'93.—1845. 
A B 
N 
; expensive, and when made they were | Treatment—Ploughed nae; 1844, and Manured through- 
Tanks were very expe F to the property ‘and there. | out with a Com mpost fi vad Man more tat Marth. AOA animals, yet it is only yery recently that the generał 
t improvemen attenti f the En. 
perm P Ba bo red was| {urther Manur: E he f anner, and Turnip Seed on of the farmers of 
fore he thought that the sugges REA me pire Tar by Drill, Jaly 9th. a tater Bi Pappina ai ground | to the porto dd few, in fact, of these are are of the 
fai and most equita Que y July 13th. In rough leaf nt the 26th. Taken up and aggregate value of the > horses, the cattle, the capi and 
is it most eats to apply liquid manure 3—Mr, | _ weighed in Dec cember follow in th tenant our islands The 
Davies replied to ss land ; op oe ee aid to oe $3 4 5 225 ES "Fe g F | i ita of Mr. M‘ Calloch makes the horses 
green ans ; Mr. Palin to bot Ee ORRE Soo a g 25 3 = g = Britain amount to between 1,400,000 and 1,500,000 
season. The general opinion of the meeting appeared | eee BS Ee geet 4 £ < jS the sheep to 32,000, 000. ” 
ž 7 mixed, it w Lae e ait thfeld in $ 
$0 to be, that i in gure cases, s,and p roperly mixed, it was of Š £ mts g] 5 £ : The amount of live pats sold at Smithfield in the 
N zai ~ SE reas prees ee & é £ g [last nine years, as given in subjoined table, will 
n Gis jad fairly tested, a utility of its application to 5 5 2 * | afford some idea of the great value of a portion only of 
i "Upo conversation, therefor re, it ms we pee A : A ts i x the domestic animals of our count (John @ 
_ ed « e That mi is sat hya advisable to apply it A T TETE RE rr See Zo 5 Eo apn ae 5 = me Shaw’ ers’ Almanac, vol. ii., p. 2 6) :— a 
a uestio Fagl o e Eepe 42 g a easts heep a y i 
i Society; and if | SEF 8 BS Sess 7S & 4 jE i Lambs, E Pigs. 
w ts of the ociety ; and if 2 3 xi 3 Ro 3 2 a Pi 3 $ = | a 1835 172,919 1,647,316 4,853 ,134 
s el 8 < 2 ug ° > 36 „43 897,068 22,98 © 
‘se RIES á F ze Sa E a BS 1837 179,761 1,540,666 20,259 36 325 
Turnis, and Grass land, against bones, On the | aS" E a 288 FF OF ig] ise im penn fmo iE 
Potatoes he had put 5 5 Ibs. of 4 pei guano phn S ee eee - 18 1840 +. 180,041 1,521,093 1419% BOTS 
square rood (64 he 4s), and the pro oG. WIE ANOEIE ae arenai |S A Saas ne i 16,287 50,461 
Sewt. 39 Ibs. to the statute acre more than on ma- |D Os Ses l? 1843 1. 188368 : ee oe 
2 $ 268 1,854 
pured lan n the Grass land he put the same Xe) 
En. i eano, = a che a ns ee 5 a 8 A 4 we E “And if the public are, ‘generally. ating but tte 
he crop of 1 small: where the} „ = 3 = = = alae = 
ya h ales 
guano was ya there was a Title, where t scant a © e o ° e Bigs |w with ee amount of the annual mipi dnn which, cg 
man e dane Of Che seakari EEE ae 4 E R | HER or ill-treatment of their diseases, or the i incur- 
arose fro Pira ba applied, “was N ETA ~ ETA eten Tarnen E ace 4 able nature of t them, so materially thins mrt ranks of 
a: 3 ebe ha Per be ee fer 144 be 3 ar 
[Each as that on the Jand dressed with bone; and the | EEGSESa5 2aeeligs cage eseaeees| ab ep ant pin aa enisl oe e: Y 
E E Sh Wie fon expect 10 the pete appear- EEEE PEIRETA EEEIEE = |in order to excite still greater "exertions towards th the 
af e Tand, he had 0 Ba BEL" BEC tirir ieii E 3 | prevention o s great a national Joos, T will here collect 
ith i kod Sk Gs <Se =S E-E- See sae WE“ 5 vogeta a few facts ing on 
that anol wih fosae=the Sede] Ee" Ze" evden" gee a [teatome 
whet a an pepecigieat had been made | Z$. Fg. 39$.. #3.. 5S.. A AD he mien ee “ha A eee 
on A land, and the results Kesar id A + oR Botn iof all the lambs and sheep of p island Tiie ually of 
ee ayi Area wee ROW BES BAGH an ath oF Si disease ; of cattle one-fiftee of their er r di 
pouty! ~ ~ ~- = n -|o e 
without benefit ; he had also oe it on Clover ; the E ag Ses otro aa ea Pig ee ba 5 tty i ae grate 4 met = reat arte ae 
, 
£ ep th see vas rain, a buos pw wits wow ott was r= 28 Fe gives the. fullowing oak ve 2% ms are aware, 
tomb mi tt —~ = to =- tele: 
the eared ‘land.—Mr. Pa ie} had pei aod 15 paella Real Sette A OF 2 eee aoe FY 5 sold. * ee 1000 head of 
EG cars tat da the whe lato nae cattle are sold in Smithfield alone, without including 
inted se tried 100 Ibs. of guano mixed with far m- Rebicws. ike PEA market tho ani a 
po | - ous parts of the country. this to be 
i aee Be 300 lbs. _withow out mi xing it, on | Domestic Cattle: Portraits of the Principal Breeds | a a senth part of the cattle slau orea. in the United 
: P 0% hi d ur rere ht of tt h were reare reat Britain and Ireli ; with charac- Kingdom, it follows — 1,609, a, culls are a to the 
fad lst or “neat B50 ga = t vith T ona a ©) teristic descriptions of their peculiarities and. com every „av e the life of the ox or 
also tried i S * it urnips 5 1Y | parative merits. By William Ma illivray, A.M. | the cow at five. years, ‘the ieee ritish cattle, esti- 
Sars Ria ests ka L.L.D., Professor of Natural teri hal | mated at 107, per head, will b 80,000,0002. _ sterling, 
5 paaie rop masan ing tu ta adne College and University, Abe 1,200,000 sheep, 36,000 pigs, and 18 ,000 calves are also 
n i on i ES Ae Sa rab 0 Tue three Parts, yet published, of ‘his wank: are > illus- | sent to Smithfield in the cou ehre we 
pre 3h oe ae ope = se e | trated by portraits the Short-horned and K of ‘te whole number, and 
season was unlavourable, and she Car- 14, eds, the truest to eo of a any om we have any- allow o pi a o yea the rage-duration of the 
hardy w awing. „Ee a van | where seen. The descriptive portion of the ae lives of and ri igs, Ana salok t calves at ra 10s. 
i rm- manure 
far as it has yet appeared, is 3 very in 
nterestin 
ting ; n proof 
shee 
each, the pigs at 2l., and the yom IL. 10s., wi 
a 
m the farm: 
On the wh SER Mr, 
med to think guano a very dangerous manu 
l ha nds, —The members did not record ao 
eaae as from th 
A 
i runs 
luti. 
North Cornwall. —At 
Heny Badcock 
= patronised by them 
% 
; + depende ay a the 
rally, a illus 
of articles which are to be forthcoming on the various 
breeds of the eer breeds, 
„ Fro m the chara! Bi k three 
work, fin Meat vill 
o great ak to all pesei e in w podi ion. 
great elegance ge 
ustrations, which ill tials recom 
S 
ig 
In- 
ne- 
00,000 
that we may safe mpute Mei cy value rs cai 
sheep, een Aarma ee ké nearly 120,000,000/. sterli 
“ Tf, therefore, mA pies th ened z> the cattle of 
an are ann nually 5,000,000/, 
mh ra cattle as aon snes org EN with these 
disease about 3,500,0007. worth of sheep.” 
—_ 
aes 
IB pees 
Of | address in Part oe “The po 
with the greatest attention to individual and genera 
ssage e from the introdu 
rel aa plou ughed ‘in i rigos. Wheat 
vest ; seed often failsin 
hope 
t has s remained 
s r eat stubble | Phe Farmers’ Medical " Dictionary. for the Diseases 
int z ents mer after harvest, and of Animals. By Cuthbert W. Johnson, Esq., F.R.S. 
n aai cape niting. Land J. Ridgway, 169, Piccadilly. Small Bro. i Pp. 28 0. 
is seed with one-tenth the lou it Would take Tan pan ee ee ee oe 
; U ae S ae h rgillaceous soils are | suitable than any other for a work of reference. The 
uld be a oie ee ee Ae osts | work itself, we are informed in its preface, “ contains 
oughin EP Mi at midsummer, and the | the recipes for the cure of the diseases of domestic 
bg Bes Pec mas, and no Potatoes animals, long successfully employed, in an extensive 
va e Hanis of practice in the South of England ;’ and n autho- 
Launceston, on. ‘the 4th M: od a ee dined | rities are refe: they appear to be trustworth 
the chair. An} mney, | As ee portance of Ate informatio 
An gan discussion took place om 
a 
hie tin 
n the 
rtraits 
cto: 
will be ‘taken | 
, their accura m ae f tl 
Si ay ng the injuriou us 8 effec ects oe one mend it a seins, Shits go Miscellaneous 
i by not being attended | ayiiural ut ility. k specially ieat tó oi Pars of Animals (Boussingault, sea i ii, p. pete, 
toin heir proper seasons, viz.—on pasturing meadows, nd will, doubtl bee tensivel ly grains contain a large proportion of animal matter, 
cing manure on hay lands too’ late, allowing Potatoes farm emana iodo era indies of tia hasan om 
b 
milk,  Oil-cake retains the whole of this is azotised princi- 
ple ; the proportion of azote, which amounts generally 
of anima 
l ; not less airofali elaborated, matter, Theory "indicat tes Feo ME a iNe value, that 
sider the state eof the soil, whether best will, eit the ers a of the breed, tA digree or pa re oe may te replaced Pf rie 22 to 27 oa 
i at, Barley, Oats, or green crops ; an of the individual selected, a ct measurement o oi sof E i y iyiyi : ty 0 x i an Par aad 
ey cannot be grown to advantage at any parts, acco’ to the seale considered the most suit- Eh niiet. maoa q quaa of Fran k of our most skil- 
io Ear the level: of the ; Wheat able, and other details as may be thought directly | f? ‘corns a om ; : : as reine TEP 
Wheat Simp gher, and Oats still more elevated. useful, or in „any way, ig In drawing up the | ™ ‘the head f ext DOR exe on ‘tho s 00 sa 
pa nE ands a = Plough edi in the be. epi nn nimal of which the por- 7 e head of ex: tensive o1l-works in the epartment, e 
arrows may Da expos tied | to ier tho better, so agli me ps is given, $ tho: por = ike re te et tb aunditry. ; i 
Font sibhte for Whe E i ax ae ended Whatever practical directions or or physiological state- = ctl wich he kgs o on — wi and the 
Nes i 4 shou S aplgaghea b will b with TEPEE 
D after the pr pree ng Prete ren olay z nr bek oa: and scientific ob. |" an average, nearly : 2 gallons of milk : a-day. ‘Their 
: 1e furrows, 
ae 
ubje ects tre orks s 
Mr. Johnson’ s Medical Dictionary, te give, the ‘ol, 
fore, acct ‘vill a taal to raed en the occasion 
requires their aid.” 
ated of 
p aay there. 
| meals, immediately oe which t they are “supplied with 
water. Each cow has, renga 13 lbs. of straw or corn- 
chaff . The cake is hae o fra 
and kneaded = water till itis 
dough. Cow: tir 
two or ine trials a 
at 15} of oil-cake take the place of 30 
e equi valent of oil-cake then become: es 51. w a 
very trent sha by eae as ae se. ee 108. 
« Althou 
ct of uncultivated lan 
with organic and er 
jad n rancis Rodd, Bas. . the Hig 
nty, and may b ied on, as com . 
well known for the zeal and accu- 
ucts agricultural exp e 
eld of 5 acres, at Trebartha, 
il~ Spar aod Ate Bag — Bieren monre iga 
ng the Moors,* State te of Field Tints wean 
noxth-eas 
por ar ag 3 and a 
ern part of the 
treatmen 
ying 
Abas ig 
ugh sin ce the establishment of the eiridh 
Coles. ES sotasdanatle advance: dogg been | 
re successful of the 
bin oh Callington, os character 
ear R e 
extending from Kingston onn R Bane pation parare 
M. Perra e Iotemps has found, from observations 
made on vat milch cows, re 500 parts of Rape-cake, 
given in the form of gruel, a oe ae to 1370 of hay. 
The equivalent, pp 36. 5 3 analysis 
tif see, then, that res ts obtained in practice, though 
different, agree in to. a nutritive 
value lower than that) which i is indicated Pen wg a A am 
made 
a 
cter, | | 
liecia to observe. 1 mean the aene oth a 
tinguished from quality. Vegetable food has, 
i sdis 
art, nearly the same ifie gravity, one, viz. ee ar 
| Eb bove that of water; the bulk, therefore, of the meal 5; eal de- z 
