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3 by reason of taking up space, and thus ask— Matisa a reasonable price for such a manure ? j tion of the stock, the quantity taken out may be known 
; ee growth th SG 6 the bulk of of rr py ms it accordingly. But,if he says, “I don’t | without the necessity of a second weighing., Whe 
the crop. o know the comm onli value of a manure ; I | pit is full, the topmost layer is well salted, the whole then 
Plantago ce Broad-leaved Plantain, want Tarnips,” that isa different question. How do | covered with boards or a well-fitting lid, and upon these 
g you ascertain the value of everything in common life ? | a foot = = ‘half of earth for the more perfect exclusion 
Bellis perensis, Aar. Certainly not merely by the benefits derived prog its} of the z A pit eet square, and as man 
Primula veris, Common es possession, but by asking at what price it could or? deep, will, ‘hold sabout 5 >tons : of fresh Grass ; and 
» Vulgaris, Primro tained in the market. If p buy a horse you d each pit should if possible not be filled in less than two 
„Petasites vulgaris, Butte cre say, “ What good is it to me ?—I will Pay accordingly.” S days. When covered up the Grass speedily heats and 
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pe all kinds. that a fieet racehorse; but if a rer is asked a price fermentation:has ceased, the whole has sunk to 
Weeds by of dilating the herbage with plants | which was paid for a racehorse for a Suffolk Punch, | half its original bulk. The lid must be examined ape 
of idl aaa quality. would he be justified in giving it? Would he, in fact, its fermentation at least once a day, and the earth, as it 
and innutritious. (sour) G of .all | be justified in giving a —— price for a plough-horse | sinks, carefully replaced whenever crevices appear ; for 
pom kin s. one anes then for.a race-hors But »what does he do with fif the air be allowed = re at, a. putr: trefactive 
Sedges of every species nures? He doesn a care what the market value is ; | fermentation will come on;*which part a dis- 
Rushes of ‘al species all he wants to know is ho ow it will answer his purposes. | agreeable odour to the fodder, hough i it ites eg prevent 
Many of the pai as a plants. The cons market na it ta values should not be | it vg pea eaten by the attle. “W the 
confou Some m up prepared chalk in ‘ae ferm n has'ceased, the lid a may again he. pe 
5. Weeds by reason of imparting .a bad flavour to PFO | bones and ‘cal it at 500. -ame cent, profit for tooth powder. on pit again asa wre fresh Grass—trodden n, salted, 
— = cane oe č pris bahe ie All men of common sense put such Giovio down as A -pit 10 feet square, when 
une sited nde m, H tts citink ' abia who lived upon the credulity of the public. perfectly full oft thid oanh Grass apa contain nearly 
oe ae reason —— ee psan eis as the eee done n. suc’ : cases only sg 10 Heat — ted sow s of dry ha Fer h a 
A the ets of the more wea whose superior educa- |. wh us fermente e appearance of bein ited, 
dicinal qual PB ae to be sufficient to aes agness such |:has a — acid ‘taste, and i tat edily eaten ve eattle, 
olchicum ‘ntuminale, Meadow Saffron. impositions, one’ feels little sympathy for them. But | The pits should be hin jie for at least six weeks, 
eeren on is, Snow eal PA sta? Dat sai. when I find that in ws Se goa arroa md ss a ae which they may be opened successively as required, 
ssus pseudo-narcissus, Wi i manure manii i 0 
tanunculus acris, Upright Crowfoo taken in—when I finda sre ‘of alae but aapa rami by the wy arte without any injury from the contact of the 
‘etc ar um, Purging Flax. men ‘deceived to maintain unprincipled Pe ae mania air. Of the feeding qualities of this ee 
ee whom it would be irrational to expect sl der one experimen s, that by givin only ‘20 Ibs, 
a if we shortly review these groups of plants, |.unacquainted «with. agricultural ari nagp tin it would | a'day of it, a with kaho mad ema he © kept hi his cows 
| the species of which roi be greatly iided to, we be «wrong m at paai mings ‘go quietly on, Perhaps | in condition during set whole sinter. n crop 
sil) ao in the eee the fact that you will ow offer a hint as to how | was Vetches ; and the 2 lbs. ee salted Jeram were equal 
| land is-asliable to weeds as a and | the money ‘alae of artificial aes can be.ascertained. = or would have miè less than 4 lbs. of hay. Another 
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ieee ge age ded. On 4 of. a inc dstraiton depends. Te is ae slibatesinan: = ; and their presence | of his salted fodder his cows gave a rich and: well-tasting 
dela ns desta’ i determines in a great measure the commercial value of milk, ‘How far : this may answer for o ur farmers, as a 
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ee er to bear in mind that it is mot the mere presence of | when the hay would spoil, vaaia an aa means of ; 
‘VALUATION OF MANURES. certain constituents on which the commercial ‘value of | saving it ; and trying its compared with an 
questions for a farmer i ine are— What ane nape see. The preparation gepre equal crop'when dried-as as hay. LP 
value of manures ina very-eonsiderable degree. The | and baked ; but if. se 
mode and time of the application of artificial manures | you ‘find ‘but very little difference in its composition ; | (ROYAL AGRICULTURAL OF ENGLAND. 
also influences their efficacy very materially. Many | still there isa marked difference in the market value | The following letters ‘have been published since the 
‘artificia pant an rap tr effect, |. That applies in the same way to artificial manures, as last portion of the correspondence of this eT on 
when applied aos usly. “I have substances | well-as to: any other kind of articles. You have to bear the cattle murrain appeared in our columns 
when iaag by tbaenshiives, pine a: not | in mind, however, in‘ the ‘first Place, that the price of | —— (1) Copy of a despatch from her: “Majesty's Chargé 
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indifferent substances Te pw use guano with all the |-which ‘its Maitas can ‘be bo aght i nthe mar wey teil; A tania die ne T. 
lumps in l not realise half the good | separately. If, for instance, the raw + aot ial cost 06. y Pc EET te te ns morning, 
— scat ‘ollow i i it-wer ore a or pulverise » no amount of eee ae could ch ie ape em vas a ee tle = these par rire eons al 
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-Some persons talk of using salt, to fix the ammonia, vain ought to be a fair one, and notsan exorbitant difference * date 0 “ ane it e dió are the e eet cattle cases of a 
there is little free ammonia in guan requiring fixing. |I can well imagine a superphosphate having‘the same at various places within the 1 Duchy of Holstein, and as the mea- 
If ithas not evaporated in the hot climate of Peru, | composition as another sample, and yet a a sures, directed to be taken in the notification of the 28th of July 
fears on that head in a climate like ours are foolish, very different market value. In one case there wa Pawel ee = Holstein into the Duchy of Sehles ebendd paiio 
4 ino tains but 3Jb. per cent..of free ammonia ; perhaps, no care, trouble, or expense eae in pre- hibited till rr Me notice’—I h Ay ewer Saree 
try it by pouring vitriol on it, tae it-will smell just the |paring the bone material before solution, .or after, (Signed) G. Luoyp HODGES, 
same as before, and yet, according to the first a acid, or in the judicious selection of nel iartg ;| “The Earl of Clarendon.” 
oof try, an acid shoul fie ammonia, If I m ia in another case, every precaution maah to ort i) } Copy of edespatolsfeomher Majesty's Consul-General at 
Ee desnot ate in admix wi guano secure a finely-f d-consider-| __ Warsaw, reporting on “seme isease in Preise 
is, because ‘the lumps ans hesbieer ie abel ableexpense was incurred to effect that eh Phe; - 
process, pees, ia all precede benefits the more for yaa analysing. of manures, though very important, should not IS eaten ep br "legeaphie arae 
‘egal. distributed. I would say it mattered little | be the:sole guide in estimating their commercial values. | tion of aa I am in possession regardin ng thee — disease or 
oe cae ee were mixed with sand, burnt clay, or | Analyses might give useful hints of what they wereconsti- m a ul Peset ete in a is denan nena 
3 can only account for the fer- | tuted which ought to regulate their prices. If a farmer | © Hospitals 
ence to oa and K; erroneous idea haera found that:an inferior :description panan answered some i re owe eh erate e subject rete 
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y the fact that pero his purpose, then let him buy it ‘by all means ; but let | the disease is angles 13 rried by P Sengri ania re an 
‘persons do not like to have things too plain and are | him pay for it.a price according to the raw materia 
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y meikin, obtain but trifling results. ; pmen: of eapital. Dr. Voelcker a ‘leila Steppes of ae Banin.. Eyed end e iAy cn reals vnbamong-ent¥ie 
:! crops t were apparently in bemor health at*the = “eee journey. 
—atimoniated manure gives. strikin ' The symptoms may be stated as follows, although much variation 
‘“saalts when applied to Wheat. You find that nitro- Home fay ndense. has been ‘remarked in them. Cough, gnashing of the teeth 
iy ures benefit chiefly cereals, and, j : 
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manures princi pally ‘But thereiare | years been used in ia and East Prussia for pre- Fa begie am aam ty efthe arae ei vanae mirsanana r 
Exceptions, ‘As a general rale 'h owever ergs take | serving cut Grass fora koiaaa time in a succulent | when the latter istouchėd. About eight days after the appear- 
ened manures for . cereals, an petra State, so preventing the loss.of nutritious matter which oe eo O animal is affected by violent fever 
=" eropa. Ifyou wanta »manure-for is tion into hay. Pits i eyes av 
ma P5 and -have a -sufficient supply of farm-yard | dug into the earth from 10 to 12 feet square, and as | becomes thicker, but Just before death constipation follows. 
manure to meet the wants of your Turnip crops in|many deep; these are lined with wood, :and puddied | This last symptom does ‘not always present itself. Sometimes 
antic matters and ammonia, you would do. wisely .in | below and.at thesides with clay. They aay obviously naal rarely dies telor radi eer Bona i ph wm to 0 
4 S: case'to buy.a Maaure containing’ ‘in made of any aged suitable di pornas and lined with } ance of Aer r. permei Siana happens but pes he ata 
‘Proper-condition, and no organic matter or ammonia. ‘If brick, Into this pit the e green erop.of Grass, se yp are very rare, ‘that an animal may ‘re cover, 
Jon have not a sufficient quantity of home-made manure |.0r Vetches is put jest as it is cut, ‘cone or 5.ewts. are | 40 ‘not exceed: 1 eath the second and 
Matter give the roots -a-sufficientidressing of organic introduced at a time, sprinkled Paaha ta aai lb. 
: by other means, you will do well to purehase a | to each ewt. ; andiftheweather, and consequently the 
maT phosphate containing organic matter and ammonia, |.crop, ibe dry, 2 or 3 quarts of water to.each cwt. shoul 
res phosphates. be sprinkled over each successive layer. Itis only when 
fee Aerop a — is most likely to pro- rain or a heavy dew has fallen before morning that this | 
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