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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
seed is smaller than the Vetch, so that in the sample 
referred to we 
the latter with a sieve, 
is possible to get V. 
we up 
happen to have seen a sample this diy dite а po there seemed a ам 2 under- current of feeling 
ockle. 
could easily separate the former from 
e are ur t it | discussion at 
d 
à The бош Spurry, Spergula chere is a denizen 
of sand, and though, unlike the form 
veed fi yet on w red san 
stone soils in parts of Worcestershire we kaa seen 
зле во thick in the Turn 
the Lik e Chi ickw 
jd occurs everywhe 
this 
ps as to kr, ves erii d 
it oc 5s Du 
=: is a prostrate |, 
үе 4- 
bullocks оп arable 
far 
Although x subjest had been yc а ш for | 
rious times E the differ 
ped aes 
to be made out d ж “рез that а prog; = a маш 
infu, ‚һе certainly would ey continue it. TM 
clubs an АЫ meetings, yet up to the een 
b 
and 
t dedi tabl 
i „0 him, Tr 
ideas, DE te 
tten 
nswer the pu EE 
that, I 
the econ 
a 
of the 
to be a pest ucc "cie mi, dt 
the Barley, hd jf. Fs sords t ucceed it is only a mer 
not i 
коне follows in | V 
ves b 
H 
vh "ia {отте the point 8 which ода engagi 
сои — the sort or breed 
egin the ум ai 
fattening ; and that, were it not for the sake of turning 
tue straw Les of arable farms into gd anure, 
would n тро E med to 
Бай} pus 
Em most profitable method of байо. bullocks on 
t aba и Бра ought о entertain the question in 
б шуо of fe edin e animals, 
овец 
of animals ; tho |t 
anim 
X Ma ange 
sid тә E 
os him, 
501Ь. were s ufficien 
s 
p og fresh seeds ar 
eady mds soil. her soils howevei 
slo entirely free fi 
of the nature of the land. It is 
the Carrot crop than 
Es 
rom this weed, so that 16 is p 
erhaps a 
iti 
& age o b fa йе ning ; 
mmencement of fattening ; the preparato: 
batiouary state of the animals ; 
quantity of food; the time o 
of 
f feeding, and state 
the food; and "the accommodation most likely to 
firs 
the kind of Nd; Phe 
and wi 
Ay as that state: 
t called his particular ане ü “т ча 
had beon told right and left E Ert 
would ruin his stoc miris. s, he dd. 
to feed "Sheep and bullo cks 
SERIE, the points вееше ed to be- 
the latter division, that of the economy of аны | 
—the value of the 
he УҢ eighteen pence belt ia 
could | grow 30 tons Ж ang sel wi ta a skilin 
z^ 
р 
Б йш equal b p Ew 
plant, but wit 
R д АЫ: + 
- 
EELT " 
if innocent it would » ашу useless. 
8. iekweed,  Stellaria media — Who 
Pe me or gar rdeners does ОЕ ee this weed. 
amo; ngat 
rde 
ч E eie 
pare d "the fo ing statement, 
an id practical a ea he had 
e result of his experi 
to the "201b. of Otis fo iie hetat ano пет науа 
o pes feeding bold his o 
d ешр fed icon. ы; 
result of fe eed in g 37 head et йон of different ages 
hh 
5, Then reasons were, first, that the ha lay vw mu 
ast is its nee 
mt it may ripen from is e ree c crops o of seed ey every 
from his farming account TA 
year. Tt is called а nd steers purchased ab — .. ‚ #9015 0) f | 
„Боб theuse E bid вА pur 102 0 0 он ith t ep euer fi isad his Er 99 
or e this in the Whea dus инан and ed. average agelT months, valued у» epus na E the hay ha 
perire i = x 171 0 0|а cloying effect upon the h, parlicular ie | 
just in the first spring | To iss increased value — .. — .. . 435 5 0 | гооїѕ were given in large id He 
prev of the pest, Md. p ченөөнү well.t t-do занар we hay, therefore, but up his Cl d 
have estimated as many as 5000 seeds toa single. plan nt. d £929 0 0 tad PELA 965 KaR p def "EL d m 
15 oxen and steers sold for ..£408 10 0 |feeding, believing that they thereby made as much 
wing it w small seeds or in manure, that it is 8 dd ior. Er .. 184 Z 0 Р 
difücult to Mie irn it in manured crops. In Р 14 понет а = hd steers, soldfor .. 335 15 0 PUR d > Bas Eua atn. M 
den, however, as our own will show, we can effec: SS CARS i e come q pon 
н i £929 0 o|required a large unt of straw to distend i 
р it under with the hoe and the hand, ————— |stomach and maintain the process of ruminati 
. Sandworts as а genus are very mischievous In analysing the above account he was enabled to|digestion. He beli ens he was bes: на ir 
face weed the Arenaria serpyllifolia, the | furnish some interesting results, calculated to show |20 lb. of straw litter per day dur cd 
Thyme-leaved Sandwort, may be justly considered as ac. comparatia advantages of fattening stock of as placing the inset vids oftl tio pulos Th 
the к of s be. It is afrequent pest in “ seeda,” | differen week, he might be told that, 
in which may be seen whole patches of E m Es > Веле kepb 2074 number f pou е weight ia Wr „ы 
usual with the weeds of x order sown with he eight. Er summer feeding Ta мее too large а e ut he must repeat once more 
Clovers, it sometime, makes su ead that | the хр dns state, increased in value 75, per week - £39 4 0 һе was now giving them the results of three years 
о chance, and once established 16 increases b 23 oxen, steers, and cows kept 20 weeks each, i ; and he had | 
j y se feeding of stock of ous ages; an | 
ckl d i ter feeding, in a fatting state, increased in ‚ 
quickly and to such an extent sometimes yard of value 102. Dar w 9080 0 0 t, to at this 10s. 84., his y | 
round may be found bare of Clover but occupied with 14 heifers and steers, kept 20 weeks each, winter paid better than stock of full age. Under the head - 
the Sandwort. Spots of this an nd its congener „the op in a E m пери іп ase ‹ feeding," he had mentioned the subject 
Chickweed, w sufico pe of 8, ера ч 0 6 ор the sort ОЁ animals to b ept; and he thought 
should be first year of. S “ seeds,” as £488 4 6 са the old established breeds, recognised by ће Royal 
alt hou gh it would "cost a trie. to weed tl duct tl 4 y feeding f cultural Society at their annual sho Short 
i kem ^r 7 và 39 4 0 d erefords, Devons, and Scots—m also be 
it is amply „териш, n fact we fee quite s sure that w £394 0 6|recognised е farmer. At the same time he must 
have ies ently seen seed pt yielding its 15 ds Ite actual increased value of po m ия 20 ot despise the crosses, which, however, should be 
per a Thich should have E from 25 to 30 cwt.| weeks each, winter feeding, 396 1 0 Дегіуеа from the pure breeds. For rearing he liked 
py i only а júdicious Noa of no more than 1s. The general average of weekly increasod valds the Short-horns best; and he always -— " 
* А E. s. ds 5 ..£394 13 4 calves under cover from the time of calving up 
I I Decken viscosum, the Mouse-ear Chick would n ow lay before hem his account of feed- | their ре 2 or 24 weeks old. The best wo юй 
ll distinguished by its hairy dark groen ing i in two ways—viz., io veis S or summer|to commence fatting he took to be e m 
ане, an ni spreading ati of growth. It is a very| fosling, зч bw fatting or winter feedin months of k, bir ie £N 
мей р rai choked s 2 cnm thin deg "dd l.—ACCOUNT OF KEEPING A BULLOCK s A PREPARA. |188, топшы бум du 17 months old wha 
y i et STATE BY SUMMER FEEDING. receding. ight of the 
A і теш 
s а, they began feeding, and the average ds, There 
hoe to keep under its first growth, otherwise д» ped To Kim. of oileake d day, or 21 1з, per week, at ` | beasts when sold was 98 poun animals thst 
is sometimes wonderfully rapid. It is ерер ton 3 3 | опе point worthy of notice in reference to Т 
plant. f ye E ex Loca per day, at 9d. per тод, the rod bg had b purchased after being pu re @ 
ow and succeeding bios many "To 15 Ie. of litter straw 7 per day, o or r moji Jbs. ре: wee, 9 6| eoun r taken from roaming about siii thes 
other times it has long spreading branches which аге | at 15s. per ton 0 11 | pastures. It was not reasonable to bp лишние 
even more prolific, An estimate of the fecundity of a | To attendance per жеек : 0 $|would get immediately used to Uf Ai oses, ш 
single plant was made from a specimen gathered іп a | 1° 124168 on capital and gain < 0 1 ?|of their new life upon. Шош of fool 
eld of “seeds ”. (Clovers, = on the great oolite в 4|without delay do full justice to th de ой 
rock, it was as foll sules х 35 seeds in Св. _ —— [supplied to them. He held that x them ш 
each capsule — 18,500. Fro te tl lue of bulloci veok .. ^ s. Т justified in taking such. animals ir рн of what ie 
be wondered at that some en the samples of * s . ады м ote high feeding at once. Hence his adop to the cot 
Cl antit з 4|termed a preparatory state of ШЕ. сееп f à 
е Cerastium and its congeners. The| .2, хасна i d. gne A BULLOCK IN A FATTING |dition of the animal at the i should always 
s eru ОЁ theJadmixture of the small Y WINTER FEEDING feedi x benz E jent to detect бё 
ocu peor of this natural or rder that we have made s. d. | fleshy. Six or eight weeks w als. Не was feeding i 
out in a parcel ı of Du lover r seed : and other Clovers EU айм. нч per day, or 28 lbs. per "ев Е ss bad doers Ong purses 9 арбы 
М » but b per ton tock, calves, yearlings, 
| f Bean meal 9 9 | youngstock, ne he 
same extent To 64 Tbs, A. Me re diy or Mer 3 week, а at at this time: mde ч perg > s of Cari 
1. White Dutch, 10,000 weeds to tho pint. 10s. ре 2 0|with Trifolium, Clover, ano 5 655 of feeding, he 
2. do. do. 26,560 то 20 lbs. b Oat straw fodder per day, or 140 їз. ре Turnips. With to the times АЕ МапВ 9 
3. do. do. 98,800 ^" epic oo - 110| nly twice aday with roots, and had t P 
4. do. do. 7040 di 0 lbs. of straw litter per дау, at 155. perton.. . 011|only tw "s cutter, the same as for 816 
To po per wee 2.0 0| with a gardener's cutter, ferred feeding (ic 
After reading these estimates, few but must conelude | To interest on сар ital an d gain -. 8 0 | аа not like pulping; and prefe me to the ТЕ. 
that farmers sow their we eds; and i to three times, because he animals co the periods # 
natural order now described, when examined in their 12 0 with a better appetite, and Dee quantity 
details, perh I ‚ feeding were indu d to consume а straw W3 
than almost any ot] 7. Buckman, Royal 4 1 Ш week .. - 10 8 gti бузу hes were foll окшы so l e 
College. By p w icc E into chaff, Не objected pay for ий 
0 mide do p E n mix it with ois ; 
FATTENING EN ON ARABLE LAND. These tables required, somo explanation, ind ihe коа the only uso La dire gould 
[A eondensed report w weeks ago of a paper | first that su ч, how he had arrived . h conomy of жәл йо йе 
read Lr Mr. Blundell. Ф анаша before the Royal|this quantity of food? р it had bee tter of | subject, m al of the шап having pommodation 
с чуң ural Societ: TIa We Кз etm ben paper Ш full} practi tical mw на воше [он t, н o ns ved; and mo » question 
before the Society h сом аы а for making and preserving ii. uld make а 2% | 
а ti hicl 
endeavoured, h i rte cal subject on f£ 1 
ad | 
.persons keepin, 
eeding was besti 
jid a {кч 8 Һе pene i ин toto | 
bullocks called them 
e animal would not 
ntinue to eat his other food во heartily as when he was 
Mor with straw. ыар. he ate straw he came to hi 
ere! he thought, ар ап paea wo 
