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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[May 3] 
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i t why English guano, i.e., | beginning of April, but after that lost four out “es a 
about two-thirds, from want f ES but being | less # Manures. -I do not see y ane a “aioe Alho Da i “tet no on der = ns a fre d 
DET eight t! tthan any of ti f the ; bu it | use ers are, I believe, generally averse e Ba =o 
e failt t uid m a on account of the d R 
g pr are cg o complete ie KA i needless to go a | iai m gai a However, if pee would but dig two — anti death put an end to their rapt a They ; 
Vurzel the ta k ntiguous to their farm-yards—one for r { 
ree Wu l are not worth recording 5 seed | tani s co and into the other put their do- |it being high dry sandy sire “ih plenty of fren 4 ter, 
at. “prospered much ; but mes c guano, wit h water, and when well mixed and | a hte = wood with Grass paddocks, and farm: yard tora 
where guano was sept some of the roots, here and EEEE mix the two manures s together, with a propor- a proof o jeer healibiuesg of the aie e in oiher | 
there, grew to a very large size; and th OP, ionate quantity of water, the; uld hi a most oe I nev pra other dis ; 
the whole, was that produced by 8 bushels of bones dis- | valuable 1 uid manure. If averse to use it iquid | could eee accoun this. Imay as well pask 
solved n 48 Ibs sulphuric acid. lobe so te, pour it upon the heap excavated from tanks ; that my coming t o town I gave my whole stock _ 
vty aa e same superiority which I had oceasion | add ashes, road-serapings ; and continually saturating away ie a friend, yeep had m last iat without its 
too rve last year. The whi te Carrots, although late the heap, a cheap and wg Tursi would L be pee he among t them ; therefore, I think it must fl 
in eae pret wth, toler- med. Th likewise, 4 tity A G $ i 
d therefore, though only | bones and sulphu ric acid ; and, by addi ing ashes, road- Guano and Salt.—The following Schedule, issued in 
a iaa a pe r anaes ay ag 4 aap rapings, and cleaning of ditches, near to the t tanks, | e ED with the r pronio PPan rs’ Club, hag 
meus the produce may bee fairly amet gis in pad have constantly a material to mix with the bones been fo rwa: arded to ended, when fi filled up, 
ti sul; he, E for the 
ve of each sort of anures.— Rus in Urbe. sed as manure, on gro ing, Whea at, in the pee 
Poultry.— “Naturalists dietin the names they have should any one be Tial d to try the Prive 
pe on ay get see RRS miar e pcm | assigned to the r a goa and varieties. Dickso on shall be happy to pumas § ee Peay: ot 
rari Signed . 
tns.cwt.1b.| £ s. d. | of them in use g rie is and states that T dst 
ington a es p Panke ipara Ta 31| 16 9| there are many more he has not mentioned, In every be allotted agin me JE 
8 ewt. urme, and 16 bush. of ashes. .» 11 7 692 6 0} CO According experiment, — and) $ E |y 
on Crolla ess. of guano, 16 bush. ‘ashes 11 [9 58/214 0| to the e Port tugue: se and Spanish naturalists, the breed— jea EFRI 
ows, guano ad 16 bush. of ashes. - E 1S 39 3'7 g| the favourite with the gia mye EE with a muff i FEE 
ikam Py of poinh =e pn the neck, and tufted crest (we call it Poland), is a ae 
bush, ashe» 6 741° 2 6 native of South jira and aa th k Ibs. | Ibs: 
| = that the sul di f tl as also the | No. 1. Sown over wit 
aruse, emriment aene nta ng a urk ey (Gallina Gites) Molengrin( Baton) here being atte rate 
phoric acid from the bones, but also by entering into | is an nother species, which is called Spanish. (lat, 
combination wA the alkalies gic wood-ashes ; its | named by ickson, likewise seen in old Spa panisk. paint- ae 
various salts moters of fertility, | ings, which I sho ela be inclined to believe is the true | No 2. ‘Sown oe an i 
th one if, as is said, it produces the other by a Ae o Hf ae i he rate of 
but their action is still gees: in much obscurity, hea. with either 1 a a (thorough) game cock, or vice versá, oi A 1 
which can I mention thie by way of inquiry. | No. 3. Sown over with 
experimen’ t exper simant I Barata Monton rerh pecuaon the wil key, or bustard, aes Tane a ; 
is merely on = oa enitiredons the use of the | which common on the co ent, and was e rate of 2 ¢ E 
double ahai plough is scarcely known in this kraana so in Britain, I h ften shot in Port acre. These will incloseti 
district, from the val f an o pinih kesha and Spain. The hen lays two spotted eggs, which | No. 4 Resieeere renee ag to 
is stony light, and t uch | leads me to inquire w. this must not be the a Pa dra applied! Nes 
larger a su: being exposed by it to the ie of 'the bird described by ancient Greek writers, into which the Mention the kind of Soi ‘i 
sun, the plants would be scorched from want of mois- fabulous Meleagrides, the sisters of Meleager, were siate of i pez nthe — vi geal ae pore 
nae Dou ubting ra Dy sap ag of this opinion I deter- metamorphosed, that Aristotle ou ae, i ng t oe on ae al EEE 2 of of thos of the crop ‘where 
mL e it spot ted eggs. ware app 
s tried oe Skiria. 3 dish Turnip, which for | supposed | by Buffon others, both of which lay man, | mam Maund will Present ‘every member of the Bro ; 
early feed, but for that purpose only, is preferable to the | more than two spotted eggs. ‘The English name turkey | pares Farmers’ Club, who will undertake to carry ow 
old Swede. In the eld this ea gr or instance, | is derived, it is sai bove experiment, with a blank form and the n 
uce of the forme: ceeded t of the latter | I have supposed that the Latin the 
the circu: Tee from the close resemblance “of ‘the nae at a cee to gp Value of Cattle M theives E Proteus” hi 
Tons.cwt.Ibs. the h head of a Turkish soldier, as represented in old | lately heard it affirmed ie a neighbou: uring tamer h 
DR iau vitas yannin Stans Rervats n 13 104 | drawings ; a sort of blueish-coloured g at is, 
ter os to show that the dead gos ine Ag Sn his head and shoulders, red lappels ; the Mais sh | cows suckling calves, an cot ine ihe 
eric air to the roo f plants supplies, in eae name Poland, from blance of the tufted’ crest | ae pae a TER that the Eomp such animals mui 
the Jaa a ois rè dionin widi last year of those fowls to the the fie phosphate of li hich, th 
i e row! 
tu 
uch injury apoi the farmers, and that 
proved cultivation may E apeg “hs v Bis sorreet: ‘the 
cap’ or helmet worn Wy Be Polish so 
Hamburgh fowl, from the circums 
being said tol be ‘mostly i ig the 
ldiers, 
The name thee ay goes 
sig ge of that breed therefore, their ‘exer 
ements must 
e oe MT aed A poe ie the ee me | same pastures, m rm or secrete zy 
SA eae S | on m. gest another. i SEA lime—which, aa the ani iid oung to un 
Home Correspondence. | that t the sey "Black Gam urgh) G: rape, which is im i ich 
Warm LE) ae think that these romare © can | pe | ng ed from bee and Spain, has often puzzled me. tion to, or increase of, their bony structure i Pied 
1q which ron eE desire 10 
SE will use tiaina I have let allotments of be the diff sp oan: mere varieties, an authoritative elucidation of the subjec Su ch ou” 
for r15 years ; the, ey have answered beyond da en, ex- and above all, by sea t crossings the dgrcaltral ral Ca fe I 
y Why should not the breeds of pie e be a picid is generally ci ane that the k 
mi r. The rentis 10s. pea ete 2l. per acre, well as those of cattle.—D. S. E., Lambeth. 5 salun ble than that ¢ 
Which ie highar-<tep the ates ~ and taxes which tenant W. Seale: Fell gees ee ure is just the 
usually pay—than what it edili be let t in il dri imal after those aitinn ns required for | 
farmer. I pay the rates, &e. , and amet te obviate ies away s pe ay is used of this nature yy rat- | sustenance have. been | extracted = an 
th g collected | catchers, when paid by the yem to clear the buildings f food after the 
from each individual holder. The crop more : = 
than i ali ai cul, te iS Stop th the Se Jar from these vermin; wha at I m n by this explanation bg bones or milk | “have been abstra racte ct 
so that they are enabled to p. the manure made | which attracts them, and thus re 
Pai : y are enabled to cap- | straction of oily matter, or of t 
— the year m their pig, an ther sources, on | ture a great numb r 5 but when, as I said before, ie Ro. ps ch m atter, a 
z i I time. I do not limit them to parti- | are p y the year, they use omething wh qa age by full-grown fatting an ge 
mea as always advise their gro fair | them effectually away.— mA Subscriber. [Can d Corn-drill Hoe.—You will ob! 
= mad a hn lat bles, and, y to ist our OP Pook nt cmon ‘the aa oer of a a letter to gat 
pr A y The | been lately very generally following my| Disease of Poul s faram; of an eime. Wes t Barn ply e from him 
ni. e n as is very condition when they | spondents seem to have Sosa that the ee a sink an ,as given in your 4g 
am 0 ften ‘told tbat the rer "pyro herman so that I | gapes are the same thing among fowls, I thunk it i Gazette of 5th of April.— W. D 
e rent is too sma! uch is oe! be as well to state they are = totally dirent dise seases. | Stirling, 20 Ma ‘0 
am rey - 
willing that they should enjoy the benefit of it; th 
ue mre 
ear it has not raised them much above _the efron xl 
e, ates a guarantee for their hol 
land ; as yet, greii, I have had no 
them. —Your obedient serva: 
olding their 
oceasion to enforce 
nt, D., Northam mprenehive, | 
the ‘roles alluded to 
corresponden cock in Ne 19 of the Casati 
ne in rather a rough way. The latte: 
gage 1on— 
thou; ne or two of ers sp 
fond Bs E ai a p josten, Im; 
nsiderable e: this ARA g 
1 1 
e as a previous 
any remedy applied. A 
per | earlier improvi tie oF faa iia 
lication of the implemen ough 
nT | tebly lead us across the border amon 
m. 
eal 
provement is n 
Mepps dt of al 
teration made, but by its 
of his 
r bad conduct of an occupier shall, after 
eTe e him Ea Re i allotment. 
by “ln payhon them ata tobacco 
the simpler the better, 
Drummond and Son 
the. y 
pore Seat, gg this ee dy seems 
pier be dec o have # a ae as the and is, ai Mi 1 events iene = 
Sood e ¢ _ his lan at one. The only remedy T Ead found to be effective was, 
l ing, » q' possible ; for, I remarke à |f 
ing whatever. ] |1 T krai reared all my chickens hatched i in March and | 
is ite ‘Sinings letter uen to above: 
d Sons. 
| Mr. Sheriff, o of f Wes t Barns lz 
rom you published in the oo 
rn-drill horse-hoe, which I sent to your m 
