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broken oif the vine, and then hangii g the bunches on lines in 

 the garret. The bunches are fiist well cleaned of bad ber- 

 ries, kc. 



Mr. Kentish presented a specimen of a crop of Swedes turnip, 

 of which his correspondent had raised three successive crops by- 

 means of Mr. K.'s prepared manure. This turnip was shaped 

 liJce a thick radisli or a parsnip. Herd grass, six feet high was 

 raised by same manure. 



The Secretary read the following extracts and translations pre- 

 pared by him : 



[London Farmers' Magazine, Nov. 1S51.] 



We take pleasure in making extracts from this intelligent work. 

 We consider it to be as n^uch a meml)er of our Farmers' Club as 

 any other member, except its personal piesence. We will hear 

 him speak on an interesting topic, which has recently engaged 

 our attention. Phosphate of lime. "Phosphate of lime, or as 

 Liebig reminded Mr. Pusey, ' more properly phosphoric acid,* 

 being proved to be the sheet anchor of green crop cultivation, it 

 becomes an important question where it can be obtained, and hew 

 it can be purchased at the cheapest rate. 



" The source of this, then unknown fertilizer, used to be bones, 

 chalk, marl, and the limestone of the carboniferous strata; but 

 now a vast field of additional sources of the manure is discover- 

 ed, consisting of the coproliies (dung of the primseval lizard 

 races,) the green sand, the gaull, (a provincial name in the east 

 of England for a series of beds of clay and marl, the geological 

 position of which is between the upper and lower green sand,) 

 native phosphorite, and the guano deposits in different parts of 

 the world. But it has also been found that if this acid— held by 

 the power of lime with a powerful affinity — could be rendered 

 less difficult for the plants to dissolve out, a vast saving ot quan- 

 tity and a great increase in the energy of the acid are obtained; 

 and hence the various substances containing the acid have been 

 crushed, or treated with ditlerent acids, to facilitate the decom- 

 position of the mass by the vital agency of the plants. It has 

 been discovered, in the practical application of the phosphates, 



