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that was uestion by itself, and would occupy t a ploughing in August is seldom | live stock have enumerated, though, pro 
much of vse tod time. Under the cireumstances he had of oak poate it manured with lime, Tay 80 bushels | are much ihe s same breed as that p tae A, 
lease would be a farce to both p he old Shropshire ox was re- 
deseri en, a 
ties, and he believed the prevalence of that feeling con-| either to be ploughed under at the July ploughing. From markable fora large dewlap. There have been man 
tributed very much to prevent the granting of, or as the 20th of September to the hits ky October, s e from the improy ven 
asking for, a lease. He knew that leases fo or a s shor Wheat, 79 statute pecks to the acre, aft of Lancashire, Che eshire, Leicestershire ce 
ime had t d i i i brine, and Staffordshire, Rar that of n Eeler, fos Bete 
request of the tenant, even from, the diminution of | dried p The Up onfines of t ounty, the Hereford. 
prices which } ly ; and what Bat iima thes corn stubble, bot at the “an of M E ed is now gaining ee thd” a pa Devon- 
lt if from the present. low prices, corn | Beans or asunder, hand hoe and | shire cattle have been Drought to Kinlet-ha L 
P h pey ll. Abou 
was much reduced? It was perfectly clear that no ex- | weed the Plough in the katari; and s p good breed of cattle, the colour 
isting lease would then stand; and who, therefore, | the E “and lay do down with poten of vod: ne of dark red ; they are more uniform in shape and colour 
could think of granting new leases? If they first esta- | white Du te h er vrata and 1 t ounty : 5 
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blished confidence then P Sig get impr the eadi fi in ko autumn, let it | four years ol sold upon an average at 157. a piece un- 
done, and mgs saat With regard to what | lie i in sve ay ps thee ye a as it may be required fed, to the lat i At Wal- 
been don in Scotla but ith Beans, hand-hoe and cot, many Alderney cattle have been ‘bred for the dairy, 
ae the à h with Wheat, then with Beans | and numbers of the Galloway breed have been reared 
of their northern neighbours. Saar chsh been | in rows, ey ioe sar had that crop ; Oats, and lay | there.” 
Anr not only for their get ee nee field, but also down with seeds as before. In lieu of one of the hoein ng “ “ Sheep. —The breeding flocks are few and small, 
but are various in thei 
they had shown all their ancient Me be n ee, but die nd whieh would be found very erasable to the Wheat- Tand | tion as the fancy of the farmer leads gg for in this 
was afraid, their prudence had failed them. if he w farmer ; ; being very useful food for feeding or reed er there are sheep kept of most 
laying out ‘his be as Mr. D as they p En ker from he, Welsh of 6 lbs. per piar to the. 
id people would think he had very little prudence ; ;| I would ‘allo w for the first € crop in one tillage, and a Lei este oe 0 Tbs. per Et ; „those farmers 
and hs stom Pig hope that Mr. “hen Joie Lebo ons | the next, and so proceed alternately ; the TT Th 
might turn o bey well founded ; but s yet in| to Wheat-lands i is ee sefu l, the rampei ie with | to l4] Ibs. “RY quarter ; shear ab 2 lbs. of wool i 
the bosom of fate. grit Dudge eon dung | or lime also altar Epa ut t ls. ôd. ake lb. ži though there has hen £ 
says he got gf own money in two years !—Mr. Hur othing ti e pri e of ‘wool, th =“ $: í 
said, that to bear out the assertion of Mr. Dudgeon, of | profit ; upon open sls eit either a, or ony Sotto sort 066 
Spylaw, he might mention that during the last seven marl laid upon the eee the , and to lie one commons ns he aged uci do not require mu te aia 
years he ae laid out in draining, upon an average, up- | year, is generally b Povisa it the Ai the ewes and lambs, with the 
wards of 1007. a-year, and for the last three years 1507. perfectly good. Lime i is sure to o pay well the next meee yanng Ert are chew wintered from home or kept 
a-year, the iandrd finding the tiles, which diminished | “ Crops—Wheat, sown upon a clean Clover ley of | in their own far This sort, which is kept to stoc 
the e expenses abou t one- third and that he had always the first or second ya (and no Wheat yields iti). commons, is pag sold off, or be : upon their own ~ 
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crop, the pe crop had always returned him his | water, afterwards sprinkled over with lime, and well aed of folding sheep. The old a Siropo sheep — 
outlay. Of late years his draining ha hi ad bee n conducted mixed together, From 2 or 3 ara {ot 38 quarts) | are hor ned, and have black or mottled fac ee 
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rope on which it had been carried on was th x “of ition, Saui steitined a little over, 2 bushels per k rath Jonger, and the carcass, rhen t. noel 
farrow-draining, the depth 2 feet 4 inches, and the | sufficient. yasr is the best month ; but on d | quit I _ The, ey are ca ae be hare 
main drains 3 feet. > hay Bert oe with refuse pake or | lands Whea: sown till the middle of November. fi A 
vera coals, ma the w hole of the “xg out of the Dung i is mensch upon, the leys and ploughed under ; | great snows Mich ii me “They 
i d the dung after inet seed | are not attended by a A SIOA A nor "folded nor aD x 
sed g drained, r. H.) ¢ If Turnips are to succee d Whe we they generally m m If any sheep is seen to drink, 
or his own rode use; andn now he could grow 30 | never manure for the Wheat. re t n it as a sign that such sheep is 
verage | of 40 acres. | The | be used, we sometimes spread a upon bo Clover in | rotten or tainted iy The Shropshire ape crossed wii 
an acre. July ; at other times ha: rrow i it in with the soil, oun the Dorsetshire, are said excellent sto 
ng tee 61. to m4 acre. } ft ree waggon: n-loa 8 to eae for land A : Potty good “quality. The system — 
onl the pang fa premium fe the. best draining last 2 acres. Summer-fallows for Wheat are e either ti The eo 
and óne g d and sowed the end of S Septen aber or beg dblack 
oti came aves to mpat his drains. That gentleman | of October, w ittle over 2 b d that seems an Speed sort ; winapi are nimble, 
had said that the best oper was to puddle the drains his So uiy ieee eds Pea one, and some- an y, and weigh sgh 10 Ibs. a quarter when fatted. 
with clay. He (Mr. 3 H.) mpetitor t did not posta ‘as vid ughin gs. When Welgi ot Buck- hiie: Their flee ece Sy upon a n average, may weigh 24 meg of 
think he could with p: mh a Sheep? o that they a are followed by Whea Whea ill 
Bat he migt how much he differed from ing, wed wi vith and is sola distinct from th 
but I ha | th in the Cath of May or begin- © Drought Fai bs ree ong lands, four or f 
system, though his sy t doubl wie yore it ee Aor from 10 to 25 bushels per | horses are used to ough, or six or eight oxen; 
the expense. By aang his len ki had 50 acres of acre, seldom more; 15 to 20 bushels may be 1 loughing in tie: strong lan 
y the more general produce. ‘Tt bing be Ta but horse: ae anan ad business; that being the ci 
three before; and he was fully convinced that Jadot lected that by a bushel is meant 38 quarts, if no ex- | horses are best adapted for small farms, as oxen & are 
one ee have their money 2 bia a in one ahh ploughing upon large ones. Hor nade 
was important r arley.— When Barley eeds Wheat upon | use of, though some of the ingest farmers get m 
sine soils, fhe otubbie is cenevally i e under Per ploughing done by o e Ox teat i 
laheni foc wt borne in lint Firs at S in| the end o mber, or in January. The frost pre. used to‘consist of baat pier oked [! ] 2 th 
' genera ral his green nied paid him his expenses, ut gene- poner 6 such pe for work: aig a with the sro at <n use them generally plough with five oxen single i : 
veg When Barley sand i da horse to, lead th 
in waggons.” | 
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ws Wheat o y, | gearing, or with four oxen an 
setting i velly, te loams, i h-| A few ind have used them 
his land, and proved the landlord would find Le with ings ; s if after Turnips, on e, PRS s two; we 
n ht ai a e es nt a pue and oped es sow 3% bushels a acre, from the 20 th f March to Mis aneous. i ; 
ight was they stat he beginning of May ; the produce is from 18 to 35 |, ya ult, vol. ii., P. 22) 
p RERE S —Mr. Hunter said, one year he had had beable: upon paren rate I have known 40 bushels -he enna a genes q Eee e at t Bech broni 
28 bolls [What i isa “boll” of Beans at — a of = sprat or broad Barley.” ts daily o of 
D «“ Peas.—Peas are frequently sowed u upon old pas- | ° Hay 22 lbs. 
end of the year, through drainage, he ha a ore fable re tures, or re 4 after one ploughing, in the month Straw 5,5 Jy, the sack 
gisa land and prepare it; jand another year he|of March. They are uncertain in their produce ; from Oats. 7,25=2 Gari Cen ae Be hing 145 Ibse 
same promt a crop of Oats when, if the land 10 to 24 bushels per acre are mer ed. I belie eve ethe are ly. 
ones ga drained, he would not have bee en able : Sod seit 3 oa me minowanie fesse er ams har ore 
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tiful Wheat s if it had t Boradi -Mr Ga horses each, which I shall designate a o 
John Hutchinson drew attention to th — nee atl c S Purnips ait the east side of the coun Turni The first cone. le ger ay e ie sect 
Butter-eups in is fdd. Man = pao tengh th ips.— On ast side o ty, p spectively of th of the — s ae 7, vet a es i, and 5Y 
ere A an che goad to their fells and thought i it tie |i | the middle of Ju une till the first week i in J July 5 ; the land years old. "Obs son n this case half the 
took a frequent n e first it being a sun 
ferent view r it. All the Ranunculus tribe of fi eh, ete ts tpi 15 tw hings, mit] ade of | 88 zones ee steam a ply i 
a hay is equi 
uired considerable moisture, and he looki ald gd E Me as the result of analysis, t coe 100 of 
hing ero of Bu í m 10 to 20 tons per The thus became 
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upon 
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ea sure of | acre. An ot Tarps will pei stock equal to 2 mt Ibs. 
s if it had been covered with | tons o of hay. T acres of good ‘ urnips will feed three | Stra :. 
Rushes. Abridged fre the Dorin Chronicle. — a "iol = Barley- is aw.’ 
bietos l Meadows —Grass-lan à for a is seldom 
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as they 
The Potatoes were — poe only, as ES 
d that with bers 
General View of the A l f Shropshire ; with | such sho h shovellings as are we near it by serai ar too pasty when thoroughly hoile ig sip conve 
Observations on “the ` means of its Improvement. $ = ee eae d dhe e penie 
pore up for the consideration of the Board of|  Drai ining. —Ther much draining done if the oe Ce In Coapa 
Te a Internal 1 Improvement. By J. | best fi Wen ‘ 
Piymiey, MLA. am iy ae le? y J. armers, both Siki stone and wood, ¿ and it is Acta ‘hon, of this observ ation is is & ora ir new 
ona London, 1813. ; he pacers as stone, Kee. 5 dou opin After having een sot weighed. Th 
mtinue our cts fi ee Ie N ge 
Tapren ee of Wheat are nee this s work, ae | jare very expensive, sero ee by getting, and the dis- cena weighing took place at the expiration of 2 
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rom. 6 | No. 1, 4830 ibs., No. 3, 4473. The two teams, 105 Mi 
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‘April sow — ai statute pla of Oats, n gh che to 8 yards asunder, peng pieu raat e quantities of 
Ss Aad Jan materials. I have made what Í call a brick ach foe In 24 days— 
Loss 
g oH that purpose, full an inch thick and a foot lon ng, n arly Loss 64. that 
; as to pees it ; being miee up and | of the shape of a ridge-tile, but being ~ more tha . The loss e xperienced author 0,88 Ibs. iow Pot : 
ry, and continuing in that state to the middle of | inches wide at wheres , and 6 inches semi-diam t| allowance was insufficient. The i 
though made both fine and clean, it spools be used in i poe dk 3 stat such Taring | are not really equivalent to H tive ol 10 
ing quality, and consequently works | been ick-kiln, the excise-officer though See conclusion, however, eo re a and kept on + 
Fics the texture and quality WEEE | hase Natia ar eared them 2s. 6d. per thousand, es is, how 
Fate ion bricks.” 
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fore), i as comm: malallowance would have bee aves all he 
= inthe months of} “ Cattle. u —The neat cattle of this county cannot be Siloeman. was impossible, nding this 4 
is powerful, that | referred to any of the district breeds that writers upon received Potatoes. Notwithstan 
