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land of worn-out soils a means of fertility hardly to be 
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all the cuttings and clearings that are hammer in spe igre “ curiosities ” for m 
supplied by any other. When Sir Robert Peel, in 1847, wheeled | into "the aps yard, are carefully pi wis the 5 pH s, * Walter Scott said, «]j — 
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met the Tamworth farmers (the yea stn 905 the seers pecs 1 * stalks, &c., a were essentially practical, or roca a 
f the means Pang: ach to increase the grateful variations in their food. In w winter, a "tittle coveries tomining; Smith, 
fertility of their land, so ‘stom make the increase | Sainfoin, hay, or a f = min 
ompensate for the loss rice. | condition. ox . 
* Pe he comi ge were, he could hardly have | plot, watered with either common or sewage water, ys wh 3 geology can render to the art of cultivation’ T 
contemplated the extent to whic h the 5 with the aid of garden refuse, keep a goat from April to might appeal to the many instances of its Suceeast 
of a manu has since arrive Had that October.” In the Quarterly Journal 1 of e application by Smith. I presume, howeve 
far 25 1 been the minister of this 1847, p. 511, Mr. Fennel observes, “ When left to graze | audience as this to be sufficiently aware of "these ; 
osed he would have met the | for themselves, goats generally select 5 mo bitter and | and I would rather draw your attention to ‘the re i 
Daten wih "te indifference that Lord Malmesbury slightly astringent plants, a e lea and buds of a a 
has shown? Would he not rather hav S 
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ivi i 5 t of space science, and that scarcely anything of a similar is 
99 shin this poate e 4 e tender tops of Furze and Heath.“ Wan y anything of a similar 
asariar y of this valuable manure? The question, it is to pens quotations from the classics ; I only add, that hes been effected by the many more highly — v. i 
, cannot be left w i he shippi win ed him. i 
ats will feed o 1a as bee 
3 gone from this country and from America will sig Furze, Heath, Thistles; Cabbage-leaves, Potato- Das the resou rces of geology are exhausted, but 
not, it is to be supposed, be 8 Las by ne peelings, cold boiled Potatoes, old ship biscuits, or, in because the field has been neglected, or very imperfectly 
Lilliputian force the Peruvian Govern has to fact, almost anything that is presented to them. Ihave | cultivated. Smith was a practical man, conversant 
support its pretensions ; and in in the ende iet land- | repeatedly observed the gentleness and playfulness of with agria re; of agricultural origin, the son of a 
N and use every means to urge on the] the female goats; the growing kids follow one like a yeo . rmer; agricultural in his 11 which 
Government the necessity for its ae wap to rid| lamb, and by gentle and kind treatment these animals | was tha of a a land-surveyor, engaged in urveying and 
them of such an oppressive tax, and t n for them | accommodate themselves to any situation. I could valuing for enclosures, drain ning p and forming mae 
so useful an assistant to meet * trade. vim extract many more interesting passages from Mr. o the con 
Trout and Salmon Spun. —I beg to vt gat you of | Johnson’s article, but must refrain, On the N of of anal (the railways of a d 9 04 td the e 
premature appearance of et trout and salmon from | the milk, however, a few remarks are requi _ oaig anches of engineering which now 
the spawn placed under my charge for srg to chemical analysis, it has been shown ne iti is “much — pasa departm Beng rarely followed 
Hobart Town. We observed them for the first time on | richer than that of the cow; “100 parts of each, cnn a be 3 same individual. TI e only professional 
the 29th of February, being fifteen days before the |according to M. Regnault, gave on an avera ai have since cultivated geology have been 
time you stated, and as we have two sorts I conclude Cow. Goat. engag ai in snining the Buddles, the ty and the 
they are trout and salmon: the one we can distinctly Pater ees us oN) AM ah ae ee eae Sopwiths, who | have cultivat ed it successfull 
observe the bright silvery sides of, and the other is not But se EU —— ractical m 
ll formed, but i be the sal i 
le salts ... 5.9 
so large and well formed, but it must be the salmon. Sugar of — ru a sa an y re it to * e, have neglec ted it 2 1 and the 
We have also oo kind, which we cannot account for soluble salts ... . major rity of the geologists. who have succeeded him have 
it is a long dark fish, such as are seen in the ditches in When mixed Win more . SA own bulk of luke- been naturalists and philosophers, 0 0 te more with 
— “inane ~“ aaa have ang ve San eet en, in every respect, superior to rt qi e than practical 2 ons It may * * p 
e gave the spawn water cag | to r z sense 
of 24 gallons per day until within the prin pp after word, and one not the least impressive, pa iaki and oe terms “pr: N geology,” “applied ges? 
n 9 7 7 — N most a 3 in the world ce as B geology, and “ geology of the surface. 
the to dines poe a eee dal e eggs ying a a reward for diligenee “ Thou shalt yeap 3 milk ractical or descriptive geology directs its re 
p of the gravel became addled: those in the enough for th: food, for the food of thy ho usehold, and to facts—to the structure of the earth’s crust, the 
1 i for ees (or life) for thy maidens.”—Proverbs, | materials of which it is composed, the order in which 
am afraid will be small for them, as by the ch. xx J. T. they are 9 ark areas occupied by their 1 
Pe ies, stratified rocks mos 
eruvian e e —It appears really to be a prominent | Varieti 
and IE gs us consequence of the protective system, | 2590c ciated wi 155 ner parts of the stratified RER “the 
tha as extinguished, to a great extent, the logical useful metals ne minerals Le to dyes 
acumen an 2 oral e of large classes of men ; and | Which the intrusive soie ocks have produced in 
texture and t tion of ‘the str ay with jia they 
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To Mr. 
armers' friends. If I am not much mistak the are in contact, the 45 an in which the strata 
lat. 1° 30’ N., long. 21° 30’ W. Boe 8 [The uaii of fertilisin matter in u ton of erg heey the angles at which they dip, the height to wee 
three kinds of fish spoken of are the two kinds of trout fla tts . pte eee 0 h 
in the Wandi — 2 trout has been stated i Nee to be equivalent ü have been thrown up by disturbances beet 
— e; 82 other, 8 he thought he had 141. 10s. a 8 e AER anure. The Peruvian Govern- Hur chains of hills and mountains, the faults or fractures 
8 ditches salmon i i 
Erea 1 ment furnishes this quantity for 9}. 5s., or 30 ch h : 
ind 1 — the above to the kindness of Mr. N value, a ac yet people 3 other accidents to which they have 
he Milk ; : e propose no less than the perpetration of piracy and | Whic affect the drainage of saben ain areas. 3 
Jong 4 of oe ines e eee ere opty | onal ion, to alte 3 3 eet By applied or economic geology rýnir 
maas we have oul n the map of men of the knowle in of these facts kaa 85 of 
p th America to be convin er of “the e urdity = the engineer, the ect, and the tes the 
4 claiming any right to islands so close within the shor oie or ose ulate geolog zy ves ques- 
Becta © The Cov with the Iron Tail,” persons residing f Pert 48 Lobos, &e. ! Furthermore, det SA the conses of pHs, apd is ooa aa 
in the country, at a distance from a town, find it diffi culé |$ deb 2% Me, See. eee e | Hons a ae eee, 
e a regular sı supply, over they sor td geenpy | 
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of really pure milk are felt by all; but to say nothing Sure 
of the” fraudule nt adulterations so full 3 i * 
hold Wo icl 
eal s of loading, an r fre À 
urance, commission, and landin pisia pe Peru- fied and unstratified rocks were form 
vian Governine nt obtains i in reality only 3/, 10s. per to aj ge by which they Fie 4 see 
However, it i i P 3 net for this guano, of w a large amount i altered, the successive races of plants an cae bi 4 
it is not intended harlot om cow keeping dered to th © English er creditor os the fe og bag have peopled the earth at different stages 9 7 
i to prove, beyond question pA doubt, that | the statement abou intrinsic value of guano. e | ence, their relations to existing races, the 8 2 ced 
‘economical housewife always provide biy ete correct, is it not es me supposing th de to climate which they indicate, causes whic $ 
ne the . eee milk twice a-day, if 5 perfe ely — a age Ap ee sepa the et a of | those changes, and the cause which e 
mases con a few $ reduce 
l an open shed or tito lok hy such simp “ts — ee value of stable dung down to ah, 3 at which they or by physical co 
| almost s without poet he e mas athe a asi. would sell their guano? Not to benefit the farmer, |£ aieeaa distribution “of certain orgie 
upon an 3 a quart of milk per Sky, but to enrich themselves at his expense is their object, | the ancient periods of the earth's a 42 past geological 
be kept. It is with great satisfaction that I have and for that purpose alone they advocate acts becoming | = tig sel peng n ere effec 
ee: article on s milk ptain Lawso 
n | &P ; e present, 
i 2 command of an unregistered Danish gun-bri d The geology of the surface constitutes 
erva some years ts cea ir eee have contracted a fancy for such ne se a s of =k e hitherto much neg roy 
author (Mr. Cuthbert Johnson) I have known long prise, but surely it would be unbecoming for our | impor to agriculture. It treats 0 
the near vicinity of ov i facili į merchants and seamen to engage iu the same; and [| de cre formerly called diluvium, 
ithout fur doubt its benefiting our our farmers. Mercator, Old Broad- | Vy the e of drifts or = — 
hope, to there street, City. which are re excluded from F 
! N e e e tructed. Thi „ like e geology ie 
raised against thi ay be divided into 
rank flavour, are waer Socicties, former investigates the def, e oi 
our author observes 8 bution of the superficial d he latter 
te of the milk ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. e og the agencies which prodni i pe identified 
the tasi 
from that 
mith’s great discovery, that s i 
ER te quite iva 8 foe ae EEKLY Councit was held at the Society’s-house | by their f dia unde eee change gy” e 
ight be d M 55 em Wednesday » the 12th of May, srh a discovery of great t practical N 
Éh Gist Rat bettie today oa r. Pusey, M. P., Trustee, in the chair; when the ted, nevertheless, to lead geo olo * a 1 
the animal delights to browse. is — whic rang lecture pote delivered before the members by ee to eee, questions. It is, ie ieee 
3 wes letter, ~ 2 proved che faet many a grieultural Geol ned the Society's Prize Essay on discovery that there have been seve nat creation 0 
nen ogy : ti f plants de imals erent asci- 
wing-room of the ‘ge 3 : tions of Geology to Agriculture form 8 s i i Geolog T 
ject on which I am to have the honour of nated by the wonders pes brought to o light s m the 
inte: nee 0 usa 
posed and the ord i 
ted, howe brome is often denied. and has led many besides farmers to 
e Rose Psi common Laurels, | know ss of slp pay; 6 Series only by those who 
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eav p 
High et hes ` acts | have applied them on erro rte of agri 
an | om 
much out of eis Fac N. heen kept ‘of Inte too sot dete ek 15 abel sand nn 
is exceedin dingly ee Wee se A y 5 ists. They may therefore | nature, but upon “the conventional 
most every a set of visionary who go about the country, they sink the miveral variations of the 
fully p green 
of timber trees ; of these, they prefer those especiall 
ly ce of a gar in Acorns and Oak 
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