TN И THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
p Ei the adulteracing trade, аз | have shown e no such change has occurred), it mmdependent Seria ua 
gen $ 
substance 
might apply for a « 
i edon the lo ed | ma y safely be sumed that a bushel of goo od gu А апо | Degree, ? and com pet e for “ County Honours," ы 
ыы 18 to say, sand, ыу, өз: еле нк н оп е average, 691lbs., and that - hw | TA Lh he «County ге абе "be he Nlis a to 
d.:sulphate of lime, comm d -sul- | seldom exceeds ір any sample 731lbs. I need har парче а coming an E 
soda, ^ are in a greater or bus remark that the bushel measure must be alanced in esit fhe Сод Поне” тү" 
heavier than the manure itse n scale; that the guano led in wi Pus. eo any ens or nile üt io relies] ӨШ г 01 ех 
have been made publie, | pressure, and that (I presume) the surface should be |, i. Кз, фас A grecia АС р tint 
ihe first suspicion of adulteration has arisen from a | levelled off with a piece of wood, as in measuring | Stock, Che emistry, Mining, Navigation, Engineer, 
difference in weight being observed. Thus, in the bat at, in addition to the * County Déereg! 
pe i^ siad guano, which, it will be remem- | | "had ended. to apply to some a those from | * Cou unty Honours," individuals be invited tò eoma 
ook plac a few years ago at the Central | whom eceived this year samples of | With these examinations special prizes and Scholars 
C ET 2 which resulted in the trans- sors ege эн pe furnish me rae нче гуа of | j e sole expense of this proposal would be th 
три. of one man, and the imprisonment of his | these samples, but I have not had the opportunity po la bog to conduct UN ondence, and the . 
lice, attention was first called to the fraud, | of doing so. ere are, however, amongst your | ot examiners, many of whom, however, E 
ihough indirectly, b ба weight of the adulterated ийге who vest 4ho-preserit 2i АСЕ gratuitousiy, 
yy 5 readers, doubtless, y р | If it should sueceed, а very small fee on the có 
The agents of the Peruvian Gov ;|moment within their reach samples of guano | henaek (ву. " $.) wo ve provide a liberal sum 
Messrs. Grens; had swpplied in the usual way, ттм analysed this year by different chemists and found | 
а cargo on board = , genuine guano, in bags which | to be adulterated. I would suggest to e that they | d ed те » (whi would carry vites 
, and marked with their weight. would be doing good service by publishing in your u | 
These bags were carried ja io the Hager of one|columns the weighing of a bushel measure of the &c.) would be met by a very small eontributionon te | 
of the prisoners, and the о being emptied out sdilisdh ted sample, side by side with the analysis; part of those who take an interest in the county erame _ 
was mixed with a дар d ias The! ibricated a very important and valuable prelimihary test will nations. K l 
guano was then returned to each bag, in weight thus be supplied, if, as I cannot doubt, the weight |. The “ County Degrees ” would, of course, Le resi | 
gorrosponding with the marks on the outside, but | of the f i n samples should eve greatly in ша public register, and a * B Book of Honours? Eis | 
captain of the vessel to whom they were sub- excess over those now given for the pure manure. mE. Su. 
ful 
v. дөш papa I observed that ¿key were пої Of course I am not ignorant that "sa Eres, е, and signed by the examiners, and perhaps al 
ned his s suspicionsto the purchaser; | wil] not get exactly the same result from so 
additional reum stan ытта еы жылт д. снб EF tI "do y de Sia ыы importance E 4 i en and lieutenant or some other person of eminenee 
«al analysis, le о do ubt ot the fraud, and the this objection. I am aware.also that | I had satisfied myself, from several inqui 
result w. eris э лутт of the 7 gr Ta as stated | “ manufacturer" of guano may find means wipe eva nil; made of persons за to be right on such poin 
T jave no doubt a such cases have | this test, but at present I think that such means | | provo ed of co a sufficiently influential bod 
ар ut meetin ето та Tic eye. have not been adopted. entr нче! М their соп rds 2 the sel 
ar Torm t S aiat RD p ы Seret o guano | The only other Seam to which I shall call their Topea Arg а ирак "n 2 
du ey stwortüy means | attention із bata - in он the dap catal give а preference чо позе wHo н 
мс : guano behay s "et. at these examinations), this degree, thus s 
thi as to the Pod pa the Peruvian variety Tq | down it falls dni with comparatively Tittle iet, publie ap pun ойе i considered by 
i À dien: when allowed to slip off the shovel a very great testi 1, and, so t k, fav 
м nm poems ге — tiere difference is observed between good and adulterated omes AS VO, уар» S АНН ИН 
ano, on account of the mixture of a light and 
am happily in the position to supply, through the dent айе: um Nas D any кул бйрй ume 
kindness of Mess pprobation ; 
3 of the Me Mose үк леч With regard to the second question, namely, how "i or two, approved highly of the outline T had 
ng list of weighings of D Wis арайда to lie h farmer is to get redress for any fraud committed | n T "nen ыш Хобу того quem =. 
\ ӨН дып" tot ока ЖА e which I|9n him, I, of course, can only speak with great | Aronen 2р, р энш 
ге upon this subject two or three years ago. 1 ame; Ttisalawyers beris rather than а | Tord Harrowby, Lor 
explain that by “damaged guano” is meant chemist's; but experience teaches us that success- | T ord ут, „Гога Ashburton, Sir 
ortion of а cargo which by leakage of the | {1 opposition is поё difficult. ii is pian in that the | Mr, Sotheron, M.P., : E. 
JA. .Р., and E 
.yessel during along. voyage may зе become farmer stands better in a pass ive than an active | known Devonshire azriculturist, farming his 
n hy s som waler, This guano is never шы di коки is to say, that it is far easier to | But when I informed them of the eommur 
rse by Messrs, Grpns as. fi e guano,” refus Ae success ioo t for a spurious article| had had with you since my arri 
imbris put u si for periodical. sale by publio auction Hindi: 8 to rec ney once paid ; and тапу | уоп having made me aware, for the 
iaso“ maged ” uano bere: 1504180 ther ттш ЛИТ have lately aras di where compulsory pa iy- Society of Arts had already taken. 
of injury 'ealled “ дову: damaged, я адга аи as ue ке о ted, ог where а compromise | examinations of the members of instit 
has bea sadil capi ted. Bat there is every reason with it, and for granting е certificates of 
eid 
account of it reh —MÁ: ione 
its compn énsiVé c e 
ир 
still 
"wet" But I have nót (ad ht it necessary to "d 
al Б Зу 0 favour of the fier in a flagrant 
"include these i in raf far though they we Y case, and E is 
“in that fa rnish зь РЕ eng. oam certain that those who have once launched o ттт iba 
e gem (in js p» Mis and Damaged Guano, weigheg ©0186 of dishonesty are never content with “half - ideal Pd -A services it as тайтай аа 
а bushel mea. A eei the importation of 1849. [measures—so that all cases of adulteration are isa Lu He "Ает товат ў Aid hot present 
шз Name of Shi "e Damaged. —|flagramt cases. Тһе only safeguard against fraud to (i $ bns "mr m patronage sit n s for carrying 
| e cis та which 1 bave поё alluded is that, which cannot be | out аан атабы н атти, iea pity edles 
sgh at ia i ommended, to deal only with flt acl 
MM! 27 dcin d , y with persons of | to prepare and put in motion two sets 0ї шасш 
LUN Ai e An character, or for several persons to combine | instead ofi one, to effect t óbjectá $o nearly ide 
da pa - 084 a district and buy direct from the importers. apparently so -— e ar py а joint : 
domat A à e general adoption of this latter plan, however, | once more powerful and less costly than 
vm E. Zo 7 is a slur on the dealers, which, as a body, I do not | could be. They erefore agreed with me 
«qm t consider they deserve, and I am happy to believe | Proceedings of the Soci 
DE сы that it is only called for in particular instances. expedient to defer taking further st 
8 1. 803 мове "War. — the scheme I had sketched out ; at 
3. A а 81 РРА лайлы ы уя e had satisfied ourselves of the 
Amico AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. ing nibo eme а 
8 " 2 " SEVERAL efforts had been made, but made hitherto y 4A, Jun Aani Ebrington, E v йе Yo y % 
Е a саар ni with little M9 to мы ањ the edueation of the хорея абау. к 
5 жы өв farme ege at Cireneester had been ; 
НЕ * e 7 78b .. 71 blished, to which I was a very early subscriber, bu eemper e 
агы dA p КЕРА жы ате d cilii... lately, 1 unde rking very suecessfull Mt tive Duft oí ДАШ 
у oi : - ваза but though it bas edueated m: 'armers, it has s of ЕЕ 
ight óf bushel... | i with. equal success, but upon very opposi? 
"vi i the second column TER «à " ! A дит 
we have here com. compara- and its failure to answer this, i шы мы. the Rev. Mr. Smidreand ME. each pi 
Aye vely ше n do, and І only give it in order to | proves that - he remedy i Ws so гаад Е 4$ quarters, each realising an annual 
oaov. 1 f at. ihe addition of а quantity of water | expensive institutions, in grand gothic 34 E 
An education 
a not nearly so heavy as the adulteratino costly Staff m establishments, 
DT ces—"will sensibly alter the weighings, and to be selí-su ; tem че 
феса use it may be — by the dealer that a sus- оиа ТАШ SER "pbi р taint. бопе time, 
ресе! ‹ Н 1 
gf а езине article., Iti plam, however, tat this |87608 90 Mino with whom Т had been йр over dic 
"shift will 3 , this matter, that it might be possibl : 
sample so is f j ба 
ld. ы ачуы руп good guano in the ordi- vndis homes mec ens erected ra a 
e, and cannot honestly be resold | acquirements— to make a successful effort to учеа т 
em 
A ee, is of much € of incentives and далее, Тут dormant очот ra 
"ewe tofa nt of guano is |farmer's ков; and to cause either the volun Fiki: 
ween 69 and 70 lbs, The v iations | Improvement of jr elo er ari 
& thin ч Variations existin rivate 
198. this are not great, the highest. number reaching the spontaneous establi existing р ? may i amira н irme whi ~r 
cu" бик sd $amatterof course no c objection which cem чи өтөөчү. on їв а lec of the notion 
dob Y iL amy sample i а curr о us as best m 
enc Чай а considerable bes De E Вів опг опе object :— ns for attaining Wheat 
оп А h The as n. . On the other hand, the varia- That in the chief county town a yearly examination 
erageis of no importance, because should take place under the patronage of the lord.]i | 
es exhibiting dt were evident] 7 =“ tenant, county magistrates, or other infi i e 
Меле average, "Ошен, eretar cedunt | esed vi ie emn a ыма Mp. 
since these weighings were xaade (and 1 fana tiic a Lore soni; Whose 
