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matter obtained, the various salts dissolved in the origi- 
N quid. The milk of lime . in Higgs’ pro- 
but leaves s it 
when quicklime 
of double the poen of а lk, was thrown nd 
by so much comparatively inert substance, | 
the solid matte tter obtained of chalk being 
obtained in this manner cg ev ery gallon o of — 
liquor. He would prefer separating the sewage matte 
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‚| distribution of the sewerage to be from such points as | veyance or lifts by carts out of competition. On some 
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hoped he might su succeed, that the raw materials alone | cost of Emir e Mr. C. my that the estimates of 
| -—— for the produetion of a ton of so olidified ma yance of sewerage to long distances were founded 
cost about 7s. In other instances the cost was | on the experience of the conveyance of water to long 
oe сег: but supposing it to be so, and sup osing the | distances for the supply of towns, which put all eo; 
EET to the land, X to be ber held, not merely in | solid manure by cart, 17. 7s.; of 15 loads of liquid 
how s of liquid 
and best manures, as occasioning less expense in the 
original cost, carriage, storing, an application. 
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3 the Tt Prof. Way was aware | by 
every E o took a deep interest in any subject, 
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pac хо partioular favour on views which he himself 
originated ; and e e he felt 
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pers to which he had often made refer that | of 
room : he really beli о however tha these 5 substance ces, 
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disagreeable odour was occasioned byi its sul шене 
drogen here valu 
The usual outlets of sewers natur rally occurred i in those s 
— — A - NS iid just remarked, least 
required manuring, being beds of river alluvial deposits 
ir of clay ei tempered with sand. The poo 
thin -—- grounds, ieularly in-sandy distriets, were 
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such excremen matter ought to yield manuring 
elements x r hundreds of thousands of acres, if applied 
at once 
sa a gre ick begged leave to say for his colleagues 
— the General Board of Health, that however куга. р 
vinced they were of the superiority of the pem sipe 
a e the refuse of towns for cultivation 
form N manure, they would, nevertheless, have 
farms as well as for towns was that they might to more than 40 acres. Mr. Mechi’s pipeage was 
go on pumping the manure into the land, on fallows, imt and his hydrants зм one to ll a His- 
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superior quality, as Sm as ute ls of the pro meadows at Clipstone.—Lord Kinnaird, who sai 
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a- | from the орк of to the course on the drainage |was adopting the system himself, considered 
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work r islet Eie P abli ic epum h Act, it was maximum outlay low as compared with outlays to 
i omed for less return. He 
was found that he had done so, in order company, h tested against the arrangements, and 
to prevent the diversion of an outfall, of which he had — oes фу must end in failure. In respect to 
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кане of his supply for а term of years, at a ate | as on Currant trees and Strawberries, aud the limits of 
rental,he resigned Ls d cage In another case, the distributing jet was perceptible, in на increased 
a market-gardener came fort and objected to the | size and superior ee the 
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d | diversion of an old sew Mos which he had grown| Mr. Livesey venture de to d vani i illus- 
the best produce, and, неа other things, the finest — of liquid manuring on 
Mignonette of the richest scent that during many years Telfer’s farms in Ayrshire. Mr. 1 міні — 
had been sent to Covent Garden market. Thie difficulties | 24th of May, in the present year (a period o 
in the extension of the system, were not upon any doubt | unusual en E on the — 5 
as to the certainty and economy of the means, or as to heard the or rain read at Fortwilliam 
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ised. ing examples. In agriculture, however, as they were | on Mr. Telfer’s farm, where 48 cows are ept 
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too well aware, adoption did not as yet тА три follow on 50 acres of land, 25 of which are un е. 
proved success. There were, moreover, the usual ob- | pipe-distribution system. So valuable does this 
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and wanted the owner to do it, commonly.gratis. Then the question of comparison between solid xi liquid 5 it 
there > not sufficient powers under the Public Health is in such instances as that alluded t 
ct to enable the local boards to lay down apparatus on | whether farmers have a crop or go without rit altogether i 
farms, and give the use of the apparatus, as well as the | for by no other means, unit similar circumstances 
supply of sewerage, for a rent, Often the most suitable | they bring about a crop at all. He had laid аби) 5 acres: 
lands for the application of the sewerage were the under 
common and the waste lands, Thus, at Coventry, where | to being in a condition next deni nt Lincoln, 
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power gh as drainage works, under the Public Health Act, were in | inspection to any of the members of the o Agri- 
towns, er maas of these, as Exeter situated on a | the co land al Soci 
urse of execution, was belted with Lammas lands; | cultur. оңчу, who might be pleased to honour. € 
but the General Board had no means ы fesad р - | with a visit 1 an — is within a few miles 
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and put down the butary apparatus, and then | will be canvassed by much intelligence, sought to show 
12 them, with ES bes "ot the free use of the liquid | thatits results may be satisfactory in a commercial ^i 
X of view; but could scarcely wi 4 
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at the e outfall, | as was Piani: y 3 ;| such pipeage alone, as would be convenient i ere 
and where quantities were sufficient they might distribution with short len = io of h Ж 
expect to see sewerage pipes radiating for many | Mechi states, the wear and tear. and pee ien 70 
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cessary, as su labou h 
that the sewer manure should be rent ate only in the | Livesey had for every 3} acres one hydrant, 80 "d 
direction of the flow peque. by gravitation. Whereso- | yards of hose would ‘cover the whole circle ; 45 
ever it was necessary to lift solid Run "hans in large | do it easily, with 60 feet of jet. 
trials with precipitates of sewerage, and better promise rate 
into 
.han Professor 2 s 72 i я аргы investigations 
the patented and methods hitherto tried, yet pare’ 
them. He (Mr. Chadwick) had rom what he could to 
experimental — works for precipitates, as 
, for there w y 
3 e would be : of 
us | quantities, liquid manure could be lifted at a cheaper | see an efficient distributor offered to the public in 3" 
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smaller engines was greater, but still the expense w ,|segments on the crop. e would observe that d 
even with t e highly- dilut е а , much less th an lift, implement which Messrs. Carrett and Marshall, E 
: re many case wns so ing the solid manure by carting ; and it was important | Leeds „hav — taken to construct fo for b 
: near the sea-side, with the sea | to observe that to Videte height liquid manure was | to be shown a t Gloucester, is irme dins m 
for the out-fall, with high cli d, and with no land | lifted, there was the benefit available of power of а | {о irrigation as well as other machinery; aad 1 if such й 
s on which to apply it, even if th ity | return distribution by falls, byshedding. In one instance | implement shall be successful in rn operations, pé 
were sufficient to pay for engine-power to lift it ; where, | there were reliable estimates for lifting the sewerage, by | may be instances where considerable benefits could 
unless the manure in the pitated | two o: lifts, over the high grounds to the north of derived, and this reminded him of s position at б, 
and rendered e, appeared as yet no| London, and delivering A — on as 20 miles off, at suited to its application, and if Mr. L. might take 915. 
alternative at present but to throw rd away. Where,|an expense of twopence for the delivery. liberty without being personally acquainted be 
however, there means for its lication in the | From two towns under the “Publie Health Act, distri- | proprietor, but whose valuable services to this 207 
liquid form, it was mere waste of butary works were expe o in operation this|are so well emed, would mention = on 
the 8 in the process, ы Men ai end 2 ten others at the commencement of | Challoner's park, through which, whilst riding 
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of guano was rpm, by applying it in Mr. 
apath had 
Hera told him (Mr. C.) in Баа t S a а plan of of | the advantages within their power.—In of effecting it. He was 
be | questi 
precipita ting town sowerage, with which i 
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1 | farms upon the new principle were in ing, and with an abundant aftermath was desired, Y. 
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s the 1 — for which | Saturday last, he saw a most beau tiful and lux xurinnt сөр 
кү had ápylied кош year to year yielded, and the | of cultivated Grasses; and it occurred to Mr. MY" 
administrative reductions were ыы , other t towns | that when this magnificent crop, so different 
would rapidly fol lov. In the mre cde the number of the usual stun growth of park Grass, was stat: 
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it as were given by Mr. Mechi, the towns, and the | below, under the agency o ble Steam 
farm: t near them, would be - he co situm — — to which he had — wr! ond be or 
ions, addressed to him by Mr. S: "M. Dur to o the his d — to Mr. Mechi for the valuable 
