1086 THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. _ Bornam эу 
mended 1 by Lawson in various circumstances, айй. to | plo ugh; which, consider М pigs for no pecu 
recommend the pori ios of good seed at fair ppo of grain, can, hardly be disapproved, al алоар the ана. май are either p 
instead of seeking cheap seed and getting of sh zie and rei for our | or Susse. ex, or a cross between the two, a 
little and invaluable friends. irds. er ther parts of the com 
ше vom де eR ; ‚ш all probabili ity the French government will have DEA used in the lambing season for mur 
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by Mr. MARTIN, sen., read before and | by 
Reigate Natural History Club, reported in the Spar the с i 
Sarren: — пн promoters ue which vil I bo highest ine to the improvement 3 І 
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REIGATE : Sparrow Clubs.—The following is ar or small birds. In this country we shall d on gentle ены шау e fed, an arrangement SR 
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preme Maki and Governor of all ыа ч биш, d x uim de quine equat шаре eultural mechanism. Burgess & Kd 
лойт re ап EM e rud рани С hé on) ke tv of destruoti ok, little creatures vio, living pa xem y оп | врокеп of on dry ground, though on the | Li 
iei eni каше дшн Mo ИЕ grain, repay the gardene he pns ventola by | wet the wheels become clogged; thus, too, i 
не h the sparrows levy a small contribution оп | feeding much more on ow pede nals, any of cultivator, thou gh it works well in the dry, 
the farmer' s ain, yet the far greater portion of уйна) | them too small to be visible to the чення еуе 1, аз we mentioned in another сазе, to фы, 
gr ud t the whole o of the он the aid of the microscope, but visible to those quick | It i is поба аро Пен in so short a space ce to dj ja 
tsi ighted birds, as well as the grubs, caterpillars, and all s this establishment. 'The results 
ui Аад of the er man woul ther animaleules which prey on and destroy the pro- M lands highly farmed, in districts where i p 
in the Bau M struggle ad not given him in ў dd of horticulture and agriculture. | ments me LT speaking, i in d 
the bird werful айй я пав ally, who vel f 
wüóniderfally хаан Уран the ME ich man is] 
сараро of performing—in mi ag: nst i enemies s of | 
tke insect world, man would be p 1 
they their young is from the tribes of in ects, 
Farm Memoranda. deep and clean cultivation, the application g fre 
YAL FARM AT OSBORNE, ISLE OF WIGHT.— | ri ираса, and other artificial ma 
ted to the farmyard e 
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If the rrows and the rooks make us pay ve Spearing S3 his Essay m Berkshire farming Д sui to the i à 
moderate tely for tl all other birds, the БН | di us ring in many details they are managed о uch е and the economical applicati RE “ 
excepted, are devourers of insects, and render пз | е same puelle as those at Alverstone and uon | power to économise labour in the operations 
grat tuitous services, Among them are nocturnal birds, These lie on rather low ground, to the south of Osborne, tn) science. J. C. C. 
as the barn owl, bats, о others, Mig ignorance | 9 E: ü ka i whioh Фау к ч witnessed ES the = 
foolish meta cutes. wood рес the various | Ufäculty with which four stout horses may be san ё 
нев ol the swallow, the charming рео) of the ging one of ard's ploughs along a furrow o n Porta ellaneous, 
fields, the  nightingales, black caps, red breasts, Wheat sinl, The | buildings, to which a good 1 FA avouring Hay.—Two such seasons as si 
red starts,  wagtails, larks, wrens, and other ached, are of а теме size, thongh due stablo |1861 have occasioned an inereased | bre и l 
ervice. 8 ient for 28 ho 2 {@ rtmen a, | quine dts Stored in our midl d districts; Ё - 
an example of {һе proceedings of these useful|flanked by cartsheds and divided. у» а pr re and | therefore been led to tr ry how to make the mod 
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results attend the hedge sparrows. With respect to eek ven аге fitted with rounded bricks, an CarrawayS .. v. 
our formidable ' enemies, the ‚сос ockchaffer and a host of a neat appearance, and saves Cumine 
others, А 70 to 100 eggs аб dam mage and diss 88 ight t fro m broken corners. The doo (Mixed and st 
а time, which are ii tranaforméd into White grubs, | are Ко: on rotating sheaves, by which they are dis- I do not offer this as by any means 
which for ie or Bes years live on D roots of our | engaged fr 29 om too оорго а bearing on ue sill, and slide ы ет ut Igive 
most valuable vegetables. Тһе’ weevil produces from | with great ease. The рене ary Scotch carts are made | safe, reliable, e valuable compound for 
70 to 90 eggs, which, laid in so s y grains of corn, | to allow the iu of the bed, Je lat the, wheels indicated. For a greater outlay yor 
arran. RE i: pa “buildings extending over more than two years, which] 
wir any E to тен at ро» е olim lead to important Mardi. "Sn, the preceding: 
t | farm "The - yards ш neither be ер пог E otten, Take 
with the СТЯ "Майы; 35 3 ‘Galloway Ew " Scots last year as an illustra ur local 1 
with pi the farm w stock to be | ће best hay-making тает was no 
y a| seen. "ie soil ашыу round tene b poidings is |i ia aing iy Жа со It is evident, tha 
ч т -рроржри}рмюе ob. a ^ breadth o es of hay, uon] 
nd beantiful creatures, and as if | de ency of water supply. А ing the hill| spoiled lots so n Aes "yt ou с: И 
e should, оода, ignorance, towards Barton, „е character of the M anges to a tion of between 300 and 400 tons, not aboy 
enemy of these gentle a 
it was e mE» tha! e 
carry o war of peii ation, which when 
mt in "their. birdnesting sports to rob th ts of tł i the p epth of 4 feet, a &. dis че ances var ying € y great amount into chaff, nor d 
һе гы үз of the soil, gives the advantage | stea! 
useless sport, as s usually pursued, Ex without orden i| т а ү surface soil; this is at once visible by the | practical f fa oe to the free 
ма Ес 4LB8-31:.8-A-4-B-5-R- 1 L.R-J- 4-1. P 7-4 с ро ач 5 - 
to the little parents in the bereavem Clov vers, and the w way in which it ee a dry flock of | the stock. le can mar d reply dar odi 
.We see in domesticated bir iria anxious erg scd West Country Downs, which a to be the stock | 170 head, came out with more than 
with which the hens particularly care for and f best fitted pP. фе soil. The maintenance of sheep, | spring; and the cow doses bill, 
their young—how much and with what ее га us especially a g flock, on such land, taken as a 2 inclusive d hay-consuming 
the common hen bird shelters her chickens under her whole, must wa а айша» policy. | over 3d. per head." Mr. Bowick, Fa 
wings. With a similar instinctive affection we'may| | g Barton Farm, Banks.—The Pe 
fairly : Scaling ded feel and cherish ll 1 zept iage dri ither side by | first and tem 
their young, twoke к ЖБ: д аук ер 2 Суз Пу | treasure hous 
he poor little « creatures M the пении Y d fon “sheep and other cattle 13 аг наев y neatly | stone to the sav 
а boy who robs the nest, generally {го made wattled fence, which ha пу seen some i Ag i 
wa ess, or to very little pics Bird т ШШЕ Quicksets out of harm's way, Gai ое Ча кулы of inter 
ought not, therefore, to be tolerated, and the clergy, hen nt in appearance on the ordinary h regular periodica l payments as am 
with the schoolmasters, shoutd be enabled to impart | In the frequent undulations of the soil, the vi "benefi Mti ” in reference to health or cio 
useful and humane knowledge on these and other subjects sé té edo ii € the beds of sai ind or clay come to the ns | ien 1 contributions, chance рер 
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ing with ied other, and revealing the аба otherwise soon vanish at the P 
[рн Улай of tlie land and v necessity for | where, in worse than unprofitable results. 
drainage eep any flowing w Ss phe beneath the | faciliti i 
the | surface o the cultivated soil. Thoug aspect is not | mini 
фа ыз ce gives ваба evidence that | 
а er effective drainage good husbandry | 
brought into as to out- 
eot die last 66 e for spare 
petition | labourer by taki of his 
ng machine shows the system in progress, servants by protecting | thait sayings s and per 
o р t no expense is spar insure and o orpha to it OTi 
productions by myriads of in ‚ all en ndo owed wi ith improvement. Not to enter into the details of t fon iren 
prodigious fecundity, and livi ments, all the barn work, cutting food € in ders 3 
ty, ge hg era the 
vegetable productions; among ur Wheat and other the cattle, with a sawing table is rformed b allotments i 1 
corn ranty ar е destto; oyed at the root by the gru мн of е — Киш steam engine, Sem m Pme and de eimi al The grown йр 
the соске haffer, and by other vermin in the grain by | A We 22 black ee Galloway Scots, | а family, awaiting i 
the beri bois ught in, Fa тй g^ boxes in which the is leaving home for 
The cruciferous plants, as Turnips, by other|is allowed to accumulate соді them D dod penny bank their 
insects; ree Ur up their е; in һе pod of Beans, | to the level of the doors, which are 2 f serviceable 
Peas, and Lent: the floor; a railway which runs throughout i joe centre 200 y banks 
At bottom ue vital sap is гыс cote by under-|of the buildings is about 3 feet ab or of the | years, and nearly all under 
ground and burrowing insects. After these, mice and boxes. The water is laid on, and 4 all ас urown penny ban 
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be lost but for our friends, the small birds. experienced feeders endin иы tai NEIE “Жы ind partly i 
Those who have travelled through France, even| күзүн injury to the солон А... the beast, The pride | abuse in » this tow 
merely to Paris, must bave observed almost all the land of the establishment is a herd of 14 „Channel Island | as fire-suppr essio n-mon sa portion 
in open fields with few living hedges, and therefore, ry b 5; n, and childi 
affording but козе Am = birds. o doubt best suited z the v very pleasing | been engaged i in rescuing the their neig 
observe the continual to the eye: they occupy an ext partment 
yand oying small fields еше of the ^d ries as e in which the oxen аге 
to have more land u ied. — Ther other Galloway Scots in the| 
terminate without тые! їп our 8 
ever since our bank has been steadily i 
