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father-land by this exportation of manures would as- 

 suredly have been preserved to it, if during this pe- 

 riod the importance to agriculture of the constitu- 

 ents contained in bones and oil-cake had been clearly 

 understood in Germany. This is the triumph of in- 

 telligence, that it makes powers serviceable which 

 remain neglected and useless where intelligence is 

 wanting. 



That German bones exert a vigorous manuring 

 influence upon German soil can no longer be doubt- 

 ed ; for the results of practical experiment are now 

 before us to a sufficient extent to convince every one 

 who is open to conviction. Manuring with bone- 

 dust has become general over all parts of Saxony 

 during the last fifteen or twenty years, that is, after 

 the produce obtained by its employment in Upper 

 Lusatia had shown its extraordinary utility. How 

 important an extension of this mode of fertilizing 

 land has obtained in this part of Saxony more par- 

 ticularly, is revealed to us by the fact, that the first 

 bone-mill constructed there by an intelligent farmer 

 ground a total of 600 cwt. during 1837, but in the 

 year 1848 some 15,000 cwt.; as also by the addi- 

 tional consideration, that in the last-mentioned year, 

 in this province alone, some 50,000 or 60,000 cwt. 

 besides were prepared and sold, yet without satisfy- 

 ing all demands. 



The total quantity of bones which are to be ob- 

 tained from the animals annually slaughtered in 

 Saxony amounts, on an approximative calculation, to 



