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1. Advantages of keeping young store stock in equal con 
728 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. AS 
t f farmers’ clubs.—J. W. Mr. CHARLES Stewart, Hillside, then said— if possible, have suffi 
{Wwe oe now engaged in the endeavour to get ac- occurred to: me for some years, that the most ese to ore them throughout the winter. a orig 
quainted with the farmers’ von ach county, a shortcoming of Tu urnips in spring, then, in 
shall be obliged to * ‘J. Wy i any rae our correspond- Galloway, is the not keeping i n proper ie T orde r ay ff, they ught, op till 
ents, for f all kinds having any young stock i in the spring time in papas ge oe Portion of j 
s Ei ifying the coun ~ i it appe ars to me the å fi 
zu ta peat oe a hws pm Si addre: 5 es of Galloways. Within e last few w goaze ‘summer pastar: Turni psm ay niie bè be made ‘i heed paik j: 
ho at oe ta the ge has b yas ved—the land is better laid | thin eep within avora : 
here alluded to, at s eah ois. Se own—the a Siy of herding is aband ned » and the of nae cake to be under 107. a ton ; then t this J 
if — | cattle are generally kept well incl bs, daily to a two- year-old Galloway, Pad Ist Feb. 
Societies. | wintering of these cattle is poor indeed, and I must say, ruary to Ist | May— abou t 13 y we Soper ould amount to — 
? | that in respect, within the last 20 years I have ob- | about 17. abe too dear, th ; 
oo DUMFRI bo rras oe served with the majority of the farmers very little im- | is another substitute Potatoes aie “Oats, Then if Po. 
] 
; 
ordin: n Dum. 
mdi- 
tion throughout the a of doing a iy 
mary pra 
rofit compared with the present 
esshire 
and Gallowa: 
2 Comparative talon of grains, Turnips, and oil-cake, in 
— cattle—quantities, qualities used singly and in combi- 
‘A party of nearly 300 sa fast. 
k 
Grace he Duke of Bor. EU s was the 
snra —The subjects an- 
His 
chair. 
Prorom Our two-year-olds come out with zey, little 
improvement beyond what they did 20 years a . Thr 
daring one part of the year; the Galloway stirks and 
ran Fe do not get many Turnips after the Ist of 
oe hey Sepang seerely ape Hier fodde: 
many in sidas s up The meaqecnen aM 
er, | and in | common aia ou 
tatoes i Agai 
about 8 wt. 
is no impr rovement in Phen size; and a t the end of 
April, if our stocks were brought to market, the ee wo! mid 
my own sspertenes I havi 
a Scotch acre yiling 25 ton of good Ks 
ae was ore the 
relim 
me preliminary remarks, introduced Pro- 
ton, 
ords a 
we commence ng proper ‘sins of the morn 
sae upon et the subject, some of wh 
und could not attend oer pon meetings, I have had 
> letter from Mr. Ri by Wason, (an improver in the 
t of A 
in 
Noble CHAIRMAN rose 
ed 
nd Ge: ga 
and yar four months are worse oi. lost ; 3 no yaad 
u s mar rket i in 
nips, 
will su and adva 
them with greater certainty than with Toes pay 
get the advantage of this or any other 
ce for 
To 
mode 
cu 
7 oe nde a condition wholly 
orthy of Dumfriesshire and Galloway, w maich in E 
vse. have ma cs the last 
ten years 
| more especially one-year-old s stieg ep, for i Liverpool 
market. The advance in the latter department of stock- 
a =e las ar o years | Paty a extra- 
w the first in Scotland amongst 
ss ip + 
those eio bring up p heop fo for that market, and a heya pare e 
y than st ymai am 
| the stall-feeding "Of ERTA ai the je aing of sheep, | of 
from the Ist January t o lst May; sory t ee should. 
be well sheltered—a length of 4 soy of a 13 or 14 feet 
wide shed should be giron to ev ast, and at ti 
ate to th 
ties, besides 3 shares 100 cea annually. for Liver ; 
With the number f far 
that wherever it sy PI to crop pr it will also pay 
ugh t. I have also ed letter arma Mr. 
is 
J 
E E G A Sh. BS 
eas aks dt 
d Tas 
of piyaa by ae a th 
E- 
r 900 faraor two- thirds of „all vey pee. in the 
nee 
has impro 
2 wever, die ation 
Within the last three or 
tion of a few farmers i ughou 
county, 
in Galloway stock. In 
illustrations presented t ‘ 
dir ected to this particular point, a ‘with ek success. 
pis 
ma e of the medium sty le 
sa oe realy nereas 
guan o has been tried on high G rass 
and I believe Mr. as “sore can tell us 
self, 
ct, 
made in Germ: 
dilated, sulphuric acid e had | the effect of in in 
E 
up to a pit 
Gmm Er D 33 give’ 
o 
other experim ents 
any. He states as steeping Barioy in 
“ee 
its | kept up in brag uz through the winter, -pertieuarly 
pt 
from Sow yonr ar to the ._ time of Grass—of Fo 
them 
P 
ing | the cattle from 
e | expe eriments t 
TANA ay 
eeding ; but for 
of the result of the oe style, T have only to 
refer pes to its gxtenonlinaey s uccess as exhibited im 
aoe mlanri 
made in order to prove 
toodi 
them 
of putti ing them 
of far 
dam i see no ayy in ici pd this about, if roy 
sep oe 
mths, an 
rass in fresh growing condition, that 
there w tried it w. 
sa to the old m 
opinion of 12 or 14 of these as my own 
—for I have made the experiment mt almost every year, 
ad > 
Bays: on VN Tbs 
Ibs of T Turnips ; 
22 
— I jote es an opportuni o of laying bè be fore 
tatoes, brent I 
They are experiments upon Pota 
may side: 
many parts of Gallien were ger shut oat from the 
world ; that was before th t discovery which is 
revolutioi naig the world had Giro me into operation ; but 
now since n has been been applied, and steam-boats 
especially. th 
3 
wich as a er tent. so kept will exceed 
r 
e 
t long since 
rofit and loss of the 
Take t 
shows for publie com 
tion. +} the dit and 
Every farmer would 
z 
better mode of feeling. 
por a the coun 
the ane oS B 
A Gal 
s ates pe 
ars old, he should se 
utting the tw 
ow, 
wg 
overrate the matter 
and be 
over t! rat country. Mr. Ste wart, i 
as agen mise alluding to the mixture er ri sora aller 
the larger T Sone and sheep farms in Dumfries- 
ees observed that he trusted the variation of size 
would moe continue—that the smaller farmers 
was the best mode of Lage ag occupation of the 
it much more fitted to this 
Es 
I larger 5 and he con 
t than 
ot got Turnips b 7 3 
rat out 
say, t ies n will rise a 8/. up to hii en 10/. 
5s. sak 10 ese 4 tons of Tur saien, in 
ordinary cases, i be f fod. to advan ear 
extensive pres 3 (ae, oe 
— arable fa: rms st- oth ian. : 
ie his eminently practical and admirable address 
fea the heartiest applause. 
ae _ Pet ER JOHNSTONE, Alton, near Moffat, 10se 
rose and 
be extensively 
old stirk in value about 2/. 5s. or 2/. 10s, b 
‘olloved the 
shored a superior supply of dung to be returned to the 
d el athe t 
d No w, what is the value “of 4 to ons sala t 
sane pan 
in fatt s he had 
trade S 30 yars, and P y ee re aa 
he make a few observ: 
ba be feng. of cattle. In 
in two 
economically h ow we can raise the ‘asgent 
+ 
As to tose fei in oe eek we all know 
t 
want to 
— here i is the ' food which I Ai n ma 
as far as it goes 
mist baa say, Here is an animal which I 
= s= 
25 lbs. of Turnips daily, or about 
13 cwt. weekly : and therefor who 
Tarn p Sa 
or. g a P Gal loway or short-horn consumes about 
25 weeks, of preci- 
ga a good deal 
exceed 5 
aot r be mixed, and in ye proport ions pe answer 
best the desired end ! ae mist- then tests it with 
kis laboratory, an vid may be Papen: the theo- 
s is, exclusiv z ; thus 
we come to the resule, that the value = Toca for a 
cattle is yest sag or 8s. 6d. per Now, there 
d this 
sal part of fe—although this kind o: 
labou 
tried the ex- 
fi whe iat 
p ath i sb P to his young cattle the whole | 
mAd 
that a | da 
cattle, we | fi 
8 
160 lbs. a a ink may a re then, on Turnips for about 
—say nearer i 
and its superiority v was qui 
H Snags 
paid one-fourth o pres 
= months, would pay from 30s. eg wi ed oils 
was his | opinion, that 
Th ist will refer you to such tables s you see no | or ae pores Saes Se 5 much. From or — 
_ these walls (the walls w un — analyses of the by seg I think. ror till within ii ist y year or two, | he knew that cattle aem improved or fell ronce t0 — 
various kinds of food for d he ty ill ve ni E such Whitsunday, and it w of bes ost impo ; 
7e kind of food ae ae — how it shoul xed h too li iie a manure given | keep them up before that tim sue callel upo- 
. re h 
siderit question—that is, uniti to the countr F. In my opinion, one-third more manure | _ Mr. AN nes, more, w was differe: n to tha 
ES t e prac- | 5 „tons of Turnips additional acre ; d th sta by the two preceding spe# 
eae wh seience—to compare the two > eee to see | mig i by young cattle to the cues fe ss year made very careful aer A 
saen “ticles may and to suggest any measures | tage o er. I don’t say that sheep ae be | cattle, which at different periods he 
«Se t degree | given up; on the contrary, sheep. feeding is too profit- | weighed. found there tg bes 
_ which Pi reas ires as may | able ; but I want to show that Soe every exertion | tween ttle which go page 
oe and those which got E than the others, 
Ekma a l iy be better kept. Nor the oil-cake sold better pense of the 
to — the opinions | the fa Of exile will alwa he had some auhi 
ys be profitable ; but | years ago 
suggesting, pol geey pean sl ivan be potable s b stock, ' but straw an and gil-cake ; he gave 
