THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [May 23, wed 
alluvial soils in the kingd kingdom—where high ti —where high tide us used to , believe no fears need LY eres 4 gas ‘that this cattle 3000 tons ‘of town guano- be >e returned daily 
flow, and where it would still be 6 and 8 feet deep were Large pi oc gm Esq,” + “Jas, ps. | infecting soil, from which it was chiefly tke ih i 
it not for artificial drainage. í Uad patai ais, a. fol- least offence to health and with the least cost 
Light chalky soils in Sussex and Surrey are improved At the ANNUAL N poii vg age ee a de °= | it be distributed by pipes or by railways? sh sat i 
by folding sheep and hardening them by rollers, and "ue Society consists tm i vidi tnd erect ected by water, earth, ashes, y ch il 
applying chalk marl to them, all processes tending to Life Governors, sm oa und ? E 
inerease thei iste Ti as comminuting soi i 137 ‘Annual Governors, 
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ncy. y ting soi the present arrangements some hundred ! 
and so increasing the quantity of material surface within Boon se eg nl ba thousands of Eg of this matter lie in store in Long d 
a given bulk of earth—as opening soils to the influence 19 Hono orary Members, refying in cesspools, and percolating the streets 
of air and sunshine—as removing weeds, and so con- PRN Pile the PN is thrown into the Thames ata F 
h f 89 names on the list of | cost.” great 
ety since nthe last anniversary mee It is the regent ing matter re lying i 
that Mr. Rogers i 
cti e 
f ° the pa 
growth of the crop m cultivation—as uang he During the t half-year the Society has oT by death two 1n sewers 
consistency of stiff clays—ma be seen in all its ferti- | of its earliest anes the Duke of Rutland, a trustee, rd cepon st R would eal “pits purify, = $ 
$ r. Fre Wood c 
; perhaps as a special illu 
tration of its powers in this way I may refer to the l since Thar a aa of alk oi 
little farm at Lois Weedon, in Northamptonshire, occu- ee be Sgr Me oF Phe Couneil have supplied the | defence of the author’s original dise 
„pied by the clergyman of the parish, where for many | vacancies consequent on their decease by the election of Mr. | pec jar or the 
years the Rev. Samuel Smith has grown Wheat after | Bramston, M.P., as a Trustee, and of = > aig Aha agor, x in contemplated, and there is a long vipa 
Wheat upon the land, simply by perseverance and Salisbury, and Mr. Paget, M.P., as general Members of the xtracts from periodicals and reports pe l 
attention in the cultivation of the intervals between | The invested capital of the Society stands at 02641. 8e lid. Riots ’s labours in connection with this su ubject, 
each year’s rows of Wheat, making that ee stock in the New Three per Cents., and the 
space a more liberal feeding ground for the rrent er ony in the hands of the bankers on the first a eit Mi 1 P 
crop, - s igen tter seed-bed for that of the following Tho Consulting Chemist of the Society is engaged in —— The Bir h te Tani A 
year. anuring every farm of course illustrates | gations on the solubility of substances in ‘the soil, or e Birmingham ts for 1857.—The private 
its fortilising g effect, and on the great scale there cannot |. a lecture fore view will take place on one the 30th of November, 
be a doubt that the great increase in the p taponi öf this the members on ‘the general character and geographical di and the exhibition will close on the followin wing Thursday i 
country which late years have witnessed is attributable | details connected with ‘his department. Thè Council rhe ave | €Y i 
in great measure to the enormous annual importatio been favoured by Professor Henfrey, of King’s College, som alb 
de in turning 
X j ne em un 
each within his respective sphere distinguished for his devo- considerable portion of his pamphlet pi ‘taken D wiht | 
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lecture , delivered before the members on the nutrition of | November, and the prizes will awarded on the fol. f 
ros Sere pe on of lants, elucidating th b h | lowi 
to a wefal aocount waste material of every kind, as | fhey ‘ese puyran a ood miton apa taper my whioh lowing day, Saturday, the 28th of November. With 
blood and woollen rags an mes, and ultimately, I| fi mn . regard to the pri = om for stock, the general classes for _ 
do not e the sewage matter of our towns. M. S. _ The ‘Council have „again to record their sense of the Earl a Herefords, short-horns, and Devons remain the same @ 
Se ah sae i wees 
last year. pened 
obtaining from the Ministers and Consuls abroad not “onl. . : ; 
Home Correspondence [aree reaiadae Tanoan agoa ected. ard other manuring | parT one horn steers, wit “tere are apai ea 
‘ su o de conne ith th n 
A Rotation of Crops.—tI shall be obliged if you will pleuro-pneumonia and contagious typhus among the cattle in 5/.—only one, of 5l., having been given in this clas 
ime wher Yu nite lingo lr aye | JNA mn as oe ea 
cropping which would be likely to answer for a that it would be desirable for the three Agricultural Societies of | Cows and heifers, not q alified to 
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er the root ng 
often. The arable land on my farm is about 300 acres | ing abroad a special Valarin nary Inspector, for the purpose of | are now offere These 
4 rtaining the t nat fth typhus, th . : re 
= prone A Sie 6b aii id ian Ani ar pe r g taf | once sen dey with the Highlan: and ‘ud Agi fal Society of pi only changes tition ; but 
msiderable depth, and a black | pting gg . 
alluvial deposit of great richness, though not deep. I | Professor Simonds, furnished wi 1| Lo ard, the de 
. e k 2 | of Clarendon to the several Co: hon of Turo left cake on á 
am iraga if possible, to grow ee of eat, |} o Vet I bee" OF ths three Na ti e other piece of ornamental plate, of the value of 25l, : 
100 acres of Mangel Wurzel and Sugar Beet (no Tur- | on the San orate is fst setotantete Societies ‘whieh | an extra prize for ae or steer of any 
nips, or etd few), a be pment er to be divided | bo oe aS pH oe tent, thatthe plouro: age, to be bred and fed by the — tor. Three extra 
mong other crops. y Turnips chee en ‘tn en for ri Bamia malady of con — of 202. each are offered b council for the best 
Sed ais as totally ‘ei if ti ugh finger ‘ind te aid sit Pi ee ai ; and that he had to penetrate into Poland arn Hereford, short-horn, and Devon, pr y selected from tin | 
shall plant so small a breadth for some years that it study and report. He expresses his firm opinion that there is | four classes—oxen or steers, steers not exceeding 
ears i 
nimals, beret = 
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| tion t o + x ° 
Sassanid Wa nal ott AA woe: AR d se reign Offi , and for the best cow or heifer in 
i Th ente Salis! i i 
’ Clover. sat e factory ve ry E the = arena ere 
close on the Ist of next i i 
mini mth + be prizes offered by the council, and one of the gold medals, 
300 za sili this yonr 2 equally mimerous, Th ae a iae maim a total of prizes of the'value of 757. The sweep 
hich will essentially tend to increase the interest of that | stakes for breeders, being also exhibitors, are continued 
Ist 1 Wurzel Man; i e interest o) rema y g y 
od eg p e n kg TR ethics of the eee En have deci diaid, a i Wass on the same plan as last year, when the experiment Was 
» Clover w Deas hold the Society’s Coun ale e usual conditions, to} tried bus the first time, and with satisfactory resulti. 
» Wheat 10th ,, Wheat and have determined the feae sho oa fae hen: The only alterations in the prizes for sheep are 
i or ear m- > 
at oe a dan”, Waat Posed ofthe counties ot Kont and Surre Surrey. oth addition of two extra prizes of 107. each for the bt 
Do you think that there would be any difference in the | most successful meetings hi arly Ta oes promoting t pels of onig aid Shokt- woollod. bain, inal ree 
requirements of the Mangel Wurzel and Sugar Beet, or | viects of the Society, it al ar an addition which was well i i and 
that piri oe dig: me 3 | one of the most expensive in a a financial point of view ; and the | CANN fail to give increased interest to an inate 
“Meena sho uld nsider ed same crop? | Council have under their consideration the adoption of various over hal of the xhibiti No change widi 
[W e have seen no instance of land tiring of modifications which may tend to reduce the expenditure of | h as been x a relating 
Wurzel as it does of Turnips; and rase] peace, eman rege ists uiie Sil oitajanas tee a T made in the prizes and regulations 
ird year sn possibla or Geseali ng bao yat tobe | Bona a eee pa Din anen Meret on the Mah ot tha]. “Teme of Arrangement Between the Lieto 
eh We should think it unlikely to succeed in the Foor god respecting the practical value of in DOTE mage tar daa eners’ Association and Ord, Hindson, and rig 
an er nment, 
wie pe ught into communication with each other, and | Islands i in Koori ooria Bay.—\st. The 
Societies, Gat elo orem the common oyee gi ronotne their confined to importation into tho United Kings wi 
a general cultivation of the  caunisg and the principles of rational can Colonies, and to be open to all we on pay 
‘et. ROTAL A furnish well jene i nce 7 
. W ORICULTURAL OF ENGLAND. saa a aaa and E hae oe of the ae nesree of its contin te the aer of an per ton for the first year, and 4s. per b 
E er i i — Colonel CHALLONER, | ine INAS gag team 8 uDsox, Secretary. e second and subsequent years. 2d Te the pot 
Carrie Morrary.—Mr. Raymond Barker, Chai London, May, 1857. be on the quantity of the cargo delivered ae 
ot the Veterinary Gn read the owing com aa of discharge ; but, i er to meet oe 
‘distin sl Reviews. or jettison, and on the principle of the ee : te 
“ My dear Sir,—I have now iy EPN renei Bome Pa not rat OF non-arrival or jettison, to be liable to pay a 
oe that tl interest taken in the subject of a paed ns pars mee Fallacies Int: the Se a A sg mg aoe ndon | tonnage of one-third pared to the ups ane 
; ete, A corning sie po ge a T ienna, and ther Large Tı owns, ge. B Rogers, tonnage, unless it be shown by the certificate thst 
Partionlars in iming Preis Arere Aa sap maleate coe the | EE ke &e. aon & Co., 106, Giat Russell § treet, | lessees’ superintendent at the islands, or otherWn aly 
Sees ee SP OPA | oe. Rag te ctor of manb reel fen Jolags & oe e 
_ SS Invesugat e est; or +, g | load a part cargo. 
to travel : tar wider extant of country in ae ipek aros other publications on the r social condition jae el oe ges Ya and then the payme T only granted 
paor had anticipated, we have nevertheless not only suc- ition a of Ireland, and quantity loaded. 3d. Licenses to 
Sat O E RTE ee cdg ee value of its bogs as th hrough the lessees at Liverpool; but vessels 
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nature and pation ner . 
; mountains that. and ferti t. Th at | ak ed W bad w wT 
fo rp EY a pee tnd flnng agent. ‘The rent [alowed nad witont “mses, PU ay e 
i = oom on i adopted to stay its | sew. = aier The an houses belies, 1 it reaches the | approved bills on British or Colonial nocordig 
by kihne nee cay e i but also which it. is proposed to remedy by its jeen e be entitled to claim to be loaded to 
en in contact with. We arrived at a village | use is stated in the words of the Registrar-General as to priority of arrival at the islands, and 3 
ra s me m bzrez, where we ap ng } PIR receive cargo wit t number of icient m 
i ities is invisible, | consisting of Nep crew and others (if necessary, 
of Haxiienicn, but distant five miles from us, another quarantine | ia E toss on the wage retention of the excrement | of loadin: oe oe onc ag? The lesse 
and 
| purpose 
to halt and | of London under the houses and in the sewers, Accord- | every 100 to re 
: is a # ; 
7 Dck p hope soon to reach England, and to |35 it is now known to be as insalubrious as it is | to the lessees be offered bee ) 
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