No. 10. Magnesia, a necessary constituent of Soils and P 



325 



when we : tcretions in 



the caecum of:. - 



of magnesia and ammonia, which was ob- 

 tained from hav and main consumed as 

 food." 



"It is now certain, that potash, soda and 

 magnesia, can be extracted from all ps - 

 the structure of plants, in the form of 



- " •■ Eb Handera, the 

 loss of the necessary matters in the soil is 

 completely restored, by covering the fields' 

 with the ashes of wood or bones, which mav 

 or may not. have been lixiviated, and of 

 which the greatest part consists of the phes- 

 ; of lime and magne- 

 above quotations are all from L 

 . " - as .;-:-. ■• plants - 

 tal quantities of the componei:' 

 - - .. different stages of their devel- 

 opment: an observation of much import-, 

 ■nee, in considering the growth of plants. 

 Thus wheat yielded one-third more ashes, one 

 month before blossoming, than while in blos- 

 som, and one-third less after the ripening of] 

 the seeds [tis therefore evident, that wheat 



the time of its flowering, restores 

 of its organic constituents to the soil, leaving 

 the phospaate of magnesia remaining 

 _ 



According to Liebig, his ana. sis - 

 from the surface of a field distinguis; 



m Belgium, gave, in 100 parts : 



100.000 



T i question by Mr. Vanleer was 



n to lime being applied in 

 than plaster, by "A3 

 ad fully expounded; but in 



' - - ster is necessary 



... . 



- : e, to fix the am- ! j 

 - :re. In the soring of : 

 IS • - " .- - 



. acre, in the m: 



rvest - once i 



seededii 

 and in th - - g It 1 - .: c'.o- 



'■.-.' i gn re, where j 



the plaster was ploughed down, wi- 

 most surprising effect of pku - 

 seen, interfering with the cradle at 

 while the adjacent pai Beld pre- 



sented a diminutive and - 

 The allusion to an e t made bv 



Daniel Buckley. Esq.. :y spreading t r 



with a sho- f 30 bush-; 



acre, must have been understood in a Pick- 

 ttickian sense certainly. M 

 and died within a good gun-shot of nt 

 dence. where I write, and yet tee know no- 

 thing of ar; travagant experiment 

 having been made by him here. 



A Lancaster Cotwtt Fabmer. 

 Peqae ■ . ■ ■ 1543. 



P. S. The above remarks having been 

 written immediat- f after i 

 leer's communication, and that too, upon the 

 spar of the moment, I have nswiem- 



ing his article, one of his i mains 



unanswered. He as>.- e man who 



kept a small farm in good i i nimal 



manures, without lime, ex- 

 tending his acres or domains, keep his large 

 rarm in the same good condition without 

 -. because he did not make 

 animal manure, whie: 



-ime and magnesia, in sufficient 

 abundance, or in the same proportior.. 



• - . 



rated. I repeat emphaticaC'. — - 

 - 

 cieiously, in addition to all the ashes and 

 ; animal manure yon can " rake and scrape f 

 on account of our animal manure not keep- 

 ing pace with our system of cr 

 must use mineral manures, as important 

 auxiliaries and additional resoorces, to im- 

 prove oar farms and enable us to extend 

 ::i ::. ::--.--; : :: ' - '■'- _- " . .- s 

 - - " ' -" :. 



great when analysed or re- 



" " § ;_nal elements, we find 



romposed of a great variety of sub- 

 stances. If Mr. Vanleer objects to r - *• 

 nature, instead ot " striking at a mi- 

 desired, the editor will nan 



A. L. Fasxek. 



Rebellious Hess — .'. . our of ocrs 

 stales, 1 g*s ~ - the best th:: ■ 



can find to mix with the c s . ~es to 



his hens. He says - - ■ . Eat, as 



large as a ^ set a hen to I 



from her sett g : and thus his hens lay 

 through the whole '. some more 



" . - .rd! — 



Massach use: : s i J ." : g I man. 



