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fining the water so as to give it force and pres- 

 sure, to clear away all obstructions. 



" 'The parallel drains were neatty cut, and, 

 where stones were used, filled thirteen inches 

 deep, the siones regularly levelled, which were 

 all screened, and broken, to pass through a three- 

 inch ring; then covered with a thin sod, which 

 was well tramped clown. 



<! 1 When the tiles and stones were both used, 

 about twenty-five tons of well broken siones 

 were put over the tiles to the acre, and the drains 

 well sodded. 



" 'it was also found necessary to build a 

 large main drain for conveying the water from 

 about four hundred acres, through a large tract 

 of ground, which added considerably to the ex- 

 pense. 



" 'In May, 184-1, preparation for turnips was 

 commenced upon it, and all parties previously 

 acquainted with it were astonished at the change. 

 It had become deep, free, and open, one plough- 

 ing and harrowing being quite sufficient to pre- 

 pare it for drilling. Fifty barrels of lime to the 

 acre was applied, after the first stroke of the 

 harrow, and then well harrowed in with a heavy 

 iron harrow, mixing it minutely with the soil, 

 to the depth of five or six inches. It was then 

 drilled and sown with Swedish turnips on the 

 6th and 7ih of June — part being manured with 

 four cwt. of guano to the acre, and part with 

 two cwt. of guano and twelve bushels of crushed 

 bones: the result has been a superior crop — the 

 medal given by the Royal Agricultural Society 

 to local societies, for the best cultivated five 

 acres of turnips, having been awarded by the 

 Bangor Farming Society for this crop. I have 

 every reason to believe that all kinds of crops 

 usually grown in this neighborhood may in fu- 

 ture be grown on it. successfully ; that they may 

 be sown or planted at times, particularly after 

 heavy rains, which would have been impossible 

 before draining, and that in all cases, with the 

 same manure and labor, there will be fully one- 

 third of an increase in the crop.' 



"This gentleman proceeds with some obser- 

 vations, which are quite worth recording: 



" 'It may be proper to remark why it is that 

 I recommend drains to be made deeper and far- 

 ther apart than those which have been executed 

 at Ballyleidy; and why I prefer tiles, while a 

 large portion of the drains at Ballyleidy have 

 been made with stones. 



" ' In the first case, it is from the experience 

 obtained by a careful examination of the effects 

 produced by drains of different depths, that I 

 have become convinced of the superiority of 

 deep over shallow drains. With respect to 

 stones, it was a matter of necessity using them 

 here, as I have been long satisfied that tiles or 

 pipes are preferable. It was only the difficulty 

 of obtaining tiles in time at a reasonable price, 

 which prevented them being used in all cases. 



I may also observe, that I have in many in- 

 stances put stones over tiles, but now believe 

 that even in the sliffest clay this is unnecessary, 

 the drains which huve been made with tiles 

 alone being equally efficacious. The I lies, where 

 stones are not put over them, are less liable to 

 be injured or broken, and of course calculated 

 to be more 'permanent — an object which, in such 

 an important improvement, should never be lost 

 1 sight of.' " 



MANAGEMENT OF POULTRY. 



BY SARAH DAKIN. 



Hens. — 1st. Provide a warm, dry shelter for 

 winter. 



2d. Feed with oats, soaked for twelve hours 

 in warm water before feeding. 

 | 3d. Burn clam shells and pound them fine, 

 let them have as many as they can eat, and 

 ' you may have eggs from January to December. 

 | From thirty hens I have gathered this year 

 3,522 eggs by the 10th of September, and raised 

 200 chickens. 



I manage my chickens by feeding oats and 

 rye ground, two bushels of oats to one of rye. 

 Keep them in a warm shelter at night. 



N. B. — To prevent the pip or gapes change 

 the male every year, and your chickens will be 

 healthy. 



j Management of Turkeys. — 1st. Feed the same 

 ' as hens, and let ihem hatch their young ones 



any time after the 20th of May. 

 j 2d. Feed the young ones on oats and rye 



ground, wet with milk curd, and occasionally 



sprinkle a little powdered clam shell lime with 

 I the feed ; if cold and wet weather, sprinkle a 

 J little black pepper with their food. 



3d. Make warm and dry shelters for them to 

 j brood in nights, and keep them from the wet 



and dew until the sun shines warm. 



4th. Feed but little the first twenty-four hours 



after they are hatched; by this management I 



can raise nine out of ten. 



Be sure and change the torn turkey every 



year. _ 



Raising Goslings. — 1st. Have them hatch as 

 early as the first of May, if possible. Make 

 dry, warm places for their nests. 



2d. Feed the young goslings with corn meal, 

 wet the feed with milk. 



3d. Let them have access to water in plea- 

 sant weather. 



4th. Keep them at night in a warm, dry 

 shelter. 



By this management I can raise forty-nine 

 out of fifty. 



Ducks. — Feed ducks the same as goslings. In 

 this way I have raised fifty-two young ones 

 from two old ducks in one year. — Voughkeepsia 

 Telegraph. 



