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heap; calculating say orve pound of evacuations 

 liquid and Bolid from each individual per day, 

 and proporiioiiinir the hark to it ; what in above 

 that quaniiiy bt'iiijr disposed of to other persons, 

 for the same purpose. Ail the hide wool iuiil 

 glue WMshiiii.'S and hoiige draininizs should run 

 into the same, which should be rooled over to 

 keep ort' the ram, but with open sides to encour- 

 age evaporHiiori of the itioiuiure. All the ashes 

 of fires, whether ol the works or house, should 

 be added, to help the at)t:or|)tiou, and destroy the 

 smell; and by ihis means, a faimer employing 

 twenty-five hands, may turn out twenty-five 

 pounds evacuations; add three times the quan- 

 tity of tanners' bark seventy-five pounds; add 

 (brashes, Sac, above detailed, and we have one 

 hundred and fifty pounds of manure per day, 

 richer than stable dung, much beiter lor whent, 

 and losing nothing in rotting as not required. 

 In other places, as private gardens, school 

 grounds, &c., the bark may be procured from 

 the tanner, and added to the privy sink, in rather 

 lari/er proporiions, reckoning the evacuations as 

 one and a half pounds per entire day of twenty- 

 lour hours. Much less bark will do, say half 

 as much as the night-soil, making up the quan- 

 tity with garden mould ; but the bark is so uiuch 

 additional vegetable matter, at little cost. It 

 may be thrown in, a load at a lime, for the ex- 

 crement to lall upon ; but the ashes should he 

 added daily, so as to lie on the top, and absorb 

 the smell. A long and large trunk should rise 

 irom the sink, to encourage evaporation and 

 carry up, also, the smell still remaining ; for 

 although much subdued by ashes, it cannoi be 

 altogether destroyed, without careful mixture, 

 not practicable for such a purpose. In this manner 

 lartre quantities may be collected. 



Peat earth will do instead of bark, as above 

 stated, with the precaution not to throw it in 

 cohesive lumps, which will not absorb, but as 

 dry and crumt)ly as possible. The ashes are 

 equally useful in either case. — Eng. paper. 



EXTRACTS FROM PROCEEniNGS OFTIIE SOTTH 

 WILTS AND VVAUMIKSTER (ENG.) FARBIEKs' 

 CLUB. 



From the London Farmers' Magazine, for .tune, 18-12. 

 The first subject lor discussion was '' on drills." 

 An intellitreni member, who brought this for- 

 ward, said he had drilled lor many years, and had 

 derived nuich benefit from such a practice ; that 

 he had used the hor»-e-hoe with much surcess on 

 his farm, principally a liizht soil, in the spring — 

 which was an efheient and economical means of 

 cleaning it : and that, in his opinion, there was a 

 saving of seed in pursuing such a system— in 

 wheat of at least half a bushel per acre, and in 

 barley of as much as two bushels. With regard 

 to the produce, he had generally grown more in 

 grain when drilled than when sown broadcast, 

 although a smaller proportion of seed was used ; 

 the sfrau', however, he admitted, was generally 

 deficient. The same system applied equally to 

 turnips, vetches, &c. Many members present 

 seemed to concur in this practice as a desirable 

 one ; but some dissented from it, arguing that 

 the broadcast principle produced as much corn, at 



less expense ; and that although it frequently oc- 

 curred that more grain was sown than when the 

 drill was used it was not necessary ; and that an 

 equal quintiiy of seed ivould yield quite as favour- 

 able a result. Much discussion arose as to which 

 was the best as well as the most economical system 

 to pursue, the drilled or broadcast ; but the mem- 

 bers present not having n)ade correct calculations 

 on the point, no resolution was aijreed on, reserv- 

 inf? the subject for a future meeting. 



Second subject. — "The diseases of sheep, par- 

 ticularly giddiness." 



The member who introduced this subject said, 

 he was anxious to obtain inlormation, rather than 

 offer it, as to the cause and cure of giddiness in 

 sheep ; the disease being one of much aggrava- 

 tion to the tarmer, who frequently suffered much 

 pecuniary loss by not knowing how to treat it 

 elficaciously. A gentleman of the medical pro- 

 lession being present, was called on for some ex- 

 planation — and stated he knew but little of the 

 diseases of animals, but thought there was a 

 much greater resemblance between them and the 

 diseases of the human subject than was generally 

 supposed. He believed the disease in question 

 was similar m its character and consequences 

 to that known as water on the brain in the human 

 species ; like that, he understood, it more fre- 

 quently attacked yhviig subjects. He was not sur- 

 prised to hear that the cases were almost univer- 

 sally fatal, as from the nature of the disease he 

 should expect that to be the case. It was doubt- 

 less inflammatory aHection of the brain, or its 

 membranes, speedily terminating in an effusion of 

 fluid. Even in young children, though watched 

 as they are by their mothers, it but too commonly 

 escaped early notice, and when the disease was 

 once established, he regretted to say, any treat- 

 ment availed but little. In cases of iiiddy sheep, 

 he had known the trephine used, and the effused 

 fluid evacuated ; but had never heard of a case 

 lerminating in recovery. This is just what he 

 should expect, as the delicate structure of the 

 brain- was too much disorganized by the disease 

 to admit of its bein? restored to a healthy slate. 

 He feared he could give them but little hope of 

 their arrivinij at any satisfHClory treatment ; in- 

 deed, unless the disease was detected in the early 

 inflammatory staire, before efl'usion had taken 

 place, when copious bleeding might avail, he 

 really thought there was nothing to be done. Aa 

 lo a preveniion of the disease, this he thought 

 would be best done by keeping the animal in the 

 best slate of general health possible, but even 

 with iliat many cases must occur. He thought 

 breeding in-and-in likely to increase the number 

 of rasesj as tending lo produce degenerate stock. 



Many members present lelt the subject in ques- 

 tion to be one of great importance, but were not 

 enabled, from their experience, to adopt any satis- 

 factory resolution relative lo it. 



<< Paring and burning''' was brought forward 

 by one of the largest farmers and most intelligent 

 members of the society ; he staled his opinion 

 that nearly all soils were capable of it, with the 

 exception of sands, and described the fertilizing 

 [)roperties of ashes; recommending that turf 

 should be always removed where plantations 

 were made, and the converting such turf into ashes 

 instead of allowing it to rot ; hia calculation was, 



