The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-07-16 00:00:00

CATTLE.

It h of infinite inipo—rbam-e to ascertain the feed-
ing qualities of the different breeds- of cattle, re-
specting which no 'occur:de costrparativ aitOri-
mcios have hitherto been made. The expedse
wonkl be so considerahle, that it ettuld not be un-
dertaken by the limited fonds which the Board are
possessed-ofj but the object teas so material, that
the Board resolved to otter ti predlittin of too gui-
neas, to promote so important an experiineot ; and
various less stuns have been voted for the same
object, by several public-spirited agricultural *mi-
tt:es, whe are anxious to promote any useful oh-

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jest, which the Board has resolved to patronise.
Fortunately also, a very respectable Member of this
Board, (Mr.--Cairwan, Member for Carlisle), had
declared his intention, of becoming a candidate for
tie premium in question. Of his impartiality,
judgment, audaeil, in the cause, them can be but
• one opinion.
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.
It is difficult to enumerate the variety of other
'objects, to 's hid) the attention of the board has
been directed, in the course of the present session..
Evperiineutssare trying, from plants transmitted by
• Lord ItedesSale, with the fionn grass of Ireland, so
strongly • ecommentled in a valuable es-av, coin-
inunirated by Dr. Richardson. An anis-nig-cot
practical riper on the use of gypsum,us a manure,
has been insertod in the volunieof communications,
with a view of layisig a foundation for ascertaining
the *Armitage of using it in this countrk, and the
soils and situations to which it is applicable.. In
the same volume wilt be found the plan of a house,
calculated fur the residence of a cquittry gentleman
orinoaerate fortune, iii which economy add con-
venieiice are equally coasulted. Measures here
'been taken to recommend a mode of recorenng
corn damaged by bilge water, which cannot be
effectually cured by any practice formerly known,
and by meant of which it is supposed that consi-
derable quantities of grain may he rendered 6t for
. use, which otherwise must have been thrown away.
Vurious premiums have been given for irrigation,
embankment's, and other useful improvements in
various pins of the kingdom. Au Important fact
has also. been ascertained, regarding the feeding of
horses is ith tare.. awl which is applicable to green
food in general. It is well known, that where the
ground is tired of clover, tares are the best sub-
stitute : indeed, in the opinion of Mr. Arthur
Young, th.ey are us useful as clover for feeding
stock, and may be advantageously succeeded by
crop of wheat, if the ground is merely scarified
after the tares, amid not ploughed, which woold
make it too loose for that crop. It has been ob-
iected to tares, that they weadd not answer if horses
were very hard worked; or employed in posting;
Sir. Wood, of !agate-stone, in Essex, however, has,
for many years, soiled all his post horses upon
t•irt-1., with no other precaution than that of keep-
ing them limn water. This fornishes a most va-
luable hint to owners of post horses, when bay is
scarce or dear, and it points out the advantage of
giving little water with green fowl of any 4e-
heription.. .
LECTURES.

In the course of this Session, several lectures on
most intirresting subjects have been delivered to
the Members of the Board, which must be too
fresh in the memory of the gentlemen here present
to render it necessary for me to dwell upon them.
It may be proper, however, to observe, that these
lectures are not intended solely for this Members of
the Board; but that as soon as they are matured,
the- are to be printed for the information of the
public, arid the attention of those intelligent Gen-
tlemen, by whom they were delivered, directed to
other objets. As little time as possible, I hope,
will he lost in printing these valuable produc-
tions; fur the curiosity of the public will naturally
he strongly emoted to read the sentiments of Mr.
Y9ung on tillage and farm-curds ; and of Mr.
11 enter oa the construction of implements of hus-
bandry ; and to bow how the splendid discoveries
of a Davy can be applied to agricolture.