| Sanvany 21, 1860. | 
ods promising fabulous 
THE GARDENERS’ 
tter „entering into its composi- 
ten a ox ina a month, thoy may very 
CHRONIGLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
“increase of bulk do ) not | particle of nutritious ma 
dinary provender, its effects are to be sought in the 
: : Given, as it always is, in association with the ! condiments it contains and in them alone. G. T. B. 
a ess; so without thinking or Saer about the com- — 
procesi or the action, we try them, and we faricy that TURNIP EXPERIMENT AT BALNAFETT 
pong ida able advantage haii mak 4 TTACK, NEAR INVERNESS. 
lesing much for imagination, it may still be urged | ~~ [Weight of ae ai 
Num OS 
iye experience must sufficiently have tested the} & i Price i t Weight ofcrop 
a p ji cide whether any good | & PERF pi apee ptor agents for the < at to per ont. of tt per imperial aoe 
fol llows the employment of these feeding materials, Š eer ach lo | district a0 loan. Nov. 21, 1859.| Pe 
The inquiry then follows: on what does their value | Z 21106 fadrill) son. 
depend ? Everybody knowing anything of cattle is to A oe: itai E ak 
some-extent cognisant of the feeding value of different : ee tA ae en ene: Mr. a Inverress ., 234 Ibs. |I 166 (j14 4 
n A ms’s anure 400 ,, 13 1 1 
articles, as ascer ined by analysis or bye a 3/Odams’s Superphosphate es ig i 464 ; in 13 1 1 
He is aware that certain parts of the food are appro- 4|Blaydon’s uperPhoephate ee = Kaye, In nll 386 > 171. {14 7 3 
iated to the formation of fat, and others to the 5|Ro rtson & Co.’s Manure gi acle 0a, T ess. 374 ,, 164 |121 1 104 
pri $ flesh a that dependant upon th peng ee parm se Mr. Mackin Arohennst ich 295, 155 {15 2 Z 
construction 0 $ 7|Lang’s Phospho-Per: .|Mes oe. Lang & Co., Glasgow 295 167- |131 + 
preponderance of the one or other constituent, the flesh | g Townsend's oon Messrs. Kay, Eainside, & Leitch, "Forres 302 3, 183 J14 1 2 
forming or the fat-fo orming, will be the character of the | -9|Miller & Co.’s Superphosphate Sandilands Works, Aberdeen . 850 ,, 164 |13 2 $ 
fi emistry can precisely Le ao relative propor- pa naya a re “No 7 eo Mackay  & Co., Inverness 215... tl 164 13 1 1 
. an o0.’s Turnip e --|Mr. J. Fraser, Invern 267 1 164 |141 2 
tion ‘of the prane containe z y given amie 12| Hill & Co.’s Man ii Mr. L. Macbean, panel 386 |, 177 Mi ; 
bilities or oly show its worthless- | 13/Kooria men me o . +. |Mr. Hindson, Liverpool 509 ,, 163 Fe 1 2 
ness. But chemistry cannot asc certai ain the force of the T aeee -e Gregory, Invern 202 ,, (1 179 «(118 1 $ 
i erent drill and dust r. Gordon, Inverness . 8 bush. p-b.| 175 81 1 I 
aio. On the contrary, it admits that an article x oe aie ‘fate a i a 1 — X ' Gi 7 2 ; z 5 . s 
n e of manures .. y ewt. |.. im i512 2 770 @ 
may rat ive ely “useless he animal economy, 19 are ard onire ‘Supplied from farm. i 6loads | 2 p.14.|_ 203 hi 16 392914 2 
and th ra gent co cating bebe 7 n t The fa SER is priemen about one mile | inches variety of Turnips sown was Green 
to the west of Inv 
deposition of fat, and even induce an opposite caso: te 
Some kinds of food yield their nutrient Be oe rties 
and deny 7 
another. In the case of straw as a ae article, 
it was found, during some sels obtaine on oxen and 
horses, that the former anima obtained by € te 
A 
+h 
the latter, but that by neither was much more ae 
er = really hah peers appropriated ty t 
These e familia Snag to all of = 
whe 
eat “somehow w we bee sight of t 
of n 
present, Grae S ioiak of that ides pakei 
may be completely w. aeto. 
A perfect system of feeding involves two consi idera- 
eis me quantity of available matter in a giren 
food; e of it in a pa form o 
ha +. 
otherwise. ea 
fr ae it is the quantity digested and not = 
q consumed that determines the id i 
value therefore o. 
u conve the sy: 
the exac geapired for its support, and 
algae ae 
1 
O- 
5 southern e 
any | in the beginning of winter, and cleaned and ~ psec in | 
rdin 
e | braird quickly re ve 
h Inger amen as such ploughs ar 
; a mand purposes is consi 
ure. 
The 
Top Yalow s rap abd care ny taken to secure correct- 
ness. The ure used o t 18 was made up of 
remainders < other ‘manures | after Weighing the 
uctea 
in Oats in e oi a one- year ora lea, was rp ae Bat d 
uae 
e ecg 
or o Lot 15 inclusive, ‘weiglied under the 
kipea of the committee. aa: anu ete for Lots 16 
and 17 were not forwarded in 
Lots 18 and 19, put down by the Manage 
= a who laid them ms? Red than 
tended, viz., the rat Os. per see 
© | bringing Lots lasgow and Liv. verpool is 
added by the committee, Chess not feing on sale in the 
district. The at sowin was d 
continued so firt s 
ee has been 
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, ri 13—the E argest portion being 
of Lot 13. The analyses at are those furnished with 
the m s, but the com Hig h 
the di fer cont manures ect for 
at any future peri 
ay. 
came pa ra] 
E 
HE BEDFORD PLOUGH. 
A 
T 
i bi hical t of the Howards 
egpare ree- regnar meae grina os 
TueEplonghs, termed bythe Royal Agricultw ral Society 
of England “General Pu Plou: ey Jan ri ao 
fi the upper edge. This 
range or rib is tapered of ae its opposite ends, s0 that 
the Aakn A ei is 
weight. The handles and beam a 
id 
e made t thro ughout 
with 
mulati at 
soa in n dirty stan is avoided, The wheels are 
warded s a prize of a 
ant than for those of ae oti 
prize for the a plough for 
jef pire; ak the 
The one here Shown | is an improved. fo of |] 
111 
cons 
aa 
The slides bein, 
tightened ina 3 in the direction 
of the length bêa 
loose th 
the 
matter. By 
appetite, and is ently found 
orked horses, Sagas them to eat 
a exhaustion they w 
The as _ ges is a perfect and elegant farin: ‘st the 
share a which are constructe d upon 
mner in which the share The neck upon | 
which ich the Sha Sis lee plain ber of wr ‘ht-iron, | 
of the fo 
3 
i 
E 
be secretive the 
A saap ko 
to the wants of thesystem ; 
dining a 
1R 
inciples—prac tical =i a of per excel- 
pri 
& of material ak workmanship, and simplicity of 
| construction. 
| tightened by means of a nut at the end. Ti is w when The first iron wheel-plough, somewhat after this 
t hioni was exhibited by Mr. Howard the 
and the fate to which it is fastened into as state of Cambridge Meeting of th yal Agricultural Society 
| ivi in 1840, But it 
