1094 
the field. 
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The ^“^^^JStcarenndBkUl. Being what 
TctSe bathing plant, it is able to contend 
may ^ *®nned « c * d dugt with J whicll tho otmoaphere in 
thrCitv is charged ; anil here may be seen every variety of 
Colour and size of which the flower seems capable, from pure 
i * ^ the deepest red, and from the bum of « button to 
St of a common cauliflower. And although ^the gardens 
are the privileged resort of the benchers of the Temple yet 
thev are liberally opened to the respectable residents of the 
neighbourhoood who obtain a standing order, and in the 
summer evenings to the public at large. It is a most re- 
freshing sight there to watch thc gambols of the multitude 
of children, who escape from the crowded courts and alleys 
to roll about on the eoft green turf, which, however, they 
too soon destroy, to bo again renewed by the Bhowere of 
spring. Great credit is due to the •• Templars for then 
liberality, and to the worthy gardener who has the care ol 
this oasis of the City. 
. agriculture. 
Foremher 22, 23.-Ann.iol Meeting or the Gloucester Agricultural 
AVe^‘“t-WilU Agricultural Society'. Cattle and Poultry Show, at 
Devises. 
December i 1.— Rot ley Root Show. 
December 14. — Homaoy Society's Christmas Show. 
Farm Operations for November.— Wheat sowing should 
now be proceeded with vigorously, so as to be concluded 
within the month ; ns the season advances, the quantity ol 
seed should be increased. Winter vetches may yet be sown 
provided the soil be not wet; they are best sown at this 
period in beds six to eight feet wide. A little manure will 
greatly increase the crop. Rye and hero may be sown 
any time during the month, either for a soiling crop or to 
stand for seed ; sixteen, or eighteen, or twenty stone, jvvill 
sow the Irish aero according ns the soil is more or less rich.— 
Stall Fettling : Cattle intended for fattening should be housed 
forthwith, ‘men first put in, feed sparingly on the white or 
inferior class of turnips, with a liberal supply of hay, lest they 
get hoven or too laxative in the bowels. After they are 
accustomed to the house and food, the turnips may be 
increased in quantity ; but if symptoms of purgation Bhould 
appear, tho quantity of turnips must be curtailed, l’eed three 
times a day — eight in the morning, twelve at noon, and five in 
tho afternoon. Hay should be given the first in the morning, 
before the turnips, and a little after each meal, when they 
should be left at rest and undisturbed until the hour for the 
next meal arrives; by the ^addition of 8lbs. to 61bs. of oil 
cake daily the quantity of turnips may be curtailed, and the 
fattening process pushed on more rapidly. Sheep may also 
be fed in the house on roots, hay and corn, or linseed-cake. — 
Pigs ; Both fatting and store-pigs should now have abundance 
of cooked food ; the futting ones should have a liberal 
allowance of grain with their roots, but the stores may be 
less liberally supplied with grain, though they must have a full 
allowance of cooked roots, offal with a little meal, bran, 
or pollard. — Grass lands should now be topped-dressed, 
whether designed for pasture or hay, with the rich compost, 
farm-yard manure, or vitriolised bones. Plough all stubbles 
with a deep furrow, intended for next season's green cropping ; 
if the land be foul, it should be thoroughly grubbed and 
cleaned before ploughing. — Galway Vindicator. 
Wilts Agricultural Society, Devizes.— The presidency 
of this institution has been rendered vacant by the resignation 
of Mr. Long, Ml’, who has retired in consequence ot indis- 
position. A meeting of the members of the committee of 
the society has been already held upon tho subject, and a 
requisition got up, calling upon Mr. Southeron, M.P, to allow 
himself to be named as Mr. Long's successor. The hon. 
gentleman’s reply, we believe, is to tho effect that if the 
farmers of the county will more generally come forward and 
give their support to the association, he will be happy to 
co-operate with them. He will attend the general meeting 
of the members, to be held at the Bear Hotel, ou Tuesday 
the 28th iust., and address the company upon the subject of 
the requisition with which he has been honoured. We trust, 
therefore, that ns many of the subscribers as possibly can 
will attend upon that occasion, and show by their presence 
that the society is still deserving of, and that it shall continue 
to receive, their future support. 
Farmers in the South of England are purchasing 
sheep in the north of Scotland to fat them for the London 
market. Four-yr-old sheep are purchased for about 17s. 6d. 
a head. The conveyance of them to the south costs about 
3 h. a head more. These aheep have been fed on the moors, 
and have never tasted a turnip. They are found rather 
wild at first— almost too wild for the fences. 
TnE Fm n'ch Decree on distillation from Corn.— W e 
read in the Pays : — “ The present situation is as follows : — 
Tho price of spirits still keeps up at between 172fr. and 
170fr. tho hectolitre ; but in order to obtain an hectolitre of 
alcohol, the distiller employs about 350 kilogrammes of rye 
or barley at 20fr. the 100 kilog., giving an expense of 70fr. 
The cost of manufacture does not exceed on au average 20fi\ 
the hectolitre ; the result is, that a hectolitre of alcohol costs 
90fr. Between that price and tho quotation of from 172fr. 
to 176fr., which holds up even with the competition of 
foreign spirits, subject to a duty of only 16fr., there was, 
it will bo seen, a vast latitude left to speculators for profit. 
They thus had a profit much more than sufficient for 
their movement to oontiuuc without any diminution worth 
speaking of. The decree will cause a great quantity of 
corn and farinaceous substances, hitherto used for dis- 
tillation, to be again given to consumption. That result, 
joined to the abundance of provisions, will contri- 
bute much, it is to be hoped, to speedily reduce prices in the 
market to their normal state." Galignani says on the same 
subject : ‘‘ The Pays anticipates the best results from this 
measure. It is to bo hoped that the expectation will he re- 
alised. A decree which, however temporary, must be 
ruinous to a considerable number of persona who have em- 
barked their capital In distilleries, and throw out of employ 
a very large number of workmen, can only have been re- 
solved upon from a strong conviction that it is for the 
necessary welfare of tho mosses. The same measure has 
been occasionally adopted in some other countries, and we 
believe with advantage. The Minister of Agriculture, in the 
report on which this decree is founded, states, as one of the 
motives of it, that alcohol is now made or cau he made from 
substances which do not form part of the food of the people. 
The Minister does not mention any of these substances, but 
probably one of them is the asphodel or daffodil, which the 
Moniteur has stated to be distilled for alcohol in Algeria, 
and which, according to tho account in that journal gives a 
spirit of a very fine quality. This may be a remunerative 
process in Algeria, where the plant grows in abun- 
dance in a wild state, or where there are 
large tracts of laud on which it could be cheaply culti- 
vated; but it does not follow that there would be the 
same result iu Europe, where this plant would occupy laud 
which is now cultivated for food or other remunerative pro- 
ducts. We do not imagine that the Minister can allude to 
the distillation of wood for spirit, for it is a new industry, 
and as yet there are no rpaults which warrant a conclusion 
that a pure and cheap spirit can be obtained from this pro- 
cess. Three patents for the distillation of alcohol from 
wood have been taken out in France within the last twelve 
months, but neither of them lias gone farther in the way of 
execution than mere scientific experiments.” 
POULTRY. 
To the Editor of The Field. 
Sir, — I am obliged, as I am sure many other of your readers who 
are amateur poultry keepers are, by your devoting a portion of your 
valuable paper to matters relating to poultry, and poultry keeping. 
In reply to the first part of the letter of “Amateur, "in last week's paper, 
1 bog to say that, in my opinion, what are called Spanish and Minorca 
fowls are of one common stock, no matter how white the faces of the 
former, or how rubicund those of the latter. By selecting white-faced 
cocks and hens, and breeding from them, and from the purest white- 
faced of their progeny, in process of time, and with constant ^are, 
what arc called white-faced Spanish arc produced. That this is the 
case, this instance of “ Amateur" goes to prove. I have now several 
chickens white-faced fowls, the produce of tho stocks of Captain 
Hornby and Mr. Potts, which, so far as present appearances go, will 
some be whiter and others much redder than their progenitors. The 
white-faced, I am inclined to think, an arbitrary feature, without any 
value whatever. Sure I am that birds with red around and above the 
eye may be as large, as good in feather, and equal, as layers, to any 
with a pure white face ; and, perhaps, in all these respects — because in 
general health — better. 
As to the change in the appearance of the Cochin cock, it occurs to 
me that is attributable to the presence of foul blood. It is not always 
that a cross can be observed, in a bird which at other periods will not 
conceal its degenerate origin. I know a case in which n black hen 
molted white, and also one in which another had molted speckled. — I 
am, Ac., W. H. 
Nov. 8, 1854. 
THICK-NECKED TURKEYS. 
As we crossed a flat on the top of a mountain we heard a horrible 
noise from a large gang of turkeys, a sure sign of bad weather. C'onwell 
sprang from his horse, and wo ran towards the sound. When near 
enough I cheered on the dog, and in an instant the whole forest was 
alive with turkeys. A great big fellow flapped into a troc about sixty 
yards in front ol me, and foil to the ground with n ball from my rifle. 
While loading, I observed Conwell going about with his rifle at hb 
cheek, watching all the long necks ; then he stopped, took aim, and 
fired. Hut the turkey only reeled on the bough, and recovered himself. 
As soon as I was loaded I knocked over a second, and by this time the 
greater part of the gang had made off; but the one Conwell had hit 
sat still, badly wounded, with the blood dropping fast. Conwell had 
now loaded again, and shot him through the head. On my asking why 
lie had not selected another, os he was sure of this one, he answered, 
that this was the fattest and heaviest of the whole gang ; and ho was 
l ight Mine were both large birds, but bis weighed more by throe 
pounds. Ho laughed and said ho had not looked out for thc best in 
vain, and told me, “when thc turkeys arc all sitting on the tree, 
frightened at thc dogs, there is no occasion to be in a hurry to shoot the 
first that comes ; a good sportsman should choose the best, which b 
easily done . a short thick neck is thc infallible sign. Tho leaner the 
turkey, tho longer and thinner his neck. The bird seems larger, but 
take care to shoot the thick necks, and I'll wager that they ain't so bad 
to cat." Long experience lias since taught nie that he was right, but 
it required some time before he was cool enough to look at the turkeys 
on their perch, and make a choice amongst them. Qerstaeckers II ltd 
Sports in the Far West. 
95it0 uni Ipta. 
Whitewashing. — Loudon is a dark place ; its narrow 
streets, high houses, and smoke-pall make its various apart- 
ments gloomy and cheerless. We obviate this somewhat by 
the expensive reflectors of Ghappuis and others ; but muoh 
more might be done, and by very cheap means. White- 
washed boards, placed at an angle of 45 deg. in the areas of 
cellars, and against the windows of many dark apartments, 
will strangely illuminate them, and make places clear as day- 
light which were otherwise quite dark. Much also might be 
done by the very simple and cleanly process of whitewashing 
the backs of all houses. These very often in tho city form 
irregular quadrangles, which, if whitewashed all round once a 
year, would add much to the cheerfulness and lightsomeness 
of places that are now gloomy and miserable enough ; at the 
cost of a few shillings the daylight might be extended an hour 
in every twenty-four. — Thc Builder. 
Hood's Answers to Correspondents. — “Answers to news- 
paper correspondents" make a leading feature in many of the 
largely circulating periodicals of the day. The industrious 
writers must often be at a loss both to imagine questions 
and replies. Perhaps they may gain something by learning 
how Tom Hood used to answer his correspondents. Here is 
a specimen: — “‘The Echoes', we fear, will not answer.” 
“ ‘Alien’ is foreign to his subject.” “ W., ‘ Tears of Sensibility, ' 
had better be dropped.” “‘B.’ is surely humming.” “Tho 
' Night Thoughts' are not admired, because the author was 
Young,” “ ‘ T.’ says that his tale is out of his own head : is 
he a tadpole?" “ ‘ Y. Y.,’ a word to the Y.'s is sufficient.” 
“ The essay on the funeral ceremonies of different nations 
should be printed in thc dead languages. W e decline it on 
the part of the English.” “ Mr. R. complains that we are ‘back- 
ward in forwarding his paper.’ Does be mean by the clauso 
to take us for crabs ?" “ The sonnet to Miss Tree is forwarded 
by the twopenny post.” “ ‘ The Captive' is ready to he 
restored.” “ The essay on agricultural distress would only 
increase it.” 
To be Left till Called For. — A bout some three years 
ago a labouring man in this town was consuming two half- 
ounces of tobacco daily, and sometimes more, paying l|d. 
for the half ounce. On going into the shop of Mr. T. F., 
draper and grocer, as was his usual practice and learning 
that the price of tobacco had been raised to 2d, the half-ounce 
he laid down his pipe and tobacco-box on the counter, re- 
questing Mr. P. would take charge of them until he called 
for them. From that day forward he deposited a fourpenny 
piece (being the sum that it usually cost him for tobacco) 
daily in a box, and, on opening it last Saturday, he had the 
gratification of beholding upwards of £20, accumulated in 
fourpenny pieces. He then very judiciously counted out £20 
worth and placed them in the savings' bank, leaving the re- 
mainder as nest eggs to invite further deposits. — Carmarthen 
Journal. 
A Sapper's attempt at Turkish. — T he following is sent 
by tho correspondent of the Post as a specimen of the con- 
versation which he heard between a linguist sapper and a 
Turkish driver: — “ Arabajee, caval soo, yok ; haidee Balak- 
lava Adjutant Ivett ; chabook Johnny no forget haidee, cha- 
book ; buono, yes, understandy.” 
Sttilrnttefinentsi. 
HENRY PEAT, 
HUNTING SADDLER, 
14, OLD BOND-STREET, 
LONDON. 
I OANS. — Persons desirous of obtaining 
.J ADVANCES from £60 to £250, upon ap- 
proved personal security, repayable by easy instal- 
ments, extending over u lengthened period, are 
invited to examine the principles of the BRITISH 
MUTUAL SUBSCRIPTION LOAN ASSU- 
RANCE CLASSES. Prospectuses, Reports, and 
every information, may be obtained on application 
at the British Mutual Life Office, 17, New Bridge- 
street, Blackfriars. Rules Gd. each copy, or Is. per 
post. CHARLES JAMES THICK E, 
Resident Secretary. 
SALMON FISHINGS IN TIIE TWEED 
HPO BE LET, on LEASE, for such a! 
1_ term of years as may be agreed on, with 
entry at 26th May next, tho FISHINGS and! 
FERRY of EDENMOU I'll, The Fishings being | 
about a mile below the Town of Kelso, extend to 
nearly three miles in length on the north side of 
the River, comprehend the whole Tweed Salmon 
Fishing within the Barony ot l-.dmun, and embrace 
some of the best Angling Casts in that River 
Also, TO LET, with entry now or at Whit- 
sunday next, the Desirable VILLA of SHAH- 
PI TLA W HOUSE, situated within the Policy 
Grounds of Ilendersydo Park, and containing 
Dining-room, Drawing room, Five Bed-rooms, 
Kitchen, Servants' Apartments, and Conveniences. 
The House is within u mile of Kelso, and is in 
the immediate vicinity of Kdenmouth Fishings, 
and will be let either separately from, or iu con- 
nection with these, as may be desired. 
Apply to SMITHS and ROBSON, Solicitors, 
Kelso. 
1 THE BIRMINGHAM CATTLE AND 
POULTRY SHOW, 1864. 
nnHE SIXTH GREAT ANNUAL EX- 
I II MOTION of STOCK and DOMESTIC 
POULTRY will be held in BINGLEY HALL, on 
TUESDAY', WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and 
FRIDAY, the 12th, 13tli, 14th, and 15th of 
DECEMBER next. 
The PRIVATE VIEW and ANNUAL DIN- 
j NER on TUESDAY, December 12th. 
GUNS. RIFLES. AND REVOLVERS. 
J LANG lias an extensive assortment 
o of Second-hand GUNS, by all the first 
London Makers, at half their original cost, which 
he has taken in exchange, in addition to his own 
superior GUNS and RIFLES, ns turned out by (lie 
Inte Joseph Mnnton, for the superior finish of which 
J. Lang obtained a urine-medal at the Great Exhi- 
bition. Rifles on the most approved plan for the 
Conical Ball, for Deer-shooting or long distances. 
Revolving Pistols on J. Lung's own plan, as also 
Dean and Adams', Colt's, &c. ; but a trial is re- 
commended before risking money or life. 
22. Cockspur-street, London. 
SEWAGE CHARCOAL MANURE. 
r T'HlS highly fertilising MANURE, | 
R which is Peat Charcoal, completely saturated ] 
with London Sewage, will be found most efficient 
| for every species of cron, more especially for Pena. 
| Beaus, Turnips, Mangold Wurzel, and other root 
crons It will produce a greater return for the 
outlay than Guano or any other manure nt an 
equivalent value : it also possesses the property of 
retaining its fertilising power longer tlinu oilier 
Manures now in urn-. It maybe obtained at thc 
s ,l-" AG1'. MANURE WORKS. M mlcy-bridge, 
Fulham, at 14 per ton, and, in quantities less tliuu 
half a ton, at .•>«, per cwt., for ready money only ; 
und in quantities not less than a ton will be deli- 
vered nt the London Termini of the Railroads free 
of charge lor carriage. It may also be had from 
Messrs. G. GIBBS and Co., No. 20, Down-street, 
Piccadilly. Agricultural Seedsmen, Agents for 
London; and lrom all the other Agent* of the 
] Company. 
1 LLSOPP’S PALE ALE in BOTTLE, 
J_\. ns supplied to the CRYSTAL PALACE; 
also in Casks of 18 Gallons, recommended by Baron 
LIEBIG. 
Address, HARRINGTON PARKER and Co., 
6J, Pall-mall, London. 
TO NEWSPAPER PROPRIETORS. 
nnHOMAS GURNEY, Juu., Stoke 
Mandeville, Aylesbury, begs to subjoin his 
Charge fur Corresponding with Proprietors of 
Newspapers;— £ s. d. 
All kinds of News Leading Articles, per 
annum 31 10 0 
Agricultural News and Leading Articles 10 10 0 
Without Articles 5 5 0 
Sporting News and ditto to 10 o 
Yvithout Leading Articles 5 5 0 
Local News fi 5 0 
Leading Articles 6 5 0 
Literary Reviews, &c 4 0 0 
T. G. will be happy to supply News Agents with 
Thc Field and Bell's Weekly Messenger. 
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No. 3. PALL MALL EAST, LONDON, 
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mpowered by Special Act of Parliament. 
P ARTIES desirous of INVESTING 
MONEY’ are requested to examine the Plan 
of this Institution, by which a high rate of Interest 
may be obtained with perfect security. 
The Interest is payable in January and July at 
the Head Office in London; ami may alBO be re- 
ceived at the various Branches, or through Country 
Bankers, without delay or expense. 
PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. 
Prospectuses and Forms for opening accounts 
sent free ou application. 
H OW to KEEP a HORSE for Is. lid. 
per day, bruise your Oats. — CHAFF 
I CUTTERS, Oat Bruisers, Manger Feeding Ma- 
chines, Mangles, at 50s.; Flour Mills. — MARY 
YVEDLAKE, 118, Fcncliurch-street. — Book on 
Feeding, Is. 
/COCHRANE’S PATENT FIXING 
V.V GIRTII or PAD prevents the Saddle from 
shifting forward, however low or defective thc 
; Horse's shoulder mov be. 
Manufacturer, GEORGE BLAIR, 30, Brcwer- 
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