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Some of the Agriailtural Lessons of 18G8. 
;ind Jib. EuLscn cake, if tlic latter is to be had; if not, tbcy shall have a 
little move cotton-cake, and a smaller allowance of linsccd-cake instead of 
the Kubscn, ■which is in such demand that it can scarcely be had even at 8?. 
per ton." 
Mr. Bowlj, of Siddington, near Cirencester, who lias tbis 
winter a larger stock upon his farm than ever it has carried 
before — as he intends having a sale of short-horns in April — 
reports as follows : — 
"Onr mangolds were as good as usual; swedes almost total fiiilure, from 
grub ; turnips very inferior ; the best are those planted the latest after the 
land was sufficiently saturated ; those that were planted during the partial 
rains in J ul}', did not come up till after harvest, and are not good, from the 
seed remaining so long in the ground. — I cut all my fodder into chaff, mixing 
half barley-straw with the hay ; and animals in a store state do well on this, 
with the addition of from one to two bushels of brewers' grains weekly. The 
straw is very good this season, and the stock are doing well on this food. 
To younger animals (under a year old) I add oilcake, or meal composed 
of barley, oats, peas, and Indian corn. I like a mixture of this kind, and 
give, say a quarter of a peck of meal, and 1 to 2 lbs. of cake to each animal 
daily. My animals over a year old, and not milking, do well on straw chaff 
alone with the grains. This season will lead to cabbages being grown more 
extensivelj'. I had only about two acres of the small cabbages, and it was an 
immense help. If I had planted ten acres I should have been independent of 
the season ; the produce is wonderful." 
Mr. Clarke, of Long Sutton, gives the following report of this 
winter's plans on his farm : — 
" We shall first consume our young green crop. My sheep are now eating the 
late sown white mustard and rye crops. The few mangolds wc have are akeady 
(Oct. 21) secured for the ewes at spring. Turnips will remain as long as 
possible untouched ; in the meantime we shall resort to several expedients 
to tide through the winter. We have abundance of good wheat straw, a 
moderate supply of good oat, pea, and bean straw, a large stack of well-got 
clover, and a little hay. The lambs (about 200) will be located in a well 
sheltered grass field. We purpose supplying them in troughs, with chaff ad 
libitum cut from wheat straw and pea straw, with a little bean straw for them to 
l)ull at through a double row of sheep trays. Their artificial ration will consist 
of one-third of a pint of Indian corn meal for a time, to be increased to half- 
a-pint, and as judgment dictates as being required, \ \h. of linseed -cake 
in addition daily. As change of food is often desirable, oats, barley, malt 
combs, and bran will be used. Wo have happily a large croji of potatoes, very 
many being diseased. We shall try to induce the lambs to eat these potatoes, 
cither cooked or uncooked. The older sheep and ewes will remain in their 
grass pastures, and be supplied with chaff as above in moderation, and meal 
or cake ; and the ewes will have, in addition, the mangold before and during 
the lambing season. In wintering the cattle we shall depend much upon the 
straw of Avheat, peas, and beans given to them in the hovels or fold yards, 
together with moderate rations of linseed cake daily, varying from four 
to eight pounds each. The milch cows will have in addition a few cabbages 
daily amongst them, as we have fortunately secured an acre or two. Should our 
l)otatoes prove much diseased, they will be apxiropriated to cattle feed. The 
cart horses and nags will appropriate the clover, which is being cut up with a 
few oats in the straw, aided by a little steeped Indian corn, daily. Our pigs 
we purpose fatting upon diseased potatoes cooked, and Indian com meal, or 
