THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



157 



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"^viTSTGUANO, Bolivian Guano, buperpbos- 



vL #ti«. Nitrate of Soda, Sugar Scum, and every 

 !/ Sial Manures, Linseed Cakes, &c. 

 Wm • NGtisCAKinf. lO^Mark Lane, London. 



v , v uivLKK FOR SPRING SOWING. 

 waTED URATE FOR GRASS, RAPE, AND 

 CO*** 18 * 1 ALL ROOT CROPS. 



BTTPEBPHOSPHATE OF LTME. 



TONDON MAMKE COMPANY continue 



T** rA.nrp (lie above Manures, which baye been used 

 •^SK-forthelastMyeart 

 *Hi*» l f2*ii Manure Company alsc 

 ** -,r?JiL-t from importers' warehouses), Nitrate of Soda, 

 * h0 / \nrmnia, Fishery and other Salts, Hone Dust, and 

 ^^tmil manure of known value. Edward Pitbseb, sec. 

 ••ffiSo RHd^re Street, Bl.ckfriaw. 



,yaNIC MANURE COMPANY 



(j WHITE'S PATENTS. 



Offices, 37, Chabiko Caogs, London. 



Directors. , 



-* ni« J W. Fortescue. I General Macdonald, C.B. 

 ^1. i^inf' Esq I Newton S. Scott, Esq. 



* ~ sra. Merries, Farqubar, & Co., St. James's Street. 



Manure Company also supply PERUVIAN 





**^_.Mt-*M ValUnce & Vallance, 20. Essex Street, Strand. 

 *■*■"* ~ jgricvkitral Chemist— William White, Esq. 



* ' relaru— Mr. W. F. Mould. — 



Secretary 



m 



Directors invite the attention of landed proprietors, agri- 

 Ac, to the Patent Cyanic Manure, hs containing the 



ved elements of fertilisation in their just proportions : 

 T« hi therefore, confidently recommended as a very superior 



i'rSHf ft* NYheHt ' IUr,e y» 0at * Clover ' Giass > &c * Frice *' 



^cZ iws (*ith practical directions for use) may be had on 

 A JLfotioi),orwill be forwarded by post. 



Ailorters, applications for Agencies, &c, to be addressed to 

 tWlacretarv, at tlie offices of th« Company. 37. Charing C r oss. 



Tilt FOLLOWING MAxN UHhb are inamiiactured 

 it Mr. Lawks' Factory, Deptford Creek:— Turnip Manure, 

 I per ton: Superphosphate of Lime, 11. \ Sulphuric Acid and 



Ciprolites, 61. 



Office, 69, King William Street, City, London. 



N C. Genuine Peruvian Guano, guaranteed to contain 16 per 

 »ot of Minii'ii*. Nitrate of Soda, Sulphate of Ammonia, and 

 •ther Chemical Mamires^ ._ 



WHEAT AND OTHER MANURES ON SALE.— 

 The success attending the application of the manure 

 jmedaUy adapted for Wheat during the last two years, induces 

 iht irnderngntd to again offer it to the Agriculturists with con- 

 tdf Also Superphosphate of Lime, Blood Manure, Guano, 

 Nitrite of Soda, Gypsum, Salt, Peat Charcoal, and all other 

 Manures of known value.— Apply for Prices Current to MARK 

 J f EBG ILL A < <>., 204A, Tpper Thames Street, London. 



SEWAGE CHARCOAL MANURE.— This highly 

 fertilising Manure, which is Peat Charcoal completely 

 •titrated with London Sewage, will be found most efficient for 

 ererr species of crop ; more especially for Peas, Beans, Turnips, 

 JUegold Wurzel, and other root crops. It will produce a greater 

 itturn for the outlay than Guano or any other Manure at an 

 #m*ralent value: it also possesses the property of retaining its 

 /•rtilising power longer than other Manures now in use. It may 

 * obtained at the SEWAGE MANURE WORKS, Stanley 

 BrHtt, Fulbam, at 4/. per ton, and in quantities less than half 

 a tut, at 5#. per cwt., for ready money only ; and in quantities not 

 an a tern, will be delivered at the London Termini of the 

 taitoadafree of charge for cartage. No charge for sacks. 



it may also be had from Messrs. G. G ibbs & Co., 26, Down Street, 

 Piccadilly, Agricultural Seedsmen, Agents for London; Mr. H. 



ittpbell, 87, Pale Street, Glasgow; and from all the other 

 Agents of the Company. 



THE MANCHESTER SEWAGE GUAKO COM- 



-* i'ANY re>pectfully inform Agriculturists that they have 

 Bide arrangements whic h will enable them to meet the increasing 



imudfor their Manures. The MANCHESTER SEWAGE 

 a>.0 is a compost of Blood, Bones, Urine, Nightsoil, and 

 «ker Animal Matters, and highly fertilising Chemical lngre- 

 ditots, which are in a concentrated state incorporated with 

 Animal and Vegetable Charcoal, ground to a tine powder, the 

 •tofc forming a dry portable Manure. It is free from all kinds of 

 *«ds, Weeds. &c, and enriches the land to a considerable degree 

 for several years after it is used. Price 51. 5#. per ton. Net cash 

 «ndeliYery. Testimonials forwarded en application. Carriage 

 «*• to any Railway or Canal Wharf in Manchester.— John 

 THomos, Secretary f 3, Watling Street, Sbudehill, Manchester. 



THE PATENT MTRO-PHOSPHATE or BLOOD 



1 MANURE COM PAN Y.- Provisionally Registered pursuant 

 *theAct7&8Vkt. c.110. 



Abel Smith, Esq., Jun., M.P., 2, Halkin Street West. 

 tharles Dimsdale, Esq., Essendon Place, Herts, 

 tdvrtrd Ball, Esq.. M.P.,8, Belgrade Road, Pimlico. 

 M«jW-Gen. Hall, M.P., Weston Colville, Linton, Cambridge. 

 John Brady, Esq., M.P., Warwick Terrace, Belgrave Square. • 



_, Directors. 



Vtoirman -Jonzs Webb. Esq., liabraham, Cambridgeshire. 



*WrCfta*nMcm.--John Sharp, Tower Villa, Queen's Road, 

 *» lie tint's l*'ir)tt 



££ . Bel1 » Es< l-> Tottenham, Robert Leeds, Esq., West Lex- 

 ham. Norfolk. 

 Robert Morgan, Esq., 72, Cam- 

 den Villas, Camden Town. 

 Thomas Nash, Esq., Great 

 Chesterford, Essex. 

 5tS?I* nt » **sq.. Edmon- James Odams, Esq., Bishop 



Stortford, Herts. 





l KiAdlesex. 

 ^ttaydeu, Esq., Littlebury, 



Wd H unt< Fsq t ^instead 

 A W*t, Herts. 



Th 



ton. Middh^px. 



dohn CoUins, Esq., Middleton Square, Pentonville. 

 » With power to add to their number. 



«w*m,-- Messrs. Barnett, Hoare & Co., Lombard Street, 

 ■w.- Ja me8 Caird, Ehq., Baidoon, and 9, Little Ryder Sti 



Street, 



^^orj^MeftarB. Kingstbrd & Dorman, 23, Essex St., Strand. 

 ixertyrifajta Chemist.— J Ames Taylor, Esq., F.C.S. 

 Mam-factory, Plaistow Mabshks, Essex. 



acS! ^r"^ 1 " 8 of the above Company beg to call the attention 

 >iwu» r aud tbe Agricoltnral Community to their Blood 

 JBeaw Corn Rnd Turnips, which have been used with the 

 fciTuV 8UCC€8S in M P arts of England, and to assure them that 

 en ?e ^| now *fected commodious Works, with every suitable 

 *"•!«■ th C carrying on the manufacture on a large scale, 

 AgTiq^ 8 ° UDa K emeut of an experienced practical Chemist, tbe 

 •^ pSv 8 k 0t ' t ^ s countrv ^ay depend npon having a manure 

 **tt«li» u- ( * aaut y» which the Directors guarantee to be 

 "a*FhTL '* 8 *nt out in the form of a fine friable powder, which 



Thtv U 1 ] y the dril] or hand with the utm <> st facility. 

 ^Utara ^i^ 041111011 the P ublic against the attempts of spurious 

 fc*e<i J *T sJnce the introduction of this Manure, have pro- 

 ti *ftfor*» ♦ it* one Possessing similar qualities. As security, 



•loed jiJ^^SP^^Haer, every bag is marked " Odams T Patent 



ARTIFICIAL MANUKES, &c— Manufacturers and 

 others engaged in making ARTIFICIAL MANURES may 

 btain every necessary instruction for their economical and 

 rhcieut preparation, by applying to J. C. Nesdit, F.G.S., &c, 

 Principal of the Agricultural and Chemical College, Kennington, 

 London. Analyses of Soils, Guanos, Superphosphates of Lime, 

 Coprolites, &c, and Assays of Gold, Silver, and other Minerals, 

 are executed with accuracy and dispatch. 



Gentlemen desirous of receiving instructions in Chemical 

 Analyses and Assaying, will find ample facility and accommoda- 

 rion at the College. 



PERMANENT PASTURE. 



Hit. SMITHE, of Eastling, Faversham, Kent, is 

 • now prepared to send out his mixturesof the NATURAL 

 GRASSES, PERENNIAL CLOVERS, &c , &c, to lay down 

 Land to Permanent Pasture, at 25*. per acre, allowing three 

 bushels to the acre, carriage free. Mixtures for Lawn, or any 

 other purpose, or tbe sorts separate. Most of the species of 

 Grass are collected by the Adveitiser, and he will bestow the 

 greatest attention in selecting such as shall constitute mixtures 



rw r»t£#*«1 *r» *hr> tfrvil mirpoeA, <V.T . of Pilch bUVPr. 



UriA&S /M>»0 AGRICULTURAL SEEDS. 



1'HOMAS GIBBS and CO, the Seid-smen to the 

 Royal Agricultural Society of England. b*>g to inform their 

 friends and agriculturists generally that they are now prepared 

 to supply the undermentioned in any quantities required. ^ 

 Mixtures of Grass Seeds for laying down land to permanent 

 Pasture and Meadow; Irrigation or Water Meadow Mixtures; 

 Upland Sheep Walk Mixtures; Park and Field Lawn Mixtures; 

 Renovating Mixtures for old Swards; Garden, Lawn, or Grass- 

 plot Mixtures; various Permanent Grass Seeds supplied sepa- 

 rately to order; Mixtures for one year's lay, do. for two or three 

 years' lay (commonly called " seeds"). 



CLOVERS.— Red or broad leaved, white or Dutch, Red Suckling, 

 Alsike or Hybrid, Trefoil, Cow Grass or Perennial. 



RYE-GRASSES. — Italian (very fine), Annual, improved Peren- 

 nial, and other kinds. 



CARROTS.— Large White kelgtan, large field Altringliam, 

 Yellow Belgian, long Orange or Surrey. 



PARSNIPS.— G ibbs' large Guernsey Cattle, common large. 

 MANGOLD WURZ ELS.— Long Red, Orange or Yellow Globe, 



Red Globe, long Yellow. 

 CABBAGES.— Large Drumhead Cattle, Thousand headed. 



TURNIPS.— Purple-top Swedes. Green-top Swedes, Skirving's 

 Swedes, Green-top Yellow Hybrid, Red-top Yellow Hybrid, 

 Globes or Rounds, Tankard's sorts, Kohl Kabi. 



Lucerne, Broom, Furze or Gorse, Field Parsley, Rape, Seed 

 Barley sorts. Wheat sorts, Rye, Sainfoin, Tares White Mustard, 

 White Silesian Beet, Peas, Potatoes, and all other seeds for 

 the farm. 



KITCHEN GARDEN and FLOWER SEEDS, including all 

 the new and most approved varieties. Assortment* made up 

 to suit different sized gardens, or to any given amount. 

 Priced Lists of both Agricultural and Garden Seeds sent free 



by post on application to Thomas Giubs & Co., Corner of Half- 



atouitks'z AGRl CULTURAL P R fCE 

 CURRENT and FARM DIRECTORY for 



lti55 9 wi£h Newspaper Stamp to go free by post, is now 

 published, and can be had in exchange far six penny 

 stamps. 



The proprietors of this well-known and widely circulated pub- 

 lication have much pleasure in announcing another edition for 

 the present year. They have spared no expense nor trouble in 

 making it a most useiui and serviceable guide to all who take 

 n n interest in the cultivation of the soil. It contains a valuable 

 Descriptive List of all the best AGRICULTURAL SEEDS, 

 with prices affixed to every article, with cultural remarks and 

 general information as to the best varieties for various crops. 



The List of TURNIP SEEDS is very comprehensive, and is 

 embellished with an ENGRAVING of RENDLE'S IMPROVED 

 SWEDE TURNIP— a variety in great favour in the West of 



England. 



The descriptive Lists and Tables of the best selected 

 GRASSES are very complete, and will be found eminently 

 useful to all who intend laying down land for Permanent Pastuie, 

 Ornamental Parks, Pleasure Grounds, &c. 



There is a very useful ALMANACK, which has been compiled 



with much care. 



In the MANURE DEPARTMENT there is a general Price 

 Current of all the leading Manures, including Peruvian Guano, 

 Lawes' Patent Superphosphate. Nitrate of Soda, &c. 



The ORIGIN and HISTORY of PERUVIAN GUANO will 

 be found amongst its contents, as well as some excellent advice lor 

 detecting the spurious from the genuine article. The proprietors 

 have been favoured with some good sound advice to Farmers on 

 this point by J. C. NtSBir, Esq., the celebrated Agricultural 



Chemist. They have also reprinted Professob Way's Lecture 



on the same subject, from the Gardeners' Chronicle, read to the 

 Members of the Royal Agricultural Society. 



Descriptive articles relating to Lawes' Patent Superphosphate, 

 Nitrate of Soda, the new Mexican Guano, and other manures 

 will also be found verv useful and interesting. 



The "SUPERPHOSPHATE CONTROVERSY" in the Ply- 

 mouth Papers is also given at length. The whole of the letters 

 are reprinted irom the Plymouth herald. In this Controversy 

 tbe " Gypsum mixers" are hilly exposed by Mr. J. Pridkaux, the 

 eminent Agricultural Chemist. 



A valuable 

 Edition by M 

 as well as an article on "Liquid Manure "' by the same gentleman. 



The Proprietors have also much pleasure in stating that they 

 have been iavoured with two Original Articles, by <J. B. Lawes, 

 Esq., Rothamsted, the celebrated Agricultural Chemist, on 

 " The Artificial Manures most suitable /or the Growth if Barley " 

 and •' The Cultivation o/one Grain Cropqjter another on heavy land.' 1 



1 There will be a good Engraving of the CEDE US DEODARA, 

 one of the hardiest and best varieties of Cedars ever introduced, 

 and prices of various Forest Trees, Shrubs, and Fruit Trees. 

 Engravings and descriptions of a great many Agricultural 



ALSIKE CLOVER (TR1FOLIUM HYBRIDUWj. 



SUTTON and SONS have sume pure genuine Seed 

 of this superior new CLOA'EE. which will be found an 

 invaluable Perennial Plant. 



ITALIAN RYE-CRASS. 



DICKENSON'S ITALIAN RYE-GRASS may be 

 obtained true of Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Beading. 



Priced Lists post free. 



H 



Lcuiiurai i*uemis(. 



I Paper has also been written expressly for this 

 r. R. Errim.ton on the '• Cultivation o/ the Potato; 1 



Implements are also added in the present Edition, and amongst 

 them will be found M'CORMICK'S AMERICAN REAPER, 

 GARDNER'S TURNIP CUTTER, SAMUELSOVS REGIS- 

 TERED LAWN MOWER, PATENT LIQUID MANURE 



Cflnau,:""!!' uid sold only by the authorised Agents of the 

 ^«W ' >n '* lld UraW M * nure » 7I - 10s P* r ton - 



PATENT AMERICAN CHURN, and PARKED STEEL 

 DIGGING FORKS. 



Descriptions are also given of the New CHINESE POTATO 

 (Dioscorea Batatas) and the FLUKE KIDNEY POTATO, a 

 sort highly recommended in the Midland Counties. 



At the request of several correspondents the Publishers 

 hare printed the present Edition the size of the u Gardeners' 



Chtomcle," so that those who wish it can bind it with the 



" ■' ' ' " n It contains 28 



CLOVER SEEDS. 



ENUINE NEW CLOVEll SEEDS can be had 

 T at the lowest marlet prices of JOHN SUTTON 

 iSc SONS, Seed Growers, Readii*g, Berks. • 



WHITE BELGIAN CARROT SEED. — Pub- 



** chabbrs OF Large QUANTITIES will be treated liberally. 

 For prices apply to Si'iton & Soks, Seed Growers, stating 



the quantity required. t 



SKIRVING'S SWEDE SEED. — Puucmaskrs of 

 Large Quantities will be treated liberally.— For prices, 

 apply to Suttos & Sons, Seed Growers, Reading, statlug the 

 quanfitv required. 



TO WHEAT GROWERS. 



pETER LAWSON and SON, the Quekn's Seed 



I- men, Edinburgh and London, have received from North- 

 West America a small quantity of two new kinds of WHEAT, 

 which they are sending out in packets containing 200 grains. 

 One kind is named Club- headed, cultivated by the old Califor- 

 nia n*. Tlie yield is said to be very large, and forms a very 

 beautiful delicate-coloured sample. Price 20s. per packet, con- 

 taining 200 seeds. 



The other kind is evidently a variety of Triticurn durum, with 

 •did stalks. It is verv early, and well adapted for Hpring sowing. 

 Price lbs. per packet, containing 200 seeds.— Orders may be sent 

 to Pet in LAwson & Son, in Edinburgh; or direct to their 

 London House, 27, Great George Street, Westminster. 



T*HE GENERAL LAND DRAINAGE AND IM- 

 PROVEMENT COMPANY. 



Incorporated by Spicial Act of Parliament, 

 Offices, 52, Parliament Street, London* 



Directors. 



IIknry Ker Peymrr, Esq., MP., Otairmon. 



Sir John V. Sufi t.f .y, Bart . M.P., Pejmty-Chairtrum 



3U 



W( 



eorge Thomas Clark. Esq. 

 John C. Cobbold, Esq. M.P. 

 Sir William Cnbitt, 1 .R.S. 

 Henry Currie, Esq. 

 Thomas Edward Dicey, Esq. 



William Fisher Hobbs, Esq. 

 Edward J. H urchins, Esq., Al.P. 



SirS. M. Peto, Part. 

 William Tite. Esq.. F.R.S. 

 William Wilshere, Esq. 



Empowered to execute Drainage, Road-making, and other 

 Land Improvements, and to Erect Farm Buildings upon Estates 

 under Settlement, Mortgage, or otherwise; or Church property, 

 and without investigation of Title to charge the whole outlay and 

 expenses upon the Estate, to be repaid by instalments spread 

 over any period determined by Landowners within the limits of 

 50 years for Drainage and Roads, and 31 years lor Farm Buildings. 



Landowners may arrange with the Company for the execution 

 of tne works by their own agents, with the use of their own or 

 the I 'omyanVs Ca pital. Willi Am Cm i >bp. Be e. 



MiE LANDS IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, 



INCORlOBATED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT FOR 



England and Scotland.— To Landowners, the Clergy, Soli- 

 citors, Surveyors, Estate Agents, &c— Loans may be contracted 



Planting, Machinery, &c. The plans (of buildings), speeihea- 

 tions, and estimates are prepared by the proprietors, and are 

 submitted to the approval of the Enclosure Commissioners. Pro- 

 prietors may avail themselves of the powers ot the Act to recover 

 from the inlieritance their own funds to be expended on improve- 

 ments. They may also apply jointly for the execution of a 

 mutual improvement, such as a common outfall, &c. For forms 

 of application, Ac, apply to the Hon. Wm. Napieb, Managing 

 Director. 2, Old Palace Yard, Westn.inster ! ; ^ _ 



/COLLEGE of AGRICULTURE and CHEMISTRY, 



VV and of PRACTICAL and GENERAL SCIENCE, 37 and 



38. Lower Kennington Lane. Kennington, near London. 



Principal— J. C. Nesbit, F.G.S„ F.C.S., &c. 



The system of studies pursued in the College comprises every 

 branch requisite to prepare youth for the pursuits of Agriculture, 

 Engineering, Mining, Manufactures, and the Arts; for the Naval 

 and Military Services, and for the Universities. 



Analyses and Assays of every description are promptly and 

 accurately executed at the College. The terms and other par- 

 ticulars mav behsd on application to the Principal. 



THE CONSULTING CHEMIST op the ROYAL 

 AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY of ENGLAND (Mr. Way) 

 is about to REMOVE his LABORATORY from 23, Holies 

 street, to 15, Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square, where, alter the 

 25th of March, all communications and substances for analysis 

 should be addressed. Mr. Way receives pupils into his labora- 

 torv for the study of Agricultural Chemistry. 



Eite Agricultural ©ajfttr- 



SA TURD A Y, MARCH 



MEETINGS FOB THE ENSUI 



10, 1855. 

 WEEK. 



Wednkidai, March 14 -Agricultural Society of England. 







» for Us, 



•^ttonTTtw 1 ^ *<*•"- From 2 to 3 cwt. per acre, according to the 

 **>w B htw *° il - Xt m *y eith <* be drilled in with the >eed, 

 T *miD mIJ **« ; if the l*tter, it snould be well harrowed in. 



A Ppiicahnn ? l ? ny R * iiw *y Station or Wharf in London. 

 r ^ aha*, w . 1 * m * lki t0 Odams, Pickfobd. & Keek, Agents 

 WT *»3o, Uadenhall Street, London. 



Il 





present volume of that veduuble Paper, 

 folio payes, " Chronicle " size. 



Copies can be procured, price 6d. each, or free to purchasers of 

 seeds; andean be obtained through the medium ot any book- 

 seller in the United Kingdom, from the 



LONDON PUBLISHING OFFICE, 294. STRAND; 

 Or from the Proprietors, W t illiam E* Rkndlf. & Co., Seed 

 Merchants, Plymouth. 





Last Wednesday Mr. Lawes read a very valuable 

 paper on Town Sewage, in which an immense 

 mass of experimental and other research was brought 

 to bear upon that important subject. The main 

 result at which he arrived was that something more 

 than 10,000 tons of ammonia, and 5000 tons of 

 phosphates are annually washed into the Thames. 

 A quantity of manure equal to the production of 

 600,000 quarters of Wheat is thus annually wasted. 

 We' shall hereafter give the details of the most 

 interesting investigation by which he arrives at 

 these startling results ; at present we must confine 

 ourselves to the bare mention of them. 



To the discussion which followed Mr. Lawbs's 

 paper the best contribution was that of Mr. Chad- 

 wick. He considered Mr. Lawfss estimates con- 

 siderably under the truth, seeing 

 confined them simply to the question of excremen- 

 titious matter, whereas in every household there was 

 a grtat deal of other waste which also found its way 

 into the sewers. Referring to the experience of the 

 great London Water Companies, Mr. Chadwick 

 declared that it was possible to pump up and 

 deliver water by pipe at a distance of 20 miles for 



that he had 



