THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[FEBRUARY 28, 1857, 
I canno 
y : 
with ree-corner hoe, 
the bottom of the = crown upwar hn we 
i ould require, Da a distance 
east 160 bushels of | a: 
Mr 
many experi may be 
towards the further a aan of rari important per 
interesting questions. M., Clifton TTE Birk eram 
The Application of Manure,—In the Sain he 
manufacture and appliontion vot manures ner the m shock | 
meeting of the London hiria ? Club held on the 2d 
inst. (Feb.), the top-dressing or ra aving manure spread | 
d exposed to 
of and favourably eS 
the uen al the 
Gazette sad OM. > thong h re ssi 
manures duri he winter 
e in 
then avy leaf to 
imbibe ibe it it t passes ae the air to baie from thence 
public and not to t 
Paay eeo mou 
eea Pia is oren ge Tibeni 
so spread on the surface 
whether this Yolatilisation or ‘evaporation o 
sogreat as 
open to take ba 
m by he volatitisation of the 
et I question 
of the manure 
it is supposed to be, | 
t for a moment doubt the aceuracy of; tion, these manures very probably never sink into the 
yo a br your correspondents | soil to such a depth as 
f that geny being n a 
a ame ee E aei. oe pri = y object 
has ons 
e | his 
of ee Sa exception aad increased es and default | 
rem 
ike 
ne a sare growing long 
volatilisation on a ne was treated 
ape me | au 
as to be retained wa but are 
iy in their solution evaporated and so pass into 
woul ven accelerated 
B, 
5 
ar 
“SS.” 
mest: oa > gr avila, finds similar ape 
aor sof cro P; 
ad the effect of keeping the sh Kr an 
mte er the w had withered 
his is a E OA a ct of ETE the growth 
of. leat by all such means as ena arth to send up 
nutri pa Be arp for their foo R M. Goodi. 
On ing Cattle according to their Nat 
article in aia Paper of then 13, he, a bra import- 
ance of treating each class of animals ace 
separate natures and par Seca S, rhe sees 
elsh mountain sheep ia in a the 
pad 
a 
Swedes, as sa be and sal 
o them 
s land at ne 
| accor 
arly 
IOL OUL PBUUL 
Dan rg ee 
. Taffy. 
small 
uan 
t over his Lischen. ack like 
(o open lofi 
all painde cbii Eh, enjoyed the warm bene 
se of smoke, the fiues being so artistically con- | 
ructed as to thro 
are 
are much hotter than ours ; they res not evaporate, but 
are accumula n_consequene 
5 this preservation of the vferGlising 
plating 
manures to our summer heats jand dro 
practically admi tted to be beneficial by the 
an instances I ha 
by the oe © the 
compost, e: fully to au evaporating inf 
hea 
w back most smoke of the 
“ Putting 
“ Y 
| was greedily eaten by cattle (in the con 
- | co ns, ins f ti i 
m 
| inferior or stale straw when so sm 
that which has been fresh threshed ou 
eae 
ily. 
so far as epr 
calorie ser; 
two years, 
he had commenced giving ae pop stra 
I have it, as it a novel fact, Sed one worth 
giving publicity y ‘in entitled to trial. ae may be the 
ffect is produced by the straw ge given warm 
is to be me d that the firing used is dank and. ies 
r | coal smoke might not be ot well relished, If this pro 
a n rtnight after 
I give this 
> Ammon 
Estimating my hers w Mr. 
d may be relied « on aliod 5 
gean on og giving | 
| smoked straw to a cow parm eur refused the bull for | 
h 
y the smoke of 
s might answer. 
D 
Societies. 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL RAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 
25.—Colonel. Challoner, 
phur over may require th 
the | #pplication of that dressing or of other pulverulent 
tances ; aud cag ees Hull, 
ihe Council w 
a Sosa a race on the ge ae evening 
had with the pet 
apes as advantageous as dasihe to the farmers o 
untry. 
The e Council adjourned to their Monthly Meeting on 
ce | the 4th of March, 
and then by our 
by 
spring operations | |} 
HIGHLAND AND org nie Feb. 18, po ype 
read a paper 
In the summer eS 
manures during th 
n the Man an "es “ie e 
tes for 
be determined peit mapie La and there 
exactly in proportion as it haan these PEREA. and 
be two former of them 8 
a if wé wish to calculate its money miea 
$ ascertain 
in the market. Agricultural chemists have endeavoured 28 far’ 
as possible, to fix the market value of the different c nstituents 
of manures, and have arrived at results which differ. 
rom each nt ont 
itis pri neoessary 
| Way. | aes 
* 
a Nesbit. | Anderson,” 
sabes diz 
i 0 056 0 0160 
i 0! 0| 8 
i 5 13 0/25 0 0/24 
130 16 020 0 0! 
Fi 001 nie 
10 0} 0 10 0j 1 
Ammonia .., ak 0 
Insoluble phosphates 
Soluble phosphates 
ase 
ooooon 
0 
0 
0 
otas eee 0 
Alkaline salts 0 
Organic matters .., 4 
on - 
These are e supposed to represent fair average prices, but that of 
ammonia is opt peh the present market price, e fogs. 
present from 607. igh as 687. per ton. Further, i 
noticed that though potash is stated, it is very doubtful whether 
owing to unce: inty o of its ac ction, it ought to be generally 
estima h organic matters, ia h exist 
in the coil and the gaa ibe on so abundantly that the few 
n the orta ble ma anures do not merit 
notice. An average 
ater sik sa x 
Organic matter and ammoniaca 
Phosphates 
r salts s containing ; 3 of potash... re 
Phosphoric mu in the alkaline salts equal to 
1 phosphate of li 
and ctatting aos the preceding anus its me Bia. tonia 
Hodges .. ki 3 
Nesbit Ś 
And derson, w — potash . 
Do., 
possibly be 
prideta been used where other 
on good sr: Re? a eo i 
ofi its results in di field, and because t can be me e is "meant a 
tured in large org A good sampio may contain— / at 
ate i 
Organic ma 
Soluble pho a 
Insoluble phosphates 
Sulphate of 
Sulphuric tA 
Alkaline salts 
Sand... à 
100.00 
1.55 
Way’ s plan, ‘this supe wa 
own, 71, 1283,0 
von be worth 8}. 1 aiik 
s. per tor according to m 
ith ammonia at hi rear 
Zl. 
ich wirket price, 7. 16s., am 
te app. d 
Aton hitai in ! 
n half the price. 
oe 
ch will s r or later be adopted. 
75 o cent. of phoap haben sells at 62. p 
costing the farmer 7/., and sulphuric acid of speci 
veena E called “ pale acid,” costs at ee 51. Pas 
h is unusually high. One ton te thi d and abo 
ater would b @ tines ‘of 
product iega cost 5l. iss per ton, and co 
at least one half of which “vould T pent 
he b be eS o 
one ash could at K 
ich is not an unusual anie” 
would be profitable I am n 
under present ci ireumstances it would be mo 
favoured | doe 
bie Moorya t4 
bottom 
| ken ie application should be 
events 
observed, however, that we have no info 
kind regarding the loss which the carbona 
s undergo. e know that a cert 
monia in Ponik] guano is in that form 
amount of loss it mmn g on „tbat account is not kno 
clear, however, t that if ¢ 
oil, the farmer could. afford to lose one-third 
his’ am monia cheaper than in the State of ‘sulphate | 
s, both alone AR mixed with a certain quan ity oft in ges 
tha Aes land shou betaine up in io 
mn n diluted t a.. proper oured piring. 
e furrows, a the >s iate} o 
made to divide t he ridge and cover 
This I s should pro o ae age mim. 
Aegre 7 ie not at to oe the mall 
laye oed 
“The 
th 
sta pm analysis have shown us see Ge oh are tro two ey 
— s een toa smali exte: tbe 
to stinga DERG Ra ie gern 
‘three are most ‘important consti- the con 
