Juse 20, 1857.] THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 443 
pone. 24; ~ Beetroot, “lowest 16, “highest 5 yo eae 
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cy on the surface of earthworks of the fortifica- 
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surface of the earthwork of the fortifi- 
of 
stion. . tes that the means of dilution were im 
perfect, reer os T e land all m il, the 
earth ihe fortification partly taken from osse, and 
Es w ary Sa i uality, and generally poo: 
lightness of the soil, er, suited the Clover, which 
The sow ediately on the works being completed, and 
succeeded ly. Ten Prig however, had worn out the 
tillOctober. After the punar meen still oot bows Ame on the 
portions, whilst on the unirrigated portions the land is 
2,500, 28 
12,800, It was one part of o experi ent to carry the appli- 
ot manure to the point of satiety, as it may be cal led, 
ai rioth that this limit is attained at 12,500 ) per oe 
which the production remains the sam 
the inequality of the surface, the steepness at the s ope 
ted the use of a large quantit of manure in order 
aaa A to the deep roots of the aa: plants ; and, Bahan The 
pr a, Sod aus manuring, ee’ Clover showed bapt i pareng 
irrigation ; it was chiefly the Grasses which cam 
Sere y in the numerous een left sy the old roo 
formed the increased produc: 
trials on seek apean of peee 
Pini. i to the third set of those on equal | 2€ 
experiments, 
land, the reporters, in commenting on the tatak re- 
pnt observe :—“It might seem at first prs sth per tag were 
not suited tothe manure of towns, as the c e depot, 
withthe exception of the Rye, were akih Alirken tigated 
= the miena sgl beat sd paa A bith same m: 
ft s pi eat : 
A A ible cone aarme fan osa paiio will make it clear that 
di : rodu 
sy we bought. at os market of La Chapelle. a cw yw which was not 
ny rospogt arkable was a one, of the 
ria ders pee newly in slit Put at pnes to feed on the 
i o 
instant. to vent it. When, some time afterwards, they gave 
am th 
P 
rm. 
those break men who have taken a dee 
h 
t did not t differ For four months 
t fed on the oa pas the fortifice tions aa the garden. Its 
rega a pissas perfectly good — its k, cream, rg butter, 
ed ore t 100 Sons, W declared 
y m a 
panne ey The milk at three pra ent times has been sent to 
‘llowing are the conclusions to which the Com- 
missioners were led :— 
They state as conclusions :—‘*‘ Our different experiments ha 
had but one and the same s obj mt he of to wp pe oe i the nei, 
bourhood seio Paris amongstt ers the he valua a 
sf manure, which is as i - arm aur oo] yet has 
m hi therto neglected owing to the Sredio against it. 
Wi ith the view to this, we rara engaged a certain number of } of w 
oe rs to try, acc ordin; the Tom “ioe method, (that is, of 
g to 
e distribution of sewer manure by ) 
con ments, which ue inexpens nsive as par: 
hae lore changed th magro grani of the fortifications into rich 
erbage. We have pie f his manure to almost all the plants | 
of commerce, eg nd to market-culture. habe have ar it fs 
cn y new English method, which is admirably adapted 
distribution of town manure, not only because it is specially 
tration; the other of which is for rural districts and for a agri ~ 
culture—that all smells of decomposing ro gp animal 
tter, ns the w of valuable man an hus- 
he ti 
God has given us alli for warning— 
ate | Z Essex ogee aker state that he had only got into 
aio on for one month s for the application on Mr. 
Che parje pi sa le of the her of ce ween two and t 
thousand of ppr tion, as some land belonging to himself near 
T buthe could full rmallthat Mr. Chadwick had said 
s to the pi ekon res ere was no smell of decom- 
in half. our o 
there was no smell of decomposition from the manure which 
had stood i in his tank a ee e 
common filth water—nothing to. anpa to, also. 
with Mr. Chadwick in preo Se intensi apit on on a small 
$ ee aes finding the great peace a 
tive power of the soil, if Xe aha ea ork over 
restrict his sub rote baper ln 
was aye tou he shoul be e > woli I paid by y what he had 
h he promised to Society ount, 
orks paid him even for the power of appl; lain water. 
Suppose they yt art s a acre. He need that T could 
throw on water fi a penny a ton, or put an inch of 
for ugua; manure, but also, and above £ all, b 
tri 
t 
e of the flav mell of the dressing, and that the 
milk, &c., was excellent quality. Has om at so 
liberally grante d by the city given any adeq urn? In 
experiments that one can realise the adva ges 
ie pr Fo the price ear the returns. cat Ce the ote 
tive results at the depdt have been oe disturbed by two 
circumstances, viz. the smallness of the squares of und 
pS hep a not suffici iently large to ‘prevent a portion of f the | © 
skje aia tothe mame, Pind the same time those ae whose 
rial respiration is m veloped, m ight derive good from the 
vapours |brought by “ine ed from jacen es 
which st render the aroan a almost on 2 aa ess. at et com- 
ng stot 
tionably the first geo-agricultural authority of ‘the day, than 
pa hag 4 the aap aatinted Aart raisins ft tas 
which Lord Berners has succeeded 
Keythorpe estate. We take the fallow! 
a succine ich a eck of or pm 
ago we gave some t Balys ndent :—] 
pati die erever p method of draining has been tried by 
ose landowners who have seen the Keythorpe estate, 
adi the efficiency o of the drainage there, the results of 
its applica Are to their own property have in 
been 
It. Se n ar yh rl a 
parison, however, such as t 7 
and also the pnma price a “th p returns, n asuneee 
the 
in fact, which alone will attract numerous followers, can 
only be capes in the real business-like carrying on of a 
fa opinion is not ours only, it is the opinion of 
p interest in our ex- 
mange » apna essential facts and useful - 
ee Siriw th 
for yi e E tan mane ome errata 2 bade rich enough | Do 1 gee paar trial works. We have 
el ¢ maxinium off fertility 7 required oy the plants. The | shown that the uld be u he paaie if it could 
ort hag Pins they w Perhaps, sane the pro- | be “ete ee conveniently by conduits boats, s to 
he beginnin, ite a rn suramer Have contrita where it was required, and the mode of using it were ex- 
ted 
to tlis dalare, and aen at in a drier season the gi ae at 
othing, therefore, can be è 
these facts, and the question remains in suspense, except in 
> ankea Indian corn or Maize, whose ri id oR is noteasily 
: on to the of whi ill alw: babili 
| plained, We have resolved pa several essential points on the 
subject as to the time, the pa a s manure and the propor- 
tion of water uired in the We have shown also 
a not less important ARREA Á Ape irg crop the mien manure urais 
most applicable. We have for the first time established i 
Francea specimen of the new method of liquid manuring by st ab: 
cots, | terranean pipes. hse? gn demonstrated, thanks ipi bye method, 
principie pioa For my own part, I am- com; compelled to confine my 
it 
uires many years to ensure prevalence to very simple 
the retentive bed, w nde 
It thus Q; 
or natural w. et mwaa» between te soil, wi and 
substrata which, exist at different dept hs, and subserve 
ng draining, as well 
different — land and spring 
as that kind of draining which is intermediate between 
e two. 
s have no aet whatever gi gen 
entually the more nearly 1 
of two of Lame m Cagara a ee eer to have 
, and, adi 
as Farin pease cand Beans, H t ded in their draining 0 firre Af ion 
Peas, Lentils, Vetches. 4 &c., they all yielded less in the dressed he ma rae, Sa O arent ge Saa mae pann Sewn 
the undressed soil. Tt ou, therefore, be concluded that h pe rtifica me Spe one be $ ony ga sto a sich her under one colour on a geo cal ma 2 merely a con- 
je! unfitted, if not for the manure, at leas a oF the appli- ena eo nourishing ul op mt He A priya ventional representation of a group of strata, consisting 
na kore their vegetation. On the other hand, the | iat no bdour or flavo ation changes pcompletely ANS plants. | of a oye ry Fea of clay, sand, sandstone, 
rished dishes, Tomatoes, Artichokes, Spinach, have fou- ee phe oe MEAE have yet left it doubtful if this manure | an rmeable by water in different 
not been accor, "ndor tho treatment, and the rapid growth has | d ted t the cereal: “to the f n d toj d D i a ited fo the purposes of classification b; 
Rourishm. corey dae et by any taste betra ying the nature of the f irn “at h cos n l K s s h sO toe doubt its | ee eg rhe p y 
mercesh Meh ier may hava; received. The plants of com- {e when ae of ye wep esd This i as a remarkably meng gomp of fossi penge 
Kod Tees with: eerie, Whilst the Fone y and Plas bee om ds with the Italian Ryegrass the crops of which pore ‘ae. are not only these variations vertically, b ut the 
montese an vile Bian bP vata d bs: Pe dye gen ‘the spring | exceeded any other grown even in the most favourable circum- | strata vary in ikkili pipers so that the same 
ee ded more, the last, indeed, in the proportion of | fodder i Sa neromnties “of dry hay, 1 ectare, | New | bed is frequently limestone f its course and 
Cola m this we are led to believe, that for the autum: sad of oat ye ina p= mete by a ber of i „into sand, 
winter, ane ma lied before sowing, and then An | aatom, a onake ONA aod Of ont Fiho | sandstone, in "7 is searcely a 
Pe og la Whe tina, Won nd Sadao excellent re- | Sueno: tee ae H r s A aa 
mls Those variations, Hut ta omy ae reappear in tho TT lying the town and the adjoining neighbourhoods, and se gine Linen. Shagin, FN: rans 
fle Artichokes han moe aes i sig Sand than becoming itself an abundant source of animal produce, is a ‘sh PNJ : formation, pM 
in the | Si oan n mr erence on the Rutabaga, certain means id r increasing the general production of nstone may _— hut say e PEDA En OF 
pas rin favour ‘of the: a is so slight that it would ri es f placing it on a level with the demands aR tone in A ery 
roof. iate —- poma regard | of naumption.” z eg i 
the fossils which 
too h mhich oanmok eee that the trial works had all started different degrees. and not sils w 
easing yh ~ fertility. in a the s soii without the Saka ip fi from sas toe lower E Me prodiuctitel than in ny roe roa they a would be the point of importance if we 
ely eS ex nso of the tnbers. t will pen Be eh fore; though they were all satisfactory to the mapia. amà 2 Ae far | really drain 2 ions es. 
by two crops. In co contrast with these results | Stisfactory to sek et piema ineriad ed and practi e fact inemes is, that the drains of the deepest 
importane se OY the Beetroot. This plant, which is the most | ore than one-half of bag stan ed Which a mors intensive | drainers reach those beds shown on 
nore and o OUF crops, and whose cultivation is extending | MOF’ os) nglan to be attainable. ‘The results in geological maps, which are the Seek PRE and it 
plan ‘aqui gece tata MaN proved par the whole sewerage of t| is some member the superficial with which 
ts which contain the largest amount of azote $e teoBevsively piali area ten miles square ; of co Siro tö deal i in land Aee ren ajii as in most agri- 
reduction ie increased froma liae a for P. Hons The sewerage of five houses, or | We have 
tvel Atego avas from 28to 8 ge ordy oos persons, mia m utilised on an acre of drained land of an 
Anata k FoTo i = erage quality. It was to be that the man 
ay o copas neil pe rg or weeks and months, whereas it was 
menu the Sa k pap w ascertained decomposition of matte! 
aag sir e ea t know, oethao: mowed | began only in four days, and in the new tu works 
oe Be white Nretall bine h it was discharged immediately, and would seh mes - iho 
hae coger Gage à INA ied: in land at‘onee, or within 1 half a day, and before decom 
ape a fede t could commence, Upon the faces, as set ante tetas 
a? Pia eich in. the sheng Mr. wick said it is naturally asked why is it that these 
up suffi Ae he cat y Tas Somopairoijata „o at once ere? = ahi “ay 
2 ilogra can answer by oi uestions, as why, 
e v easpa oa A EN Y hilet the ny Me oe i it that little mibapa ntie 
only 14,650 ki sont 1 tons, | of the land that requires ning is drained, although pearly. a 
; ay a age at : century onstrati ven e 
laa thong » Sochli: the. Its “erat bare 5 “oft image, and. although it aire 
insof reen fodder i tree utti Gaps yia a roved that it repaid its expenses in or 
FOU hacen o. Caron Coiling m the undromod ? Why will most f continue 
essed. land, uii ure run into ditches, sod Pe een see komi by 
product TM or Boe thirds of the fertilising 
the solid _ by. e to the weather? 
cod | the solid masrares to be wastod by exposure is it that the 
val ge iaag na e m or more? Why is it 
ue, ue or- y 
that in interior of -rough and large: and ex- 
which 
