THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
— — buyers and sellers, and dictate 
ent of prices, ito — manifest i Pr bey 
of both, is is not scientific d 
RE al- 
5 
who are r demp $ nt of trade, a appea 
neyer to have bestowed a thought on mi he philo- 
fore the Society. But why has no report of 
that lecture yet appeared? Even if a botanical Diir. learn pat: in a free commercial commu ae 
o had existed, the members of iety | like ours t influences of tradin of times—no stles and mo 
ould have been no betteroff than they are petition an always me sufficient for the mme erra those laboratories it me d where alone 
at present. Tne lectures of Professor Way and o jo of prices and the ention of exorbitant profits, | can be determ retort in field—by 
fessor Srmowps are in the same predicament. | without the least eee for their eee of operators, against whose e decisions the 
We have to wait six graye th before those of os a ich can serve no honest purpose, bu ich has | all the Male te ans in the world is but 
appear; while any | done great mischief in misl di the. Sastitée, balance,” amounts to aviva iiri 
inted ge much labour lost, 
These o ge singe’ illustrations of a a aera ye 
yen to show that more immedi 
or ly is desirable for the P amma Pn fnfrmation lal 
which of | ther aray 
which it is eek to 
which remain Je only benefited certain favoured manufac- 
turers.’ 
It gene to us plain that agricultural chemists 
watally publish such information as 
give them on the relations of soil, 
the most tiapiactastt at which can aaa the | nite plant, and appe fiese tion which happ ily 
attention of the Cou oth for farmers and m ealers necessarily 
Unfortunately, as te ‘belie eve, they have decided | eae alje the varaani and the agric 
with the last month to continue the publication oad turist as soon as itis kno is not sufficient 
gs 
Whatever 3 is adapted = their Journal ve am ant to know whet e price at 
a year; and that which i is which. it is sold. pm a fair one considering the 
ssion into our own and other columns | er of which it is composed. It is quite 
will be psn same official report as heretofore, drawn | | possi at a manure offered at 124. a ren me ok 
up by the Seeretary of the Society, whose hands | be niis of ingredients which 
are alre that | | maker 50s, And if the 
he-does good service to the farmer by publishing a 
ady full of labour. It may be u 
do but follow the example of other | 
sin London who information. 
publish their Trans- 
j ion se i E aau K erip We can pretend to no knowledge of ‘ MARTIN 
Papers | elsewhere. But m yea of BERD’S) ammoniated cca, ocr Ad 
‘the Agricultural iety do not resi wn, We do not — that its application aas 
they live in the country, They cannot attend para in gs „apokpy quoted in this 
these weel ore and it is surely unwise to ri a s quite P mgar that th from 
them as fi wear in re privilege Rifferense betwee the pric is 
of membership as the press ca | offered in the arket and tho wo at whieh iti is 
were a larger anhor r than pee present | made by Messrs RTIN is no more the fair 
at the fast weekly meeting of the Society, and a profit to which ‘ si a philosophy of trade” and “‘ 
g it was, sand full of | ordinary influences of trading co eisien entitle | > 
true The application of steam | them. Itis, emma certain t ELCKER | 
power in cultivation— —the Cord of cattle in- is right and that ee gon are wrong ‘in their estimate 
surance had much | of the proper office o chemist in rilal to the 
a | pa — ani 
u 
Let these n ‘her gentlemen i 
in their reports 
| are useful only when readin thelight whichal Pere 
- | respect 
lto porn testimonial to the sarg character of | pam 
the full amount claimed ”—a vergi 
hay ve not the least doubt was 
, and then their 
eir r agreements aint 
e ee pman eng For this reason it ei 
bable aa pake manure m regs a 
farmers will continue to ¢ 
t the ame of the Toa 
rate quite pao agen such attacks as re: 
mphlet before 
ina 
inte 
W GUANO 
An agent of the American Guano Company his 
pave in New York with about four tons of gum 
m Jervis d, Pacifi ple. The 
c Ocean, as a sam 
t ono: 
“The arrival o er TANN ‘Captain 
John Paty, o on Saturday, with aaa 100 ‘tons of guano, 
rvis and New Nantucket a =o caused no 
little Pipine re 
l an potee 
t thrown on them. Those Aes were present at | farmer and manure de mi pronounee i 
ing went away gratified by the priv lege he analysis which the chemist furnishes will | hat its value is compared with‘Chinċha guano 
of being there, which as members of the Society indicate er the price at which the manure | to be determin ut eight tons of this guano gos 
they p d. But what availed all that for is offered is a fair one, hen read in the forward by the bark Y ent 
the .99 per cent of the Societ s members who light of the ordi deficiencies of soils and | steamer vid Panama to New York, the object being 
were ? There is no report of that the ordinary wants of crops it will indicate land it in New York.as ible; t 
meeting ; and a of useful agri- | ther the manure is likely to be a good | being shipped on ‘the clipper ship 
arre n lost which, had|one. On the other a he certificate of direct, and will reach that po 
Teporters fg a have been read | its worth pm by the farmer who has tied y was ys from Honolulu to t 
= every part of the Kingdom—would have con-| it can be true only of „the = articular ¢ |'the same ‘number. of days loading, w 
the 4000 members of the Society that they | which: Sk tenn hens triad by- him, and the | [with whale-boats. On the 29th of January 
agg er go in contributing to the efficie a of | differences existing in the character of such certi- “— fori Bonini Rg ot 
nstitution—would have. te to | ficates are sufficient proof of their ookal | brought off a sample of the 
he 16,000 Ng to | untrustworthy ch ere can be no doubt 
be that the sooner they joined the Society t along course of experience all aona hadow isan which a they approached ga 
eg ay is irresistible, but such experience is a very 
_ We hope that the Council will ye reconsider rare exception ain agrioult histofy.- Eye Me | on the w aa ae in a land 
their emer as to the ae of the proceedi ig ARTIN’ though certified by some FE wer ised to find the en 
at their w meetings a decision which | “equal to the t best’ Peruvian guano,” and ‘one of | the island not only sta 9 of paths 
rah Aine us ieme in a very mistaken idea = — best artificial ap gy of the day,” is an à] rom mpr o very best quality. 
interests of the Socie ration here. e Taunton ag or. reported | hat i only val down the wae 
. somew. i, i 
‘OPINIONS ” rpd ie Uae lately at ‘he sa org cain the o ther day in which Mr. board. The; -+ jaap Sm was made in 3 
miiti i of rown’s farm, Huish Champflower, | ga kahi of February until tè 
seet , in small pamphlet, resisted payment of 330, 16s. claimed by Mr. W. nE dt eS ten a aie Te 
| FEATHERSTONE, of Wiveli manuredealer, usual course of ie ede "wan conn e 
En each ” on the ground that th PE: ond [onii oek ail reas ihe voyaje th pea 
; , d e manure in winter, th i i ing the grr 
question had be no m. At this | on shore at mii Th ts. pp 
an Mr. A. CORNER, Aiei Farm; Mr. E. | with changes of the nc 
st of Fitzhend a or . F. FISHLEY, aeaee g E 
of Fitzhe r TATS Hilibrid e Farm, might, perhaps, be consi 
Dulverton; Mr. W. Laxapox, Holwell Farm’ | Persons, but it appears to have presen 
gri- | Chip stable >; Mr. J. Tane, of White's Farm, Clat- og 
worthy; Mr. J. BLACKMORE, of Golick Farm, | T “.° 
` ; . 3 upon which 
A ox vee nanan or scion poy island has on it a small 
Me. J ee of Ki ge. ton, m bå yaa 
ir grate a ct tn, on a €T caveat against all — moi: 
ee hand, MARTIN urnips, these guano the * 
pihs been professor of chemi without an any wang ge first field of Turnips was a -drop of which is anywhere to be found. 
? . protessor o portad failure; he tried it again against BURNARD and as appears ie a ee 
, College. the Beth | e | Lack’s, and the Taik was vie good, but a found the x i es 
iexiiturdl Poety atg other was onl Lark crop. Mr. 5 ae Hawxrys, | Birds, mang 
ce as analyst manure with dung iis, but although the Pirds were so thick as actually to 
plants came up ve i soon aie he — 
and went off. He half.aicrop. The sail on the nests. Altogether, it seems 
| was generally the same as Mr. Ro. s. Mr..H. 
the | | ‘Patater, of ang Farm, Huish, stated that he 
hlet, if used t wh and a some very good a 
gu temper in whic many of its some very ba een t was a failure wher The f 
are atten. ake the following as an | house use dung. Mr. F. Munson, of Water- | The former part of A 
a Mr. ik Seu stated that he last year | in; but towards 
used ARTIN’S manure, round 
th value of manures by eying the M Paara TERSTONE, sa i 2} nk ropa Sank tims Se 
_ ceri <A Pee rn the ma en 
plaintiff for |an 
