Max 11, 1861.] THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 441 
their cireumstances, this must be а ttributed more to 
the high prices resulting from the Russian war, than to 
any legislative enactments whatever. The fact: of a 
lari i number of inhabi m of many 
agri 
classed as prospe Ч 
700 at Stamford; as many at March ; 800 at Whittlesea ; 
Ramsay, 1 St. Ive's, 178; eas s, 409; Yaxley, 
378; Newboron agh, 141; - Huntingdon, Ho orncastle, 
жо, ү that many erri must have transferred 
us occupations, а со 
siderable — of them to the —- A ng c is 
tricts, so 
T! 
that di farmers have bad to joli eu for "орет 
Ж : 
the line of railways, and ought therefore not to dins 
ded. Таак, Cambridge, and исо 
e Fens show a diminution; as the income i paid 
- а А on la rte by the acreage, we have no 
trustwort how умне the available 
noe mai t timere м been ape Е ты E 4 
ther any profit at м: for deb sd 
dy dowd. n doubts of their class bária тай 
even moderate profits. Ae "t is most desirable to 
ascer' 
lemonstration 16 ought not to inve ros. used, ће | © 
Government y enough to take ЕЕ of 
e assumed of —— i 
with income tax ts nev 
tinue their wasteful expenditure ец iie Pied p^ "the 
wealth of the country not being impaired thereby. It 
is ore o un i 
m 
uthorised opinions sacrifice an important interest 
for "^ sake of a compliment. J. W., Peterborough. 
Societies. 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL OF ENGLAND. 
At an adjourned meeting of е + гиши Сосхотт, 
the Боты — — for the Toiernational — 
on of 1862, requesting the Counc cil to n nate 
hm Е formed in conn 
Aiit tural Machines and her 
's Commissioners on the measures be taken 2 
an тастар representation of tlie 
nuna demands for — vs in 2n intending exhibitors 
e producti suitable objects for 
ыноп, Ий, uui to settle the” dal distribution nn 
ано the ома, МР the class. 
Mr. Thompson, M.P., n Mr. — Gibbs, 
having шайл to act, the Secretary was 
to communicate their names to her Majesty's Com- 
ers. 
ст сн ег, 
сао Chemist to the Society, оп the Manufacture 
The to Wednesday, the ERA 
cipem ree E 
the Annals of a ume cq 
The Feeding of Stock.—The 
aat Monthly Mert My Meeting. of the Club took place on 
ning the Club House, Blackfriars, 
Me Sites in [vr Clair. The subject for discussion, 
assi i - 
Тт. ч very great importance, 
comfort and well-be: 
all other фон, for the physical energies 
this 
тё only to 
but to tbe e ed. It involves since, w! 
СЕЕ ing | present 
90, т 
Бесма in numbers, and happily also 
ity, the eo for meat lus оаа та 
wonderful extent. E D has а kept pace with 
proper ex L here t 
feel the want of а simile system of тте i-r I 
?o not attach any very great importance to them їп other 
c Class Of | the con: 
Tienen, t to dre 
—————À 
| res specta, but I think tbey sre very з Y 5 a measure and much higher relative pri 
our p With many branche of our grent а беч the. vi contrary — and breed only тош tet P adopt 
turing interests greatly, but A only temporarily depressed, and fomales they ca обы tain. The сабе of South өере 
and the consumptive pow of the "working classes conse- | getting more in favou! ап the North, owing to their аташы 
qu tly lessened, the att ү”; теа z Mee vr i. any raen, А 2 fatton ; AP any of them are very light Ja E 
period since the "close of nd —- With a urn of | and requ e great eee ДА in that respect.  Anoth 
nt, good w ages, ч may ст Жин nte great change, is the use of better bulls in the 
[rraren 4 To 4-4 Е? demands he 1 bemuch greaterthan | dairy districts. Too many of the owners Е -— Baila саге 
t the s there is an increased | nothing about the bulls they use, solong as only 
su а рті — lam = 1 even higher than they | in calf at the proper M^ апа many of tele. bolsa аге re o the 
have uee Ro. Itisn ке essary, de ped - м in what way. | most ordinary charact The calves so bred are bought by 
and what extent, the quantity o inc — ОТЕ and —- by - чей for rearing ; and the result is very 
With | few exceptions, ай e Ха, ч worthless e hav cas mr — kind of Short-horns. Numbe:s of 
been brought into m cannot, therefore, т о these сайте Pet been sent to —— E. be reared, 
te ty de ction. We must, then, endea- | and "ли ае tin they bd two or years old 
Me Pad roduce more! upon | those acres а at present at our I They are then sent back the ben eet. the English 
and. The chief exceptions are the lands of England. |grazier. While eei М of Irish onto, | I will pes E inci- 
That ey are not now a productive а is pretty ма dentally, the very objectionable treatment they receive on the 
rally admitted. e portions of them would, if cleared, | passage to England. ын once at Holy ut when cattle 
of а 
our nt oi Ze ing to pope e of cake, upon 
Ls and other iod, in conjunction with them, that we must lungs. After this treatment on board, they were M to а 
look for € chief increase in the supply at those pee orem of the y 
ear to w our subject chiefly has reference. That the im- | way жарсопа, апа forwarded to England. They re con. 
" EAT] air Д with their 
Drom mer eie t roductive powers of our pastures hasnot kept | veyed а t great per hc e the 
p with that of our arable land, is only too а nm Да: skins still wet, we m Д. uo ne the chi they would get, 
deed, the latter has very commonly been manured at the e and need not be рее аач if, from ми combined causes, 
pense of the former. It is true that the practice which for. | diseased lungs were tbe result. From what I saw on that 
merly prevailed of folding sheep nightly on mm land, v has оссавіоп, I have had no difficulty in азо mysel for the 
had been grazed durin; "fo e day on pasture A is now much | losses ca e nd vpn them. E Phr myself partici- 
less common, Kia ever, is =з nly owing to the Mol pated rather heavily hose lossi only with respect 
м Tu p be. онан that they | {0 the "Ire cattlo, "but aeo. e "Others үс by them, 
о longer atingar a sufficient nome of sheep to make | and dare not m enture to purchase them. need 
folding from See рю racticable, much less e uos а hat "these 1 coil upon the убада 
ч rial, and th 
of the s ture land has been drained—some и it + efbotuáliy, waste a large portio X it. It is, in my opinion, a d RU 
ore t y to 
Wi 
to 
he 
who have ridden over the country during the t winter | is commonly done in the autumn of each year. Th 
know full well that more ires draining than has already | àre now grazed т у yc d zA yum tá сах 
been ей. There is, I know, some d of prejudice | alone does little than support their they are 
against the draining of pasture land, and it {в not uicommon | consequenti unfit f for t the fat-stock markets Pind ought to be 
ted. To this circumstance we v f sold they must be, to the markets for store cattle. 
mm n of t n о! odi ee m 
origin гоа] й ч beasts if "d another year, and are wort 
in the circum res do, he Ч үт occasionally | muc dore to keep than to se to on on 
wear à worse "артап, ud e carry less stock, than before am reliance can be placed as to this point, I wrote to Mr. 
draining was effected. But this is very easily accounted for, nm 2:04 а who, as С sw you = хене is Li cattle- 
15 valid reaso г gren eat experien n the politan markets, 
of drainage. We all know that stapunt water produces йаш Ша: what, т nie to bia her quant. Todd be the in- 
supports & rse herbage, and їз destructive — уча ight of hes cattle m m arket during the Grass 
e finest and most valuable Grasses. Having taken out the rovid e sent w and е фе iu a fit Ms 
water which is essential to the support of the course Grass, | for с твае ES reply is, чр бу woul "v — 
end sufücient time not having elapsed for the reproduction of | little — feeding, weigh, on an average, 10 8 es per 
nes, it is no great wonder that temporary dis- head m than = do now. He estimates the ped. 
"nim tne result. In the end however the drainag | we sight o np ess t to market from the 1st of July to the 
йсіа], and nat T bave never vot кө In end 2! aiian ^ 82, rig of 8 lbs, to ta atone, The 
do ^ 
oth m hose opinipas he 
ег 
fed beasts for the те тоа at 0017 78 Моо 
Mv 
IY and as th ve 
E DR мра d ES the о calis Ay o 194 above evidence it EA is quite cle clear that a very E f the 
e off {еш on of the 
wet t some оп of the pasture | cattle at present ket are very insu 4н fed ; and 
lai | fairly wi ро, vh Bored orga we have now to consider in what way the defect [4 Арц 
- ef torsion ay Ue goiag. ox "ly the yearly abstraction авансы food. 1n conjunction with summer vinte 
ora ma e abstraction „ iu conjunction summer 
from the soil of phoephatesend oter subatancos, ета land онш p Кл Коно: ориу ө: Aer 
в y ju та) ап е ý rmanent enrichment of ou 
Hence the marked benefits which rA bona Низ е ture ids. I am rather Palme nt in recommending its 
on the dairy lands of Cheshire andother districts. То the abore- | extensive use, knowing that cautious men will be slow 
named causes, I think I am азыр to adopt it. There are Жыд who will use both аы. 
an ап! е 
. | as having ted one lot fat. It is owing to this PARE Eum system = profit to ourselves, it wili bei ^ very 
f live 
ion of 50 
husbandry, for the six-course. I recollect expended, is uu. «Аы. but such cases are һа pil the 
P m very gen А о not th E The great = eta отав 
years, гово Tre пеи кете was, — one-third | are sufficiently men of iness to see how eot is to their 
pastui 
80 ma 
kept them than x3 T stie pralne di - 
upon аге аё е present day. I have, | confidence reposed dnd before аха or meal can be 
on former occasions, when addressing the members of this | extensively on posture lan nd, pr oper дс шнда zm must 
Club, advocated a return to the six-course 508 and the | be provided, and arrangements made for thepurpose. Amon 
E 
i optio! 1 
of the e 
f t i р one. I consider 
t extension of winter feeding, they abstract very largely | there should not ier more than 15 beast to he 
d poet the supplies of the summer grazier. No one can Piae t| certainly 20 ought not to be exoseded. Indeed, кан E : 
tein Teon ас. eoding is ie е жэ]. ош ot good hus- ihe dote ibo better РАА xi do. Moreover, ES moderately 
$ price of store cattle s0 irrespective а higher per- 
even with th nt P of meat, those purch high B erg 
га5з, 
amptonshire to turn their жыш зе — эли their | Some ns think boxes unnecessary, d aive f. it on the 
Жыш duxi: uii ennnot but thin that sone of 1t must be wasted, 
week | and prefer to use boxes. Ifgiven on the nd, it should not 
from the time they were did to the — ттт were sold | be broken too small, and the dust X screened out of it, 
as fat ones, than the — he bought - and given to sheep. Мт. Hudson, reg Acre, informs me 
for the last six months they " true i that һе gave it in this way, an and that throwing it on the 
is greater no Tm n was then, and it йош roughest parts of the pastures, the e e eat - d the cosrse 
ded wherever prac le. It is, is, moreover, highl Grass zn in consequence of the e which 
t that the cattle which prevail in some districts в ald adhered to беге їз this great advan 
bis case 
lin 
use t 
Welsh runt; but many of them are so inferior, and re- | manner, there should 
-- P S одо much me that they are much less profitable | accomm ze. 
an al рас of or need to be. This is owing to чөт am quite of opinion that hovels аге quite as much needed 
m reed у -— the А who ea their best h«i'ers| for shade in summer, as they are for shelter in winter. 
gland to be fed, T kee their orst on We all know how much cattle often sink а A weather in 
[nd а m It seems — to o Age vice tó men who | consequence of racing about the fields n gadding. If 
can be са ble z dE folly ; but they may be quite certain | they wcre tied up in sheds during that уу and fed with а 
that much the lai of the cattle they breed would ' portion of either cake or meal, and a small quantity of either 
