TH 
E AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 409 
Juse 6, 1597. 1557.] 
“TABLE ( OF AGRICULTURAL CUSTOMS.— Continued. 
Finance Committee, reported that oe current cash- 
balance in ben harids + the bankers bt 
Usvat ROTATION OF CROPS. 
PRESIDENT. — e motion mpson, 
USUAL RESTRICTIONS ON TENANTS. 
..|No Vo regular ‘system 
_R.)./1, Turnips or fallow ; 2, Barley ; 3, seeds ; 
Tosssuune (WB) te Theat 
(N. R.). 
L Turnips; eN 
Whea 
Adan ial 4, beet: “fed off and pared! 
pal 
No tar system except in the piron 
1, Turnips ; 2, se hag 8, seeds ; 4, Whi 
Barley ; 3, Oats! 
Œ. R.). 
” 
Cann 
arable pat with Wheat during the 
tio 
Thom 
seconded | m rarere Challoner, the following resolution 
ot remove hay or straw, nor sow — than one-third of se usly :— 
a th: Parean ga requested to withdraw the offer of 
tioa made at the last a meeting in consequence 
of his elestion to be 8 
that the sens do convey aih 
gere for his hse sagan to promote th 
e Society since the period of bis appointment, 
the attendance at the proamen for the few 
though always wel- 
restric 
et carry away hay or straw, nor break up pasture; but 
ust leave the farm with the | same advantages as taken ; 
assurance that his 
remaining weeks of his anran year, 
come, will not be considered indispensab. 
SHELL ae a AS MANURE. 
mble each other so much in 
formed, 
s sand, v 
E ble alkaline sal 
a is ka 
lcareous deposits. 
In coral 
i fr 
from 
amount of animal ma 
in gee sand. shell sand differs ur and 
eral appearance, and TEATR e e 
e, phosphoric acid, and 
animal matter it contains, the more valuable it will be 
found for improving the land. 
common 
inguis 
or pisiri sand b e effervescence 
m t 
sand does 
sand exhibits the sane reaction wi 
Both and coral sand are employed with muc 
oi eavy loams, as 
‘is by 
these aide into food for plants. On all 
soils pray at in lime elt or coral sand, moreover, will 
eficial act: io 
abo any parts of the eastern, 
gland. Exten- 
Eyi Be 
a 
wall,” 2 p48 
ic feet t are at Sah employed gr year in that 
l An immense deposit 
of indefinite depth occurs in the estu: ary Š of Padstow, 
TE whence it is transported, in large quantities, to 
th 
ariable gk ag of 
d| able fert iliser. 
40007. to 50007. a year to the aes wet ng it, | t 
and to the ERY ro paves it up the This 
coral sand is ric a pagans animal 
eadily prena why th 
e Journal 
esei: prizes to be offered for 
the ye aguad on Bey the Ist Ist of March, 1858 :— 
On the Meg wig Bg “of Cas . 
cially to the kind of diet. the treatment, and 
the condition, best cal ensure alar 
fecundity and successful gestation ; and ~ the 
causes which act adversely in certain s 
On the Stars gi ac advantages of = and 
small farm: bread en 
On manurin r Grass d 
On pees parae, cultural sul 
RY aaa “Colon 1 Challon r reported 
the p ompak progress 0 f the ae for the imag d 
Meting tohe hala in the week commencing the 
20th of July. 
st 
occurs in large iar antag 
on the ¢ f France, paT in Bri rittany, where 
is emp loyed extensively un 
ally of ger es shells, 
may thus be rde 
ith is applied to ecialey 
tons per acre, with 
much benefit, and with bese S clay soils. On 
nce, shell sand is known by the 
mque 
o specimens of tan angue, from the so h of France, 
analysed by Vitalis, and one of shell sand rerik the iani 
of Islay, examined by Professor J ohnston, consisted o 
her Hobbs, Chairman of rse 
eport 
Tangue from 
Shell sand 
the South of from Islay. 
persons ns to act as 
ja perme fyi they o ory i from their perso 
to gra noe willi 
rai cial c Baii be addressed to each Member ot 
Council « conveying is same reques 
That Exhibitors be at liberty to nominate persons for 
Judges, but to a no yoice in the no omination or selection of 
Judges for th 
mi That 
it 
71.7 to 65.7 | 
iron 
Alun 
a aah silicious | 
om 28.0 to 34.0 
Phosphate of lime .. .3 to 8 
100.0 i pal list of these nominations be exhibited in 
acid in the shell sand of | th ene Secretary's room from the Bist of June until tho 1st of July 
his material a valu- iran objections that may writing and 
n of a calcareous sea he Council be requested to appoint a: committee 
Ma mat rom is its members ag exhibitors; to select from the 
A several judges required, and which shall be 
requested to ered its recommendations to the Mi 
ESE on the ist of July, shen the final appointments 
made, 
The Council rea this report, and appointed a 
p ernn na ee recommendation. 
7 “is TIONS.—Mr. Fisher -m 
( 1.20 called i ry ibtoli of ‘the Council to the t inte 
Silicious matter 7.69 | with which the members at „the E 
Under the Peat ar te ‘this sand ‘appeared to consist of | karig the water-meadows 
of carbonate of lim me, of broke en limbs lert 
The e proportion of phospho: 
Islay is considerable, and re renders t 
An 
aan specim 
hich occurs on the sr “of Normandy in the 
fine meal, ae poet by : rera to korrani 
spi 
te of li 
ulphate of Hine e (gypsum) | 
agnesia 
ommon salt 3 
sand, w 
form 
€ 
( 
£ 
1 
( 
Alumina 
animals, city. 
mm the acehihourhood ai core seer facility for its general 
distribution over the country. ial value 
reese E pa A hell sand 
r ee a, sample shell san 
oo a small cove within a few miles of Ilfra- 
band fund i it to consist, in 100 parts, 
ig chiefly of ‘chloride of sodium, 
magnesia, a — trac 
Popo 
: minute traces 
a : 1025 
rete aan, alumina ne 
debris of slatey and oat rocks ` 
tage ar on of a 
Sag is 48700, 
matter in this sand is rather 
y of cases; and as it ined 
Lothi 
size, which rather D eee 
SS gpa Hi shell sand abounds on the northern, | © 
deposit of great nyiprat pe over She tnd ey 
tonth-west great part of t 
and else- 
a i ae oe .18 per cent. of nitrogen» 
bis a man 
ts 
100.000 100.000 | will bear € 
t con to 
for which this 
and 
tp 
Ont 
Its value as Mt. a Gibbs, the Council 2 agree 
ad Paa PA of Los Port man, 
ob 
t quently ean. Pap in which i 
Turned: 
the organic eee tela i Epi 
uantity. A. V. in the Agricultural report their recommenda 
ans to the Moathly Coui 
okta g INVITATIONS.- —On the motion of Mr. Fisher 
by Mr. _Bramston, M.P., P., the Secretary 
On Cotswold She direc of the 
may be di ‘vided into Jed. | Council, to the Minister of and 
ie iis eat uthorities of Vienna, in the hope that 
Romsey “Mars their attendance and 
rely erwin iy admitted the ore ds h 
the t the great cattle shows the last few y 
exposure better—they w 
-wooled sh tay they nny DEN “oe 
popr erdara eal the A i y a John neler Bart., co it 
| fessor Simonds’ 
BATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND, a es 
yards were opened this morning, prize are 
given below. There is a very good show of live stock 
wool—t! 
com: 
age flocks t wilt produce th 
or shearhogs tt months old: 20 Ibs. a prs out of their | 
wool, without any artifi What other breed can 
allowed 
have now proclaimed before the wo peri 
. ar bri beg At a future pai I will give an account | 
ment in this eountry. 7. Beale Browne, 
pierre Park, Gloucestershire, ire, Map ' 29. 
Societies. — 
3 old: Gold Medal—Mr. J. Bodley, 
a cir Medal Mr. J. Davy, of 
South Molto: 
. Bull = 3 years old: 12.—Mr. Geo 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL OF ENGLAN oter. Mx James Hole, of Know 
MONTHLY COUNCIL, June 3.—Mr. Ra vxoxp Bans, ‘Dunster. in cat ei Milk: 8 
V.P., in the chair. Fifty-three new members gone: gn ily 
- Fuvances.—Mr. Raymond Barker, as Chairmanof the urs Heifers in Calf or in Milk under 3 years old: 8L— 
Turner, 
wle House, 
l—Mr. yee pore, 
—Mr. T. W. 
