. The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c. to 33s., half-bred ewes 40s. to 45s., Scotchewes 19s. to 22s., half-bred lambs 25s. to 30s., tuplambs 30s. to 36s., and rams 50s. to 65s. Forcattle the demand was an average one, milkersand laying-off beasts making £14 to £21 were a very middling lot. Sulphate of Copper in Preserved. Peas.—The question of whether preserved [teas containing .sulphate of Copper are injurious to healthwas submitted to the Ramsey (Stipendiary lastweek in a test prosecution against two trades-men. A sample of a French brand had been sub-mitted to the a
. The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c. to 33s., half-bred ewes 40s. to 45s., Scotchewes 19s. to 22s., half-bred lambs 25s. to 30s., tuplambs 30s. to 36s., and rams 50s. to 65s. Forcattle the demand was an average one, milkersand laying-off beasts making £14 to £21 were a very middling lot. Sulphate of Copper in Preserved. Peas.—The question of whether preserved [teas containing .sulphate of Copper are injurious to healthwas submitted to the Ramsey (Stipendiary lastweek in a test prosecution against two trades-men. A sample of a French brand had been sub-mitted to the analyst, who pronounced it Con-tained grainsof copper sulphate, and wasinjurious This was supported by the Hoard ofTrade Departmental Committee and otherauthorities, also by two medical men who werecalled, BV>r the defence several medical mpngave a contrary opinion, and declarer! that cop-per sulphate was used as a nervous tonic andastringent, and taken in sued qualities as foundin the sample would be innocuous. Judgmentwas Horse Notes. The Bookish theorie is responsible for someremarkable statements respecting the origin ofsome of our breeds of horses. Writers about horsesseem to have thought that every breed, such asthe Cleveland Bay, the Hackney, and others, arethe result of ani elaborate system of crossing, andit never appears to have struck them that to pio-duce the lesults they see there must havebeen much more system than was likely to beadopted in the state of civilisation which pre-vailed in the times of which they write. I mustsay, however, that rsed as I am to reading theelaborate theories of writers on horses, I wasastonished when I read that the Suffolk Punchwas the result of a cross between the Arab andthe English cart mare! The English cart mare is a mythical animalwhich serves as a foundation for any powerfulbreed. When you want to account for the exis-tence of such a breed—a. breed, that is, which haspower and quality—go to the carting
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