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ground being obliged to contribute nourishment to the plants. The beets may 
be weeded with the plough, a great economy of labor, and the plants grow longer 
and send their roots deeper, thus suffering less from disease, heat, and rain. 
Plants thus grown also yield a larger percentage of sugar and starch.” * * 
‘‘T have often noticed that in sowing cereals after beets the yield was increased 
and vegetation stronger when the beets had been planted on ridges.” 
FARM PRODUCTS AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS IN EUROPE. 
Dr. F. B. W. Von Hermann, of the Bavarian Bureau of Statistics, furnishes 
the following estimates of farm products and domestic animals in the countries 
named: 
Pera oe : 
Bushels for 1,000 inhabitants, deducting seed. 2s Domestic animaJs for 1,000 
ee inhabitants. 
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Austria .........| 1,866 | 2,372 | 552 | 1,644 | 7,332 11,815 | 4,398 | 39,766 | 642 | 1,152 | 3,006 | 1, 500 
PRRiae eet te =e Pav6 (4) Si8 |< --4- |ectemer | 6, 582 | 1,140 | 10,998 | 60,522 | 576 | 1,098 | 6,114 968 
SexcON Vee ae asia 2,148 | 4,088 }--=.-|-----.- 7,410 | 1,890 | 13, 824 |116, 748 | 276 | 1,176 | 1,368 696 
Wurtemberg ....| 3,816 | 1,002 | 324 |......- | 7’ 198 | 3'036 | 10,932 | 83; 604 | 336 | 1,626 [2382 | 756 
WTANCO S525 | 6, 084 | 1,566 |c528 | 606 | 11,892 | 1,122 | 3,498 | 50,472 | 480 772 | 5,580 882 
Belgium......... | 3,372 | 2,892 | 462 |......- 8,526 | ‘834 | 13,920 | 63,138 | 366| 876| 774 | 606 
Holland)... 2c2en 1240500) 2) 246) |= <= asacoe= 3,624 | 954 | 11,142 | 35,304 | 444 | 1, 704 | 1,566 492 
Anelande = eee ses 1-828 | PAN alte Vase cre = | 3,734 | 774 | 11,514 | 79, 026 | 630 | 1, 782 | 3, 600 | 1, 200 
AV ALIA = 3 = cots | 2,778 | 4, 128 | saK5- jbssdo5- 8, 298 | 2,958 | 10, 936 | 51, 348 486 | 1,956 | 2,634 | 1,188 
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MINERAL PHOSPHATE OF LIME. 
The use of apatite, or mineral phosphate of lime, as a fertilizer, is at present 
attracting considerable attention in Europe, and from recent experiments made, 
in comparison with other fertilizing substances, this mineral promises to take 
high rank among fertilizers. The native phosphate of lime, or apatite, is a 
hard and often well-crystallized mineral, chiefly composed of phosphoric acid and 
lime, and, as stated by Professor Johnson, is found in Devonshire and Cornwall, 
England, and also in Scotland, but as yet not in sufficient quantity to allow of 
its being collected for economical purposes. On the continent it is found in seve- 
ral places, as in the Tyrol, Bohemia, Bavaria, Sweden, and Norway. Most 
commonly it occurs in thin seams, imbedded in crystalline or volcanic rocks, but 
seldom in sufficient quantity to repay the cost of working. In America it is 
found imbedded in granite at Baltimore, in gneiss at Germantown, and in granite 
in Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Maine, and also in Canada and various 
other localities. Mineralogists distinguish several varieties of apatite, but gen- 
erally speaking it has a light green or a reddish color. The beds found in Can- 
ada are said to be extensive and the mineral is equal if not superior to that found 
in Europe. An analysis of the Canada apatite gives the following resuit : 
Phosphate of lime...... Bye ns ee Steed ce pebees Si aaeeeeee oe Olean 
Fluoride eticalciumn:. . 5.26 Bem SE LSB eh: eee state eee 7 60 
Chlondeot calcium -..—.'.-- Smears s- 2. « See RRA Bet gt eee 078 
Insoluble... ... yo ot es... | eee ee ea 0.90 
100.45 
This mineral is found in extensive beds and deep veins on the borders of 
the Rideau river and accessible to river craft. It will, doubtless, be found in 
