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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Mar 9, 1859, 
—the one is = vitality, and the other is tina 
e again to 
s h ‘seeds as 
cially o 
fall liable 
ues 
at present examining, an 
request from our Lainie — rps 
bought from the 
vers, Grasses, cd hes sae mihe. 
to the admixture of weeds. 
WE are glad to find the practice of buying 
cial manures on = \ pe oe of an, analytical 
guarantee eens 
culturists. Hardl 
j enter i 
a maker of oil of vitrol without fixing | w 
the percentage of real acid which the commercial 
brown acid usually employed in the manufacture 
of superphosphate shall contain. Agriculturists | 0 
will do well to imitate the example of these men of 
business, especially whe an to purchase super- 
sphate of lime. st be admitted that the 
— on a pn of “fraudulent ha 
And yet this very remed: erying e 
‘mia we, are soy to Aae trade in 
Fa ns 
is y 
> aria as one of most effective means 
ag of all but hir en ea Most 
fot m a 
chemists, and to freely omnia bond i fide 
manner the Worthilesstess or r inferiority of their 
manures. So ago ame across the 
aoe analysis öfa a patent “artificial manure :— 
this 
ammonia and a small 
i anainn at 
, and ean advertised as being ‘equal 
properti 
This is by no mean ich 
an = is pek or anih 
a reabh although fraud 
tten on the face of the 
to 
mical terms 
| sof Can we 
doubt the fact that a do not s sufficiently diseri- 
minate sauna Faget soei and —— ay jas Bugge 
organic containing 
— oe anid matters 
; | stand the Bim meaning of s 
es to any manure at present nt 
ppite 
of of 72 per cent. of phos; hi prer and 28 parts of 
hates a nah per- lime. 5 2 
| gredient of comm moi 
hardly be — that men engaged all day long | ¢ uantity of acid is no longer bone-eartl 
n ely practical pursuits s sys fully under- | dis ee ee ohini Fey iar 
some such names as cent, of phosphoric acid and 2 
bi-phosphate, — phosphate, soluble phos- which is eine d by the best poor 
ps acid, real supe hosphate, oe phos- ties as soluble phosphate of lime’ ufacturers, 
ate, ne-earth, soluble bone-earth, bone- therefore, should ace the name of soluble Phos 
phosphate, tribasie phosphate of rae. neutral | ta to ee combinatio 
phosphate, acid phosphate, &e. &c. ere can be no harm v express the proportions 
All these terms are to be found in analyses of of com unde of lime and phosphorie, Which are 
superphosphate to denote two of the pri neipal con- | soluble in water by the corres ponding quan uantity of 
on ve af SS paa Chemical termino- | insoluble atc ae or tome-alae fem which the — 
sorry to say, does not rest on a = aa phosphate has been pro rodu ced; but it is 
sufite siantly. ‘proed, sient fic, and simple basis ; ie r to the agriculturist to state this as hon. _ 
hence it abounds in conventional ian synonymous | wa rendered soluble by acid. 
expressions, erties E a Erp is not always es might be std iae pe k 
ound in 
ted. 
72 per 
sath 
occurring in | so 
analys ses of aaia Tai the first place we 
d observe ree ors ne prp isa 
ure ercial nam ic a great 
variety of artificial aro, a aft he sai bone, 
r bone-ash, or coprolites, or similar phosphatic 
oonstituents more or less perfectl Aiasdtvod by |1 
ry ‘aay a tee vessel lose 
ate ut one- “third of bra any and leave b sma y cl 
two-third: This bone-ash cons which are essentially EAS oe butali are a 
of phosphoric er under the name of blood-manure, nitro-phosphate. — 
soluble in water, and there- |ammonia-phosphate, &c., can anufac 
bh nhc of lime ; and as | at all prices from 4/. to 107., and upwards, 
it constitutes yS the "ho bulk of bone-ash it = it is eae Par not to buy 
is ee alled T arth. Anothe ures w] sening 
same is Spode phosphate. in ga aa sta ted. the iin an 
{acer i a g blue ring p ree od of insoluble or on 
count of be aah lime, and in some cases that of ammonia as well, 
sa The exhibition of an analysis is no proof 
of the Bon oy nega Pa manure, even if aj j 
iaa sis is ed b men as WAY, VOELCKER, 
or x ~ end in al all cases of doubt respecting am ; 
the an of a steel ntee we recom- 
mend our fri jest to ply to one of these 
other qualified eran a Nor advice before closing 
bargain. 
It affords us much pleasure to mention that Sa 
ELCKER has kindly promised to = 
In g to ind our roles at 
Piste on) of lime fal tak artifici 
E 
fi 
46 parts of eau acid, cad 
54: y yp cdimes 
100 of phosphate of lime. 
-centic composition Saag in oscar 
equivalent shows that bone-earth is 
3 equivalents of the base lime and 1 aruinaien’ Dr. 
Vor 
gratuitousl p 
of a manure which may be sent to him by 8 any of 
the members of the Bath and West o Enga l 
Agricultural Society, a privilege ich we trust 
he am extend to the agricultural community 
at lar 
of phogairis acid. For this reason it is saree 
x wise tribasic phosphate of lime. W 
have Úa the following synonymous k A 
for the combination of 54 parts of lime with 46 of 
phosphoric acid -— 
I D eal pore of lime, 
QO 
3. Bone-phosphate. 
4. Neutral phos osphate of a and lastly 
5. Tribasic phen of lim 
with som 
communication. 
ment of this Institution are, Po e believe, m 
on those which regulate the 
object being of course to lait ‘the 
. ef i 
ness and im nee cannot be oie, e 
: | present a eyes of management panpa 
of such well known firms a 
LARKE, & Horsey, 
Messrs, PUL N, ROME 
Messrs. Davis & Vieors, and others. 
soluble 
ore is called soluble cheats of 
00 parts of soluble phosphate of lime contain 
72 parts of ph po ee cia acid, and 
28 78 parts o 
100 
or expressed in equivalents, zoe 
) e nae ie 
lime consists of 1 Serr of lim 
and 1e Some time ago Mr. Sheriff MECHI Dette 
porousness of stift clay by the fact that the 
| which issue drains di 
| immedia ore ely after ' the Frees isi 
tank w: This prs 
oren diari 5 
hin 
p T re 
for ve — it is termed likewise OB phos- 
ha 
Soluble an 
phate, and 
mous 
sheen, ies 
ce of “er 
— —_ superphosphate, no — i annels andan 
seid ooa te of — thus are ri >ii 
Mie R snr chem 
D 
terms a 
stance of the land which he pice 
A better illustration of the 
soils is furnished b 
far the most valuable in- | | records of his drainage ob 
ee and its His invitations have resul 
kind of manure deter- | | | that i oir Se 
It is, therefore t ngi 
n, w ~—_ diet el A that the land is efficiently drain 
is no doubt to exhibit in an ana i 
ts toa sa a A 
This constituent is al 
babit 
‘should be E nea 
when dissolved in a proper | 
