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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
| Marcu 14, 1857, 
f they applied superphosphate on 
most soils Wheat crops, Fis would, — paratively ae 
obtain but trifling results. When applied to root crops it pro- 
ae a decided effect, but apply to Wheat me an ammontacnl 
and they wou Id get a most strikin ngr sult. gs neral 
ao os- 
phatic manures for root cr rops. The ordre: a Profesor. are 
touched upon the duties of scientific chem 
between the producer and prensa err woe the Inter 
was growing in scientific Sein fora fact, so much so that 
it would be im designing m saniiuatecets 
phe He then asnasa to point out the g i 
hich were puffed forth to the world. The t he 
London Economical Manure. 
Sulphate 
oon ii | 
pi r oti iron an pai alumina Era at as Peet 
st gypsum) . pes 
e (e sia... A = 
Bi-aviphate of ee ec 
soda. dict oa as 
Insoluble silicions matter (sand) Sh nti 3.36 
= any trouble, risk, or capital, and he e making no anei 
hy, the Jatter would either give up the b 
become, as he had observed, a little shak: s busi He 
said to himself, “ traii, s i going to a coal ‘det of trouble and 
expense, and yet I t get on. That man over the way gets 
on, with bard aay attention to what he manufactures. I + ll 
add less phospra te or ammonia next time, and take 
5s., which will pay mA por ” And he accordingly did so, and 
got on better next time; and if he became not downright dis 
honest, he at any rate became a little shaky. 
RE 
B ron F Lax, Feb, 25. aes were ho from some 
f the Society’ Inst who e occupied in 
for Flax it in a South "and West, and in 
fies, Ros and La ngfor 
EY Professor Fihti with his analysis of 
e substance” termed by Mr. Pye ‘ 
ead to the meet ing. This su abs aiio is thè refuse of 
the stems of 1 unsteeped Flax after the fibre has been 
| 100. = me 
Containing ammonia 
The n factu 8 seen 
r over a glass of grog; and it 
ng bait to do so, if he sold but 20 tons a day. The 
Guano, so called. 
Essence of, 
8 
ies | 
separated. An a 
Way, and page seen en to the Society by Mr. Pye, 
was as ror 
Moi 
Oil a nd fa tty matters 
ATbuminons matter (containing nitrogen 4: 35) 
Woody fibre + 
Starch, gum, sugar, &c. 
Mineral matter .. s 
A sample having been sent by the committee to Pro- 
feast, Soc for analysis, he re 
m 
Containing ——— 
Equa ual to ammo 
Composition ‘of guano. 
ae A 
Groat tt d ical sali “Be o 
ma er an ammon sa il 52.98 
Phosphates of lime and magnesia 
( earth) .. 25.06 
Alkaline salts, ‘chiefly chlorides of 
Potassium um and sodium 8.26 
Insoluble siliceous matter bas = 1.50 
100. ei 
1 17.91 
“12.00 
59.11 
100.00) 100.36 r Z 
Yielding ammonia 19.30. 11.80 
essence quoted ire a n hy 0 “yie minip of “ri Sa 
ES it contained on] ? per cen Tt fon an 
guano contained 16 percent. It contained 2) nia of f phosphate ofli lime; 
the Peruvian, 24to25, He (the learn ssor) wondered that 
should give such persons a ds ot. wae sens the ss 
characters, so to speak, by trying their state The next anal yse 
Of superphosphate = lime. 
1. 2 | | 4. [05 
19.26] 20.53, 14.40! 22.03] 20.39 
1812| e 2 “wre 4 Fe 
os gos ae. $0) 6 a) as. 33) @ a 
17.72, 
earth . 
1 to bone eart 
Insolable bone phosphate 
ted ene i of lime 
Organic m TEAR 
Soluble peaks oflime |. 
Hydra 
25.10 28.39 gen 2442| 40.16 
ne 3 
ee N 
; but he would comm 
= those w who d i 
ne ri a maso s the party 
analysed it, and then they were pee vi 
the fallacy of that he pita baer hem "Blow ie panes 
containing ni 28, silica (which, i rar English, soseni 
1 a plain sh, meant 
sand) 7.27, phosphate 4, Sea nea of lime (chalk) 25, English, mean of 
lime 2 {ey pgum) , and common salt 11. That ai analysis had at- 
r Way, and the manure was sold 
manures without 
be humbugged, even by 
with them as with 
ch phosphate and so much 
, that was all the farmers ought a require 
varad eat nore. $e 
ey farmers to 
were only too anxious 
Shas 
re it was not to be expected that l 
minute and correct nai of 
icate his 
ld 
e | of Jand in, — 
ossess, subjoi ined an 
oil-cake and of Flax-straw, = = a enabled to oe 
the rors ber value of a remai 
set of 
ow far the ik va of this "substanes 
agreeable to en! ‘digestive o sia sof the anima 
or whether it would a 
assimilation. Should t 
be d 
be 
cide the pints before consiging the ives to 
the furnace heed or the manure hea 
100 part 
— — 
eontain , respec 
E 
Flax 
Straw. 
Flax Shove Meal. 
Died © 
at ai 
; Dried 
Undried, at 212°, 
30 ros 
Nitrogonied (flesh - forming) 
oil. pose fatty matters 
Gum apa olnble matters des- 
titute of ‘pith nit 
Insoluble woody PAE 
Mineral ——“_ i a i 
meal,” was | 2 di 
of 
R ar previously made by Professor | k 
cha: 
age the branch drains iaie in various 
o the incline 
jain the directi 
subsoil a 
remarks 7 fer to the inclosed land. 
rti inclosed mo a 
rains, oli most -i 
iles drains are 
- 75 ee apart, 4 feet deep, sha laid with 2. od i 
iton ygan vary — in depth, and are pe: 
s dimensions accordin pake 
Pe re drained ‘as each main, and the qua: 
to be delivered. 
vib | 
Kaik Peed so that 
little rak s stoppages by floo 
The whole w 
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p the proper 
effect on the whole surface.—Inspected in Ape 
A chicty. 
The Journal of Agriculture ana the Transactions a 
ighland and Agricultural ae of Scotland, 
March 1857. Blackw rood & Son aes 
ent number of this J oneal contains a review 
sar F oie a š last ek statistical tables of 
e—an in 
of pete ers 
past quarter of the year—a meteorological 
1856, by Mr. Towers—and notes on 
ao 
monthly meetings, on the 
Canada say the States by Mr. 
mns. - 
m the Oat erope, and on Mang 
elima 
of ( Clings Globe and Imperial Red a Maes varies 
10 to 3 tons per st pbs gy when Swedes and A 
varied from 3 to 
e’s report o 
Í 100.00 | 
erage compositi on of seven specimens of oil-cake, 
~~ by Professor ee of Rebs :— 
gba na atters +++ 28.47 per cent.” 
Fatty ma es a 
Gum, and other soluble matters ers tex «+ 89.01 
John: F. Hodges, M.D? > 
© Average c 
” 
Farm Memoranda. 
Lyme Hart, Cuxsnirr.—Thomas Legh, Esq., 
ceived the prize of ~ Pats verpool and Manchester | al 
Agricultural Society for draining foe his tenantry i 
the year ending tn May, 1856, the greatest quantity | by 
e area of his estates, and o 
—The 
the best s syst 
Inspector n extent drained Be 2439 
of 558 
brought by 
gags > 
mile: as been Sibi 3l. 15s. to 71. 
ia 
canal 12 
Inspectors’ Remarks.—This claim being for a ve 
ety Pate extendin o 
ing Into several townships. 
he surface of the land is very much diversifi d, varita - 
foia dead Ay to gentle undulations and steep hills. 
inclinati to almost every point of the com- 
pass, and to every angle u up to perhaps 25° or 30°. I 
great portion of the oo ae ae ath ‘ ae 
s! acre. pry ery case l 
previous to being sown pet more han 
ASEAS ESE 
Miscellaneous. 
ot Distillery, pn ca 
Beet 
of her Majesty's Excise are 
t Farningham, near Dart 
