Decemper 1, 1860.] 
ntion two cases where there has lately been consider- , 
e incurred by cutting a new drain and | 
b to 
ney,by Mr. Brav: 
o mans, where some 
water E hbe adda a mill hive been sacrificed for the 
benefit of drainage and tillage, and being on a very 
natn gravelly gasoil it may be judicious to hav 
done 
aid, pecuniary or per 
n | 
e 
Nasarni EE the ey have an inher 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
and then improve his learning. gi DS reader and 
the room may be difficult to find; yet, where there is a 
Brae an dite alligent aai vill g 
p- | va oe than 
e 
1067 
on on thi subjech aea oi 
tion on this subj “ Berkshire,” he says, 
native breed of sl stro aay priv though tees 
formerly, still ac Knowledged t © posses S$ 
ualities whic ch’ adapt the em to their situation + 
, though the 
istitution. Scientific 
tre eate d as 4s. “Autoren the rook 
ent love for. 
can be 
writer’s par: sparse a 
hamlet, aR 'olildren’s ore for a “ee cater- 
pillars has infected » smock-fro væ and 
J Ee ae 
In the | } 
nd poor, without a village or | legs, 
by 
characteristic features of the ee hire Notts * 
are ae ey Gaai ae The name continues to 
be given to pots us Lapa 
8 
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Æ 
= 
> 
Fg 
‘a b 
, and long tails. a ofer to an en 
pure bred Nott wether farhisked by pA 
adds that _.gentleman’s observations : :— 
graving of & 
ba he 
e pecu eculiar 
he manent 
A 
hrysa rhs re bron 
st cl iosity is 
ae 
With reference to the geology of the district to 1 
drained, I cannot ae | "ome at what a require 
respecti ng it; and a more rapid accumulation 
f un mderăraining,” I rather 
drainin 
Wher e 
tine me, the iatea and at iOdtits are kept in better | 
order than ee and carry off es pee ‘quicker, | 
"the dra 
The 
country folk, The Ped aah know the = kare ek 
ght on the legs, and weight when yki and Í 
nnot help thinking that this ypsi of heb is well 
calculated for the stro rong lowlan s of this county, 
th T} 
not their names, better than many a gentleman 
on the plane- 
AAs 
tary orbits, with a chalk- a diagram on her round | 
but i in consequen 
31 4} q 
cri longer in paesing ft To make 
take the case of two different g poke. | 
gical Gnhetions, nearly adjoining each other, in the 
neighbourhood of Ranger Head, the great and inferior | 
FH 
a a Sy ord clay. 
in mer borage and it is scarcely ever 
“ty ona ‘sudden Ra na snow, 0 
; fro is the 
nature aS: great depth, "of die voliti 06k the 
it, and issues, at 
porous n 
rain passes through 
the different 
unders' 
between the feet “and rey yon led to part 
haat ag hip age attention. re 
n the which w 
ea 
Av ery considerable farmer in my par 
Ping ont hy made the experiment this fea 
he tells me they 
Elm t able, ph the sp ar Tike ‘nearly fallen from | they are O calculated for high dry lands, and will 
onder. “ei d she has em ed. oa it was | not thrive well when co uch wi the- 
doubt the sun’s corr a time- | hurdles, as they mus in our flat situations. I am 
core once she had for years CEA suspected a as | inclined to think they must ag ve place to larger- 
| sbe daily w: vah ched ł inds, at least in the Vale”? Again, quoting the agree- 
noon, and turned to ask her favourite clock if he was | ment of 9 ps go s Hi ipta Gon d mS breed ge im- 
right., proved i ded a A 
storm, the interval | meeting of the Berkshire Agricultura ‘Society ele: 
| breeds for stocks was gen 
* Breed ide: the best tivan” 
ally TD T o 
Mr. , Fros t,- 
(H.M. George HI. ’s bailiff), os ari attin The 
n Nat a 
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ne. 
rn 
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g 
9 
They listened ‘eagerly to ‘what | 
“L 
fy ar 
out: aërolites; and, if Ae: am di Jy maa r- 
e the 
without comment. Cross ine, 
common in this county, 
there i ‘is a more regular flow of water for a leng 
l off the d 
ood. The Oxford clay district, being a very the diffe 
fea clay soil and subsoil, and a considerable 
A ft ine da | 
penin 
rence which gener: ialy bars access to A In|t 
ge a more formal lectu re was „give Haine of the 
, hiding 
another villa 
br eeds of sheep 
th 
off the surface nearly as fast as 
wheat, vy rains immediately causes'a flood; 
ona under- ope will tend to ee ei the 
Hide ew less oe ey 
a4 Spe 
ore like Aar 
e Catchment ie 
f the Tham piri soils, fro 
course the name. The intere t, and An 
rent. 
day three of the rustic tudienc began to id their | M: 
i “ 
ested, a comp: 
iyo f the 
re, Gistinguiching, "their cost when bought i tg 
eines choir mA band, might often A organi mised. 
In several al places in the same nughposr ood, tho old 
the “aly s pei ear of ro ane and their 
provemen mt d ther me te 
ts 
4o 
d dividin the 
hich the ater HOi s through springs, 
layey Ones, from wh ich it flows ony tibia the 
urface, to the quai ao A of ae 
Apa ee Pi e size of the T, weir 
jis PD R A and fife, had been extinguished, b 
revived i in better form. The sin ging no 
, | the e ar; and i in one poor “ae among the downs the 
called 
h 7 Fd 
_ upon to sing before the 
J 
w p i sari 
store or fatte a 
mem e 
a ed 
s his is 
banks, who “hae ete its foods. and 
Sok rate e 
i F 
ing o 
aA HGR anita ral flood-gates, weirs, and 
en fo er my y p 
her: 
ightening- 1 ers, espe i wh 
they have pa oe _ a la nd ng floods in tr 
remain ou 
equal to 
as it is not on 
Sheng fall in that _ distance, thereby accelerating the 
those | t 
othing would 
ee the ad ass eg the 
I ma ay n e been sufficiently explicit for 
who are tented with the subject of watering 
meadows, familiar with it will 
I think i. te to understand my meaning, as in this 
paper, being br of any bay or Be! ite 
subject, 
to the I wish rat! 
views, iad cause the su jest hs be sce ores 
than to lay down the details of a plan that m 
be at once acted on. 
VILLAGE oe sone TUTIONS. 
fore is pot t adult. 
squire Ba evil cant 
to run, 
nly the shorter distance, but. pene is a 
“Some time e ago, in the sequestered parish before in- 
stanced, the e ras school este assembling, and a par 
pass mong them he musician 
asked whether | | 
, and mest ot hree, sev awkward 
re regular] rival pints thro 
muddy lanes with flute eo potion 
l 
7 
Garden Society, a most useful i 
well the gap which the closing of the aight 
eet leaves. The villag l cricket soa nd other 
us do all w 
rese 
; by social ini 
sympathy show him that his, “betters” Se Te | hum mbly 
va 
n d in the Val 
y | kept in part or wholly in 21, Wiltshire S ’ Cotswol 
a. 
ive 
then po a e gather 
that 30 ites me sitisho Notts we 
Southdown 3, Leicester 3; of these crosses ae te 
otts and Wilts 1, Notts Aan Notts and 
In the chalk district it 
S EA. Notts 9, Wiltshire 1 19, Cots: 
ee them, ie an interest in him, 
as the bea toiling mono- 
ing an the comin 
nd his only recreation 
‘the Prom tie of his lower appetites. at 
nster Conference : Journal of the Society of Arts. 
THE a E a OF BERKSHIRE, 
a| Notts an uthdown Southdown 5, 
Wilts and Cotswold 1, ‘Gotewo Id pa) Southdown 1, 
Tesei and Southdown 2, noted good 
This t is given, with the epitome öf the 
er „ as a record il to interest 
the cross-breeder of sheep. ct that 
we learn is that cross-breeding was then a subject 
much di d ‘ar pe may have fixed the 
character of the Hampshire o ey e are 
not re. oa to judge. Mavo mentions the black 
nose, blackor mottled legs, as marking- 
the sheep tl called Notts, Ar of the long 
er This is much the ty pshire Down, 
whic ley us have sprun a cross with the- 
o| Notts we merely offer Gas big ane in 
hae e direct cross-breeding of shee} as practi 
hic! 
Oxfe one of t 
nomy of agriculture ei 
not easily solved, in oe of the iong exp p experience of 
success by night "Tho iia bas benefits are not| THE REV. J. C. ititi: OF LONG WITTENHAM. fe so many ‘practical « ‘and scientific men a very 
limited to the learning gained by the adult. Let us (Continued from p. 1048. an ce of op ical 
inquire not merely what he has gained, but from what} Tue Vare.—It is difficult to define and follow | ention. Tom e the- 
has he been ae His oly life i own—his| out “the divisions of the middle oolite into the | 4" tice of ory county, ‘whi h is 
labour done, what h: e, poor fi apy to ess n to? The former is valuable ateti a chet a tee n the Down ewe and the 
d more nails | as ph sh ing lime; the il rgi ives a light and sa Cotswold ram :—all agree that the first cross 
winter, if he is happily cok end ani 
donatia, his co Banes. shelter him til eH her to 
| the year, a carter’s 
rni 
er aih ae little covered with drift. Natur 
-orst > 
commor ean mao i ply of m: 
allow a candle, or to dry his A Once clothe 
What phen he het takes him to the aleho use—the 
fruitful so e of misery and sin; and when he cannot 
theg pict and the breeding, rearing, and 
che et feature of the farming ight 6 
best—the question i how is thé j AN ement in fleece 
and carcase to be maintained in its greatest perfection ? 
question 
dra eir higher levels, throughout their limi 
pe E gas ea Sate This is 
Hie has no interests, no resources, b Was and Spall : tricts. The names of many o “ad 
vc and co cle Kg the night hea t g onlo ultivators are known as successful Phas and occa- | * the = 
these accustomed evil propensities the h fl pigs, l are- 
ing A, B Cof a berte ng ov ae ht annist d Berk oe wed it s Rona Gees aces be ekanini 
und thing in addition more attrac- | shir abe ge its geographi Mell mason climate, | How A cg B peng NEGO 
rig “ail he he ea ere ecient iS ee eet Library | a and ° geological condition, it is marked a distri ctin asked the question! One who -has for 
enongh. _ They complain th have all the | successfully carried on; we shall therefore with some | Sites is pep ere kerine i on 
books. For both readers and non-readers let there be a pagta offer a few remark on this very interesting | Valu tradistinction to the horned 
ing-room. The one may read, both may be read | a eng ject. ust, first recur to the) © Noth oF polon is a polled cow. N.B. ena Loka on, 
to. The matter read may include the easiest popular tater ts of Mavor as to er and crosses of | Sose breeding sheep were written previous to the publication 
literature of the day, simple and atteastive senak] sheep in in the county when his report was eitten s. he | of the article on o- subject by Mr. Spoonerin Part 2, Vol, xx., 
newspapers, and amusing books. Tempt him to learn, idently fully ali the value of any informa- Agric, Soc. Journ. 
