THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[June 22, 1857. 
depths, and produced by aqueous operations of different 
kinds during the most ent geological epoch. 
which Mr. Trimmer will be pees in 
rds depth, dis 
ins. 
or Drarys.—A minimum aig of four feet 
in those n which such 
hod o 
i difficult, nor scene while it is a 
method. e, however, others 
ey tiat deviation from 
commended, except on 
of the ort ars 
ane Re distance of drains. hd best 
ve against ras 
lar rhe merce involve ee 
the ee 
guara wh 
novation she that 
uble of 
‘and in their 
at regular 
ires to be drained or ig 
TATION OF paoros RESPECTING THE IRRE- 
OF THE RANEAN FURRO ROWS. . — The 
subject of f land drainage which have sorely puzzled me 
in the dissertations on the subject wie which your 
a e the draining engi yes 
I would ask what is 
oes it peed fener! 
“water of 
en instructions directed his avr kaa, 
e 
Bngland until 1839, and o 
. invariably preceded voids org per 
We shall extract from = ag a 
illustrative of the poir which rn puuga 
he eruptive were 
who hi as a very interes 
in the Dal di 
ie ca. 
rat variable fees 
ef hand the eruptive fe hed ae 
ection this work appears to ‘aes been 
br ably kobi. ae Humble Tanita? 
Societies. 
BELFAS pap Ups SOCIETY a ie 27.— Prof. Hodg 
handed in an analysis made eae on by desire of the com- 
mittee, of the slob land of Lough Foyle, upon which Flax 
as ry successfully Ata since the land was 
reclaimed. It was as follows 
t: COMPOSITION OF SLOB LAND FROM LOUGH FOYLE. 
1. By washi ng :— 
Sand 
ttara 
ms x Sandy garden loam. 
5 
pee oes set by some as rendering prs unavail- 
this, the reader 
Sesion to to 
furrows, Pirie per by Mr. 
of Norfolk, be a eek Goldene of the Royal 
ion was first drawn to berate between 
coil and subecil, in the follow passage in the above 
paper written in 1847, DRS the "Reytadpe 
system had been dicks into notic 
“ The phenomena presented b; by the janet on of yak må me 
and pierced ical an 
vn throu, papas the district show: 
pth Tys Sor cavities 
g e er every oe oe 
this furrowed surface 
but. 
Section VIII. * ipea pary. pesin agh il and su 
a iri ofthe more chalky VTE p por boulder e clay near Langham. 
case the Aw is 3 ig S and the 
on ofa 
is a sketch of the 
100.08 
2. By analysis :— 
Potash ., ie oe 
om 
0.94 
soluble in 
water. 
os 
12.48 
acid soluble in 
Phosphore acid . ee Pi acid. 
ON č as we 
| situated Flax 
and | and I ind Ireland, gives the following 
st 
SNosssomentcossoss 
SHiponmoHwhapon 
Se eenSwroeenseu 
oie eee 
-y 
matt er 
esye Hideo matter 
100.12 
.. 0.19 equal to 0.23 ammonia. 
. -11.38 
“Jons F. Hopes, M.D.” 
PS per cent. 
Water in the samxphe 
Gath duces ofta He, py 
true that 4 the eeupiies & bs, 
ila disease, very often occu a rs toa 
o-pneumonia, „ which, on he o hand 
anima E have not sufi mae 
herd. It is equall 
led by Pl oy n 
‘ 
cont 
yee interval, cme 
whic preceded the appearance o of 
pea Bi goto: urrain 
ctive to the 
to have 
po re tha: 
80,000 diedi b less than six po 
country is attributed either to the introducti 
mported Boers Hol 
dracu of a 
Le An Lisa 
English 
REA from 
0,000 i 
the number that died of the 
| fro so disoal MIO 
worn- = Agee to be parca T torda to obtain the allow- * 
ance ays Rosai 
were destroyed at the rate of 7000 } per maiti 1 e 
m murrain, and brought their 
ernment for the destruction of such as 
pe dey pot 
“The pse ETEN produce the spontaneous development 
of pulmonary murrain are said to be variable and pe tee 
weather, and hot, crowded, and foul stables. M. 
enumerates ome and especially the respiration of a cold, moist, 
ey as ‘pee geen n a 
A comparison of this analysis with others, formerly | Jaf 
ade b rse aie and Professor Hodges, of 
ini Belgium, Holland, | 3t 
result : 
RUSSIA. | BELGIUM. | HOLLAND. | IRELAND. 
ca ie re 
the breed, 
sorting that a liability to e hereditary 
This view herm aa we! with a 
m 
that the disease has never 
Average 
of two 
Samples. 
Average 4 
of two One 
Samples 
Per cent. 
ror Sample. 
r been kni 
Hereford bront of cattle, excoriing pe Te there was distinct 
f contagion 
of food. sori to have had no influence in the 
of the disease, animals 
and pipes varies from and one of the A 
extends tothe pth of 9 feet. ‘Teall the cag roj i 
removed to a level dotted d 
OF —On this nis point it is only 
part say that, where applicable, it saves from 
60.94 
00%6 
5.62 
83.93 
00.35 
1.29 
oes traces |. 6,04 E 
object of the committee, in entrusting the 
by anim: 
aggravating the disor or.” 
_ As to treatment of the dei animals a lengthened 
The 
praca | direct p of the slob land to Professor Hodges, was to 
Kyri 
rivers, or from eii sr rivers them: 
, | parts of a cd such TER had, of 
arried o it was an object to call attention to othe 
suitability of “soil so reclaimed, for the 
In man 
f the number of 
en area as compared with drains at equi- 
dita starve of 8 yards, and equidistant intervals of 
with “calli 
Er 
oper enough doubt 
no dou 
; but solid information 
of surpl and fiddle de dee.. Unless 
er Square can supply the former, 
alos allow you to supply it, a. sooner its proceedings | 
as ahei from the columns of newspapers the a 
your irn al all of whom ae my acquai 
same opinion as is here e eval rs a 
Ber 
is | Greenhow was com 
The pol 
m the sea, at t the  embonóhare of | 
f the remedy by inoculation, 
vel is referred to as a pata It was recommendel 
ee Dr. Layard exactly 100 an 
nature, causes, and cure 
then prevalent gi cattle in ae 
ms, of Hassell, 
on 
sare 
It 
1, SS 
prod 
its epad 
ably tu 
Lough Foyle, ir t the regular ro 
In confirma 
f 
Pei some fibre wn on 
rom Lough Neagh, through the ations of the Board 
of haga Works. It was ted by Captain peo 
and a mi Mea strong and reedy, and o. f goed |! 
ity. 
AR evils. 
uid | 2eport on Marrain in a Cattle, the Public a 
of eye and the E] 
tion of Saw Flesh 
the Rt. Hon. the Wolini 
Health, lam 
This report is the result of an inquiry which Dr. 
in diseases in t ndon, the means 
oftheir pomen and es and their relation to certain 
| disorders e human subject. 
Peia ocase which nedan “oven so So t is the pul- 
murrain, » OF = ‘o-pneumonia 
tion. 
on of this, pate was pasta ie the meet- | pulmon 
y reclaime 
y | culturists in 
ah eral speaking, 
a is pul ii cals pking, teow is the pir 
ns those dishriole 0 Nort rthern Germany ( 
c chief ar rays re cattle into i take 
ary m which d uring the last 
hak never edn tirely absent from the B 
dairies of Great Britain ree Sipa 
Eiei 
cattle anpren ae ciel 
cattle sold i in the 1 Metropolitan mgs nan 
1855 and 185 
clusively ii ands any atten t to 
Ls : Be on, 
which has al been 
3 mei iens 
eet but that it = taba, rp ty devel 
ecg = pins 
loped spontaen 
Tr 
now soobatalty orale ia 
and by writers for the pipa j 
been ounded 
be 
rted from 4 
ermany 
i turrain, by W which 
diseases, 
I shall apply the team boon: 
in that country.” 7 has soa 
It is “this step murrain whic! 
