290—1854. THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 329 
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rmed, h is of great utility ; thus, а of nitrogen in plants; with one view we find Liebig, | also depending for half of our supply of sowing fiax-see 
l— e iien ; and with yon Mulder third, old agri- Already, 75,000 ba: 
of vix en 
—thei 
а TS тоа 
а soil ed from th 
certain manures would be unnecessary— applica 
ong 
tion would be tig 
purpose would: bi be better effected by exposing e soil as 
much as possible to action of the —' by 
meaus of whieh the Mise om get decompose 
furnish to 
osed, an 
e soil soluble alkalies. 
It is well known that the fertility нд а soil is 
tho limits of ers э) in the 
the T amount 
oes 
are 
uy of С ни of a soil is 
——á iven to it. But i 
ls disadvantages ; anm it 
fas 
erabundance of 
je mat ters) present in the soil, 
ires liming. . It vil also 
[-] 
os 
means of it the alkaline salts would be libe 
pow form. 
. Some marls possess much greater fertilising effects 
M n others, because they 
and also some red ағ! contain а jon deal 5 silicate 
use 
the 
t С" of opinion that the o 
mo 
furnishing a with nitrogen. 
are also of eause in Pen mien —Ó 
state th the 
dein so 
uch | that entertained by Mulder seems 
sistent 
Liebig bina corre 
deny 
f|periments that the ce 
benefited. by the ppm in , and 
ts т "Clov over, 5с, аге n 
„АРЫ 
апу priait 
S у! - e 
stend, dd als 
ura 1 Society" s fim last year, 
that кз whole е. the nitr 
& 
vi E „+ correc 
and wit 
getable ph ysiologists 
ogen in plan 
manures are 
mbines 
oem 
opinion 
h practical — 
трее 
alto eti f from 
E ng 
experimenta ma sn "Мт. 
ô by Dr. сони оп M 
Lieb ig sa 
osphere, and k ч 
s | the 
of it 
те is a source 
d vegetable physiologists 
gen in plants 
that they 
jarnia 
rect, but with vate o different 
The gcn ee of nitrogen in the various feedin 
to their values only {0 a certain 
tlie rieher in nitrogen 
ie, te restet s ete be its сатир gor 
y bee to bea Th 
ve that the 
; 80 
Grass, 
glin 
pro 
valu of food is not "dependent. upon the amount t of 
- potash, and n пт А effects of marls is greater 
r less, ассо; mount of the "dà con- 
etiem which th 
rvations 
;& weyer he proved that 
9а pa matters, or to the carbonate 
r; to some compounds 
аќ, when. he 
Soil, 
it was яя пе 
О: 
id 
T 
solu Бор. of eaustic ammonia, 
"e double silicates. ! 
à ring aie c am О 
without the aid of heat bie silieates from 
by adding to а solution of pig e silica 
soda, means 
ORA е recie displacing the soda 
with the silieate of m mina, to form 
matter it contains. 
rowth of an animal, it does 
And vt e certain 
stage of the 
ot require much nitro- 
genised food, but merely enough to keep 1 up е: — 
„of ammonium, that | th 
rine. 
sr bns, genera lly; Ук, 
жиы 
the iun effected |, 
soil with the uc in of chloride 
purpose is taken into the system, it. is d ue 
t the IS of the system. 
is byfar the most valuable for feeding, as shown in the 
produced 
effect 
which it contains, than 
n Turnips, . for PASE i 
Diogen, й 
|feeding. However, the amount о айга. P 
into 
liquid from 
served without losing any of. its fertilising eonstituents ; eemed to involv u лай»? 
its | too ыл, ест s m^ I shall be glad! w "hear Mr, Black > 
burn’s lezamder Hall Hall, 
ечен e Ecis of the Роз оў к v3, Those who 
take interest in the unen 
as it is 
de amm dede topics $ 
in combination with the acid of the eem а salt passed | on both of 
insolution prepared other ие silieates| 9. Th 
artificially, and found the same effect produced. Having |1 
tried a series of expe: ,he Кенча that there | am 
i ese subs s re 
is, being the sar peg is 
displaced fom А илет на if lime is 
it. Again, a silicate of lime would be 
y potash, i. e. potash w n displaee | 
the lime and enter in combination itself ; 
in 
contains these double 'silietes з that win 
may be pursued 
waste o£ mau 
ure ; and urs em. of irrigat on is 
eial d,ifitis well drained, аз the 
alkaline E Ms , held in in solution by the water "would, 
in passi hrough the so vic retained by the double 
d 
in sueh s 
5. The nitrogen in eset "i be derived from several та 
sources, viz. п rom-— 
"The 
Nes «шош as well аз free nitrogen in the 
re... 
e. The free ammonia, and also the ammonia ob- 
‘oi daremppnition of the organic matters in 
оти 
die Qu - 
(3). The Си 
(4.) аала аба 
There have been great disputes as to the sources 
fermentation by. the. c continual so 
the beast. 
oileakes іп feedin; 
e leaves 
| the lyet they are 
us compo 
сЕ гане 
е 
Tepic 
ous 
mor 
And in boxes the n 
valuable portion. of а 
and evaporate on 
1m] a 
manure, à 
ure very greatly increases the va 
aking with. 
iquid. is pre- 
placed | quart or more of gas зе; add. to it н Вуалеоне: add, 
d a r bath to to dryness, and weigh as 
* 
et 
1 ble 
pose for a 
the decomposi 
eram scan 
e quantity 
ammonia. 
10. 2 or fatty M not only have no fertilising | 
but they have а E injurious 
on of animal an 
the manure; therefore, much nitrogen » 
an good, as it bas to be rejected 
e сагропас 
d püpeertieile 
Gorse ! 
M Made he would state whsi 
r 
9; 
VER 
ean 
Мезия к 
- irc a rom abe ace 
regard. anure, as the atmosphere and water 
sumpt plants with | both i in abundance. the O 
E 
rrels have been shipped for us at =н 
1 price; of. 45s. per 
ports of fiax-sówi 
cake, will not amount to less 
ey 
United | Kingdom i is 
the emporium of the four great textile ma 
and 
from whence 
can be o 
. | extent ; and, оа if 3f those supplies were іріег-. 
cepted 
and commerce would be at 
ali ments required for our four great textile manu 
tures, e is the only m which our soil can. produce in 
abundanc Dema Mr, Deman is abcut to 
publish the results of hi experience in a work on ihe 
gir чы Lad management o The above is ex- 
trae a printed circular in bis the contents 
l 
Proper — ы арріу Lime aed — — does 
lime answer, applied as 
a stand-still, Of all the 
X, 
and Жы ot this work are advertis 
rh relies s reorr lackburn^ 
suggestion on the (—— of thefibre of ` 
g уннан — your journal, · 
iten m rye 
uses for reducing the Gorse into horse food ; 
itae a favour upon: 
i ле че nd; sho, whether. he. сїз over the same Gorse plant ^ 
теце trifling» ‘questions ; "but there: is” 
evidenee tl we 
e mass of eu angold Wurzel; straw, " 
chaff, саке, meal, with. whieh I usually fee dj a 
was esten et ue But жер roeess of 
cutting s ve too m ar and tear. 
му of seasons Y 
singular beauty of die weater ` 
D 
, that of the 19th, РЕ 
136° and 11.69, ^ At^ 106908 + дё! P 
thermometer was read off a t 58.8? eem 
E:N.E. Evi 
[4 
С ч 
instrum: point, 32° f 
nigi it fell ы: 26° (i-e 65 1 frost), pat Lh below Ме 4 
laisher's register. In my 1 : 
own n and observ 
Home Correspond e y ina je bi 
The ion.— The importance which the flax | swelling, and in many cases having exparid. ereas, 
question has lately assumed is daily increasing by the | Ше Ash evidently lingered, though here апа there one 
чачы state of our political affairs wi upon observed а few weak blossoms. After the 26th, the 
ich country we depend for two-thirds of our foreisn rfeetly "leaves bi ys. 
орду of flax. ч of the different апа the y. insi 
into the United Kingdom, M энг ties 
yerum t ca, the 5 th of ое 1853, reach y | different 
64 tons 1 
ot эмг уен 
stated, wi 
the ex 
oreigu flax fi 
э” foreign flax has 
,it may be 
kararan or that Mine imports т 
this аена vil least, amount to и tons ; and, at | 
1007. per ton —to whieh 
y risen—will 
kso er 
show a sum of 10,000,000. which will be paid im cash | prev. 
or forei bre this year, Upon Russia we are | J. T., May 17. 
