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=s: Wheat, which is ge threshed ; si yield Jin Barley -meal. The prot qd r flesh- forming z |as believe if there is wn ‘exception, 1, it is in the hilly 
44 ses per acre, The land ploug cn ed soon after wholly sol ater, we | | dis stricts of Wales, Scotland, Derbyshire, &e.) | and this 
again in February, and sown wi ith "Barley ma reasonably ake thet ‘they are readil y assim 
18th of “el mont n the system, and with as little waste as piratii As a | ing fres tl ock.s 
ill be therefore a Barle: flesh-producing ratory rhe s sy m rerio too, vary remain an altered 
have been satisfied wit ith th e Wheat © are certainly not inferior to Barley- “meal and most other e in w —_ as ` from stiffness of the limbs, is fre- 
is field for roots "Mangel) ‘but kinds of starchy food. ently on of t e first indications of the disease; 
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rheden want it for that purpose. After the Barley n the Agricultural Gazette for March 31 
shall fork agai before for either Potatoes or | partial analyses of f Dates are ihe Tn one the amo 
Mangel; if for the latter I shall put ona heavy dressing | of nitrogen is stated to be 0.22, and that of prea 
2” ire, but if for the former I shall rely upon guano Shit boetity 1.39; in the second nasi the propor 
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| of this field (which i is a ticklish subject just now) I| According to these determination ly one (and yet I 
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eee er I have many fact shih I deem t tainly the Dat b t when the mound enters a dairy stock than 
showing that on such soils A as mine deep | inferior if they have really ding one, especially if, as is generally soppe the 
writer. Having f “found in flesh of the animal is not unwhol but fit for 
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f arting a d ib ng the landis a s successful ‘method of | matters as wig by the! 
Henry Dixon, ni es as ch es ugh haaren ow may be of great 
Dorwards Hall, Witham, mni numbers eig tim 
Mare h31. atters in Dates, w I aya r for dai urposes, ‘ae might be 
SS | infer rior description, E cannot bép hae “that thee one rth ‘ittle or e weg for he em ag 
POS D FEEDING VALU occurs probably some err in the analyses which ei | pa is also the danger, nf -Sk the certainty, of a! 
ON THE CO re Bk nnd 5 published in the Agricultural Gazette for “March 3 dur ing six or eig t mon th i.e. i 
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ifar É a flesh- raii foo d to most cereal grains. T Hiis bin vii anim as Bethe <I tha af the 
dor an artie ia rs soba vonage a i well with all accounts “of, travellers in the East, Tom the loss would be trifling as eomnipesel with dairy cows, 
e Dat ‘se y pa we learn that Dates are a most nutritious and | provide a the apne ware slaughtered immediately on 
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ite ed. e SE s that the Pere Haare ae p 4, That t the amount of woody fi is extremely | I believe anal chew 9 made its appearance in 
in | Small. This of course is a great a aain in of my re eto oe eo patel shi to i est 
j I gb i jection rA roke out in Yorkshire and some 
ordinary seasons Dates probably cannot be im rted | #8 article ‘a i aint > 
and sold with a fair waht for ase less than aeg n the ~ ‘the preceding analysi s induces me to | few unt = befor it four ad its way into 
it may be reasonably expected now the duty is taken andi ae o be a good- feeding uo ‘fattening fot Che Bonar sak from a memor own posses- 
hem tha ¢ abundance they ma which vena Saad be ias be s eg sion, I find, that prev 
in 71. per t ee o the paris 
Hore hand td ae al two stocks of dairy ¢ 
Tea Water, iaextremoly fich 3 i 
“als $ atar gee at ee ye Ree ae Genl: Beans, iki be seen y gen bf Pe then been attacked, a ptk 
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prices of piigi descriptions of feeding materi Beans ; 1842, for the purpose of taking in vw 
As far am aware, the published analyses7of Dates ee E Carob Beans. propriety of establishing such a club; on l 
are not gin aaa = . ee of January, 1843, the club was cctually fo rmed, and it 
j aa to be made from them as to their feeding sha pectin, and digestible Í fibre . . 1741 renee ne coer mange Gat well oer oiia a few sm the 
and fatteni i i i ; 3.88 principal m Ts 
ung, Ai hn or their adaptation =| Oil ge bere gen ong not protect them against all oases, ae confined “itself 
ae made in my laboratory by my | eroii gen deri matters par e solely to the “ Pleuro,” and, in nce, the clib 
i who under my direction Soluble mineral matters ioe ARS bro ni embers 1 
al. the followinig test resuli —— A isie » or the “Agriculturist,” two London offices, ~ 
I ly selected for analysis an inferior descrip- eee e latter a proprietary one, which, from want of expe- 
tion of Eg gyptian aa and I may mention that Carob Beans, it appears, contain about 7 per rience and good management, soon broke up ; 
52 Dates pete 11b more solid matters, but notwithstanding the some ewit several thet clubs and insurance companies were soon 
The y tion of stones in the fruit in its natural larger eran of water in Dates, those ee et rmed, and from increased experience and a better 
i ‘smponnted to 12.55 p — As nearly as possible | my aai ratory contain 2} per cent. more seen | A stem of f management, & re undoubtedly working better 
ne-eight of the weight o | Car eani. ati Fame 
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y the natural state the Dates contained r ood. tad tase pe in 
of wale and ielded 1.51 per cent, of ash, By "The Caro encloses a number of rer ett and | knowledge of the 
far the goar part of the Datei is soluble in water, as extremely ha aed baie: whi a ai rejected animals, | here we are at a loss. No 
will be seen by mene si owing i a: direct determination has shown that they constitute certainty whether the 
Aes a al conposition ARLS ut 13% per cent. of the whole weight of the Bean as | symptoms are 
Susie organie matters .. ? Ai 3A HE Rig ó vee i though larger than the hard seeds of th the to the 
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heei eia as? Seer | portion nf the fruit as the seeds of the “whole Bean pod. | som contending that it 
Insoluble poe ees Na aa ESE For d gii purposes I conceive Dates are aa then spreads to the lungs; others, that. it 
has its origin in the lungs the 
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nlaogeher poo others fessional i 
the an amount ot lb and of insoluble flesh anes | ‘than Car b Beans, gps in their natural a one x ik Be fea originates in the blood, 
nse meebo ren foe or emt appreciable quantities of butyric acid, ich hat the first se be to endeavour to thi 
r sugar. The proportion o quantity of disagreeable smell on the spn tained from them, ity the blood Hee tap hah ft of the | 
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the following — PLEURO-PNEUMONIA. cattle afer death, 7 Tin “galt tit 
Water ., SD ee Palin, of Tarvin, Cheshire, lately read the following pay por | hat Sagi generally fo the plearo much i 
i We aS oS E E on this subject before a local Agricultural Society y.] division of the sa in a highly AEn 
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Er ipl |. THE “Pleuro-pneumonia » made its appearance in| state “and the other comparati 
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Insoluble ble protein: com pounds ** prendre eo 1842, and at that time it carri pr ff the greatest | that the affected ne “= not possibly be restored to 
Ine oody fibre re (cellulose) Seg eT portion of man, y oes apes stock, of dai iry co a healthy state by medici sins ent. At the 
I sob mi om eet fibre i Oe consequence of s serious bg tapes oa bs present day there 2a Sods es fi e bleeding, as 
oe PR were formed i n dierent parts of t the county, for t the * “sheet anchor,” and from a combine n of powerful 
sOi : ` | protection of faci s from t d es down to homeopathy, i a which Migs is 
i Pe eterna Rots eE val other societies were © established in Todo on awe thes samo sly forhidieni and, according to my own observa- 
ij Fig se ous object. So alarming y few y tions, about n equal ni umber have recovere ua 
PAg of these analytical results will show :— | that the Ro oyal Aerial tay of England, in ih pone kind pr treatment, mie they bar not 
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nse Rovers ae ace ee aoan iat the Aise. 
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of is quite trifling. oe “ Pleuro-pneumon: 
ee > mr oe erable. | and the prize 
c nl per afi ugar, | an hoe A y 
This large sugar I need x be 
‘this fruit very mero ah yr 
‘materi as a fattenin, omg and a |'after an experience 
al from which which a'large yield of is to be | ignorant of ot marng gests 
thou possess 4 time. If the disease 
ten in i rege : = es act | |at any particular time of the year, or under 
Nese arne pie ‘are calculated to b i cireumstances, we mi ight possi 
know are used: i and of of Suga. "which | | idea at least as to the ¢ i 
i in the animal economy for | ing itself at e bach pine of the year with 
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“ i as it is more an advantage | seasons and situations, where cattle are in 
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ene vee readily pte EE anà sc tn are bai DEANIE alr agen 8 
= r of ra srs. | = rome Nig OS aas tion. ae ‘of its number, | 
Taeans inconsiderable. in Dates P é , npon every description | tw: 7 i 
: gs. as large as eather, mild wet we aie pesto clay (and ! is infectious, all although eqn 1 happens thad where 
