154 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Manon g 
- - ; t, disappointment will; of containing an immense 
lies i t f the old idea that one fowl ; to pay pS, to the subject, PP accumulation of j= 
rr 1 = 7 j The most profitable bre eds | be the result, h: marg Ww — is to be distri tributed over 5 2 liquid 
5 | when the plants are i 
5 ongni e eg ep i Hertfordshire i Pad Ir augurs sound advancement to the science of is found that even argi 
bited, they are pi 11 Pat bad poultry, To remedy | agriculture, when we have begun to discuss in good | mu ch by liquid manure 
been for y 08 ben . — * the Par! of | earnest the idiosyncracies of soils, as these are mani- And à sudden applicati 
Ven ois or red a prize of 51 for The beat Dorking | fested by plants which grow upon them; for these to Wheat when its 
ERULA s ; 
e, soils 0 er benz 
when it is applied in eee 
on of am amoniac 
s juices are in active cireulat 
ll our e and CONJEC- | when it will k fal i * tion, 
nix: The as little | are the ultimate tests of a i when it will make use of all that is Tes ; 
oe hon bred in the are Ae prise ries e tures. The paper by Mr. Hancouar, detaili e his will often prove destruetive to its hell hy nts 
8 rtheless, the. breed was sought, and now, at agtien experiments, was certainly valuab Tee are other consid 
erations which m must not 
: tter ; when nightsoil — — 
` Si as app ied in autumn, it gives greater vigour to tlo 
ounty in England. ‘Now, these fowls have eaten < ma paper, has asked us some questions which lie Wheat, and the land becomes stocked w 
ee athe most worthless bird would have! way, we willingly give our opinion on the larger number of plants in spring ; nor 
tee but they are worth twice as much as those interesting topics which he has thrown out for descriptions of land this ARa se 
they replaced. The difference in value is clear — discuss 
A gentleman in Wiltshire, largely engaged i 
Pania pursuits, changed his breed of fowls thts 
an ow 
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We believe with Mr. Harcourt that the pe 
of agriculture, like that t of medicine, will alw. t 
p X ties of th 4 — l ch are necessary for 8 not we et * tes 10 cit “in i 
1ans, * hailing = ee te ory and practice do not exactly square Wi 
a cat varieties are paar building up animal and vegetable structures ; and we 9 in — use of lime and — for 
cussed, mid practici theo saris: OM eR se ishall yet, no doubt, be laid u nder further Ne the same crop. The mixing of lime with putttfying 
TR in contact, to E mutu E tions to it. Still, on the other hand, the causes of tri 
so much to : 
5 on all Se fo fx meer the disturbing elements are also so connected and practice as is commonly imagined. It is no: 
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b difficult 
on their specimens er sees * he te ee 5 ca rw 3 Sed oe that alkalies drivo off paer Se but the 
buys, he forms ‘his mparisons, and learns t N Fat the e | tances, 72 5 
more from dns Exhibition fan from all the books ingly 8 wle e of an = 1 e 8 m p n — eee, Eo * 
that were ever published. want may in Ete disease; the Wheat, at certain 5 
5 th putrid 
The association between cattle and poultry is st g 8 its growth, affords a good instan these substances are in — Wich putrid matten, 
perfect, because those who keep the — have always f 
conveniences for the other, Both b elong to gee! 
: but the process of making nitre is 
ho eee wien wt — 5 vast -complexity of conditions| sto it ? erely i of making ni By in 
macy of every description is erly so ought regulate and limit its productive powers! Almost and vegetable substances, and in the presence oil 
"gives at one glan that which unassisted every field has a scale of its own, and a line which eak Ap ii ake? inn eii 
è are ch ‘ould labour at for years, cannot be crossed with impunity ; excess of food i 
the y of the com stiions are ( fanciers; that is often as injurious as seantiness of supply, for in the ight Net “he weed sit vantage in assisting to 
becau Saget nes he 1 * amusement, chiefiy case of 8 Bid eat plant we must have special and 8 the waste matters of large towns into amore 
a le f see in it — 3 pe inet form, without impairing their valuable 
. a 4275 . -proud with dbl 
a favourable balance-sheet, and it : 15 aby : mu Aches sith sap and boo, es pem — ts us to notice: what he 
class we would offer a few words The fact is as stated by“ Clitheroe,” “that, if seas litheroe” ee g, by being sai he sil 
OF exp taken. | night-soil `o mopiacal manure is : tion 
1 table have reas to Whee = — ~ say 8 April, Barley.” We do — rams ce 928 per pe 
both profitable a premature one for it for a time seems to be of peaks nt ks bene- of his ae T diain 15 en 80 much bene- 
ion before the natural period, stp pri ces | fit,” 1 that through at consequent Inxuriance nection with his land having 
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for l 
S It is touk of hneda ee wü 
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— gra dit is at fa nd the J 
r makes up the remuneration ; but let it 353 s bad. In the N climate of Lancashire mineral condition ble of ade 
sr aie that pany ae much 5 the Wheat is no doubt easier overdone with nitrogenous Plant is thus rendered more susceptible of at 
vale ie r cas These two ; : 
m in manu rier an 0 e are certain 
poultry may 4 — divided, —scaree from the middle England. As before pointed out, this holds true in | Rounded. It would appear that there i paren 
of March to the end of June ; plentiful all the rest regard to all the cereals, but especially of the spring 
ar. Hard poul ; s sown grains. 
ee : mo ad Paes e : 
me on t rai pay ze in ripening qualities of the former counties. 2 te In E supply Wheat of the 
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Y, Sussex, and paris of Kot pei à 5 = ede tif — ay 8 = Lincolnshire fens is very paon 1 0 
and fo: oe gs in the neigh- | effect is extre mely beneficial ; ani Iam ph éaseq | 8% —.—— are the erops to atmosp 2 amongst 
: to ob: in your leading article a cont no 
sme on a| my ideas, namely, that a manure which Bay be 
1 Sl bpp third 
6 b fowls 
rH o disease; but Jet ine W. lar one erop, if appli 
nave mall an let e . tal sum | another.” Now © anke of bel bien at gop | 
ey oat te wits ue pi ed [generally e Waipu ang that pe expe- | his } 
n M pa mus lose t force 
is not so dificult to rear ‘carly pisses of absolute truth when they are tested in the field; manage | 
and al e is a profitable trade ‘Nitto? ile yg [and we do not think the explanation maio vi at ati |the Rebecca system ; like at ai vo ie | 
too with poult fe exhibitions, we should | referable to the principles whieh govern, accordi ing Hi” imates, he consi however considering th 5 
property of : — for e dows fale to the season of the year, W application . E MV Mee Totals "Be worst “climate | 
1 ponie rar z We are sure the of manures entirely different in their composition, We have ere probably 1 60 inches of P 
3 n -the long run, | which we attempted to trace in the ati ene, kingdom for Wheat (50 or 60. i orth 
; worth tee 
eld work disadvantages, and | to, We believe that this parti : I think the result of my experiments ne 
reese 8 to xE aly eek ra well- soil, as being injurious ‘when applied ep Se 17 1 er e that my —4 | 
: They would in the | beneficial as an autumn dressing, is partly due the 12th of August, an 25 
world, and the labourer would have t his e ee he $ . se | 
2 Aalen better eked ie ae home and: — from the soil of the ranker elements e Sam” Ve ee e 
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by ie We oil u ar te aware that 5 t “Hed i which he duly pare 5 
a o play an im rtant in the food of te pied ch ce es ee gad thus without a mmends ie 
e country, it is by this glass reas © large quan see: s of « af elay-sol may be stated as an objection to = 
bred t 
i usual dose of nitrate of soda to hj 
3 care to undert inke the Vh in : : n 
: fatting, we would point out another he -wonld ot bare, had to 
mode i them 
The 
power erfal i in it 
ion when it SaR 
and sulphates. i Kokoa. 
