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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
139 
d hills of the age of the epi ye which dot | conjunction with carbon, h 
mir "4 v d ud «ару и the uth- ар of | however, — I pursued, led me, in explanation of m 
e, i 
Lo ^ i case gere wi th and po ws, vim e use of the hypothesis, that plants derive 
the truly silicious beds of the old and the new à. sand- bon мус — aci atm 
ysm n believe. was far from 
s obtain their 
" LEON there сап be lants, Шеге is, &е,” 
oubt, Ж.ж. ja a settled question | The entire truth probably lies between the two extreme 
that youn i stock do sabe ta with : it ; however, Броеве which would derive Ше carbon of plantsexc! u- 
order to render it fit food, it must be used when 
young, otherwise it should be erushed 1 between йй [эе and from the ground in the form of humate es, &e. 
ers—a pi rocess d on the other ; each havinga в tum обшо rest on; 
ast, this i is the common-sense view which facts and 
me are calculated t о suggest, 
of plants for carbon, and that there is à 
f carbonie aeid goin 
ing; here it was tried for some years, but рыу те 
given up às not being equal to the expense—in shor 
it a! not found to pay. 
Home Correspondence mM 
` Bread and How. —In n regi to * John Hall, » ed | carbon 
, we do d why bakers charge so much | * ka 
* its just proportion of oxyge 
for » queste o or half EE Сем has | above-mentione d proe esses ; 
aps gar i it from 
and other 
j| EN in "which his plants 
would 
esto arg. to it 
n the 
other m 2 4 
"e 
ined a com- 
n the greatest health 
cult Ux convince him that 
op 
charges, and agai ield of 
1, &е., I will. reply to ie ЕБЕ 
0 
d position of vegetable substance to t 
“ | water and earbon, г it seems PR do, only on iis 
in certain substances, as sugar and woo 
in the сеня “propor - 
81. a 
171, the E i bakers were cha arging ls: 6d. and 15. 7 
on loaf. e baker's reply in the "ie was, 
millers, sir, ru only allow u айо: 
profit on the flou 
n that nic rat an. 
раса instances only, is 
М, J. B." in a leading | d 
de article of DET th in i а multitude of instances may be 
d season, iel given in which no m proportions exist. 
Jielded віх gallons (брай Wheat), w саала Paida asks me, if I bave borne in 
make eight gallon loaves жеч о е 
and we agns e по doubt our - Wheat of this last season will 
tter than si h e 
ез о of a tertiary compound existing in proportions 
u 
verage years, but the quality was not se 
he: is ripe, and —— 
el ihe saccharine valen са а mios union òf the minor i its third aleman or bas in any 
d і So 
A ese is origin 
snbstance po 
ion а с. Plan 
сеа quantity ; x the 
gp 
in the sap and juices of the plant, holding in 
matters from which its qe AP is elaborated, 
to the blood of animals 
small. _ 
ver, withon t ва, ying the 
great blame =» m millers ; ; jr times like these, Bean 
meal s added t 
in a recent N ‚ po water as the vehicle or 
"ud à of hee substances which constitu 
thing, but when they are practised upen the and 
needy in times like the present, - ought (o d reli- 
ouneed. X. ү; 25 Han 
giously den 
. Root Graters.—* An Advocate aed r Pulp," in your 
journal of the 18th ult, remarks, “I have for years 
considered i 
ing the "p itself fr 
S their а ian produc iminated. 
carbons, ble s 
d the ке уіем ех npreme ввей by it, give us to 
understand that vegeta мы 
chemical union with a third anheinet, carbon ; and of 
таарлар it follows that a stronger affinity ог rela- 
tion the two elements of 
bla fr oba 
osphere, which Ear ac from 
; but I w 
with | Liebig s — that the dim over the cy 
Knowing the | ow 
accumulation of | — 
бат n of а heap of 
obtai i 
A s (p. 5 
i| 
sed 
m 
When Mr. | whi 
mind the above | If his statement is drawn 
act respecting a composition of wood and Sugar, та details 
J. Pri 
as 
рош any 
satisfactory proof t that the larger compound is a chemical | small wa 
one breedi: few poultry,—the cows 
pe | require the meg &е., and second ien of Clover 
t and its exhalation by the leaves during the summer ; sadi ym d rom the first 
in an unaltered state, whieh, as observed by * М. J. B." | " и wi 
ints to 
te the food of | Th 
f 
urse of reasoning, | nitrogen, but to the hydrogen contained in the ammonia - 
J. H. H. 
Mush from Жаш, Boiled vei Ange of Ammonia. 
Ren M eep made in 
; the sim like fl 3 ъа vt 5 pints 
in a йн or skillet, then take 1 Ib, of 
indian meal, well "sifted fr rom the bran, and mix with a 
É 
porga, or stir-about ; 
а n 
wes or treac 
and distributed x the poor ine soup houses," Bene 
diet. What is not — s - mea 
and en. i ен upon the grid meal, 
d butter or pos "Bartle ett ч; "Maizc). 
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n three-quarters its w 
diffused through its entire texture, and ling I für "the 
action of its stomach ; and it is eas water 
m. азау, ata gentle wed and leave уч е ment as Зе т> rice. 
But eaten in that stat t produce half д» 
ng state, from o 60 or more per 
t. of water (butter, cheese, keta &е,, мч ыз М 
59) tbat a heap of vegetable matter, сай 
no appreciable nitrogen, emits а mue nt odour 
тот іп pope m anage tation. ' With. 
e deference ask if this is uot à a "mista t it is 
contrary to så ^ uei ав w in 
ch, non-nitrogenous matters generally KM 9n. 
rom actual experiment, 
нү be of considerable value to your moa 
а of a Small Farm. А page 93 “J, э. 
agement of his small farm. 1 
J" has 18 acres of la f 
The min wbieh Ishould эйр! were Sf in bis геч would 
be to of the "e and 
ws will 
ing sow, 
deren with several s 
e thus be left 
acres pastore, m п w if no 
other ed were kept, he might keep some аа but 
ho estimate the labour req 
ther of- 
; | the affinities, so 
phenomena, appear Vido dp ite the- other 
re aland it із then nva ie., on the dissolution of t i union, 
and by the zo the same high ampai "m 
effected it, that th e hydrogen is enabled 
озу. and жа water. I submit, теза whatever » 
mbination 
мо {Чы 
on a princi 
гое си а pony, Y, reducing 2 
Тһе sed 
pecting the uem Aes UR in 
krieg economy, imei m attention * the fact that 
ate of soda produce phim as 
to views res 
m SUA rici тебре it amongst ойнун Imay n 
beallowed to es J. Н. Langston, Esq., M.P., Sarsden, тре 
; J. J. Farqubarson, Esq. House, | fro 
; and W, Ме some, 99. „ Norton Bavant, 
. Carson, Warmins 
nonia. Thei inference intend 
m this, I presume, is, ein effeet i is wo to ‚эм 
avidity of plantsfor nitrogen ; mit 
that if it were true of plants generally, i it would militate 
Ammon a r. Prideaux р. a, а correctness of my views, I t is it so! or 
says (Gardeners? Chronicle, Jan. 14), that Т. seem to go is it only in some special in of being 
to the opposite extreme, in my co ion at p. 11 | explained by the росна неее, certain plants 
9f the Agricultural Дап, 7, І suppose he must | for nitrogen to form ous matter, that they 
refer to the theory of Liebig, that the carbon of plants | exhibit as great M dde from nitrate of soda as f. 
18 ы exclusively from the nie acid of m i that effect ape by the 
айшозр sphere. observations rly speaking, h: instances, so far from 
davis, to do with that subject, but аага туч » d 4, to ra. aon м багац 
as it appears to me, that the primary use | 8, by в sing à 
pad ammonia, in v vegetable есопош, ; opnam, й is to supply of. i (aT Че gener ality of pae vi 
for the formation of vegetable substance in ‘nitrate of soda does ust be due, not to the 
enm with in the rore 
milking. I should а“ 
with the steel forks, which d do their work well. Clericus. 
Sorieties, 
L E EE SOCIETY. 
Pusey 
е8 тена March 1.—Mr. , President, 
ollowing ne 
Roton, tenes Watford, 
atthew, 2, Hatton Co e C T'hreadnoedle Ыл» 
Won Lord, per Ан Park, Ulceby, prm ius 
касе Major, Li; pisk 
asat A "Thomas p 
orth, Charles, Канаа, Huntingdonshire 
Thoms C» 18, Quéen Square, Wes 
Banfield, mas tminster 
Griffin, Frederick C, Methwold, Brandon, Norfolk 
Harrison, John, jm. Heaton-Norris, Bogg Cheshire 
Widdecombe, Ji 7, Old Palace Yard, Westminster 
C ‚ Robert, Holland 
Aston-l 
Kitson, illiam, Torquay, Devonshire 
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