OCTOBEP. 13, 1860. | 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
923 
In trying to stay the progress of Thorley’ s 
‘eel the ago! of the Gardeners’ ae | is 
sry much in the position of e elderly 
mdeavoured to keep back the waves of A "At 
h her ween oe 
We ave n 
it of evden 
ae ae ther 
ne 
pertatabie in saying that there is not a 
e who | each 
flan tic 
oots; while the wa 
one turn of a spigot into 
| well sheltered Aeee 
I have forgotten ~ iad id na oe oe 
operatio: A 
for m the Flemish farmers on the sandy s ils of Belgium: 
may be added to carry it by se tiaia. sake t 
y true that to’ nse pn ark ure to 
alt a vi Ps pie n stiff and retentive Fay Pee 
mus 
Sis 
r. H. consi dered ite. applica- 
han eit Peer bert < 
we 
tion more “effective there 
f not 
pro ent was su marci as wor thy 
erecting suc i 
of ‘ttetition in 
ides 
uld not a pl, hot 
abso 
ner, of ¢ 
on we pay - phe, s lated j Food | 
d us, tha 
r pe 5 De Voe 
r. 
Spooner an 
given their opinions, e waves of the “Atlantic” 
ave mt ewe ite unhindered by any “house 
) vom”? whatev 
Pine ei state 
ese cat | 
e proportion of | 
-dis infiue ence | 
3 as 
ed 
FPT 
s thou; ght 
the adot in two) | tabati that 
E bot Vos alone might be | attended wi 
quite po 
soils. 
the ca 
It 
upon drier and lighter 
Ay or 
» ist, the reverse should be 
at leib ever, cor 
the e less 
er om dies 
ee food the cattle get Mr. Horsfall 
Bet teeny ‘naa of block Pa holding three Biuhels 
$ each, which Jast i about two Bhi and are port- 
or 
a little titer width. would talon an _alley-wa: 
feeding, which runs along th 
which the heads of the animals stand, 
accommodates 
three such ahs, whidh are filled Tires ‘ities a nition for 
the 20 milch cows he keeps = winter, the 
steamed being composed at the time of 
followimg proportions, the quantity mention 
that prepared for pees et daily subnets oe 
de Malt-combs 
ee >», | Indian meal 
fl s inside widt s 14 inches; the) 
inside board i is 2 ricus vide sloping SA and the 
back of the 1 foot 11 in igh, also a 
slight slope, s so Sehat its inside witthe a s 15} incl Rape-cake 
he stall a timber runs 3 fee ches high Bran straw, 
ie food, at on 
aio maibe. 
e degree of m 
Esin 
from the manger bottom, say 4 feet 2 inches ERE it to hale inch lengths 
i wo 
ht fi This would leave 
int ick 
not only this, but if he 
n Š about 20 inches BAN the back 
oo 
of the ery impor rtant matter, a nd 
piece of scantling, 8 in determine—the food having a 
hung upon hinges | to the latter, s 
4 } 
io 
407, on a ton of Thorley’s F 
value 
a 
o th at when feed is ae er e effect, according as the water 
it in is ioeie t A “diminished, Cotton cake Mr. 
= or 81. worth of extra 
LTR 
in 
oilcake he wiil omy 
f Fhere: 
y Mr. Fete aL. pr it, 
1 
cannot push ‘it outwards so as to put Horsfall has _ also employ jed t goo od a dvanta age, and 
h. 
their heads e per 
The stall peetstidhe are about 5 feet wide from the 
extreme front; the ee e are fastened by a chai ain about | 
get, if it is properly mixed with other substances— 
indeed _the composition of the feed given in winter, 
the above 
the as derived. from its menr apan 
make. 
the neck, attached tb ring sliding up mistaken, would i? from by 
besides tanchi t oot back from the manger in the | the substitution in it of 3 o Tbs. ‘orn 
side of the stall. The steam is sib tted to this mass for 
“The floor of the stall is worthy of 
mg 
arg nd 
iece of Cocoa-ni m matti abo 
n hour, and there 
e bee 
On both of these grounds then we shall n ot ¢ 
agra feeders to buy iiown foods at their si 
ket prices, instead of mysterious pete 
ich has to cover excessive cost of apid 
es oe for profit, boaden tHe 
mN 
pense of materials and o 
Farm Memoranda. 
Pei i sash hak a 843.) 
Mr. HorsFa FARM NEAR OTL 
number of REAR kept per acre on the _ pas- 
the qualification of “ 
u 
y.—TI stated with. 
space 
is "yeally something quit 
3 feet $ square occup oe pper end, ing strav 
oe it, and secure! ay | med down. Back of this 
ere are arms pera A into a tank beneath, not 
1 feet deep, stented orn 
eg te of the state, 
s the t 
| be ineredid in a cold day al its warmth. Mr. Horsfal: 
price at different times. s in Di used 
great deal of Bean meal good ad aft hero butt at 
present it is too dear for the purge, and Wheat bran 
and other "substitutes are cheaper, as will be perceived 
56s., and Beans 34s. 5 uar 
1.75 dols., ry Beans 1.06 ols, 
e former was EA this sent at at 1.2 
s Beting | | 
‘floor, and | 
h Faai ARE 
ae A ushel, 
5 le per bush 
cooking pe 
y Fas with 
m other E This assistance only consists 
) md ‘hink i ina little cooked food for the tnileh cows, and i in | 
to the outer ass of these grates is 
E 
|h “hi lo sate 2d. (four te) pa 
with y little additional estan 
8 inches. 
Of the een tank 
there are extensions, | COW per 
end of the bu siting: i 
and receive a 
his "Gis is often 
with 
binge 
on cut enough of the ran k EA ak podia wo to 
g milkin ng, one man has the 
and th ng the 
aman to tot at any part of t t 
manure more conveniently t 
the 
side, the outlets enabling 
ke AA 7 removi 2 the 
othe 
kii be us uti Nis 
tening ai 
-dun 
up é n d d into an ordinar g heap, while the very ones 
g open to chill the an aot patti to which alone render it o fertiliser om 
of the liquid as of w he anim 
take as much 
rve for the housed stock, and if nie wanted for the 
tle, it is — ies pss same_and 
this way not only the whole growth of the field is | 
y pletely 3 econonind but the Grass itself is kept in 
ing or rica t e . In 
or Mr. 
twetter gro 
etting them out at nig 
| is is Subject to farther manurings, of 
work. 
tie is a 
s be drawn ic! mal eco! 
doy for the cattle. The which are Pei dirota ia 
way in ANS i Ae sii ra he same destination sn would other- 
and sometim priate ge aps heyarenat to beimm se hav office when 
diately applied, with Sages 
public road or the cleanin, ng ofthe ditches Bat it ist to the 
application of this substance ss lands, 
without that t Mr. „H. ey ri 
rather, I A Hay say, thei 
n, but performing a doub! 
Ay 
nie price at which the milk is sold from this esta- 
blish r cents, a quart; but there not bein 
what is 
mount of 
| enf®. 
eit "untagping, 
cir managem 
se Grasses, ‘ie Horsfall likes best the Pı 
of pipe. Miert e ae yar 
ds. | this 
on good. 
F 7 
g pro- | unsold i erha the a 
loads ae te an acre just 50 Ibs. per Barer There is an old well at the very ya nia 
ai T A £ as 
g 
re o St 
coarse mater: The time for A ge 
meadows i "the mesa 
suits; for ths pants, ia the wi 
manure is often mixed with the rest Be 
mode; it i bikes pu eS into barrels ne put over 
he dairy ro 
raw or ofte are Watarorovee which Supply i all that is used, át eoing 
ring the | the cre gb weathe churning 
weather g let down 
| tainin, A it sh 
The liquid | where è bainperntiie 
ity os 
e stands at about 
ped The os 
can much more easily regulated ; an 
his success in 
thus be 
maintainig it properly much of 
e epend. The 
d upon 
the pastures in to butter 
like the Grass "50 ra or “where it is coarse and wiry, ‘ 
za having oyed in 
Epir a is believed to 
helving around ths noo room, gt 
kind in r a h sheet lea 
j feet deep, — mor depth eing a found prteble 
mploy 
Pasa 
Mr. r. Horsfall’s simplest feeding stable was an inex- 
as sive e building, of which I had, the curiosity to take | 
va to bring on 
madi e mae ee Set to change Stel 
ure w eea If there w = E 
| Hawi manure, it may be carrie: £ to the 
which the water ‘on for irrigation is dist: d| 
more fraitfa Lof ' ae 
dee d. rent water, 
cold i in summer and hot i in winter, is "kept in eitastacnt 
another, and Mr. H. fin ids that 
4} 
ri h polite in the apartment, at fi 
ich it was put up quite as well p Apt ger’ and as 
m 52° 
56° with great equability, _ The upper | shelf ‘about the 
room 
as it i is diffused over the field d through tlie TEA 
cheapness, m moreover, is such as i 
which had been ce to operate most successfally in 
already a ae In whi at I hav ive just "said | 
ted t atmos epua constantly sweet and 
about the tank I om 
+ 
of brick, 7 feet 3 inches ‘igh, 
CY ; front of the 3 alan, |m 
e roof slope decor bout 6 feet 
posed of six pairs of doors, so that t this | 
e boards just so pure, without such an To eror ai for 
as to let the liquid rt ele h nig a “little e compart- | purposes o. s ont 
ent me which i ng into a and retain the | i A 
olid mass ie: Mr. Horsfall estimates 
sist prodvictign of manure gon cattle, if it is w 
SRNR as worth at least 5/. per neg 
in Voelcker had ay jast pal 
ret 
of the ext 
_ be necess: 
uncommon k or h me y of adop- Agri apin | 
of maintaining a more even peee by | manure as I bios read it lit after irand 
eping out ria of heat and cold—the s the Cirencester schoo l, ap 
e roof timbers being filled in with straw. ti arr eea 
by light strips nailed across in some jer ea But Mr. orafa ant A catena to | nectio! 
similarly cheap and easy In speaking of impede rather Paves n increase the use s liquid manure, 
vink it is Mr. Mechi who recommends pasumi "Dr. V. classes “soils containing a fair ropor- 
them; because, as he states, the rains of | tion of clay especis ally stiff clay so aie among those not | 
> and the sun’s heat is then benefited by its application, thus running exactly in for fee 
d, while the snow frosts of winter will at Bei ofthe 1 A 
nd then what heat the sun gives will aye rar gad the dilution of cen’ te 90 of stare e 
ate Ene um tM tsfall never does—drawing | to fat by taking “ say proportion as ars 
Eie attached to this building contains feed and a | his argument too naivi as the latter thought, ' &c., to 50 of fat. 
