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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
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[SEPTEMBER 26, 1857. 
being again covered but left exposed to immediate 
atmospheric contact. In I do not find that 
“EB M's” experiment is entitled to aay claim on 
ifica tion of the plan I see 
eer seems | 
bee 
1s paper 
e Lois-Weedon system is ft 
broit Pm Aer by r foe wi t being ca 
disease i 
which may in any way ead: to geike, “it. apie to its in 
‘vassed 
J. M. Goodiff. 
Aevielys. 
Report on = prei 7 Dedova and Utilising the 
Sewag ge. By Henry Austin, C.E., 
Chief. Superintending Inspector of the Bow ard of 
Health. Presented to 
her Maj 
We refer to the existence of bev blue book for 
ve a 
w 
pity atdnegh s xpense, if unavoidable, 
reo R bei ine “ie to avoid any sen Ae: nt danger 
o the population appears that other deodorising 
hiera are not eiie e of that np i power. 
it is most important, therefore, to determ 
brys os ap elements i in the r pene re ve: 
such fi racticall 
pocorn nosy aitheie-tn in the olid state or the liquid os m, without any ‘of the offensiveness c 
so as to avoid the i os a oe ous fro 
waste of throwi 
es, and enorm 
poeg the sewage. 
e and value of the chemical con- 
analyses of solid sewage manures, 
various patents, show, that although f r the m 
possessing a they do not 
the high prices at which they Have Been bev 
public ; nor there appear to ce of any 
It results ‘dae rd iene woo whieh will 
support such a view of their val 
“That t re Hewat excrement of a dry 
por at Paris, although rea- 
is a pg only where 
the ool sy: to an aggravation 
of the nuisance of that system, which due regard for the 
health would not tolerate. 
MAY 
manure, as practised 
results of greater value, 
mw 
> no fa 
“That the of the manure in a given i o five children. Now, le 
quantity of sewer water may be readily determined, | Paterfamilias get sick—let corn be dear—let i en 
and, there that the corresponding quantity of come—let the wife be a seri fee sole window face 
water which must be a) to conv the east—let the elder children me from their 
required quantity of such manuring elements on to the | work in wet clothes, to be laid at ‘night int the e only bed- 
land, may be at any time known. room all together the long night—“ father i is 
That although such immens results | sick and cannot bear the window open,” and there is no 
have been o m irrigation water | chimney—must not the air become taminated, and 
at Edinburgh, the method employed has given rise to | must not the woman send for the doctor? 
plaint of nuisance. _ That this arises for the | new workhouse probably taught him what real 
e ans foul deposits in wide ditches, and ventilation can do, but what can he do here? é 
e evapo surfaces of the sewage y | window, few inches while he is present, will 
posed in the channels of t closed the moment disappears ; and he looks about 
“That all such sources of nuis are | for a chimney, and there is none. The thing he 
mons ray should not be Paper's same ne could do would be to jae his Mibi pn n through a 
pha Ape that the sewage should be | pane or two of glass, d look unkind to do so, 
hoye act of irrigation of each portion | and “ ” would porte ted staff them with old 
it would be be immediately absorbed | “father cannot bear t ” “How have you no 
chimney?” he asks t the owner, “ 
naa whether from discharge of the se sewage into the 
it a apuieln desirable that the s 
de doodo g materia 
M?” he | of its solid matter, 
n his w ghbouring lands in 
; I assure him they ta 5 wht Sais method pA application 
The spread of a thee practised should, if not n 
ed- 
y anxious agree and that nat sliculd > hirot, as in 
friend o; 
| by the hose and from 
| pipes on So oe: bee been found, by the aeit Ji of 
efor dra 
ed to the has 
his 
imits bods to be tolerably elear 
i is new; but t 
| does not 
and streams, or from its application to the land, 
olid matter aay in 
ogee: from the quid 
eap porta 
thon for use in the im 
n to the surrounding land, and prepar if desir- 
able, ‘with other manuring ingredients for ‘particular S 
a 
d That t the r smg pena of the sewage, thus cleared 
but Ae retaining its chief value as 
be appli h benefit to the 
any AE, but rg ites d 
of the sewage is 
turally Seton Pad artificially 
ed to bec stagnan 
e likely t w ETE 
Ponce ag Tg inhabitants, or in cattle ex- 
ined ; as the liquid, if. allow 
in common irri 
> in the 
influe 
“That the distribution of jpam in the ep tom state 
put it in.” 
blessing, pure air, 
e town, or such other | a 
e most hommes for appli- 
ense 
the generation and propagation o The 
simple the agency the more effective, IL RC. 
Ti 
So little importance is pip si to that great 
Under su circumsta: 
me he the 
more 
8, in 
Relations of Landlord and A —While I te 
encor 
system o ergroun 
ngland and Scotland, most 
' adva iaoa; a and that the outlay. for such je =s is con- 
sidered by eminent agriculturists, who have had expe- 
rience of their na as a very ie olay, i irre- 
| Beve: 
unless conjoined ore ample an 
ney ig mach l -e quantities o 
in less 
y s 
mbinatio init nt tas pipe system with the 
lords—that bay are only fieft 
progress, I hike also say that a large oo rests 
n the o pe aoe 
as land. 
s of the ee laces 
as aon me ae ont ha tg 1 Joyal subjects of our beloy. 
d gracious Sov H is, I ‘think ra = 
werin o, the ag hich w “wee 
aro with i cite link eda that we all h rat 
property for the Racer of the 
ords prac 
But how do andlor actically 
this responsibility, ge “he mA pora ia have the aea 
no of our lands t 
eplete with anti. 
an quated anie inen the pri of former 
and w wholly u nadapted to the 
ing more eir 
wn interests when they had an intelligent curt 
farmer for a tenant, and one anxiou s to improve, to 
subsidiary ab ‘erigat by small contour gutters, 
practised by ae ._ Bickford of Crediton. (Journ. Eng. 
Agri. Soe 
cae: the. solid sewage manure, prepared and deodo- 
rised a: ve pro may be anywhere used, and any 
quantity "of the liquid applied on n absorbent or properly 
ined land, without any ris ie Be o health, 
om farm-yar and other solid Ate applied as top- 
ings.’ 
Misc ellaneous. 
Queen’s College, Birmingham.—We ar 
Tops that t sgn ge for Honours in the 
i several 
ildr 
e that mearen attention 
oa directed wal late to these m 
and cities, =e Iw: 
a se n: 
eon 
ever 
mediate ne diphbourliood two cottages 
hao ah lately 1 built—of stone walls and slated roo 
andasmaller back kitchen downstairs. Th 
and, being new, have a cleanly 
fessional fs oe ey eee eS 
antly seo = 
sho’ 
e happy to 
- | does 
the | ho 
pri 
= 
at present. Not that I Sge wish 
and covenants to farm 
a 
than when permitte sa 
properties of the manure heap. Rev 
tices to Corresponden 
KoHL RABI: § X. The roots are pulled and eer 
and carried home. The leaves are stripped, an 
úp as a Turnip. You must not Aired iat 
meri bg 
Porna poet el MAA vaso x e paar 4 would cot- 
ina come Wer 
A 
font advise that. he; tho old, ono b. 
e distance he water, 
y of his back 
in which are thar stairs by which he rarena 
may e 
sat the floor looking well, for it 
hic 
ae 
boa nortan ee ea 
er li a part of. f the da; 
her leave of pei We find no fault hai be given 
er of feeding, but suggest on a e du tié tobe 
piasty c of Barleymeal, and a little w 
grad Smet s 
PING Macuine Triats: R. These wi We take fol- 
much interest as in Engli at Hamilton 
lowing tables from an account of com there were 
and at At the former sem: 13 combined 
entered for trial 17 mowers, 16 reapers, tested by the 
rea ; 
wing results :— Pike 
mips omare foot 5 inches 
Ohio harvester . 425 * peg ee 
Iron do. .. 375 .. a 5 i p 
Hilts’ do. 325 . s raa 
Allen’s mower o. “oe "En 
Atkin’s 825. =e ea 
Kirby's . = 362 . Ae er oe, 
Whiteby’s ; = ve el oe 
Manny’s.. i : ie Fe 3 
H. T Mann's . 375 . sie K A s 
Ohio mow š e .. ee a bo 
Ball, Aultman & Go. - oo se te te 
Ball, A o. = o 
The reaping machi ines Phat ‘by ike Seco ; 
the following results :— are swat. 
LBS, DRAFT. feet 6 inch™ 
eee a 
oe ae ae e: r 
Whit, teby’s. << O : : f Ka 
= ae - 250 . yh ~ 
are. ee ee a ; s 10» 
Iron harvester . 250 .. . eu Cr 
Ohio ee: oe 275 “ "4 A ea bia 
J.J.Mann&Son .. 300 --  -- tee” 
= ick ae 4 i PETE a 
en 295 facti mhi EPT E 
The The prizis wors were awarded as follows. p Dewite 
to Manny's combined, entered by Baldy 
es 
