FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
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FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
By the steamship Caledonia, we are favored by the 
receipt of our European journals up to the 4th Novem¬ 
ber. 
Markets. — Ashes, both pots and pearls, have ad¬ 
vanced, and were brisk of sale. Cotton had declined 
fd. per lb. The recent advices from Bombay and 
Calcutta of the East India crop, were not quite so fa¬ 
vorable. The stock of Cotton on hand at Liverpool on 
the 1st November, was 720,000 bales, against 520,000 
at same period last season. Flour was flat, and little 
doing in it. Naval Stores, declining. Provisions were 
about the same as by our last advices, with the excep¬ 
tion of Cheese, the finer qualities of which were of 
quick sale. Tobacco, steady and firm. 
Money still plenty, and the low rates of interest pre¬ 
vail. 
American Stocks continue nearly the same as at our 
last. Very few recent transactions. 
Agricultural School .—We see by the Berwick War¬ 
der, that an Agricultural School is established in Ab¬ 
erdeenshire, by the practical farmers of that county, 
which promises to be a very useful institution*. It is 
superintended by Mr. R. O. Young, and we like its ar¬ 
rangements better than anything of the kind we have 
yet seen. To explain these, we make a few quota¬ 
tions from the prospectus. 
The young gentlemen who may be intrusted to Mr. 
Young’s charge for the purpose of being instructed in 
the principles and practice of Scottish agriculture, will 
have daily opportunities of witnessing the regular rou¬ 
tine of farming operations going on at the farm, and of 
taking an active part in these operations. 
They will be required to keep, in a farm-book, a 
daily record of what has been done on the farm. Ex¬ 
planations will be given of the principles upon which 
the different operations are conducted, and upon which 
they will be examined at stated times. Regular min¬ 
utes will be kept by the pupils of all such explanations, 
as well as of any facts that may come to their knowl¬ 
edge through their occasional intercourse with the 
farmers of the country. 
There will be stated times set apart for reading, as 
text-books, the most approved agricultural work3 of 
the day; and on the subjects of their reading Mr. Y. 
will minutely examine the young gentlemen, and will 
also require them to write exercises upon given agri¬ 
cultural topics—particularly those that bear on prac¬ 
tice. 
While it will be Mr. Y.’s care to direct the attention 
of the pupils to chemistry and geology in their applica¬ 
tion to practical agriculture, a branch of study until 
lately very little attended to, he will make arrange¬ 
ments for procuring the services of the professor of ag¬ 
riculture in the University of Aberdeen, for a few 
weeks every summer, to give lectures and conduct ex¬ 
periments on the analysis of soils, manures, &c.—thus 
securing to the pupils more than a mere theoretical 
knowledge of this important branch of agricultural ed¬ 
ucation. 
As nothing is so much calculated to impress any 
subject upon the youthful mind, as to invest it with a 
personal interest, Mr. Y. proposes to devote to the 
exclusive use of his pupils, a small farm, of about 50 
acres in extent, adjoining to his other farm. This 
small farm contains a variety of soils, upon which ex¬ 
periments of different kinds may be conducted, on a 
small scale. It will be possessed and managed by the 
pupils, under Mr. Y.’s direction, and upon certain 
equitable rules as to each pupil’s share of the concern. 
Each pupil will be required to keep regular books, ex¬ 
hibiting all disbursements and receipts, and the results 
of all experiments tried, with every particular connect¬ 
ed with such experiments. Each pupil will be required 
to take his share of management, &c., and the profits 
of the concern, after paying a certain moderate rent, 
will, at each term, be divided among the young gen¬ 
tlemen, in proportion to their respective interests. It 
is conceived that such a plan will have a strong ten¬ 
dency to promote exactness, regularity, and business 
habits; but, without the consent of their parents or 
guardians, pupils will not be asked to join in this 
scheme. 
Farmers’ Magazine. — Meat-Salting Instrument .—■ 
The instrument resembles a common syringe of more 
than ordinary dimensions, and, although not quite so 
simple in its construction, it is intended to be used in 
the same way as the syringe, provided the point or 
tube be not exposed to the air. The advantages to be 
derived from the use of the instrument are explained 
by the fact that a joint of meat may, in the simplest 
manner, be properly salted in less than ten minutes 
The brine is made of the usual ingredients, and aftei 
the salt and other substances are completely dissolved, 
the liquid is poured into the machine, and the nipple 
or tube (the circumference of which is perforated with 
three small holes) is inserted into the most solid part 
of a joint of meat, and the contents are, by a very 
strong pressure, forced through the fibres until the 
brine is seen to escape on the surface. For this pur¬ 
pose a smaller quantity of pickle is used than is em¬ 
ployed in the ordinary method of curing meat, and the 
bone (if there be any,) in the centre becomes thorough¬ 
ly impregnated with the fluid. By the present mode of 
salting meat, it is a matter of some difficulty to inject 
the brine into the innermost part of a large joint, 
whereas by the process which is adopted in the use of 
Mr. Carson’s instrument, the- size or substance of the 
meat presents no additional trouble to the operator. 
Prince Albert’s Annual Sale of Live Stock .—Since 
Prince Albert has turned farmer, he has an annual 
sale of his fat stock, and is said to realize from 50 to 
60 per cent, profit on it. The last took place in Octo¬ 
ber, at which time 417 sheep, 55 oxen, and 9 cows 
and heifers, were disposed of, realising him <£1,743, 
(about $8,000;) a clever sum for fat sheep and cattle. 
Produce of Ewes .—Count de Gourcey states in that 
part of his Agricultural Tour in Europe, just received, 
that Mr. Walker, manager of the late Duke of Gor¬ 
don’s estates, in Scotland, informed him that from 200 
Leicester ewes, and as many Southdowns, they bring 
up an an average, 450 lambs. We wish we had pos¬ 
sessed this information when writing our notes to Mr. 
Grove’s letter in this paper, as it would have been 
something of an argument in our favor, regarding the 
difference of opinion existing between us about the 
number of lambs bred in the United States. 
New Farmers’ Journal. —Exportation of Cattle 
to Prussia .—One bull and eight heifers have been re¬ 
cently purchased in England, for the Royal Agricul¬ 
tural Society of Prussia. 
Netting for Sheep-Folds. —The fibre of the co¬ 
coa-nut is said to make the most durable netting for 
sheep-folds; it out-wearing several sets of tarred-hemp 
netting, and is so light, that a herdsman can with ease 
carry 200 yards of it. 
Soiling .—Feeding animals in the summer-season 
with green food, cut daily, and given them in stalls or 
yards^ is far preferable to grazing—First, because 
the food is consumed with less waste; secondly, be¬ 
cause rest is an equivalent for food. The bodies of 
animals do not remain stationary, but are constantly 
