252 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [APRIL 17, 
this been carried that the Grass land for many; The eee ae new members were electe _| may rend der expedients as the progress of the main inguiry 
the 
a ? 
a f 
been out all night. prised in 
baleful word protection dly the ae farmers 
have not been proteeted from a a life of labour unrequited, 
which too frequently ended in beggary and pait 
the workh jail. Some wisely escaped by 
igration. tement be impu „let any one 
ted w 
acquai ith the coun e reas the history a a few 
of the families of the better class of fi a 
50 y ago. Whisks 8 Mines 2 Nort hum 
land is not blessed with too many good landlords. Ths 
stle Courant timony to this fact by pub- 
lishing more advertisements of farms to be let than any 
other provincial ne e kin Had 
of the lan n wiser the improve 
. remember one instance of a Scotchma 
offering for it; term and rent were fixed ; 
at a farm and * 
“But,” said the landlord, “one essential question 
A ; 
h character in his 
distriet—t ~ nacher or a large family a deacon of his 
church, and a bonnet laird. He returned at the 
ration of the fortnight, and 3 “es sired to walk in— 
all was right; his character satisfactory, an an 
nothing rema — to prevent ihe ee of the 
read Wait a wee, said Donald,“ 1 
ur character too, | . 
d no * ` 
®© 
with you on ony te; I wish you good day.” 
The Bake of 8 is a poh added, ‘mal 
man looking | pin 
t 
expi- 
n, Rye. Sus 
ncery-lane, 1 
hby, Ale 
Stickney, William, Ri “peng Hn il 
Ma rychureh, William, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire 
Wis 0 Trelan 
$ Lane-End, Huddersfield 
e, Robt. Barclay, Ury, Stonehaven, 8 
- to 
R. 8 
ei 
ocal Bankers of 
i eee the perio = the 0 ensuing Country 
at place in Taya 
Pes 2 TURAL CHEM — Y, M. P., Cha 
of the Chemical Committee, sH ariii the Council 
the following ent agreed to by that Committee o 
the preceding d 
T Cusaston! sl Committee have received a very satisfactory 
tatement 
amed without invidiousness, his tes being 
than any other 
ay 1 5 ing the progress in the labo- 
ratory. As , 5 isn w pr resente ed to the Council it 
may esta g 
so very mali It is among the 
smaller lan are nd 
tenants ia the North is 
ore 
toits ey can 8 
however, for bea ertin to Mr. Way’ 18 paper on su 
5 4 mei "published this year, which has been highly y 
seful to the manufacturers and to the public. The increase 
of private saani of guano has nea hey | t 
e 
chase, there can be n 
ration to have taken place, security would at leas 
here an acre 
read 
of the yield in 
that, by a 
Northumbe 
Leg wen fow of GM best farms 
sawdust 
Soritlics. 
ROYAL 2 ‘SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 
A Monrtuty Co stag was held at the Society's. ean 
an Han 3 * Wednesda the 7th of April. 
The Se members of Council and | rs of the 
ere 
. Pusey, 
Shaw 8 Mr. sii 2 5 
and, — sorry to see 
tigation in the 
purchases have been contempfated, previous a 
prevented ae — The subjects 8 for inves- 
sent year are—1l, The 8 power of 
soils; 2, Lege action ks lime; 3, The’ action of burnt clay. The 
Committe d that Mr. Way’s offer to deliver three 
Ay bie one ey be accepted. 
ao ar = ite ec the follow- 
Chem Com ee by Pro- 
waters a animaland vegetable products 2, hE 3 
substances 4. — Tot al = It will be observed that the analys: 
of guano amount to a num hich, although small when 
the importance, of the 1 manure 2 the facilities and economy 
side 
livery o 
Ver 
ere in ado 
e T 
more analyses of Grasses have been made, and this invertige- 
a forward state for pu tion whenever it ma 
be 9 oe With = —— of the committee, 
ould propose carry this inquiry any further at the 
* | are so interestin, 
| will sa 
JeF inage of C 
. time. 
Believing the subject of the absorptive Properties of soils for 
— results of the very hi mportance to the whe ay uae 
practice of agriculture, I —.— steady — the aa 
tion tnt these pepene ipie t year, and I am g 
to be able to report to iie pit I have sneceed 
forming 9 euberances 8 the properties which 
had been de in soils, and I am n 
in a position to explain satisfac actor some of the m 
of the soil and man are heroes ith 
m 
uch obscuri 
0 
cation in the ne xt! 
it B therefore n sant tedious, and — act are 
able for pubiioation — — 1 8 but the ces 
I he 
r 
See of cl nae All of 
or less entered 
aa aa 
TAG 
mE al 
In addition to the enquiries already ment 
the request My the Council, made daring the feel ar e, at 
2 reports to the Soc ciety on the pe of Austr. liA lyses 
American phosphate hale anda orti — 
aid ‘of t 
ee 
= 
S 88S 
2d. ak e of the Agricult = 
. 3d, Practical bearing of 1 5 taral pri incipias o 
These reports having been received and adop ted, the 
Council pen to the following arrar ngement for the de- 
of Lect ures, as proposed to them by the Chemical 
Committee 
Lec 
— . — Prof. Way: On the Absorptive Power of Soils, 
May 12.—Mr. Trimmer: On Agricultural Geol 
May 26.—Prof. Way: On Jethro Tull’s Principles of 
1 
June 9.— Pro On the Practical Bearing of 
Y: 
Recent Investigation on Tull’s views. 
ry INSPECTION.— The 11 report was 
pted by the Coun 
33 Inspection. Comite beg ecommend fo 
e the Vet — 5 1 of 
the Society at its Soautry prio be awe pa namely :— 
1. To report to the Stewards of the Yar n the presence 
of any contagious or infectious —— in “a of the ani. 
mals 5 to the yard. 
2. To be att endance i in the Show- Tard, in order that 
of the 
Veteri 
c 
ouncil 
Judges pate o the existence of disease or . in 
those animals whi pes Prs ey m consider wor thy of a prize 
’ y y be called 
in to gi ini pn thereon 
Vererinary GRAVNT.— The Council postponed 
ane tion of this, ‘subject iy their next pio 
mee ting, app pointing i n time a special com- 
mittee for its consideration, ge" their report to the 
Council on that occa. 
EWES MEETING. — The following arrangements were 
5 nm an He eneral Lewes Committee, and agreed 
ou 
2 Pedit, July FE teana Yard open in the evenin 
Members of Council and Governors of the Society, at af 
Wedndiday- 5 open to the publie from 8 in 
t 
ening, at Pee a.crown.—Cattle- 
Couneil and 
tben. and t 
| 12. had already been twice informed, laim 
upon the r the am of fines incurred, 2 
without any personal distinction or exception 4 
case where the fine remained un after the in 
oned e Westml 
8 eee = claims thus 
County Court, to answer in person the 
ar — them sA * Soar 
oF 
ee for the holding of t f 
ociety of 1853 in the South Wales peice: 
the whole of Sout „ with the a 
ounties Gloucester, Hereford, uth, 
oreester. These me Is and ocumen 
which they were accompanied w ferr of Mr. 
committee of Personal Inspection, consisting 1 
Raymond Barker, Mr. dreth, Mr. Druce, 
th Gibbs, Mr. Fi obbs, an 
eir consideration 
in ro 
ig? holding of "that 88 22 toa inst. 
Council adjourned ov 
eviews. 
ton, Assoc. 
Tables on k ecu g J. J. Bailey cond adele 
„ 52, Parliament-street, Lo the costof 
case, shon ing intervals; 
Inst. 
Å USEFUL sheet, folding into a 
digging and tiles pr rironga fet a mi 
e. containing a variety of other tables facilitating 
oventry, considered, im in Ser 
to Mr. rpg sot 8 Reon to the ean 
Irish igh Amelio 
w, C. E., Engineer to the 
By T. A John e edy, Portman- Place 
Pp. 16. 
Report of the Health Committee A be ys under te 
i a Harris 
x rough Engineer. 
Liverpool 
Minutes of Infi ion collected in 
a kand for 2 pil saad o, 
Drainage and ti os i v Hes ith 
