THE 
AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE.. 
491 
ted to Poit or “The straw is sof mod 
es good fodder ; and the grain yields and 
week earlier than the Potato Oat, 
eh pee niy o of iere but:an inferior sample of 
cipally hire, where it is said to 
t crops ; lanl E Mr. eam says that when tried 
other parts of Scotland the orm has not been equal to tha » 
in pme 
mive me 
hite colour; 
It is well E for our 
undant 
uite black, rather long, ata not m ach | 
ramet of onsite y 
fieira 
e fen “distri on 
soils of secre pra in n nigh pr low Wing districts, 
sometimes grown s termed hard black land, 
35 Ibs. to 28 Ibs. per bushel, and om ut 
S Ibs. to 41 Ibs. per mirame 
part a farmer owes an 
f 
is better than with 66 bushels of black Oats 
onl, oduce of meal into account 
or ree —_ ic 
rwise their | 
te both in quality oat Fy quantity. 
Eanan memoranda are for the most.part from the pen of 
the late Mr. =, f Drumnod, Fifeshire. ] 
OMY 
ECO IN BREAD. 
‘Tue high price of provisions of all kinds has 
yet the 
has diseove 
oaching, indeed, * ec- 
tion; tx; thesoonr it it ge wee tias the scientific j ournals the | to 
s; have ue 
send your readers prac 
s; and. may. wo tert this with the old id English 
ae the oo 
“ Cerealine” 
sina 
ee aaa the ae 
oan ‘that: of 
he increase (152 Ibs. Ibs. 
of esr it well 
Mean- 
ad.—In ‘the “Weekly Enter- 
bsi 
rofit than bread i in the: common way. 
kneaded ‘with 
0z, and producing only 69 Ibs. 8 oz 
very tall, straight, = 
g. |P 
n e. The wi weight per bushel on wpe and re 
d endeavour to get a 
per grtais — 
‘demurred ; an 
- SATS analysis c of which 
proces 
md 
y pani TRDE added,” as of course the 
result ens “following 
| d prin 
an meee araen he: took“5 ‘Ibs. of bran, 
“strained from |m 
more t than eari Boy 
it is less ikjet to evaporation 
eat. 3. A greater pana of p» necessary to m 
ihe dough, viz. :—3 
5 Ibs. 
and 
bre own beid rier facts cas 
ing at the e experiment in a ch emical point of view 
there is no doubt the Scala n of nag would have 
ry considerable effect on th fiat 
Towards the end of 1853, a discovery was announced in 
aris, by whic 
could be mad 
isa brief — 
‘CA very re able took place on Thursday last, 
atthe Mary! shone Wacthouss, the Messrs. Sklep, Martin, & 
is ournet, a French firm, who e rtook to demonstrate before 
committee of the Board of G pran oo t, 
modification in the fermenting “proa 
om a given weight sape could me rar to at least 
agent cent. © This si thod was invented bya seei 
ri ppup a pupil of Or: fila. Two sacks of flour were m 
ae of, both come oi aaa Bie hc the authorities of the 
workhouse. of t epost ordinai 
the other ik the jated Pres A 
ails were in the hiban Baesa stir The first a 
converte here E E E ose 90 1 
weighing 360 lbs. The second bag of fl aced in the hands 
A “the Pench ns produced 134 aes: parae r 520 lbs., 
ving a rease of ve yaey 50 per cent., under circum- 
diena i s to the owners of the secret. The 
new and stran 
h 7 cry. 3 
half a ı pound a 
Owing toits gluti- | 
ad | or iasan the time that ma 
was admitted by ` the spectators — shy 
drawbacks a. 
had Bete; their expectation 
Se hot ee doe e fi 
h the nák anadh as as ingredi 
in the loaf by the most oe chemi 
To this last assertion Professor 
technic, EN D oft 
weighty substance mixed 
can be discover 
Pepper, of the Poly- 
heir bread 
cage joined :— 
ed | from one 
| the e spade than by t the —_ implements for the e purpose 
rses om objections to the 
aN 
the er be of providing so great ceed 
uired a e seasons of the year 
ome mess! r than ow oe if the quantity of produce 
circu srg 
d . pared. Atvany rate, under man 
the ined might more puma supersede th pE 
both to individual advan E to the benefit of 
ing 
| OEI emt such eir circumstances as t 
up of w bounding with pare i ` 
stones, no other Array irga valtivation than by the-spade 
can Ae: 
tual cost of digging will vary according to the 
fate raos of work, that can be puuma in a given time, 
in the per- 
ac riven s 
enced by the 
ibeleections ‘hat may be 
Thus, 3 in ath ees to a depth from 9 to 12 
inches on soil recently tilled, a statute acre will 
employmen’ accustomed to work with a 
a a will b 
state of 4 te » soil, a i men 
grown a root crop w 
or clone baw will: require 
ae 
been 
m 18 to 24, or even some- 
G, that is, digging the surface to 
hó thet depth above utitod, por forking the subsoil without 
bringing itto the surface, which is in we a me a 
subsoil ploughing, will require, w oo 
pesn to prevent the use of a broad ‘septetaiit for nakien 
a half to double ane labour o 
sae hard 
sol a a 
ratory, ROR Palpechni T Institution, 
aie re 
ner ni seins my experiments and microscopic ex 
inations this man bg: the awh cnt heno 
mu! 
more convinced 
water- Keeping property upon the cee enw = the new 
mined for glu 
1000 grains of each bread e been 
The French omens gra 87% caer ate the iret 964 gra 
Now, the increased weight of gluten in the ore found by | 
working the 100 into 529 and 3 ust have 
an. 
an 
» flow ja asco 
pow ring its prawns into bread ; 
and the following analysis, d deduced from the qua: ~~ of water | 
and ten 
os, an can go i— 
291 a French bread con- gt ake: 5 Workhouse bread | 
oe 
Glu amie wee 
Starch, sugar, gum 
er es ne 
ina “a -12| Wat 
Starch from Rice added .. 
Starch, sugar, gum .. 174 
is .. ee. 
Glute: 34 
Gluten ( ossibly from semo- 
529 
“The aboveanalyses. receive a further verifieation from the 
recipe sent to-me anonymously from 
pie i Mane eee meen 
the best American Ri a thie Popre 
pc swell; boil it for three or fou 
smooth nea setae w the dough 
doug’ 
to 30‘Ibs. of ex- 
wor 
work a certain 
loaves and i itwill be ean to evict ce from 2 
Sate . Clapperton, baker, Mortimer 
ra ee ie eaten) 26 Ibs. 13 o7s. of 
which, i, multiplied te 20, afford 536 Ibs.4 ozs. from 
14 being: 280/lbs. ; being 7 lbs. more 
gthe bread with the boiled Rice, Mr. Clapperton 
and he will be happy to:make any quantity for the curious, or 
ose doubtful of the fact. 
*<Joun HENRY PEPPER, 
“t Professor of Chemistry, Royal gesagt Institution, 
“FR OR. ACB, &e..: 
This Ricy bread i > very sweet, pleasant, and wholesome, 
and han pery 
wil eb 
us, and no ots so o 
ion. Th t India Rice 
er the = soot ‘ba, which Pear be skimmed off. 
n boiling th the required paste or Man should 
ois 
ing water or 
: = alae 
ON DIGGING AND ‘TRENCHING, 
Mven , 
piires ut it 
‘of one ‘fifth ; while the ‘bran, after 
ty, is eq fit for many 
under many circumstances, 
spade or the fork with great advantage ov over the: e plough, 
a enna mS ea of grissa 
c | Where labourers A airain as in 
rae J districts, especially 
ran fr abou at other employmen ment tillage operations Aranan eA 
iioi t the | cum 
obtained, will approach the truth as as the | 
derately 
TRENCH, with two spits following each other oe 
toa depth of 18 inhee—in which the first or surface = 
turned down in the bottom of ‘the trench, and 
d, ‘and 
e operation 
mching a involve ‘the siibut of one man 
| for from vw. to 30 wee 
Pi und that Hai been previously dug with- 
generally be done at about 
gging. 
a trenchi 
t for loosening ad sub-" 
The best size of spade is 
wide; the. “fork es be a the same 
spade, 
in order to combine 
att Pood dli <he made entirely of 
either r implement enna ket 
r 
nd pointing, per 
ps vrs an 1:160th part oe a statute 
a 
ch- |18-inches | 
ing. deep. 
square sn of 30} square 
NATURE or GROUND.|9 to 12 in./] 
deep. 
Light free ant 
Ordinary loam 
ten eee eee 
pee thickly <en- 
mbered 
ts 
with 
à| 
6), thoy | 
e open burn 
our — ie the bottom ; but on mor inja Sorra of eeiam 
be heated only by th steam, 
ry loam, so 
oo a gi the product of 
hy tho tar meer roa “n te cgay my 
Dar rél--the mte : 
the cost per rod of trenching a compact 
bsoil to a depth of 18 inches, so that the workmen 
adh Be! Spor aa y. 
oo o product of which, — 
