рғскмвин 98, 1861.] ТНЕ й CHRONICLE m AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 1143 
w 700 sheep апа 100 bullocks upon a farm of | respect E а g ste — рал Tto а calculation of the value of stra make into 
or О сов 
acres, with the occasional addition of те? of е | е Mzcnr said the returns were from 115 different people, | 2096. = „Mechi oe i wes Y worth 10s. 
s production of | and some of course had been cac: more successful than others, | Per ton, but in that he did not agree. According 
vem , and other green crops, that only | Some, for instance, had paid little or notbing for repairs. Тһе ёо his experience a те of —À would make about 
y káti yo k could possibly eg it, | eo he речна ер v: езүне qi - соте s uid six loads of manure. -Six loads of manure at Зз. per 
had 1000 acres of land, who had used one of Fowlers machines. 
Lis ah had E another me thing; he had | The cost of his scarifying which. as as deep as ploughing, load would be 18s., and that — what - ша а ton 
ce betw cover open yarı rds, | had not — - E after charging — possible -— чүт at for P p ерее — quire 
to ear and tear, and every ^ m of| about З tons of straw made into manure to manure 
сече of fitting stock md keeping the UNE eres n 
y. That б мой уа kept 15 horses and 30 oxen, | an f land, that was 18 carts асг T 
manure. Abou t 4000 з square yards had d with his steam plough he was abl pA качын - s ч Wel, 
de thi 1 
e to dispense altogether 
"ed о! 
covered in very judiciously, ме. the oxen.. ; th b ҮТ rt . pe 
he saw some very good and lasting work which Mà Mr, HiLLs said if parties would с d plough their land | fe 16 certain it was for feeding purposes, it would require 
rd, the interest which | by steam at ба. per acre they would get plenty ofemployment. 61, worth of strao manure an acre of land, with 10s. 
cost 5s. per square yard, E ind Tod Mr. Ma had heard the same observation before ; but the dera орке Eds к makin it б. p. tó “айлин яз 
ht any tenant would be z to pay for the | makers said it was not their business to find farmers vim 8 „ g Os. to 
He saw the difference between sheep eapite to carry on their vtm t: and if the principle cre of land with stra Now as they were able to 
and those which had wet beds and wet | good for anything дате regarded steam engines, they might apply он such a p yi E R rtificial manure, 
: " ld prod h it to every other implement, and E i el found w. which, if applie lied в 95s. or 30s. per acre 
d; and he was satisfied that if they would produce the аһа harrows by merely paying interest fi them, чч p em aee + d : hs , 
gest quantity of beef and mutton upon their farms, it | Mr. Олтснроот, did not think that a satisfac era nswer, be- | | wou produce а osi rop of root, accor "х А "Ан а 
i ing from that cause they could hire steam threshing machines, and why е | experience, he tho пећ. it was Very " advisable. 
m ploughs ih 
| than to make it into manure. He had grown Beet 
Маг this year with artificial manu mm a cost of 30s. 
. а тоте . Месит believed that 17. ira ie. pa се charged. 
: h strong | Mr. HaxnoRY said he had bad a great wish to try the spot he. per acre and very good Beet too; an had grown 
1 m pent | int upon өне Ө BES TEIS, AT epoke Qv Mer PORE EE good Swedes with nothing but three or four ewt. per 
f iy tl ld а X A ee Les d subject. o it for guinea pe а ре 
as was forme e case, w no roads, or very ba з not tt tc dertake plo e 
and um er d entirely” isolate ps each ГА en "ronem int of T courao that, а profit. a considerable saving to consume a large qu лап tity of 
ey saw а t themselves they were apt | Mr Слтопрост еме оо was ss that i з ич ае as food ; they could by that means keep а larger 
were the greatest жөр under the sun— —— a d dini hir — HÀ qui of stock, keeping them as much as possible 
d they could never Set rid of that overweening| Mr. CATcHrPooL believed that the Dt was nearly 10001. on Barley, Pea and Bean straw, but Wheat straw was 
de without rm hn with and rubbing against o others | | Mr. Мксні thought Fowler's machine would be about 8007 | 90 во good. 
һо һа к LU TREND W. JEAFFRESON contended that stra 
emselves. — (md FRAMLINGHAM : Sf d ifs Us т. GOWER, of. valuable å in itse' f for purposes of manure e independently 
- Labourers.—There was another important subject— | Badingham, said :—The subject of € at first sight of its being a vehicle for absorbing нса 
be condition of атанан labourers. Не looked | appeared somewhat unattractive, and certainly was n faid | manure. He quite dissented ds jos 
mon them as upon any other class who had to work | 50 important as many others connected with farming idea of the straw being worth only 10s. per € 
their living. They were animated by the same operations. , Nevert theless it was not о unim- | manur e. ‚Не A. Demn, had been too mer : 
ons; and he did not believe they were more ро” sure they him | d to 1 straw, considered ав 
n any other class of men, more drunken, aem thing, t that. as farmers tł t afford t 
re evil disposed; b knew t u lose a shilling ipie the red of ehe being so | manure, for almost a эзен ar more especially Wheat 
i ; bu bey suffe 
from things in which they could not help Ашен» very small. Before he entered further pes the denn Straw, which Mr. Gower had вю of as the least 
ir cottage arrangements. Не did not hold with "d wished to elut. out what he Фоп as somewhat valuable food for feeding purposes, co ined silicate of 
large, expensive cottages for men whose average еагп- |а Waste with regard to straw. It was rot hat after these ele ier were in the 
harvest 1 
included, did not amo more than equently | straw in a state to be d oun absorbed web assimilated 
; if they had large rooms they could not get wol a thrown ether on stacks, and conse- | «А - C plant when the straw was used as 
enough to warm them, and he di а - — Taniy v тау 7 fully ui taken care of. He did not profess man 
kr apartments for men of that class; but he did to be оро т exempt from that carelessness himself, Me. dd asked Mr. Gower if he really thought a ton of 
anure 
neque healthy dwellingsand сша but it was iat fien teful. The course always ought t to be Je Bowen: T an loads of m: 
cottages he Ааа. about the very worst after threshing the corn, to put the stack right, а ра УР; чона Айрес 1 
there was jn Poe the thatch on to keep it dry; for whether it was to be half inat. Have y you m tried Bean stalke for sheep T. хурты 
the mere brickwork, made into manure or used for feeding purposes, it| Mr. Gower: Yes, but they won Nee aM h of that. 
i ought to be e dry. Coming now to what he consi- | Mr. CRAOKNELL сер Das stalks the best kind of 
straw the sheep me 
Mr. ASHFORD did m eem —— the straw could be worth 37, 
reed with Mr. 
or u 
dra ould 
во that, d not an a and the e| [in " the straw, what it was 
eri оюкта, шу becam so dam often manure, and bern it — ih t 
injur es ed х де 
Tet еу 
he 
DE Ma acorn crop, and it was highly жаром, that - 
them Li stra 
i consumed b 
и ча даар ty ld haye that kind. of manure which gave t 
Pei 
со he 
would be vastly Е reen P 
marg А} coppers 
DE come there oils to be а decent separation of the | with Rape Luar creuit чак; iare apr aig given chemical 
sexes, Which would prevent prr of De s which фе animals w n and ар І am always short of straw, 
ften took place Altogether he might жау о Оа 
ry great good would result Ea wi an бз and nly 10s. a ton o con c а qood deal, | doin hat, a em c 
ment between landlord an some roots and Boan or or Oatmeal h ble th t there was M NNUS, they à у buy "QS 
Кеи i pidet д. ш Mu д in Y: (^ I2 Pomme pU . Artificial manure was so 
re" for zm nprofitable waste of food, of pe and open guts The чш | dp the cs sort at the 
Е e land fot H come when tenants will be happy to pay their landlords a | tion it proper —а degree of 
I hee v , fair for covered yards or а did not Hew 
| agr vit e that bread t ei cheese was not фе < My sheep consume a deal of 
Кы. ege tc the labourer A йе һе ie the | wet оре I don't A iam pays to sell Jl straw un 
| best judge of кше, M d get meat во can UN and unless you pri ai ie ud v ages 
nuch the bita "at bread an A erst in a scientifie manu кз ficial some 
Xint ОЁ view, of nutrition for few that coineided with =” (Mr. Gower's) view of the | totally Rapecake, spen 
the human body i in the perm possible form. Не breed of straw to a certain extent, е жун аыр pri | естер 
certainly should not object £o their having beer, but t is experience of usin tate. i ; А» 
were told by Liebig that the man who d edd He kept a great many ее уй гуч» ке, allowed bed Hh, to ^ Ties was one Я о straw questiou to w rse ig 
loaves in a year would bave cepe aaeeea i the 100, from 20 to 30 bus of roots, а nd then he | rte rte Плей = "оха Мт ^ - А » à 
+ 1 ven some ie ment o: eir land, воав 
усаг. Beer no doubt ds cbr fattening qualities but as much as they wanted, Prin so on alternately. The pres a ge proportion of i vale. Ter pora d 
not bea fesh-making He thought sheep pem over T straw and ate at least three- | put a good coat of man n the land, and yet did not 
of the Lee f. а good deal influ- | quarters of i nsidered Pea straw the most get straw goo "keep up a bealthy head of 
as 
w 
loyers, for they were | Valuable of a ФЕ. des ep. His estimate of the value | 019. He qui 
of Рея straw as considerable ; he трт еп it worth at he could m 
н f 
f № 3 
worth 3s, they were saying nothing about the value of the 
o feed his sheep za manure from the farmyard that was mixed with vd straw. 
and with Pea бей, and they liked Тһе тоте шопеу that was spent in food of the еаййе the better 
" Pea straw quite as well, and ead fo. 24. кэе к ге; анн independentir of tho vaino oft 
was often that very 
with it. Barley straw came m but it was iib very itte of. ie. 
as Pea; still the sheep ate that Бүр e 0 
Sd noy himself ses б grin їп enttin opinan of 
— аф all бет foc diii and certainly | £9ws good 
Me eer t рери ае атны 
whole of his straw, only а portion of of it, ету DE Сш: 
contains ч А " 
и гне ч Nardi after clearing his barns at harvest time, Bean жыз than om any meadow or lowland hi 
Е САТОНРООТ. І don’t think it does just now. ^ have his ditis set as near Ж barn as he could, and | Mr. Јел "t eut them? 
CIE Mains a del for the ттан, аай da for se Эгеме he had thestraw carried direct mto in | ш Bean vias whist th tera s mailing ver © morning 
i&cent entertainment which he had given "8 не thus keeping it рене y dry. He —1 ASHFORD: I advocat straw, but 1 don't agree wi 
Mr. 
thanks, € said as lon rried it the s, and puti к letting the cattle eat it without а a large quantity ot corn o 
dE аа е aliw his sheep to go into the sheds. If the | саке; осяде your manure will not be 
ее 
: He tho e dnd fter a few years. As адат ШО 
f » 0 h i t grow much corn à onsumpf 
| life xu t he nager py ~ w was for feeding bullocks, perhaps the system E prisa dk the mare straw ш, eaten the less — € uw эш фа» 
amy 
арру to eam » gine enting and mixing with the ane would be preferable. Í to отту m the farmyard, but the quality of 
doing: "he wori 2 horses, be was Maid that zs he could not speak of опрезна If | will be somewhat [s iiis dud fact 
1 at presen ough he had no doubt they shoul 4| Mr. GO c" жө еап в made good manure; in fact, 
"dnd the steam engine of great parv ARR Me һеҹа | the bullocks were forwa rd, it wouid Ж | | ho believed га ав по straw їп the world made manure so 
о to cut the straw, but for lean stock he d 
t think there would be any advantage in going e "Gower said with regard to Mr. Jeaffreson's remarks 
expense 
ES E when t tp ош not жа ADDAA Mi 
а ог N hi wheth st of cutting it. Не would now pcd about Wheat straw containing those qualities that are best 
