13—1854.] 
other of no 
i case an increase of about t 9500, 0, and in 
Jess than 16, 000 lbs. of hay fot the same quantity "of nitrogen. 
These results are still more striking when we epe the effect 
on -the subsequent crops; for with the salts of ammonia 
nd rate of тэт, н „поё опу gud 
rene on Ње firs but that immediately follow 
ng was er diminisbed, go with Tovini guano 
сс gelat ine, the increase was spre: m Sans Ree E 
| 
itk 
y are tota 
tells us {4 may now adopt with Вест пр ситу) 
to 
1 
higher rem 
r 
‹ 
Pusey te by th 
namely, that substances strengthe n vegetation mainly y their 
Iphate of ammonia in the ratio of 5 to 3, while if their action 
rm eet s dependent on their ni мано they « ought d produce 
the same effect. tity of guan: o produe n one 
на and in another ate 
rence 
n only be тее b со 
other eonstituents ofthe guano. I ve ds entione d thes ese exper 
h the view of throwing an 
TER the use of nitrate of soda, for on that point 
n be no question, but rather as а caution against the too 
hasty adoption. of жы ME which Mr. Рабу Says we аку по 
sume nhesitating certainty, and to ы, € there 
аге ау" pm esr JR "its use on which we still require 
фхрейтбаб evidence. бо far from supporting Mr. Pusey’s 
law, those experiments rather — wards a view bn at 
i monthly má of the и бай two ог three years 
— Isu — tal inquiry, but which 
I believe the 
82 
uch to nA egret, has ot yet bee n taken u 
acts at present [em ee to show "that, white: nitrate of soda 
'xerts a marked influence upon the growt e great family of 
npe т plants, it is nearly or новее ай-я effect е 
Clover, апі I suggested that just as there are 
ае of f animals, carnivorous = herbivorous, во there migüt 
possibly be ble of deriving their гч 
renous constituents from | different sources, one assimilating 
o А - сау from ammonia, the other айнан їп ev 
ет: ^ from sec е This view derives 
rt from the re experim of Wolff, which have 
bium that the nitratos Vide h m powerfully upon Barley are 
Almost withon n A: upon Tare vw understood, how- 
ver, that I t epi out this 00у ds etant n, to be с onfirmed 
r refuted b 
ИҤИН РЫ 
We must postpone for dai Dr. Anderson's further 
nios on rotations of сгоррі 
Society оғ ARTS, March ime mp Hon. the 
Earl of ге in the chair, pu y Mr. Leone 
Levi, Р.8. gricultural Stat 
e paper slated that the маме and garden E of 
The 
the United Kin А е. із about 20,000,000 of acres, 
the meadows, pastures, and marshes contain 27,000,00 000 
& surface — smaller hun чун of m ^ other 
coun иш. The number of farm u Gre tain 
actually does not exceed 000. "We con oem 
that in such ап i ntry as Russia, with half | " 
рена y sil ch "de 
yield. г Мо such срне сиба трт within M 
portion o of which 
ted, and Ийе» to 
THE AGRICULTURAL DAZE TER 
205 
ems disposed to » adopt, is the Poor-law Board; and i is by their | 
Saati mentality that agricultural statistics have late y been oh- | 
tained for = counties of No rfol k and Hampshire, W чу“ egard 
tlan 
эы бсо ; the Highland pd hee iaa ars 
uccee wu in the statistics of th unties, the roba- 
bility, x “Р be entrusted with the ede sac ao A for yis part | 
the ngdom m. It romains uU to notice the а om Pus E 
the p some of the farm The 
| the results of such statistics, that such may be subsequently са Е 
to their disadvantage, either S, or 
| by the raising of the fente, or that t they are inte nded. bes Web 
ity of such a 
t th rongho ut thec country to extend. inform 
agricultural statistics; and tho mam the 
would be attended with considerable expense, it would have 
=. 
© 
5 
Fe 
99 
2 ar mera 
plan 
such statistics, and facilitate materíally the obtaining of com- 
eta — — the yrs distant provinces. M*Culloch 
the value e crops of the British empire a at 120 millions 
sterling, and the e of the land in England at 128 millions. 
ntry has Scarcely kept pace with the increase of population. 
A discussion followed the ' reading ‹ of the e paper. Mr. 
PE 
and criticised the details of the plan suggested. Mr. 
Caird referred in considerable detail to the rS 
1 t 
own expe- 
e infor 
Mr. iir яш бег же pee , to th неа 
in which the subject stood to the iam ar class, ^! 
discussion was a till next week, when we hope 
to report it in greater de 
Calendar of of Operations. 
M AR R € H. 
CHESHIRE, March 28.— The very АБ ad cra during the | | 
last month for all field operations ha the farmers to | 
proceed rapidly with their spring eige. yc the — end 
of February and the first week in March, e sowing of Wheat, 
v had been deferred from the latter end o 
atisfactorily completed ; {шей after Bean sowing com- | 
тепсей, and Oats also were sown the first week in March, оп | 
nak ng their appearauce 
above gro The growers of early Potatoes бая taken | 
petens re of s fine weather, and put in their в A 445 ach | 
earlier period than usual ; ег | 
frosts, there is а del of risk in planting : © early, [^ should the | | 
4 латае соп be cut down, the growth of the 
ret 
d 
iem Hoe a fortnight or three sirara ter. Th e Whe 
seke T2 severely cut by the fro osty winds, are feet nd ams to | 
"their Phu appearance, but itis to be qs thati in Р "ur 
instances the slug has 2 үте tted s 
ants too thin o 
18 
Islan 
inng pred inhabited, and its capabilities 
f human powe zenuity. m- 
to be kept in misy is, that of all statisties 
agricultural statistics are inten ial 
-flou 
1801 to 1810, the mean з population of 
че, 11,769,725, the number 
fore Wheat wa 
f late, th 
wa favourable | 
s К c 
had much i — wea her. 
HE 
= 
joa 
he 8 | 
w so perceptible; end а little та rain now хо е of 
Pri apaapa ing. 1 has been 
well, and dry э эмы, PA still be found useful for that osa | 
Work is generally well advanced, as Mares it ought to be, for 
we have s ido ie t 
мү повео ад ЖЕР үт 
па а Мечата to | 
everythi will come the better for being Bapt. pe back 
in its And with the month of April we ope 
ri Showers that will. put all to rights. rill 
with s 
of April t they will run Z seed, 
in the ки of that do 
besides in 
sed 
ot, in some mea sure, beca au 
fibre ajem d онн mtd freely ?—and instead of а largo 
bulb ‘vith baay — ig - res teg end its food, we have 
t to нета " ес іп „Боой 
the annu 8 are in their. full strength of xm g, We 
ands 
t their 
but ea: - to be hoped that the EUR. season 
iir 
ете ime, as the last few wet seasons uie 
effects upon them, 
will m all to rights 
кер 
(to Corresponde 
perma c 
їп any case supply, pe like the census of population, 
of education or of crime, it behoves Government to 
it by bes at their command. This duty 
d it is all-important that al 
e merchants, pa Jandhollers apnd the 
боша, А-А them their m d physical co- 
stics of ке ыйы е ү devolve on the 
AH Board of Trade; but that office 
3 n 
impo Tant duty. TM ed and ЖОНИ таб ч ua 
prar 8. is that of the Registrar-General for birtan, sete 
ti nts. 
Geass: Cleric i ow had better mix 3 cwt. of Peruvian guano 
with a сае сай of ee eta "y e mould, and sow that quantity 
broadcast over each a your Grass field in wet er 
m It will cost deg "s. ре acre for the guano, which is 
ds wy enr per t 
РАА W Blood, Y When first turned out they contain 
evibesats харите and sulphite of lime. By exposnre and 
сти. the latter becomes converted into ых of fecus 
П burned, or ‘exposed to 
^ сопа 
the ashes are tle eeled out to a 
t state of rand combustion 
the “farmors ege T гау. 
b must no m to growing erops, 
нуы тта after eel application 
ever left for a зай ог two оп the soil, the 
of their Sulphur would be prend and 
the air 
ds 
The other statistical organisation whieh erus ! 
and beneficial, Iti is worth while giving 25, d for them, 
hauling them six or seven miles. PR apply a ton per aere, 
fthe year, was very | E 
from | = 
Power. 
upwards. An extensive asso 
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