18.—1845.] THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 303 
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ke the | iberty of p n y using such tables is ver simple Sia ining: & 
we a ion ee Paper. We take the ee sy The numbers placed below the value "et hay tod indi- | receives but little check in the operation. My Kohl 
s peki mending this book to the attenti ion of landlo ds | cate the weight which may be su bstituted for 100lbs, | Rabi has been exposed to the frost all the winter with- 
farmers ; they will find in it a hay. For instance, accor’ ing to Block, 366]bs. of| out receivin injury; and when cut, affords excellent 
nd reasoning on espa a im- Carrots may be substituted for 100 lbs. of meadow hay. | food for ewes and lambs. I do not find they get stick 
ause whieh yore author has most enthu- According to Pabst, 60 lbs. of Oats—100 lbs. of hay. | except the — whieh, when cut, cattle will eat down 4 
t a renee all expressed y with a clearness | Would we then substitute Jerusalem Artichokes for 3.3 | to the root w l than either Man- 
) which will a e cd ir interest, even | Ibs. Of Oats , which form part of the food of a horse, | gold Wurze “he ‘Dar rnip.—J. S., in the Gioia Ciro. 
z subject may be new em. Olbs of Oats=274 lbs. Jerusa Riol: e 
gh ax an that a unprejudiced men, whether | poten whence we conclude that it will x maa $a avietie wer I io thc rea poe ae a = eg 
herwise, mu t he aiin — that Mr. | J5 5 lbs. of the tuber doit boop ans ate the above-n: amed Neighlouring Bound ids Yo dent has an 
i y ex f cultural im- | weig oats. 1 Kunis ge of the i } eighbour’s 
rovement to b vrofitable ; “alg so Ai i is his exam- value of food may rhage of rea ry, |t e ( ging his ‘land), as well as to pe off the 
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pt are many amongst farmers who, however | ample, 1653 lbs. of Potatoes to be worth 10d. in the] assizes, 1843. Your sabvesiber, however, must first 
i ve ry may ~~ Eyer eannot help = with a market, when* 2203 Ib. of cto is worth 5s. Then, if | give his neighbour notice to eut 
ng. Bi prejudie iced ¢ eye —a far ner, soe eit, of Ren admit, in accordance with theory, that 2203 lbs. of} and on we neglect or refusal do, your subseri ber 
soiba yest enthu- | hay=695 of the tubers, it is clear, on comparing the may then ut on remove e hem 5 J bt he cutee aper 
ve T a Siastie, Peiping new theories ry jane es, aen price of these equivalents, that there is his nei p oran ue must ask 
<arryin hem out with an energy rarely seen in co g 6951 oes | his neighbour t to poi sete where he 
rer | an shitty d cost only 3s. 6d. At this ‘price it w ould be pend may p hid t the branches ans should he not Toplita this 
tap which exhibits a humiliating contrast to their own fetal to ne farmer to sell his h hay pl your t plac e them as convenient for his 
a glag, sluggish management. We swain do with the henge) lee: q | deduced fı i Of course the branches must be 
ej paragra be he analysis of ious kinds of food i cut-off in a ode ke manner, and in the nerd 
iets, he “No d me farmers (not ob i I season.—A Special Juryman in the above case.—Mar 
carl Sao at iy iia of mine, and, s Say, 6 seem.| on the — they ‘differ ae It must, how. | Lane Express. 
here 9 s to do so; but that E co deter me from E ever, be observed, that the equivalents of practical , Comparative Value ga Land.—The immov: vable or 
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d indeneai same means en i odao ae same results, pò pieni ona | 666 Ibs. of Wheat straw, w — 6 Flotow gives 175 Ibs, | quality In one vr more, 
ae The question is, is manual Ac ccor ding to Meyer, 290 Ibs acre ; ; in another 10s. or 12s. wt is sto pr toate the e 
Jabour gii $ ana profitable (who w vill pike it ?) Ef iddl } lent, a result 2} ease that low rents and bad together ; and 
l i | that the higher the rent Penka: 4 of the quality of 
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ave is caprraz. In another lette digas ho is quit igl | the Jand) the better and more _ profitable the 
proved there is m than enough capital, but ‘forte an authority, gives 6.. Tke me agriculi tur 
mately that capital k not employed as of ug t of Mang zold hea while ‘Pabst aie fact suggests a great many preria A 5s. „an acre 
Agricultural ainei, but in loan y ai na- | and Meyer give 250, and M.. de Dom 26 = kin, 
_ tions, in foreign mines, and foreign railwa ho y the difñculties ee subject, it is | by mismanagement or bad Saja of one sack of wheat 
shame! shame ! that it should be so.” hard to account for these great dinate repancies. As| per acre, I. J. Mechi’s Letters on 
se | regards the marvellous agreement which | the practical se ie al Improveme 
Mis cellaneou | results frequently p seed — see Let a quantity of Linseed 
Feeding of ier ( Bovssinvant, vol.i > p- 390).— aro pra have ofte silently transcribed the results | ber redue ian ah SE Ea ine: eres 
Ay is the ki nd of fo dder widest Phe it used, and |° ained previously iy others. It is o ofte ten “impossible t h r 1 
t as s the normal food of those | t°. decide whether the data o goed 2b of the Linseed meal, and let it boil for 
= gles which are of most importance in the farm. It | Original or merely transeriptions. kens one at all) about five minutes, 4th, Let 60 ibs. of Barley or Bean 
ison this account that it may ENET be taken as | ° acquainted th $ 
Standar A s able food may b the of one person, while: ee as rapidly as ; possible, stirs 
he compared. The quality, however, of hay:wa: Rie atk of Lucern „bay at the exact je brits ie 90, or that | and works it in. oo whole = now have assumed the 
3 our standard, therefore, must be good M.J. B. | formof a thick pnas 4 a ee Se 
meadow hay. It appe r S Tity Composition of Soils. —Now, through the labours of | pound should be “perfectly sift Many farmers put it 
madeat virions periods, that in the state ‘which itis is s | Sprengel wors mers for r he had bie waded rote moulds, like those used for “these ‘while hot. meer 
consumed it contains oan 1 to 12 pense shin how ess | laborio ous, ¢ and | ] e thu us made, and eri ri E | 
eat importa nN ann irae i i ORATE ree oils—1. se the aa con- eee an : ster lapaan is put in with a 
eding, in order to obtain Ps S tain. a certain proportion of organic, chiefly vegetable | trowel, and pre 3 
fairly as pe Be oe en ae matter, which easily burns ae when the 4 are heated | lifted up, and the cakes lef In 
The method is applicable to. other Jendstof f fodder. | t° Euil in the air. bi Yipee matter in peaty | food will keep longer ; = I -peectally put it into à tub, 
Hay is composed of four distintt parts RN ‘of whic times amounts i bUaper, Anat. 6 the faa satar yprese sts Aak MiG sea rinita npr ade of 
very different nutritive value. is of consequence roel digit while in day, poe such pe the white un- | wood, tbe a order to exclu de t the a _ The com; iy! eah 
that in a specimen taken fou AE determination of | drained Brak of Lanarkshire, less e per cent. i 7 and i 
5 | present. 2. That in all es ‘este salik: the i incom- = eet first week, 5 lbs. or 7 Ibs. per ey, 
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ia a on — hay is oe = carei ape ating wantin little wider at the bottom vin order to 
ostro par weighed separa In a speci produce ator or Ops. 
ne, "meadow bay, ma ade ein mo L x N a | is wanting may be Mielina MAA et one thus their | respect tom aking Beans into compound, n differenice'is 
Ws = Taken for "atialysis 680 drams. ree may be increased, rest tored, or ie To o be observed, except that erh will pete 2 or 3 
4 very =a b 239 That some of these subs stances, when present i gellons, or even more, of water than Barley, as ang 
leaves, ) n T ras T cess in the ‘soil, become noxious to the plant 3 nck perecive h in ae syne bi your pyc But 
ind a few seedy ; } 1.704 ” » > 497 ,, [tiat to Pate such a soil ena tf this excess must oe yg oni fine meal, equal, it oan: 
5 oS be, way o other. ved. ar vän propo- se ou can be incorporated with 
rho Mixture analysed 1.416 nee, in oppak bay or ee eth great effect. I use it largely, 
oe Perce meen to the incombustible part of the soil. They are and find it much cheaper than corn. The proportions, 
Boa 7 r org om Cavalry, 1840 k: 4 Jai fully and frequently stated in the works of Sprengel. according to the size of my copper, are nine pails of 
ace of 1835 EEE 
1837 Wan sgh eee Johnston. Tewould interfere wit ahs our present p urpose | bushels of cut hay, chaff, or straw. The plan of at 
Mea Mt tour tnatles irs thaickate Sc a T combustible or organic part of the |18 is Brat to form the mucilage 
In tiis siat i AEAT | oui soil, But, with the aid of these eai s, the gene- ; 
T móistnre, w lei ontains from il to 12 per cent. of ral doctrine of soils, and the action Ki saline or mineral 
4 albumen, ese is eee y desiccation. Since | manures, become so far ere nd simple. A wish to be | you 
Cent. of a ag” and vegetable uten: contain 16 per fertile, | must co ntain 10 0 11 known Substances, If boiling oe e mpa it, which is 
Sstimated o A 3 the a matter (or flesh) may be y d up w hen a a hel of rE hay, 
always 2 per ¢ cent, Hay does not, however, | soil by adding them: = it; y they are poan t, t the addi- | with some weer sor the mucilage, which, after being inti- 
T resent thio uantnin of acste shares of them will do no good, If salt or gypsum, for | mately mixed, is to be pressed down as firmly es possible 
cont ber Contains decidedly less. rg or the ingrediens of oe et be wholly with t the mer. 
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ve a larger proportion the soil ; if they are merel mare of the mess over with the trowel, and in the ae 
rely stems, which ae attains be pore iA a vals aplication’ af be oof er a „the, ang a two or three hones it will be fit for To make cattle _ 
as we have P is generally more nutritious than the ady y h Potatoes or ined Careta; pr spb : 
often proved a it Bec shel bronn ; but it | t to th is cet ad, atter having been Bg tai Pps steamed 
ised es, | Progress of Seiento Jerre w aay Ra or boiled, to remove them n Sfora ‘ as hot. 
eing more liable to we | olav,” January, 1 as possible into a Foe i then eu pre e idsi 
3 in consequence of mi Kohl Rabi.—1 ft * Chronicle, meal u upon them d knead the whole inta am 
of the 8th inst., some account of growing Kohl R <¢ compound may be put hot 
aes =e 2) per cent, aiae. Gloucestershire, I wish b, add my testimony of its’ pari moulds, and ma ade into cakes, ar ae oe = 
part of hardihood and usefulness for field culture. Being air | eye ne nire z roots are 7 
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are sufficient ` to prove that mp y pri ed- trae fir ney, the lg. only Lib. of Linseed m 
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must be: pac of other Bios for hay, s en. | My method of cultivation is to drill 1 at PAE e pos 
+ In the table which T |-se ith the Wurzel so that visible; but i 
ken, as the basis of-the gilt | ae > ory nt AM doe aon the Mango ahal. would fatten om a rate which ‘tines lone imc 
SY, containing 1.15 per cent, | plants’ enough ae the Kohl vast in the field to fill a watched the proceedings could believe. The p oan 
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b gards different kinds of ing is done by women and onde p and fa pena eset ag thet bergen abot bay 
y all agriculturists ; and | the furrows, and inserting a plant w El it i ted 
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who have taken pains| 7 with a knob like 
les, * These rammers 
their relative Vaie | Bft T Ae nig res eo rte oe | a pestle at top, or a cross-stick maneea: to give better held, 
