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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Marcu 21, 1857 
the Highland Society the other day, and reported in 
' our columns, is in itself sufficient explanation. A 
sub- 
issa i 
by our ordinary cro 
organic matter an sulphate of rg Toe are nitrogen 
in a f in w plants can it 
a form in which p Rosas more 
ranra the soluble pilti. of ammonia for the one 
the soluble superphosphate of lime val 
an other are y valuable in manures; and 
me cage <a et which must be. looked for 
in analyses of 
A.gentleman apr apen at Taunton to: give 
Dr. VOELCKER ene on the responsibility of his 
rer seemed i a orget the double 
responsibility resti a ees e same capacity 
as well as in that of a meti derler it pid might 
_jadge from the mente whic urged his 
e in contradistinetion to 
ose “which the P. Profit had just dvocati 
And the prominence given by him to the gradual 
decomposition of organic matter in the soil, and 
the presence of gypsum there—the comparative 
_ unimportance: to the “some: portion: of 
ammonia which the Zu rop required,” and 
' the: insignificant’ position too given to the phos- 
“Din oe Tine, * br. the p” 
to be had from the Ï 
woody 
peru 
statements and assertion 
which vaeses optio as 
ofice of purchased manures Aag a 
n ear on this subject er 
ge of the fatal taal ofthis disease, I vould 
F 
’ | information 
Fs acss arog matter and .gyps 
fresh dung wi compo- 
i m which 
reviewer attempted to divert, the pooh of his 
` Let its analysis state esi S may, i edo 
not contain these:ingredients it will not baih penisetiy | 
_ useful—and it is just in proportion ta itie quantity 
— it will be 
An p kemas ager ed al ith the trad 
ysis nrc wi rade cir- 
= will mislead if, it be not understood, 
‘word “guarantee” which is sab ayers abt 
used, having a still more: satisfactory sound, has é 
oak aiji : 
E 
being under- 
worth 56l. to 607a ton im the ; 
market just now. sie Ploipate of lime owe e | 
chased >x 7% a tom in some of its ; the ne 
ean be had from 267. ya 30/. Let 
| Sestak tho higher price im every case and estimate 
the actual val 
ue so far as regards these, the essential 
Spri of more of our manures, 
tes t 
Mr. L 
AWES 
ae 
think 7 is the question | 
which must: deside rated manare or dearness-of of the 
s out as eas a ton; it is sold at 7/. 10s. 
ton: Their superphosphate for Turnips contains 
per soluble phosphate, 6.2 per cent of 
sol iate, and rather more than 1 
at. of ammonia its value, according to that a 
1 in th et, comes pik as u 
a4 
hich hie — been Moe 
fo 
's March 11. 
*| Geo 
ra 
lássa t ting d oth it at 7/. 10s: 
— value of | pa not: 
with. _| quality of them. 
use,” may exceed the difference Kotween ie calcu- | 
la ted and the advertised: cost of t 
es— 
that is to say, it is de in rir that « on A ie a karaan 
of manure purc value may fall i 
below the real bedak eater jr renaj than that here | ' 
specifie 
But it, is only fair that ihose "e pe forth gua: 
composition of thei 
re custom f 
rantees, and ae the 
manures in order to secure 
the a The very of ‘ guarantee, and t 
vey sight o ke “ges ftia sted by such names as | i 
Y am isvof itself calculated to inspire 
confidence, aed we a t look jealously that it be 
not. misplaced. 
THE CATTLE DISEASE. 
I am’very anxious to solicit your continued e 
now ng in several of „the German rere sag 
rtions 
towards keeping away from us the fearful cattle, raeas 
raging: hi isa 
ost 
or ee, and 
cted to as = a een as their rivals in 
indeed, 
nailed up o besides the blaekemit w 
keep rey! re evi spirit of idleness, if we are afraid of 
other dem 
It is only ‘the sentient organism, the animal, tha 
has eh an —— ative sige of the Lind we 
hay ing ; and it is only the p paragon of 
satel that is on to direct iain ot wall Bata trans. 
muting and metamorphosing power of another ki and 
no 
common fi 
perity, and To, the uae shj which has been 
them on this mos pip 
have been asked rliament; some n 
rema subject see 
e whole Pay pe anes 
tion, and ought to co 
arises from 
beg a ‘ite space shea few words on that point. 
aes befo and obta 
source, it s is dis sease is most rapid in 
and its fatal ‘tient may be 
ai not less important to indneteial:m 
total indifference to matters deeply affecting com pros- í 
made by 
few questions: 
n Par notice has been 
taken of thisidaeadfal scourge in the discussions at the 
° | Royal Agricultaral vie Ke and with a bay passing |’ 
ark s to have: 
exhausted itself.. ‘Batsurely a sinh s0 eloeely affecting’ | and man 
es. more. serious considera- | 
th 
ed iat part. af he) indittaxenree 
ecti 
ined from a reliable fg 
being stated that in its effects it eppronshig juua Piette 
to Asiati 
anything 
he 
‘disea: re the s 
clap x ag with rap 
d great vi 
PESAS Mor 
n one in- every five rs a . hike herd. died, and the 
injuriou s effects on those 
need no description to 
Now it what. I have stated be 
ught at once eee if possible, 
ur herds: 
It. is ssa ih 
great advantage m 
ness importation of all cattle 
enfi 
at from our insular situation 
should consid 
ently — to  dastty special me 
resolutions should- sho 
be presented by t 
Lord Palmerston to urge 
ae i des cee ow oe 
aieri 
animals and of much greater value 
a i H J. Turner, 
which ultimately. recover |. 
æ practical farme: 
a plain and not.an eres 
' Soari statement, surely prompt and vigorous es 
th 
ight t be ee eN eee rs aa 
- It will not do to giant ‘certain districts, 
isease is certain 
subjec 
where 
uld Seeds is 
saas most infact ata igh ab ht to 
do 
thea sik we import |. 
ad, Yorkshire, 
a_l 
RELATIONS oF BIOLOGY+ TO AGRICULTURE. | a 
Broocy yi i elds to none o 
i a tec 
an 
Animal force is of imi ortance to 
arts ; first as a motive, scsi y 
In these day 
phe E the engines which to 
(are supplanting bm and faba they themselves are the 
| best of engines for man 
5 enson, I 
donkey ; and were the last of its race to die, 
all join Sterne in weeping over the dead ass, 
not boro remember that all other machines are 
e Com 
the Eta ses etiv Ten day 
allowed to purchasers for 
and if within pe a 
furulshad: when 
office. in 
all the} 
some. extent almo. 
a Watt and 
Sanies the above m manures ‘to bee apah f to” 
l We employ them as manufacturers, be 
rt, is common to 
and animals, and im so spects aracterises the 
former even more than the latter. The plants ap 
animals which as agricultu 
rists we care for be 
is ge as menar labourers, who in return : fe 
aid in 
s (which m 
cause they keep 
t cesses. secret and have a monopoly bid 
| manufacture, 
Look first at their ars as collectors. As soon 
Seed we sow has germinated, it begins to pe 
mong others: 
adeeb 
kadi 
at any n 
by an a. grow me 
ped appropriates to. itself am shot infinitesimal 
potas 
= 
potash of the eat harvested to 4 
he sea, in ner, is: ee great. fountaum œ i 
odine a it, and 
rc we pions ‘ten o kelp, and extract rong mi 
much else that is Saabi from a ashes, 
To take another ex hospha ate bs? 
alate 
arctic aa dead wh 
dead men even from irra of sehr 
plants have, a as sit were, milked this essenti 
of their frames, m the | 
nature. Animals 
nes strong W 
ally, the | chartered hig i an 
lics pare’ 
on phosphate 
stan 
them. all, dimin ng e 
mportanee, however, of pies 
animals, as. ehao liea and harvesters of valuables 
matters, is insignificant piradi with. their 
manufacturers- o 
more on tbeir construction 
raw material. In their panties capacity, lis 
with apertures 
= 
solely fr 
ake for exam 
‘ey | 
os eat a 
mple that 
‘Th chief ingredients, | 
and abundant ; bu 
the carpenter, a 
he’ calla pacer th 
whi sg has turned 
the « offspring of living machines. A stemma >= 
the literal as well as the metaphoric bedi 
so muc rse-po railway vials ‘ete a of 
faction of so e animal force, A er: Petri. 
ts last im ment, remains stil a z 
Arhar “tell us, that in far separate region i 
the world, you fin d on the: aona ET i 
forgotten races the impression in red of humaw re 2 
we need not go to distant lands and the works | 
extinct races for this mysterious signat The Gi 
of the red hand, red with the 
