702 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, Сос 26, 1862, 
yey Pie es күл га which various kinds] treated, and much practical туора brought o | tatoa tha -— E E T NUI | 
upon it. After Ше discuss was agreed that, | 
“Тһе five experiments were carried ou t by | ‘in the opinion of this Club soven "ihi лү: is the valu ela сабы ayl Рача tel ted t hat ol d 
Mr. Debet 5а 2 soporto, а in 2. Тока ч of the|of a ton of S vedes ^—an es timate which very closely | hen the 
Royal А, боа Societ Р wn. e| 
TS puia | of aides | for the pun bodies named, we arrive at 
Lambs were fed upon the following results : 
i bn Oileake 4 £s 
«рз » be daily for 15 weeks, each increased 333 lbs, Good Clover Hay 13 lbs. for 92, юы 4 
2 7 0 
“ С б 0 
Lambs were fed ш 8 
E Осаке 
2 
increase week during the w муе табо ot 
and th биб, а улаш ume the tae vids 2 of ехїзїөтөө, 
pn ES n for "the average time. 
r ton 
per эйе lbs. 
I Ks "i also m 
that s np Ж Ач an average o of four years, a Singular 
50 lbs. 
(со регіор. 
а. 
res 
ЕхРЕВМІМЕХТ No. 5. жай $4 % 42 
upon 1 Linseed Cake 5 to 7 4. >» 00 to £ll 
* Tbere are two sey: singular "exceptions from the 
A 92i 
p Es e. } daily for 10 weeks, each increased 264 tbs. | above list, viz.: à d De 
"ExpeePuENT No. 6. ——  |Aceor hich th used it would 
were M чай appeer that their nni value is considerably below | breed Фа sies Mute is RM D us 
Oileake ) | their market » 
om A for 10 hi d $2115 — 
{тез e) — Beans вьв. for 6d, quitte 8а, 9d. por bus, ого 108. | x un т thi © [miae because jt bears directly 
fue ile di this food was consumed in a field which Msi эы a TE орун Es ow isis in agricultura 
had a shed to shelter the shee As shown in a point of sini ngular mw and importance $ а ыд, acd 
weles thus consumed produced and one which demands a closer i vcn ry; for it ів) 0 surprising à manne etenn 
Ъз. At this rate the а that when Beans or то кей —— 5 to En a Сойтт ОА таев ӨГ ks 1 bts 
h, А L 1 1A andi1G MS s ur dou than of 
asp ss ir ied pe 1 ges cgo i experiments, | y hé results are very far from economical. render | 9 vau А the eiie T adopt. Mr. Morton thus 
total cie of weight was 93118, so that after | this fact even more striking than it has dep been к р bn p A inem d ius Mark Lane Кенен, 
dod : g ^ " shown, we extract from the Highland Society's Journal | 1850, de ? e E pr wer from that Paper of Sept, 
interesting experi ; ere, because it bears проп the remarks 6 
11, unless there was some particular 
judgment i in the purchase of the pereat Ett 
L7] 
E 
" 
MEM A ег, | communicated by Mr. Bruce, д in which Linseeds aud |?" 
showing that E e of mixed Осаке and Peas wil] | Beans were used in conjunctio eh 
produce 11b. flesh. y рине ie trial is also Mika ues 19., i your рс ы фы ешш Ва eh DT. 
m: m ыч Ар RU iculturài pursutr ОГ 80! i 
RE in which no shedding was provided for the - ree j» 9 lbs. increàse páac, i Не ала deb long befor ite somo угу ol ue 
i an i 
Bhearlings fed on 
‹‹ ExPERIMENT No. T. Linseed: p І. ч ctice of agriculture is ni 0 
Ы АРА e Jrroducing Ч: Suspieion—an almost eonstant succession of Such things being 
E Pu] ** EXPERIMENT 20. of fi " 
8 
T 90. y exp 
"EC аы PUN that unless he i d to di 
924 s, difiy бзана сый Ширма ацлы: (сшщ si M € ] P fact which he has quoted from o n MN 
The weight ai 3344 lbs, Š Which is i to disagree чы one — does not justify him in callin; Hu 
Swedes consumed was. and 5 inseeds.. 8 state; 
these were fed on the open field, without shelter, it жо * 1b. 15. producing llb. fesh of any external evidence bearing on their truthfulness, tho use 
would pem No. - m 1з, 51 that із made of them in the argument— 
to меана meat. ity of Swedes Linseeds .. зп lbs, duced 319 Tb 
Mood y ET lbs, etr d ача! from | -—3 de 700 lbs. ] produce 9 lbs. increase. or pa ета м Д discuss E f dn m оу de that ће 
€ incre m aià amer s 12i Ibs, in et | Li q beds 1 ч ы, хс1аї мав aga ainst the premises tha 
тб. caused Male Mera The пуне s БЕ iR 1 1b. flesh. considering t 
of and Peas ч че uis 56 lbs., and ассотй- “Тһе énidenoé of diui experiments (19, 20, and. 21) | single instance, where any — ien 
ing to our calculation that 44 lbs, is equal o 11b, flesh, | althoügh offering а striking бп to the result “Though, however, ма do not iovo. "diat 
this quantity ought to produce 12{1һв.‚ which is obtained by the use а са in the former experiments | tory donp has mede оро a АЫ КОП p 
exactly the weight shown in this rem * This i € dem (15 апа 16) аге by по ns eontra adictory, t — appear on Farther examination ; Ры осе ү 
hel e €— that we shall n 1Ї sters. й eave, I Miitta up in succession some ôf the points Wiik 
as raised. 
| For sam zm — have shown that “1, The ability of 150 Ibs. of Turnip to produce 11b, of 3 
‘EXPERIMENT No. 8. ms arè ni sens to prodao 1 Ib. flesh. was nob'assumed'; it Was ascertained. During the 
ЖЫ Ж) n to run under received a = oer 15 s € 11. flesh, Loren равна sio Cotswold гана. а. 
„ Peas |y for 8 weeks, each increased 94 Ibs, ut s experimen and 21) recorded abov A 
: eh p^: 834lbs. of mixed Beans and Linseeds wil ЖОЛА iem Дън Em per Nico t 
Lig bh (n? milar mede ө calculation, we find | produce 11Ь, flesh. en Beans end Linseeds үеге | {оог months, corresponded to llb. for erary abs hien 
s. Swedes consumed, and as the sheep had the | used at se woe — -— а not аныр more than | 2910105 Жолу herir 
shelter of a shed, ‚ ought to produce llb, and | one-half the of meat which they yield when Moore апа, удал nothing to ^P. I, as to Ms credit 
therefore we may calculate that this we'ght of Swedes | given at the sam it differed from the facts of any other experience. 
produced 113 108. flesh. a like E $61bs. of Калв the important influences which tho however good a fact, considering the oxteutand the ні 
mixed Oileake and Peas o roduce, as as already com vot р тойпсев upon; the пой ng vilie tho experiment, it michi be, no extravagant use Was madè 
it; no assertion was based upon it as to the value of T! 
shown, 121 lbs. of flesh, which à is found to be the case, | of the i sd in ents, yet there ingular| per ton, whether grown in England or ren er 
een total of these two is again equal to the result ii of uniformity d grbetnónt in the veta t the ү ecce we "o а нава iem d 
Т ewt. of 
de dt үре here collected. This agreement is, | Оу to. dotermi 
ow, althoug 4 150 lbs. of Swedes have produced 1 1b. indeed, во surprising, that it makes us more inclined to | an ordi 
a ja Pi it does not follow that of the шы yd doubt than to believe in the methods which have A tho result of the Qc Ын 
ке. S0 ls ot tho xc cake, only 1 Ib. cm for | led to it. Ea ii Tesis inconststen — 
ormer isto be put t eredi , One of tlie xD on which во ялыда саро» taat Mh. ок a statements 
e Sw я і st бене by s Mo Ma d do not ed - AUS ш : НЕЕ of ү 
elicioney b y the addition of other м0 нў to their on the Me э А n butthe latter is а fact, 400, as many 
material. Turnips may ' fail of producing any increase t р re Ex br 
, dx. бів defecit öt its tly inconsistent data $ tod termine the re тшй моу 
n Act ally from the one which М vh two rotations ; ^; to тшо, тетот hey аш еа алой 
ade а produce о 3 тА tho simo 
rits 
ite ot pog Mg ed pes чайкаш 
T 
ү 
hem а nutritious food. an 
quoted in these pages ehg forr 
truth more distinctly recognised it t has been v was in fact condemned b тооба, an dope yielding Ж € 
y a writer of the g 
bcr pages. Messrs, Proctor and ag time (1850), i in that it was so various in its teachings аз food налу су "SF the: o3 AO p $$ be ҮСҮ 
е fully aware of the fact d, tere js М, tó be of no service asa guide. А corr ges ondent of the gin (ши во obt the; тому А in the far, t bud ta Alone, 
ly t a ut it 
In fact t a instance difci 
which p to s. made x selected, азр all of. them were equally true. "The |2dapted tue me yia 
t NE M : pare "xa ges 
а **In page 848 it is stated that an ох will ра; 5s a week for 7 de j^ is meat Me in the Jatten, 1 he po 
] | cwt. of roots and 35108. o of grain; i. è Mr meat a 6d. per it Que to the ain pi for, in the саве of ON, 
cases ; eg not. tthe pk MR "This КК ый be m Ib. will Ee by 1562108. of Toots and 7108, of ood stock, 8: 35 bs. o f grain given weekly to ча. 
рреатв to be information obtained by experience, and І | than pa; its ч ) 
easily пе б li Y 7 4 iste e result of four 
as such cases arise ; and we s therefore, no MR Es У реро it ip staton tnat Tho un 4 КУ [en jm Вас ea White eld p RA after Чат 
tion in pnie Ее „with the following summ ve proceeded. produsa бочка NS succession | the full cost of grain Aci it has taken 001 IT 
saai owing a v pA mate mode of caleulating "the е Оле уем, 100 tons ud Sf оцет A d Босне и vis apese pius Nd трд Den, vi Vor talo they M 
hos c жагу аїпї Acts, we must even submi e 
та et different kinds of food there саа ENSIS о EE Uc 9 т a, о Li iis ш Де e that is ES Pact? tak i шы 
produ meat, of whic sm, And what uso was m ү ОЯ 
lbs Supposing 9.203 n" Vo erem rodueod by the outlay жабу point oùt that, with wha or сеш) Mio rond 
Swedes consumed in the field 5 prole Y forhi: 900158, 0, oniy s сей by the consumption of | merits of н had boen oal to thom 
Ditto Ditto with visi to tía aider Y 00 1 of esculent, stated, also, that the ко ability to produce thi mantitios t mont а! 
Clover hay SERIA TENE ESAME of*greeu food ^in the four mighi, i in many а m [o s oxporien jo to poe how 00 
e о iee еа АН EN pir tön: ahd | 6 : yoür correspondent is unable to! ra 
etras Pad : 8 5 1 5 |fe figures representing m detail the incrouso in tho weight of asseriomé that certum веер And cat Туе had paid oni 
Oats  .. NOS Ec 4 ie the cattle to havo gained from 8 to 16 imperial | weight 45 and 30 por cent. respectively, ible with 
Berey .. 5. 4 CRINE Ecl stones each the sheep40 1b., and tbe pigs about 5 stones each : | 44 and 11 per cent, on their value, аге compati synonymous, 
ШЕ бөкө am voci BM Ж шылый. » бйрт ng more notwithstan Wa the He norais tà. iub Weight of the sheep, | | обет. But weight and Er aro Tas peon inoreising o 
еа 1 їв heal any an òx and she: ore e б ther 
way now prices to compare the fending viue | ДУС instead jo bo dy por eal- оу, and agho | ome he very tmo Dat i ws Mile a D 
1 „ per 1b., risd 
dus а рада Рыер above descriptio: к of food. with Жы о [2 Needed KS the returns 2 Smit — m by the fhe relation o th the борма to HS an 
eir average market prices. в are remo. ; е Soċioty’s question, а z cited: 
from the land for v — а variety of е ч Е the бело ме stated dto boli V. on Mn op "ind the x duet. TY eget mato dues e cand ф noi to € com par thp eon ha 
' Е OW te result, is 
are in pues ed which.eannot be motieed here. We must био AM reasoning ean be made reconcileable to the tion to it, si sati, "навр and pi za еу MET not to. 
tale eme in the field, and there, without | rules of logic Lam УЕ ar to Tam E TALL. od ЫЛ a Pass е7 бв 
AE e ^ an ans ri E 
штей tai shelter, we y siet eer d: iy Whet ів consistent, with ени “5. Ido not at all tb ink, with your Co "Y d 
un ase of li weight ; if w hus that farmers should breed their own stock?’ as, | is * singular t ements 80 o lile Jo in ho con! Leg 
| inercase as wo or d Let ge then ат ot Berg. АП want of нту E зт animals, | other as theso o sliould bo published,” On иы subjec s or 
. 2n чое у worth 64., which is equal to ы AMT bas MEAN AEN alb deas one ecd — A S tne s еринеп ient pin ты 
„рег ton. is value approximates Ads close n deg, it a e alo, that VET ет 
үрөн singular that statements € ttle in оф, Ai telling exactly the. same tato, f their UD 
ta Fear qan ы s ers. ineeti: == accordance with each other should be о во ile t із | willin most cases be primá feci evid on болой, j 
the Oxford. " Club was held in TE M - Lag at the ниц that 150 lbs. of Turnips ог | ness. Thero is nos "S thing i as in fatit 
consider the yalue of Swedes. The subject 40 lös. of Grass will producea pound of meat; and it is after- | ence on this or on er РОН do we 
cin шен n by the example introduced baut it has required | *P.L' does not prove Ve my asser 
