610 THE GARDENERS’ oo vba AND AGRICUL! TURAL GAZETTE, ts 30, 1860, 
at 1s. per acre; but if they carry out. the | app h the Potato crop. They a are put in | 1849 to 1857, 1 exhibited” 
a: laid ye in this- casket with the Opa ead ety hus afford less time for preparat ory | and these bred by h ees Ms obtain, 2 oy fa ae 
addition of good winter and summer shelter for stock, | operations. But no sooner are the Potatoes planted, | and four “ ations. is bull W: = ord 
they will find my allowance for loss very ample. It and work sufficiently 1 forw ard to adr mit of it, than the bore off the firs rst prize of 1000 francs and gol 
is really fearful and iiol to — the 1 horse-ho | a in a bid the e best bull of any age or thieeds 
isi m ignorance or mismanagem’ I see it | work—the former to torment the weeds on the ridges | whi e at t 1e same time, his Napoleon HI. won the 
around me too APEE rs sudden a Pall supply of and the latter the intervening spaces. I there sgn cor ee as no exhibitor 
lent M l i rth the gat thering it is ca refully handpicked, | fr 
ld wat lproducelaxit or flatulence. and the ridges again formed with the double mould 
A similar process is renew wed— at lea st in t the 
that ‘he root- emng se i oul ia high te Potat west coe ers as often 
rature. As my horses consume many ot aaa the roots | time Ota, be when Wand-hoed. T83 i a eE l nee lente 3 r 
oe will r y en 
are piled i in the s stable a few hours, and thus during the the ridge s are of course an ok: the Ja nd | upon el pees iota FE ado i = herd 
bullocks | i Il el ti se o i Ma pooner ce, undonbte 
ise farmer | in a bonul ifully he md ‘pvored condition—almost | and the nearest possible blood consistent with the laws 
1 Ib. of coal, | as fresh, bi fact, well-kept garden, and the | of consanguinity. This principle, faithfully — out, 
“Shih Saita Jess stn ha a farthing yore more | growth the ihe Ae is “proportionately vi ye orous. | has given n him a herd of great uniformity, re markable 
carbon than many times its value in food. Therefore Totea of thie how often, with us, is it the case that | quality, and beauty of appearance. Lo; rd oe 
sgt to pei animal heat and | the surface is allowed to get se > t, and become stale 
Pe on fat Sate a The e will come when all | unkind, while the struggling stems have to find their | rate pastures, because they will thrive better . ia E 
our bullockries will be heated yie warm water | way upwards as best they m 7 land than the Short- horns, sar will moke ‘ood beef 
steam ipes in cold See howj| The fallows usually ia Beas a fair am of ha wo y The Sho nae acknow- 
reari our groom is to. ii ean isiad warmly | picking, after each Bt a ie aad ban slate an ledges have better frames, snd often pe a 
in cold weather, and how nicely he regu- | the porn er thered “where hind-quarter; but the Herefords are better in 
lates the ventilation and temperature. Should ny m] anar Indeed, the large rin? id Couch and rubbish girth, as a gene thing, and in shoulder- 
paR the night Benen I often think so w o be seen fh many a corn on even well- | points. It is quite notieeable that the crops 
— n unsheltered eae ‘ating | managed farms tell a tale of piney Frecarret-oit having | are usnally much better filled in the latter than the 
the food bein: en gathering « or 'pieki ing for da; ys if not weeks before. | former breed, and their maliy is, to say the least, ag 
eani apee above the freezing point. Surely are almost oat Exel per He had at the time of our tink uy fen, 
the farmer who permits this can know ee SF rod ierit and burning is out of the ques estio! Pro- cluding calves, and abou t 50 males preceding 
y, or he would not waste his food in | fessor Voelcker’s clearly pp 
creating an artificial furnace with so so costly a combus- | of the Couch plant w would n t go down at all; and we a lity to America.—Our experience of last 
tive element arial 7 T. Mechi, Tiptree. et with none who would Gda burning other than | sammer has es that, for certain districts of 
very wasteful operation, to be ah i by ai hd o pees. Se ld be magh 0 PER table to raise 
economical Taes er. With regard to autumn | Herefords other bree s good anii 
be E om th oe hay E fall i ady been noticed that the | whether we consider reas y, form, or 
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ae is is specially posh of note that” ri irga. who has 
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stomach of the animal. The cut : roots f for tl 
allowing, has alrez PAdo Eend can 
Continued from p. lateness of the harvest, and the pressure of Wheat} be purchased o: erwick for 1201. as, if Short- 
In the improvements alrea ot ass of, by the} sowing, seemed to prevent na general adoption. Yet | hor rns, would cost five times that sum; and for all the. 
e Sai EA of waste land, and the very spirited rer there are undoubtedly seasons when some little might | prairie fgets of the West, for Texas and pea. 
on artificial manures, it must not be inferred that the | be done thus to facilitate the labours of spring. One | they would equal, and perhaps excel, their costly rivals, 
greatest of all PESA FAET FEY T forgotten. | gentleman, a most intelligent farmer, had tried it a| In looking carefilly ES ugh: Lord ak oe we | 
vernment money, as well as landlords’ and tenants’ | year or two ago, “but could not make it answer at all.” | think tha lar. sym 
capital, has been freely sunk in this direction. And |On inquiry it soppeng that he RO and worked iana Ebolos i n any aee her Tohan an mi a 
hough less draining i ied on i er | the ground i of in | we except Sam which is 
ais 
a h: the 
years, the reason is that draining is less urgently op: but PREE in no ‘no satisfactory d debres get the weeds | an equal in any country. time prior to eur 
Pri me as |into a free pickable condition. Pi not the case | visit, a stock-grower from Australia had purchased 
with us in Warwickshire, viz., from 1s. 10d. to 2s. 4d. bev e been very ip He had he left the plough at Horses of Lord B., to try upon the plains of that 
per chain, for digging, laying a ig and filling i in, home pero. PA the land over a wale of times with a | count vy 5 idan giving as his reason for the purchase that 
on stiffish clay soils. Fences s or Herein then to follow with the | the Dev 
heavier on the Strathmore iced | ties would be much Kioma par mif the rubbish at top? An affirmative | of foot as yA outrun all but their very fleetest — 
relished in the south. Stone bs lage here are, in| answer may safely be given, and the Bae Y of the | The Herefords, he Bh aban from t their woul a 
, on many farms; but eyen t baa visions are | Woolston “smasher,” with an 8-horse of Clay te n ine ‘ a 
y. 
uently required—while on. common | & Shuttlewerth’s on , will better them s or. ior, j 
paling Teor: (ie up by the ten: ot oes Pay | make autumn Sagai available in any corner of the | while they would not have the objectionable fet feetnes 
the whole both of divisions and subdivisions. sie com- cane isles. “In ari NARE where team work isan |of the Ero they would thrive better without c e 
parative absence of hedges, which give such a | important item, a erial gain would be bound to} than the latter. 3 
and genial aspect to a district, is is rather noticeable, aaa itself, A pair ot “horses 8, , tilling on an average} Importance ‘of a a Herd-Book.—Perhaps one reason 
although there are gc other part eckoned to stand the | why Herefords have given ylite to ET to so 
off in this respect. Some good Beech hedges are to be | farmer 1002. a year, Wia he ploughman. Various | considerable an extent is, p there had been no herd- 
seen, but this is jong i in coming to be an impenetrable | calculations have been made on this point; we subjoin nok hie hag the task was venkat! a Mr. 
fence. Hence the temporary fencing isno light item in | a Scotch one made nearly half a ety ago. It sr align, Salop. His first volume 
the course of a 19 years’ tenancy. One farmer told us | bears a truthful aspect, although the items are com- | ND hemo even the necessity for such a 
that his —_ which is 4 miles long, betwixt the two | parativ: vely high, _Alongside may compare the register was a ait appreciated aon after another 
extreme e required to be nearly all gone over lish 1 the I issued, in 1853, he gave it up in despair. 
the course “of five years, either by AAAA bi or removal of | a a pretty clono worked i in ta haulages, when not | It then pas sed into the hands of Mr. Powell, of Hinton 
the « usual paling divisions, Hence, too, a sawing bench, | engaged in the field Court, near Moreland but he died after bringing ont 
with circular sa $ re fo. 4 1860. £ s. d. | one number, Breeders now began to see the ro! of 
is a frequent adjunct on a far at all | 174 bolls of Oats ie 52 bush, Oats at de... 10 8 0 the post, ane they apr every purchaser y 
arse or oranges Where port nae is con- Pe ide pi nay “Ém 17, 6) 52 bog “ei 6s. 15 12 01 the of their county demanding of them the 
sold ose, it is worth about | toa. a Sain Aia i elas A eae animals. A dim conception of the 
23, res on 100 eee feet of single rail; and the | Peas and Bean straw ‘3 0 0|, Clover, atás. ..1512 0 Fact E hat ‘parity of blood on- both adto could only 
o 8 inches long, are worth 14d. each. me Zac, CloverandTares 6 0 0 ono |e ved by a printed register, entered their minds, and 
although more costly in the outset, is probably Ý, 
e econ nfeal in the lak the like length of Larch | Intorestand wear and Ss —— pa — 710 0 they have begun so give more patronage to 
posts 24d. each. For horses| tear. 710 0 
being 4s. taking. Lord Berwick and other leading ceeded ae 
and cattle we usually see two or three rails in the}. one horse. Eat One horse -- £49 2 0 | made most strenuous efforts to keep the thing ago! 
fence, as the case may be; and for sheep either four Ditto “42 10 10 een AE TT ny present it may, be expected that hiy me 
or five rails—the latter being suitable for lambs. ————|Apairofhorses ..£98 4 0 attendtheir efforts. The third volume has ha- e 5 
One thing which: strikes a stranger in visiting the A pair of horses £85 -1 issued by M. Pat ts under the auspices of the Here- 
the pants, is the forward state of| To the above stab be added shoeing and harness bsi ‘Agricultural Sociol; The Sg a flog recor- | 
ent. of | the lack of autumn | accounts, and the w bie Say es of the plou gmn aame í 
‘and. later |to another 507. in t tch case, or 1357. 1s, 8d.in| Mr PEN : 
d that all is RE i ou A5: in the other ias T487. 4 ot Corin’ tis cr sain 
RAE ent time a. 3 mmenced. his 
Rasle mena ot d to, pt prone mi hen | the oe in 0 mei a he hed 
ploughing to be are fa ho. cashed frill the | not atter of wonder that Si rea 
yards, or else from ‘the ne to the ridges, also | ™ is E TERS to be made out of them. pcr ent oa Se ass aaa rs zi 
the NE "s closing of ‘the ridges, we DENE Ti Bowie k ey o A 
repeat that there is good man agement somew whe ere, to (To be continued.) 
mi up to ra mark at all. p gooey 
work has much to do with ie tn the hours they THE HERE EFORD BREED. 
work—from 6 to6, with a couple of hours offat midday (Continued from page 562). ising acres, lies on f 
—the brisl risk pace at whi ch Paa pany ae and Lord Berwick’s Her d.—During the last summer we banks of t the Hudson, three miles Below t the of 
I of waives, hoon herd of | Lord Ber- Albany. Like all the land in that vie icinity, hi is 
afnema hait al, all tend t d | wick, at Cronkhill, near Shrewsb inly hilly; the soil of fair quality There are 
, Besides which, we saw many alda rid load te be of | 25 aeres of pan nat 80 meadow, 15 32 Oats, and 
condition that, for lack hy Fate ie: would not he interest to our r aie ers. His lordship comm wae: his the balance in roots, wi te ake In inoit 
tolerated by the average farmers. There is | herd in 1844, by the purchase of 14 or 15 heiters at Mr. | any direction within three miles of city, land is 
bably reason Jae “ti The opportunity for Salw way’ ’s sales 2t Ashley Mo oor, He reforda “oe re. The | worth, on an average, 207. per acre, the price decreasing 
cleansing the th Knigh as th is more and ore removed from markete 
ter than with. us. ’ Wide ridges of from |} Castle, previously mentioned in. this anales and | Mr. Gorni h difficalty fr from tt hing 
inches, and horse-hoeings repeated pin, by purehases made from Jeffries’, Hewer’s, and of his idl but as he has effectual 
-s een the leaves n across ee. ia rows, | other arip get points, gai reso ie kovo boii 
; 98. wee. far a ng, all}his herd. He has hree Royal Society’s first-prize | laid, on, an. aver, 4 fect deep, and 14 to 
- — ho the weeds from Sy heed if oa and has the aias of aagaw = Royal | 15 yards apart. “ee were shown adjoining hay Pret 
A not of eradicating them altogether. Jntstheisa From ' thorough-drained, the other not—both laid down wi to 
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