38—18406.] THE 
AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
-633 
GUANO, &e. 7 
ARK FOTHERGILL begs to offer the following 
MANURES on the best terms, viz : 
GUANO, PERUVIAN and AFRICAN, direct from Import 
arehouses, 
Ditto, PATAGONIAN and SALDANHA BAY. Ditto, 
SODA ASH, for destruction of Wireworm. 1 
SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME (See Royal Agri. Soc. 
Journal, Vol. vi. Part 2). 
GYPSUM (Pure Sulphate of Lime). 
BONE DUST and BONE POWDER. 
SULPHURIO ACID. CHARCOAL. 
PETRE SALT and AGRICULTURAL SALT for Composts. 
SILICATES of SODA and POTASH, and all other Manures. 
To. 40, Upper Thames-street. 
Agent for DINGLE'S HAND SEED-DIBBLE. 
ERU VIA 
VIAN AND BOLIVIAN GUANO ON 
SALE, BY THE ONLY IMPORTERS, 
ANTONY GIBBS anv SONS, LONDON ; 
Wx. JOSEPH MYERS anD CO., LIVERPOOL; 
Agents. 
GHT, AND CO., LIVERPOOL and BRISTOL; 
COTSWORTH, POWELL, AND PRYOR, LONDON. 
To protect themselves against the injurious consequences of 
using inferior and spurious guano, purchasers are recom- 
mended to apply only to Dealers ofestablished character, or to 
the above-named Importers, who will supply the article in any 
quantity, at their fixed prices, delivering it from the Import 
Warehouses. 
LIQUID MANURE. 
ENGLAND INDEPENDENT OF THE WORLD FOR CORN. 
HE attention of the Agricultural Interest, at this 
momentous crisis, is requested to the great importance of 
LIQUID MANURE, and the ease with which it may be appro- 
priated by the use of FOWLER’S PUMPS, made expressly for 
the purpose, either portable or fixed ; Garden, Ship, and Barge 
'umps; als ose for Distillers, Brewers, oilers, and 
Tanners, for hot and cold liquor, Pumps kept for hire, f 
Excavations and Wells. Buildings heated by Hot Water, for 
Horticulture, and every variety of manufacturing purposes, 
The Trade supplied on advantageous terms, ENJAMIN 
ineer, 45c., 63, Dorset-street, Fleet-street, London. 
FOR Y : 
HE URATE OF THE LONDON MANURE 
COMPANY will be found a most valuable Manure for the 
above crops—it is permanent in its effects, and has stood the 
test of five seasons with increasing success each year. The 
Company also supply genuine Peruvian Guano, Gypsum, Super- 
Lime, Sulphate and Muriate of Ammonia, Char- 
t, Sulphuric i 
phosphate of 
e. Sawdus' 
Manure, at the lo 
tar; i 
Acid, and every Artificial 
OTTER'S GUANO FOR WHEAT AND ALL 
GRAIN CROPS.—The Autumn season is particularly re- 
ded for tl lication of POTTER'S GUANO for 
the above crops, as time is afforded for the due decomposition of 
the Manure in the soil, and it is thus prepared, when the plant 
SEED WHEAT. 
ED STRAW WHITE WHEAT, AND HOPE- 
TOUN WHITE WHEAT — Varieties whose excellence 
has been tested and acknowledged by very many farmers both 
in England and Scotland,—for Sale at 
WHITFIELD FARM, WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE, 
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, 
Price 60s. per quarter; sacks 2s, each. Orders must be accom- 
panied by a remittance or a reference., JOHN MORTON. 
GRIGULTURAL TUITION.—A highly respect- 
able and practieal Agriculturist, in the county of Nor- 
folk, on an extensive estate o! eicester’s, has a vacancy 
for Two Pupils. The advantages the situation offers, com- 
bined with the domestic comforts, are far superior to those 
generally met with.—For further particulars, address to G. X., 
Post-office, Rougham, Norfolk, 
POLMAISE HEATING. 
]PURBIDGE & HEALY beg respectfully to in- 
form the Public that they had the honour of supplying 
Mr. MEEK with the iron work for his Heating Apparatus. They 
have inspected his house, and they can assure their Friends 
and the Publie that it acts very perfectly, as far as they can 
season, and altogether the principle is 
ientifie manner; and they are quite 
ready to supply the various apparatus to any extent that may 
ir own stove is intended to act precisely 
as Mr. MEEK’s, but is d 
ilities that they, in their practical 
experience, know all hot-air apparatus to be subject to, and 
which they believe will be equal, r to, any 
arrangements for 
nessed,—Manufactory, 130, Fleet-street. 
SPES CORDE OF HALF-MOON-STREET, 
la THOMAS GIBBS and CO., 
(By Oficial appointment), the SEEDSMEN to the 
“ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND,” 
Beg to remind the Members of the Society, and Agriculturists 
in general, that their only Counting House and Seed Ware- 
house is at the Corner of HALF-MOON-STREET, PICCA- 
DILLY, London, as for the last Fifty Years. 
Priced Lists of Agricultural Seeds are always ready, and may 
e had on application. 
W FLOWER-POT RDEN F 
OHN MORTLOCK, 250, Oxford-street, respectfully 
announces that he has a very large assortment ofthe 
above articles in various colours, and solicits an early inspec- 
tion, very description of useful CHINA, GLASS, and 
EARTHENWARE at the lowest possible price, for Cash.—250, 
Oxford-street, near Hyde-park. 
AKER'S PHEASANTRY, Beaufort-street, King's- 
E road, Chelsea (by appointment to Her MasrEsrY and 
H. R. H. Paice AnnERT).-ORNAMENTAL WATERFOWL, 
consisting of Black and White Swans; Egyptian, Canada, 
China, Barnacle, Brent, and Laughing Geese; Sheildrakes, 
Pintail, Widgeon, Summer and Winter Teal; wall, 
brador, Shovellers, Gold-eyed and Dun Diver ; Carolina Ducks, 
La- 
feels the first genial warmth of spring, to afford th 
nutriment in a fit state for immediate assimilation.—Testi- 
monials and all particulars at the Factory, 28, Clapham-road- 
place, Kennington. i ew respectable Agents wanted 
RNAMENTAL TILES for Floors, Walls, &c., of 
Greenhouses, Conservatories, Garden Terraces; Encaustic, 
Venetian, &c., in EVERY VARIETY. May be seen at Messrs. 
d Wyamr's, Surrey-street, Blackfriars, London, 
Agents to Messrs. MIN TON & CO., the Patentees, of Stoke- 
Uupon-Trent, Also Patentees of the PORCELAIN BUTTONS, 
cheaper » ko: 
hi nd more durable than Mother-o’-Pearl, &c. 
BY HER 
MAJESTY’ 
ws GIVE 
Y MNEILL & CO., of Lamb's Buildings, Bunhill- 
row, London, the Manufacturers and only Patentees of 
THE ASPHALTED FELT FOR ROOFING 
Houses, Farm Buildings, Shedding, Workshops, and for 
Garden purposes, to protect plants from Frost, 
At the Great National Agricultural Shows, it is this Felt 
which has been exhibited and obtained the Prize, and is the 
Felt patronised b; 
xn MAJEsTY’S Woops AND FORESTS, 
HONOURABLE BOARD OF ORDNANCE, 
HONOURABLE EasT INDIA COMPANY, 
HONOURABLE COMMISSIONERS OF Customs, 
Her Masesry’s ESTATE, ISLE or WIGHT, 
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, REGENT’S PARK, 
And on the Estates of the Dukes of Sutherland, Norfolk, Rut- 
land, Newcastle, Northumberland, Buecleuch (at Richmond), 
S d most of the Nobility and Gentry ; 
ral Soctety’s House, Hanover Square. 
It is half the ny other description of Roofing, and 
effects a great saving of Timber in the construction of Roofs. 
Made to any length by 32 inches wide, 
Price ONE PENNY PER Square Foor. 
^*^ Samples, with Directions for its Use, and Testimonials, 
of seven years’ experience, with references to Noblemen, Gen. 
tlemen, Architects, and Builders, sent free to any part of the 
town or country, and orders by post executed 
pectfully cautioned that the only Works 
e above Roofing is made, are 
NEILL AND C0?S 
S, 
PATENT, 
ENS 
Bunhill-row, Lon- 
y be seen, 
R. A. 
ending direct to the Factory can be sup- 
Note. msumers se 
Plied in lengths best suited to their Roofs, so that they pay for 
no 
more than they requ 
e 
LEGG'S Il 
IMPROVED SELF-ACTING HY- 
* DRAULIO ENGINE being now Registered, he begs to call 
the attention of the Public to the following Prices :—A machine 
k wa 0y: condueting-pipe included, 207. ; do. 
S 600 yar m This machine can be made to convey from 
gallon to 20 per minute to a distance of 2000 yards, and to an 
elevated point of 500 feet or upwards, Fountains, Towns, &e., 
Situated on eminences, can be supplied by the above machine. 
Deep well-pumps on an improved pri .—N.B. All Machines 
wan i , Cheltenham. 
anted,—Apply at 
H? Y iR U; The attention of 
QE Architects, Builders, and others, is respectfully requested 
© Bensanın Fowuzg’s superior method of Heating Chur 
onservatories, Forcing an 
W arehous 2s, Kilns, Rooms 
riety of purpose for which 
i i i last 20 years some 
3 ve been heated upon this plan, and 
pres ores for whom they were executed are constantly ex- 
sing their satisfaction, also their wi " 3 
p 1 lingness h for 
heir efficiency. An improved wrought-iron boiler, which 
i f: ] 
T: 
re- 
quires no brickwork, may be seen in action upon the premises, 
JAMIN FowLER, 63, Dorset-street, Fleet-street, 
BEN, 
inioned ; also Spanish, Cochin China, 
&c., j 
Malay, Poland, Bolton Gray, Surrey, and Dorking Fowls; and 
at 3, Half-moon-p: h-street. 
White, Japan, Pied, and Common Peafowl, 
above ; and pure China Pigs. 
Eggs of the 
E ARLY FOOD.—The farmers of the United King- 
A dom have now an opportunity of providing early food, by 
sowing, without loss of time, the WINTER DON OATS, which 
resists the most intense frost, and comes in early in proportion 
to the period sown ; growing a heavy crop according to ground. 
Its mealing quality is unequalled.—Further particulars to be 
had from Mr, Morgan DILLON 'ARD, Stratford-on-Slaney, 
and, by enclosing a stamped envelope, with address of ap- 
plicant on it. 
[XHOSHHORIS RAT POISON.—This preparation 
is offered to the Public with the greatest confidence, being 
decidedly superior to all those poisons containing arsenic and 
other minerals, ‘It is most greedily eaten by rats and mice as 
long as it is offered to them, and invariably proves certain de- 
struction, Prepared only by EDWARD Purser, 40, Bridge-street, 
Blackfriars, London. Sold in pots, with fall directions tor use, 
at 4s., 8s., and 20s. each. 
OT-WATER PIPES.—A large stock of these 
À Pipes, with Elbows, Syphon Bends, and all the usual 
connexions. Socket and Flange Pipes, at JoNEs's, 6, 
Bankside, Southwark. 
"ONICAL BOILERS.—These excellent Boiters, in- 
vented by Jon Rogers, Esq., are made of various sizes 
by Jonn SuEWEN, Ironmonger, Sevenoaks. They are applica- 
bleto all kinds of apparatus, and are in use at Messrs. Lod- 
Messrs. Chandler’s, Vauxhall; Messrs. 
Rollisson’s, Tooting; Mr. Pontey's, Plymouth ; Mr. Henderson’s, 
Pine-apple-place ; and in the Horticultural Society’s Gardens. 
“The Agricultural Gazette. 
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1846. 
MERTINGS FOR THE TWO FOLLOWING WEEKS. 
'HURSDAY, ept. 24—Agricultural Imp. Soc. of Ireland, 
LOCAL SOCIETIES. 
Confold —Leyland Hundred— Penrith Newton St. Ewart - Royal E. Berke 
Spicy Dalkelth - Bedford—Kirkaldy—Shroph 
and Guiltoross—Portariington. 
FARMERS' CLUBS. 
Sept. £0— Newton — Braintree and 
ooking 
Oct. 1—Hawlck—Blofield and Wal- 
sham—Grove Ferry 
24—Ottery St. Mar: 
25—Rhins of Gallows’ 
28—Cirencester — Wenlock — 
Moreton Hampstead 
Sept. 
A coop deal of attention has of late been re-di- 
rected to the question of Marr versus BARLEY as 
mencement (but there was then a difference of 
l cwt. 1 qr. 1 lb. in the dive weight of the two lots); 
and we must admit the accuracy of the judgment 
which valued the malt fed beef at 4d. per lb. above 
that which had been fed on Barley, or, rather, we 
must acquiesce in the statement which attributes 
this difference of quality to that difference of food 
as its cause: but we shall avoid all criticism, and 
willingly accept Mr. Hupson’s published statement* 
as a valuable contribution towards a right under- 
standing of the subject. 
There appears to be a singular difference of opi- 
nion between scientific men and practical farmers 
on the value of malt as food. To Dr. Tomson, 
as the representative of the former class, we may 
add Professor Jounsron, who has lately announced 
asimilar opinion (see p. 621), and many others ; 
and to Mr. Hupson as the representative of the 
latter class, we may add Mr. Coreman, who in a 
late speech said that he would prefer Mr. Hup- 
soN's opinion on this subject, founded asit was on 
experience, to all the theories in Christendom. So, 
we may add, should we, were it not that Dr. Trom- 
son’s opinion is also founded on experience—an ex- 
perience, as we think, more carefully studied, and 
more particularly recorded than the other — an 
certainly more in accordance with what intelli- 
gent men would ezpect. Well, then, here are 
two sets of facts directly at variance—here is a 
good opportunity for putting science to the test. 
Just try her advice, and see whether or not she is to 
be trusted. Let this question be put at rest by the 
testimony of a number of experiments. Let the 
different descriptions of food be tried on sheep, as 
well as on fatting cattle and cows; and from all 
these let evidence be gathered of the degree of con- 
fidence we may continue to place in the doctrines 
of agricultural chemistry. 
Mind, however, that justice be done to the 
question. lt is truth that we seek, not evidence to 
support an opinion, and therefore we must be care- 
ful to exclude from our minds, as well as from our 
observations, all disturbing causes. The following 
appears to be the circumstances of a fair series o 
experiments. Measure out the Barley, and send 
an equal quantity to the maltster ; measure it on its 
return, and for any quantity of Barley given daily 
to the one set of animals, give:to the other the 
corresponding quantity of malt. Sheep might 
receive a pint of Barley daily cach, and cattle of 
ordinary size and milch cows, 10 pints each, Let 
the animals, selected as carefully as possible, be 
accurately weighed before their first morning meal 
at the commencement of the experiment; but 
before this it will probably be better that they 
should be fed for a day or two on the sorts of food 
they are afterwards to receive, in order that each 
may from the commencement readily take the full 
quantity allotted to it. The corresponding lots 
must be fed alike in all respects, but that which 
is the subject of experiment; but each animal 
should receive of the other food given as much as it 
will eat, a daily account being kept of the quantity. 
The number of animals in a lot should not be less 
than 10; and it may be well that each experiment 
should include three lots; one during the whole 
period (which might be four months) to be fed on 
the malt diet, the second on the Barley, and the 
third on Barley during the first month, on malt 
during the second, and so on. Each lot should be 
weighed at the commencement of each month. In 
the case of the cows, in addition to all this, a daily 
record of the milk must be kept—and in the other 
cases the animals must be slaughtered at the close 
of the experiment, and the butcher’s report must be 
recorded. 
The details of a series of such experiments would 
furnish, we consider, a thoroughly trustworthy 
answer to the question which is at issue. This 
question we believe to be of less practical import- 
ance than some consider it, for there are better 
modes of feeding than with either Barley or malt 
by itself, but it is of importance in another point of 
view as being the subject of so wide a difference of 
food for cattle, by the publication of experiments by 
Mr. Hunson, of Castleacre, Norfolk. Six High- 
land Scots were selected from alot of 10; three 
were fed on one peck of Barley, one bushel of Man- 
gold Wurzel, and a certain quantity of Clover each, 
per diem, and the other three were fed on one peck 
of malt, one bushel of Mangold Wurzel, and thi 
same quantity of Clover-hay each per diem. 
selection of the animals was carefully and oie 
e 
e 
tially done, and the choice of the lots for the 
different diets was left to chance. This expe- 
riment has resulted. in the malt fed animals, 
after three months' feeding, beating the others 
in the market by about 97, a head. Now, it would 
be quite easy to quarrel with the details of this ex- 
opinion between scientific and “practical” men. 
And we should be glad to see it correctly answered 
as a test of the value of theoretical conclusions. 
We shall be happy to join any of our readers in an 
attempt to do this. Any letters on this subject 
during the next fortnight will receive immediate 
attention. 
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. 
I SHALL now endeavour to fulfil my promise respect- 
ing the agrieultural statisties of England ; but before 
laying down any plan for accomplishing an object of 
such p t import o the landi r, tenant, 
and the labourer, I will make a few remarks by way of 
introduetion, that your readers may see the views I 
have taken on the subject ; this I shall do without the 
periment. Before agreeing in its we | 
must admit the equality of the animals at its com- | 
* Mark-lane Express, July 27. 
