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manure, from analysis, as made | circumstances. It is — the er I oppose o m 
nting gr yene tbtnt als by Profess "in Way and | disposing of carbon to acquire s expense, other life constantly possess the power of absorbing 4 their 
own in р 1 15 ists, would have shown that elements of ге — Minen ition. | roots moisture, and, pien with it, air and carbonie | 
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and alkaline matter they c soni у value of a | ammonia in the air. le w 
ton of this artificial man no will stand | add the latter to our soil artificially, there must exist an | of carbon and yet give it nitrogen; the atmosphere seems 
us :— —— necessity to add the former to it. No conelu- to furnish a due proportion of each to the e E 
Artificial Manure which Sold at 90s. per ton. on,” he says, “can then have a better foundation than | of a plant. If we are to depend upon the a T 
Ammonia їп a ton, 274165, at 44d. — £0 — 3: this, that it is the ammonia of the atmosphere which | for the one, why not for E Ар, Why es 4 В | 
ibd = — at la. = 1 ee ^ | furnishes nitrogen to plants.’ de e the equili A ri which nature has established? 
> тт арр Perhaps there are few soils that, uA vmi — Carbon forms a very large Bes in the co js 
Value per ton. 22 15 14 tion, do — — gaani tes sufficient for the normal | tion of all plants ; is it - then, as necessary artificially - 
—Q demands pla: and — sos E^ Ф MH to supply them with it as with any other items of bu 
Ammonin in а ton, ‘890 ibe s, at A. ux E & А i « Phosphoric acid is | composition! The ey take it from the soil, as we 
Phosphates 540 Ibs, at d. — 113 9 supplies of. —.— and carbon. 0 c sa * pi 
Alkaline salts „ 1624108, at 1d. — 016 4 а. тенен of all land capable of cultivation,” says | from the air ; they eprive the soil of it. 
An Liebig. withstanding, in 5 his inorganic | necessary to make it up to the soil? “ The fe 
Value per ton se cse .. 9 16 4 E ntu iilis a soil cannot remain unimpaired," says Liebig, E 
From this comparison it appears that the artifi- itte cig z contended fo T Zudem the demands | we replace í in it all those substances of EU : 
cial manure which sold so readily at 90s. per ton | of — p^ although "e observed. that “алое deprived.” Dr. Hodges says, © By th on of 
was alkaline salts, in reality as dear as Peruvian | manu ammoniacal salts cannot be too frequently | the. dead vegetable with the oxygen of 
guano at 167. per ton; and were we to calculate the | em eniployed; E it does not appear that e ever regarded t the Ман Dh uis MM article of. 
ammonia of each at 6d. per lb., as many of our best exclusion of carbonie matters; he everywhere admits organic matter tow ic ү ш 15 м t | : 
chemists do, the result would be that the inferior 'oduce from the artificial supply | M T — supp uh - na soure 0 food opas is 
manure — be worth 27. 18s. 6d., while the Peru- | of carbon, the absolute. necessity for it in the soil to | provide is formed, is take 
vian guano would ня worth 127. 5. 14d. But the | Sustain the primary vegetation of p v^ * effects | u i | 
former was — J. 108. Pet ton, panes it Vid * 
as much as the ater at 184, 17s. per : к " 188 T * Я 
sonia and р hes phate, of lime е9 considered te be aie ae Bank Che the carbonic "T 3 is the Lu the conditions for the absorption of e rbonie 
ie root food of plants а a young plant will increase in mass, a 
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rowing of this crop ; hence, if we exclude the give it a mere mers fle i 8 carbonic acid from | acid by decaying vegetable — ! 
т from the foregoing estimates, the result will | the atmosphere, tency of furnishing it from absorb at time | 
be that the artificial орана, аач sold at 90s. per c at the and e the oxygen of the — ү acid from the soil as the мее. derive from Vu 1 
eo as much as vian guano y loosening the soil whi ch surrounds 3 young plants, sphere, d the plant vill i —— weight fourfold. . 
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nebat of . | acid,” де КЕ: 49,1849), « гача acts in the same | and in the increased е 4 я 
action i send e een wil кке mes 15 manner soil eable to air as in the air itself; it an increased power e pem nourish 
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Seed n alled t Gh al t. In IO is a — source of carbonic acid, which it emits air.“ “ But,’ 12 ges, “ besides 
ly 3t " X NIA 117 very slowly. An es of carbonie acid, formed for iere by its gradual decomposition, the 
N de. Momus X at the expense of the oxygen of the air, surrounds every vegetable matters accumulated in the soil are 
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ton of sand ; ач if the extra per-centage of water » to prove useful by the mew wer of al 
over be is contained in good dry guano be taken ри ача v nz eee 8 pa — nia and other — which — ul 
into AA it will appear that, while one-half of is absorbed and taken away by the fine fibres of the pone EM Р i 
апше was utterly worthless, the other half | roots, and by the roots N ; this is replaced by Liebig maintains this opinion: © Powdered arco 
was — equal in value to the very poorest sample | atmospheric air [the ox ae e air, not the carbonic | (carbon) surpasses all other substances in the 
of Patagonian guano. J. II. acid of it], by which process t ecay is renewed and | Which it possesses of conde 
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A Stra ] has had enough said Hei is s speaking of carbon. Itis true, he says, “ When | it with water (De Saussure), Decayed woc 1 1 d Oak 
upon it, yet despite the contempt expressed for it as a plant is quite matured, and when the organs by which | Very nearly to charcoal in th e Щй d 
such by my friend « Y. and the neglect of carbon by | it obtained food from the atmosphere are formed, the | Wood absorbs 72 times its vo me, after having been 
and vendors of manure, who, no doubt, | carbonic acid of the soil is no further required, (P. 49.) | completely dried under the аграр." Wo Mave 1 | 
ers, to He might have added— for the roots are no longer in an easy and satisfactory means of ex ш fie 
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thin this atmosphere of carbonic acid. But Liebig property, and which, if we possess any 
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1 } go 0 plants. “A soil in which plants vegetate vigorously of its active or crude alkalies. 
cessfully wintering 70 head of cattle on 16 acres of contains a certain quantity of moisture, which is indis- | “The interesting experiments of 
2 with my half loaf e necessary to their existence. Carbonic acid, that water impregnated with earbonic - 
— aas — d ikewise, is always pr : gend! ks which contain alkalies, 
"mis Е disposed vegetate vigorously), whether it has been abstracted of the” alkalino carbonate: 
ducite pei ке under favourable from the air or — been generated by the decay of July 22 
STATE OF THE CROPS, AUGUST 1, 1853. 
(Continued, from page 508.) ; 
COUNTIES. WHEAT, BARLEY. OATS. 
BEANS. PEAS. |GREENCROPS.| POTATOES. | HARVEST 
ABERDEEN. 
M-LOTHIAN 
YORKSHIR 
shios Average Under average ors ld, Hun rx x | 
Full average Over average Average Good daes e — TO — ks a ui Moment onl as 
rous P 
_ Thin, but promising Good Good Av Wakefield ^. 
Thin dux ful eros more Under average | Nearly average — Good Ca E^ Godd: f imr riu M. NM. Milburn, Think j 
Health ў — of disease rth 
ealthy, - . and . e f°" 3 at Уш Good, except where Early sorts | Middle of Sept. |J. Parkin, Wirksworth 
Much A average Pretty good I 1 touched by Яу touched ebe "s 
AMP- v good, with 7 ie and Rather good | — . Turnips late Dis laces of Aug. |J. 8 8t. 
"y exceptions; Very good Good Very good Strong and Growing fast Indicatións o of Middle of — J. Whitwell, Peter bog 
STATE FORD, healthy 
Woxc : M Good Very good — PES Abo р . Tegel ji 
— dry И n — — autumn Wheat Moderate Moderate Very good Indifferent М А м рі nt a average ne bate = wd, kalen 
backward and in econ? valent 
Three-fourthe of average Good ev 
бүле бын оой ме Good Good frin 4 { ndell, E 
Very good | Generally light Average Average es 3 —— am ing 
Very good Very good e 
ng Sept. 
Abun Diseased Middle of Aug. |J. — 
Turnips ея gene- Disease general End of Aug. G. Edw 
Not avera, ok rall i 
i — | Improved sated Good crop Injured by lice 1 we not gene- Blight extending End of Aug. C. Gibson. we 
' rally good 
See Not an average 5 Good Good 8 5 Fair Badly blighted ге 2 H 
: i М = ыз : Qe Various Good Generally good | АП bli ага J. W. 
DORSET ...... One-fourth under average | Rather over | One-ten: wed over Average ома MEL — as ever ie of f Aug. J. Е. Tn 
piene ат БЕ LM ENTE РИШЕТ E usa average і n iseased gare ss. 
DENBIGH ... ува посе average gere Sate OS dno 
Light егор Average Good Looking well Good Late J. Girdwood, gue, 
өзө, e. Fair average arly me a good Sept. E. н; Griffith, cited i 
2 pn s deal blighted Y 
ийе Late, but promising 2 good; dis dis- End of Aug, Alex. aaa 
Es i 3 & n places 
e Lo Wales Very good Much blighted Sept. 
(Two-thirds тепа extent; Pair 
ет very light and blighted | 
Wetrorp | "SiS em OO 
CORK. — Good 
