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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Nov. 21, 
matters, the above deductions merely relating to the 
actual conditions of the time present. Itis, however, 
an important conclusion, deducible from these experi- 
ments, that the time has nearly arrived when sulphate 
of ammonia will be available as a manure, even for 
crops of little value.* With sulphate of ammonia at 46 
francs per 100 kilogrammes, the excess of result in hay 
and after-erop would pay the price of the salt. There 
ean be no doubt that in a little time the devolopment 
given to the manufacture of sulphate of ammonia from 
putrifying urine, or gas liquor, will bring down the 
price of the salt to this rate, and then there will be no 
limits to the employment of this article. Until that 
period arrives, the liquid condensed in our works must 
supply agriculture with the salt. To this end the above- 
mentioned liquid may be saturated by an acid, decom- 
posed by plaster, by chloride of ealeium, chloride of 
many years active and economical manures. As 
regards nitrate of soda, I have demonstrated that we are 
already nearly arrived at those limits when the result 
will counterbalance the expense of its employment—a 
result which is due, in great measure, to a proceeding 
which has been taken by G , An ing 
which I had strongly solicited the Director-General of 
Customs, relying on the results of my experiments. I 
proposed the suppressi duty altogeth a mea- 
sure that would be completely effectual. However, the 
duty has only'been remitted to the extent of one-half, 
this advantage being exclusively conceded to products 
direetly transported from the South Sea in French 
vessels. i 
n this resource there is 2 double object—a 
favour aecorded to our flag, and also an encouragement 
to agriculture. But the results will not be very profit- 
able until the duty is removed altogether, for then no 
longer will our vessels transport merely two or three 
millions of kilogrammes of nitrate, but double that 
quantity, nay, perhaps, triple. Then only will agricul- 
ture profit by this salt, and will open an application of 
it that will be next to unlimited. ‘The Director-General 
of Customs, having seen the bearing of my demand, 
made me understand that I might calculate on his sup- 
port towards accomplishing my object, namely the un- 
taxed importation of nitrate of soda for the purposes of 
agriculture alone; and the suggestion was thrown out! 
that it might be mixed before importation with some 
substance that would render its employment in the 
manufacture impossible. The substance which occurred 
to me as available for this substanee was eommon salt, 
ten parts of which added to 100 parts of nitrate of soda 
would render the latter unfit for the manufacture of 
sulphuric and nitric acids. Of the former, because it 
time. If I were to state 12 tons, I should be within 
the truth, I am certain, This matter is so often disbe- 
lieved that Iam rather cautious of saying what really 
does take place. They (the Oats and Tares) were so 
wonderful after the Grass, that I took them as samples 
to the agricultural show at Beverley; and the York- 
shiremen were astonished beyond measure at the Grass 
report. Their argument was this: “You have ex- 
hausted your soil? I said, “I was aware that you 
would say so, and therefore I have brought the plants 
of the Tares and the Oats.” The number of grains was 
astounding, so that there might have been in the earth 
the remains of the power of this urine used to the Grass 
before. From 3000 to 3500 gallons of water are suffi- 
cient for an aere. I calculate 1100 gallons of urine and 
2200 of water. Four acres kept 100 horses in Grass- 
food till I was obliged to shut up my Grass for seed. I 
have grown a yard of Grass in 21 days. 
——————— 
Wotices to Correspondents, 
horses. Ten per cent on carts and other wooden implements 
attended to 
the profits of your farming, his salary, the t value of 
the skill requisite to the management of the business, mus 
be deducted. If, however, you merely wish to ascertain the 
amount of your incom farmer, then his salary should 
endeavour to get information for you. 
EannY Psas—S Fisher—Apply to any wholesale seedsman, 
See our advertising columns. Sowin March about 2 bushels 
per acre, in rows wide enough tb permit a thorough hoeing 
of the land, say with an interval of 1 foot, and you may ex- 
pect to harvest your crop in July; if a good one upwards of 
30 bushels per acre. 
ILLUSTRATED ADVERTISEMENTS— T' F M—The difficulty iies in 
—want of room 
Lincoun versus Essex—G W R—The former no doubt owes 
more to art for her agriculture than the latter. Look now 
t her fens, wolds, and heaths of former days. 
LINSEED As Foon—2 and S—See an article on this subject in 
another column—by Mr. Glover, Secretary, Newcastle Far- 
mers’ Club, We grind the Linseed and boil it to a mucilage 
in water, and then throw it over hay or straw chaff for 
cattle, first mixing an equal weight of Bean-meal with it. 
They hh it much ; we have never given it to horses, 
PLOUGHING MATCHES: anieus—Sorry we have no room for your 
it would destroy the leaden chambers and platinum 
vessels used in this operation ; and by the latter, be- 
cause the salt added would not only yield hydrochloric 
acid as a contamination, but would effect the decompo- 
sition of a portion of nitric acid, sufficiently considerable 
to prevent altogether the employment of nitrate of 
soda for this purpose. On the other hand, the opera- 
tion of separating the two salts by the process of erys 
tallization, in order that they might be separately em- 
ployed, would be attended with many difficulties, the 
penefit of this operation being already diminished by 
the aetual reduced duty of the nitrate, namely 7f. 50c. 
the 100 kilogrammes ; moreover, the operation is at- 
tended with certain difficulties due to the little difference 
between the solubility of the two salts. In short, there 
seems no reason why the fraudulent use of nitrate of 
soda in manufactures might not be altogether prevented 
by the addition of charcoal or tar, in the proportion of 
one or two per cent. to the mixture of nitrate and com- 
mon salt. Compt. Rend. Acad. des Sciences, Séance 
Aoút 17. Quoted in the Pharmaceutical Times. 
Metropolitan Sewage Manure Company: Analysis 
of Evidence.— Mr. Dickinson’s evidence hefore the 
Select Committee on Metropolitan Sewage Manure :— 
Tt (the liquid manure from the stable) is conveyed to 
this tank, from which it is pumped into a water-cart, 
conveyed and mixed with two parts of water, if the 
temperature is as to-day; but if it were lower, we 
should mix it with one part of water ; and in the winter 
season, we should put it on neat, to raise the tempera- 
ture of the earth ; the result of whieh has been, that I 
grew, the year before last, nine or ten crops of valuable 
Grass, Upon the same ground the soil was a surface 
of clay, with a subsoil of clay, so bad that the Norfolk 
man said, “I would not have your farm as a freehold ;” 
and the Lincolnshire man said, * I would not give you 
12s. an aere for it, if it was at my own door." The first 
was less than three quarters of an acre; that was 
mown nine or ten times the year before last, in the 
course of 12 months. The Grass increased in height as 
the p of the pl Some of these 
crops were 3 feet high, some of them more than 3 feet. 
They varied from 10 inches or a foot, up to 3 feet 6 
inches high. In the présent year, in January, was cut 
the first crop, which weighed 2lbs. per yard, upwards 
of four tons per aere. The crop has increased in height 
every cutting since. The fifth is now growing upon the 
ground ; the fourth is cut. I should say the second 
cutting was nearly 20 inches high. I did not weigh that ; 
I should think it twice the weight of the other, or more 
than eight tons of the green Grass. The third and 
fourth have been greater still. Both in May and June 
ihe quantity of cuttings was beyond eight tons each 
sous 
to 
i 
* All the experiments having been made in an 
ons drawn from them only app 
d t wi 
at Tt will easily be comp 
soil m 
niacal salts with the evolution of ammoniacal gas, 
easion a more rapid decomposition of ammo- | 
report ; it is very proper for a local paper, not for one which 
has no local interests to look after, 
Pocnrry—Hlphida may succeed in inducing her hens to lay by 
giving them a warm house, and also, some say, by giving 
them hot things to eat, as Peppercorns, dc. 
Sunprims—Inquirer—The prices quoted as those of Smithfield 
re estimated. Newgate prices do not include the offal.— 
We would sink the drains deeper notwithstanding that the 
water entered freely at a depth of 18 inches, because it would 
benefit the subsoil if we could induce the rain-water to go 
harm.——' 
for cattle. 
saw a cutter which turned either way, and cut in the on 
case slices for cattle, and iu the other strips for sheep. 
es 
Swedes are best given to pigs when boiled. 
WukAT-sowiNo—£ B J—The Turnip blades will entirely wither 
away in about a fortnight. It matters not then whether you 
plough them in ornot. If your land is already too loose an: 
rich, and you cannot wait till the leaves wither, you had 
better remove them. 
EnnaTUM—In the article on “Diseases of Poultry," page 746, 
% E."intendedin ing “ This extreme 
i & 
c." to state thatth se of this ibili 
in his opinion is their “extraordinary plethoric habit” 
rendering them liable in every climate in which he ha 
ev 8 
travelled to inflammatory and catarrhal complaints. 
* Communications reaching town after Wednesday cannot 
*be answered the same week. 
sBlarkets, 
ARK, WATERSIDE, Nov. 16. 
s still moderate, yet the demand 
D it is generally believed that,the Potatoes 
from the Midland Distriets, which have liberally supplied the 
Town Market of late, are nearly exhausted, in that case thereis 
but little doubt but our prices will improve shortly. 
York Reds, 1408 to 1608 Kidneys, 1208 
York Regents, 1208 10 1605 Kent and Ersex Regents, 1408 to 1703 
Do, Shaws, 110s to 1208 Shaws, 1208 
» 
Lincolnshire Regents, 120s to 1408 Do. Kidneys, 140: 
Do. Shaws, 1208 
6. Stone of 8 Ibs, 
Best Scots, Herefords, &o. 4s 0t04s 4| Best Long-wools - - 4» 8105 0 
Best Short Horns 830 4 0 itto (shorn) = — = 
Second quality Beasts - 3 0 a 46 
U&lvés us Masti) > s GO 
Jent Downs & Half-bz - 
itto (shorn) = — - 4 0 50 
e supply of Beasts to-day ds again very large, and no improvement in 
the average quality ; consequently the choicest descriptions maintain late 
prices. Second-vate are a very heavy sale, and although. a redu: 1 
2d per 8 lbs. was submitted to towards the close, a 
V ve 
ion of fully 
7 
effected. n so many foreigners—thenumber Holiand, 
Germany, a den, about 730, There is an increase in the supply 
f Sheep. d therefore, are not lower. Calves 
ar r better—à choice one makes very nearly 58 
Pork trade continues steady. 
Heasto, 4065; Sheep and Lambs, 25,830; Calves, 88; Pigs, 918. 
Fripay, Nov. 20. 
The number of Beasts inthe Market te large, and trade is exceedingly 
heavy. Some oicest —this description —make 
nearly 4s hort-horns, 3s 8d to nearly 4s. Ve 
doing i ides, and many remain vns 
range f . We have more Sheep on 
reduct . Best Downs are m 
Best Long : à. 
Stock 09 Beaass, about 
and 22 Calves, Ce e lower; itis dj 
pne—the general prices being 4s to 4s 8d. 
| late ra 
‘Beasts, 1065 ; Sheep. and Lambs, 4010; Calves, 190; Pigs, 310. 
41, Wert Smithfield. 
gi ie. t- 
tuces and other Salading are good and plentiful; consider- 
able quantities of Horseradish continue to be imported. 
Cut Flowers chiefly consist of Heaths, Jasmines, a- 
mellias, Pelargoniums, Gardenias, Cacti, Neapolitan Violets, 
Luculia gratissima, Bignonia radicans, Roman Narcissus, Alla- 
manda cathartica, Fuchsias, Azaleas, and Roses. 
FRUITS. 
Bine Angle, perlb,, 4sto 7s Lemons por 100, 10s to 208 
Grapes, Hothouse, per lb., 3s to 5s Almonds, per peck, 6s 
— Portugal, per Ib., 9d to 1s vet Almonda, perlbsy Sa to Be 
Sw 
Apples, Dess., per bush. 36d to8s | Filberts, English, p. 100 Jb2., 867 t0 90s 
— Kitchen, 4« to 6s Note, Cob, per 1001bs., 954 $0 100» 
Pears, per hf,-sieve, 4s to 12s -- Barcelona, 20. 
Oranges, per dozen, 2s to 3s — Brazil, 1$, .o 164 
— per 100, 14s to 90s 
Berberries, per hf.-av., bs to 75 
Lemonn, per dozen, le 6d to ae 
— Spanish, 14r 
Walnuts, per bushel, 16s to 942 
VEGETABLES, 
Cabbages, per doz.,6dto 1s 6d. arlic, perlb., 6d to 8d 
— red, 
à Oz., la to BE pinach, per sieve, ls to ls 6d 
Broccoli, per doz., 6s 10 124 snaragua, per 100, 8s to 68 
Cauliflowers, per doz., ls to bs 'eakale per punnet, 2s 6d to 3s 
Artichokes, per doz., 31 to 5s ls 6d 
— Bep lem, p. hf.sieve,1s to 2s d 
rench Beans, per hf,-sv.,ls 6d to 2s ver hfe 
Sorrel, per hf.-sieve, 6d to 9d TNO EASA 
Potatoes, per ton, 41 to 8} ., BS tO da 
me cwt., 3s 6d to tol 
6067 
bushel, ls 6d tos 62 
Kidney, per bushel, 2ex0 4e 
Turnips, per doz., 1s to 2s 
Red Beet, per doz., € bunch, 2 
Horse Radish, perbundle,1st04e | Savory, per bunch, 3d to 4d 
Cucumbers, each, 6d to 8d 
e , 12 8m, bun. 6d 10 8d 
Parsley, per bunch, 1d to34 
— Roots, per bundle, 1s to 1s 6d 
Tarragon, per bunch, 34 
Mint, green, per bunch, 6d to 8d 
Marjoram, per bunch, 3d to 4d 
ILAY.—Per Load of 36 Trusses. 
Leeks,per doz,, ls to 2s Watercress, p 
Celery, per bundle, 6d to 14 6d 
arrots, per doz., 8sto 6s 
Onions, per bushel, 5s to'8s 
— Spanish, per doz., 1s 6d to 4s 
Shallots, per 1b., 6d to 10d 
SMITHFIELD, Nov, 19, 
Prime Mead.Hay 70sto 80s| New Hay — sto —s | NewClr. 
Infr.New & Rowen 60 65 | Clover 90 95 [Straw 3l 
Jonn Coornw Salesman, 
WHITECHAPEL, Nov. 20. 
Fine Old Hay 5s to 80s| Old Clover 100s to 1085 
Inferior Hay — -— [inf 4 ——— 
New Hay - 65 75 |New Clover 90 100 
CUMBERLAND MARKET, Nov. 19. 
| Straw — 96s to 395 
Prime Mend. Hay 76s to 808| Old Clover 9210 08s 
Inferlor B5 — 65 | Inferior do, Bs |seaw —— 8910845 
w Hay —. —|lNewClver — |—1 
Josnus Barer, Hay Salesman. 
HOPS, Fripay, Nov. 20. 
The Market continues firm without alseration either in demand or prices 
since laat week. 
PaTIRNDEN & Smir, Hop-Factors. 
MARK-LANE, Monpay, Nov. 16. 
The supply of English Wheat this morning was exceedingly 
small, and taken off at fi e prices of this day se’nnight, 
Free Foreign met a retail demand e rates. For Bonde 
the inquiry has in some degree subsided.—Barley, excepting 
the very finest, must be written 1s per qr lower than last Mon- 
day; some of the Foreign. being pressed for sale to avoid de- 
murrage.— Beans sell slowly, and the same may be said of Peas 
of all descriptions.— The demand for Oats has rather improved, 
but they cannot be quoted higher.—Flour continues in very 
e Tequest.—Maize is less inquired after than it has been 
of late. 
BRITISH, PER IMPERIAL QUARTER, $. 8. $. 8. 
Wheat, Essex, Kent, and Sutfolk . , White 60 61 Red 52 57 
——— ‘Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire b4 6 
Barley, Malting and distilling 87sto 49s Chevalier 49 48 
Oats, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire . . Polands 98 34 Feed 26 29 
— Northumberland and Scotch. ', 
—— Irish ors 
Malt, pale, ship — * > 
— Hertford and Emex — . 
Feed 97 30 Potato 82 95 
Feed $8 
eminent ns gs MM Tm 
Beans, Mazagan, oldand new 36 to 41 Tick 38 43 Harrow 88 45 
—— | Pigeon, Heügolend . 44 to 48 Winds 55 70 ^ Longpod88 45 
Peas, White > > + + 501054 Maple 42 45 Grey 88 42 
ARRIVALS IN THE RIVER LAST WEEK. 
Flour. Wht. | Barl. | Malt.)\Oats. | Rye. | Bna. [Peas 
Fal 4383 Sks. 4163 | 4738 | 672 | 260 | 888 | 244 
rish. > ET Hie Se eire skal io puta age pr 
Foreign — 5, 595 ‘Gal — [n22 | — | 1647 looi 
RIDAY, Nov. 20. 
The supplies of all Corn during the week have been moderate. 
Wheat, both English and Foreign, meets an improved inquiry at 
i re is 
ARRIVALS THIS WEEK, 
Bi 
Wheat arley Oats Flour 
English 5 « 2490 2880 1890 2150 Sks 
Irish "n — — 150 - 
Foreign . « 5770 1550 9840 — bris 
IMPERIAL AVERAGES, 
Beans.) Peas. 
Wheat. | Barley.) Oats. | Rye. pi 
Oct. 10 per Quarter.| 56s102| 37s 2d| 24s 7d| 25s 94| 48: 7d) 46s qd 
a ES 5910 8| 25 8| 88 8| 45 47 8 
ERIT NEUE 6010| 40 2| 96 6| 29 0) 45 9| 4810 
zo mic Iestaa|'er o [Sat 1 ao 1| 50 
No. Arenie eg 3| 44 a| 97 3| 41 5| 46 6} 5011 
- 14 . « 61 5| 44 6| 36 9| 42 4| 4610 50 10 
6 weeks’ Aggreg. Aver. | 606 | 41 1| s6 3| a9 8| 45 8| 49 3 
0! 16! 20! 90| 20 
Duties on Foreign Grain 4 0| 
Fluctuations in last si 
c week’s Corn Averages, 
Prom, | Oor. 10 | Oor. 17 |^ Oor. 8l] Nov.7 | 
62s 3d 
61 9 
61 5 
60 10 
SEEDS, Nov. 16. 
anary -  -  perqr 50stoGls | Linseed Cakes,Foreign,p.ton gl to 11 
Caraway - - percwt 40 43 || Mustard, White, per bush - Ts 88 
Clover, Red, English -~ — —  Superfi Ur DEDE 
— 5 —’ Foreign - -= — Brown LL RAD 
= White, English - — — | Rapeseed, English, per last SIZ i 347 
= — Foreign - — — | RapeCakes - per ton 6 
Govigtider -- — a e Ve AND. "o4165 5| Satola. Sn HMM. OMe 
Hempseed -  perqr. 84 36 | Tares, Eng., winter, p. bush LRL 
Linseed -~ - perqr 5l 52 —  Foreij AS ~ 4a6d 58 
Baltic 2 072 1.448 (49 "Tet = a -perowt, 30.05 
— Cakes, Eng- per1000 £18 5 | T'urnipt(too Rd for quoeasian) 
INGSFORD AND LAY, 
