4—1854.] 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
59 
Hope's, 160 lbs. water, 224 lbs. агу ; з ; together, 1821 bs. 
My own, 60$ lbs. water, 275 lbs. dry ; каме, 884 ө 
into. account that in my treatment 15105 
of fillin 
g whilst in the. raa 
ther that 
ae oe pt 7 lbs. or 5lbs. of Jav are given, the | tur 
y 20 ipar cent. of 
j mc "Whatever 
. In the experiment rovc 
e water wa viously weighed; it will b 
seen that i 2 ac gr to that оі in tn Turnips ечи 
ook. mixe ih the shells of Oats өч эгеч ‚= 
— many of- them а іо {а - wa 
alone; .. Admitting that. my cattle, with 6l [^ er 
en pw He tothe extent it is A „уе itj 
mi treatment with which the | 
, the eattle n be Pag cri 
they r 
1 ents tend to s ow Mart. таж ele агт! 
wate oae result will 
= 
Èg 
"1 
without ап ase in i 
extra hbonr is аз of agent the. мл занни 
whieh is e: premises, and Ше 5 eake. =з 
leave it to ‘those interested to estimate ce relative eost | 
and. talja u аё: uio as being excelled 
the two mo mistr. 
of àzote or. nitrogen, 1 lb. of oilcake contains 
20 to 25 hs. i Turnips, of oil, (an impo: ser he ао. in| 
ев. 
А stain 
: E is not so in the eg 
still this will be- sated by t c заба eed 
If wettake I of- 
propert 
cost of 100 ]bs. will. be- 
val 
urnips, admitting - 
0 idend the system of giving artificial food 
ne ү 
will be obvious. You a fertilising material, 
enriching your мач peen ete yourself. to —— 
2yhead of cattle fr of Turnips in place of | 
oned There is still tob 
of straw. aries ^ че эне 1 in the different Geram 
ннен: estimate of it will арріу. . I hold 
ink i 
Siic-of your more competent rea 
nts, Y., Jan. 19, 1854. 
V Hp sn WAT Loc 
ve economies eomprehe: 
T 
Dd, gys| grain fallows would be of ineal- 
le. value ; to induce its reception, however, it must 
as re 
culable 
not ошу be. proved to be 
Oats- and. inferior bay, whieh contain ош be the 
y d which is said to no-| su 
- ааа 
suffieient to pay for the additional 
fact that the Irish labourer is not an idle er ; 
minimum of payments bein 
it will not exeite much s 
but here, a | of that great law of nature of dissimilar PN appro- 
g the principle on one side, | үзү зы in diffe ons ire n food. 
surprise if a minimum of returns e poor 
parish in Ire 
Yet I do em regard the Lois W eedon practice as the: 
perfection of a system, I. look up 
inara I она much mcre та 
e low re 8 experi 
сабе Jabour, this slurring over o el 
p 
operations— "m ы 
are to recollect - — of labour is in 
vein made up for by manuring—we can 
i" cause for a want of m vec labour. 
fn the Irish ета: grudgingly cuite labour, he is 
tinus ently profuse in seeding his land ;| w 
pring 
succeed it. мй. а he: гы е 
bresdthof the intervals, su 
ith the W heat, which, > Dy, thet union on of labour an па 
чег же 
must зн rob the gro ul | greater, y hee c uc ан. MAMMA breadths of the 
| state of the land, а y xata seeding is necessary, uer intervals, ten Mr. $m І ean 
adi» the crop px run a race on anything like equal terms | with an average crop o of. e — ы ont and 
уз the weeds. unsejentifio conditions; ө paie — 
at the same ча-ча. 
te; vera сайм of Wheat, something else equivalent to 
crop of hou. l have had in 
the ollowing statement it will be seen that 
saving effeeted in the seeding of the ground E 
labour on it, and tha 
In a Sr of 4 acres, three-fourths Я 
d have this year 
experiment at pakud 
ouble rows and —— them to the intervals, gain & 
iiim r crop in them. J. M * Goodiff, Granard. 
оз ан д by hand 
2 lid Корор 
Weeding rows 
ON THE FORMATION OF AMMONIA IN THE 
DECOMPOSITION OF ORGANIC MATTER. 
5 of а broad-cast crop :— 
iia 12; Sino ull is under the ЗЕ 
Sowing and covering 
PETETA exist in 
tisonlyas organic m 
€ would have been d betwee 
sarreren ЧЕ 
y to. 1l cwt. of  Turnips; жаы ны at 9з. рег ton, the А8 
ре 83, will represent - 
| 
| 
"ы 
| 
lue. регу 
o | farm 
they will not so 
I 
There is no question of M sowed crop being superior 
to the cro It is indeed looked 
atter о decay or 
2e ecomposed, that — m — or pfo rid 
2 question then arises: when amm ia is formed or 
dev veloped i is the : 
4 ^ oth its constituent elements посомагу in the decay- - 
the drilled part ian g substance, to its formation or devel кир) ог, 
not, which of its two constituents is -the whose 
|p nce is ap amabo in kthe дей mposing Pra toits 
ошту. The whole 
erred till af 
tead 
разве laying | f urrent opinion, so accus- 
the clay against the rows là have, | tomed.to re uM mes or s Pe as the useful element. 
i м 
or deve паве without the presence of en 
in the decaying aee but if the view I have taken in. 
my eo: — "s "Ор theuse 
and veg 
ounded in. "truth; it "it becomes merel 
proposition 
B 
vith the Wess. p Y, 
umulation, the e ses of hoeing and w Mi in 
e been зану than des pen have been "e 
тем favourable conditions. 
её us now 1 upon the i Mialee this plan of | 
i aeania e broadeas more than half | ammonia 
of hands will eap 1 it; get ч ts comparative 
exe sooner carried ; and Ant th in the decaying : 
from its cleanliness, too, the Clo l be better, tane: ^ iu. necessary Pr өм end or purpose. Ву. 
and ihe ground having bythe two hoeings been kept I ы mean to imply th 
jous. to atmospheric in omes m must have gained monia may not exist at thes in organic seris 
ойны 1 їп » ferit But in our ordinary practice "id proportional quantities as to reconstitute , 
thi is year p of grain would A succeeded by others, : ha 
Y. existing in the decaying — 
ах understood as affirm ro m that 
. n. necessary in organic MEE for the boton, ai 
and increasing the return, ment of ammonia ; and ibat, ifit be so 1 
7 
DH 
>$ 
З 
:3 
mn 
© 
~» 
e 
рее 
produe f grain, equal dis 
M to the ie уз ЖМ 
distant rows each row. draws in 
of the rows is. | of ammonia will е developed; making itself known by 
odour. Whence is this ammonia derived. р 
contained im the 
- vhieh i + snee а iuge was — next to 
| none. X ich it Me ын ионий there was- 
trary, in the Lois- Weedon practice centre "t th all vegetable matter, from. 
does not receive an equal current of air with the outside | which cg therefore, it Banie have bee а детей. HT 
rows, nor can its roots luxuriate in a soil loosened and | Ka asked, whence “a ni E 
гегіће epth,:nor indeed do the i eme roots | |f 7-80 
of the outside rows. 1 cannot му myself with -— original discharged; or g 
e thing may answer in practice, the ammonia absorbed bri hrs roots was 
sonm 4 Ње purpose of of sppropribüby the hydrogen i in: 
; veamos vei vaarit 
i 
ion of its 
the ature, was able по confer a fertility | куб 
on to that which effected. y Eee у 
Ьу а less judicious application of loop with the aid of | seek and find its com 
various substances un uet name of manures, at least. air 
for the production of grain ero 
wh 
