The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-18 00:00:00

AGRICULTURE.

CARROTS FOR MILK Cows.---I have tried feeding
carrots to milk cows, and will give you one of my
experiments. I have (April 15) seven cows in milk
--;one calved in June, the rest in September and Oc-
tober. I raised 80 bushels rutabages and 400 bushels
carrots, and fed them to my cows, commencing the Ist
of December. I gave them about 2* bushels per day,
at noon, the rutabages first, and when they were all
fed out,'the same quantity of carrots. I found when
I had fed the latter a few days, that my cows were each
giving from two to three pints of milk more per day,
than when fed on rutabages. I was feeding my cows,
meanwhile with cut hay ; and 21bs. oilcake and meal,
and Webs. wheat screenings, ground. The thought

of
struck me that I should like to know the
vallL
carrots, for making milk, so I selected the eovi 7,
calved last for the trial. I weighed the haY,,11;91,
and carrots, and fed 271bs. of hay, 4lbs. raileult. of
and 221bs. of carrots, and she gave 351bs. ofin'ot
day. I then left off the carrots and gave the iiic
amount of meal, and all the hay she would eat, `r4 1
was 331bs. per day. After feedinc, so for a w ,'ct
found she gave 231bs. of milk per feeding theefot
her the carrots as before, and in eight or ten,cl3lslloo
came up again to 351bs. of milk per day. This is pe
that carrots are worth to me to feed cows 82 cello
1 lbs. Hay is worth 20 dollars per ton in the
and at three cents per quart, or one cent per P°l eil
milk ; 61bs. less hay, and 121bs. more milk, 0
cents for 221bs. of carrots.—American Paper'
FASHIONS.

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SEVERAL objects in the French Palais de t
_victif,
attracted the particular attention of Que% aoitifW
Among them were the specimens of shaw espe.
exhibited in the upper galleries, and, more of tlit;:
some India shawls of incomparable beatk• iii,ci 1),,,,
several are long shawls, having the : with;
white, or black, and completely covered fop.
richest patterns ; others, of the ger tabroi
enriched by splendid borders, some being ti ai4
in gold and silver. Her Majesty the (41.! Iv, 0 I
press each purchased one of these shawl,;dolol4, I
gian lace exhibited in the Palais del' -`1 shase:ii
eludes a mantelet of Venetian point, and •a ter`
posed of Honiton lace and Venetian point ill Oilli,y
the pattern consisting of flowers Or oce ce!
arranged. Venetian and Honiton poiT ()floc° o,il
names to the places in which those kinds /,'"iorce6l'.
originally made ; and we need scarab:2;w ti?ei.ai
*
all the lace so designated is not neees-,ii
duction of Venice or England---excellent in
these two kinds of lace are now males ?titer
The glass case containing the lace articcet.lo',Ai
tioned also includes some collars, PX;#411,1.0;
chiefs, &c., admirably ornamented with Iv 11"
besides a number of birds and bnutfr,,,ieer
worked singly and isolated, .so thatiP4' eilellrb,i`tit,tf.
out and intermingled, by the process trt:bot" es''.l
Hon, with the needlework, on handkere,„? ,11 0,7,
In the department of black Pbotv,'o "i
bited some exquisite specimens dm iloi,"o,°'
Alencon. Among the articles especi7b9o.
the Queen, was a point, or half shawl (i'd,bot`prc,
a superb pattern in pahn•leaves and '' V 4';
and also some flounces of Alencon laze. 1410;00;
of black-lace scarfs is excellent. Sq,e the ",'il!,,'
form called the mantilla veil, worn P,0101,7110,"
ladies, and which is fixed in the hair by '"55, ?Net
roses. A popular portrait of the Enloe firtio,
miniature by a French artist, represents !Ole
wearing a mantilla of the kind ab°loo
Bridal veils of white Alengon lace of e'' i
are also numerous in the Paris Expositi J 1 ottt
V
On the second visit to the Palais a,oreo,
their Majesties the Queen and the ErnPf,4o '
/
a considerable time to examine the glass '7. i '
ing artificial flowers. In this branch (Ad ~,,,
must be admitted that the French Atli° if
The stall of Madame Tillman partieTart c citi
the notice of Queen Victoria. :1,'„,3 of? 1,
fleuriste has conceived the hapPY i-A---of 0411
very beautiful female" figure in wax an' of it ri
life, attired in a fashionable ball an'
tei
covered with bouillonne tulle. BetwTreY.
lonnes, flowers of every variety are in'eo" iltOtl.
the most artistic taste. The effect is..so.oool'
the small variegated bouquets, thus iloot,it
posed, may be likened to a swarm of I);,iii ~
flies slumbering amidst a mass of 101' b.
A German poet has compared bil OA
animated flowers, and, inverting t 194 s
flowers may be compared to dornoo6,
This simile is forcibly suggested Woty,,,
at the beautiful robe here alluded to. Act,.
was evidently much pleased with it• er,
som, . pansies, fuchias, convolvuluses, an..., fr
roses, spread out their many-hued corrolp'',
so many brilliant winged butterflies.

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