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Са ihe opinion of the Evesham committee, they Voelcker on the шк к mi, nutritive value of J arable; but some роо of alluvial flats are e subject 
pert desirous to become more closely connected L. Trehonnais of the|to danger from unu ual floods ; erit where not 
Ld Worcestershire Society at present. He | wa my th in раш Hat 
sah E was a pro бро ес оЁ an amalgamation being | ais a үре cand nass papers on Pedigree in | a time, to ihe extent Ө some 3 
wered e thought it would be better | Wheat by Mr. Hallett, f tha statistics of the gar EL ma ик EEY X by he vay hat old Grass land 
шр Па ihat a after the Royal Agricultural | market by Mr. Herbert, i laying land down to Gras seldom attached to a Me erse farm, but is found in 
to meeting n Не felt satisfied not | b u and on the a >? ing o i 
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orcester, but he looked upon it Mee asaj It must suffice for de present if we thus simply | chequered character of the district; one half being 
He ha d heard it stated that ii would be enumerate the „contents of the publication, leaving a | good loam of varying strength, and the we e 
impossible another pef Meanwhile, as and ee such as gravelly sand and m 
нт Th would be supplied to the lakaas to | illustr: rating the need which is felt of a greater = of it naturally wet; hut during half 
e 'оЁ railway, and, besides, there | and more immediate utility in its dex than it has|a centur, ury m eep stone drains ut in to 
Bini i in Herefordshire for падат cattle, |for many years у we Б АЗ a passage of the ругун special серая ог аро, ind adt one half 
^ and calves, that nothing else wo 1 ticl tril of the farm been more recently drained with 
dee. А man must give up all claim to pex aj “It has b ag m The fields are from 20 to 45 
i n if he ventured to prefer th th } f Soc 1 їп е tiat are bounded by straight „single fences, 
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m cow had шо ше matter rus scientific p t icio the exclusion « of зеб со urnips, and a few acres of Potatoes; 3d, Wheat and 
agricultural societies, and the | m шаран P4 experiments, дат servati ions of the КЫШ and 4th, mix rasses and Clovers, en 
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о have ‚&. |А ріесе of Beans for home use is о ally telis on 
ġe fair sex. Не АА that agricultu та вос Е «І hee jum led „у e тету to compare t field; but the growth o of rom forms no 
wei prosper and do much better if they had eyed contents of some о th tl the par rt of the regular. System.  Topdressing of corn is 
and vpn E Asi fair ladies of the dist early volumes, and Й find those remarks аш rod to | practised only when a poor crop may be apprehended. 
he was n that some attraction inem ап extent I had not looked for. The first six volumes | The applied тоо wi 
tiles to the wies to attend the meetings of such | of the Journal contain 326 articles, рола in portable manures, and the succeeding grain crop is 
peties, noi I go t thr ough the show yar rd a nd infinite variety of useful information, chiefly from | provided for by eating a portion of the Turnips with 
-re the superiority of d f the Society; the last six Ree 16 to 21|folded sheep. In sheltered yards and boxes we have as 
îm, but E that her attractions should be Mood inclusive, contain 157 articles only, less bs half the many cattle as will dispose of the straw, getting full 
h the success that had attended the | number contained in the first six volum Turnips, with а little cake and meal. These will be 
eeting at Stratford last year, the Evesham | “If а арраи have not increas i cally, | all off to Newcastle or Wakefield by the month of May, 
to carry out the same гани the number of the intelligent, the e inquiring, m of the | and perha ps а few lean ones brought in for the Grass 
ai small scale, that үне уе be a flower show | observing has greatly increased duri ring the age of our Of the flock of large-framed Leicester ewes, one half 
Wion the same day as the agricultural meetin: ng. By Journal, It therefore may b and these тей along with a few more 
Ы means it was hoped the айе wo d there should have been a contem. | purchased, get; sliced. Swedes from the new year, and 
Emu -— i in the Te owe and that they | poraneous PREDA of dotis idea oie, and whether|are fat at 14 months, leaving a good fleece of long- 
ceessful. r show would not there may Е be some means of correcting this|stapled wool. А few selected Тар hogs аге retained 
тей omalous s og of "cm ings. Isit not paras Ма 218 till harvest time, and sold annually at the neighbour- 
йаз in Evesham had Mosis, their мна: »d HEN e brief reports from ket t 
рей the result would be а good one. Не had ен ай gem to the Journal, of facts observed 1 in Breeders from both sides of the Border take their 
E with. great attention and interest to the their rown practi ce, and the results of any second Friday of September, and 
tions arising on 9 noyel practice i in their | near 2000 each year are sold by auction to buyers from 
Hoc Hi believed that if they postpone: ed the | тире exigeret: ds ? all eges ofth th e kingdom. 
aasideration o of amalgamating the two societies till| “So ur Journal is considered to be main The working strength о of this farm includes six pairs 
dr the Royal Agricultural к = been held | des signed for. the promulgation of ы хааа of horses, each med and fed by its driver; 
mi year, d ра 8 more likely than at ewe paper iuable as undoubted lr they аг e—and f r | besides. a cattle e-man, some 10 young жор, and a 
5 induce th m Society T he The prize essays, manyi ntellige ent and obse The shepherd is 
E. would in his opinion do much | ip unicating results of аг. observa- immediately responsible to his master. The men are 
kiter if de nin would have a flower show | an prose ion they would not be valued or | paid chiefly in kind as follows: 60 bushels of Oats, 
EE gane washeld. Atanyrate he would | considered. ЖОЙПУ of notice, or that they might be as it 18 of Barley, and six оГ Peas, 1800 yards of Potato drill 
conference with the Evesham com- old story to their more advanced agricultural brethren. | (with manure and ос the keep » ы соу, а 
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d that to man Y, persons engaged in the same occu- | Besides this the ste has 161, each potentiae 5L, 
the океан he had: er till m Eum but when itis borne in mind that our Journal | and the shepherd the keep "i 10 ewes and three ee hogs. 
of E Bes арса Society, and | gets into the huis, directly, of several thousand э мшш ег is bound t 
rAd might as well t ps for obtaining a | members, and; к= Ae ly, of many the t ls. in summer and 10d. dn winter; the Pota 
е аап w ith the E ciety at | probability i any special “practice out of the baln nir looked upon as н еу) the mone ney wage. 
ʻa respect to Mr. Sibson's letter, it was one | ordinary S tue a his county, which an individual has | All our workers are pre with their parents, but 
2% mportance, but unless the meeting was|been led to adopt from his own observation and | where the hind has Е there is perhaps 
he did notknow how the committee could reply | reasoning, will afford useful hints to many readers of|some Justification of the Popular term “bondage.” In 
to the means for employing a chemist in | the Journal.” | harvest time all hands get t porridge e and milk, bread and 
with the Society they might easily be raised. (ЗЕ е ТИК ONE ER beer, andthe ** bondagers? being full reapers have some 
ber, instead 'of subscribing 1L, would „Midland Counties. Almanac and Rural "Handbook. | Зз. 2 day. 
е sum to os s 3L. the difficulty would b iren and Key's selfdelivering machine is used 
was adjourned the ааб | “шише bdo with agri icultural and other advertise- M e corn is standing, but its weight is a ees 
А and obtain his terms, and xxm m otherwise justifying its title as a Rural мА. and a really heavy erop is more conveniently 
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dte had offer Ud be accepted. He con Farm Memoranda. cutting, ails much aer in dry weather since 
5, aa Breat diffidence and аса alty i in pressing | BERWICKSHIRE Miis FanM.—Berwickshire may the кешег] е extension of drainage. The ШЕ) ИО ог 
after the observations of the Chairman, who|be said to be divided iuto three parts. The bolting d is good for straw, dut the tear and wear 
Н great тойсо». їп the Society, but E ene of hills extends along the north | 18 much prb than wit e old d "Опе imple- 
s titude of 600 to 1 e A 
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Мает opinio . fete should like to | and is Poster by several streams and narrow strips 
veia b of fe E тыт Towards the € a series of flat a nd beside 
^w le farther n i in which M Mei i s leads to v der The farms conta 
» Mr. ` ard, and Mr. Lett some porkon (@ more or less) of пй land in haughs bouring farm, w where it did its E most effici а. 
ived fro, ustancing tà the pecuniary good he|and on the lower hill-sides; but the distinguisiing | 2nd this is all that we have seen of spem vation 
m taking the advice of Mr. Trachsel, an | feat ares ot these districts are round-back S ills of Ms at home, i drm 6 suitable for steam-work, 
3n preparing a field for the growth of 4 heather, аши by flocks of Cheviot and |t this must be о to the comparative facility with 
| ер? saved 2/. an acre, the Chairman (шде He. The is which our soi ned Бане V with pair-horse imple- 
мега Em $ed the еп апа іб was | precarious for rune g el it is largely for the | ments. J. 7. 
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sharla bo M on om Saturday, the 12th of April KS ешш district, — а one we have to do „Ботти Haxrs FARM: sinc the end e RR 
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which: osenpiel a sl telov y grouns a centu ury рил fortnight, с елый төбөт. pss propitius Moral all 
ips. The eas ds a rocky sea-coast; but and the berries or all spring 
the Royal А the сага а а а series of undulating | crops is in а more pie s , and cer- 
and "а. xdi EX Nera "and Of |ridges, from 200 to 300 feet Bon sea-level; and із, |tainly a great contrast E rs year. The 
Second Par -Part II. J. Murra; with some caede ons, well drained by the White and | past winter having been so dry, the land requires but 
Sei d С bi he Volume for 1861 i ix i juif Black Waters, and minor Bb us of. m T weed. little more than half the labour to bring it into a 
of its me ы i not t for "the. interest of t the . The soil i is ; perfectly various; cla ay, loa lis кисе ii, | оой ilbh which it need spring; in t. 
ths for the а. proximity апу | ме should say that the temperature of the 
eeds in J Daia rt on jm steam cultivation rie tg on can be n made, we may designate Че south үре. » as high as ever "ae at this season, 
And this У last which has only now — as the аел perd it P4 there that bare fallows m may | ther: giving promise- of xd spring. 
No 18 now old : neither Fowle The staple of the ley! m Pigh i for € laying out ЖР ап ting manures 
gs Perm e course eross plo oughing for Potatoes have been 
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and not iem ulant, appearing as it does| The farm, from which occasional reports p. d in Mangels, Carrots, &e. for the p and cattle, also 
vemen vem been made. your t Calendar of Operations?” lies near т | carting Couch on to Grass land, working the chain 
a dee and elaborate tof Tu do of бро 300 f 300 feet; | harrow on the seeds to —- к down the stubble, which 
occupying 140 out of 240 pages | and rests on the ве measures, tit di t an 
an] complete report by Dr.!coal being ап absent жыйы. "The 500 acres are all'so well by any other means. yu we sow our Clover : and 
