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front, as is is ang the ome sa aE, = of gat three ap gh in more respects the whole business is con- , who combin pete 
bedrooms ave fire-pla pr and all are of} ducted on ordinary cacao principles. A benevo- | farm sili xs sot business just those sities 
fair size, with win dows and bed-site well placed. lent mag has been A on foot for the oc aaa needed. bor the ae he has cll rtaken, ph l- 
The actual and relative proportions of the living- | 8sistance of sick, poor, or unemployed tenants, SN 5 |lowing is an extract from “the prospectus. We 
room, scullery, and pantry are ver ? d, sphere is ia yar = distinet from the Working of t 
t hat the cottage faces south, the paray anat a Herre in connectio eer mi counties: 
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paiia PEN cake As Siete eit ses aE inane tenantry, but not interfering with the jegitimate free- eis Co ompany is established for the purpose of 
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dom of the occupiers, or with the fair and even strict | general use in the county of Gloucester, and the sur- 
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: acing a | people generally a is the good wae of P art er 
kitehen-range in the scullery, and. making the a * AF 5 ennah : deception eekly in|) TIm engine ta applied to the onltivation a 
scullery-door, — z it might, into the lobby, any advance. There 0 rs etn arrears, ane “Ai "8s. 4d. in le E ey np haoreniesna -TAREA eot pava aE T fen 
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lady with one serv: might pomfort tably 1 = only “ie society has had to sue for |  &That steam ploughing is far superior to any other 
a urts, ploughing in quality. That in quantity from 5 acres 
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sacrificed to take away from the more hand- to- seeret of the rare success of th 
mouth conveniences and homely comforts of a arty honesty, rene sound sense of its promoters— | p 
= an’s large family. It is equally good pobi most in their ange 904 for berets have not i i 
as ‘ D cottage of gentility’ and as a labourer’s | be ety ek tos eats shee saan: Find Ecaresginer avoided. That steam power will overcome the 
dwelling. No elevation sroompaniag Mr. STRICK- soils. And that a 
i 2 : “3 ahini. Area to oa “RusKIN’s came ‘na 
valet ee em N tions - SLATER, Whose | kne ew what they had to do prd they did it. Other ie or e power. obtained at an expense 
ion has been ome tim sor ambition of havin: 
building, has kindly ‘supplied the rannexed design, | something to show hei oe ney and have made | ,, “ But the steam engine and apparatus adapted for 
4 as 3 their main object ioe is oP vere sony ow awi ae geld the 28 i, Rap land is A costly for any pee 
ceive, the most pleasing type of an Ex art sh c polit Aopen The ieee Society has, sccording to its few here ty er at : of doing more work than any 
real and unpretentious, but well pro ortioned, and | title, entirely confined itself to improving existing | °™% mpi A i 
e , i ii 4 a ; buildings, buying up odie and rows se I drained, ill- : ie Company proposes to purchase and let out 
life. It might, THES be still further improved pore pad oa eee prea T ‘ect modei | p these advantages to the ecultivator o r of the land on 
o or e o! id “9 at the same 
perfection, ‘bat eobatentiol : improvements | time secure ample remuneration to the PRAE E E 
result i is ben e and moral amelioration, walking stap p That z ae plough i in fall wo ork, poss essing the 
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ai ry an gravelly site i s of course the first | 0 yaa Et ge high prive pe nad pul e | eee wilt be fully worked one 
a Are Mah, r | ings sof the o eratives of Bristol Mii Sheffield ae “ But ka order to en tant sai for the 
adn from damp should 4 ecured | 19S p a A a h 
iy foundations not less than 18 inches deep, ith s space | been held to den an E ae aoe engines, it is proposed to mplo yt them a brouki z 
under the wooden floors of 12 ioes, or, wiste bile tracts,” and the sl TaY of lambs and ets not malades for ougting, elivating, ‘ian breaking 
ooring is used, the same depth of ru ibble, brickends, | It is plain that angry y protest t, and denunciation up whieh the other pu ~ tgs nected with the farm 
* and concrete. ‘Cl under the fl urse of | of any law hae, 1 wesc 
concrete lose under oor- ebati whould aa Bi, will only aggra a eta ta ee 5 eis pr oe of hiring a rope omer oh are large, a and 
be laid in the walls. “As sae is impervious t o damp, it | complained of. The high pri ms of food. d lead | Agea eaa donee x habeas 
Pa av oil e of te oisture which wall f bi Ee ping the | to economy in its use, and the onl atia de- aadaguien = ne “the “necessary = 
Gait this ry Days #0 My imperati bee ewe o which they should incite is that of ER 
thinness of th the ih the ee in most outer is the dis- mong AN AGRICULTURAL PILGRIMAGE.—No. VII. 
i ch a almost universally set against | . 
the gains of moder mpro vement. Nine e inches is the RA to abstain Ti pg ee a oper ies edat asuni frm pee ro, = pai ae 
‘ordinary thickness allowed; and this, as in jo Bedford | meat until its price is lower. This he only |4 SERET. 3 
cottages, where the pr are ‘Built partially hollow, and | way in which “ge gm can influence as A rissa Ne 
om, where many cottages are joined together, ars be suf- |it is one whick e aggregate does largely | 
fcit; but fora single cottage, with ordinar ry brick- Se ar prices an check their rapid than any sh ein Sh kingdom. He and ca 
ti rise. re is quite eni = the emere A i ei ; 
‘The oa walls are those which either in the bricks of store stock last autumn, in the of Duets It now in fa ie recta sna AA the rede 
themselves, or in the mode of working them, are | eatt bard food since, and in the activity ov trade and | extra i gà taea ot Ehe high value alae attached to 
peril hollow, as in the two anneal specimene of consequent large consumption, to account for the BSB ae of that descent eg aby oce in his experience. _ 
the poor vary much in dena Biases aad he high ie a ge ape id condemning jobber ers _ Thus Grand Duke 10284, the seventh in descent 
pen o of of their ho but in the midland adti + ip pir Wen oe teir rsonal ni and 4th— os Aa Hoh ie Duchess 
rom err ses ene a era ne fautlty-roors, pore e ame: as to the slaughter of lambs Tish, which was a aed rai of Duchess Pe by 
where the meals are cooked and eaten, and where the | C@tVeS, 10 18 pla í n 
party gathers round the fire on a winter’s evening, with | turn Grass a ndr roots into meat may be tay left ba aba a iam arg Gor were sold by ‘him be È 
smaller scullery or wash-house at the back, and a |to the gui dance of their own interests and their Mr Hoy of A pe at Mr. Bates’ssale for 205 gui 
pantry or larder with opening anaiga ih best meets yi | own expe erience as to whcther they shail sa ga it | aaa ater be Snort ae 
requirements of the sa labourer. When | into lamb ty veal and pork, or into bee f and| | Man ofthe Springfield herd are descended from him, 
OSG or back r the vain ie the chiet | invest and bacon. So long as iti is all soepen! | and fie Ri he was parted with for this enormous 
fropiaeo s placed there, tho pacts will almost i l be derived from | price, Duchess 55, his dam, was sold at Lord Ducie’s 
y y. asdi into this room, ing the front room be ; ‘iad their relative _price is the best possible | sale at a merely speculative price, as it was extremel 
in its musty finery So com pan ny a at fa air or feast tide. indicat tion oubtful if she would breed again. The dam of se 
he relative i other r colum rand Duke again was sold for 600 guineas at the 
silly arrangement, as in Mr. STRICKLAND’S proportions, account of Me r Bornen pe herd at Spri egg! Hall, Tortworth sale, and her isaac r a aieas, Such 
which may be w ae a dar AA Pp 2 1 P Mr. are among the enormous su tehed by animals of 
mag The who! by the | this eed, On the origin of ‘this family of P Short-homa 
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ioe MEn loss than | STRAFFORD on Pha rsda; 
Nra D T og AG SRT PRA ae 1 150 ft. | « Waterloo” Ria ieee 2 of tho raae ot Kirk- io Ste remarks are made by Mr. Willoughby 
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5 60 paeajn Se will b e soli > Ana s0 MUCA O: = ‘“ The Duchess family would appear to have been bred with 
ho height e 8 ft. history as is known will be found stated in the | care at a period considerably antecedent to thet usually 
The opiiey ‘should tem a as oor, and the chief eer sifiirts dto. We may refer here too to an sa | om ee ag apr ary ala EN cine with most others maiad 
se saan by = IRENE B iari oga supposing | yertisement of well-bred stock for private sale at iow: Te pas Fee ey originals of t o find that Mr. 
Awar “* Folie. near Milnthorpe, in the same county, | Colling orppesa i hig h ane ot tis fathily at opera long 
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p One farther ive do atp very instructive | where Mr. Drewry, for the Duke of DEVONSHIRE, antecedent r being crossed with Belvidere. 
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the it dort th the > ine has 8th and 9th Dukes of Oxford, from Oxford | t $: see aa are eer ras afr, Colling’s sale ae 
ott 15th,” one of the high- priced t Tortworth cows, strong pre mption . 
an liat operations m might r is S ae Mar E very best s of Short-horn Of course, a a niai a wi occurred h before 
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but several local associ of tele estatess | as tho advantage of starting Joint rry com- 
general ground slic In| panies for introducing the steam plo into 
striking | eonia to the unremunerative outlay of the | general Mone Probably Road fn neo aprenia 
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mi ie elw nst it; large 
Hastings Cocings per nt Society. Its five half- | and are not likely to wait for a share in its 
yearly oaie should be consulted by all purposing to | with a neighbour, Nevertheless thore ar are many 
carry out a like anal ol ject. Their Ce, tl not | districts of small farms of clay lan ich would 
a: E e old ones im- | undoubtedly benefit by steam per Peer ig but 
es in their schem e | whose o ance lies in combination for this 
ee Begin ine noc tad ses Kha at r nd we are glad to anaounce the esta- hon 
ning with a capital ol Z, which i t i i 
> ased to 67501. K a yx A blishment of a steam aeiy aT orae ai | az 
i ian at the rate of 6l. per cent., and have on a ree un =a > the k camges mn “one that i 
3 e fund of 1207. Such shares as these the mong ‘4 rid great ee eating hin Hoes ME T. 
naturally be at a premium; but by the rules of the county, aji pay ihe the management of Thenitte dated: tee fame of the Duchesses. 
soeiety, the premiums accrue to the reserve-fand,| HILL Harrison, Esq., C.E., of Frocester Court, | Lane Express, April 18 
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