. Farmer and stockbreeder . eraged 966 gallons of milk for six years. Shiclosely related to Lacy Ringlet 11th, sold to Sir i ill at Mi ^ Perkins sale for Thornbv Don himself is bv Drusus 115,42. whichwas out of the great Tring Cow Dorothy, whilst hit*dam Victoria 2nd is a cow and a prizewinner. Thornby»Don has done remarkably well inMr. Sherwoods herd and has got some excellent andmost promising dairy stock. We hear that tho Dinas Powjx Shire HorseSociety recently visited Mr. E. 1. Applet V* studat Thurlaston Gnnge. Rugby, and hired the five-year-old horse Morr
. Farmer and stockbreeder . eraged 966 gallons of milk for six years. Shiclosely related to Lacy Ringlet 11th, sold to Sir i ill at Mi ^ Perkins sale for Thornbv Don himself is bv Drusus 115,42. whichwas out of the great Tring Cow Dorothy, whilst hit*dam Victoria 2nd is a cow and a prizewinner. Thornby»Don has done remarkably well inMr. Sherwoods herd and has got some excellent andmost promising dairy stock. We hear that tho Dinas Powjx Shire HorseSociety recently visited Mr. E. 1. Applet V* studat Thurlaston Gnnge. Rugby, and hired the five-year-old horse Morrell Royston 33387 for tbe comingseason. He is a big, weighty bay, a son of RoystoBForest King, which horse won numerous prises,including reserve champion , Bristol,champion Suffolk, and 1st Royal Lanes. MorrellRoyston was let to the North Hereford Society Hatyear, and sired one or two very good fools when athre-c-vcpr-old, and should do good in South Wales. February 10, 1919. AND CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE JOURNAL. 211. CORRESPONDENCE MANAGEMENT OF PASTURES Sir,—Wren Hoskyns wrote many years ago inconnection with the heated question, deep andshallow draining, which formed two bitterlyopposed schools long after the shallow advocateshad written themselves round to the other side,etc. In these days the happy medium has beenreached. But he touched the point when hoshowed that those who at first experience get agood result are difficult to persuade that there isa better. Hundreds of thousands of acres ofgrass have been brought from bad to good by theuse of slag; and because of this some cannot con-ceive that anything better can be done. Contraryto many, your correspondent Leics. arguesthat a nitrogenous salt can increase thegrowth of clovers in mixtures. I have explainedpreviously why many have been hindered fromthis old, useful practice; but he has adopted theidea that it cannot pay on old grass. Personally,I make a considerable difference between theeffect of nitrate of sod
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