(A THE 
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AGRICULTURAL 
GAZETTE. 
ae 
above by our correspondent, but their accuracy is 
hepsi i k ena on the mode in which their tru th 
n the absence of ex panahon on | 
was ascertained, that, i 
this point, we attach no value to dea. the 
Dublin Farmers’ Gazette of Jan. 18, is the following 
statemen fs anu 1845. 
as to continue growing during t the sever 
ertain I am that cows = sage i a nothing | 
I have also 
manure, which, at the piane here, will I AOR elu the 
I should state that my a 
a drawb: n the 
a week. 
so hardy, 
oe: Cc 
bette whether they would fatt 
doubted, from its extreme sic A “The side ps 
which appear preparato ry to its Aap are used in 
paratus is neither extensive nor ate? 
5 quart pana gallon of water, with tar fi Ib. of = ua 
en ee 3 "boll ina 
the acre; Turnip average fr on 
CULLEN.” o doubt on the accuracy of this coast of “Treland (lat. 54° 30°), open to the “tall sweep SYA after AKA an hour or two; this i is given at 
per coo pply i 
+ 
1 
3} X 
by those who have tried 
An une 
of bran ; 3 the boiling I 
47, 
and well 
Et bel ing a aided aril 
Sands.—I have some land o 
hl 
d all night, and affords ‘the i 
86 tons is Tr questionable. The only 
Taigi = is by pico hess a 
rch—half-an-acre at 
winter I and. it better to 
Si 
4 
siderable depth, a and the avili increases every year, } 
and blowing further inland. I should feel much obliged 
i yaa; or tock o eat correspondents, could giv 
plan to fix the sand on the present destroyed part, so 
the salt increases her eet —J. B. N., Liverpool. 
ties. 
HIGHLAND AND ae ee SOCIETY 
Ys 
quid X 
use the soot manure alternately with water. Sir | as to preve 
H. Davy says, ‘‘Soot is a compound ‘of ammoniacal | Could it be se to make this sand of any value? If OF SCOTLAND. 
pa empyreumatic oil, and char pee ag powerful so in wha t manner would yon recommend it to be re-| Ar the PESA Et Meeting of this Society, 
manure when applied in a liquid sta fi tl pia weed is rather abundant on the shore. | held last week, in terms of their Sea in their — 
Boit. destructive if, when applied dry, it Ls mh soon fol- | Is there any descr ipt ion of ‘oe that Cou be planted, | hall, Professor mn sai members all aware 
lowed by ra Would it not be v very useful if applied | that would afford some shelter from the sea-blast ?— | that there at present prevailed an denied on the Con- 
rnips as hi as they begin to vegetate? Before | Q. Z. [You had thaites oy to bind your sand together | tinent among cattle. He believed it originated in 
using, it ought to be kept dry, and excluded from the | by sowing Carex arenari Elymus arenarius. Per- shy swamps of Hungary; but it was steadily and 
air—Anon. [It would doubtless be very useful so ap- haps also the experience of Mr. Forster of Aberdeen- | rapidly extending nor The opinion of medical 
plied. It is often so applied to Potatoes. shire may be useful to It See last year’s volume of | men was, that the disease was contagious; and he thought 
Coal-ashes.—I beg to offer, Bi! the information of the | it was safest to act upon that supposition. The French 
“ H.,” the result of an lication, on a small} Th WE” G eagerly urged to take some pre- 
f Part of a piece of| has bie {and will prove to your ie R if he | cautions to Senet the admittance of these animals. He 
was dressed with them; the result ze thought, the refo ore pply to the 
It could pe easily seen ata a consi 
een 
wet hes land 
most sattafact ory. 
old, sheep, cattle po 
ards, with s 
stien; that, began young o 
| hors: 
able distance r far they 
crop was quite a wt de it could 
had good ‘scott applied. I imag 
directly as a manure, be a, like charcoal, they are 
nf in absorbing ammonia and other gases, “whi ic 
plants are known to feed rapidly on ; and to yield it to 
the puna, without giving off any of their own sub- | 
wom 
have ea expect ted, | 
magine the ae» not | 
rses thr rive best in dry, ct yar ', that, if necessary, they might ue F 
from the north and east, but oa p 
sout west (I have found it so with all s ee imp 
having 100 lambs ie a ba , Warm yard, since “August tinues This wo would be no injury to the consumer, as 
last), ‘their food cu d fe ti e quanti import ad been very 
out waste. In oe ts of pe otland, the hamel system for mall, whi ury which might ae wo tha 
yeahs stock is an ishabllabed custom. There is no | 
comparison | between a two- -year r old colt or heifer—the | 
d. the 
mi, 
so ahi af Alieni cattle would be enormo 
_ Want of room forces us to oe the Putin of our 
stance mains unchanged for a series of years. 
Ww. Wake 
reaking up Grass—1 agree with is A. W.,” in your 
great is ands difference in their asc an ap 
ance. B kno several cases in point, Your an 
ra Mr. Ka rke ek’s Essay on Fat and 
Wou ld it not be very desirable for landlords 
rR l t oem 
MARKETHILL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
We continue our Report 
man 
e of a per centage on their rentals in 
E 
pl oyment t durin ng the rah 
present are without Fok: 
advantages of turning up lan d to a greater depth, lessen 
the poor-rates 
M 
effecting 
rd 
n' u W S 
it would teach farmers the 
foad Seats s well), is cut ie boys, with | 
KER, the Chair- 
d—The objects held i in view by his lordship were ~ 
the introduction of alternate husbandry, by the í culti 
It never chokes 
although I generally introduce layers of s 
Hay 
ock. In stating the degree of success which a 
tended his lordship’ s endeavours in these respects 
without straw, 
cut very fine, is dangerous for horses, as they 
hole g 
The | landlord should, of course, insist on his tenant epee 
t then fermen ts, | 
and Arim gripes. Cut very fine with straw they | 
of Terni on the land broken up.—L., Somerset. 
Gorse, Food for bse —I shad already seen the 
masticate it, and no such danger can arise. | 
no straw is used, 14 to 3 inches is a good length. | 
Clover, mixed w h Rye- grass, sown ah first grain crop 
on the manured "laid, and Turnips. wich Team to 
these crops, it must be i in the pede ticities he} 
present that Red oo wig formerly consid idaran 
Ifn o 3i 
In pr ic I find my Vie and ots 
_consu 
ld cl of this neighbourhood and 
h her class” 
get 
papers you nh to on Gorse s better reed and more in less | pyres gpm caliatedby a few of the hig 
if ible, ips practical informat: on on the use and time; } ing i t “Ballo cks will eat | i far , the cro ted t 
managemen are : aia of roots daily, | Sia ock; and as fae as regards the small farme 
but as e Transactions of the straw, chaff, c.), and of of the benefits of both the crop a 
Society 3 yt for the best | stil on aim fog m ‘heir fat in proporti x A truss of straw, | the most beneficial mode of using it. The advantages Ol 
subject, full information will, ere long, to the -inch size, occupies a very small space.) this crop, as well as Vetches, Cabbages, and Rape, as 
public, which I make no doubt you will eh through | The nee N the stomach will contain at least 25 per | affording aa means of house-feeding during the sumn 
your valuable Pa ees fig ig i om West Kent. | cent. more of finely divided food, than large angular | months, now perfectly well kno mi a almost 
fghtwell, O of ee ato.—Mr. Joseph Melony, of pieces, E loose straw, with ch intermediate air. universally “cultivated. This is great step 
rightwell, Ox letter, to to the Reading Mercury, | Time is saved in mas arene. leaving more time for | adva With respect b Tarini the Hcy of i 
ay economy of food, and rapid increase of e E them has bee muc ch great er. The parti 
the advantages as beyond a question. oF with the manure from the: b 
of land. He intends to to publish Toop detailing the | course ur roots are all w ashed, or cleansed, before | obstacle. They! were at first grown more to please 
means by ere. this hut el tie S Lot ay is to be ob | cutting. Sy Mechi. landlord and agent than from any conviction of their 0 
ained, Tan n this part of the country is well adapte A Hint to The Farmers of England.—Are the | great value, and the small patches of ground gene: 
gr farmers TEA alive to pa own interest? I think they | sown gave no dequate idea of the advantage t 
lose Ki is year, which is con- | a I eeatecly p a farm-yard that I do not see — both in milk and manure ; and his pie 
idered above an average crop ; if ae uS an an be iey aun best of the manure Awd to run to waste, | absence for several years, in Canada, and m 
npe ai Spits by an easy do d simple process, This d he: 4 e 
that is, “down gone Pong loin 4 ditch. 
n we consider that manure to the 
amount of a ar many thousand pounds is annually 
imported. Farmers must not complain of bad times 
while the eya allow ch of thei valuable prop erty to 
alth, which disabled = from personal r 
nearly t thre 
Tag the farms for 
e years, 
Potato crop, which rendered the Setien of ‘Tern 
the Sean season impracticable. From these e 
ee 
et o he poor man 
the Potato is a necessary of life, forming, in many cases, 
as ES article of diet; ; bed Ža Aa Lepage there- 
It is span vist 
like way of managing | their RN P applying the 
manure to the fae Ppy 
adva of Turnip cultivation may be b- 
accounted for; donk notwithstand ding all this, numb 
state of things c I would just warn farmers 
generally, that the A ee jaddiarde. ey abroad, and 
©. place 
fit fi both in milk, manu 
and the condition of their stock, u although left t 
the ems selves, the crop g gradually adva ced i n the opii 0 
slovenly and negligent ee ee giv 
ise you old a 
r J 
A Dee, 31. 
team Engine. —I have often wondered that no agri- 
do not like new a o sait. pie Practice to ey im- 
provements of the age; for believe me, that nothing but 
been this “year SE ee 
lordship 8 property, and the ge itis n 
r the e surro Aen estate: 
find of 
be of rah paN Bae rion 
tch, ing in coal tha the 
eariy constructions, might still be vet ‘good. to 
wo: ough c cular saw, OF ch 
steam-engine, the working parts of which might 
bein oS as vet pee 
from ruin,—A Friend. [Landlords must supply the a 
manure i ks. 
Flax-seed as Food:—Will you allow me to c 
ca ate to ‘the readers of your valuable Pa aper the result c of 
and the publication, i in the rep of the sta te ements 0 
oh in farm mrad for 
40/. or 502. it would be a great SR AE in oai 
improvement. A one-horse power would be sufficient. 
—Enquirer. 
ter tried about half a hundred weight of 
saddle-horse. I | was induced, from reading Mr. Sproule’ s 
from their change of sy as very materi ially cont - 
for farm horses, to try the experiment with my saddle 
and I have no doubt, re many years go round, 
f the valui 
ae y on some 
h Potatoes for fifteen su accessio è years, so that 
a. d r y hos sere 
a pone ge deal pe omc for, ote a surgeon, I am obliged 
| to Jenta is it standing at the doors of my patients conti- 
— 
| nee of 2 vh s at Ôd. + 38. Od, 
A stone EES od pred 13d, #425 Dee okie o. Sa 
$ score bran . + 0 6 
7 lbs. ground Linseed, at 3d. š E ee 
Per week) . . . > . ë + 58. Odd, 
These are retail prices and include straw for bedding 
horse, fed 12 
ing diet, sage of this crop, for which its soil and climate are particul 
F +5 » with s pole coat, ahned Whilst on this subject, I cannot help allud 
= facility whic ry of gu 
ficient supply of verte , by which with 
ttention to the cultivation of that crop, and the care 
the liquid manure, an for ever secu 
| without 
— 
te ce weight oe 
n is 
y horse has, | 
nine + only bee en | 
p belag 
manor, the effec tof iene shih js pe "sal 
that mountainous par rt of the country, are me 
four cag in the stable, and co averaged 8 
put 
