О шшш] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 173 
L—— with 5 horses, doing the same|the most forward in condition o of both sexes, from the | Mangel and Carrots have been parc tus for _ Turnips 
sit. 12 y. This open weather enables us to| yards and hamels, which are intended to go off fat | on land out of chalk, yet we hold to the omia: prox 
progress with this deep work, and we hope during Mem. s April The fat stock are daily | neither roots produce under verte) circum 
ге . xou ү ng 4 lbs. B vi 
Е і fi easo. Swed : y may 
EE —QOur labourers are principally engaged in some of bi a NM ha; ay, and straw ad libitum. | corn crops prodara the same yield o grain, even under 
И ani z to stock, threshing, claying, and cutting The. "store cattle receive twic ay Y bes yellow ог | the highest farming, as when chalk is present in the 
2 i.e, those who are not Ed with horses. hybrid Turnips (B. ec Тел) and s and are | land i in sufficient quantit: uj 
osi —We хай M mploying sheep to a large | also a pede n s "nes -rake? for a iuis. o feda when| The odd horse of the is as important as шу 
шай in шапа ufact nure. Losses amongst | fine, in a field. horse employe A and e "ahoia always be one or 
күл better "тойы! Hon ipe led us to "n. She сга —The hee ep stock generally—both ewes and | more of thers according to the size of the occupation, 
and w tainly вее по | hoggets—are шу distributed over the whole Grass | for we hold it to M M zs TONY Has the teams or Ж 
E. b for cedem it. ^ We: were successful | ишо; the for eceiving only hay-chaff, the p 
-— 400 lambs in North Lincolnshire, early, and er have d ition half pint of Oats per day, and | of doing work, id Я i ыш periods is pow dono 
ушр prospect of а good profit upon them for | seen 5 ad of Turnip-tops or small Turnips, b ncy, а 
We have about our average losses from |the pro um rnip- polling gen Previous to often happens that uk M is neglected, раону en 
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rem diseases, &c. We believe we [OR lost or had | lambing « of o rse the ewes will be to bett the о nary dec appear: 
or 11 out of the 400 since they e a few 
ы, in November. Besides these we have|yellow Turnips, which are “superior to Swedes for their bros ak сг pairs Е узе Тһе odd. rine 
9240 lambs we bred, and 66 shearling wethers we | milk- produe cing qualities. онар. employed carting Cou ch crar on e pasture 
inthe autumn in yards. And it is a singular igs.—. „the ey became fit for the butcher, small s 
иін during the whole time these 500 sheep have | рогі rm Ут үт соп- d roots d cattle in the boxes and dde "1 
Баі yards (11 weeks), we -— not had a lame one— | sumption ie former have been sold a er stone | e КАЕ jobs on the farm requisite to keep up а 
Lose E p foot disease. They came in sound, | (14 lbs), hd about 4 stone weight ; the hid of the | cleanly and Ps ебу of I homestead. 
this day prime To the lambs| Cumberland herd—1 пеам 014—һау ied in| Manual Labour. mri. labourers have been filling 
P ү a чё of Peas and Beans to the| weight from 18 to 26$ stone. Two fat е чег been | and spreading chalk, the women assisting in breaking 
mo of 3d. per head рег week, and e the | disposed of, the one (after a single litter of pigs) at filing o manure, pond banking, &c. 
dier to the value of 6d., as we design to take | 5s. 6d. per stone; and the other, an improved Yorkshire | Shapin ing o of farm roads has been going on; the last 
Lodo n these п Let them go from tie yard to of the small breed and a famous prize taker, three | named work is found to be very тоне for in cases 
Our greatest difficulty with the a о | years old, weighing 325 stone, at 5s. per stone. 0 where roads are private and for the use of the farm 
Jeep them from scour hs eing able to gro d other | pigs are fed o n boiled Talia | радон with light Bea » | gnis the expense of gravelling to а great extent may 
әк E and these of an inferior КЫЛУ, ж Barley and "еа во d nd bra Aon f а proper E App ication of manual labour, 
use very large quantities of dry foot Corn.—The threshing and ЗЕЕ selling оё in the year, to have the cart 
eld we find the older sheep are preferable, Wheat has continued throughout the month, and ied. єз "illod i in, quw the outer eed 5 0 Mes road 
can bear quite double e Pee uli of eds gels ока. the t iced settlement of the American | cas middle, in order that w may pass 
йш scouring that the lam checked the demands of speculators, ж-н quickly, v in this way the outla ay of 1 in manual 
ттт days come the lambs wil "bear n о a. con- | the price sin соіа good; the average price from | labour will often save 10s. expenditure of horse labour 
врећу t ive n much faster. „16 is very doubtful this far ing 62s. per quarter of 63 and 641Ьз. per | in the canting of gravel, &с. 
ill afford е yield is satisfactory, though the spring The Stoc k.—The sheep have been doing. remarkably 
а Mangels, eniin r older ау We forbear аё | Wheat is scarcely up to the mark in quality and | well 
үш to express ап Sion. although we are inclining | weight. The Oats are chiefly consumed оп the farm, | lambs have been sent to the London market during the 
wte older sheep. By the middle of April, when we | with the exception of a fine sample of Potato Oats, | past геа but е weather being cold, they "ud 
i eans are of i ore than 6s i 
ў rice upon all ery ealise . 6d. p ne, whi 
express our views with greater confidence. superior quality and an enormous yield; they are of|certainly not es for a well fed forward lamb, for 
-—OÜur growing Wheats look all|the Heligoland kind, and are being reserved for the | not only is the food they consüme costly, but the ev wes 
itat eonld be desired. The late sown are up, and pre-|good prices usually given for seed Beans during the | were last autumn polea cnm to pur rchase. The breeding 
mfa healthy and vigorous appearance. The last year’s | ensuing month. Оп the 17th inst. an an important agri- | sows and store pigs have also t 
mp was anything but cere d The quality is EL cultural meeting took place, n се д ааа them, both in feeding as well accom dert 
kithe yield very d deficient—from 1 to 15 qr. per мге Ploughing Match which is ү Uni ted The ә br reeding s sows are kept i in “Yards of эша Балг 
eonim to thresh son omi stain ng x week, ав we ar e | Kingdom, and on this occasion rong &c., receiving 
qitë overrun with verm: Last week fi The entries for swing ploughs exceeded 0 1 in no Man the yard, which yard i is em 
3 qu of Wheat, and killed 50, rats in the Mi, number, схоне of boys under 18 у of age, and | round vit ре cattle hurdles, the long horse dun 
we pay a professed rat-catcher by ше quarter the palm was carried ot bya Pis s AES a meagre beins spread over the surface 
ie ig them, The mice too are very num Lows and | entry characterised the wheel plough class, which із | stables, and allowed to accumulate; this is found to 
especially in the Oat stacks, А. S. R, not appreciated by farmers north of the Tyne. A|make uiuit and roomy accommodation for the Pige 
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255 — Horse сос TI and it is contemplated that this will | solidating th the mg viri would deteriorate Lee di z 
mployed 1 үе ейсїа1 effect on the ploughmen of th ary circumstances. 
is ploughing ^us nbl z 7 diete i d than the large open competitions; the | s about t ton they are removed Кр 
т Тагпірѕ and Bea ns, carting firs t meeting takes place at нени on Feb. 11. dir pk table pen, consisting of about 10 feet cs 10 feet 
ў EN var ers 1 are keeping well in this neighbourhood, but | under cem and the like space in the open, viris by 
ои iles, Turnips from the field to | we hear of ш plaints from the gu frost on the banks | iron work, the manure being allowed to accumul 
and coals to ша шше, еп gin e, and hinds’ | of the Tweed; and owing to the unusually t 
P t this ^ considerable quantity of fat cattle are being kap А зн n they return again to e yard, and 
poni driv o be expec this persone Y т евресіаПу tialis, as id are found 
d a bridge "a а view ү consolidate it to come out in prime condition “during April and tho not to breed we. ell, and bring but few ie — kept 
t that „rapid decomposition which beginning of May. J. W. in close pens wi without diim. a certain unt of 
it were Simply Жо up in a light state. 0, appears to be essential to the well. ang «f 
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the tank an erwards| Sourn HANTS FARM: A зе аад February.— 
mixed ; the soil which invariably | Horse .:Labour.—The weather been favourable 
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the heap will then be d | during the past fortnight, the vore: С р farm Miscellaneo 
elay. e has|. The Clergyman and the ауга Society.—The 
g also ола а sui | been аш ба extent of lan plougl nade by the Rev. J. C. Clutter- 
Чаш зубны ntity | intended Etke t crop. f the fi the last meeting of the Abingdon Agricultural 
B spread over tho t op, and we shail | be consi к, in a more ME aide than usual at Society He cordially approved of Societies like the 
urning. The subsoiling is this period. We have, too, availed ourselves of the | present, and considered that the clergy were not out of 
heel and shoe similar to the opportunity afforded må the late тус 39 draw — their place at such meetings, when they yan upon 
iler, to a end tine of a heats, and other parts of the farm | their moral or social а aspect. He thoug cada 
€ Wink admirably which most required it. The into ud of chalk to great moral ко arising D them, beosuso thos 
i this month, | the soils of our district is attended. with hea э labour | who Sgt ждет а had laboure: under their direction 2 
шу бш breadth having been | and considerable expense 
he last, after nips, was | рег ton delivered on the far arm, after which, th 
shel per acre about|laying out and sp: ing, b ing, Fu» became, and their moral ders T RA 
- A larger breadth of|we usually apply per acre is from 18 to 20 tons per тне; It was рањи е for невы Ъ to px ring their 
during the past three months acre, and this is a greatly reduced эч uantity dinem animals to the dd cag which they had witnessed 
than for many years and is all | with that which was formerly considered n mid that da ay un unless vrac placed under der careful 
hough in many cases much too he total ced per acre will ther efore reach аш men; it was unnecessary for him to s he value 
: Spring. work will tl er acre. This is too heavy an outl ful 
arded, and as a rule field operations | for tenants tatai лы unless at the outset of a 21 an for they were so dr die not to y trusted 
m а more advanced state. ase, and in that case it isa matter in which the witha imas of ais eat value and requiring great dos 
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9 and Beans. Тһе | һе expense. We have often noticed that t large ud at ftis ai show which could not, to a great extent, be 
bushels of crushed Oatsand1 bushel | of chalk, say 35 and 40 tons per acre, which used to be | traced to the moral, and, to a certain extent, to the in- 
э ча ad libi appliéd, have not been att tell capabilities of those vid. attended to 
ng, dung e. се nip | first ж tities; but the economy has them. Although the labourer was a learned man, 
rainin mé d Б мев a uced „7 the excessive 
gar opera iio and of intelligence мет : devolved upon € à чу ад 
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bes for the men; havi d d йене клдр 
variously occupied in ойе joi acre will кас d the lind entire 
for at 79 25 years, under a system of close and severe | and — They: had the social 64 ЕИ m 
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i Nn de the month, 12 bullocks and cropping, but when the rotation of crops are longer, | this very gathering; the оо а етуди 
abont 64 ма the butcher A the former would | such as two years in б: f chall 
d ‘Stone, s stone (14 Tbs. h, and would brin ing | will extend to upwards | я uo years the great benefit | to the breed of animals, and if this country had 
л st the latter > were sold at 8s. 3d. дей. оп chalking is seen in various ways: 
tu, pb iem tim А "nu. аш to impossible to keep | the: nails of. t thia ago they would mot have had food to eat. dr he 
тег ы rie ng to be sub- rod рин and free eeds ere defici e віп of wł 
Ў апа 4 stalls recently occupied 1 d by | chalk; again, Turnips calo D gie repeatedly | god these Agricultural боена did, he would point 
» have been re-filled with | without being subject y" club root, and although to the case of Mr. Wm. Humphrey, of Oak Ash, in 
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