Ctje 3flrictiltural ©amte. 



r, Hale, worth, ckydon, a/<i 



of his address at Northamptoi 

 spressed his sense of our need < 



L'ukmistiiy Association ro 



In the 

 Mr. Hcxtable ex] 



Ejclasd ; and his remarks were evidently well 

 received hv the large assemblage present. Some 

 weeks ago (page 3-29), Mr. Paine, of Farnham, 

 drew the attention of our readers to the same sub- 

 ject, tod s'mce then the topic has been broached and 

 fa^sed at the Council Meetings of the Agricul- 

 ture! Society. With the successful example of the 



oft wide-spread feeling that a similar institution is 

 wanted in the South, we are happy in being able to 

 refer to a ' proposal for the formation ' of such an 

 Association which has lately been issued. The 

 following are its opening paragraphs :— 



■ A sense of the advantages likely to accrue from 

 the more especial application of chemical science 

 : practical agriculture, in the analysis of manures, 

 soil?, and products of vegetation, together with the 

 deiire of diffusing more generally amongst the 

 firming classes such information as already existed 



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they were about to purchase. Whilst at the same 

 time the additional funds of the institution were 

 devoted to the prosecution of scientific researches 

 in agriculture, and to the diffusion of knowledge by 

 lectures delivered to farmers in different parts of 

 the country. 



"The Scotch Association has now been in opera- 

 tion four years, during which time it has not only 



ment consequent upon the purchase of inferior or 

 worthless manures, but has also tended materially 

 to check the fraudulent practices so frequent in 

 their preparation. 



" And, as the publications of the Highland Socieb 

 hilly show,-i t has b( " 

 knowledge of agricu 



IIL-nla i? 



A somewhat similar Society has lately been 

 MUbluhed in Ireland, and bids fair to be of essen- 

 kin2T* et ° the a S riculture of that P^t of the 



atal impossibility that the farmer 



»» reuder it very desirable that s 

 Uite his access to 



?««!»«, and that the »cmVnl t „r 



ista of England 

 e *me advantages in this respect 

 ire in Ireland and the North. 



•wSjS^ 018 of the " A8sodation win in the first 



JJetable productions, dairy' produce, &c, at fixed 



"2 Ti, erate char ? e s- 

 tev id t - P ro9e c"tion of scientific investigations in 

 Bi^'on where it is expected that chemistry 

 puitice t0 en % hteu or improve agricultural 



the first° U Sl| b0 - h ° f these P° ints wil1 be ke P* in view ' 

 ^ivp .K„ ' m the in fancy of the Association, 

 of the i D , t i t gT . eater . share of attention. The objects 

 >&rtt« e ,'' " tlon , w ^'> at the discretion of the com- 

 ■gjPPomted ^ th * ambers to conduct its 



0or coin 611 to f xtension at any future time." 

 * 0TicQ ed h^ m Ve - alread y been frequently 

 loestion, the i COnimUnications P rov5n S> De .V ond a 



AGRICULTURAL 



Agricultural Chemistrv Association for Finland, 

 we hope to be able to put them in the way of those J 

 who are willing to second their efforts. 



We have already on manv occasion* c; 

 tiontothe labours of Mr. Hkmii Dam 



effort lor agricultural inn.r-i\ ,-sucii! — am 



nounced as ' humbug :' and the amateur writers on 



created for practical readers at all events nothing 

 worse than good humoured amusement, run risk of 

 the rough charge of ignorance or presumption 

 when they speak of present agricultural practice 



—themselves with their miniature farms being 



brighter period generally spoken of as being so 



desirable as it is that these discussions should 

 be conducted in a good-natured spirit, it is even 

 more important that the disputants should not get 

 confused and led astray by the use of indefinite 

 terms. Surely there is some need of a warning on 



ing up witn approval tne practice 01 a wn 

 where 4 and 5 bushels of Wheat are sown pc 

 acre ; and Mr. Wilkjns on the other, admittin 

 that certain crops (raised from 2 pecks of see 

 per acre) were very good, but asserting the great* 

 certainty and superior abundance of a produce froi 

 half that quantity. For ourselves, with a practic 



seed (see page 513)— we cannot hope for admissio 



will not allow us companionship with him, and M 

 Wilkins, in consistency, must believe us to con 



safer for our exclusion from these parties : at a 

 events, it must be admitted that we are the bettt 

 fitted to mediate between them. 



The first thing that strikes a spectator is th 

 greater activity of the 'thin-seeders' in this discu; 



here it must be observed, that the quantity of 



used is, of course, but one of the particulars 



on which the crop depends; if the wide qu< 



how most profitably to grow Wheat, be aske 



Drain, enrich, and clean" the land. L ' >!•>« 



game, and then ; but the advocates tor 



sowing' appear generally to forget the sta 



able to a large proportion of your readers. 



vour to point out 



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