occur so 
land in roots, and o thers not even ner] but the|often in Estes гд in Scotland now we have » mousse е 
i that it will g erhap s 5 дүз. | statues of James Watt of various kinds, and while in Teac ng е breeds 
of Barley, which е pasa тас "шр г И, England just the other month a statue of Crampton Фоо NR) мөм. Р теат be provided, RS h sholten the 
d it is ple Vi бм produce of the corn as compared | was inaugurated ; while numbers of men only noted for | of the year ; mo 
with its must look for our profit, rather transient and e phemeral works have been commented | flock 
than to go k рма manure has so greatly egree in many of the other depart- 
eed to this result. Тһе idea of sheep њо corn ents of manu facturing and monre pursuits—the | pastur 
We may on light Ex keep our land in tes ар ofthe greatest name which any country | ing 
rass for two years, Ng our sheep food, | can boast of in the production bd food for the million 
ign it must be with the view of. gr "growing a larger corn is left entirely i ignored. e haltinformed | «4 
о 
[ig А 5 uio 
ear old steers should 
in the feeding house, as er described—or, if 
"vn E. fattening diet, to which reference has already been 
Тһе only safe system of farming at the oes day i is ss ure ean of in A DER with other 
Hel which aims Ne the largest possible d then ti 
is profitable. 
at extent Bake well. Before ever Cram) p- 
ial рга и and artificial foods is а en on Кк, у е e ог ла Watt made their discoveries, | oth рр 
that must depend upon soil, climate, and а va ну, һе had made his s; and it is truly wonderful how Provi- Grass f К dr е а ЖЫ Meet dun 
, 
of circumstances, but that each should 'avail himself o 72: 
these valuable aids to the full extent that he know ws in tion of sheep. or mutton not b been then di AIE А ы. any Toos of manure Tegan, which oo only i£ is! 
be table there сап be pne of question, hich tl di i one рма on the arable field, and, in the other, on 
take for an example - artificial manures. into existence? For ds [eir are equal Grass 
soil o of moderate fn fertility, kein p growing ыы ls in de sree to those of any о ese great names. 
heat help, can be made to produce | The genius who could discover what his did—that 
Apep ae e. deimos aia am со: вау y quired Ъеќ 
25s. іо 30s. рег acre; with Wheat ав low аз 5s. а bushel, | Ше beef-producing properties could be acqui 
a very handsome profit remains, But іп what condition азё that a certain SENE of touch must ostiis b» 
is 3 such an increase of crop? Un. |tha е тем M. Iud 
doubtedly it is exhausted in proportion as e M mi | shat form, was of no n order. Let breeders | new year. Wednesday 
matter and ni in the increased produce exceeds | sa; sr ш uà not one new principle 
been 
that which was applied in the е. The |е nce he produced his Leicester sheep, and | Since Jast sprin has been 
latter ha acted. as а food, partly as aj jenem ineo o ыла animals from whieh they only BEN ос а month past, € i 
Ex acquaintance with the older works | Work in general has got $ qood 1. i ard 
the an UR Б anos t it far advanced as to make us wish 
Med we can renew de fertility. of 1 "a soil ^ a cost n pens come еы the value of Bakewell's disco- r^g non wd "Eg 
that shall 1 wol more y appr and acknow-|to maturi 
crop. The root crop follows—manured with, probably, | ledged. Апу works treating on live stock before һћіѕ | ава vice 
farm-yard and artificial manure; consumed by sheep, ios contain the most absurd and contradice 
eating corn ; we have the soil ding of эшк, i me 
for a 
еге. A remarkable | means, ipae wish 1, 1з Mr 
notice lately. А |16 should fill the place of honour if there is any such. 
applies nitrate of soda ! But there are other ways by which respect may 
