1156 THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, (Dzerter 6, 1362, 
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Montevideo, to see if he co ould do anything for me hing for me.| 1 I think what I have given you now is pretty correct. ABRE INA —The H ы on. General ES 
was а utas this week, роу, we os to shear, І shal presente ed t the Report, from which it | Claire, 
to ask a relative of his, shortly expected from Buenos then better know and s d r self, the average | Seeretary's receipts peret the i it Appeared that the 
Ayres, to let me have a flock of sheep “on thirds’ weigh tof the various flee f possible | examined by the Committee, a "Mena Dad bera 
Mr. Ramsay himself could not then do anything for | ing a flock of 1000, а good proportion i is to have 800 | Ball & Co., the Society's accounta itid d e Quilter, 
me, but he further promised to keep me in mind sheep, 2 10 r in addition. | correct, The balance in the hands т ü Pe. 
should he be in company with other Estancieros. 10 rams are enough for £ Euch a Suck; 0, in a good | the 30th Nov., was 12171. 5s, 6d. ie bankers, 
Before leaving tbis Estancia on that Wednesday, Don | year, 800 or even 900 lambs can be obtained from| Јоовмат, Мг. T pan з P., Chai 
uillermo, our manager here, said to me, * If y u can s bat the Committee, in accor dings vui A D, reporte] 
get — giving you an ounce (say 27. 5s. E nglish)| M {һап} 1l 1 ons E said of | received from 2 Council, had mp ай ачаб 
per montb, stay, but if not, way ge for I now r think she бер 6, at home. It aput a fle гэ ано the of the Journ in Se epte nee ou d Кее 
I can also aid “ Very well,” | Southdown is about. the same as a flee lume for 1862, vermes 
and have soin returncd, bui what I shall get I Mesti de mà from the long-woolled sheep abódt the|the production and iei of the Jo urnal, whi 
don't know same as erino ra in the earlier years of the Society's exi "n 
ance of ee Englishmen, who returned with me| As regar ees shecp-dogs :—If I had a flock of sheep, | been at length overtaken, and in future membe 
next day to to San Juan, to look at some of our sheep. nothing to me would ts more acceptable than a pair of Society will receive in each. year the two Nu teil 
ther g d English sheep-dogs. These dogs may bein El thg Journal belonging to the year, ies. ы 
up - country, north of is Estancia. One, а Mr. | Campo o de Buenos Ayres, but I have never ging lie тт»: ы 
Grierson, purchased 18 ewes and 13 rams, УКЕН I on | since the five calendar months I have been here. А e [^ preceding year, This advantage Las 
the following day had to take over to his Estancia, | good sheep-dog is а valable с ана; I fancy, iety of about Pm 
ing a peon assist me. The peon and myself | profitable one фор x three y Number issu ued in Febru ary Mtn "d 
d about 6 A.M., before sunrise, а cold and raw | Englishman who Ee sh pt "the country ed ше [standard of comparison, the exact аш 
morning, and arrived at the Estancia about 2 P.M., |if we had any good sheep-dogs here, pups, and if so;he edo За. Of this sum el thirds, E 
having had neither bit, bite, nor sup all the time. | was willing to pay for o f he could obtain it. But ks nded in paper, nting, siding к, буы 
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But we did ample justice, I assure уоп, to the|I could not get one for him, notwithstanding I rode to | Tol. | in extra postage and Vivat hire tlie 
plenteous rich dinner which awaited us. I took the|a puestero I know who ез five little pups (not sheep- | cost of the wii matter has been only уч This 
animals over in splendid condition, a very tedicus dop), all of which were already besp Seed - eorge | report was а pte 
work at the same time, and so all of us were pleased | will not lea adem I feel вше, till he advised ie. ICAT.— MEM 2m orb was presented by Mr, Wren 
wit h other—* harmony] reigned profound." to de ed Тео ата and my fI ' shall wait С er to | Hos who had received a report from Profesor 
Although the peon ест kA эзсе the same night, not A wed ging e fa ct Voelcker, the йан "chemist to the Society upon 
before however, our thy Scot had put a good |is, it is n ood his coming ou yi t s r 
looking paper glove in wi hand, I had to stop and | much iid t eeh a little m until се is a|and other cake. The sowing of these seeds to ascertain 
spend a few days with him. On i: next day (Satun: се р for him to go e з һе соп — I e. what they were, had been partially посно fe 
day) I had a look o r Mx. Grie: s sheep eard fro И 9 Agri if I coul а which та везни were Lolium  temulenium 
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dis 8 erm s, Linum са! 
lease expires at the еп es ie year, he has in ben is $a etty certain, ra never will t ock with- ing H. ies nd pr s, mostly of an injurious 
land in Entre Rios, mhi are of the profits, for Minding sheep and|kind. 16 was suggested that a paper should be read on 
pursuing the same line "ot аңыр sing. At volling more is not to my taste. this subject, viz. :— The adulterations of diflerent cake 
resent Mr. б.з ra are mestizos, € fen the rams eek we did а е ploughing 1 d for cattle € The experiments on Wheat tep 
has here bought he intends to make a cross, and vill: к" ue e think of the fine stout ae in bris d ings this year at the A no College, eonfira 
їз іп hopes of making a good speculation in his new | lea ther harness, wem idor wies ii ны ог tassels, faily. the beneficial effee su A applications «f 
country. All around this locality of Mr. С. arè with a little ' bo oy 9 ft. high, with a a s| of s and salt. In ois singular case, salt 
Engli an i 1 IE 1 at T e qe of 3 cwt. per acre, applied 
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and a happy spot it seems to be, all working іп рп iding the plough as straight ав a line, and fey itis|in the middle of y ds ‘аг gave a considerable inerese 
до ony, all assisting each other. On this morning esame her - could you only peep at us for H on the porti on of top.dressed with nitrate of 
ent with mine dos tó а neighbour (Eoglishmman). to | avarter of an es and then see the contrast! viter (сл Report). "Fürth r experiments with slt 
E him mark his lam er could not я be, to speak a little beyond | alone е ыи able. In visiting the dairies in the 
October 6.—1In а former letter, І тд І gave се ез шаг Vale of Gloucester, Professor Voelcker had been struck 
different average weight of the fleec е - ues ren А go ood or fairish plough we certainly have, but see | with e: p дола атс and want of ventilation of 
kinds of шер. оп опг гезе M uA other materiel. Instead of the steady, fat and | the dairies. It was thought that a анн 12у mest 
ore shcep now than I then did, E ink H | strong cart-horses of old еа we have horses such | suitable constr NS of dairies and ripening rooms 
can now =й а more correct account. On as would be only used for a {light gig, or Tane аё у өш bey EK des rable. The investigations that are 
Estancia we have, first in order, the he р кз e, their only really intention, about 13 ha high, | now 
Saxon shee h 
^ Nigratti," When the King of Saxony (in Germany) | and never before in front of a plough, so that ey are| 1, ба Vs pia of Tese of ri 
first took sheep from Spain, the greatest care possible | half wild at first, ten iud plunging from side to of known сор, 
was given to them, in order to produce an excellent | s ide e, one tied to the other, for we have two in the x The means of making gu 
quality of wool, gh at a time. My duty in the ploughing was to c R5 these will foni Ww idi бе а paper 
weight, the carcase forming a secondary consideration. | lead these untrained horses by the head and prevent in the nex mber of the Jou 
In course of time it was found ee € iret imported | any damage being done, and no joke I assure you a The Meran tote iO oposed for the A: year, art 
woo the inni rom ents at 
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Spanish sheep improved, so that t| l was the|the beginning, when they came fresh fi the field,| 1. The continuation of Wheat ex | adeo the College. 
est and heaviest to be had, = Tost o much in|but, at the end of a couple of hours they became 2. ЕН yhorphaie combinations 
and bone ; hence arose the idea of making а | tamer and reconciled to their fate. А second man goes | Ph Thesolupu y T etetility an s exhaustion in soils. 
“ cross," tbat is putting these fine sheep with rams of a | behind them with а whip to Кее m - - zy e Th d ofa дї, made for Ld 
different breed, and fine rams with sheep of а different | if they fall back or rear, &e,, an when ы xloxkes ia мает гу the laboratory work 
quality. The " result was, as can well supp ‚| No. 1 has to — out. А lard: man duis the vere | тазша sie Pipe Mods t equa ial to the average of pst 
кыз (by “sheep” I include both sexes) possessirg | as well as and if we only have three or four | с » з m of these in detail, specifying ad 
ter bone and less finer wool than the origiral | great circles p^ the beginning w say it is “all "gs Т ee i ee iis n by Profess or Voelcker, at the net 
uperior stock. The form er d eee * Electora ils" and so will be bet ex After an hour possibly No. 2 | kind, wi Laien mos 
and the latter * Nigratti.^ Wh th the ispensed w with. Now we have о) vote ee of the analyses eec 
of Bremer), the former'and ori iginal owner of this | the | diffieu lty with the har 
cia, first brought the “ Nigratti " from Germany | have a gig, uu then they "will draw all right, buta few in gh УОС: of the year which lare 
to this Estancia, the first ever seen in South America, | lessons make a won seen l difference, after which they | - The pn^ E 
they were highly prized, and оп one occasion he sold | do tolerably we ell. SPORA pac eso expo eriments (poisonous cheese) 
to an English TCR a ram Nigratti for which he 2; Wheat experiments. TEENS 
received as much as 5007, (English) ; now they average | mere 3. Commercial value of artificial mun 
st 307. and 5], Сад), and üre imported by many e . Lis perimeter ша. 
cie m 18 to 22 lbs, of wool are obtained | инчи өзара баур = HUNE EEA, Sue E 
from ea Монти Соко. Wednesday, December. — nimonts in ise 
At the proper веавоп of the year we put a certain | Prese Viscount rende, President, 2: the аын Luego arr "за i 
number of these rams in our various flocks—“ Nigratti, pie "Leigh, r , Lord V nel The $ Pe eat crop, and experiments upon МА th nittet 
Merino, and Mestizo саре when they are no longer| Hon. W. Cavendish, MP; "T ie bee = Hood, | tocordanes with the exper denkt wena 
required for use in the flock, they are brought back to The оп, A. — , Sir Watkin Wynn, Bart, М.Р.; уа pene а Gressing upon Wheat. ET 
the Estancia, dole rm all live together, enjoying | Mr. Arkwright, Mr. Raymond Parker, Mr. Barnett, | nitrate of s à per acre, costing Il о, pb giving 5 96 
their hard headed fights and battles, and living as well Mr. UD, че Bramston, M.P.; Mr. Cantrell, | 153 bushels of corn over the hrec portion. amounting d 
as possible. We have now about 18 Nigratti rams ; | Colonel Challoner, uce, Mr. Exall, Mr. Brandreth | money. returni E detailed, PP ш 
m - go off, either out of the Gibbs, Mr. На á; "Mr. Fisher H am . Holland, | 3l; 38- 64. în a future volume ef а ewt. ot siè 
altoge to an Qo cia, s — .; Mr. Wren Hos yns, Mr. Milward, Mr. Randell ыы d A good effect upon. o hont mors WA 
by (me Reden dE new race is continually Mr. Rigden , Mr. Shutt (Lew orth, Mr. ЧТО жор, per acre in me experiment Kava portion ot the fà is 
«oe B forth. We M EE as Saxon 5 in| Torr, Mr. Wells, cr Northwi ck, Mr. Frere, Pr rofessor рег саке pnm produced by salt alone upon most бебе 
umbers, for I can how many. imonds, and Dr. Voelcker. PETE 1 experimenta ті with this cheap wu old trisls “Ж 
EC EOS next in oe > ihe E erinos," whieh| The following New M lected - 6 Vc wet and bes ей 
d each ced 2 ог mme. of woah The prices of | Bate. Richard Stokes, ‚ Badger, Shifnal Mangele it appeared t at P moderzte doses had gns died 
šio Mori Merino, rams go at | Berger, William Thos., Saint Hill, East Grinstead salt applied in вша ie Mangel crop, and an Шо ен. 
tra Ri Rd T s. z 10L, b n LT Ват g Brown, mie essor Geo. Thos., Cirencester beneficial n Lies quantities than at the 
ea ui heard of a D Tames, Croome Dabitop, $ — An Worcester when applied m Lipi bone I made further OX ру 
higher rate. It is possible а hig her prico å s obtained. | Farmer, Jamón, Stretford LI per a Int Ө ааш of the foreign LO A 
Then come the :“ Mestizas "givin g cach from 5 to | Fisher, Henry, Michaelch T mnes e miee ina larga p eque 0б iria 
7 lbs. wool; we generally reckon з e ivo an Ош eo E Bucharest, Wallachia е n А y difiorent the botanical Pr. 
EET g Hodgson, Arthur, Drayton Hall, West Drayton, Middlesex | Linseed, X Wero sown in Cirencester иы 
arroba ( . of wool If а pers sold a flock ofl Jackson, Geo. Маг, еар Шан т Lodge, Bromsgrove v gennin Bo al Agricultural Coll amy 000.0, 
Mestizas (1000). at 4 pat t. = 4з. each), | Joyce, Charles, M sc House, Eghér мае ЖР кле raised which 1 э% i in Гел 
Һе would bé aud Б don ^ well" ^? | Lynn, John, Church Farm, Stroxton, Grantham many laracter of the seeds which орау be 
very w Marshall, Frederick Charles, Riseholmo, Lincoln the true character S. “Special attention arnel) Os 
ere is another kind of sheep, called the | Parkinson. еа Ann's Hil Cocke: samples of Lin temulentum Dtm 
й Я 1, urrence of Lolium Flax (Linum 
£ Rambouillet” or French sheep, which we have not | Pope, William, осме оо абата ), and in largo he d 
Ya (95 Th ouse-Boughtz x " Charles, Bart., Downton Hall, Ludlow cockle Ah occur some samples o jurious to i 
p* Мк. Grierson, ere I mentioned, has one Rambouillet cM rn Ed College, Durham tion. These seeds aro ай mee cen accounts for ti, Ld 
1 and I saw wool, which I should say was |Smithson, Geo., 101, Bristol Road, es aen Vents whieh ha have been n сей whos supject of Ше 
түт deep e Ur shoulders, or even more. Terry» Edward, Jun., Walton, Aylesbury fad with inferior ойсакев. The жоу investigate adio | 
The sl ler, Sir Jam ce, Bart. Pine House, Holloway, N. es to 
ed ceres «аА з is called the “ Criolla; "Is. ker, Richard apio „Работой, Mol Mold, Flints tion ef of olea apation Ta further pursuing te 
