372 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [APRIL 18, 1863, 
апа = Жары been fed at the e time before I took any | any root; and, in the gun “state i киш it is If these figures and the reflections i in which I hg 
part their fe eding. the commencement, o for i ossess any interest or value, their conside is 
Nos. т ап nd 2 2 showed an ЎСА to - iss n. hs „feeding value o any s Айн псе Ty chemical | tion is just now opportune for many reasons. In ДУ: 
Kohl Rabi ; but as to them in clea: alon This is not Ше pau to enter more | first place, the proper season for preparing the gro d 
a state as rper they } nd managed to eat it | before E54 into the merits and demerits of chemical ana-| for Mangel шле is not very far dis nt; ud 
1 ої Iw аты preferred | lysis r do I wish to pass ndary that sepa-| secondly, every agricultural suggestion possessing а 
to mix ile d £h e start, but we | rat es the domain of the pe entific e ymo b om value, no matter how little, Should receiv e the ү 
ч to = too many i in the feed- Pod of the professional analyst; bu mus ly 
+ |+ 
nterest of prac 
ing аа 
TRE "of the 24th of January I 
ш following scale of ; feeding, which came into use on 
5th :— 
— de vut that any attempt 
Се e feeding on chemical an 
| ysis alone is liable eut in disappointments und 
ses. 
using their influence to alleviate ua pressure of a 
times and to raise the small farmer to а positi бо 
which he would beable to cope with. ов vieissitudeg . 
the morning of the 2 |los „Тһе chemist "has been eminently useful to I seasons, which will always weigh heavily upon im, 
Mhz ghe er tt tis not in his labora- | so long as he relies mainly on grain crops to meet his 
No. 1.|Ко. 2.|^ t ct and reliable opinion sein. Jnder these circumstance! ; I venture 
Roots, Moni прве р ар | of "the ma ick or алое value of feeding | to;suggest the propriety of vigi i the area und 
At 6.30 р.м. Саг тн: |1 1 1 |stuffs | Man urzel, not only because it7i han 
Саке аюны LA g y 8 à productive and 
At 12.30 рм. { Зоо, stona үрт j |. АП my observations оп Kohl Rabi as a feeding sub- |  profitablo root, but also сечы. E ME extend 
Roots, stones 3 2} p to think that it is ara «р for | crop husb andry, which, bringing in more 
At 6.30 foe EA n 1 1 ^ ees production of milk than flesh and fat have — industry, more meat, ce ү produce, and 
At E m. Ha n. Па. T т T found that а a giv en weight of it p en fully as КЎ even more corn, І regard as the great foundation. on 
e Kohl Rabi was eaten k flavour than Swedes. Тһе exp шө to build up the permanent agricultural pros. j 
Жү Выд чы still, on по one oceasion did I v more seme роды. шана 18 хау in of Ireland. 
find that ! were used in so short a the | much in favour of the former root both as в the | 
Swedi частей быу tbat the cows fed on | quantity апа quality of the milk. "Thus, the two | 
this root showed е езен A heifers, , which were giving about the same NOU of | e Correspondence. 
it at the e se аз at the c ке Аз of the experi- | milk Th icultural Meeting at 
ment, поёт! —— that it lasted: 40 da уб The No. 2. Fed on Kohl Rabi, Жо. ` к m quarts, rgh.— Will you kindly say in your paper of this week 
cattle were again put t up m the yeighing insciis, be: *No. 3, Fed on Swedes, &c. х that the following are the agents in London to A 
the 11th February, апа And again, I used lactometers of tho same size and l'terbational Agricultural Exhibition (Hamburg, 
weighed T Аны че % construction for the purpose of determining the quan- Shanks Barker d Sons, the са Steam Navigation 
ext ` т» $ —— шеш) tity of cream in the milk, and that produced from т ону, Менге. Drolenv 2 $ Bremen, 14 Mark 
yos i х. 0! A ve а high tage th ther, 
3 ub cos bor er pr A e eni 9 epi ,, Summer Forecasts.—Your hostility to my Summer 
The increase in live vett jn m beast and lot for | the trials giving 1j per yes 
30 dni: may be put thus It is generally аа т" бокал on Йод It кї аы — — А опе сап fairly - prete end to fore- 
Weight on|Weight on| Increase in | 8176 mik cher in cream than those fed on Mangels; “85° à Summer sea who cann he same time so 
12th Jan. | 11th Feb. | 30days. Бов taking into account the greater flow of milk ob- ins calculation to positive terms, 
UE Eoi | tained from Mangel Wurzel, the better flavour of the fi . c ndge as well as himself for е 
No. 1) Lot 1, fed on Kohl 10 1 Ам . sr MP [n ze tained, the greater certainty of the crop Mode the ei sent, md s ed са ecords 
s 2) Rabi, &с. 7 2 any c е е especially where, from being e раз simply -minister proo of f his correctness, 
P Bo repeat im NS di ihe Swedish Turnip It has been observed in scientific емс "that. long 
Total 5 [ni e and the ‘greater weight of roots obtained when | °* perience and observation, and personal assiduity and 
E a A5 жу T £ adapted to 7 yov, bó M i ie may give а shadowy foreknowledge of 
| Swedish Tur- т} will amiss if in this statement I express the оерћегіс changes to come which is hardly commi 
SOUPE npe, ar. 10 2 | 10 т opinion that the extension of the area un angel деа е uy and receives no acces ion in the pro- 
Tos al mp Wurzel in Ireland is а problem worthy of the con- 516559 do not pretend that this is the case 
Tt Da appears that t TU TE sideration of "those who. are sow d бо m of pr tons E: Е I ua ra ер Kr 
oil-cake, and hay i erased in PA weight in Misc а - M je s ki zn tho Bi їн 3h pm al 
time more this iwice as much as the lot fed on the | have in Ireland nde ut 15, 000,0 бога Бе vir з 5 "ES aei. ch rich sei 
uantities of К of sii lend. Of these, we had in 1862, $m 149 acres E im а ne peur ойрон 9 ыкы 
same quanti че of Kohl Ra кан; oilcake, and hay. "This | yn individual summer,” and therefi I will dd 
arp tions Jore s ite х Талаа, and only 23,245 acres under Mangel | : js rere, M 
mund io eight War. = i ud bu acre of the. latter for every 16 anda АП | atem Bie ires IT vp ox also. pa: Т 
f ght, [acres of the former, Comparing the areas und | ne vernal equinox aro never 
or ud NE, feng than E onl Rabi and a. | crops in the four pur for 1862, I н 2 d = these. e ш, surround аро'ћег ; anda cautious uM 
кт туны crops on the Model t season "n | МЕ над күбе ч кыне > » ee » pubs тенеке ES cu wu 4 
m de against 18% tons of Kohl Rabi, their | In Ulster # е n "id | deseribe пс оне раа "Ln h Ps e f 
relative value for stall-feeding is soon de Connaught » clu 
Таша at others have spoken very highly of en we віда r the advantage Which the M Mangel before E "esn Po ndis others c: entis "Y | 
the crop for feeding purposes ; but I have not Seen any | Crop DEM, E eam freedom from those diseases | not fear self wro wi ng, andl _ 
— e experiments in support of their views, which often des the Temps op; the in intend t ke ko ei first. of ES the day of all my 3 
» Кар m I that in the able and elaborate paper ch ces of eme rut Turnips by alternating ог. future putlieations, if any, on this mattor, - i i 
bi, contributed by Mr. Sarem; of . rotating it with Mangel, as those crops come round їп | A rmless b du АП Fools! 
caer —— Tieultural оше the rotation ; its greater prodnetinn when tha land Р: аб Sa 4i з 
yE England (vol. хх. ysis of the root made deep and rich, asit ought to be; its rale бота, 1 Dv Boulay, Sandgate, prit: ч ат 
ора it dee ча, е T om which А would appear adaptation for milch cattle; апа its well mirable Tis that « “Е R. PC M Jand,” dd ns known 
іы аек possess far higher feeding value than Property of keeping sound for а =з time in p its, UM тор а of certain ewes to za the lambs of other 
It may be бта to Compare. this anal turiti о ана my queis E ist, 
уз, ition answi ion of March 215%. 
which has also = чаре едет iso а =. p e "— A : T OD take the fact above suggested as an answer. 
aver u 
> Ыр уш aia A чес T advocate i is, not s in mne nd mj o E t (My ed m is quite positive | that a 1 ne ; 
оч on | Ог iind but an extension of first Ала of Feb. 18th was small жа pre eed ide 14 
ө бена composition | that which I believe to be the most тойлойт оп the | days and has not grown well, the lamb of March 16th 
dee MÀ nd well manured puis untry ; | was large and strong from the —` bri April 1 n E 
Kohl : a area un ms green crops не е hid ied, bids fair to ЭЕ?» its sister. 
Rabi, | Swedes. Wars. р е атац should receive more attention than | Jaundice in $Леер.—1Ь may intere your readers to 
— esire to see its | have some particular cernin disease w! 
Anderson. Voelcker. "Yoelokor. ——— — understo: od, and X йа ei affected a join of the College flock, and which Iam 
8040 | 89460 | 5780 | Glasa E сатма de by the eA: е ‚Оп һе informed h ared in other localities, The 
А акылы ita XR те product hiefly affe purchased last fali, in moderate 
i safer on А ema it iem. а шой teresting me off dry healthy land; they ыры 
] that without average an night in a 8 
ihe , ав е — returns of E Soon after lambi ng tes began to lose flesh, and on 
— dom — being versa о уй а field of Swedes, where 
egun in pen wasplaced, on tosomelate sown Turnips À 
rtesy of MD Donnell 1 i 
отте represented the average co toc ile cou Y у, 1 am enabled | a rapid change for the worse took place; several € 
of these IF clomid ашуы ES t compile ti е Batar table of the annual acreable | died, and on being opened the flesh was found of 
g test of tha лчу or compara eeding M те " ENS азы» Ши КЕ 
У Mangel | y | congestion of lunga -— the being particu- 
dis Wirssl. urnips, larly RS Е т оње 
срср а н i a di 1 
1845 oz WR | ws m d Med d DURS M iu nd 
pe E 17.5 143 yellow an very p pale, end the blood appcar : 
1849 VECES QOL C ag affected ы 
be © Баана ро m 161 the w еи s 
1852 e LR 181 129 | several ofthe ewes di 
1853 о сч 17.7 16.4 |changed back to the 
mirar un TOS S E ea ni : s 1 pint of bruised Oats and 2 Ib. : 
APEX 1856 D S UM. з 155 166 me time we the following dose, from а 
їп the 21st volume ud соо з 13.9 12.5 | Prof. Brown :— 
EB 2o c I| om foge р 
л = лр ан 
Asemge эпе зе years .. 14.2 i y, the yellow ti 
In explanation of the mall yield - by a more healtby red apj i 
Ы о and э conii me ns | Detter, Portions of the - animals v 
Мары Чоу Bier roro who, айга id 
