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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
cially as a dressing for chalk land. | Loca (Fuge Sap 
had ему ees determined this point 
e hav 
and no nce coming to the aid of 
practice, "dad" pasted ere the cause and the mode of 
the benefit er co ave o 
natioual society also coming to the aid of agricul- 
ture Asai ih and making known for the benefit о; 
roughout the country a secret unwittingly 
held »d so long by those of the neighbourhood of 
It is “proposed to use this xii silica in the 
ki slowly. soluble 
Three 
—lst, by heating about 
four of the ground rock aiid’ — of chalk to a dull 
ite; the aa qoe 
„and le Saving’ them together 
two; 3rd, M adopting the second dessin with the 
addition 
ich — as a sort of regir or go-betw 
as regards it —— " "x s, and induces a дру 
rapi 
The * this зой oduced is soluble in water 
to the extent of 16 or 17 grains per gallon, and will 
thus convey both silica and lime into з ants. ET 
grain ачр contain about 14 
substance which shall be 
capable of conveying it into pen is thus — to 
be valuable as a manur AY recommended 
that at least 3 cwt. of it "bé applied as a top- түгет ing 
cre, and he expressed his belief that it might 
e useful as a corrective of that excessive luxuriance 
th 
as regards for ance the hea 
erial might be Ades would sek 
oget e: икн ие. 
At the c 
i e 
chiefly o n the faet that soluble агу already t 
Some extent exists in. most soils, and that eR 8 
manur depe i 
t 
ense 
ar 
close of this lecture Mr. NrspiT made pi 
directly a certain pen: = nourishment. by means 
of evaporation. In uence, however, of ү, 
improved system o of ан ent which now obta 
2 b arena better treatment and she lter than is 
r 
a "the td of the weather. | 
Horses, and particularly farm horses, are more 
subject “tp injury from wet her than cattle, 
because they are obliged to perform their daily 
weather many farmers are 
may descend in torrents at the tim 
be more profitably employed in Be 
саа their condition i in the stable, thani in Жар 
ing the e fie or солн a load of 
нъ мога эбен тыд а 
fro neighbouring 
town. Farm horses generally * condition in wet 
weather partly from the badness of the roads in- 
creasing the severity of their labours, — part 
coats. The appli- 
of wet to the skin is also pro ee tae of 
8 affecting the air passages, either in the 
» forms of catarrh, or the more ui 2. 
of onchitis or pneumonia, 
h is simply inflammation of the mucous 
ities of the nostrils and 
vette and pneumonia. A discharge from. the 
ostrils " a cough are М. orem "ue of 
A rrh, which netimes be 
diminished appetite d m The 
may con of moderate visting febrifuge 
medicine, nec a blistering. application to the throat, 
assisted by a soft diet. and abstinence: fro m work. 
here e is much deb 
and purging should e eee 
e although, like eit receding; an affec 
tion of the brane, yet is extended 
over a Wader ran e not lim nited even to the wind- 
e, but affecting iv: i 
e- |J. М. Goo 
ed 
ailes: У 
Hity; bleeding may ee 
е таги digging 
(page 20), “ The: time may — however— 
ery th 
3 of zine. 
dstablished ; rad this may in al 
by enforcing the YN of Firestmen 
e 
here recom. 
| mended with vigilance and c Me 
LOIS-WEEDON WHEAT podio. 
In the А Yaga al Gazette, March 5, 
The twof: 
tha Mr. Smith's piem, as ‘set het in his p 
and J. M. боой? d remarks s upom it. 
J. M. Goodiff matinee my first t question, on the | 
95 MN by sayin wi 
principle nor practice, for at page 45 he tells us that lie 
begins about the ДА st week in i ca comple 
labours the first ecember; an 
ice fectly right, as by so doing he exposes hi 
urned up soil to the rain, Yin, frost, and snow eros 
Whole winter, — getting it by spring 
pulverised; and t rie dp eae ng to 
edition, pag e 32 (for I, too 
Sm 
Mr. ith’s own book 5„1 “that, 5 men to to. Mr, 
s calculation, it woul a to dig the 
intervals of 100 acres in tw t seems, how- 
ever never to have struck J. M. e thas а Smith 
Фа] = a not on а far 
12 
Mr. Smith says, I pe А иеби my subject’ to Wheat, 
but I will go beyon oment to state that, with 
e or two exceptional pote ‘the same 
guide me throughout.“ It seems, however, from the 
Nane p ronte is the сан за real exception; 
Barley, Oats, Beans, root?crops, Saintfoin, Lucerne, and 
Clover, чы» the ground was suitable, would all be 
ви e on 0 фан нз. forking system. Giving 
, how o Vetches and Clover with- 
ae the interval system, we still have 300 наз n. 
3 ed 
on — 
the end o «аай tho e yeaa 
amount of labour wane may well petes ме Smith ss 
some 
it not far off—when the resolute haud to wield the fork’ 
Mr. Smith thinks (рр: 21, 22) dtu 
fe f that th le cultivato already in model, 
5 yu: És M P, e must confess that th 1 ea о, and to change e Ку е imd em 19 
0 г. Parne, in the useful * b fró J Ё i 
th which he followed up Mr. War's lec E te to a dark colour, then there is of such an im nf; but until I see it really at work, 
Suh relating tob РЕ very reason cie XN a fatal termi n. To prevent | I eannot but t at, on ground deeply moved, the: 
élialk marl 8 to the esteem in which this 89; ж 85 е supervention of this unfavourable type, and to | weight of the body mu e the wheels to sink in too 
and to eh uad ч клы the re andi: Wheat hasten the process of recovery, it is des o | deeply to be of any ice. J. M. Goodiff deals, hom. 
cd } ing ea : ever, very summarily with the labour question, for hegsys- 
ЖИД Н mil overs d notwithstanding that the ау a Bleeding mar i b oe oe o that he will for the айыны resa tof — 
' ithe richness of a Hop garden—more early stage ; but here, as in a es iseas ofl FFF 
lo «Lh gny adverse the mucous membranes, there is an indisposition to le ttle алт soe * 
„whi t. WAYS Horney өй айыр er ало і and then quotes page 19 to qeu i me 
ubjected. And we must remin : re n must therefore be annual double diggings are not Mm 
in general of Limo 's| Pere oo nter-irritation should be promptly | die system.“ What says Mr. Smith, "die iuf the 
ins, ld BIG S instituted either by blisters or „or both, | 888 T 
naturally of soluble silica in the | Tartarised stem see 8 nid "ве э « — — ade се — КҮЛ у ai” ends. 
ppl sacs at given internally, with small doses of proto- chloride It is who olly by my obedienee to the one Ub 1 
8 "аздыр H of mercury, in the early stage, and byes: tonics gum the other." 
» A afterwards. Oatmeal апа gruel, bran|, (Page 10.) « No one can evade the conditions with 
re di the | mashes and Carrots, should pikari compose the —€— ty.” 
ч eni E diet. Pap Ид, s — means of the deep-stirring, uplifting 
е bounty Inflammation of the substance of the Jungs ipe T а met — level plough, Í bring їр 
in niacal additions to the soil, 
TER e no doubt that it at ultimate ly be 
i a recent lecture has recommended: | 
Laer: turists gene 
Vii» V 
(P 
rally h n | sh 
in the Mae of Rr edd 
to Mead ; PR E cultural Society | 
[^f t moe for © researches into 
of wet: т. 
4 damp and low zitua 
antity of water imbibed —.— 
means of the k 
in them is mot produced. b 
eth circumstances. iei, 
naremisnco of ue f d 
conditas if e м ed: to 
ede, not oti] is their ju 
endered less п 1 but, 
rain, they 
mi 
ure:of their skin 
4) is even more dan 
haracteri by 
neumoni d 
chitis, and it is c — — 11 
e for, and to a larger ние 
the treatment may be the same 
should be kept warm by sd 
ture of the stable cool, and 
be avoided 
y — up the subsoil from the required depth. 
treasure 
PES 12. + “ The 84 3-feet Gin ai sy ө Б tilled, and 
to do that-effectually, there i at present 
| but the spade or the fork ; — npr “the E 8 
the fork within tlie Iiniited space of less than 3 a d 
re of the subsoil is.i 
exposu 
1 might multiply these quotations, but space forbids, 
I will therefore, for J. M. Goodiff's ial inf 
4 
to f 
not be —.— чу first sight; — 
seem permi — this, or pne 
experto poer the change will lead хе ас 
rk? J. M. that 
1 
me fit i 
physic is the proper treatment for swelled 
humour, mm med ; but, 
lor the: nee is. prompt, gine: e danger | 
| ACE bs Syren. e b we 
id ri AA also be adopte 
та groase 2e lin Is; but here b ocal 
al, f pe üben - Linseed ponltiees | > 
1 Ties orm be applied to remove | } 
re m and ee eee, du 
i an astringent a such as the solution. of in 
