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апа broken by it. instances we may pem 
on of the frost on de 
t 
ic dy where a rupture was 
In some 
for 
ган br anches, parti 
s 
should proceed to investigate 1 into the Pe 
recent frost over — гм 
who had observed Nanc 
ngels twice over, 
9з. 
caused by the weight of snow. Irish Yews 10 and |localities would co em with ti 
12 feet igh had their various tops touching t the | Bu ichan n. He had foun nd t =й all SE witty do 
oun When freed of their load t the pus sy AAT е sien EAR parts of the | 
ee В | i ; | 
petes Е bad ihe pes es held t кырат | геу де emed to ] ha xperienced the ME E x interesting Tetter, but which cnn е. late 
elev: 
tion. morning of the ecember, the ther- |siderably greater intensity than the n eres Е: 
mometer indicated 25° Fahrenheit. The day subse- | дівігісіз. For example, at € "Abe dbi о. 
quently was clear and cold, and there was every Newe, in the upper portion а es 115: bile | 
appearance of a sharp frost. The follow tables |1 5E ге experienced was gent 
show the minimum tem ture indicated every t in the lowest в beer the ау up i ос DAT. it 
hours by Adies and Bryson's thermometers during | minus 6. In E ian, thei 
the LUN keV км to. The thermom — were | Smeaton and East ; Linton— were m. - ek сш 
feet fi the round, ; while 
peer p aced abou t: 4 eet D 5 сз and Thurston—the the Баси М be: d 
. The same principle w 
Мв. Арте TEESMOMETER. летна diee d arkable way їп Dumfries- | 
|Dec. 23. |Dec. 24. |Dec: 25. | shire. In the быр parts of the country the thermome- * 
| | D ers мид below zero; but аё ће Wanlockhead station, E 
| сар + iix which was 1 feet above the level of the sea, he | 
^ ma < | 10 4 3  |lowest klar was plus That seemed to corrobo- 
x ME 8 i 0 tt what Professor bes had stated, that, zum 
x » . 6 —2 at 
2M certain limits, the higher the observer went, 
e ic A сс з à Н E the higher would be the tem неа 
Wo o uer Ee, перм Ег 3 12 |degree of cold observed throughout the whole king- 
$5» хэ Я x t 5 мез dom had, as usual, been at Nottingham, which both lay | 
x ээ M: . е. SPI a ow and was far from the sea. The lowest temperature | . Twynam m.of Winchester, has y very 
MES ы — rved there was 11° 4 feet above the ground, and | for йө me the — list of prices p 
I 3° upon the ; and spondent of one of the | labour in Hampshire 
Dec. 23.|Dec. 24.|Dec. 25. local papers i in that part of the country* wrote on one | Mowing and binding Wheat, Ts. to Ва. 6d., mowing 
occasion, about the end of December, he had just seen | ing Barley and Oats, 3s. to 4s 6d., mowing and 
d eene ès | a horse pass with icicles 3 күт "in паре 5 апа ав ad uA Au и. Hos Dens id E 
та EON MIL QE 4 0  |thick as a man's finger, hanging at his n 
нева RC v [3 
CARNET kt о [= 
ттин > eg Home Correspondence 
E vs sė 0 9 The present үре tim State of the Roads. 
QUTD Ri ES Ы 5 ie The cause | of thep resent rotten state of tbe 6 must 
MES ысу SR: PEU кебу: t quantity of rain, which has com- 
> tely saturated them piin Ж er, and it is well-known 
Profeo or r liir ex ху ned that it had been found m сок affecto За fic What ate very la 
y differently 
ге оград un apply 2 = MC dd ws » tbe indictione of from what it w ud NRS in a dry sound state, there- еве spreda 
Мо Дн th Ut to Xe Kew de 15 ei found fore it is the water that is allowed to penetrate the the s prico intet, il ien apertis RSS od by the e frost 
О 5 r AS Adi "d ^ dicated 1° too |10808 that is chiefly Ње cause of the present evil. The s. 6d. ; ditto 3s. 6d. perton; t 
ue hilo p Б ев күчтөгү Кы ren s A Pe most important point in reference to keeping roads in а en of 100 fe зві, in including gon а ШЕШШ attached t 
rectification, the lowest temperature indicated in the Wok Sis el AR s ni its а БЕ рэн ibis can. ја ma thor чы 5 
Botanic Gardens—namely, that which o ed at am ly b DEM E e e eer 
NM оа ue LE E ама side of the roads, which would have the effect ot |? 
Es t frost sivo We ( iy "Nab) we, preventing the water soaking кш: the adjoining ees are S ear, 68. z 
fortünatel WS s x " r dul land i Quod: тш тш ould be so so соп- eby y, the men paid one 
Бе ОВ pM à structed t t the surface wi waa us 
shine. ? damage КЫ -water tables on 
The done ы йлн Ө 
ry great, s daily b coming more observ- 
A ; but pre йш аре before we shall be 
able to detail the entire loss. The firs i plants 
'on which the effects of thi e visible 
erethe Aucuba japonica, көен es of 
Laurustinus. During the thaw de latter emitted 
odour—the smell 
they E VE 
erry 
“nobilis, or Sweet Bay. e last seems to be entirely 
destroyed, the centres of the young z shoote bein - | 
brown. ‘The Bay Laurels in all ві s а 
ituations an 
ad. 
a uniform bro Ai ue; the Portu, vae The ~ ssful ass IX., for 1859, was h 
‘Laurels; in some situations, (de all their leaves per- | ani апоппсей t to y favi beh written by Professor Tanner, n] 
feetly black, while in other situations portions only d Ms са? Birmingham, on the Breeding of 
of 1 in Mer condition. other ra 
peculi the late frosts was the 
eg the and Seis veral shru| € and 
trees. ds e Portu N 
urels had rents fully | 
half an inch wide, extending. f me 8 to == eet along 
their ias, but when the fissures 
el 
ihe stems of erican Lime, Sweet Chestnuts, 
-Walnuts, and fessor Balfour entered Farmers? Clubs. do 
-eplittings, 1 — eei и these frost- CENTRAL: March 4.—We resume our iaaii from 
dion from DE special — Mr. Howard's paper on JPiece-work:— Francis | ; 
А ача: a Twining, of Parbold Wigan, ike, es 
trees and plants in the i Маре | are trom 14g: Vo Ie КЕ, оты weis (over and Boe. 
) donee the рэн] LEE ) 4s. to 6s.; shearin Wheat AN eut тубт ме 
а ryson's ther- |5-inch stubble, up and hooded found by the 
ified as ОНО опу xcu die ду during bain "i mowp, аа р, Te ; Oats mown, 
ае (гөө tha | Ermers; Barley mowp 
Ренн han Bei 14th авас 1860, to the 14th deep, 10 0 pe ge А ед atthi 
0! 
January, 1861, both inclus 
EE S ns that th 
! шс 
we ban insure good ro 
1t wo 
water 
’ | points are acted upon 
ads a 
m uch ess expense. uld be a publie benefit i 
Peressfield 
S&otcíttíta. 
— — 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL OF 
Wednesday, мага d C: Thos. 
Pos VIII, 1859, the Essays sent in were not 
considered by the Juge worthy of the prize. 
letter was read on the Culture of жуш Wurzel 
Бой Messrs. Hardy, of Mal don. 
The Couneil then adjourned to Wednesday, the 20th 
nst. 
but more especially greens d commons that are sur- | 
rounded у йе SERLO M м Босе B. Ransley, | 
о task- кате E 
ino employer, which is of great тарот rtance 
is in progress. 
chiefly steam x 
4з. with three pints of ale and small beer. 
is let A а ees V men, at the yu =; 6], to 61.1! 
m 9 to [L 80 
each to do fro 
ope, of 
Зер is nearly all done 
xl -- EU letters from. 
half Wheat and. 
T. Ho sos. Barns em 
ср less work hes by the piece than 
ago: except d MÀ 
о machine 
there 
and switching he 
hal us E fur "very 
за e 
Rm and ed op up on ^ s Wages beer 
fi as 
to kee 
with the 
achine. His Жы 
hired by and are те шап ied, or 
with their Mri He has no“ bondagers. 
p oem 
about S por сек: 
with keep 
of cow, cottage, Wy 
Mr. T Wilson, of Edington Mains, 
sta. E 
towns and 
um Nem. із а 
T OIN 
Degs. E e ning рша; pulling and cleaning Swedes, on 30- 
» = tee Е © 4 Ыр v e Sane е: Tia w br 50 yards ; Уш ride 9 
vs дг j v - yards, runni ork is m 
vs = nuary - v ov... B9 ecce eii Arie баб зей айсы 
окар H = 8 ре 2 r. Henry Humphreys, of Beau Manor Park, Lough 
ынс Ж 5 LER Rad borough, states 
< 28 » 5 “= $9.8 тое slowly and Кыса 
pu 24 » 6 yx 16 жёне: whenever we сап, prefer hav d te Tabone done | 9 
Ë 18 d ЖЕТ . 19 |inthis: ej: Igive youa list hi rices paid u оц this gm | 
e 95 е6 8 . 5. 5 {апа neighbourhood, the labourer pu Mow- | 
y jy ш У .. 18 |ing Grass, 4з,; Clover, 28, 6d. to ane; Sie and re. 
* E у 10 ss 25 [AE enel н ш 9з. Sed Ре рег ас =i ti танта Wheat, 14s. to 
de 5 » Nx 1. 786 d Бале, 10s. to 125 mowing € Oats, vg Р 
ск шан ылыгы g Оша Зи (d. to за 
а Wheat, 8. 6 
denne 35.; Bea 
lugling Turki 
mg 
per acre. » 
Peas, 3s. 64. per acre. оер and & bh ва.) 
* This was reported by Mr. Е. J. Lowe in the Zimes, 
es forms а 
| € inde dee our farm labo: 
ages 
vill mall _ 
neceesity ы the, 
or each farm to be 
esident upon it; 
edis аре partok 
he year from Whitsunday 19- 'Whitsu 
PP place about the ist 
| hind engages 
s VL. € sicut de pa 
тА 
to Martin 
of stra 
ay for а month, r E ШАП 
This will Ml {о 
t March. 
her. Being 9 uy 
= 
furnish [зат ч 
ularly ed 
ivea at tho za xate of 1e. рег 
10d. from 
= е 
BS 
ESPERS 118 
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HEIEHESTIBHITIIER E 
