The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-02 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1849.

YORKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S

Male It Per dr We dim pa/ems, 101., to Stephen tion of no slight importance to this branch of agriculture.
Banal, Remeneeeed; emend ditto, gm, to Bdwin Eddison, Not long ago he was present at a meeting of a farmers' club,
Reedtheibme Lade. when the subject of preserving farm-yard manure was under
Cease W. Per the best two ducks and drake, 10s., to discussion. A practical termer then arose, sod said h• be-
Henry Obilbsse, Alaworth, Keighley ; sawed ditto, 51., to Bend that the exposure of manure to rein, instead of being
R. C. Mora Lima, Temple Newsom. disadvantagnes, would be beneficial, and he quoted a state- I
CLAMP. for the beet three ducklings, 10s. to John meet made by Professor Senegal in the first velum of the
William timiyen, Greenholme, Otley ; mean ditto, be., to Royal Agricultural Seciety's Journal. The professor laid it
Meejelithe Milk, Parsley, Leeds. down that the urine of cattle is very much advantaged by
CUM Rh Myrtles best two female turkeys end male, las., water, and he has given three aniline of cow urine. The
=Jan toes Ike Thealosswick, Leath. first fa, when fresh, 205 parts of ammonia to 1,000 of water ;
CLaee 61. For the beet these young Turkeys, 10s., to Wit- second, alter four week's putrefaction, 487 parts; and thirdly,
Ins bighorn, Wortley, Leeds; second ditto, 50., to John with rain water added in equal parts, 1,622 puts. This is
Norfolk, Dnakeweriek, Leeds. explained by the fact that water absorbs emmoniacel gases ;
Crease 62. For the beet two Mends golden pheasants and also, that it retains mid abstracts from the atmosphere earbo.
male, lOs., to J. W. Nett, York; second ditto, 55., to Henry nic acid gas, which combines with the ammosis, end aware-
Clapham, Ainsworth, Ksighley, commended. thee it; also, It absorbs a much greater quantity of sulpha-
Cie= 63. For the best two female Weer pheasants and rated hydrogen gas then when unmixed, more than thirty
male, 10e., to Ralph Lister, Dunkeawiek, /firewood ; mend times the quantity. The eueetion is of importanee-are them
ditto, 58., to Joseph Rieder, Leeds. dicta from the philosopher's laboratory trnetworthy ? Kr.
Cases 64. For the best two female thitsprats and male, Legard then concluded by making some observations on the
1.0 e., to Henry Clapham, /Unworn, Keighley ; second ditto, le convenience often lilt m giving cattle oil cake, because the
61., to William Clapham, Elliott, Leeds, commended. =ewer beast figh•s the weaker ones, and gets the best portion
CLASS 65. For the best two female Dorkings wed male, of the food. The plan that he had seen adopted was this :-1
iffs, to Hell. S. W. Lawler, Emrich ; second ditto, ss, to The cattle are fed in yards with sheds, and the oilmalm is
William B. Harshen, Wise House, Bradford. given to them in a manger, which is protected by a sort of
CLASS 66. For the best two female Spanish and male, rack, which, by admitting the heed of the animal oily, ere-
10e., to John W. Nutt, York; second ditto, 55., to Edward vented them from getting more than their share. Tue con-
Bond, Middleton Ledge, Leeds, 'traction was very simple, and tee plan halite; been suocets-
Ctrs' 67. For the bat two female Malay and male, 10e., ful, he felt justified it recommending it.
to Edward Bond, Middleton Lodge,
Leeds ; mond ditto, Cw . Mr. THOMPSON, of Moat Hall, said the three principal
to Thomas Pearson, Leeds. points to be attended to in the management of cattle were :
Cue= 68. Forthe best two females end male, deny " lat. That the cattle should be healthy end thrisieg. 2nd.
breed excepting bantam, 10e, to J. W. Nutt, York ; second That the manore should be need. in the beet way. 3rd. That
ditto, 51., to Stephen Barrett, Halewood. due economy should be considered in carrying out the two
CLAM el For the best two female golden Oman, ban- former objects." He would, therefore, briefly compare each
tams and male, 7e. 6d., to Henry Clapham, Aistworth, of the usual modes of bounce ca with reference to these
Keighley, commended• second ditto, 3s. 6d.,
to Henry three points: First, box- feeding. Cattle fed in box= were kept
Clephans, Alaworth, Kslghley. in excellent health it the boxes yen well censtrusted and
Mass 70. For the thee two female silver Phonsawt..ban- littered with straw at least once every day. le however.
tams and male, 7e. Bd., to J. W. Nutt, York; mend att., the site of the boxes were imperfectly drained, so that land
3s. Bd., to C. Floyd, Holmfirth, Huddersfield. water found its way into the box, or if hone en insufficient
CLASS 71. For the best two female bantams and male, supply of straw the mettle were allowed to stand and lie in
any breed, 7s. 6d., to Joseph
._Hinder, Leeds; second ditto, wet and filth,the box system could not be expected to
3s. 61.,10 Joempl Rieder, Leeds. answer. In boxes the manure was made in the best possible
Chas 72. For the best three young fowls, 10e., T. Pear- way, as, by compression, fermentation was almost entirely
son, Leeds; second ditto, 5e., T. Parsee, Leeds. prevented and by being kept under cover, the only moisture
Chess 73. For the beet male bird, of any breed, th, to was that which came from the :mimal, and its strong elks-
Ahmed= Thompson, Leeds, commended. line nature had each an effect on the straw, that if the
maeure were taken to the lend at once without being heaped
CLAN' 74. For the bast female bird, of any breed, Os., to
T. Pearson, Leeds. at all it rapidly decayed, and was not fuund to intatere with
IMPLEMENTS. the subsequent working of the land. It was important not
Heavy ploughs-lst, Busby, 51.; 2nd, Barrett, Ashton, to m.ke b %es too large ; Line feet square, or at any rate
and Co., 21.
nine feet by ten, should not be exceeded, otherwise the cora
General purposes-let, Busby, the same plead' as en the prewion .as lea. perfect, and the moisture was not sufficient
light land in every respect, 51.; 2nd, eisynell, 21. to convert the whole of the straw into first-rate manure.
Light ploughs-Lt, Busby, Y. L. L., 61.; 2nd, Barrett, Oe the score of expense also box feeding stood
Ashton, and Co., 2i. high, as, it b xes were well arranged in double rows they
Heavy harrows-Ist, Barrett, Ashton, and Co., for their were very accessible, and the manure wee preserved without
z'g zest do., 41. either labour or expense from the time the straw wee put
Light harrows-let, Kirkwood, 41. into the box until the manure was ready to be carted to toe
Subsoil pulnriser -Ist, Kirkwood, 41. Ised. The second mode of housing cattle that he would
erons.der was that of fattening them in stalls, and by this
Bearifiers-let, Smith and Co., Stamford, 51.; 2nd, Kirk-
wood, for he grubber, 41. plan also the cattle were kept in perfect health. He had
Skim plough-Ist, E. Hal aid Co., 21. practiced it for years, and unless frem some accideetal cause
no scarcely ever had an animal off his feed. In stalls it was
A new implement for ribbing and drilling-Busby, 31. and
silver medal.
e wier to keep up the temperature of the cattle shed, as there
To Berme, Ashton, and Co., for the it mill for bruisieg were mere cattle in the same al see. This was a decided &d-
-beans, barley, aid linseed, '2l. ventage for fattening animal+, of which he had a good in-
To Barrett, Exall, and Andrews, for their two horse comer hat winter, having moved eight bullocks from one
threshing machine, 51. fee ding shed to another which was warmer, their feed re.
To do. for their two horse gearing, 3/, and silver medal. retaining the same, and they m.:de much more repel pro-
Togress in the warmer than they did in the colder shed. In
E. Hill and C.s., for their =proved hurdle for feeding
sheep off turnips on the ridge, and their general enor simile there was cons:derable economy of straw, which on
mous
of fencing, 41. some forms was a great object, but the preservation of the
To Means. It'ohniond and Chandler, for their steaming manure was rather a difficult mater. He had tried a me-
apparatus, 21. ; do. for their seek holder, 10 e thed last year which he had found to answer remarkably
To Mr. Young foible gd neral assortment of iron fencing, 11. well, viz , to litter the curie with straw cut into short
Clengths by a chaff cutter. The cut straw was pieced in the
S e
toed chuff machine,
, for theihriei
niet-. in tigers at night, and the cattle picked it over and eat a
yd,
Co.,f o CSetranuel
e ohnadff- h f ees cutters-Lt,
a. Smith Bus
terh
tion for throwing their chaff engine out of work to prevent little of the best of it ; the remeleder was thrown out in the
accident, 'I& morning for litter. In this way it was easy to remove each
, Hone hoes-First to Mr. Busby, for Meters. Garrett's day uerely the soil part of t. e litter, which from being cut
hoe, 31. short absorbed all the liquid which came from the cattle, and
Clod roller-To Mr. Croskill, silver medal, the whole was wheeled alongside a heap of moist clay, road-
To
Mr. Croskill for his potato washer, 11, scraping., asbes, or even soil which had been carted %ogee'
To do. for his broad cart manure drill, 21. thee at any vacant time. In this way it was mixed in a few
I
To do. for his wheels and axles, 61. minutes with soil, which effectually prevented the escape of
Ti Barrett, Minn, and Co., for dressing machine, U. either gas ur liquid, and formed the Eat compost for putting on
To Barrett, Ashton, and Co.. he their barley humbler, 11. with tke turnip di rine hus °beim ing thence( ashy for perch'. g
To Mr. Meynell, for his turnip cutter, for both cattle and other land till.ge. Feeding cat'le in open yards was the
sheep, 11. next method to be considered, and to this he thought there
To Mr. Gasolene, for his whippletrees, 10e. were great oh!!', ctions ; first, Meekest the stronger cattle
To Mr. Green, for hie different specimens of wire Mee- robbed the weaker; 2nd, because the manure was too much
ing, 11. . :pouch. i the eke elides of weather ; and 3rd, because the
'fu Mr. Nelson, for general aesartments of foreseps, 10e. cattle could not be kept sufficiently warm. It was necessary
To Smith and Co , Stamford, for their slay maker, 31. however, to have open yards (or the young cattle which were
To Mr. Berland. for his one hone cart, 31. • 'o go to gram the billowing spring, as, if they were tendered
To Sir George Calm, for his one-row drop drill, silver by being kept too warm they ereuld suffer when exposed to
medal. wet awl cold its open fit Ida. Ti e evils of open yards might be
To Mr. Clayton, for his tile making machine, 101. and much diminished by being not toe large-well provided with
silver medal. sheds-all the budding* spouted-ant the yards dished in the
To Mr. Stratton, for hie liquid manure cart, 21. centre, so that nothing flawed from them except in extremely
To Mr. Crabtree, rat tamps. 11. wet weather. By way of recapitulation he recommended
E. B. Wilson and Co., 251. for best steam-engine. that the fattening animals should be housed in boxes, the
Barret, Ashton, and Co., 101., for best thrashing machine. dairy cola in stalls litter. d with cut straw, awl the young
Mr Marsden, 11, for best washing machine. cattle in small yar 's, conseructed as he had de scribed above.
Gold medal to Messrs. Barrett and Ashton, of Hull. In this way the ma,urt from the bones and yards would be
The meeting of the ethocil teeth place yesterday after- pleuehed in'o the 1 end, and that from the stalls be drilled
noon, for the pu-pose of receiving deputations from places in as laud 'Weise, thus enabling them to grow the best of
inviting the 'misty to meet then in 1850. The only depu root crepe from their owe recnucce, and in the meet econo-
tetion was one from Think, consisting of Messrs. Rhoees, mical way.
Wilson, and Arrowsmith. 'endive' and Pocklington vire W. It. C. SfANSFEILD, Eeq., M.P., was understood to
mentioned, but eventually 'he council determined that the pay that he combined bath the two list systems referred to.
meeting should next year be held at Think. He tad small yards which iv re alw eye accessible to two or
The annual meeting for the transaction of the bushiers of three animals, and they e oil I shelter themselves a when they
the satiety was also held at the Court-heuse yesterday tees?. Hi, system, therefor*. combined the advantages of
afternoon. The business to be transacted was tne appoint- both stall and box (*.Hest. Ile was rather surprised at what
meet of the president, vice presidents, end other officers for his bon friend had said respecting manure being exposed to
next year, and the following list War gono through, seri • tee action of the air and rain, and although he (Mr. Legend)
alias, and approved: had quoted the opinion of a celebrated Brawn ehernie,
President.-The Duke of Leeds. Spreogel, he (Mr. Stange ill) must remind them of the very
Vice-Presidents. - The E drl of Carlisle, Lord Wallach, dill rout opinion held by Prof...)r le be :e g (we understned),
the Earl of Hardwood, the Ewe of Effingham, Sir J. Y. B. that a gr. at portion of ammonia was compounded of nitro-
Johnseone, Sir Tatou Sykes. gem, aced it was quite clear that a censiderable p -rtion of eh
Coupe-H.-J. Bluth, A. 8. Cade'', H. Chnlmely, R. =often passed from the bit through the medium of showers.
Creyke, T. C. Meths. John Hutton, T. C Johnstone, Gen. Tee tff,c: of this was always perceptible alter the falling of
Legard, W. Lister, John Outhwaite, W. Ruteon, R. F. rain, the Sect of which in fertilising the land was very de-
Shaw, W. ft. C Stanefield, Colonel Templer, H. 8. Thome- ('rent from that produced by any =decide' system of water-
son, J. T. Wharton, S. Wile, J. Ahead', A. L. Maynard. ing. Therefore he thought there might be a goo I deal of
H. Brim s, J. 8. Crompton, James I'ulleine, T. Hutton, T. truth as to what Mr. Legard had stated as to the effect of
Sowerby, W. Msuleverer, 11. Beresford, Sir Charles rain falling upon manure heaps.
Slingaby, Thomas Horefall, F. H. Fawkes, G. Wentworth. JOSEPH MARSHALL. Eof A bsaid q., 1 ffrO•t, he sup-
/Rewords-Heiden Clarke, H. Watson, J. Watson. posed that the subject under diens. n this evening was
Director of the Show.-R. J. Wiley. mainly introduced to economise the expense of famine. His
Tres esurers.-Mesars. Swann and Co., bankers, York. opinion of the stall feeding and bowing of fattening cattle
Secretary.-Mr. M. Milburn, land agent, Thine. was, that housing them in stalls wee by far the readiest
quantity of oo su . way'
Collector.-Mr. J dui Watson, 1, Clarence-street, York and the cheapest, as a =tsmaller f d Mord
Beedman.-Mr. W. Barrett, St. John's, Wakefield.
M
And, zing Chemist-Joseph Spence, York. r. 11. L. MAW, of Tetley, Crowle, said he had not
long ago gone to bear the lectures of Professor Playfair on
THE COUNCIL DINNER. the subject, or rather a part of the subject now before the
Yesterday evening the council of the society, the local me•ting, and the learned professor had laid down one great
committee and their friends, dined together at the Music axiom, which was that warmth and rest were necessary for
Hall at six o'clock. The Earl of Carlisle presided. fattening cattle. He (Mr. Maw) had constructed a number
After the cloth had b ein removed, and the usual loyal of b-xes, and he had found that the cattle should be com-
Mesta had been honoured, the CHAIIIYAN called the atten- tenably sheltered, and kept with a certain degree of warmth
tion of them who were present to wbat was the peculiar and cleanliness, not allesdag the mature to accumulate, for
business of that evening, according to the printed order for if it did, bath fermewation and exhalation would take place,
the regulation of their premedings-it was the discussion of and ra'es would be thrown off which were prejudicial to the
" the bat mode of homing and fattening :fettle." health of the animal. He was anxious to hear the opinion
Mr. LEGARD said the council of the society bad been of Professor Playtair on the subject, and therefore he went
induced to propose this subject for discussion from a per- to his lectures, and the prefessor went on to say that every
suasion that it iavolves considerations of much importance to particle of oxygen which the animal consumed carried Off a
practical fanners, and from a hope that a dismission of it may certain proportion of fatty matter. In relation to the steel
not be without some use. The port he had to take would tiring of feeding cattle, to give the most beneficial results to
be very brief, because he was not prepared to say that the the cattle themselves, box feeding on large terms would re-
mits= he had pursued for several years was the beet, or on quire an enormous number of boxes, and a vast amount of
the other hand to recommend some new plan. It seemed to expense and labour. And the feet of the manure I
him that this branch had hitherto received less attention than remaining so many months in these boxes must be pee-
k deserved, because many of them were aware that the Rolla judicial to the health of the animals. He had a number
Agricultural Hemel of -Ragland had lately proposed prizes of boxes himself, and he knew the difficulty of keeping
for the best method of increasing the supply of animal food ; them in a state of cleanliness. Therefore there was no
also, for the beet mode of conateuetine farm buildings. Their objection to box-feeding, if they had a certain proportion of
own society had lately offered a prize for the beet mode of boxes, in which to put their cattle, and the boxes were
preserving and managing farmyard manure ; and this had kept clean.
produced several valuable essays, to one of which a prize had Mr. RUTSON, of Newby Wiske, begged to direct the
been awarded this day. There are three methods of housing attention of Mom gentlemen who were practically acquainted
fattening cattle, to which he would now direct attention. with the subject to a point which seemed to ham to be one
The first is the stalefeedingzsitem, the prevalent method of much importance, viz., the temperature at which they
in England ; second, box-f , of late introduction in ought to be fed, as in the discussion so far that point had
Norfolk and Ceminideeshire ; led, feeding in •heltared been left untouched. In the course of his observations upon
=e, the plan pursued in the south of England and in Scot- the feeding of beasts, he had sometimes remarked that the
If the only desideratum in winter-feeding were to animals were in a state of perspiration, and, upon his
rodeos In a given time the greatest quantity of animal food, drawing the attention of thine who had the are of them
with the least consumption of vegetable food, then it would to the Met, he had been told that that showed the beasts
be granted that feeding cattle under cover would be the best were in a thriving state. This he had observed in the
way, because science has pointed ontthe reason why exposers same building to be the rise with some beasts, whereas in
to the cold of winter retards the production of fat in the ash the case of mimes, they appeared to be in a stale of rest as
sal, and also ceases it to consume a greater quantity of food to their respiratory powers. He should be glad, therefore,
I. order to keep up the animal heat of the body. Bottle pro- if any gentlemsn who bad had better opportunities than
&aim of fiesh a fat isnot theonly question-the ensumm himself of inquiring into the matter, would give an anewer
Lion of straw, end the manufacture of manure es carried on in upon this point-that is to say, what is the most healthy
the large arable fare= of the fens of Cambridgeehtre and the amts of the temperature; for it was quite clear that with
molds of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, is a matter of very cer:sin constitutions a cerfain state of temperature produces
great importance. It has been found by practical men that this perspiring Mate, which was believed by practical men to
it is almost impossible to consume large quantities of straw be favourable; and therefore there must be same point at
where animals are fed in stalls. The second topic is that of which the temperature would conduce to a more =expensive
hex feeding, which originated in Norfolk, and is practised mode of feeding.
M the fens of Cantbridgesbire, and, in a limited manner, in Mr. MAW said the temperature would vary according to
Mime part of Yorkshire. By this method cattle are fed in the condition of the beast. If they put an animal into en
Wig buildings, in two rows of stall or boxes, with a gang- open shed, and it VMS thoroughly well fed and attended to, 1
way running down the centre, by which means food is which was very difficult to accomplish, it would be in a state
Ineught to the animals. The boxes are 10 fat by 8 feet of perspiration. But they might put it into the warmest
6 inches in width, and the gangway is 4 feet 6 inches wide. shed they had, and, if it were not well fed and attended to,
'The width of the building externally is 26 feet 6 inches, 90 it would tot perspire. The fact of the animal perspiriog
that fur ten beasts there would be required an area of was a sure sign that the animal was doing well ; and it did
1,170 superficial feet. As many gentlemen were aware, the not, in his opinion, proceed so much from the temperature.
cattle were in square boxes, two feet below the surface, and Profaner Liebeg had end that warmth and rest was equiva-
divided from one another by palings. The cattle are sup- lent to food.
plied with a quantity of litter, so as to trample down the Mr. THOMPSON wished
solid and liquid excrements; and, although much was said respect to this question of temperature, anhe d wouldquote
_
against the noxious vapours which arise by feeding animals a ease which halt tmenned to him last year. He
feed some
in this manner, no such effects were perceivable in the feeding bullockljeend he put eight of them into a warmer
establishment where he bed recently witnessed the feeding shed than the others ; and, although they were fed, with the
of cattle in this way. By the trampling down of the straw same quantity and the same quality f. food,d them
aredotouwmase
no fermentation took pleas, and no noxious ',moan could very different, for those its the warmer h 0 had .
He
could
arise. Another advantage was, the liquid excrement would of five or six weeks made considers ly m re
be dealt with in a much readier way than if it had to be not elate exactly state what temperature was the best, but
taken to tanks, and they all knew that this was of greet he should say that from fifty five to sixty degrees would
be
importance. The third syMm to which he would found most favourable. It was impossible during winter to
allude, and which he had . pursued in the fattening regulate the temperature exactly, but they might have vend-
t
ot cattle, is the feeding In sheltered ands. The latent eeough if the boxes were no . too I ergs.
tie
dimensions of a yard for 10 beasts are 55y feet square, Tle Nob le CHAIRMAN then ssed-If no other gun man
giving a superficial area of 3,025 square fed t, or nearly has any observations to offer, and if the discussion is now
that I am now authorised, on the Men
three times the space requir dew boxes. The sheds should eased, I linire u .
IA auditors Of What ha
not be less than 18 feet hin, thereby enabling those who Lase bee glees=
1 figments to the e gentlemen who
them to be sheltered fn m the storms of winter as far as said, to express their &chews c .
.iable
may be. The yards ought to be diddled out, so that the sun- .
have favoured the company with their opinions nthe
plus matter may be carried off ; and, order they have dorm so. (Applae.)
in to avoid too and clear manner in which
should Happily it is riot a duty which deve.loes upon your president
much water from running intotbe tank, the building
to
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summary
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be spouted. Then came tee question of the exposure of ma. V' attempt the task of pr,seating_ y _ f
nun to rain being prejudicial, and this pee rise to a cens- observations which here been made, or of collecting any in-