FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
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FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL NEWS, 
By the arrival of the steamships Britannia and Great 
Western, we have our European journals to July 5th. 
Markets. — Ashes still continue dull. Cotton , ofthe 
lower qualities has advanced £d-per lb.; Sea Island, £d. 
per lb., the demand brisk. The stock on hand at Li¬ 
verpool, 1st July, was about 1,043,000 bales, against 
901,000 same period last year. Flour , on the advance. 
Beef h&s fallen a trifle. Pork and Lard , though dull, 
maintain their price. Cheese, in good demand. Naval 
Stores slow of sale. Tallow in fair request. In other 
products no material change. 
Money is the same as by our last advices. 
American Stocks have experienced a slight advance, 
and since the resumption of payment of Pennsylvania 
interest,.are looked upon with more favor. 
The Weather was slightly unfavorable for the ripen¬ 
ing of the grain crops; but they were looking well, and 
it would be premature to decide yet upon the prospects 
of a good or bad harvest. 
Colonel Todd , of Kentucky, the American Minister 
at St. Petersburgh, so deservedly popular in the Rus¬ 
sian Capital, has been appointed a member of the Im¬ 
perial Agricultural Society—an honor never before 
conferred upon a foreigner. 
The Example Farm of Lord Ducie, at Whitefield, 
now produces twenty-three times as much wheat as 
it did under its former management. 
Molasses far Fattening Cattle. —Some spirited cattle- 
traders have begun to use molasses for fattening their 
stock, and if the Porto Rico molasses should be admit¬ 
ted, the supply will be abundant and the article cheap. 
Crops without Manure. —We wonder the press of the 
country has not more sense than to copy such humbug 
paragraphs as the following : “ The Railway Bell an¬ 
nounces a discovery of a Dr. Bickes, by which the 
earth, including the poorest soils, and even sand, are 
made to produce abundantly all sorts of crops, without 
any kind of manure.” 
The Famous Long-Horned Cattle Revived —It is said 
that these cattle have been revived, and are now bred 
with great success in England. Several were to be 
exhibited at the annual show of the English Agricul¬ 
tural Society, which was to come off the past month 
at Shrewsbury. We saw a few animals of this breed 
when in England, and found them nearly equal to the 
Snort-Horns in symmetry, early maturity, and good 
milking qualities. 
Gastrotomy. —Mr. George Topps, of Newton, was 
called in to see a young heifer, belonging to Mr. John 
Godfrey, farmer of Tyd, St. Giles, when finding the 
ventricular distension not yield to the usual remedies, 
he proceeded at once to perform the operation of gas¬ 
trotomy, or opening of the stomach; from the cavity 
of which he extracted three heaped large pailsful of 
food! On the following day, the same veterinary sur¬ 
geon extracted a calf from the same heifer—both of 
which are doing well.— Stamford Mercury. 
Chinese Grass. —During the past week, Messrs. Har- 
greave and Brothers, flax spinners and power-loom 
linen manufacturers, of this town, called at our office 
and exhibited a sample of Chinese grass. This article 
is represented as possessing all the qualities of flax, 
but in a higher degree than any other known to our 
spinners or manufacturers—surpassing the best quali¬ 
ties in strength, fineness, and length of staple. These 
gentlemen also showed us a sample of fine linen 
manufactured by them from this article, which great¬ 
ly resembled French cambric, but with a more silky 
appearance.— Leeds Mercury. 
Early Lucerne Clover. —We have seen a specimen of 
very early clover of the above description, measuring 
fully two feet in height, grown at Stedhalt, on the pro¬ 
perty of William Walsh, Esq., who, we understand, 
has been cutting it for the use of his horses since the 
1st of May. This is the first clover we have seen for 
the season, and we understand what adds to the merit 
of this description of clover is, that it is a perennial 
plant. The sample of this extraordinary eai*ly growth 
can be seen at our office. — Drogheda Conservative. 
The Beneficial Effects of Irrigation have never been 
more clearly demonstrated than by this season’s crops 
at the Reed Beds. Of fruit, the produce is abundant; 
but the wheat crops, generally good, are on some sec¬ 
tions extraordinary. At Wymondlybury (Dr. Addi¬ 
son’s farm), the wheat crop is unusually heavy, that 
of White Talavera, standing about six feet in height, 
the ears exceedingly well filled, and several we have 
seen (plucked indiscriminately) measure seven inches 
in length. The produce is estimated by competent 
judges at about forty-five bushels per acre.— South Aus¬ 
tralian. 
French Agriculture. —The French commission on irri¬ 
gation states the following facts as to the present con¬ 
dition of several branches of agriculture in France : 
1st. The supply of cattle is so deficient, that animals 
and animal food of the value of ninety-four millions of 
francs are imported yearly; 2d. Fifteen thousand 
foreign horses are required every year to supply the 
demand for horses for war and industry; 3d. The 
plowed land in France is to the grass land as 6| to 1, 
whilst in most of the neighboring countries it is only 
as 3 to 1, and in England and Holland, 2 to 1 ; and 4th, 
there are means of forming not less than two millions 
of hectares of artificial irrigated meadows in France, 
which would produce a revenue of about eight millions 
sterling.— New Farmers' Journal. 
An Old Mare —Thomas Pedder, of Scale Hall, near 
Lancaster, has in his possession a capital mare, in dai¬ 
ly work, thirty-one years of age, and she has a fine 
foal at her foot. She has served him faithfully for 
nearly the above lengthened period, and, from appear¬ 
ance, is likely to do so for some years to come.— Pres¬ 
ton Pilot. 
A Very Old Ewe. —Mr. Robert Vincent, of Pinney 
Farm, Axmouth, has amongst hi-s flock a ewe 21 
years old. We believe this is almost an unprecedent¬ 
ed age for a sheep The animal has proved an excel¬ 
lent breeder, generally having twins, and she has now 
by her side a lamb fit to be weaned.— New Farmers' 
Journal. 
To Grow Carrots in a Stiff Clay Soil —The ground 
having been double-dug, holes were made in rows eight 
or ten inches apart, and the same distance between 
the rows, with a crowbar, thrust about eighteen inches 
deep and worked round, so as to form a clear hole in 
the form of an inverted cone : the holes were then 
filled with good light mould, and a few seeds sown on 
the top of each. It being intended that one plant only 
should occupy each hole, all the young plants were, 
in due time, drawn from each, save and except one, 
and that of course the strongest. The seed used was 
the red Altringham, and many of the plants were very 
strong, and all perfectly straight—a quality seldom ob¬ 
tained in heavy soils, and’ the crop far superior to 
others sown and treated in the usual way. I regret 
that the crop was not weighed in comparison with the 
others. However, it has satisfied me that I can grow 
good straight carrots upon a soil which is almost tena¬ 
cious enough to make bricks; and, in reality, this 
mode has the effect of converting the ground into a 
series of conical pots, and very cheap pots too. I be¬ 
lieve that this method is, in point of economy, applica¬ 
ble to field culture. 
Enthusiasm ofthe English People in Horticulture. —On 
the 21st of June, twelve thousand, three hun¬ 
dred and fifty-five fellows ofthe Horticultural 
Society, and their friends, assembled at Chiswick at 
the opening of the second exhibition of flowers this 
season. The first exhibition took place in May. 
