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GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 345 
described. Various otber inventions and appliances were | yar 
is—I find six lambs will tread down as much stra 
and М. 18s. the profit on six sheep—and I think the latter is 
| — it into good manure, а 191. or 14L bullock 75-29 и 
nd 3 
Quite as likely to be €— thís эт as the former, and 
REN floating docks, unloading gear for shipping, | 
railway engines and tramways and tramway 
cars, steam ferry-boats, canal sluices, canal boats built | 
in sections, steam boats and pilot boats, cvs and, 
finally, 
clima 
Farmers! Clubs. 
LONDON : дие —Sheep v. Bullocks, as Manufac- 
turers of Manure.—AÀ рарет on this subject was ned 
by Mr. ^ ченчи ~ Aylesby Сезет Сине», fro 
which w M РУ following ex 
Mr. Rast : My еМ ч been в 
d great ievel o of ТЧ Fens. Soc. these 
— € ing the winter months entirely, but t they 
s become effectively drained, and p 
of fertile and 
Clover | th 
x rather than quality is 
. But Чо A~ avem plenty, yet 
uality of ail is rior. Boum e grain is com- 
y of a low quiin е “= їп a peculiar and 
is rable seaso The stra ч also the Rye-grass 
Clover —— are mne contain 
hea 
R better suited than 
traw, seed- 
i ткен rr aper 
is io ber е 2€ in the сові: 
giving "яу es бе pe with a small 
ty of cake or corn, ede ын winter, "^ selling 
condition in the 
д warming adapted for very cold | this winter I hav 
va in т 
о] уны 
given the 
3 when tabulated yie d the т 4 — ons : 
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ал 
y шеп say five will, but I hesitate to assert. this, but speak 
| confide ntly when I say six will. j 
— fold yards, and always calculate E 
illock ; so y where I should. 
Е 
тоге аат а а lam 
P nds 
indeed more so—what is my position then * Why, instend of 
150L for the food consumed Ly 100 iw^- 4. for the 
эй consumed by 600 . T get 39 
еер to een 
argument I w : y 
soils app adando more эры 4 sheep ЕЕ ballocka. 
the yoréo-erising, I suppose, from the wetness o Coleseed, which grows very freely them, 
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ncredible how rapidly she cep will sometimes 
C — а өс grass, the нчи pee Age 
far ted to sheep than bullock 
will thrive well, and upo 
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injur their feet, стам 
raw during the 
аа to high lands, they will € Boonus disease - e 
eed бау. inseed са! although te tending to mi 
and straw together, and feed Жы ed " not pae. the and we A every year amplo 
it. We give them a few Mangels twice бә convince Ws us "mat Fen land is nót health 
ie ently ke bullocks. We bave plenty of land that will feed a s А. ›, 
that, if it will not a mi- will do very little to mend a — 
vf iode Le tie qus and Clo tbat as the h bese 
and Clover—in 
= sheep locks, 
rd 75 odi бошо when mown and — into hay, 
should reta cg the same supe uer and fita shot ep ó 
chaff, hay, an: 
t | a-day w with 
require to be in the yard, say 
he beginning of December to the beginning or middle of 
April; old sheep would consume € and 20 per acre would 
be a fair — 
E: ps present so me details in connection with my last 
The 971 ми трт ме e yards last 
t and September, 
vess-iesping "without artificial 
re 
food, d] лү, „When Be were signed to their | а mo 
in ; | Coleseed 
бә. 
m» oem food — so frequently alluded to, viz., 
angels, and si bey eat à pint ^ "ома -— à Ib. of 
à аа Ам тА "a a b ly кор) 26 14. Біх of 
ese died or bad to be killed аі 
turers, viz., that the 
і € 
— € + i vili be quie ur н 
е 91 е mi 
нен нет of t anure depen 
Mr. Ruston rim prets the experience of others, 
to which reference is made elsewhere. 
Lot 
or had to be killed be 
92 pe re to rM the 14th April, valued aiso at 504. per 
assuming rry 
head, ha n 16 weeks. Lot 3 and Lot 4 (84 and 103 
f 
ut i 
r food cons 
AT 97557 times тен €— onth 
o! rices 3 (84 
were Phe e 84 of y re "i ; 
82s, peinp ер tho толке тре «Анета 
e of е т died к = winte à ne зе Ame "Xy Wr т?й Barley a tme С Mr. 
to Grass on of A valued at 4. NFR n; "€ 
y^ in 16 s valued bns (103 A put into yards e Randall said f ДК» n.sideration 
December, valued at 30s eae еве, too; this evening is, the best sorts of Bisley for "prm district, 
Tad to — A] 6 — tend е and treatment for it. From personal experience I bave 
Fhe results ч. Е med the acquaintance of some three or four 
= 
maming 101 were 
à 485. each, осн = re eeks in the yards. 
e p [s : ith x -— E рН a Т; a & v. d. "ть Common or e n» Cup all bring 
Da of straw, althou, your notice, and as its name implies, ів the one most com- 
M "I - ЗЕ "e? g mark, that a ity üi that AE "forartifidialfood.. 37 15 1 monly cultivated through the ы ape ngdom a although 
х : \ us : Ofen " M 656 9 M irom gene htains jt4. возо other, jaia рео introduce 
s whol a n ees fas e ai a a qe qe |. ier | 
and that €—— ТЕ A 916 3 Durs Qe prctio d 
A it Mas 9 guo I be making а total of х, вз рө of soe than many о e be 
reumstances may direct, ut any 5. а а profit on the whole of 244 19 1j | advantage "coming 5o ingtarity ыт mare bem 
oe loss о шандыр, ре folowing ceres cereal | which I wapa of as ^i 7-36 14 to 14 жй» to 775.4 For light s ot inferior 
cro s a rule, in avera; 97 descri: inan кез 
р. » М ge "is Pad rd 11 0 |other "ger pen МИ АУ Dl soils its maturity an 
of straw. after E S im 25 sheep to free manner of growing gives it a su к 
it makes the whole crop to KA ED khen AR 188 8 14 {varieties Which, «lthough of finer quality, are of much 
there consumed if deemed desirable. We are then wo more Mangels, and call the total | slower th; it I believe, works very well in the 
brought to this point: We have the corn it will then give you 111. 1». 8d. per acre for | mal The Chevalier Barley is & great fav 
ard, ready to be thrashed, that t fraction : but I regard the former as the more | tbe maltsters, and poop mecnm the s 
duis ihe М d calculation. E protinis sistol, T anieed. lav purpose very well, but in this oit Pas epe eius ee 
e win I had done for three or four years—from lung | opinion that we t grow so many ls per of it 
we bave the Mangels also carted into my bullecks, and sustained some rather serious | a8 we can of the coarser Then comes the question, 
hbourhood fold- ready to The lot of Scots, to which I have referred іп an earlier | does the oce чес of the Chevalier Barley, and as a 
we Бете the bis there too, this paper as last „been afflicted with this | matter of course extra price it vill command in the 
y si st Adi S | disorder, were on 12th of March, 1859, and | market, counterbalance the the deficiency in the 
purpose—at least so much as is not required just SL За, 4d. per when they reached my farm. | amount of bushels per acre? It mus L vellere, ре sown 
the work-horses. The question then arises, put upon a good (for our country) field of | rather earlier in the season, as it req e to 
this straw be manufactured into manure, ade ome cm mon of July ripen than some of the more common „Ад "i 
of food consumed most profitably year, when taking with a view to Barley is а very good sort for the farmer; it is а very fair 
accumulation : 's accounts, I valued them at 11. per head. | cropper, and a good malting Barley, and is often worth 
jt be best effected by bullocks or by sheep October they were into yards, and I then shillings por quarter more than the Barleys, 
The more ют method of converting our coarse at 12L 10а, per But before that ое | although the coarser ones may be the heaviest bushel. 
into of ng our Mangels and inferior I believe—two of them were seized with | The Annat Barley is опе sown rather largely in district, 
purchasing for that purpose some after some two or three weeks doctoring I think, proved to be а very good sort, but has not 
in the autumn, them a few pounds to be killed. There were therefore only 24 the celebrity of the Chevalier for mal purposes. 
corn per day, in addition to the natural food, Ly and the 3d of December t It іза very productive Barley if sown on a sandy loam. The 
again in the spring either at dm prigi o 18. Some of the best — fell, and I| American Barley is also sown to some extent in this buf 
in some other grazing district. Ifthe have kept | found the better plan was P кер of them at once, before | bourhood ; it ів a fair sort, Шз various! is 
healthy and thriven well, they have occasionali BE аи Һ Two w n ча тар ou rather coarse in M n. es а 
7». y^ m ре head for the natural fi ;|the —— for 14i. ^a; two on the 18th for 171 17s fipe sample, but 
t 
but been far more frequently the case one on the 29th, which realised 62. 8s., and one on the sd of good 
they have — paid for their arti&cial food, and the | December, which realised 67. 175. After the 3d of December no | believe, sown 
Mangels and hay have had to be cha to man more d appeared, and I kept the 18 until the 2d 
account. This mode of management was not ax np ere фм February, 1860, oem they left me in good health, but went Continent, and enltivated Айс ы 
But the case has become even worse during the last few years, bad market, p being very short last spring, and they 
quu M M UM ang tue. and our losses from uma qur dae , only 121. 115. 6d. per the straw i: d 
this cause alone have been It is not then to be won- | just 1s. 6d. per head more than Vus vare Pais n the 29th of good 1 
dered at, that with heavy losses under these > | the previous October. he One MEE sample, 
stances, that we should anxiousl MN, we make cut they consumed chaff—half hay E straw—and 3 lbs. of the | districts. 
manure and consume our being lisst dooorticatod Cotton esed cak mper nita They had no sg А 
LX i-is uA cL cese tensa Mangels, as they were at а farm whére BONO Wero ороно Им со 
pense with bullocks for this purpose year. "The cost per head for cake wasii: 1s. 64. Тһе ѕіх that fell р 
I have now tried sheep in for буе years. During the | with lung disease made 297, бз. less than they were valued at Potte 
three first years 1 bad cniy a Е Last year the lung disease When they went into the yards, and the 18 that did not suffer | new eni k 
appearing in а lot of Scots I had, excited my fears lest it should | lost 1. per head on the account, besides all the bay, straw, | recently; but from I have heard of it, I think 
spread кз боо мий NU wisi T had Just собото feart and attendance—rather a ot manure! willsoon supersede & good many óf the coarse sorts, as itis 
I therefore determined at once to send thelatter| Let uslook at the case a little further. Таке а case where Sound to answer угу жп оа отсо ои. There is also a 
lot away, and sell them keeping only those іа which | 30s. per head has been realised for the natural food consumed | very бут uM Mi } it enn be sown 
ihe disease had appeared. drove me (0 the necessity of | during the months that cattle have been fa the, уагда, one later than any sorts ; it is e for all Barley soils, 
purchasing nearly 400 lambs for the of consuming will return as much profit as two-and: sheep, or emi or fer sample forthe maltster. But for а 
Ey bay end Mangels, and cf mumuftiMulng my straw info a trifle over, and will have cost as much kéoping as six description of two last sorte, I shall refer to some 
manure. I made very close kept а diary of all The figures «tend thur--Profit on one bullock, | of my friends bere who grew them last yoat. There are also 
тесезаагу valued them into the yards, valued | IL 10s. ; profit on six sheep, which pave consumed the same several varieties of Barley sown for feeding ;amongst 
them out to Grass with the dates of going in and out; I also | amount of food, and made the same nt of manure, them may be found the Black Four-rowed. is sufficiently 
calculated to a fraction their cos for artificial food, noticed | 31.184. Excess cf profit on account of sheep, all other things | hardy to stand the winter, eem be by th 
Tuy ойу wins quantity dE AEV PD medo into mature, being equal, 91 8s. The sheep calcu are all based п | sheep, and will grow а good crop of corn f the land 
alto the of tbe mamare, as fer эз appearance; | the figures contained in the tables to which I have just invited | i$ not wanted for a crop of Turnips. „The Winter White, a six- 
enabled me to ; noted loss and its assigned | your attention, where it appears that 377 sheep paid | rowed Barley, very waitable for sowing n late districts 
canse, full particulars of which I will hereafter present to the 344 10s. 1id. for the natural f im the yarda. in- comes to maturity а fortnight earlier than апу sown in 
I9 with otber facts which the experiments disclosed. | cluding all This year, I stated, upwards spring. 
e I give these, I wish to make afew remarks upon | of 600 sheep in the yards. То simpl matter, suppose 1 I will now say a few words on the cultivation of 
7 or agg ee nr y and the information it|say I have 600 exactly; these are the food and Bar) 
A From close and observation last winterand| making the manure that 100 bwllocks would consume and | "e eY :— : 
this—for I have now between 000 and 700 sheep in make. Taking Ш, 104 asthe profit per head on 100 bullocks, ! One Object to be attained before sowing Barley is to 
