THE eee GAZETTE. 
301 
RMERS Ss’ CLUBS. l not half so p horses, for v for cattle of all 
of Galloway and Stranraer. —At the Monthly ductive ; ie a bringing fort to tl nd for pigs. AI i sorts of refuse of Vegetables and 
oe of the Club, Friday, Decer nber Pi the subject | selves, and ruin to their families. Ba it pe <i 00s gri ain, chopped straw or hay, or. ch aff and s pall grai 
wine Cate Hoticed at page 24 TA vex jected that i in a very lar, rge farm, sa er $ 1000 a 
nsir is aggart communicated some in porian pat accom tatoes. He trusted there fore that, ere long, Mr. Rob a n- 
hen had obt cielo n lately in a so many cattle as would be e nec cessary. Bat the son’s new seaming sata: AAI would be found in every 
Se We | ht that these experiments were difteatty can be easily obviated, by building cottages on | farm suited to its Various members of the Club 
E. nb saia viile ith a rel: ativ re of Lord Soona s, | the farm, at proper places, with cow-houses attached, pin expressed t the opinions, stating their custom in 
pen Ot a? emi inent agriculturist, at wh ose so that the persons residing in the cottages can take feeding c catt ttle to. ~ ei tie them up by the neck, and to 
Then 
sir J 
t Lord Sener. 
Th these circumstances Sir, Jol 
ing in 
he had se en the E 
14 b} rS 
1 be kept in one house, the milch 
cattle in ee the fat cattle in another, 
mes a day with sliced Turnips, beside 
straw after the roe Mr. M‘Bryde, Balcar, who is 
r 45/,—that +“ 
d, feeding, 
h sa oll sold fo: 
e bree 
all of the short-horne 
e, and bean- -meal, i 00 expe 
and eee wi all 
bre 
À 4 be gre eatly kanod i in richness and vame 
had seen 85 
Thei r feet 
ohn 
nsive.. The mar 
1 it will be found at once that the system is s quite 
convenient, and as applicable to a large farm oa 
small one. When my pn farm was in pastu ure, I 
vave ascertained tha t ‘it pastured | only 18 cow 
r, but now it ) 3 hors 
ys in sum- eve: 
nd 
g upwards of 60 splendid catt ile this season, ap- 
prov: ed of that yede and a — sappy, of oil-cake 
or Oats. He fed his ttlethree times a 
and cen 
time 
m to 30 to 40 pigs, all the year round ; and y have 
ery 
they a Mr. M'Meckan, of Mark, deputy- 
chairman, who feeds extensively both = and sheep, 
Ir. Ski ling, 
extent, | 
Poma 
gosh other people have on their farms of equal e 
it happen 
—“ Ho w 
f Glasnesity ed from which we make g followi ing 
does 
ea her Bite Igians 
No doubt the = em, if yp wrought, will fails 
=e try it will w into the hous 
, and fo llo ows, the same Plan, gi 
to 6 lbs Jats, 
feeding. fed John Crawfo rd, Cu tho ses also concurred 
He aid Lo rd Stair’s cattle, stall- fed, at first go ot Tur 
bout “any ‘such extraneou 
guano, or any other importation 
have done for hundreds of 
i is never poor or exhausted, 
sof production, 
pe witchery in their opie ied. 
of Scotland would only condes 
ample, B would find themselve 
their If they 
us manures—w. sin ut 
The reason is ‘aunt. 
of the kind ? Pa 
per? BR yet their 
t 1 
ones | ticu 
5 an this re- 
re fed four times, ge etting a sufficiency of straw at each 
T arnip feoding s ; and they also got about 7 lbs. of bruised 
bu the 
is 
a > sn a 
peated, cloys the appetite, and ‘ha nal becomes | Oats and oil- pun dow were also well curried, kepi 
satiated and refuse es its s foo d. Itis e, perhaps, ne eglected | clean, m the p. pr operly cae cep Mr pein ts 
Bs. so est | in water: q y now m ES -appro 
ere y Be nee 2.9 
—and the whole experiment is a failure. 
fore, is only secured l by skill and attention. Cow 
age io ther e- |an 
F 
} 
cut aarda, with 
end 
s ‘tally final oi 
La r DA 
of treatment, The house itself must be airy, well yenti- 
aca aa 
ands, keep more sti 
i oe manure—| 
, and 
chiefly house- feed them, 
sin Toia. and a an abund- 
e of crop for soiling sumer miden r fo od, t 
Į The animals must be well | 
opii and brushed, at least twice a lay. .. Th 
o. be one partieular sagen cn po tion an and pay 
and o wi ue first and mos 
rain erops for rent and expenses. 
E a f 
They et bese | 
n the pot 
ji f every beast. raat ike oie, prem will ea 
d be d 
uality. 
The Belgian system has ce 
; and they ought to be supplie according ee as 
a. require it, bang kept rather with an appetite than 
otherwise. 1 as the animal has eaten its food, all 
red to 
aah 
not, you ‘may consider t 
once remov ved; Y ae 
ere 1$ some- j 
all farm 
I came to his Deighbouthood. 
year I bought 0 TA of dung to commence with, but 
why gall of any dese cription of manure 
mencing the 
. The first 
„I would strongly 
1 Shangred and regula 
rm in the north of Treland 
house- ra ing. i 
in disease, indeed past aoa ve: 
here pain 
t 
food pey eed or i ab intervening, con- 
sisting of SATOI chaff, and cut straw, which is 
with bruised rain, al 
t | by 
piopi 
nip 
a, 6, Tu rnip 8, retin of 
to ventilation, ah M‘Culloch 
but in the house you perce 
can apply the remedy in tim edin; 
are also of great i ARE ‘and o SERRA F 
ted. The cattle oft je te: en 
1] it. and 
be disappointed and bed if neglected. This nemet| 
ning. 
both to milking and fatten The 
ject ed need meetings, , for it 
à ad dee p consideration. 
jar farmers 
E 
oul 
Sa matter wor thy of 
I am convinced tbat 
of food given is also oi tmost ¢o consequen! 
iis ination. boan mie ee: there ought to bea variety i 
fe 
va 
sible, for imply yor 
e—It was first 
i Ireland is more indebted for 
to 
if n 
t, or rie” 
= 
ad Phe Da lem ae House- Se is os best to 
t promulgated by Mr. Blacker, to 
first = pena: ng 
ry ca 
Saft of the ‘ten em. 
p ara 1. 
rity inj 
cious efiluvia: p 
all this injurious atmosphere is EE t make egress 
at the upper aperture, and in this way you have a con- __ 
to its purity, per 
yet they are no irect ¢ 
upon the animal, which would, of course, be in; 
Mr. M‘C. was astonished to observ rve, ias even in in the 
es eymen of many of our most eminent looked. Ta 
sum 
with e or Italian 
ith Cabbages or leaves ; at wie 5 with. cut 
m3 bay wall, or "roof, for on escape of the perni 
that there must be an 
TR ds ings Talked € p 
1} 
? they 
ll fed, ma they 
f spirit. 1 fed the 
Sr COWS we: a 
Ginn eye appe arance, a they wi 
ran through the village wild and fali 
m on Man ngold W l; an 
urze. 
EE ught 
t ted. iare: The Club came 
OV lth 
oth milk and nag: 
1 1 £ fanaa 
to be ing—it os 
pete an off} $ aad then teda at 3, upon 
Vetches; at 6, 
upon Mangold W urzel, leaves, Rape, cleanings of brassy 
hey y recommended, where cat a pe 
per. 
off 
> va ste: — food; at 9, with ha 
valor 
rass, or this may be a dry feed if the state of the 
eae A require ir In winter, at t feed with 
| steamed food; with Turnips, raw; at 12, with cut 
d Wu 
N y 
ind a and age for stall-feeding a rari * e f 
fatten ning for years, th 
hay and straw; at ~ ih Mangol rzel, raw 
4 ventilated, and their feet Jin n better 0 0 
ight ; 
ferable, to ee them bette? 
rder. 2. At first é 
a day on Turnip, with fresh straw or te between each 
st eeii afterwards a : 
from 
lowanee, wit th 
extend L their green crops, so as to a abundance of | t 
rnip for all kinds of stock kept, whether horses, 
the same weight of abe 
irs a apc ‘Credie’s plan of f 
ght sorted to wi ith mo a Though oi 
Skilling ’s book, b; appropriating a con’ 
H ane to Aarh awg g Gover; Vetches, 
fford an alte: 
R cow ey in the 
no hon 
x ae 
VE toa the ratio in 
rg 
the kept ; 
A R ges of fe eding their stock, 
all doubt, and the 
t answer, 
them to rest ta feeding an 
proper ventilation m sould bo ga: t up 
hou uppii it with & a 
for thei 
. 
h 
ease. be impeded 
bo keene and it was byt ‘de mastication and rumina- 
to promote me R health, cannot pers 
the benefit of cleanlin sage ae &e. i 
every two B 
5 Dut Horses are 
and l oxygen were taken into the stomach of the cow or 
He | 
are th 
was satisfie d that a 
of either Ai or cattle, e Aber 
well.as importance a ‘ variety ia kinds of fo 
k cows of a mixture Pat a portion 
a Such 
There may be dif- 
de Peale. should 
- The 
, are chiefly al 
more milk ; 
that men 
would promote = Pei, the milk, oe fattening of 
cattle; and he was aware not only of the Iri e mall-farm | 
system proving this ee that it was prac with ad- 
antage at hom and efficient stemning appa- | 
eae at pee em was, este advantageous 
of c ooked food with the raw food given. 
Harleston.—At the acuity meeting of the above 
Club, held on the ad ie * ga atl ed discussion a 
“ The n ect of hom Resolut 
“ It is the opinion of this 1 Club that all manures should 
food was 
for every farm, to cook what 
wr | b be made as muc 
uch as possible under cover, and shouid 
