90 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Fesruary 7, 1857 
this reckless waste has ceased to throw dis- are to be acted upon in every case, as] “Mr. Watus ; himself and by experience strike the ayamadi 
credit on our farming systems, and to entail a money |seemed disposed to recommend, there is of necessity large body of unforseeable liabilities — that a 
farmer an end ‘to anything like discriminate scientific | rules originally founded on these av 
To some farmers of goes cog it may n agement. Why, if we apply manure to the y and 
seem the essence of bad m o allow if ser of a field in hot summer weather, will an hs the whole; still these principles and 
scarcely any man who knows what it is to have | moment suppose that in that case there will be no | henge = skilfully applied knowledge, a k. 
brains will be naa — on such a vital point | greater loss from atmospheric action than if the are nly mony th to be understood, by the 
as this. As well might Joux throw out JANET p n the d | ent 2 
a and bid her sup the leaves to obtain nourishment | = is exactly the conclusion which Mr. gee And c pe the knowledge of them be com 
as that ier farmer merae w ‘should dress his land)seemed to arrive at in stating that and | | Basr orally? Cannot the student boar and 
with e dung which has been deprived of its|some of his neighbours could grow “batter | ‘read what there is to learn under either of thos 
soluble ‘alts, and vainly imagine that it will be as| Turnips by yg e manure in a great he ads? Can he not, for instance, learn from 
it at 
prevention of waste in the sapere of —, ene nd agencies which ares give such a ja acquainted with kiy pte a those atom, 
heaps is of ee also in effecting grea m-|in the case of a root crop, but at all events the with which in air and ‘soil the farmer has. 
rovement on the ia pentear ie the Spiers ‘land must necessarily suffer from exhaustion in the deal? Can he not from books learn all the Uses of 
= welling-ho —_ The startling fact was alluded to following years of the rotation. When manure is | these siama as the building material of plants 
Dr. Tavë that there is a larger | near the surface it renders up its eae ype ik sooner An 
than when it i by 
and — the principles confirm, by ‘which theseatom 
val | are economised, and waste of agricultural buildin 
Now, though there may be other reasons and organic matters will undergo changes ering | anaes is avoided—cannot he s 
for this state of things, yet it cannot be doubted to hasten their solubility. This is probably the | with them at ‘his desk? Will not toe 
that it is toa large extent owing to the tender lungs reason why some of the best farmers in the Lothians | sation describe to him the processes of tillage} 
of these children being injured by their inhaling ‘find it beneficial to allow the winter-applied manure | | which ate oe is made a storeroom of these 
ammoniacal emanations | to lie spread some time mea it is ploughed in; | | And the of land drainage, by which rain-watg 
In treating of the ninichi of home manure, | but what they can do in ise wit considerable | | having i from the air and soil a quantity c 
Mr. Barer very rightly nenea that the advantage and a slight loss they cannot do in| this building material, is hindered from 
different such as th from stables, | summer wi ithout a very serious sacrifice. M. at once to waste into neighbouri 
stalls, and boxes, should be see pe Taxes togethe er | ‘not capa able of description? Cannot ‘the 
as made, and kept firmly a so asto prevent) Book Farmıse :—The rules of any art take their learn from oe - from books, the amethodsg 
undue fer ion. ‘Those farm i igi by | and sing those portions of this 
cleanings of their pE e anbeste the barrow which the experience of a single individual may | building emer which in farm manure as- 
loads to lie unspread are ninqnestionably great losers have led him to a tolerably successful nsii, - the land? Those methods, too, of ar 
taking such a course, and if they wish to mend and they are corrected in the course of yea uccession of our rey by which the stores aceumt- 
practice they cannot adopt sugges- by comparison the methods and aaa | dated in the land are drawn upon in the order 
tions a minute too soon, For the storing of yard to which others similarly engaged may ye oR | akay t ed paia with a continual supply ;—all 
dung in the fields Mr. Baxer prefers to me ently have been led. peroeru be c arr get ora. ed 
jip A 
ee af a E 
proper size. : à 
or clayey matter. Mr. Payne in stating his experi- may be wth a longer but with a 
inches of of their 
fixe 
modificat : : eory : 
best. First lay an inch or two of salt over e aei erie. te ell y ey arenes in ‘the field, the img 
pa f; and then cover jt sith 4 As time pa on, an experience gathered in and feeding home proper to every mont 
other walks of observation is _ ught to bear with every plant and animal, characteristic of 
upon the art in aa gree s of Nature and district. He <a describe the failur r- 4 
of other ats examine this, and Jost in proportion of every kind of farming in every rent yee 
to the extent of their probes attain meu they kingdom. He is give you Ry the oat 
eao 
hes of earth, mld this not be peert 
EE A nana 
parant we will increase the of the 
fixing power 
on A ae 4 i og fy " as A ose 0 vat 
seit fase T opinion ae the they have thus become so well acquainted peratio they this i on. 
mode o eir application. The chairman — at once perceive where the methods which they see ledge enh ability is useful to. st far 
OVER - employed Mads, een full play to oe nig aga al | includes indeed that which, 
t h i 
a Barley crop. All who art by s scheme of l 
agricu tural cheatin 
ipa mee "appeared to hip d eee a full knowledge of Nature élse- | tion the present position of the a 
of i roto fe y as it resulted : the production of where shall So been kegin brought to bear | describes is due to technical 
a avon ee TAONE Wheat At t insured a upon the processes w any art employs so as correction of its original rules is a separate 
Atini sight this sys med ~ Farre their perfect ei es with the known The point at present under consideratic 
: ure, then science will have done its | possibility of our learning fr w. 
ch other, ar a little inquiry will afford Guitoaive atitieet for the art in que apo But till this ge S Aas oe of it. 
paei: pi they never were more harmonious in or rather tothe extent to which it = not yet ‘been | f daibaew let us hear the case quite as 
pointing to one sure-and result. This was ath the gue of a ne of course must be d Misaied | the other side, if so it must 
tag on the ground of the compa sk limited need of practical instruction. These gh 
: fertilising influence of the pies Rw which the art itself has f toon na S The be'said, in which your well-read agricultural ace 
prevents an amount - ra the surface ahak Apana a this predicament. There expresses what he has thus i thay i 
“othe Ol pint ide wi is = . e portion of its field on which scientific men been originally spoken e fever 
entailed. And real i 
rae 
i its resul 
ntatled. i ie into“ ; ar be said to be wholly accounted for,| words. It is not in their power fal rage 
ema s m6 op can be ‘no serious oes xact see wledge of the ideas which they may pe sdi Jy 
; Sie wie gene b- a tried sciences in elada tionship to agriculture to know to express. Put this so-called k 
ods — a ‘comparatively little that many of the influences under which the soil, test, and you will find that ena e kas te A 
evaporation: er arg manure is applied, the the plant, the animal is placed are still wnreduce d fied or rather vivified by actual p 
= 1 ae arya en are ane ad to rule. Our results in the field, the fold-yard, and | prove insufficient. The student will Pied the 
_—— TEU Ee aion ai as spread over ‘the the dairy are affected by the apparent caprice and which in’ ised hands suffice, altog 
soluble i irregularity of out-field ` Causes as we ell as as by the | cient. will be behindhand with hi 
‘Clover p these an 
n er ee can be regulated and f y wit ta lty ex ys 
will be wás K a p gulated and foreseen, Agriculture in fact from being out of season ; for their proper ! 
appearance “of begin i rin Pan seems rather on the boun dary line than within the depends not only on the know of the re 
principle, however, of “pring woa ses The field of many of the sciences, just where their rule ig | but ‘on his.ability to direct his men, and the #7) 
Saaie without theis 3 lying manures to the making rapid inroads on the vast roast A which | af i the farm cannot be expected, in unpre 
“ei remo being ome cames, and if nota in each — c ected, A 
to the sa | materially Pra „be : y GOEIE d ie 
arm E aa the “invention of Dr. VOELCKER Horten i sia the riba 2 savages. | be remembered agri = a business aS ert 
Ba seappeeel a bin of ou bent own ting as It is just there, however, that a community will | an art ; its proper end is a sufficient $ 
schemical Pr a te: pale acer: most value the ‘order and “security existing at least | for the capital invested in it, And so it is 2% 
ant . 7 yee volatile on one side of them, and so agriculturists have reason | most accomplished student who ever left an 
marl to ‘be thankful forwhat of certainty and ence the cultural lecture room or college has obvious 
ty Iti sarind to 
i true that this certai 
os E= spral on the the pe than to 3 deta e ta žathar:to prin- | can = called an 
‘be tanghi melas room al ne 
of ‘the art every one of Sapaat trike all agricultural results. +00 
