Jeux 9, 1859.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 593 
E zm — * $ sm prs iea at . X cera plan | tied in i nare — d | Ld . That there " ue. lee z 
withdrawing tbe spa we the. earth falis upon the plants, wil mr — s |s straw, such as is to bo found on an dimery Sy I 
mee. Matern tetas ER LEER * 
by E dibbler, one makes the holes wie — natural rm aes m hw E od — sim manure, dt will add to +} manu ep east st five tons 
idee * — ating E g tAk Kos t» conve ert i av — form all that | of the w be used as htter as ie adm i of its being 
follo 
the — me carth 
the with the 
ve 
8 
P" transplanting E the 
and economical; altho we! it has not 
always — i in mr d as the othera, — is 
however the plan generally a La coe X re * race 
mon in the 1 method 
lanting ingens entioned. The 
pened up by the plough 
ants are placed 
e l3 oy 3 who 
follo v it du E the ope ration; the 
then 
e 
Ae 
L 
, releasing 
those which are in the When this 
method of eei war ii is s adopted me is 8 tha 
should be brought fne a E 
itin the 
Serves to be „Widely known n. 
the ir of workin, 
M. Le D octe, and 
of the T during its growth i 
of the utmost importauce; aud it pex that 
ves of the farmer are demanded 
be e 
peret the plants from shooting maturely, 
0 be killed or nipped by the frosts, depends thes success 
e crop. ihm rs the system adopted is to make | 
drai rows D means of a egeo, 
nded CIEL 
the more 
lie cultivation of the Colza up 
arvestin us points — | MA 
with this important departmen Cad the saving of the 
seed w to notice apy n per. 
req 
ts den An dou 
8 2 . — ored — 
€ n the straw? The pro 
thorou ey satu veg ee 
e solid. excrement ar the 
- very encouraging; v 
farmers 3 with, what a shrewd one of their own 
mber said, the * company and manure” of the cattle 
they fe fe e Tt is — — that the expenses 
of ing be increased as litt 
=| experience bas proved that a 
it Seres state, and wate not, 
> keep, from their. ‘condition give strong 
a great —— v nutritive matter in the 
e s den ng less used for 
th od pr the 
Mechi insists ont in b his method of — 
be “properly 
viz., that 
— for food 
n the 
the straw y prepared" i 
— Ee by fermentation. 
tho 10se W od 
property, and that it should be — only as 
We have 
while we are in no way tà to subscribe to 
e consumption of 
"aw 
maintain 
already. said that ther re js a con 
ood and more for litter an d -— as more nourish 
ortiche: of food, such as — ré been more 
may be reg ape also presumptive evidence | 
qualities, which is ren el more available fi 
anim als by « different preparatory | We 
i n to bem tabl 
for Prae 
e pi 
in "the. , modem systems of 
as food is 
not fully” appreciated, cA it h 
vem 
. But nay F 
the e in its natural de. as was formerly 
i re 
» 
| more readily e by the animal Which partakes | 
of it; = — ill xu T — ed by redueing it to 
cut „ by s er 
Suppose decre: it is Jj ined to consume as food all | 
= " on the farm, the cattle being — mned to 
n bare boards, e accommodation 
of it, it 
er more 
0 
animals on 
of the proces 
18 execute 
t should be eut 
d befo; 
p: vpe: ly used. tl full 
into chaff and mixed w 
watery and piia food used 
thefarm. By being steamed or boiled, a 
s performed by the stomach of the Mixed 
es, 
5, 
h it, 
S | en on an ner arable farm in Soona d would | 
e to be very Eu increased, in most cases 
bled. Here, then, is a t 
expense in the 1 af the buildi 
the annual charge t the 
repairs, is also mu 
ch i 
aar of attending « p the ‘cattle, of preparing 
160. 
"Transactions — m Highland 
e p. be observed 
ments that the "profit from the use 
y 
e 
y 
e 
of the 
up uny 
"tha it may be derived from this farent of feed. 
ital — $ in the stock, risk, and 
all — * 
80 d pM aceoun nt. not 
farmer who 1 
8 8 
ot 
had the e 
great. 
expense of cutting the straw, 
iure mary mixin 
Not 
— ana the 
the two together not been so 
g 
merely is straw valuable as containing 
matter which possesses considerable "feeding properties, 
ood, 
is 
that “science has mai . cn 
considered orth o 
ut 9s. 4d. n; w 
You 
but i 
green 
t is most beneficial in feeding in giving bulk to 
f | those kinds of food in which the elements 
p are more concentrated—the c 
A € if propery prepared, realise a value of. 40s. Fos inc g most essential in 3 auimals. The 
who consume all your straw an nd keep | mixing of cut ha; 
of nutrition 
Ik 
ondition of bulk of food 
straw with cut and bruising of 
has been 
— 
that you can extrac et m 
. to 
litter; other wi 
om your straw 
raw ^ er ir the 
UI à 
that the consum ie st 
increases the eine of "acu manure mede on 
-— ho from the man i 
sup; in 
n is urged publie, aci cra being 
n the f d. of te mistone on wor harses that there was a ; 
dim ne hose where the mixture was used 
a favourable opinion of the — of straw, viz.—** wei 
proved by t 
of both hay and Oats, as 
the London Omnibus Co ompany. So also Mr. 
t fro 
your — mts - can by using it as | Croall, of 2 gh, has been enabled to discontinue 
ise w pouli never „blame M i the use of hay in Myidiefela, ems e by 
— "1 22 rise 
pose, 
0 
Seeing then the facility with wh ean be opin Harc: 
A E 5 ; to in t support of it, that it is quite a new discovery, f 1 de foin, cheval de rien; cheval de 
gue in 2 ‘pip Bie! ward. a xd which we are indebted to the light of moder bataille;” which may be translated, “A horse on hay 
— Peg x Fam — LI nores djs Muy Bat the t nd that it is only the reviv r *. pean | a horse of little worth ; on straw is a horse fit 
pira Giu it pep dece y farmers of a former age. “It was at for battle." Journal of ** 
b Wh ps T one law a r arr says Stephens, “that 
y the Wheat, the Rye, or the Clover—that it produces | traw dali nol Se en in ure unless ari 
a.crop which at all times commends s ready sale, and jt were consumed oye eis and horses; the cele- Socteties. 
E suos deg cece ewell carried this idea io such a height, 
destined still farther to oovapy iu the toutine of Belgian | tht if he bad not stock sufficient of his own to OTAL AGRICULTURAL OF BNOLAN 
agriculture, E. S. B. py t lgian | oo Á his —— he took in those of others for: Ar a MoxTHLY Corxclr, held Wednesday, July 6, 
lived to hi Though, | 1859, his Grace the Duke of Mar arlborough, President, in 
IE USE OF STRAW as wi e ioned before, what straw ns of|the chair, 
THE " r * ial value eoa more me Kms — New members were elected. 
most i i as e ani: on usual monthly ri the Finance Committee 
lems to be solved at present in fi E traw and water alone not in, of course, all | was received, with, ite allowing ‘addition ut 
fot of anime i best means of economising the 3 —— raw. A great part members of the Finance Commi lso beg to st: 
in the manufacture of meat and of the for i of the ous w has been made to the e that they desire | tos s the Committee 
1 — Z of daring the respirstion of the animal, and some | appointed to * ertain and 
— on — fattening of ca he t of * ystem of 1 the accounts of the 
evil—a means of obtaining manure; — e they lo look | wasto of the muscular We need scarcely allude | Society, perkos free, by the tender of their resig- 
gms M EE a nufae rs. Wesu — à € — of E — re m 3 from ‘imal fed | nation 
0 =r b » 
ted ea — ri, ae lg qe a mary — — “ne —— M e ved by experiments, Said Mr. On the motion of Lord Portman, seconded by Mr 
besides, extraneous articles taken from a yard in which cattle were fed on full On d of pson, seconded by Lord 
— 3 What is the —.— profitable way | Turnips, with a portion of oilcake and Bean-meal, was Bere, Ea ois of in Sac e a 
ming show, as food for the animals on the | worth 3 tons of that | h apparently in equally good | t 2 e Commis past 
farm t Mec Modi: tells us tl i than s was in a yard young cattle h ion of Mi. 
— a "— —it — — were on straw nj de a run out the F 
— 3 while others : seen the living in the fields, px few Turnij in the|ho 
I -—— l for day.“ We think that the question as to the value of 
Sid ae Po ae t | etis is mper little | straw for food and manure has not fairly put by 
ihe of LE LE We E the Turnip a | the advocates for the consumption of the whole of the 
nó water, injurious to animal if given to it w on the farn food. ience b n us,, 
a another ap to the ion of his says Mr. Mechi, one of these advocates, “that, ploughed um 
whe n s profits in and considered as manure, its worth i 97. 44. 
pes his vary o t n has — while used as food it will, if properly IL 
large Turnip. would realise a v of 40s. a ie 
tat ey ire bo food by cooking; "another thinks It is intended ther kinds of Ber toj 
— best when the food is given in its be used with the straw. The question to be solved, — 
"DM du dr „ driod ve TA deo aston i nn 
naturally, quantity of cattle food 5 
ere — y 70 per cent. of muscle, fat, and heat- certain quantity of 5 to know whether z m —Ó—ÁÀ 290 0 0 
producing matters; that, theoretically speaking, it is|is more profitable to consume the whole of the straw advisable in farm management, 
