E there 
t even the Act of 1861, great as 
oduc ed by it in the law as it | 
n those powers which are 
abeolutely essential to "the effectual carrying out of any 
comprehensive scheme of impro 
(To be ны "x 
arm Memoranda. 
Боді AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. y Ro 
r ile to th 
[JANUARY 11, 1862. 
t, , with the chain harrow. By following this plan it ag 
immensely improved the Grass land, and Дөрө of an 
[otherwise troublesome commodity wit urthe 
expense. 
n of the steam plough 11 horses, were kept, | А 
vil now be r M wid rho 
objects are kept in 
cule s an opportunity of seing 
ment of land with a view 
turn; "the other to rano carry о 
uch experime ents a the research 
indica: 
Hand Labour.—The men have been employed in the 
usual routine labour of the farm, such as dung filling 
eading, water furrowing, trenching in pastures, 
es, banking, &c. The women have been 
the Peer e 
profitable re 
a lim ited, area 
uch prov 
йа follows. Ав 
practice of top-dress 
not only ou аве cmd ely a 
neigh 
os f| 
с 
nstance we ma 
ated abou 
Cirencester, is towards the nicth byt ' the Xu 
The undas are made 
nnecte od with these vean ig o 
It is a p 
et 
e 
Шой saves а con. 
bou „дей 
E ыс to Stroud, which separates it from 
f Earl 
athurst ; on the south it adj rl re well- 
f the sa 
sidera 
дыд" jet the TIE. 
the rest marble (a member the lo ower oolite terc), 
оа h 
| formed, dan with t 
he | material for t 
ass 
| sprendi ng over the and, сати 459 
siderable amount of h 
trifling ^ st. 
The Stock.—The Somerset horned ewes have now 
ead найр, and the fall of lambs is good, perhaps 
this A there has bue п ашак 
twins and very few 
e labour at a comparatively 
thei 
Ae actual accou „б: e ia m; the 
lastly, to кер 
0 
Doris 
epus 
ity кеу wiring West Country 
and thus bey wienn every pi aped 
erset 
udi tual facts connected with cost and return. 
same time of learning a ре and yet wipe 
system of accounts. RU s in this way that t the 
of the nes o brand of our е ега ende requires so ші 
е4 to the 
nature v the Li and these v Pe 
tions are often exceedin тар 
so that in the sam 
and тру we detail as fatting early lambs T 
Royal Agricultural College. 
ndon market. ur mode is to feed the ewes аш 
VEFAPAU TENER CU E. 
arm to which the 
F Agent 
md g more Mom half the 
epth, 6 to 8 inches, containing boul : 
lime and ana ed land Tote s | 
but 
easil; siewe by | 
| un 
| тау — hilly it is 
e | farms 
| purs 
Hants FAR The 
following report "petens, contains abont 100 acres of | what dirty in unfavourable weati ther r,yet t > elimal 
arable la w аг 
vies Ae consisting of f cda ay lo 
hee en сакан їп in 
m a 50 t, and excellent climate, 
The situation of the indies being within 
some advantages not possess АСА 
. The soil, tough |p 
e шй pieces like dice, and the crisp, sweet C 
reduced very fine and sud teken 234 +. тони 
эк Aus first be Mya and 
Б 
В е 5 
| 
Lo i 
lambs in the open - 1а, and although the aaga is some 
e 
When the lambs first езе: to E. M 
gi a little ri db finest hay 
осет ме рге! fer 3 
1 
san 
4 
we have, Dui 
o gh T ot ed 
by land in the o 
part underdrained , 
egularity of the ай en it 
adapted for close wem АШ) cross cropping as many 
in the district, and no fixed rotation of erops is the e and í 
d. described, are Sani med. over with cake-meal, by which 
, FROM DEC. 14TH oe: 318т, 1861. means the lambs take cake before they would eat it in 
of the horses has|the ordinary way; they hav er, oil-cake 
her whieh | eracked and passed through a riddl e, to give itas 
'ursue 3 
e 
REPORT. 
L 
e М order to | been various, owing to the dang alo w 
ure a good til When kept in good bist Wheat Ваз prevailed. Тһе sowin of Wheat after the Potato | small as Peas or Beans, in which state cracked Peas 
yamg 4 to 5 qrs. per acre can be grown every fourth | erop has only been completed during the ew days, | are mixed with it, and "for lambs we prefer American 
, and occasionally more frequently still Barley, | emi last half of the month of we and t саке апа Grey Реа аз. ‚ Ош hr UNE. i. has Г. 
той. and seeds, all grow well,and Vetches аге also an | part of Decem ber being с ves и is, togetl 
important erop, and c о remar ably w well. ‚|! g ai “about 40 : acres, | price the bullocks Paus аф e 
1 is prett } de pi th ual pe intend and we feeding, ue ing made about 105. pos week increasd 
Dm €— light, thin, browy fields, where the soil | hol goo ll ti 1 value from the day of purchase to the time of se, 
r 4 inches deep and full of stones, Mad t which itas a аА узы = ice, according to 
* жы © y = т containing 60 to 70 per cent. [pit sex less than 3 end of gen per acre. Sho ud the m € of КЕШ, seni we will here attempt to 
of ANE. eeds to be, and has been drained. | how er the s eason be Aes, Si- eer am мч first | descri! anim: e have just istmas 
Wheat, Beans, and Mangels are cro У ан | «— beef à Deron ines бас years old, bought in fred 
E land, sheep-treading, especial winter, not sow in ` January, preferri Axe sow i Y Febr RA condition in the week їп May, from which time 
being objectionable. The lighter dg йн portions March. We have however always found hatt үе PRET until the 1st Ootone diy were put in boxes, and fel 
of the farm are more suitable for the ed Dep sown y best, and the erop is freer from Я with Clover © cut fresh from the field daily, anl. 
cmo сат the seeds are allow wed h déwh At intervals "Шот ploughing has eee going on|4 lbs. of oileake per da each; from 1st October to 
for two years, but ‚ав it is generally fund that the upon land intended for the root eis ү M season, | Novem th the same quantity of cake each, with 
and the sooner this work is mplet ted the better, in t w ad libitum; and from 
ва 
he 1 аат luable produ ce which it displa ces, 
the — is Rd es сс р е ke consuming 
9 
to this peo may chasten - ameliorate - the вой, 
À Ta i 
t &c., to heap. in readiness 
e day of 
like quin of "ollcake, 60 Ibs. of Mangels and Turnip 
xed with th Б мада meal a nd Oat straw it 
the roots on 
artificial siis, e. bor rg "y dy 
| for early Роба! 
given the ped: of fi 
n done; also carting Couch, We 
mewhat in detail in ат that it may be 
tatoes, has bee the оин state. 
which the scarifier bro 
Fs pee d. s y не бст оф ie the sedi eie o ught : t to the crue in the und 
ouni aluable v R especially autumn ; this, from circumstance of not g freed that bullocks by not т fe 
hee, that a small area is constantly pl аб: The | from the earth entirely, has qe do to уйе da line proli erri 
s at eae divided into 22 #0 HM varying 95 usual, but carted away а. pasture land, vd spread Жел — and all expenses id ad charged, including. 
7ч т 45 acres, the general average being Over the surface to be worked e during the ——M— 
mI е сма а фе Ж э-ү Nae m g spring e of the manure returned to the land. ^ В, ii 
== eM introduced, it is pro to increase 
e size of some of the fields by removing the fences. EOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS—BE 
t may be as well to state here that the steam vl ms 9 
Мә been introduced a the ОВ Sen p sogi By Mr. J. B. Sue зады near Wallingford, Berks, during ће week ending January 9,1862. — 
e land was considered particulari; ада ted for thi s Readin Regis " 
kind of cultivation, but because it havi m become 7 . : ASAA RANAS ADI ing жере ofth Lo 1 
lished agricultural fact, the College ойлоно a Reading of Мен 1 
зү was fel incomplete without it, апа) 2087 of 2 Е à previous na 
owler's apparatus being considered the most perf TNR M per ma. Amount Max. | Min. | im | Min. | hours 
was purchased. Th upied оп a long lease > Free i Point кн МС Жан бүгө; EE a an зе" ОЕ 5. pes 
under Earl Bathurst. The ings stand in a toler- А | st Mean Sea | momet ometer. Direc- F eei Sun. Ey er 
ably central position, and are all included in one group, ' ата, |Чоп | 0.6” 
an & ment which the undulatin er and | Inches, 
distant position of the land to the north-west hardly Wednesday. 1| 30.44 30 $t xmi. SAM a е 
justifies. At the present day the advanta f one Ihursday..| 9| 80.45 86 35 NEJ 1]| 8 зо 1 зе з 1 ox 
tral homestead on а straggling farm, instead of (wo | байилау Oal — 2915 86 МН а ата. о: УЙЕ 0.03 
or more sati i are not held to be of | Pus d » - ed "d H А, Pte c " 42 | 33 | 44 | 30 0.03 
such importan rmerly, and no d dierent | Monday .. 6 30.14 35 33 NW 2 Н 1 32 & [sm Y: 
Büngements pilis abé e; as midke| Тамда... | T. 8015 40 39. .|&W.|..2.] 5 4 | es | 5 | ве 6.01 
of it, ида fortunately most of the land f farthes t те ау. 9 39:15 i А9 4 з | 39 | 5t | 3 018 
from e з db e: a essentially sheep land, an сене сасуу сыр a£ 4 4 Sw. 3 8 59 | 88 ! 54 | 85 017 | 
n be f y the fold and artificials. The : kept i k а 
buildings a A and 5 ааа and the — E MISMO сот and. айу анау Ac P dire bolo hart 
stables, pi Е. Г for ЖБ ii nd trees iri rem ud where: c5 late, have eben 
ing сае йй complete and good. The live stock |, CATE: Jam. eein mana neu мм, omar 
consists of about head of sheep, consistin g of éwes i season for "ied roms we can re mecs qnn " heavy, чат, абаб, жөн: vg te оре еше S 
and their uce, ato fütted 000 45-19 10:34 ER harvest as could be desired, the weather con- |in ‘the finest sible condition have ше 
months, principally Cotswolds, a breed which Ка [ef WEE ы eed 5 x land for Wheat, the sow- | some early ye crops, which. probably b ing соа 
ence has convinced us Bi d most suitable т $88 month of Ос ber we had occ ional rea piri d "Y Men wer un cp premi: ecce wi т 
country; 10 " hrs PA el pastures and late sown Swedes, and upon the у, judging fr rances, ree heavy Wo 
the late beta 
and Єд black Berkshire pigs; ard ilie 
through half the winter ; m is one thing to 
rnips, other to grow 
and an з — 9 
t d: 
of November was rather wet, with i йү 
which а few patches of memi m peser n ua pir 
t for and if 
slightly injured, not for lauediate use, but for storing, аш = аду, аш 
throughout a ачан winter, but, of course, 
w them of 
a good онр of excellent food m: bares. 
f, however, Turnips p f 
Ae os not Eat E pode ping kind, and the 
