Dec. 29, 1855.] 



THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



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PERUVIAN GUANO, Bolivian Guano, Superphos- 

 phate of Lime, Nitrate of Soda, Sugar Scum, and every 

 description of Artificial Manures, Linseed Cakes, &c. 



WM. Inglis Carne, 10, Mark Lane, London. 



tSeRUVIAN GUANO*— Aa Agents of the Peruvian 



jl Government for the Importation and Sale of this valuable 

 MANURE, we think it right, for the protection of consumers and 

 pectable dealers, to apprise them that the adulteration of the 

 article is still extensively practised, and to recommend them to 

 -m,ly either to ourselves ; to our agents, Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, 

 4 Co., of Liverpool and Bristol; or to dealers of established 

 character, in whose honesty and fair dealing they can place 

 implicit confide nce.— Antony Gibbs & Sons. 



T^lLfcT FOLLOWING MANURES are manufactured 

 at Mr. L awes' Factory, Deptford Creek :— Turnip Manure, 

 ".per ton; Superphosphate of Lime, 71.; Sulphuric Acid and 

 Coprolites, 61.— Office, 1, Adelaide Place, London Bridge. 



N.B. Genuine Peruvian Guano, guaranteed to contain 1G per 

 cent, of ammonia. Nitrate of Soda, Sulphate of Ammonia, aud 

 other Chemical Manures. ___ 



rPHE LONDON MANURE COMPANY'S NITRO- 



X PHOSPHATE OR WHEAT MANURE FOR AUTUMN 

 SOWING. — This Manure, composed of blood, animal matter, 

 and dissolved bones with silicates, is most strongly recommended 

 to the notice of Agriculturists. It contains from 7 to 8 per cent, 

 of nitrogen, in a form yielding ammonia by slow decomposition, 

 and is therefore particularly adapted for Wheat. The quantity 

 required is 2 to 3 cwt. per acre drilled in with the seed. Price, 

 per ton, 11. 10$. in London. 



PERUVIAN GUANO, FISHERY SALT, and every other 

 MANURE on best terms, strictly warranted. 

 40, Bridge Street, Blackfriars. E. Purser, Sec._ 



S~"~EWAGE CHARCOAL MANURE.— This highly 

 fertilising Manure, which is Peat Charcoal completely 

 saturated with London Sewage, will be found most efficient for 

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

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

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

 equivalent value: it also possesses the property of retaining its 

 fertilising power longer than any other Manures now in use. It 

 may be obtained at the SEWAGE MANURE WORKS, Stanley 

 Bridge, Fulham, at 41. per ton, and in quantities less than hall 

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

 less than a ton, will be delivered at the London Termini of the 

 Railroads free of charge for cartage. No charge for sacks. 



It may also be had irora Messrs. G. Gibbs & Co., 26, Down Street, 

 Piccadilly, Agricultural Seedsmen, Agents for London, and from 

 all the oth er Agents of the C ompany. 



ARTIFICIAL MANURES, &c— Manufacturers and 

 others engaged in making ARTIFICIAL MANURES may 

 obtain every necessary instruction for their economical and 

 efficient preparation, by applying to J.C. Nesbit, 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 accommodation at the College. 







OWNERS OF SETTLED ESTATES and OTHERS 

 desirous of availing themselves of the various recent Acts 

 of Parliament, by which they may charge their Estates with 

 money expended in the Improvement, Conversion, and Reclama- 

 tion of Land, by Drainage, Irrigation, Embanking, Inclosing, 

 making Farm-roads, Clearing, the erection of Farm-buildings 

 and Machinery, Planting and other Agricultural Improvements, 

 ■are respectfully informed that Messrs. Hewitt Davis & Francis 

 Vigers undertake to advise and furnish Plans and Estimates, 

 and if required, will contract to do the works, and dispose of the 

 Rent charges.— 3, Frederic k's Place, Old Jewry , London. 



DRAINING BY STEAM POWER. 



JOHN FOWLER is prepared to undertake Contracts 

 for DRAINING LAND by his PATENT STEAM PLOUGH, 

 at prices varying, according to depth and distance, from 31. to bl. 10s. 

 per acre, inclusive of tiles, main drains, and all other expenses. 

 Contracts executed with great rapidity, and tiles manufactured 

 on the s pot, wh ere suitable clay exists.— Temp le Gate, Bristol. 



T~AND~miAINAGE BY CONTRACT, in Large 



Ju or Small Quantities, undertaken by Thomas Scott, Land 

 Agent, 5, Ch aring Cross, London. 



IMPROVEMENT OF LAND. 



Tenants fop. Life ANn Others. 



MR. HUMBERT, of Watford, Herts, a Land 

 Agent and Surveyor of more than 20 years' experience, 

 offers advice to Landowners having but limited or life interests, 

 as to the means by which they can effect improvements without 

 -an immediate outlay ; and his services in Erecting and Improving 

 Farm Buildings, in Draining, Reclaiming, Planting, and Road- 

 making by contract or commission, and the general Improve- 

 ment of Land; also in Falling and Selling Timber, in the Transfer 

 and Management of Estates, and the Enfranchisement of Copy- 

 holds. Mr. Humbert has long been largely interested in Landed 

 Property, an d is authorised to refer to h is employers. ^ 



THE GENERA I7LAND DRAINAGE AND IM- 

 PROVEMENT COMPANY 



Offices, 52, Parliament Street, London. 

 Henry Ker Seymer, Esq. M.P., Chairman. 



1. This Company is incorporated by Act of Parliament to faci- 

 litate the Drainage of Land, the Making of Roads, the Erection 

 of Farm Buildings, and other Improvements on all descriptions of 

 Property, whether held in fee, or under entail, mortgage, in trust, 

 or as ecclesiastical, or Collegiate Property. 



2. In no case is any investigation of Title necessary. 



3. The Works may be designed and executed by the Land- 

 owner or his Agents, independently of the Company's officers, or 

 he may elect whether he will employ their staff. Equal faci- 

 lities WILL BE AFFORDED IN EITHER CASE. 



4. The whole cost of the works and expenses will, in all cases, 

 be charged on the Lands improved, to be repaid by half-j early 

 instalments. 



5. The term of such charge may be fixed by the Landowner, 

 and extended to fifty years for Land Improvements and 

 THiRTy-oNE years for Farm Buildinos, whereby the instalments 

 will be kept within such a fair percentage as the occupiers of the 

 improved Lands can afford to pay. William Clifford, Sec. 



f 1 URIGI DOMO."— Patronised by her Majesty the 



-T Queen, the Duke of Northumberland for Syon House, his 

 <*race the Duke of Devonshire for Chiswick Gardens, Professor 

 Lindlev for the Horticultural Society, Sir Joseph Paxton for the 

 Crystal Palace, Royal Zoological Society, late Mrs. Lawrence, of 

 Ealing Park, and — Collier, Esq., of Dartford. 



PROTECTION FROM MORNING FROST. 



"FRIG I DOMO," a Canvas made of patent prepared Hair 

 and Wool, a perfect non-conductor of Heat and Cold, keeping, 

 wherever it is applied, a fixed temperature. It is adapted for 

 all horticultural and floricultural purposes, for preserving Fruits 

 and Flowers from the scorching rays of the sun, from wind, 

 from attacks of insects and from morning frosts. To be had in 

 *ny required length, 2 yards wide, at Is. 6d. per yard run, of 

 Elisha Thomas Archer, whole and 3 



COLLEGE of AGRICULTURE and CHEMISTRY, 

 and of PRACTICAL and GENERAL SCIENCE, 37 and 

 Lower Kennintrton 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 Coljege. The terms and other par- 

 ticulars may be had on application to the Principal. 



Mr. Nesbit is prepared to make engagements to deliver in 

 the country a limited number of Lectures on Agricultural 

 Chemistry during the ne xt twel vemonth. 



""waterproof paths, 

 barn and cattle shed floors. 



I^HOSE who would enjoy their Gardens during the 

 - winter months should construct their walks of PORTLAND 

 CEMENT CONCRETE, which are formed thus:-Screen the 

 gravel of which the path 13 at present made from the loam which 

 is mixed with it, and to every part of clean gravel add one of sharp 

 river sand. To five parts of Rich eqnal mixture add one of Port- 

 land Cement, and incorporate the whole well in the dry state before 

 applying the water. It may theu be laid on 2 Inches thick. Any 

 labourer can mix and spread it. No tool is required beyond the 

 spade, and in 4S hours it becomes as hard as a rock. Vegetation 

 cannot grow through or upon it, and it resists the action ol the 

 severest frost. It is necessary, as water does not soak through it, 

 to give a fall from the middle'of the path towards the sides. 



The same preparation makes first-rate paving for HAKNS, | 

 CATTLE-SHEDS, FARM-YAHDS, and all other situations 

 where a clean, hard bottom is a desideratum. May be laid ia 

 winter equally well as in summer. 



Manufacturers of the Cement, J. B. White & Brothers 



Mllbank S t e-t. Westminster . _____ 



FIRST PRIZE REAPING MACHINE. 



NOTICE. 



MESSRS. BURGESS and KEY beg; respectfully 

 to inform the public, and particularly the noblemen and 

 gentlemen whose orders they w«re obliged to decline for this 

 season on account of the manufacture not lu-ing fully arranged, 

 that the Royal Agricultural Society's First Prize of 302. was 

 awarded to them for M'Cormick's Reaper, with their patent 

 screw platform, at the trial at Leigh Court, near Bristol, upon 

 the 29th of August last. Amongst the competing machines were 

 Bell's, by Crosskill: Forbush's, exhibited by Mr. Palmer; and 

 Hussey's, with tilting platform, by Win. Dray & Co. The 

 reports of farmers who have worked the machines dunnc this 

 present harvest, show that the average quantity of Whm 

 Barley, and Oats which they cut w from 1} to li acre per hour. 

 Two horses work the machine with ease, and the only attendant 

 required is a man or a boy to drive. Further particulars and 

 prices sent free on application.— Brnr.KSS & Key, 103, Newgate 

 Street; and 52. Little Britain . London. 



URE AND CHEAP BR ISA D.— Flour Mills for 



Family Use.-Cirind your Wheat-Pure Bread, and do 

 away with medicine entire.lv. besides effecting a saving. 



Mary Wedlaki.s FLOUR MILLS, 41. 10*. and upwards. 

 Washing Machines, 6*. 10s.; Mangles, from 505.; Chaff-cutters 

 and Oat-crushers. Book on Feeding Horses, 1*. 



IIS, Fenchurch Street , London. t 



PRESENT PRICES OF FARM SEEDS. 



THE CROPS of SWEDE TURNIP, MANGEL, 

 and other FARM SEEDS being good, prices are 

 much lower this season (atpiescnt) as tee Messrs. Si tto.Vs 



Priced List, which may he had, post free, on application, 

 Addressed Sutton & Sons, Seed Growers and Merchants, Reading, 

 Berks. Early orders are requested and recommended. 



certain manner, with a man to look after it, is not 

 of the same u denomination" as 4840 such yards or 

 patches in one piece with a single cultivator to look 

 after all. and the rule of 



proportion, therefore, 

 will not apply, and the results of its application are 



not trustworthy. 



Those who are so apt to criticise the results of 

 ordinary agricultural experience on the ground of 

 their own very limited experience, should be espe- 

 cially careful tint they do not break the rule which 

 they think leads them to their conclusions. w The 

 rule of three direct" is very rarely « pable of use 

 with perfect justice in agricultural calculation* 

 simply because in a business so intluenced by the 

 varying circumstances of soil, of climate, and of 

 life, it is not always easy to name three terms, of 

 which the first and third shall be exactly of the 

 same "name or denomination." 



JEiie &gtt cttltuta l (Bmtttt 



SA TURD A Y, DECEMBER 29, 1855. 



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There are no persons fonder of the rule of pro- 

 portion than those agricultural teachers who reason 

 from limited experience, or from experiments upon 

 a small scale ; and yet as a general rule there are 

 none who more frequently forget what the rule of 

 proportion really is. " The rule of three direct/' we 

 quote from an old book of arithmetic, "teaches from 

 three given numbers to find a fourth which shall 

 have the same ratio to the second that the first has 

 to the third." To this end you must first " state 

 the question," that is, " place the numbers so that 

 the first and third may be of the same name and 



and the second the same as the 



Without specifying in detail the produce of the 

 several districts or counties under which Scotland 

 has been divided for the purpose of the statistical 

 inquiry into its agricultural produce, we give in the 

 following figures the main r -ults of the inquiry; 

 nd our readers will agree with us that the thanks 

 of the country are justly due to those by whose 

 energy and goodwill so much valuable information 

 has been given at so early a period. We under- 

 stand that Government has asked tbe Highland 

 Society to undertake the collection of the agricul- 

 tural statistics of Scotland in future years. That 

 society has done a most important service by de- 

 monstrating the possibility of obtaining early in 

 the season a knowledge of the yield of the past 

 harvest, and nothing could be more con stent with 

 the purposes for which it was instituted than its 

 inquiry iuto the agricultural produce of the country 

 over whose agricultural interests it has so long 

 'presided. Whether it maybe for its interests or 

 those of its constituents that it should permanently 

 charge itself with a duty of this kind, bearing the 

 brunt of all those misunderstandings and mistakes 

 which cannot but be expected in the annual prose- 

 cution of such a task, and bearing possibly the injury 

 arising from its ordinary duties becoming subordi- 

 nate to this new employment, will have to be con- 

 idered by the next general meeting of the society. 

 That the Government should be anxious to leave the 

 task in the same hands which have hitherto so ably 

 performed it, is not to be wondered at. That they 

 appreciate the service which the Highland Society 

 has rendered during the past two years m these 

 matters appears from the following extract of the 

 letter received by the secretary : 



"It is the pleasing dnty of my Lords once more to convey to 

 the Directors of the Society their best thanks for their most 

 valuable services, in connection with this important national 

 inquiry, the practicability of conducting which successfully no 

 longer remains a matter of question, but has been satisfactorily 

 established by the complete success of two consecutive experi- 

 ments. At the same time, they cannot withhold tbe expression 

 of the high sense entertained by them of tbe indefatigable and 

 able services rendered by yourself, as the Secretary to the bociety, 

 which have rendered it possible for their Lordships to be m pos- 

 session of so much valuable information at this early date. My 

 Lords also appreciate most highly the assistance rendered with 

 so much diligence and zeal by tbe district enumerators, and by 

 the intelligent body of farmers composing the Committees, 

 whose services are so appropriately described by yon ; and tuey 

 request that the Highland Society will make themselves the 

 channel of conveying to those different gentlemen the expression 

 of my Lords' thanks accordingly." 



denomination, 



fourth number required." 



do in cases 



what you cannot 

 which Messrs. Hardy 

 praiseworthy men 

 the attention of 



Now this is precisely 

 of the kind to 



and 

 are so 

 farmers. 



many other really 



fond of directing 



And it is what 





you cannot do even in such cases as agriculturists 

 are themselves liable to quote, when from a mea- 

 sured yard of produce they calculate the yield of a 



whole field. 



It is however, more erroneous to calculate on tne 



same result following farm management as obtains in 

 garden culture than it is to calculate the produce of 

 a farm from that of a perch or yard, because in the 

 latter case you deal with results already obtained, 

 while in the former you deal with causes whose 

 fruits have yet to be developed. It may be that 

 the yard of produce is not an average one, and 

 then in the acre of produce the deficiency or 

 excess is multiplied 5000 times ; but^ when the 

 yard cultivated after a certain manner is made the 

 basis of a calculation which is to show the effects 

 of that culture on an acre, the difference is not one 

 of result but of cause— it is not 5000 times the 

 difference but 5000 times the fruit of that difference 



The fact is you cannot say 



is to the produce 

 imilarly cultivated 



It is proper in order to the true meaning of the 

 figures that Mr. Maxwell's commentary should be 

 given with them. In the letter accompanying the 

 tables, addressed by him to the Board of Trade on 

 the 11th of December, he remarks on (1) the occu- 

 pants, (2), the acreage, (3) the stock and (4) the 

 estimates of produce. On the first point he states that 

 in 1854 in round numbers about 50 ; 000 schedules 

 were issued, and of these about 100 were unaccounted 

 for. « I have this year," he adds, "endeavoured to 

 arrive at more exact results regarding this part of 



strict the list of occupants to 



which you obtain, 

 that, as a cultivated 



yard 



of a yard, so is an acre 

 to the "produce that may be expected from 4840 

 yards ; the first and third terms in the question so 

 stated are not of the " same name or denomination. 



the inquiry, and to .. . . . 



those whose status is purely agricultural, by striking 

 off the names of householders, feuars, owners of 

 villas, &c. The number has further been reduced 

 by scheduling together any number of farms lying 

 in the same parish, and leased by the same indi- 

 vidual, thus regulating the roll by the number^ 

 occupants and not of tenements. Effect having 

 been given to these modifications, the list contains 

 4339 occupants rented at and above 20/. in the 

 counties of Argyle, Caithness, Inverness Orkney 

 and Zetland, Ross and Cromarty, and Sutherland 

 and in the Island of Arran, and 39,123 rented at 

 10/. and upwards in the remaining counties ; and 

 I have great pleasure in reporting to my Lords that 

 the returns of acreage and stock may be regarded 

 as complete for the whole number of 43,462 with 

 the exception of one farmer in Argyleshire and four 

 persons occupying very small portions of land in 

 Aberdeenshire. The former has twice forwarded 

 his schedule, but it has miscarried, and his return 



--Dai x mm as akumek, wuoie aim sole manufacturer, 7, Trinity 



W, Cannon Street, City, and the Royal Mills, Wandsworth, sta ted are not of the " same name or aeiwiuuiauuii. Hi a *i«m«^v». -- _- -— ,- fn incur the delav 



Surrey; and of all Nurserymen and Seedsmen throughout the T*' „, nr aTlv lim it e d patch cultivated after a could easily be obtained vere 1 to incur tne aeiay 



kingdom. "It is much cheaper than mats as a covering." A yard Ol any unuicu F atv, I 



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