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THE eee Tuai nid GAZETTE. 
179 
or earliness of the time of sowing. One anda, 
half Sais beshel dibbled, or a papaa dvlled, ae the ve begin- 
ning of the autumn s may i ajea 
to as 
iF 
article on a subject airas has 
been: already slightly eae to in fa tp columns, I 
seeds fo rop of corn, and 
ifferen t ae of the sa 
d white 
had o 
to either grown esta r - I pret 
age 
ric 
loment o 
= & very im postant objects! 
onel Le Couteur me ms r 
eir exertions in such a 
eed wa argument against meas n mince a 
however excellen S AAA ait e better 
their individual qualities, the more favourable’ is likely 
te 
o 
oie when they be thres ppose so 
pc nei iola; of our owing ani or Rye with Vete 
ort of n ort yai ws climbing 
ewe gr aià Anops om te a = ing Wheat 
f — santa : “ blende corne,” he AA 
a later period (1661) the — John Meadows, of 
ore Boas i mentions as one of the gg of his 
“Abe ng, “bul ung.” Anecmdinons wi Ray, this was a 
xture o tches ;* ‘ich as tithe 
red. 
xcept 
as nearly as possible, 
ripen together. Samuel 1 ‘aylor, ‘Gloucester. 
size of on clode on the Wheat lands of the srodan sees 
to observe, nt -_ a pus of ie ought n 
he 
g 
d 
ohns 
this maara Ago 
j farmers: of a a eare 
art of a centu 
re than “60. years, ry pai i having | 
one in use for upwards of 3 0 years, and I 
for 12 years af after him 
from 
purposeof crushing ciel on ciay an lands | W 
seed so 
and making grooves for the rece of on Old Jewry, see 
ception of , ammonia had , Sna so that 
hand on lighter soils, but mainly for er, w meiga supplied to him by Mr. Scott, of 5, Charing C farmers evi ‘ote te w nite satisfied if they pa aiipata 
view to e the drill, by paras. saure E oF LOCUST arah ANALYSED DEC. phe with eee nit. The value of hate 
—* for- man a Moistu os 13.43 for —— oe t depend on mysterious, It was 
means of depositin iA Aibemiatns matter... ace mest f cone Ses effi root crops because it cont a large amount of 
ting seed. It is anadmirable e implement, TAa i EE E ee convenient form, and the root crop required 
and every Holdfast ought to fan got fast hold of o Wood foara AEE eo ini 12.42 a large supply of phosphate. The fact’ that ammonia benefited — 
ugar, gum, &c. fay ae ae 49.31 e 1 and root crops, he hadno doubt, 
erence Oibar. Anina anaki oie is aid 7.60 Sees bring under their pra sana gr any manures The ellessy 
Mineral matter i. r. r 6.42 agricultural va he efficacy” 
— petheleods Lanbi ane premiene 
‘varied very much in this and, as a | 
Among ou daneum to} In the sample of Locust Bean supplied by Mr. and r of the ron land ef 
guano the excrements, old a and “gui, oft man should | analysed at a re ase of a Society, the secon rae pac to | different descriptions—in the one instance producing good crops, 
not be neglected. In E receptacles are not | constitute about 8 entire they wate other ya one. In the second place, 
the best adapted for iby: tir See iontas reni joe mugar an albuminou mats, Wi Epaian a Cadatiacepectttaceniomee = daenda sedna = a 
EA : j ra ? is E = 
towns this may not be, it is possible, amended ; in the oe, Pods. : t juperp had no they contained a 
country y howev: a plan of mixing them wi fi .. 60 percent. 13.11 per cent. ee aiii meea mn ar on the ot sandstone 
ta absorber might be beneficially and easily adopted ; cma oe see Wav, | other descriptions of soils, on which superphosphate had no effect, 
Much then that is now los e saved, an : pi Min: Anlewrighty: of + Sutton Hall, si re — — to determine pertinent land, 
clearing awa: i Ks ou be acting very foolishly in giving 
80. sf iri ee ae ee eme ppi Desire ‘favoured the Council with a plan: o high prices e ms ae if the land nie not deficient in phos~ 
ee ae | ae draining he had emplo n A phoric aeid. In the third place, the mode and time : 
Sess $a ihn Ireland the loss is almost total. Human ae ee ai Sunon ploy manures’ in 7 
pa. a this participate in the same neglect with those materially. many 
— -Inal the sma ler to wns and vill The Council djia to the 18th of March. = a es rrvaet effect, because they had 
is not one cabin ina tho ti 
in a county, that is properly | Taunton: Artificial Manure.—Prof. Voelcker, of the | with appa i 
I wish I could call the attention of the | Royal Agricultural College, lately gave a lecture on this foreman isinen 
villages to the neglect of insisting | subj er the auspices of the rag and West of was highly d that he: 
blic ps priva ate, ueg England aiye Socie A extracts fro P ine ar one: ewt: of guano cwt: of fi 
ties. The d take e erset sill Gazette. P 9 je: 
ecome a roiti misaeni Voelcker said :— imna coms se a wepeubent 
ae eg “Tf w i ey frequently heard people give their opinion that eee anure, for the mixture could not be made without powdering 
cng Ei ovale cae fed should La saminn aoe simeoni m yon i tly ioe hard lumps of guano, and by mixing i 
tat fo (Gedthe Ib, of urine and } Ib, | eee ihe fact wasy that afield manures and farmyard | dressing, wi omei mion sacar’ 
together contain 3 per cent. | manure ; ea qualities ‘ed each poo # to be seen, and nan 
x icable t rticular ar composition o ý i 
y will amount to te edhe dl serie ries 3 = a itera n PA = them: look e; superior 
a pecak 
owi 
safely as i bushels i. a more ay Ph 
be 
open question, on which | m 
0 
. the p pro: 
ia T p vied 2 million lbs. 
| the 
| from Sicily by 
to an acre of land to obtain, with the assist- 
sg ee br om the atm i 
yrim n. n and 
ible 
us supply i itself ‘with “thie 
might thus al ch, 
rogen, prem ‘also the 
ses containing t 
of foreign supply. aag 
and at seven million 1s, and eve 
1 as vend millions. for the p riein 
ct use of it, we ae br e adoption 
and inex Seniks means acqui 
produeo us (say for the. 3 y os over "40 
million lbs. of nitrogen, SeSi gto Liebig a sufficient 
of Wheat, affording at 
phosphates and ammonia, and which 
walle gach wis me cot would be sufficient for 3 million 
0 
cessary woul 
structed shed, and a ries of bog mould at hand, clay ashies 
EN TC ET ET a a e n 
at the subjoined table, representing the composition of fresh and 
dun 
rotten dung :— 
Composition of fresh and well-rotten lng, 2 manure, composed 
of horse, pig, and cow dung. 
enna FRESH. WELL RortEns 
In In 
natural} Dry, | natural} Dry, 
state. state. 
7542 
3.71 
Wa 66.17 
+ Soluble organic matter 2.48 7. 
So pier _ inorganic matter 
sable silica eee .254 
] 'hosphate oflime  ... ...| 299 884 3 1. 
aim sane e 
{agnosis 
ash = 
vas ke 
‘hloride of sodium 
ulphuric acid 
rbonic acid and Toss 
1.54 
t Insol 25.76 
of the reeg nd act as a deodoriser ; clay unburnt 
would also do, apne cipal ved would actas a fixe 
Each ports should possess such a ane and public 
ones should be erected ene A 
High Feeding of Breedin, erie. fe eeding: has 
generally been thought prej udio to mint stoc ae 
hav r found it the ly 
theaves. or seeasihing ewes, “whieh took the iat pais at 
Ca: om at Carlow, in Ireland; at Malton, in York- 
tis Re Sorte ail hepti in high condition 
till phia in the year, when the sain e first pri 
red lambs—one a seat as fi vat 
— rn tre ape enan ae gold 
ich I wo 
sell for 50 guineas, an ade fon 
lambs, and has milk for pm three ; indeed, high — 
has made me so full of lambs this year that we hardly 
know kran fe do with Prony I will send you a letter in 
le Browne, Hampen, Andoversford, 
oucestershire. [Thanks s,] 
Societies. 
at 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL OF ENGLAND 
WEEKLY ye March 11.—Mr. Cnburevit Srans- 
gia crit in the chai 
E Mur —Communications were received 
from Viscount Palmerston and the Earl of Clarendon, 
n reference t naan ro- TETEA eae cattle in 
th is country an le ain at present raging i 
Tauroggen and M kroi Prof. a stated 
his views on sain is subject, and thought that the Govern- 
t be too much on their sagem om bag 
lude the n; he 
oat our 
obta exact kn of the true patholo gy of 
the rae Sy rr which re d traversed the continent of 
Europe, | before deciding upon measures for the total ex- 
the ay 
vera ge 
si = which into this country during the entire 
56 amounted weekly. to Nee ae of cattle, 
2780 sheep, _ 190 pigs. The Chairman, Mr. Scott, 
oold, and Mr. Vines also fevoured the meeting 
the same subject ; and a letter was 
es, 
B Bran.—Professor m favoured ra envied 
with th the following analysis of Carob Beans 
Messrs. Hadle 
o on “a Cotswold breed of sheep and their 
insoluble organic rrr 
re 
1.424 
1.010 
+947 
(.274) 
(.578) 
i 
So me altii: ai sea 
Hoot sgg silica 561 
Oxi of oie ion’ 
p 
Containing. phosphoric — 
Fae o bone earth -|G 
Magnesia” 
Aes ash 
Suip mri 
sre sae nalii cae loss 
* Containing nitrogen... 
Equal to ammonia ... 
Whole manure containing sie] j 0.34 10 
ammonia 
Do. do. in for ‘ee | _ 0.88. +26 
The value man ures, whether produced by art or noty 
— sar three classes of substances. i aco in importance was 
ining n and furn 
stare tion. 
the ETARE ze] “phosphates contained 
which the 
wy es pean tor 
y bat i in 6 one ton er well-rotted 
y wi 
wanted silica, they songgi: 
quantity, pa men purchasin ng y in artifici anures. 
principal aim of manures ought to be to supp Fa to the farmers- 
trode constituents which were specially deficient in home-mad 
manure, and which were required in 
agricultural producers, This was the secret why ficial 
mauures produced such astonishing effects. There were two 
kinds of manures—namely, guanos and  superphosphates,. 
which were especially esteemed as valuable fi k 
Why was guano, when applied to Wheat so bene- 
ficial e ? Bay A una iir ra a quantity produce. 
such a mighty effect, wh mn fe asam Oats, and 
It was not on account o; viram Ehad idana h- oeda 
This e: son account of the large Proportion of nitrogen which ff 
It account of the 1 ni which it 
esa unt o proportion trogen which it- 
