236 Flistory. TSept.

was built: abouf the(ame time ſeveral cheſnut-poſts and rails were put guwn, which I bave ſince ſeen removed, and after Kanding thirty or forty years, generally appeared ſo found as to admit of being ſet up in ſome other place.

The laſt inſtänce I hall mention, thoug" not of long date, willhow the great ſuperiority of this timber over oak in fences. In the year 1772 the preſent Mr. Windham made a large plantation in his park, which was fenced with poſts and rails, converted from young oaks and cheſnuts of the ſame 2g€ and ſcantling, fuch as were picked out of a place where they ſtood tos zhick. Laſt year, upon. Mr. Windkham's cnlarging his plantations, it was neceſllary«to remove this fence; wher the cheſnut poſts were found.as ſound

. 25 when they were firſt put down, but thole of the oak were ſo much walted,

juſt below the Curface of the ground; that they could not be uſed for the ſame purpoles again without the aſlifance of a ſpar to ſgpport them.

Sept. 35 1805.; N. KENT.

verv.=TDhe Greeks and Turks ſow winter barley in the month of Sep

tember, and cut it in March for the fesod of horſes- Would not this.

radice, if adopted in Evgland, afford an excellent ſpring food for breed- ug ewes.?

A committee of the Bedford Society met on the ſccond inſtant, for the purpoſe of arranging the premiums for the next general meeting, of whicl: we, ſhall give an account in dye time.

“The ſales of cattle in every part of the kingdom are more numerous than wwe ever remember to have ſeen them.

Tar and fiſlh-oil, mixed in equal quantity(by meaſure) and well rubbed pon fruit trees with a bruſh, is a ſure means of extirpating that deſtruc- tive race of inſects which aſſume cke appearance of mould on the bark and branches.

Luſus Naturz. On the 2oth inſt, was diſcovered at a farm belonging ta George Ciildren, Elſq. Yunbridge-Town, a.cchick with four legs, and tour wings complete.

Rats and mice will immediately guit barns, granaries,&c. wherein you Mall place the field plant. called dog's tongue,(cunegloſſum officinale of Linnzus) bruifed with a hammer.

There is now a ſilver netted melon growing“ in the garden of G, B. Graves, Elſq..of Pagehall, weighing 19168. and four others of the fame kind, whoſe united weight amounts to 72Iibs.

Great rejuicing took place at Llanidres and the neighbourhood, a few days ago on account of the diſcovery of a lead mine, on the eſtate of Sir E. P. Lloyd, Bart. about two miles ot Mongomeryſkire.

Mr. Curwen of Workington-hall, has contracted with two nurſerymen at Keſwick, to plant for him, at Windermere, this ſeaſon, 400 acres with 3 5200,000 trees.

At Romney fair the prices of old cheeſe, were from ſeventy Millings to ſeventy-fx Millings; prime ſeventy-eigbt ſhillings, per hundred. New ditte from fifty to fiſty-four Millings; beſt fifty-hx Millings. Inſerior cheeſe Forty-four, forty-eight and fifty Mhillings.

Hawthorns.--The neceſſity of encloling land is geverally known: haw- thorn fenges have been found moſt effe&ual, but are tedious in their growth; to obviate this inconvenience, Samuel Taylor, eſq. of Moſton, near Mancheſter, has proved, by a variety of accurate experiments, that a greater increaſe of hawthorn plants may be had from. cuttings from the „roots than any other mode, and ſuch plants are kouter and quicker im growth.

The roots of the Sowering-ruſh, or water gladiole, when dried and „ground, makes a bread: but little inferior. in colour, nutriment, or taſte ta that made from whceaten fvur. Itis the common food ef the Calmucss