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would with a favourable season produce tolerable crops 

 perhaps without much assistance from specific fertilizers. 

 The next is an experiment made by the Yorkshire 

 Societv on an exhausted clay soil. 



Tons. Cwt. 



1st, natural produce 



2d, with 12 tons dung 

 3d, „ 2 cwt. guano 

 4th, „ 2cwt.coprolit.es 



Coprolites (natural phosphates) contain about 55 per 

 cent, of bone earth. This experiment proves that, in a 

 poor clay soil, superphosphate would produce for 10s. 

 nearly three times the weight of Turnips that would 

 result from an application of guano costing 20s. As 

 far, however, as my own experience goes, I would 

 recommend that a portion — say one third guano— should 

 be used with dissolved bones for Turnip culture on 

 heavy soils, as it causes a more rapid action of the 

 manure, which is desirable in cold lands. Another 

 ■experiment showed that 10 loads of dung, with 2 cwt. 

 superphosphate, produced a heavier crop than 30 loads 

 without superphosphate; and in another instance, where 

 a field was equally dunged all over, showed that 2 cwt. 

 superphosphate (a part being manured with it for the 

 purpose of testing its efficacy) gave an increase of 5 tons 

 weight in bulb over the rest of the field where no speci- 

 fic manure was used. I could relate many similar cases, 

 but I think enough has been said to prove that phos- 

 phorus is the specific for Turnips. As many are in 

 the habit of using guano for Turnips, in preference to 

 superphosphate, I would mention an experiment that 

 was made, the result of which showed that its addi- 

 tion to the dung caused the Turnips to grow more 

 rankly, but gave a less weight of bulb per acre, 

 than dung alone — a result just contrary to the one 

 above mentioned, where the addition of superphosphate 

 gave an increase of 5 tons of Turnips per acre. Super- 

 phosphate is admirably adapted to the growth of Turnips 

 in their first stages of vegetation. It is like milk to the 

 young animal, pushing the plant forward at a time when 

 its infant system could not possibly derive sustenance 

 from rougher or less suitable food. Guano is too 

 pungent, too strong for this delicate office, and not cal- 

 culated to take the place of superphosphate, as food for 

 the young Turnip. The superphosphate I refer to is 

 that made entirely from bones dissolved in sulphuric 

 acid, and the mode of producing it is very simple. I 

 have made a great many tons for my own use, and for 

 other parties ; and the mode I have adopted is as 

 follows : — To 1 00 lbs. fine bone dust put 30 lbs. best 

 white acid and 30 lbs. water ; in making it, place a por- 

 tion of the bone dust in a tub or trough, then add water, 

 then sulphuric acid. Do this alternately, until your vessel 

 M full; the whole may then remain until cold, when it is 

 fit for use. 



MAPPINGS PRUNING KNIVES IN EVERY VARIETY, 



Warranted Good by the Makers. 



TOSEPH MAPPIN and BROTHERS, Queen's 



<J Cutlery Wobks, Sheffield; and 37, Moorgate Street, London. 



Drawings forwarded by post 



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REAPING MACHINE. 



WILLIAM DRAY and CO. '3 Book of Testimonials 

 from purchasers of their Patent Reaping Machines, also a 

 List of Prizes, and full description will be forwarded, post free, 



on application to 

 Wm. Dray & Co., Swan L ane, Upper Tham es Street, London, 



SCYTHES.— Boyd's~Patent Self-Adjusting Scythes 

 may be had of the Manufacturers, William Dray & Co., 

 Swan Lane, London, and of all Ironmongers and Seedsmen. 



A liberal allowance to the trade. 



HETHYDRAULIC RTM will raise 



water, without manual labour, to any 

 height, where a small fall can be obtained. 



PARSEY'S PATENT REVOLVING 

 PUMP lifts three times the quantity of water 

 with the same labour, than any other Pump. 

 Fire, Garden, Deep Well, Liquid Manure, 



and all other Pumps. 

 Fountains of every description erected; 



Rockwork, Grottoes, &c. 



Hose Pipe of every kind for watering 



Gardens. 



W. F. Roe (late Freeman Roe), Hydraulic 



Engineer, 70, Strand, London. 



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AT-CRUSHIING and BEaJN-SPLI ITliStf MILL 



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(Turner's No. 5). 

 This Mill is recommended to 



the use of every person keeping 

 a Horse, as superior for efficiency, 



durability, and ease in working 



Calendar of Operations. 



AUGUST. 



West Sussex, August 21.— We have now got well into harvest, 

 -and have bad 10 days of such weather for it as must have pleased 

 us all. Those of us who began about the 9th or 10th, as some 

 did, have got nearly all secured ; but it is this week which is the 

 most important for secur m- it. Wheat cutting maybe said to 

 have been general about the 15th, on the early low coast land, 

 and it is about commencing on the higher land now. The 

 appearance is good upon the ground, but the sample is not 

 \nything like last year. In every field there is more or less 

 blight, especially where it is laid. And it will not yield 

 according to appearance, but still it will be an average crop, 

 and it has not suffered so much from being low as we might have 

 expected; with Barley this is especially the case— it is good, 

 and the young Clover in it is all that could be desired. But of 

 course so much yet depends upon the weather that any estimate 

 as to the quality is premature. The barometer has been tending 

 downward since the 17th, but that may only be caused by the 

 present high wind. Since I wrote last the Potato disease has 

 shown itself in a manner not to be mistaken; it is worse than it 

 has been for several years. It came I believe about the 9th as 

 it was noticed first on the 10th, and on the 17th we found the 

 lirst Potatoes affected by it, and nownearly one-half are found unfit 

 for use. In the gardens I have seen black Currants affected at the 

 same time and in the same manner, and also the leaves of the Holly- 

 hock. The general appearance of the Tin nip crop is good but I 

 have found some Swedes rotting on the crown of the bulb and 

 the leaves drop off with a touch ; but such seems only the 'case 

 in spots, and that may only be caused by the nature of the land 

 or the manure, which was partly dung from a town. Pasture is 

 abundant, and lean stock are in demand. New corn will be in 

 the market soon, as the steamers are already engaged to thresh 

 it. But I do not think it will be pushed in so fasf as last year 

 U many found then that they were too rash, and everything 

 tends to induce them to take more time this year. G. S. ° 



; to any manufactured. Two bshls. 

 of crushed corn afford more 

 nourishment both to old and 

 young horses than three bushels 

 of uncrushed ! 



Price £5 15s. Gd. 





Made and Sold by 



E. R. &:F.:TU1;NER, St. Peter's 



Iron Works. Ipswich. _____ 



ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 



AT THE NORWICH, GLOUCESTER, LINCOLN, 

 and CARLISLE SHOWS, the I'rizefor the best LINSEED 

 and CORN CRUSHER was awarded to E. R. & F. Turner, 

 St. Peter's Iron Works, Ipswich. 



Notices to Correspondents. 



Egyptian Wheat; Anon. It is very productive of a coarse 

 sample. Yours are very fine ears ; and if there are plenty of 

 them the crop will be very valuable per acre, though not worth 

 so much per bushel as other kinds. 



Pabm Pupils : w H S. They usually pay from 100J. to 150Z. 

 a year; in the latter case, unusual advantages are to be 

 expected. 



:SM ^L C . AB ;y? : D ' We have received the following in reply to 

 lh/rp*~^: n i a . ns J er t0 ? onT correspondent < D.,' who inquires 

 thronlh t i lght *£** were blU,t that he saw passing 



it mof :i>„2 I'm 11 ,? 1 their wa ? t0 the Crimea > * s»°uld ^ink 

 Wwo?k, ^1VY % the J * ere manufacturer it the Beverley 



between 6TX) ^fnd -^ Ia ' ely ? Upplied the Government with 

 ro*!^^£l.'°£ ?* rt ?' and aDove 400 wa S **> a «d they 



Yester Deep Land Cittttrw t tt tu , , t*. 

 vervBucc^sHfniiM.iH^V- !r /7 --The work describes the 



Ebbati"3T. — For "under an avpracm »m« *i * . 



Crop « reported byM? WeUof'fr^. wVwT V h l Bar,ey 







E.R.&F. Tubneb invite the attention of Agriculturists and 

 others to the following machines of their manufacture:— 



ROLLER MILLS for Crashing Linseed, Onts, Barley, Malt, 

 &c, of various sizes, with or without Bean-mill combined. The 

 numerous prizes awarded these Mills by the Royal and other 

 agricultural societies, render comment on their meri ts unnecessary 



PATENT COMBINED GRINDING and CKUSHING MILL.' 

 for reducing Barley, &c, to a fine and soft meal, and crushing 

 Oats, Linseed, &c, is strongly recommended for the variety of 

 purposes to which it is applicable, and fur its perfect and economic 

 working. Price 251. f 



CHAFF CUTTERS, for horse or steam power, cutting three 

 lengths, with facility Tor changing the length of the cut almost 

 momentarily, and other valuable improvements. 



OILCAKE BREAKERS, made entirely of iron, with case, 

 hardened teeth ii table for all descriptions of cake. Price 3Z. 10*. 



FIXED STEAM-ENGINES, on the horizontal direct acting 

 principle. Long experience and attention to the practical work- 

 ing of steam-engines of every variety, have enabled the manu- 

 facturers to offer these Engines as inferior to none— either for 

 fficiency, economy, or durability— and at prices which will be 

 found comparatively low. 



Superior Portable Steam-Engines and Threshing Machines 



IIoim Power Threshing Machines. Circular cw Tables, One 

 ilorse Carts, and various oiher Implements, are also manu- 

 factured at the above Works. 



Illustrated Price Lists sent free on application. 



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J, nave alwivs i« 

 large assortment. These Forks and Tools are b^?.~i_ 

 upwards of 1000 of the Nobility and Farmers nS«L *£ 

 Royal Agricultural Society, who pronounce them t*U*!!L 

 ever invented, and to facilitate labour at letst mwrnS 

 Price Lists sent free on application, and Illustrated 0*2 

 of the best Farm Implements, on receipt of ei^ht pottutiZ 



WARNER'S SWING WATER-BARROf 

 (TO HOLD THIRTY GALLONS; 

 Is intended for all large Establishments where much ittr- 

 ing is done by the watering-pot. By its use much tint m. 

 labour of the Gardener are saved, particularly where the Tat 

 Pond, or Pump, is at a distance from the garden. Xiffct 

 obtained of any Ironmonger in town or country for3J.3#. 



Manufactured by 

 John Warner & Sons, 8, Crescent, Jewin S treet 



OHN WARNER AND 



Crescent, Jewin Street, 

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ENGINE 



With Warner's Kegisteito 



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as also Machinery of all kinds for ™wj£«. ft* 

 depth to any height by Steam, Horse, or ^J^*i*i 

 sent on application. Syringes of vanou iconstn 

 from 9s . upwards. Metallicjt ringfir^^ 



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a great variety of the foIlo w ,">K »"' .„ C*st-Irm\ --^ 

 very low prices), viz. :-G«rden ■ K°» e £' h n C h» *S 

 Garden Engines, Mowing Machines Gart e n p ^g. 



Garden Tools of all kinds, Garden \ «« ^ ^ „i if~ 

 variety, and a large assortment of Horn ^ 



tural Implements. , p ot TrainerM*"^ 



Ornamental Wire Flower Stands ^ jonof W* 

 Guards, Flower Bordering, and every ^ 



both plain and ornamental. Wrou ght IronFH** 



Hand Glass Frames, Cast and wrouj, F(- » 



Garden Arches, &c. w; for strained *• 



Strong Iron Hnrdles, and best Wi«w the «>**» 



Hothouses, Conservatories fte, £«* ^ «■** 



principle, either of Iron, or ° f %* ter APP«**?t»g 

 can be fixed complete, witb ' H<* ^ Manufactory^ „*r 

 of the Kingdom Show JRooma ^heon, -*«• ** 

 Street, Oxford Street, opr 

 mation may be obtained. 



rHE COMFORT of a 'fj*™^ ™><tf& 



W«ter-clowt* by the PATMU * pi»^ — W*» 



,-AN. with its self-acting val ve,en pf ^ x u 

 of cold air or effluvia. Ai rf ^noro^^^d** 

 Price 1/. Hermet.cally-se»le<l ^ Fortabl"**^* .# 



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