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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Jury a 
very particular 
bruised gra 
in feeling, to sie 2 little at a time pa often, render- | now 
rson to atten dto the 
and white, v 3 tha * fine 
sich yellow wich distinguishes that made v TA the cows 
d o tha te ew not t be i in 
nh 
my inde ts att 3 8 
when I would be ha att ee rg mehan È question that 
2 1 *. 
up. o and other er 
much . tter. But I fi 
out of our reckening, as ‘tikes weeks ago I bought 2 tons 
of guano from Berwick, harsh of "A 5 applie d imme- 
diately to Grass, and i ms to d gn g—w “i 
some got at the e same gide (OI. 10s.), an 
oon tt is doing remarkably well. 
investigat 
Mr. Min . expressing his sense of the value of 
the reports 
ame, | th 
This . 
at 
He! had hime 
plan a very The Rye-grass eset 
three or four cre in the course of the season. North 
British Agriculturis 
Home shag e 
Parlour ii brighta 
Althou 
—.— core grate 5 ; 
18.— 
pitat ted in the 
ts 
enough has Page quoted to 
offer to those 3 
tene, chemistry. 
essay on “ Lime and its Uaes” 
Magasin (s 
authorise som 3 that I 
Pie favo he cause of 
Farners ers’ 
ee, has added 
valuable contributions to the aries Sick gro l perio- T 
indebted sx r all the fi 
icals 0 article I was 
knowledge I possess of that spe hey agen 
which it is my present object to elucidate. 
advanced i 
CApeL 
of lime, 
‘The theory 
1 
by the writer t ltests, and reiterated 
ofs obtained at various times, - occasions 3 
themselves, oe a course of 1 mor . seven yea 
enables me rn f Mr. R 
ob i in the e above given, 
in water.’ 
reja Rech- slaked lime 
e condition of Dind ai wure? Mr. Rowlandson proved 
e experiments, that such m 
AT * cted sA ‘imo fr rom 
Bop series of ex- 
periments, which I the still believe it 
ra 1e CO 
g- nll as a type of humus in solution, I tried the 
an of lime upon it, both in av aid state of forta 
hydrate, or as a saturated lime-water; and in 
2 ance, however varied, the result was 4 “the 
e, the colouring matter pree e and preci- 
i form of dingy grey flocks. ‘hes 
i ocesses with n drainage 8 , in fact, was t the 
PES Rowlandson, and led to the 
eory), have conferred much 
ew 
=, 
fluid e upon 
mo 
y Defries, the ed 
warm bat 
E 
n- | pos sition culi : 
student to undertake tl 
fit 
prom mulga on of hie 
upon lime, and erences it to a 
in agric en 
age: ros 
ults 160 which will, it nk, be equally 
wo drainage that 
to des scribe, the res 
may be low 
any degree, or quite extinguished while not N 
wanted, by K like a gas- light. 
not consume, 
siactor 
free v olatilé alkali (car 
bal 3 oa pret 8 Z 
i, 
8. 
humo-ul 
FEER ested in so oft 
mmo If 
mould, heath or moor:soil “ated peat ot si dang 
"ar or ane» 
ae the coc he 
88 so brightly heated ; ; 
‘so that the 2 fitting will last many 
TO y 
* a 
co: 
aan 3 
to produce equal | o 
ood Arnott to 
l. per 
per 
an the coal in propor- 
Bat 
d | real 3 solutions piba 
pota 
y — fe — a ach 
in separate and . 92 vessels, ‘hie results 
will be humates o with appropriate alkalin 
The 
* 
till quite cool, the liquor should be 
‘through linen, wi separate 8 675 then 
left t when quite cle: e 
intensity of 'eolour will rA eea ‘thes 
the part r alkali that has been 
e t like a peal of bell 
great variety of changes; an s the combining 
alkaline bases may be made to act upon all the products 
5 vegetable riya pretoco humate, ulmate, &c. &e 
f pota 3 soda, mmonia, i 
case may b ery instance 
sable b 
see 3 of 
mployed. The 
Is, are susceptible of a 
th 
its hydrate. This fact 
upon every cultivator s has o putrescent 
8 ee it is certain that 1 ay will 83 
attra the humic matter in whatever state o 
eee os or 0 perc ki iad $ aitaa | 
boreal is too much agai 28 an, , and that the 
ould ‘be. l 20 per cen 
cubic feet. 
ut a substitute e 
: "hapi in [ome allo aa of gold, 
recen supp is so t o the 
J. Pri Roses y nning 
FNA 
its peculiar afinity For, and 
certain 4 products of veget or = he laity on jiy 
r 1 may exist. Thus, if a 
quantity of lime in 
added to any o 
operate 
of lime 8 void of colour. 
um s 
the bette 
ak erica vil 2 be established of the 
mount affinity of lime f ou 
also 
mg 
t 
the ammonia and co 
1 
lished, a at imp rove- 
Sn Oe saa place in be 5 
action of lime is more correctly un 
x Sot iante af- 
in water, and e pag a the statem 85 
1 to generally mile tiem day I have rai apg a previous 
but | acquainted with, some and largest dairy | — aaia iaa atia to 
Mr. Wa 
Liquid Manure: * Ay B. 
m. Lee and a 
to think more favourabl the remarks of the 10 “Bue ks 
armer,” notwithstanding all the r. 
the correctness of his eee and 
as he in his postscript mentions that 46000 to Z000| 
not one fact 
stated 
” I beg most eee to call in question 
t, that cows on dairy in Scotland 
of the first 
town o 
pen hes s 
wit pa 
8 3 ty o 
in 
| dune ts food for 
ery pw 
f saree trial 
. | ammonia), be ga horaron rapidly es oe Teaving the | Se 
red | water neutral s 
move 
bl expetiment 8 be tried, the ey m 
t is which Fron to be impressed of 
rse to 
mal Os 
| the ame * — of goat improves 
n 
h0 
been called in 
farmers in 3 in see! neigh 
Kilmarnock, Irvine, Kilma 52 ri 
e pen of — 
be allowed to 
July 27. poin 
ratively — 1 The ma 
— nin 
n ayi 
let t their — toa “ Bower, 
for fro to 10“. a-head, the cover n ce 
each cow louceste t 
3 to 33 ewt. of cheese Hes ashi is ene a fair 
yearly return from a cow.] ; 
Societies. 
HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL July6.— 
—One hundred and four gentlemen, 
ber of en 
any former ay if that at Glasgow in 1850 be e 
17 uae sare 
y, detailing 42 701 “of the deputa- 
ti . Henley, sid, We urged the 2 of the 
were set forth in memorial of the — 
Society, and Mr. —.— apaid disposed to € i 
A ac ons — t — whole 8 . upon 
When peed bim ion 2 
oft the scheme t in ws hree counties of 
otland, 
infor ination as to its 
e to give him, and witho 
nthe matter. If, therefore, ‘thé directors Wi 
1 
rough estimate as to it which it is 
evidently —— 
Roxburgh, II 
believed fully to represent all the 
kiye ra they amyn to 3 ud be 
the country as a who He myer it wo 
highly — je the Seeley 
first in this counti 
differe 
c 
other ee ts of this country, 
been e 
a 
ciated and perse 
outlay and arable aiea by him 
the cult mean of th Bi 
ing up to the requirements of the 
pene to the full es remium offered fi 
successful implement, 8 ess 
t was c 
vement. At 
attempt 
So wees committee had pon arene 
by the appl! 
—— — 
of 
22 
wr, and Be 
