298 THE AGRICULTURAL: GAZETTE. 
duce ; for, whatever may be the exact amount of this to the consideration of those Whose province it is straw manure : if late i 
butcher-meat manufactured "e a given quantity | to trace out and explain the laws by neck these opera- weather being raisins d 
of produce, there cannot- be oubt but that the | tions are . and confine myself to practice and its towards the close. of J une. 
valat ras offal, as to its fettilising effects, bears a results. : this somewhat northern latitud 
very high proportion to it, and = the removal of The following figures illustrate the construction of nad, “me. he other property Ih 
that offal from the farm is the removal of the raw my cattle shades a JC and seep. ach MOLE 
material of no mean proportion of 15 ig oduce. We oe lax eat the Grass greedily and close a BE- 
have only to Seram the offal to lbs. on the one side —_— e —— — 
of the sa and Turnips to tons on the other, as ° this is attributable 3 deoderising effects th 
8 Mecur does, when the result will speak for goil, or to ita getting into eue ground so quie Tm 
unable to determine. I will now state its il am 
That blood and such offal: form a more valuable £ 1 a > — ——— rte tried iti be le 
re than guano, however, is no satisfactory || | z manure was applied 8 sence ‘Maps the mmm 
poste or tO the question“ Will guano pay; for the i hh. a iy little saw-dust, which my herdsman had s 
latter, independe: greater value of the I ig Df ˖˙ oor of the cattl+ shed, with no other object 4 w l 
fi 3 t nevertheless to cover its owm cost, imitate his clean cottage floor = e e 
whatever that may be, other things being equal. o 0 o sand. The furrows for each description of manure | 
pee bee —— may not be equa. roduce, | €Z formed of equal depth ; the tank or unférmentad MAA 
or be reduced im value, and the i fe B ee 4 being solid and much less bulky, was almost hid in the 
ee I fertility 25 the soil may be in creased, and = — a P fore it was closed up, while the fermented 
that not in one to the en elements SS SSS SSE — ce this diff ons I — i 
guano u which its value dep ends. ice this difference, as I am by no 
Thus, wile FS Si Da 7 3 z an ratty ere: growth of the plant. Tote 
PTER- i led, i - fermented 
the last half century, has guano, the raw mater rial at the ao — — 30s. a —— wi 
of whic is manufactured, been decreasing ina “manure — the lead, and BE cos — 
corresponding ratio? Now, if the Americ: the other. Earl in At e Pe 
import us Wheat at 97. per ton, surely the Peruvians < dressed x wi ith tan 5 fete iat i Basia ge de dl 
ought to be able to give us guan thing le = — course ob — 
of a . 8 
viously want free-trade in guano, and xuberant, and when at their 
5 e discovery of ne no i in the . in Ale ihe leaves of rows 2 feet 4 Í 
‘acific—perhaps the discovery of the a nia apart were so completely interwoven; that I } 
prese e man’s farm, whieh Mr. Mecur has all step them wi mage. 
ust made, is the first thing which will give a saluta oars z= — fiers Ps: a 
a to the Peruvian of this valuable those to: whic 
FFC enn nd greener in on — pone — — 
— too, than all the islets ‘of Peru put toge ether. S a * ame ai 
ere cannot be a doubt. but that. th e a Tc Na 
the. pric of gnano—a price b 3 rahe not so handsomely shaped, and contained more decay es 
eth ate it is equally manifest that the reduction. straw — anke. lin oe —— — 2 td 
sake plas im corn 8 up ‘the price spplitation. of 
i sequent on the a gar Bes 
of guano nearly to. this. limit, if not in some cases den I ine not seen e allel 1 -dressing of 
heyo nd it. f. q by a — at, 5 
tained hy Y manu Et e, oI am of £ opinion dha the Pec a 5 
; ro eted 
STRAW- AS. MANURE: ure a iy attributable * the seed being deposited 
ben ni sh RS . to the manure than in the rows 
8 y hed, I stated that the water-tight , aner e; that t as the 
8 rom what I stated when deseribing 
2 feet 6 3 6 — | dep g the manure in the furrows 
capacity being about ins., pesgi noes a the course of my: bee vation or reading met with or Seer 
fattening, they consur e 1 e eee described any farm economy similar 1 for 
Soa 8 took Whack allen] it and halt | practising, I have —.— induced to send this account für 
Rape, 3 Ibs. of Bean gna ai t | ede in your es, feeling a that from a 
as they can be induced to t On n this f food thoy fill | numerou — I 05 a may add, intelligent portion 
the tank in one month; it then requires to be em 854 i of am readers, it will receive the consideration due to 
; removed to its stead which is fenced off by = pee 2 * 
3 feet high, or otherwise e feet to 16 feld It will be seen from the above statement that de 
is 33 used; it will be ob that in this state it 11 | mi yor 5 3 — 
l spread on Grass eff is is d once per month or 12 ae 
scorch it. To correct this, and for other . 1 seat to this I add dee pis peat soil for Grass, and, P 
nee soil in the proportion of on t to this is 5 -| one-third decayed tanner's bark, which To 7 
obtained from an adjacent common, at an 4 hand free of ——— for my root e 
wea see soil will, of t 0 — yards of compost 
especially. in the a e year—a yard f 
to the locality and formation in which Short beie 1 
t on. con 
bre eta tcp i a a tia ee 
yet I am strongly impressed with the notion that it TEE pe 
~ the essential pro ; chaser sometimes a. dis 
prepared a 
observation, as to the rel 
out — ru 
À ö modes and boards, bu 
cost 103 ith; A S $ MEEK RG confi stat 
remarkable difference, ser ane testi 3 oe a — the we ire wa T., Man ) 
of evol or throwi Se "E 5 : i r 8 l 
fix and retin it, Of the lam fally med, ret hare : a | 
l e proof. When the dung has been mixed up with Fig. 1 shows plan of part of WORK. 
the peat i aolas Tois pe esa op. n Fig. 3 isa section taken along line A B, in Sg, 1. : W fé ks. the wing. 
on no occasion, observed anything like vapou +h , a Ry eg pave npg specs manure tank, &e. outp a few remarks on the gro 
= ena > : apour or e via Poe ae ee ank, 2 ft. G ins. wide by 2 ft. acceptable to your readers ? I presume 
* > 3.inch — clad spe rate wi with th 1 tack k opninga and as this article of produce forms a 
to the field, having prev from —.— i . channe e, manger ; | sum in the balance sheet, and it is a 
soil, which has been dug- mA * Ea thither the peat N e e n in which g is a wooden grate | 8 business which I have nob Se 
time i Cea a d heaped up for some and small already described, having ton copper hinges h, Your columns. I must say, however, 
pa previous, in increase its a. * an „ front i, resting upon the floor k, so th when |f „ but haye had ien in. the 
being blended, the compost is agai powers: | required to be c'eaned it is only n 7 ͤ ee ae se T 
R on again placed in the over upon its hinges, necessary to turn the grate | selling ‘of wool for a goo ye Ww 
dois- it ever eres a ene aer. a shovel, who} I applied this manure for the firs must consequently go to pri sty 5 
S theabas eal tame ae e dee v isé k iniae, e ee old | suit the buyer best, and how 2 i e l 10 
som ewhat fluid state, 1 follow eee being in a but little Grass, and of inferior quality, being pea -s er * bad aer ge en wee 
-crusher (a nen irana un ? an ao ication or apply the remedy. 
plement. wich which I be- Previous summer I applied an Withou anne then, 
eame acquainted. from a drawing and deseri - z of lime, and in March I appli — p 
given in your columns); it e e Coan oo der rere — — erg Sin fe fi 5 ad ha a iaj rer ne 
an the surface, as if danbed over with a coat of paint | Gras. the close of June T ont an abundant crop of | wools. Ey half-bred, in this ease, I 
resembling in colour and consisteney com paint, | Grass. The ree this — favourable, a Age 8 A 
Kiem mindful eney common treacle. | on elay, with n td : ing | of a cross between a well- 
am most dful to have this performed in wet condi ti e en It is now in high | a well-bred short and fine-woolled 
at hay and harvest time I am not more | ac a two o heay crops of Grass in the ter and Southdown or the Lei 
ie tometer than during this operation 5 | the second 3 ay, the ‘second for soiling. After | the former of —— 
ce hn a eg 12 asp tre er aer des Nal and ouit 
oo i t was eaten off close | the latter in 3 and one -n 
d. The 
