204 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [APRIL 1, 
origin of ammonia, rass | time d 
lat had been n mown, 3. А horse also bitten at dhe game 
уз аси. eai Y а заб m ? іа о К M perfectly m 
This dis 
igin 
qm ся of blades of Grass ог иту. гы) with- 
out a termixture of flower or Li кайа. aud 
mention this, as I consider it presented in this 
pecimen of simple vegetable данкы їп ree there 
ions, d 
could 1 he це, à oi ane itrogen pre e WAS | usual number of dogs are at the 
-— and left in data di wet тее | үк” 
for days, im it was removed vl cover ; 
f. Simon 
few nm afterwards, when the i. was opened up, it өз ребе by Mr. W 
ted insid n had bers of the 
ho. found nside, and dee — pro- 
d the 
ed to € extent, an odour mmonia was | Sir John 
distinctly pure ie! n the fermenting Perhaps and Mr. Wr 
account may n altogether satisfactory to М, remarks, when, on the 
Pridesux ; but if, - «e conceive was на ease, there edere d Án Sir „Јо 
woul 
complexion of the question, if it were admitted ог | — instru Уг 
ке tnt the vegetable — contained any amount | | Secretary of State for the Home Department, 
ied a fortnight since | stance is employed in the pure state or. combined with acida 
dering periment has shown hat this p^ prse scd power is not бы tc 
; and as ít is found to exist in pure potters clay, brough 
up from a considerable depth, Way infers that it 
heir | | into — subject in a fhis an fs vie у, wg inta i results of 
Tius a loamy soil from Dorsetshire absorbed 0.3921 
a ligh 
S T 
e 
ess there had 
nt in it, it appears to me that no cepere 
uld | OrL-caxx.—Mr. Fish 
ve been formed, whatever the amoun e nitrogen following sommaniention whieh had that 
resent, or- the only. other source | placed in his ha 
-| “We Mines 
gen could be obtained, in ecomposition of | been КЗ tbe 
заррањо 
the vegetable ean itself, -—— which hydro- 
bta the 
e from the public press that D pene have 
o 
water; but. what proof is dis that — either is or | dm 
can be decomposed under the cireums and condi- | 
tions of the case, viz., resolution into o fts its ele ements of | que 
inert vegetable matter, and their көөнө nation wi 
A ers but an inju br 
elements, both o f which are pu the atmo- = however, respectful state that, from 
in unlimited quantity, a and their operative influ- much of the evil complai 
farm 
is exclude’, eM ane is stayed ! 
that n matte 
forni | Prod. DM ma 
respectively earbonie acid and water. "The first is an | Gest dese , 
ванада fact : but, with respect to the other—the | by у 
uniting of the hydrogen with oxygen and forming water objections n СМ 
will Mr it me to ask him whethe ME de bot 
even possible in the given cireumstances ! . I have been | 4 ay fert of their 
accustomed to regard the nm union of oxygen and =ч that vipon cak 
i ran, nut cake, or o 
paies н Д ee stitüting wa a thing not effected Svir i ыг m 
be generall 
or ih бан lent force. 1f ix these in the vill cesse, W 
you 
ons that constitute water, ктр refuse to о wie: 
rk is n roug 
imation rst нуу felspar, albite, 
the P r minerals from whieh the clay of. А. soils is produ кз 
d then proceeded to t try w wha tonid 
th 
BÉ b l44 ФИА > 42 
tepow ы 
alumina vos silicate 
which is à 
facts to the Right of а ш this, when trea "i vim. а Т s lime, gives a similis ' 
thi 
und, —— lime in place of soda. en this LL. 
ith 
вей, 
| fubstinees, к and gemi Mie нщ е, ч 
© 
e we tr visi "t the attention of | and a quantity of cae of ammonia to 06 employed,as a | 
ho 
жї ры ыш of these ii s is howev all, that in some | 
i e 
unm he elibirie » 
eh an article was 
the hydrogen. t cannot be done on easier terms, Аз | rate.— Col. ese ds Prof. Wa 
d 
or can be ses їп а mass of fermenting and ing | 1, The degree to which perat. analysis co 
p карго? Ig ж-д А г 
r, Isubmitthatit i isa physieal im 
forthe Diei i and o 
r g t valu 
e had known soft oil-cake contain in many case 
r 
ь uues 
2:0 
Herren escape into the atmosphere, for n or | the discriminative means- of whic 
uncombined hydrogen are to be det aer UN fi it all agents used for vpn: А € might be de 
u i form 
forming ammonia. J. H. H., March 1 
of а 
idis; M the usual: offens 
ROYAL AGEICURTURAL SOCIETY. ^ 
АИ Айн CovxcL, March 39.—Colonel Сыл Siege 1 nece Гап ordinar by “sprinkling ih er the dung: 
Trustee, in the e Chair. The names. of | 61 candidates or of a pokaia ot ed e tt 
‚Мовтлтлтү AMoNG LaxBs,—P Lise Simonds in- |" Aer. 
formed the Council that he had inspected Mr. Cress- ammonia Se - 
sels lambs in Leicestershire, and made post- 
inations at the Royal Veterinary College 
of some that had died there. He been fav. сес jp — 
" Pai ener su with others, which, with an ewe, 
ere undergoi s drag tua п їп reference to the gradual 
Кунео of Ше disease with which. it was: i 
were affected. Не had made a minute wies 
tion ped all the local circumstances wise wid Y | system of cultivation, 
gnant disease occurred among 
well's flock, and when he had completed dd his i favesigatons 1 
into its nature, and the best koloaia for its treatmen 
Council 
» report, | f h 
embracing the whole of the details connected with th or the eom sime snap cn 
sbjeet, which presented many novel features һе jo urned to the 5th of April. 
refere erence to the disorders affecting sheep.—A letter in 
Mr. Eames, of Ashby-de-la-Zouch; & d remarks on the 
different points connected with Prof. " Sim onds's inspec- | a 
tion, were rr Colonel Challoner, Mr. Raymond 
CoL Н 
CN. P. 
Docs.— Prof. Simonds then communicated the of s 
ils: 
following statement relative to the fearful inerease of | It bas Been long known to chemists that 
mad dogs, and tei енени in agli about London :— € the power of absorbing 
ан Thot t, then, becomes of the hydrogen ? т it. does | adulteration ; 
"i 4 
not present the d 80 n « the queat of the- soil. But we must bowa io we 
imitar regine for mca with £A" hydrogen in| cake purchased 
rep санла! 
: Max 
E Ше... i —— anihan н бона the D. "es upwards 
on green с 
The valuo - a" ‘chemical agent in fixing 
TE 
+ 
—The Hon 
denied a copy of - — “ On d = dle rigin, Na ture 
Cure of the Pota ted to 
statement ut rem ther Poen connecte d w 
alfatti 
15 И 2: 
1 H 
HIGHLAND AND — March 92 «— Professor 
є referrec 
Barker, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, 1. Hall, M.P., and Sir department of his 
iscus 
arches of Professor Way, on the absorptive ee 
be by папаша laying ш thei Mr ammonia at the rate of 23 grains per gallon. We ћауе thus 
ard. Ther Асан чеч that | another atm which carbonic acid may possess, and in addition 
а + d 
by means of whieh an pid al supply of other substances is 
о 
eans they may — them- presented to The fac i "mentioned may àlso explain the 
effect ee byc palate t, which has always been a difi- 
culty, — since we ei seen reason to believe soda is 
in 
е tres ы li v mportance аз а food of pianie: We jv already alluded. 
E alero of phosphoric acid, which is in no Di ; 
"s ent olely . 
are of much importance, and have a ve = importa ponds 
ing on "the practice of ланса. I cannot help inking 
however, that Mr. Way carries his views too far, when 
denies any absorbent influence to the organie matter 
the same effect in the soil. . culties ү p^ in expla 
| how they should be тк et dere but, with all end itis ma 
that the inquiry is an importan nt contribution know 
00 far the inferences to be deduced from those experiments, ss 
P thin k there is rather a —— is hs i The absorpti 
wer of so 
hI 
heard used, as if sufficiently А2 зед "fei otherw dnd 
| telligible, although а very үө еч nsideratio n might have 8 
with it 
On the next section of his aris Manures, Drs 
Anderson referred thus to Mr. Pusey’ s experiments 0n. 
gj soda :—: 
me all my audience - aware that by the use of no mors. 
rd P lbs. per acre, Mr. Pusey obtained x increase of T 1 y 
иль arley, or more than for ü mes the чк of феа зо : 
scarcely say that the experience any 
neighbourhood | ed clearly established th the ES кү Ld 
soda Mite g for Grasslands; in general dae а: 
| been employed in a Mu amit mi i o3 cit. per acre acre), 8 : ken 
application t two-thi rds c r. Main is, so far as : » 
e smallest recorded CN ur Püsey' 8. In a subse er 
н the naturallaw by which cubic - n hos asa zu 1 1:9 
enters оп more difficult und. un » t 
8 t place, that а ver e ^ edm 
isted "i to the views enter 
regarding the source of the value of nitra e of вода, dh it [T 
it 
tes 
riments on се cure | шатіге acted by virtue of its nitríc acid ог н а тш: 2 
$ wn ш» 
retainers 
t. 
ac distinetly to contradiet ie ач E p i ee 
P fis 22 School of Chem рз nu пзе bi 
tain such donbts, but I аррге u^ ‚ tha y 
| put the =? to an y l'agricultaral chemist, "ho той А 
08 
quest 
ave reni ved for reply that it was most Wneg 
due to the nitric acid, and not to the soda. It has, ick Fr. 
ге С E Г 
t, how- 
constituent on which the value of nitrate of и 
“кэм, it must be сопѕійегзд as repe p Ми sene 
years since, by the ex nimena 0 А 
nitrate of lime du uced Pi е sam veis : end the е last 
di sey 
pers, Mr. ral I 
rengthen vegetation, mainly b their contents 
pap 
1. At the present time madness prevails among dogs to о mists h 
[n У le 
Dum extent, ш in the neighbourhood of London, Pn | a вой бе staken up iih a m en її Buti in this there is nothing new; и м exactly what chemists basy 
Las. the last few wee eks several sheep and boross have been over and over lat the У аі се to 
Ы ed ^ 
E. aud viis uken place in the nor saty шеш oft т the — € free it, any means so E fila е er Er e importsnee а в 
ra - оча id Ast few days two dogs, which gave only | ammonia, none of the pu with which it is combi be substances. tege corni hg "is to by Mr, м E 
Royal Veterinary College, and ferien Ад "in — E bt to the | retained P == у. de corsa 2 inta т i vei "in uhii 4 n ve poe 
; ee , the who. the sul - ме Д n ents 0 i 
э= зу гы = нд y^ perd Im ving нгы) ЕК7 with lime. чч 5 ше E. ЕЕ те ы oer E fuid combined the purpose of contrasting "the A. red muriate df 
2. The sheep à Aer 6 ҺЕ t threo farmers at Hendon me deri А нча. ^ — —— € ing чы and the nan 1 
and were bitten in the ear] А last it February ; ES died at compound.” bp 1 Il, b- | bones рте woe, Det a for d 100 105. 0 of піт одоо 
the beginning of March, ex the es place is sma i 1 d an incre i , 
RH ael; hibiting all symptoms of this сми кап nen n А) e оми hay vith the s salts of inaa i 
„of 
50001bs, with nitrate of soda, while with Р 
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