THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
243 
Aprit 4, 1857.] 
bs Reviclvs, 
the Drainage and Sewage of London and of Large |* 
owns. B J. Copland, M.D., &c. 
ich the writer treats (1) of 
rfect drai 
On 
the pla ay of 
pt ifying su tances 
5) of the — ‘principles 
of drainage trv pA or all vi 
eal only Wile to to “his ‘fourth chapte “Valisation 
r. He says:—* The pee ee be desired 
Lo — and of all large 
t also t wd mm se it, 
t calcula 
urpose > 
that the removal of the 
smells, or the deodorisation = the sewage, is the chief 
to be entertained ; but ting or poisonous 
od og A so without any =a by which its pre- 
gence may be betra e, the means em- 
to deodorise should also be caleated to disinfect 
the materials with which the ixed, of 
the means aaga | su ses ibarst for disinfection, 
the r hydrate of lime, have been 
viewed as baving | the — of setting free ammonia, 
upon the existence of w 
the virtues of sewage as a 
manure partly depends. This a ar has been pushed 
too far ; and it may be o d by co minim 
with Sag lime one - cs of ešas canal kinds of > 
bon or charcoal, which will retain the ammonia, a“ 
the same time both deodorise putre aN 
f cs aaernrepenrgenl It has also been objected to ia 
emp'oyment of lime that the quantity of it which. will 
exist in the sell jó sewage will render the man 
it assists in fi a tegrated 
= 
~ 
Za 
in forming, eange g a utili 
i o sewage becoming rem 
formed, will 
Í ure, thus me m gp = al ae 
bat wak duly mana will be appropri 
ah 
soils ; and when a compost, or any |in 
other” ures, and mediately tilled into the earth, it 
will These objections are urged 
thi for a parade of scep- 
efly for aaa er 
= is viewed by many as a sign of superior know- 
The fact i a ca tise vei. bricks, bian, are the | 
tesult of ende af b 
Ot valueless p a pa cestirere cannes the ate 
acre ponens of their manufac fase s : that i is to say, 
not worth the cost of carriage e to Bere presage 
it is not the case that “the adm a due 
proportion of wood charcoal, or of Goat chattel or tee 
soot, or even of coarsely powdered coke, will obvi 
most of these objections, which have been too pie some 
pare 
urged J 
be foun 
r 
E AaS O A T a E ee 
superior knowledge ” gre is 
ible to which Dr.Copland alludes above. 
he Measle o 
aie Pig: and on the Hideous 
an, of Measly Pork. By Alex 
MD. Professor of Materia Medica, Presid 
ersity, Ireland. M‘Glashan 
kvile Street, Dublin, 
me aa 
Tahan oe 
has been B 
unpleasant 
Medi 
and Gill, 50, ae of 
lical cai and contains a ahs pè upon; its te eaba | 
furnished to ee of the provision merchan 
Cork by the r of Materia Mediea, of Natural 
History, a 
The 
parasite, all parts of the body, 
teil be believed to sg an imperfect condition at the 
rm. 
Gane interested in the relation between the two will 
is it fully discussed in the pages of this pamphlet. It 
Sufficient for us to say, that the — = > be Eas 
rather than cured, and t 
except i 
Me pig's food and drink.” 
akas Outline of her aie aphical aes 
, Educationa 
ablished by peers = 
Farmer,” has kindly 
given i in o “sed pro dts un deal of of information at 
times in reply to jent eated 
eh phlet, where all the information they ofl 
of the Caas adyan 
tve form, 
Ina 
of in this 
is given in an accessible and authorita- 
reson amphletof 24 pages, the geography and natural | la 
ofits ora te oe 
of its pope 
tineationa 
labour, are all succin 
arily p treste of all ctly, yet satis- | me 
ulin wn are passages containing agricultural | 
a yaricultural Capabitities of the tle Soil.—A reference. 
a Paw s cereals and other agricultural pro 
in the ease of «inattention 4 de piee oep of | obr 
men 
tions made by Canada = the pper of London and 
Paris, might b sufficien 
remarkable 
rhs ag but a notice wou 
of} perm manent fertility - — ered, 
that the which Ae fom 
Wheat are sates, for which Upper 
Canada is so justly distinguished, extends over three- 
fourths of the present “inhabited _paris of the prt 
and that th 
depths, the “question | of permanent fertility ane 
itself into oe of husban 
In the valleys of some of the larger rivers of Upper 
Canada Wheat has been grown after Wheat for 30 years 
pa first po 2 yielded an se of 40 bushels to the 
e, but under the ystem sbandry 
then pursued, the aaa diminished to 12 peagi to the 
cre, and compelled » Which soon had 
the effect of katalin te] tae Ae its orizinal nape 
aris 
ultivating the 
n Saa for communicating with m: i tos 
r between, Wheat was thon sahaie p produce of me 
e that 
cereal to the u extent. Now. 
adami 
coun 
es nating ei useful oe and information, 
husbandry has rov all directions, and the 
natural fertility of ‘he soil of the old settlements is in 
great part restored. 
e piaia yield of Wheat iu some townships ex- 
| proach to dca fa aias ap tgp the ae A me to 30 
w land 50 
may truly be said that the soil of what 3 pn 
the agricultural peen of Canada, which compri 
four-fifths of the inhabited portion, an red a role area still 
in the hands of the Gove: d now open to settle- 
its th sepana and when deberideatio on takes 
it'is the fault of the fi 
E 
armer and not of the s 
Wheat last year consider 
000 bushels ; and the quality o 
adian t is so superior ‘that the pe rican 
arn _buy tt for the purpose of mixing with grain 
in the United States,in order to improve the 
quality o sar their co rang and in some instances to render it 
nada =e yield of 
ay exceeded 2 20,000. 
fit for 
“ alae pry ym Land. Py inane a ag wires Eers, 
o country can singular instances of t 
The cs se, too, is 50 
ield oi 
ceeds 22 bushels to the acre, and where the least ap- ral 
ee in the value of of pS uaa, as the last iss é 
da. 
Canada, the Government has authorised ysa ne of 
land along these roads,—not ex 
100 acres, and obtainable upon the following mg 
ditions :— 
" That the settler be 18 years of age. 
a oad That he = = possession of the land allotted to 
m within one m 
Ne 3rd. sera he ak into a state of cultivation 12 acres 
of land in course of four years. 
“4th. That he build a. log-house 20 by 18 pe „e 
reside on the lot until the foregoing 
led. 
cctceliealt Lene and well 
and climate, to all the tod of husbandry.” 
Calendar of of Operations. 
MAR ARG H. 
West Sussex, March 31. a aus on mtg go e had 
the weather such as March has alw 
rough and storm 
work is well advauced, and now all are sowing close 
sheep and some will be sown ton as we have all more Swede: 
han ow can aaa off in time, thoug h at one time we f 
eare 
ore But the pase) having. been . omepami rate niis 
and 
ing abundance o ood ha ay, W n us sual; 
ànd spect 
paying; perhap: is one nase why — n is so dear, 
as apni than met teak sheep we keep w e have longer. 
The same may be said of beasts, oe me wor: ia grias been very 
treely se ied with either lately. Beef sells pee sad Pis — 
at 5s. 6d. t Pa lea ig iis term to 4s. 8d. It is 
in Turn 
is no. dou 
fanaa Mie amg Rell 
ccs 
expect the prices of w 
that they. now do, there is little San cat for prasiaiag ie 
an, but as little as possible. there 
r permits. Clovers are than 
bo have 1 heard of very n ogy mutch less than is Sais 
considered here to bea pn ll uncertain crop where the 
fou ~ fonia system is ALN but is 
it comes only once in six yea 
Clover hay, which, add 
we find the Jand wo orks well e shall sow Mangel 
pril aswe can 
o 
i e reason is fully conveyed in the assert 
that the rt was not prepared for 1852 s 
Canada out a rail 1857 sees her with 1500 
miles aonni nd 500 more in pro of construc- 
tion is the v of land is s easily ex 
plained. Means of communication of the highest order 
have opened up the country, made available ast 
amount of inert wealth, stimulated industry, and ni 
a complete revolu in within 
pice either side of the course the 
e the construction of the railway it may have mise 
? hoe ly valueless, and perhaps even 
This TE increased rate of araara 
same outlay of labour has necessarily e enhan 
value of Ása rapi: Hence, -ry in old settleme nts, 
Pae aa e ports, has doubled itself in value 
Pre while wild lands in new settlements, 
which | a gom ay passes, een. trebled ping in 
nstances quadrupled in yon iy av the same 
and adapted for Saning papos can seldom be 
Barnte or “eae 
Canadian Gove’ 
large tra 
| onsena for the =at paaa of er have coupled 
sale of the ernment lands with such conditions 
to prevent u inten or improper adv vsadan being nan 
of r offering farming land at alow 
aser must actual settler. 
simple c PROT enp ut of the field a host of specu- 
lators who hither o iad een at the expense 
the opm À: sao ng its progress, 
This 
veloped. 
9 The provincia S erda have recently aaen, 
— es of rond, and Taid out for sttlement the 
lands throu h these roads pass. 
styled, apt The “Ottawa and Qpeongo Road.’ This 
road west, will « ee oa miles in 
len, t the with Lake 
H uron. £ The fiiia = Hertel running north 
and south, 60 miles long, and starting papa the settle- 
ments in the county of —— until it rege. 
ngo road. 3 
E oiei 
mnecting with the 
ban d Opeango Road. è 
a “Tn order to facilitate the settlement of this part of 
and leaving its | 
are | 
astings Ro: PEI 
[nearly parallel to the ‘Addington Road, 74 miles longand | 
the county of Hastings Otta al 
the sooner it is put in afterthat time the better it does, G. S. 
Lameere mE eee E mae ae an nen “a eee Se 
Notices to Correspondents. 
AGRICULTURAL EFFICIENCY : J Long. It just amounts to this— 
that he is the best agriculturist he under = given oo 
tural circumstances can best ticipate future, m 
pg act in ma present explain the et. 
No man must be able to anaont tue explain trust- 
Sometimes they are kept betw 
out of the vats, and if so othe pth we 
the result of every operation mi 
But into fended one of these 
and uncerta‘ 
and 
re immed 
patel wae ig an may og | culty vator by the ob- 
Servance of sina ores for soit and miopia age ya ag 
weather, in any one localit phn fy uniform an 
he cannot beeom ea good s ock feme, cf at Teast h 
be a.good h ill apply t to rto the 
varying animal temperaments ts and characters with wi 
has to deal, 
dairying company on these grounds. 
depends on an. interest in. the animals indiv 
neither companies nor agents can be 
Cow-CapBacE : aso Apply to ne a ou 3 
you will obtain n peris n to the 
account +, Edin Fr 
pa 1836, wign it is. stated that prenar] 
e of. Cabbage grows {rom 9 to 12 feet high. 
poe from 15 to 20 feet in chroumference,” and that Sa 
these stupendous Cabbages have Teen, eaneseay. pe found 
ample resco of: yx So for 100 on ee 10 cows per day. 
—The two recipes — Take 
: soo Nea one 
it in ht hot eda g about the heat 
mantity of rennet (a table 
thick, then break it 
a quart of ean! or, if no 
pint of new milk; warm 
af = yh the cow, 
a weight; Jet if stand a few hours, then 
frame; a 
Gaira cannot be had at once, 
J D penro, o dant a eais and pour as much cream as you may 
