THE FAUMEKS* REGISTER. 



717 



Th"? last experiment wne on a piuidysoil, where 

 potMiiiej: Hiiil Sivede luriiips had lioeii Ibildered ij|i 

 to I he 13di ol' M.iy. Tut; i>r ifs wns enieii vc.ty 

 clofe, mid on a htrhl hurninjr sand liille. cm ol 

 ijrass cuii'({ he expected nlicr ihai period. P.iri 

 \Vi\s u'aipreJ uiili ihc I qiid manure. That pari 

 where it was apfilied foon <rave oui a rich Ujxnri- 

 nni herbiiL'e, and eunlaiiied three, limes jis much 

 fzrass as any o'lier pan ol' ihe fiehh li is refused. 

 Iiowever, Uy the smcK, heiiicj prohahly a[ip!ied loo 

 late. ?ome n!' the effluvia po.ssihly is siill delected 

 by the animals. 



Perha()s the writer may mention, thai n rel.itive 

 of his lias a deep well in ihe midd'e ol hi^ (old- 

 yard, which is now a liind ol' receptacle lor a 

 portion of the drainaue ; ihis he empties when 

 the manure is removed, and spreads it over a 

 paddock, which he mows every year for poilinir 

 llis draught-horses ; il yives ()erha|i!j three limes 

 OP much ifrass a* any other part of Ins (arm ol'an 

 eq'nd ex'eiii. The soil is a colJ retentive ciay. 



The conslrudion of tanks \^ the next imporiani 

 question. 'J'liai ol' the wriier is '• a lirick in 

 Icnirih" in walliiifr, plastered With Homan cement, 

 and fli^irtied over the top, one of the fla^s being 

 movable ; liie dnins iiiio it are all covered, and no 

 stranger could be conscious of its existence. In 

 some situaiions, with natural (alls, &e., it miijht 

 be built upon the surl'ace, and the liquid allowed 

 to pass throuah op'-n drains, clayed and [luddled. 

 As the former is the most efficien! and commo- 

 dious method, the writer will give an estimate, 

 for cuiiintr, walling, plas'eriuL', and covering a 

 tank of tlie following dimensions, viz. : — 

 Feet iiiclies. 



Lenglh (within.) - 13 6 



Widih, - - 6 6 



Depth, - - 6 — 19^ cub. yds. 



Cutting at 31. per cubic yard (over 



ail,) - - - - £0 7 G 



Walling, including brick and mor- 

 tar, 4--., - - - - 6 8 



Plastering and cement, - - 16 



Covering and fljgs, - - - 2 15 



£10 6 6 



This would be a tank sufficiently capacious (or 

 a farm of 150 to 200 acres. 



Receptacles of a more simple and inexpensive 

 nature might be consiructed. which would answer 

 some of ihe ends of a more complete tank. A 

 pond in a suitable siuiaiion might be adapted to 

 the purpose; it, would, however, be subjecifd to 

 excessive dilutions, so much so as to weaken the 

 manure and very materially increase ihe expense 

 of cartage, with h s- actual benefii to the land. 



A lank might hi made uiuier a shed, and com- 

 posed of walls of cl >y, and covered with slabs of 

 boarding, or any reluse boanliriL'. The expense 

 of such a reep[)tac!e would be somewhere as under, 

 dimensions as in the pre."eding case, viz. : — 

 Cutting ai 3J per yard, - - £0 7 6 

 Ciay and carting - - - 14 



Board and covering •> • • 5 



might be inserted in the ground with a comlucting 

 dram or cliaimol over ihc ulicle. 'I'his uiiglii tic 

 ellecied a' a very u (ling txpeiise, and the iid- 

 vaniagi 6 resuiiiiig liom It would be very great. 

 Tiie writ, r knows an lll^luncu of a small recepiii- 

 cli; ol this kind, where the owner has but one pig ; 

 he manages however, by iis aid in his gaitlen, to 

 iiio'.v astoiushing crojie, and has g.udeii produce 

 bo li e^riier ai.d superior to most of his neighborf. 



£16 6 



It wou!d, however, be suhjecl to sufler in frosiy 

 weather, as well asinexireme drought, and would 

 be liable to be perloraied by worms. 



For very email (aruis, or fer the allotments or 

 gardens of coiiager&, one or a series of large casks 



From tlic London h armors' Masaziiio. 

 nCSULTS FROM GUARO MAMRE. 



Frovi Mr. Smith, Gunton Park. Norfolk. 



Applied 200ibs. to an acre, and on the same 

 field on an equal s|)ace of land tifiecn bu.shels of 

 bone duel, iioili were drilled into the ground with 

 seed whtiai. 'ihe bone dust gave luur and a half 

 quariets ol wheat, ilie guano six quar.ers iwo 

 bushels one and a liuf pecks. 



Prom Mr. PVestcar, JBurwood, Surrey. 

 JJdd but a lew pounds weight, which lie ap- 

 jjlifd to live rods ol eur h ; dunged the remainder 

 ol Ihe field vviih the besl (iirm-yard manure, al 

 the rate of eiglilei n loLids to the acre ; drilled lit 

 barley. Five lods of the dunged pan ol ihe licld 

 gave ihiny-five bushels ol barley — the five rods 

 manured with guano gave thirty-nine bushels. 



From Mr. Geo. Harriott, North Waltham, Ba- 

 singstoke. 



The small quantity i received I sowed with 

 soaie barley on the Isi of May last, wiihout 

 ashes or charcoal. The weailicr was very dry 

 vvlien the-guauo was used ; the barley came up 

 iliree days sooner than elsewhere, ii was much 

 more luxuriant during all the season, and, as well 

 as 1 could ascertain Irom so small a quantity, 

 compared wiih an equal portion of land not sown 

 wiih guano, the produce was rather more than 

 hall us much more corn, and double the quantity 

 ol straw, if it had been sown earlier, 1 am con- 

 vinced it would have done more good. In the 

 early part of June 1 dressed about ten perches lor 

 Swedes; I mixed the guano with ashes, and 

 drilled in with the seed ; on either side I used 

 bone dust ; th% season was very dry. and conti- 

 nued so lor three weeks j the ashes mixed with the 

 lioiie dust were iiioisi — ihose with the guano Iresh 

 burned and dry. consequenily the Swedes dressed 

 vvi h the moist ashes came up u rurlidglu sooner 

 ihaii those dtessed wuh guano and dry bones ; 

 but since the rain vegetation has been very ra()id, 

 and guano has qiiite given the bone dust the go- 

 i>y. From vvhai I have teen, I have every rea- 

 son loihmk ii will lorm a mo^i valuable manure. 



It was applied to some bailey in Norlolk in 

 1810, and this year the clover on which il was 

 sown ha.s produced half a ton niore than any 

 other paitol the field. This is imporiani, as most 

 ariificial manures do good lor one season only. 



From Mr. Love, Shoreham, Sevenoaks. 



I beg to inform you 1 have made trial of the 

 guano, and am happy to add thai il has answer- 

 ed my most sanguine expectations. I mixed 14 

 lbs. in the first instance with two bushels oi' aehes, 



