Marcs 21, 1857.) 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
199 
Tames, Satin wood for Oar sha Willow for 
eradles, Mahogany for Ms drobes, Ebony for will- 
Elm- for co 
Those trees form the Worshipfat Company of be bare 
makers, an ancient guild. t there are others as old. 
A peaceful army of Flax pla Seita protects the monopoly 
Cot 
living plants aud animals, as industrial apparatus vow 
ma 
c : possible ever to say 
much regarding their amazing transfo ransmut- | 
ing, and metamorph ns he tion, | 
how far their functions, as 
upon | their vital, as tno ae their 
of linen- weaving. Whole battalions of 
over . No one eh pres the patent of 
the Indigo plants for ölne dye ; borrow the 
multitudinous crimsons an nd purples of the Madder root ; 
rival the elastic Fig in man 
fro 
gutta pe 
ret of their otto to Adili and the Acacias 
um. 
se plants bas a monopoly of its manufac- 
ture, ai. sells, at = price eae Py itself, all that it 
ces. The charge is e 
gol You on! bey aig nee Bears and 
have or you ; -iez any the same 
tities v will suit all the manufactu 
iets Plants are thas, 
ire ‘of their moi. ability to convert the sim 
and commonest ingredients of air, earth, and water oe 
the most arg 
value ei 
not work with so simp 
they ts, indeed, directly or ed 
raw material; but they convert them into produc 
in ind al vale by the ad additional ‘workmanship | 
thus the silkwo 
> 
NE Oys 
who turns sugar wax; 
turns Cactus juice into mee ay ie oyster, who turn 
int beng seaweeds | 
ippo ror a ivory ; the 
of fat an 3 the ox 
geners 
his brethren of ‘hat-felt ; and myriads of Son creatures 
of land and of furs and ski s. I have barely 
alluded to one animal, as a PE us with food ; 
although, as I need not t remind you rtant | 
industrial rel py Pf ma 
remmaren to co se 
mation, venison, ‘ail, butter, eggs, the flesh of birds, 
and beasts, and fish 
Two eei call for special notice in connection with 
charcoal and free oxyge 
| build up the mosi T y t pden tissu ues, chilly on 
of Damascus keep | but 
ings. 
0- exhibitors of vegetables a 
uch fro 
or he physi 
- logist, no doubt, is much more limited toast the Foai 
work under | ve 
S 
- | to conquer etn by obeyin 
The creatin me 
cehors 
steeds, ve j yrei err | catile. Pood ty ‘imate, 
to enter here. 
} wh blade 
ss and green Tea possesses to pif ve carbonic | 
pcevhy, 9 
¥ 
T ie n 4} 1 
aul every 
A ‘Gen 
acid sist 
and ne is 
uncon- 
air, is beyond the rivalry of all our engines 
one feat ae the thousands which plants un 
sciously perform, in vain bid u 
e mo ~sa sap 2A 
mere gent er es 
fe a Sob Sagi nd, and 
effect aye our machines, We arcely, accordingly, | in 
rate too highly the importance "of 1 living st eee 
working for us and with Secondly : Although we 
prets construct site to rival Sugar-canes and ats 
other plants and animals, we hav 
| singular pte of bape these, so as to alter their 
chin 
sdf ace and animals, which differ as 
FE 
vation changed our aara highly-prized cereals, that it i 
matter of shag: ante at forgotten weed at Sad 
Barley. we now m, have been elab ore 
Our ‘hoy nia: and Pears were once sour Crabs ; our tare 
austere Sloes ; our Turnips, acrid Radishes. We hay 
a creator, but he is as trul oth 
f the Novum Organon, which teaches us 
pitt ofa the the SRE is still 
more striking as exerted upon a r, dogs 
and’‘horses, and ciie, we”have 
vn or 
seks in 
"Naturo 
me Ada 
ong dogs, or ong 
» domestication and training ; 
en us jenet 
cared 
ue ; and whenever the whim ti A sus to make 
ts of pigs, or saad? or pigeons, we show through 
how many phases we can induce md playthings or 
phon eb O pass 
We do not generally bon be Agwat because 
qiietiy id, tbat but 
germinal tendencies itne i in a he jlssté or AnA 
whose o yata our interference renders so unlik 
Ahaan $ a i no more when w 
existence gla 
= 
e 
gi 
eitia show, prizes are given to the 
P 
e | cal anet greaat 
we | an 
volving . certain 
we tall Eris i 
ultra 
prenia of od Bai rath 
marine ; for unless. the 
s had inevitably esha Sad 
roduce them under-the conditions which we 
pro secure, 
securing of these pirga would no more -have Se df bu a 
OE TT 
duced them than the mating,-under certain restrictions 
articular vegetable or animal iis would have iven 
rapes of Po 
Wheat differently a ss grown 
you twice sum for one that he will ve for another. 
Ask a brewer the mart qu notes fey signed Barley, and 
The sugar merchant 
d Cinchonas. The. roa 
s have an interest yen by variation in stock, 
eultivation, d — vof 
bundant or deficient in 
industrialist 
soil, latitude, climate, mode 
manuring and the like. , be Fhe 
starch, sugar, azotised nutritive ag Aie A adie 
olouring principles, aud medicinal or 
» 2 
poisonous alkaloids, 
is ‘the with ani 
e be a fa x when three: ‘years 
old ; a third Smock shall by and + rn a match for a 
horse at the ve 
jockey at first stun you with what seems his 
uninteligible on about blood, and bone, and wer and 
bottom ; but hr. and by Loras discover t 
technica! ses for structural» 
"HE 
articular animal by due selection of sire and dam, and 
fit treatment, and training o that = Jare 
not very difficult to please, and, moreov: i 
ry great hurry, he will contract to iko pa youa horse 
padording to the patte yagon select, as an engineer will 
Bo-alee: ‘The Yor tslifre = ‘broad cloth makers ‘choose 
wool of sheep fed 
artificial Grasses, Turnips, and thelike. 
The Welsh blanket ir on >the other | 
of hills ; whilst ey S tartan shawl 
work only with Australian or Saxon ey 
e manner makers will tell you that 
farmers are injuring them, by multiplying Seale at of 
cattle which — fatten, an 
es before eir horns are 
ndustrialists will curiously y distinguish hetween the 
patsa ar from cne region of the sea an 
th 
ver end, were I to pursue ‘this matter. 
e skilful ais but are also 
h, w 
ds within we 
pen. +% will, Toe om Wilson on the in Hin 
which form the pat of Technology, in Edin- 
"Philosophical Journa 
COMPOSITION OF VARIOUS. CROPS PER ACRE 
FROM HEMMING’S TABLES IN THE “JOURNAL OF THE ENGLISH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.” 
Siac 
Cro | ac; z |Oxiae ag 
wä p si i i E: F = s.. 2s | 
peties. Parts. | per | Authority. | Water.}2%/Asb| Authority. Fao ioe oa eT eS te a 33.4) 
ga bie Bo ag BP LB p S| meen, Ea’ 
5# aT Rea PR Pe PS . oe 
ait Das kral 3 1.2 | ‘10 0} 12! 4 j 
2 in Way ie 2 Wa | 1:2 | H0:5 1° 1.01. 12 1 Abii wai ps 
‘Wheat, 32 bush, per acre Way | 304 12805 = A : | 96812720 37 PTA | 3.0 DEI st i 
j (6 Way ahs 49 bc Aa ii a} 4085) d ON 09) O08 0.2 a ane 
Widz 4s Grain Way "| 279. [2205] 56| Way wp dt LGT | .08 | sao} 4a 15) onde ey 
Piette Fownes 04/9656) 198 /Presentus .| S67 | 7 16 | Mk | 6.27 0.3 17 
Sa Grain ay 233: 42073) D4 Way | 209) 9.6) 21| 18) 4.0 0.2 Ax T 
56 bus Å a ea ge A Á Ek 
reihen zea - Stra [Norton ... 443 |3514 902| Norton: ans |107.8 81.7 20.3 | TT aloo ATOT ae 
Norton... 44 (306! Gdlway ... | 358) 79] 25| 52| 18 Se (don eet aa 
Rye, 28 bushels ie Way |... 262 |1404) 23)Way |. 228.1] 01) 07} 3.0 Sy pete: (eaters pees a Se 
Baio yee Boussingault 629 98) Lieb 628i} 1680)... 5) 92 | 23 15. | O21 atl er es 
Beans, 82 bushels f Grain Way. i. girs, 304. 11720] 6) Way <a) DA BA | Odd 48 7 PL A Oa OO N9 Lewy 
= [Way ... A" 267 12282 161| Way | 69 | S81] 7.0.| 92.173 3. 1:3. | 188/111) 49. 
Peas, 32 bushels. ra Way -paro 11727) 48) Way . COO TS] Oa 29 mi 3 06! 0.4] 1681 27 
i meet E | Way wb 259 9/2268 8) Way Ts ga Pear | 46) 675 | 118 2 64| 81 | 102° 
Tares, 24 bushels n Liebig S 928 (1986). SiiLiebig | 06 | 94) 291 15) 26 3 06| 11| 08 
a Stra Sprengel «oil 200 J7] 159 Sprengel .... | 27.8.) 294 1.6 | 68.3 4.9 j 3 $2 19.4 16 
a O í Wey an ad epa ection pe Pa) o] a d Bee 
=: t| Top Ways 5 pad Sotim prai 1s a Eoad wd Bt Mla 
Mangel -| Bulb Wah dai api 30,1 $98 66.1, 0 46 Pd S wes | S04 Sept ag i 
ig Waf a 2 pe ee e ae ee ee T 
Carrots Way ae Ste 49 27 13 S 3 bail ape N Wi 
à l Way üg 17 | a6-( ip oho Let a | Da da anial OO aB 
‘Potatoes "i T “| Tuber 10 (Fromberg 2 87 7 2 | T E Ea | | 9 iei pi 
M f ari ore AP ase 
i | Top 2 |Berthier... | edo jets thy ae foes [oT ls poy ogee sgt 
a dow Grass f Soiling 4 6% jLiebig wf Toth 88:29 | PSA og a | i |. 43. 
lee, (| Hay ‘20 |Liebig Mek Chey tdi oR pees ee oF DE 
Rye-grasg “ae ae } Soiling ...) 6.5 ay aa si i Se e j T 2 uc | Ad) Ay 
“Rea sn | Sey . | 2. Way es e ears T L E i ee l4 |. 
ae ee 2 soma 11°65 | Way CiedOe) 4 feos | aoa | se peio pra Eg 
iii ag: oo 2) 8 ode are Od MOY Aerin Fo eth Te fo ar 
Nias a N } Soiling ..| 6.5, .,Way vd 0 | BE Joey of ST fp BB aonan B nee cee 4: 
BERI A `| Hay | 2. [Way 9 "80 3 80 | 12 | se aai š : “A 8; 
idle .. | 65 [Sprengel adn 58 | 25 =e 80) a | 1 will if 
we * is oe! } | | ie, ie 
aoe Sprengel 14 | 55 | 2% | 199 |” a 
a es angel orp 294-464 14 po sà 
ta | 80.9} 1491 aa | as. 
Akiga a ie eed ie | 10.84 agar |: ~ 
