914 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. го 
The hon. gentleman then went into only the slovenly and careless 
have the agricultural statistics enumerating the in- | likely to o b 
creased n LIEN ofanimals at 50 per cent. piv years, | some statistics, tending ta show the am addition | зч еу Е Seeds the тони й. 
while the proportion of tillage to Grass bas only | PASO Us Lid S ade to the produce of the c AN untry, y if) E ze ye poems 
diminished slightly of late years. Happily, the very | only another bush кере acro wad, grown | e 
nature of the Soil ү rbids j'ai acia F^ н а very тат The steam plough, whether it was Fowler 2| beh the x 
great exiension of profitable laying down to Grass, or Sm AM was dong: gren deal of good in this 
ЖАША won uie bod ts try; and, on d ek , but its use woul e considerably sfera 
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all but the ба d of parts of some counties, tillage 8C cribed "unless the landlords опа help t е farmers in | 
in connection with pasture must be maintained as the putting hey 8 и 
most paying form of husbandry, while at the same sacrifice trees and hedgerows to кй the steam ploug | but put in largo stones ai the ba 
time productive of employment for a people. The Times, | available; and their Tecoma Aa would be found in an i. аш Е e carts К e up agn 
| énlarged area of land, and an increased rental. Judging wher 
| from c former ае ments, the tenant hai 
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GroUCESTERSHIRE.—At the late annual meeting of ише [As the additional profit accruing to him from | cer эшк o or get a 
this ecc е Cirencester Mr. E. Bowrx said :—It was | Hem | 
25 years 
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s| Ѕостн Тухк.—Тһе an 
the exce € A were sown oad- g Society was held on Thurs day us 26th ult. i 
east, but now ле, Turnips wer d has rule, an ada any| uet HUS town of Haltwhistle. The Carlisle а 
шап іп а villag ng ап acre of land үө? ed а after giving a sketch of the district embraced by th 
drill, With мт, to threshing, they had for merly Society, thus writes of its agricultural features and the | 
pet rmm m po т 12 quarters ааай —— Exhibition = PRAE qon ҮШ 
q ы - ** The wultural features of this mountain district may be кашын as E аз w 
equal to 50 of т аа-а. x could go into other details | sketched em few lines, for with hills, bleak and shelterlese, iore tiom; Бош 
to show that farmers are as glad to avail themselves. of. pea th and Fern-clad, pastures coarse and scanty, tillage limited, 
eas land to a considerable extent yet undrained, w b ha ave 
E тазы to wo ue valleys, though rich and 
manufacturers. With r egard w i stoam plough, that | хале BOUM. ROVS danto atom e so humid | 
was working wonders. Не sa work the other | the uncertain, Sat ыз the ary mi s des zule hup | 
day at Braydon; but yet as г саней away from it a the season ripen brings the grain rity. 
| Even in the ea ДУ haugh-land the weather pes the c ено The Journal of A riculture 
sort of cloud came over him, aud he asked if " that. - i favour of Grass. Its нач а онну almost to dairy- Highland 7 47 А and the 
unting country was only tobe remembered in the р ns bu m and the breedin pe семіз k young TT 
reminiscences of former years, and if no place would be | sito aid $ » eep. M Mrd el % d. resonroos ad dE e я 
1 t H pen d icious ou &y or capita. in encipg а anting о! 
ft in which to breathe the spirit of our forefathers. | ше ыш, r division and shehor, And dreiniug and тай Th rent N 
they had at Braydon were necessar ту to keep up the | that keeping зе тара о. PERTO eu ir Men. э 
character of old — ign The country gentlemen must | waste ot^ po Res. 186 d asclo prod wing в гара db mié voten: pu nly 
v their sports * sion kpss or they would bigh- -roads to impro nts, progress, and permanent pros- 
а» р кеч емет | rity. There are e" sources of wealth in rich 
"rp beef-and-mutton-producing past but to keep such 
Пе дд. on тема lands іп tillage drains the resources ett p а ариби upon im- 
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^ ьоло of: tliodabousor | Е | farmer т signicantiy remarked m dis —Ó ire ч 
they would find that they о vá not pow ent him from ipn трой i a pair of horses, at an expense of | time it gen 
improving morally ysically, while the class вро a pound an ac меу peo age ME Us. ыны 2 | Vind inci here] it 
з ec un I ru S 2E district as йсй by by күт плас беери which —— floo eth dà formed of то 
society ui ре. | 
— What w obstacles we have referred to Ws аа n to believ m | moy sable for t the pu 
e eue. on the АА а iem, = the =з |the fowls. e dii 6 
А-н w vident to the | 
t є а ( à кйш ted: they should pever oni 
ve w: And so the 18 gi the annual ү — ча 
were improv They уе re nof growing Рр with | Society, to Ei. each other in doing their best. Tt says x SX y t pe eratis it to move about, 
thought, bab. a the same time they were thinking. It де tho ра А е о s dl ао its approbation confers, | is Sinite Mos айй, ай хез b 
д absolutely necessary Sedes should have improved | believe, i it. id pit vete: bod an in diner Ur | order tom геге ; 
дм cmi Кеден бое уч ч g; De | Northumberland g Cum qm d toc уйге, LA eclusion 
ve improve u Md of the | Prise ead of cattle ; horses, 56 ; Y 9 105; swine, DM 
old ways стб with the old management betwee n | ol D Poultry, 46; dogs, 40; Turnips, 27; butter, 64; d ver Му e aliy mum 
er and man still existed. One of the most debasi d 
of these customs, and one whieh kept t the hores Capt. Слттѕох, R.N., of Stone House, deum the X 
in а more degraded position than anyth ing e chair, and in proposing success to the Soci aid :— 
the йе of paying part o wages in ‘t We must not rest satisfied. We must 
He knew he was touching on an delicate subject, | stilla wide margin left for improvement. Let landlords and 
m^ o voa v mim -À their ce are identical, ord 
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givin men money instead of drink. Ten years ago don't pull tog: ^ ег er thoy tand a түзүү mee 
he Mad ө rrt n trouble in introducin the systemi. | We must have NS > must grow more food; we must 
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firm in the co e opted, and fortunately had | much better acquainted with the management xit d an 
assistance, and in the course of two years the labourers | myself; sti sl i X vU you will allow me to throw out a sugges- 
mes арн. AMA the change were the last to wish to ads. n тоги ха стор is limited, would. it not be 
go custom, c sold men beer or эе ider, | By that табала not mu would y feed your stock but 
or bonght ! for them m in а better market, and the ayi nd eem Artificial manures are Залог consideratii of reat 
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are no do ere 
30s. saved which rie previously gone in Lo He | fertilisers? оше wl T^ 
There is oi int which I do fi 
was, therefore, enabled to ask a а higher for his | having had со nsklerable ө Беренин, Sa nd s fesl ar drainage ан 
зба ча de to improve e them moe oce a as to Thorough draining 1 на м cm M — many 
тайы years, and ean safely гесопїт\ Per- 
- esbio ; and domi dc lt by n ANGES ci 
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h hd dn you will soon fin «d of ah 
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his s friend Мт. Bowls, that a favourite fox |9 ag down. Т6 is repented of afterw. 
ert was being destroyed by the ызуу, ОЁ а pen x epe or two his [o vs c a | 1 
steam : plough, but p was bound tobe done. Those who | speak of stock, I don’t pretend to ps though I Te n 
ty of providing food for the mur > well- UA: pes e when I see ita and I must say that I think 
dsl 5 боп Nd са Кару айо: баё: iaarognin " s ort-horns we have advanced considerably ; запа with strict 
: tentio: diy and selection 
an area that was continually decreasing. As land | adranes o stih furit. Dut T roana O е очей A 
was withdrawn from cultivation by the railways spe which we have {000 Ahead of most of our la 
and the erection of houses, agriculturists were | neighbours t ho Galloway cattle, еге is still plenty of room 
obli ed to „exert themsel t the ut p siama е э ея A hem 
gn е ves - ds most to make | suggested (and I perfectly coincide with him) that there should must be 
„ Мае ei k kept for Galloways, on the same plan no 
They were doing their best, with the apr li ted for Short-horns фыр течен. securing b 
pliances of ad , ities for D 
seience, to keep up this produetion, а nd he believed с the be dec d i а great improvemens in the эл „the 2 
t in Gloucest i рч g чок усаа = fee a indi e em ESO 
on. | 1 what I think Md in пса must 
t cm and what oecupies the care of 
was to PIE: р ос farm — Mà 6 epe 
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tention devoted to the destruc- Món. 6 d, d e is nover re 
s there is here in tbe gardens; ime ,emana а е Mo prevail 
ors to have all obnoxious 
side destroyed, It is not 
