THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Max эв 
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zw ын á in this district more interesting than that. He le Wr " in a pcne the leaves of w hich he had opened 
e&orírttcs "thought it was perhaps the most fertile of all. : The a ied ; he saw all this eropping ou ud EMO 
er i : Fa i Тр net d 4 mixing 
greensand formation was known in the district cf soi pa and thus he arrived at the ilu of (ож 
ROYAL sid dal SOCIETY. the name of rubble. It contained an immense gn- | | laws upon. which the world was constructed, 
LECTURE ow ANIMAL Ж Deve ENT, As TM tity of ре was called the soluble silicate, ар was | ОЛЕШЕ 
Ке т. ar- | ouarried and largely used as a manure on the upper | N = 
-— of the veterinary committee), in the chair. ч та еп мла nisi at Farnham. It was found in that | Webiews, 
aving announce unication from the | distriet which extended from the -Chiltern Hills at | The шышы: g ы: Бу В. Woodward, Ba. 
Watlington to Ardington in Berkshire Mr. Paine dis- | e, Hall, & Viae, London. 
covered that band of green to be most fertile soil. He | Wirra mu m of REH w ork, however X it it may be 
duty o manu e | found he could grow Hops, Wheat, and most ober gren to the antiquarian and adinirer of legenda агу lore, we % 
name of Poudrette; and a en m the East India | o, i This was due to the presence in it of phos- not reckon thatthe readers of an Ba iremos. periodie 
Co phatie "nodu ны containing phosphate of lime. Не сап have any very great sympat he origin of the 
tlie Himalayan distriet of India, well adapted fo ш а: believed i& was one of those formations which, i if pro- | Welsh, as a people distinet. and Кая alien to their 
u and ornamental timber on the poor hilly, or well- rly managed, would be found most valuable to the agri- | Saxon neighbours—their numerous and arduous strug. 
drained soils of this cou deri Professor 5imonds, eulturist, Tee tended, as he had said, from Watlington gles, first to uphold, and, failing this, to regain their 
the Veteri -Inspector of the "Society, proceeded to | 4J] down the Wing of Berks. Het ought it might answer | national independence — their final subjugation. on by 
deliver the fi 'of hia Lecture on t 4 qnn of very well to be д for mixing with other land i C І. completed by Henry VIIL in his Aet of 
Age, furnished by the strue f NT in uring. Passin ng on асл that, they came ác | 1536, AREA кА M ip all distinctions either of I буз, 
{е р | developments of i in cattle, | the gault clay ; it was good strong clay— | customs, religi even language, between his 
sheep, з hi casion d| and when pr roperly ‘cultivated had Pr advantages. glish and Welsh "Tees e e history of the "А ч 
t € 
interest in a seientifie and practical point of view, an 
bur elucidation 
po 
strikingly promoted s the lecturers 
mber of coloured 
large dien He partienlarly alluded to 
ay 
and also , explaining the so-called ostro-dentine, he re- 
e latter 
marked th at 
substance did not ВШ the vg 
of any of the domestic мее 
of this cavity is effected by th lp 
writers on |» 
— 
bug form dentine, — not by its ossification 
ersion into ames i 
chan 
cells; or in other words, the crusta inereased at the ex- 
pense of the dentine, and thus the tooth drew its 
bedded. 
In reply to унав by Sir John i domine os 
no 
would, to a 
aptare 
general Áoreing system; ш гай that: time, no data con- 
be mdame aha been collected, and he-was- 
in the case of 
cocti 
next ; we ee Prof. Way's | 
йде бы Slerof Ma uld be postponed, | 
in consequence e 
that date. 
were determined wa was laid down. by him i in. gne «e 
eontroverted. To his .exertions might be | chan 
said to obe ren that kar which th 
lo 
the Жемей 
Оп the- motion of М 
iowneley, seconded by Sir John Johnstone, the best 
. Si d 
l opinion 
of the probable result oi the adoption. of: such a course | the 
be horse, 
n 
meeting w werexthenvotd To ! imonds, 
and — diseussion of facts. 
The Nuneham grav y to be totally different | bardism ; these and other topies, direetly or Ой 
zm : j ба 
th w 
with a general referen е to the work adf. Res pre- 
е а 
on to the next soil, in the lower greensand, there was mising that the perusal will amply repay thé e trouble ip. 
x ^ Y 
fe h pr pursui 
upon. agriculture. x. the soil consisted. of ihis| The work opens with а deseription of € he geographical ' 
lower greensand there was a disease of the Turnips and geological esr a bus кеш? the most сопзр- 
prevalent, known as нарога tod Why was,cuous.of which are idges — * That of 
that? It was because of the absence of lime. Now, he | Snowdon covers mah us. pre of Caernarvonshire, 
d es 
teeth, а tly had before him some of the dirt which he o9 pim It rises 3571 feet above the sea. 
new to уадеден 1. After deseribing th e dentine 
ve 
the road as he came ero that morning—it was pro- others follow, of heights fluctua wi parcs n and 
duced simply by the pounding of the roa ad, It had been 3000 feet, the highest being found in North 
the gravel: pounded up, did much tow ards ing the nel ations;; for n the borders of Caer- - 
tendency. of the lower Ачу soils to бета uce the | warten of 2598 198 feet ; ана tiie Beacon of Brecon, 
disease he had mentioned. The reason of this was |2862 feet mos СЕ 
civis i contained 50 per cent. of fine, and if pu | e thought to bave dwelt awhile on the geology of 
iseas | this very singular and menm portion of the 
we find о 
ian we-ean devote toit, 
seran together upon his land. If he were put anywhere | therefore must leave Mr. Woodward to proposd his 
n that € he could undertake to з where they own t of the various formations in his-owu way, 
oui have that.disease, merely because he knew the (See —19. 
composition of fie «е Тһе practical еттй was| А т w brief remarks on the agrieulture of Wales 
plain. If he were young farmer, proposing to occupy the concluding рагі of the History." — 
take a farm on land ofi that description, he would insist could- have wished T subject had. formed: amoro: 
mi T somewhat сос 
ance of such knowledge was therefore hec evident Seu — n common with almost Б 
for they all knew the value of the Swede crop. Those ed of the subjeet, our author speaks but 
gravels were important, because they indicated that slightinglya of Welsh farming; and we fear with too much 
entr rim tee persons would find the clay if | truth ;: for most certainly, as а general rule, it. cannot: 
ey d ough. ` But there was another question ina йн that want-of capital is perceptible at every 
аад with онч clays viis ought to be borne in ;thefarms generally small; * * * {ете ame: 
mind, because it was essential Не (Mr. Clutterbuek) кл: many small landholders ; and not: only is the hus - 
was ossi md to write киш to the Medis Nette qi the со description, |  drain-- 
{ vicul arti es, and improved i d 
int he might alight upon in the course. of his гаг л «m wer aereis ni (E 281) Welsh mutton 
gations, merely putting his initials to his letters ; and it | ju айу appreciated by every — ins whatever may 
m happe excellence 
ed that in this way a length y and in te- | be-said of the wool, nobody will question the 
resting — ence was е € icited. Now, the point ^ ES "Welsh flannels; wigs; (à etit 
was a one upon which he had|  Theneglectof,and evenantipathy to, the:most obvious 
about t 
cse to онр pignis ; ami 16 his: letter- brought out am ih- improvements, if costing money (and wbat. improve: 
'resting and important: correspondence- on the part of | ments do not cost money ?) border. проп the ludicrous у 
r. Bailey Denton and Mr. Trimmer, lt was found by | as, for instanee, the objection to drainage by one sapient 
Mr. "Trimmer in his draining operations—and it was a | agriculturist, because it would rob him of Rushes ftr 
| point of which agrieulurists should be well aware— | thatching ! (Р. 584.) Scotch and Norfolk farm 
| that there аза wavy.eondition on the-surfaee of the | stare at the following specimen of a salem 
ts; tatoes Barley. with. G 
Mr: Trimmer- had to drain land:of that deseription in | Oats, Potatoes, Barl in рест ш шаша. 
Ше К p drainage. He found that it was necessary: (Р. 294) : eda 
eR UE 
formation, and "there was none 
TI * . s 1 
Smith. Тешен leading i 
; vega ditch which had и and filled up. with рз еа оар which peri riod o 
it : he | servatio 
айа. only os M эбегей, was in heir troughs, whereas, if | exhibited b iti 
y our ue Ganan bretbren 
he си erret weder ee e number injustice to whom we are: bound to 0 
by the Корей were wavy; манет, if they. did. not ing; however imperfect it: -— be asa whole, we 
might cA tosbe. „cutting along the ай, Wa 
by osehill пагона “ епегру апа skill i in cultivation t тед 
нч to 
he 
of croppings out strata; | and f Wales serve as 
хай Mr. Tri mte said, that bes influence of the rock far meso-enligitened diei аяй! Mare 
| agricul was here at | points іп their- harve ment. 
ever 
variety and | obtai ned, is constantly liable = те? d 
| W on tbe gei 
chr people should һе музее - е mie sides to the valley — no y ett th ! erop б 
was there е. f. where Wr. — lived ; it For this natural defect there can be no y 
great father of geology learnt: his: first | Another annoyance to which the mountain + 
mply by А 
vet that the vineta of that road dirt, нанио of | though m = ан in gs South of conside { 
богеми M if tide, Itis.useless, and поё very agreeable, to expatiate ш 
aves, he: carried off the sins of omission and commission ns si; 
затне мро: into: the. d All the elax 4 pe js ca cub fume 
make trial holes, to: nseertain how the waves Jay, they adduce- instances both in-Nortli uite йшй 
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