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d not know, as he had not been able to save | nM for de I comu жаке y few thought I E osalie acid in solution (which I had made by M an 
in cons X: of having to brin ng up a fam ily ot | ead acting w үф in making so great a an outlay in what e of ox: ilie ас cid into a bottle арз — and 
[children upon 10s. per week |t hey termed * n experime ent, In Mr. Drin g's letter, pda 
true his rent was low, being only 50». рег ашпаш | I notice he says s that he finds setting dow wn to a ке vhite = Фен аб атн оно it i — hi 
cottage and small gar — - had also а | piece i енын I think it is a mistake t pouring away the "liqui id. p 
allotment of land at a moder He however з) to cbe piec: I have one field йн б acres, which I | test I d te my besar Pn to be fully borne pa 
h it t upon a plan which was approved of by his s master. | break up w ithout going into the field а all. I put the |а very large admixture o : adu lterating substance, such 
belonging to his master valued ine and windlass in an adjoining held, and finish | as chalk, exists in both the meals 
о pay down the 5/. ree 0-5 from the Society, ча and all without shi ШЕ either engine or|injurious to cattle; indeed 1 have had an instance 
i. remainder by instalments as ne glor spare 16 | windlass. І have another field of 50 acres, in which І | this in a fine sow with 10 sucking young ones, which 
his wages. The money was soon paid up, and the | have dug a pond at one end, and І set the engine and | nearly lost her milk and began to look t thin and refuse 
ian never was without a cow afterwards. He had | windlass against the p 4, and cultivate the whole|the food altogether, but upon changing her foo 
ood calf or heifer to sell, and lived in pino ut s shifting or requ'ring a a horse to fetch = some fresh “pollard ” obtained from | another "nil, her 
ие 0 e the ar of his days. In itch, and obtain water | milk returned, and she is not like the same animal. 
^s mem ibe ers of a Be nefit t Socie ety. in that way, for in a we n water c carting is a ee xa а Church. [The muriatic acid dissolved the vs 
lei 1 һа ате merensed "the length of my ropes esent as chalk in the meal— iam aching the Mirta 
j m labourers in Cheshire. Team men and b bl fields; I expected it hs Tad ps the chalk, and occas ion the effer vescen 
ly hired by the Жын with board and lodging, take: more power, but 1 don't find it makes much The хас acid on being jf 
0 female serva difference to my engine, which is one of Clayt 1 united "€: the lime арӣ f Kary the endet 
em eam Man, a е 556 #15регаппиш. | Shattleworth's 8-horse double sylinder. I was always | oxalate of lime which was рге „амы. Both tes 
i: MOI RT SAMT -e as told, ‘Don’t get too much rope out, you will want so | thus proved the presence vf chalk in the meal. ] 
a lá 20 ш much more Po but T nd A no engineer, and cannot 
T E то , е reason: m experience з " } 
здатне der according to age and 3 emis үн of 5 "m Iis) sortettes. 
Каза wi iran die cut. not | Ав "befar ore 4 tod, Т hav хе now done with {һе steam , кыйлы 
g to leave dri own M Pun. crim Aur cultivator upwards of 2000 acres of land, nd my rope, zs Ae AGRICULT TURAL ОР Б: 90, р 
many estates аге müch improv od of late, and on although the worse for wear, is still in working order :| WEExLY Covworr: Wednesday, Feb. 20.—Present 
e of the the other portion of the apparatus is veny little the | Mr. Raymond Barker, Vice-President, in the chair 
hg at t least three confortable lodging rooms, and worse for wear. Ia am онуно, id t, if people x Lord Berners, Hon. W. G. Cavendish, М.Р.; Hon. Col 
r convenience required below ; rents from 97. 5s. ttend to tl p exercise moderate | Hood, Hon. A. k vr p га c Kerrison, Bart., М.Р. ; 
dias boat t FW. p. care, the rope will las t for years. Г Mr. Dent Den rere, Mr. Goodwin, Mr. 
x | of keeping the whole in repair is not nearly so o much as | ed y, һ APER yona гә and Mr. Burch 
the repairs of a steam threshing-macbine. I prefer the | Wes 
STEAM COTES: engine and windlass separate, as they are more easil didat having been read, 
following letter, addressed r. Pike of Btevington bad j,than the, The Annual Report f fro f the Royal 
Bedford, to Messrs. су Ди was read by Mr. Aider. | combined engine and windlass I had on trat I don't | Veterinary College was d as fo Мове — 
The Governors yal Vet 
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1 лат will "——— the Central Farmers’ же Jast week. ] Sjak much will be done in letting out steam cultivators, tis e eterinary ollege, in in 
willingly send you my views and opinions upon | as the expense and trouble of haulage i Maren greater | With annual custom, часе E 
] their Report relative to tate of V. Medicine an 
team Cultivator. Before I came into Bedfordshire, tun with threshing machines. I speak from experience, iin aS MP ébaue a their di posal to further its application 
nd | as I have let out both, but ha ave given over letting out | to the wants of the agricultural community. During the past 
ed the my steam cultivator; i к: days’ work a | year e lectu: 4 - f mr m» LA 
is syst i ат Pii ; have been unin y de and the daily à 
^] a peg ы T p е p bt farm. Wii Pike, Steving ton, о! ils has been fully equal to that of any former year. 
p saor. lford, Dec. 31, 1860. Examinations to test the proficiency of the pupils have fro; 
kai тач Sustot ^ dh ave time to ti жү s мн d на ue ch have 
y ее seasons, and, havi been furnished to tbe Governors by the Professors, they е 
е upwards o aeres of land with it, I am RT Home eel tede элыш that the progress of the pupils, in the several departments of 
Йоп to speak with some confidence as to its success. Artificial . Man —1n your чача d T ge 9, TP PIDE ke pas frise im й ао bà ts etui 
flect on the crop has been very bi h Richard- | ment of knowledge, the Жукен early in the year, amanged 
gr nifest last son, of Хо. and а that t you feel ы, statements | for the application of с , placed at their disposal by 
1 was particular inh good, w pies deserve t aoi d which j ust before the season | the late Professor бои, to the — a: — of silver 
wet, I had no expeet on such n we e pone e our manures Bore init to receive. | 5p ио — и ifica — of m — honorary dis Án 
y d; but I find, TX ал m cultivating, the | With y * permission, there fore, I will state m the authors of the best essay on a selected subject of veterinary 
т gets down to the dra much quicker, indeed | ёх perience which I h лүн medicine. '1Һе subject chosen for ше — үт" * the 
re now dispensed with the T altogether; one the two last years got manufactured 1 a | Eye of the Horse, embracing its Anatomy and Phy: ology, the 
ре: is zathor ateen, containing fifty acres, s, all celebrated mtr in the north of En vien "а (7 rie appertaining z sion, the chemical соро эуе 
Г ved, to. y n taking known by the name of Srustitutional ophth 
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perior. to b hin th € — that the UU тые three hours 
cx I } 4 уе days. 9d. That their papers md 
rtr worked Luego аА auch. xps to these, TT of [^ Demonstrator r3 Anatomy. 3d. eid 
erence to|no D: Dub d be allowed. d. That each 
el | i party end а guaranteed analysis, but shoul: superscribe motto, an. oaea a 
| Ё different from Mr. Т; каан, that when | tbe name of t ie the same motto, an E 
| Lope by the s The euccessful essa; 
9 Francis Тай beg Монии, Silver Medal. 
r. George Oliphant, Marshwood, Southampton, 
I am to grow а much larg have rezíónst m 
of root crops with a p vield. The present | with "49 sella d Mr. E. Walters, Birmingham, Certificate of 
ог ng so excessively we revented me | а - терү = s that they do ias consider it advis- 
MEE work ae I аа И to give amount of ёе | „А! до A ime еы ar the 
ich er with my work t could e br " their ате, н e: in general асер a is the е 'iniention of.thé уру" O 
t ject in icr эйс с de pathology ot of 
found to be of considerably highe т value | to select in turn 
агу As 
Chemistry and Materia m 
ment seemed honest and consistent, I have not Сомоса IDATIONS AMD CABES.—lt is а коцгев of much grati- 
ese t | fication to find ае ар an А осе. number of ape d 
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here was what we wanted, a manure considerably fu Мы 
yoke lr piena Ms bro broken cheaper than Peruvian guano; so, although I bad pre- merear ad 
bles, intended for roots | viously purc! manure n, I ordered | mated, as it is an assurance to the анын that those 
һауе | 15 ton. The manure arrived in due course, and as its | РЧРЇЇЗ who daily enter on the practice of their profession, as 
in| ар was -not -so promising as- expected, I drew 9 of the College, are equall от informed on the 
rd: sweeter for | as fair a sample as I could from five different bags, and | th e. 
жм this season has iei t to Dr. Voelcker to be analysed. When I got the advantages resulting from this co-operation on the of 
ud My TE levs I bn < nalysis and зена it by the same standard n : - А at ree 
as usual m de a Bastard. fallow of them. the эй came 0 be only 67. per ton. I applied ot the professor of cattle pathology on cases of disease which 
ed that Mangdl Wurzel, and Turnips, and | may assume a more urgent type. 
Eo коре e e e ey L i и кыы сажа it its effects did not seem во good as I -— utr. not failed юс special roi $o this н, 
= wn until Michael- | wo ес а superphos е. Society 
s it E x ^: їз advantage the work of M farm | Now, as s; Mr. Riehardson? ". erphosphate at pm da to те: whieh o d p сопа. Ж iex und 
б pli 
EM one particular ti y ha ced me to pur rch: 17 n tha! 
rrr aiy ioo es е сч А 
чз І guar carried е9 
More T commenced e endeavour, to 1 e on my gn in receiving su j and | course it will be Wise gei дне та 
tivsto » ordinary of cattle and sheep have Pu Iv Neri du t infirmary 
vator -only once, merely | the use of Аа may be called simple manures as pss бта. к the Governors cannot reiterating their 
once эд the drill. Last us safest. James McKelvie, Yorkshire, al ч 
m stubble in this| Adulterated Meal.—A According to your suggestion I | is tnis respec be Сре, Societ; 
excellent crops of|at once sent for some muriatic acid and put some Ped etema АР 3 esting which took place at 
ept an accurate account of the — рена з" Indian Corn meal, and some flour (the two | Canterbury both Profesor Spooner к сор 
this land by steam, and form had purchased and of being | Governors goodies! ghe Veterinary ^ e leasure tn 
, "fuel, &e 5 ib was exactly 4s. "7d. е хает)" in n three e E tum ler glasses, and | in Cg и де theirs to pe. Е. have suc- 
e no interest whatever in extending me pour Both the Barley- beer SN the sátisfaction of =ч ызы - rigid 
E rator, but feeling obliged to mina tion ы Which ^j ed eg — subject "s 
à and yourself for enabling me to cultivate my Ld in ы up апа voe f 1 io gradum lessening the number o огге а wit 
the: g furiously, whilst the | rej h ‚апа ting also the abuse of sendin 
i ran XE 1 X thrown ! open my farm r (my own) in the third glass remained UY un- for "exhibitio E d Me the % subject of. he redi tary 
п ue lisease. 
satis 
The e € of ЕЕ horses has, however, 
stirr 
easure to And some of my | up po апа after allowing to settle, йө su бшсе но tne inspector than he could desires 
REA) dr HAN) saan cd. bis di osal, 
farmers, fo ollowing my | clear liquid, I put into the same about a EE ot M pomme doubt nde that at tha approaching бн лу at Leula 
