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` lå 316 lbs. ega killed, 28th April, | way, I [^ ^re far with him in opinion as to ће value where, for instance, it is possible to grow corn 
ШШ vd Ae 3 ars. =ч lbs., which, at|of its on the inorganices. It seems scarcely to aíter arat an Meam system = ТЕМ Аш 
айй dead vig 401 mit we ева that the action of the organie parts of advisable, in order maintain 
75100, form mi E M .. 2118 5 our manures on the soil must be exactly similar to that fertility of the land, 
"They con-u eii їп I2 weeks— | of the atmospheric air; and we know that there жаза 1 is the province of scienċe to account for the causes 
| time when the action of this air, together with the alter- of the beneficial results mida a proper system LÀ 
| nati with water—and water again is alternate husband 
| eomposed of what we term organie (I ipn not ма i Whilst we „Кый the most successful 
———— 4 7 1) соггесу, I would rather say gaseous) elements—w o be the result of vues лы” Le experience, we 
'found sufficient to break down rocks, and m ilio fertile sini, at the same tim ency 
ils before men existed to supply them with manures. ^ о suggested for accounting fully and intelligibly: 
Тһе, с ef the, р, even with the F^ fed soi en oe ез 
dise ouragin as res ects the | А very principal effect, then, of our manures must be to for the арі on w taion 
on cooke А a p. DETI rate on the ] 
questio pra £t П тіпе | "ur ri i ducing Itis fo; 
ita. be єз ? pa para oy i it, and then rendering it soluble, and so accessible to sition of those theories which bave enjoyed the greatest 
— d^ already dei опе of M pigs fed on | plants ; a solution — — in sufficient quantity to popularity. There are penny wo which require to- 
the cooked was injured i ind ased to thrive | dissolve, and as the r Pret drink and P not be noticed, The one, suggested prae Deca nàile, and 
and was killed before the js um Tt hadi in the 11 weeks | | eat, it appears very b ^d abundant supply of. known as the excretion срез preceded 
only gained 22 lbs. of dead weight, while the other water is necessary to give an ipn supply of food to which, under the name of the mineral карэ бет theory, 
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plants Anda б ut in part composed of inorganic has entirely ec ree the fo brin ax oue 
tue e Sonn ah hsec d n intet, p dore оп the or earthy dum. it appears equally simple that they are almost universa Y 
Exclu hat pig S dn ре the other | essential to them са It was supposed by Ж id his followers, that 
е weighed. Qd атыг 9 ewt. 3 lbs. — 285 lbs The quantity For water constantly evaporating f the roots of all ics excrete certain substances, 
t 77-1 219lbs. When Dd Qn A pril) they all the parts of plants above ground ereates a very emo gous to the excrements of animals, and that these dd» 
рч l аг. 17.1рв.:= 493 ; dead weight, o at their roots. An artificial supply d water, stances exercise an injurious effect on those plants from 
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1 to furni s, the roots of whi 
160 Ibs. at 5d, per Ib 8 must be necessary to their чб and as water forms they are harmless to otber species, or even promote 
Cost of food for the two, two-thirds of 5]. 1s. 10d. 5 : п the carriage of all matters receive co plants through | "t luxuriant growth. When a field, after a succession. 
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4 ine = вен. revar aea e ст be iria than аф < сап bL of шт but repaid well c Kofir ees ki г 
during E iddl шй i - h p act bees ine) afforded. каш the more rapid m their green crop, this LN was expla y th 
on г Азабым ың en Sn d tam > i: EET 4 growth ; they should always be fully ted ; a чү ieman | tion theory in apparently simple and intelligible 
Mose therefore болуу: tbe fegulín ies iru of water at any time in the soil must deprive the m manner. The e бс of the roots of th 
ecd - 7 : of roportion to that deficiency, And here are plants of former таны said the adherents of prar 
—( the iaae 1 of deep Abe and deep working ; the | dolle's theory, have accumulated in the soil to such & 
ШЫ реч fein atn ж уро ung roots get во а soil which, being less operated оп by | degree that it has become p poisonous to plants of its owm 
1 owt. 2 2 qrs 173 t 408 33 dead, е 5d. m 15 в evaporating causes, retain to their use а more regular e ; but с ; poi mag nt p ses 
Mangolds, Bean med by supply of water. But I think it not improbable that | Wheat are ог а green ; us Turnips, foi 
me at nt prices jo мей, during th the -— paw in » oyi soil may suffer further injury by being i ce, succeed well after Wheat. "he experience. 
eeks, 2568 give up their moisture to the soil. me 3 that Wheat could be cultivated again after a bare fallow, 
under that v su ly in D га with manure in a liquid state, when um Dg 
“ Consid th A [^ f th di d кзы » oe d with water, ^ ident] | the time of rest, ЧА was sai e poisonous excretions- 
ering that the ' present prices o e PUN | soil is not saturated with wa evi у con- 1 , 
ran, used $ " largely in xa y experiment, are во ex- | ducive to their well aii — care being е e dilute the | of amid RE P have time to trm T to become 
tremely high an ЖЛ да пеа ined to the present, manure in propor о the dryness of the soil. | eon 
pa price of pork, let жат t the amount as it | But it seems questionable that we are to attribute the | чї "Mid тые ai tm t ed "i T first sight 
would stand at a "ye am | immediate efi appear, it is marked by the great fault of not resting. 
ТЕЙЛ! Wi Ibs.at4d.perlb, amount £2 4 4 of "liquefied Дет to tbeir action on the ог panics of upon facts and observations ; and as this is now gene- 
The food consumed in eight wéeks— | the soil; they act more directly on them, they rally admitted by all natural. philosophers of any 
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аа с нт ^ NE must enter the jadis in some р before time is | authority, we shall not stop to expose the errors оц 
E gie IMG T in d c fish 2" о allowed for operating on the soil. | which it is мрой, but shallat once briefly direct attene 
EE SANT 3 | 112 0, Its еуарогайоћ from the soil er Ande of the cases боп ө tbe hemical mineral theory, which, at the 
ges uld'exhibi зау) ардуч the "ETF of Fa crga ма jid manure, as | | prese SR Dele ved to explain more fully and сор- 
And тт ta gain тмн Mr. Mechi supposes, bu t he i s probably in „error in be the beneficial е ffeets of a rotation of crops.. _ 
— bg us ew is йен to the reasonable The analyses of all our cultivated plants have shown. 
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assumption that the proportion of Bean-meal and bran Hb айлы 2 анте nme not only o vic бад that they, without exception, contain а certain 
is name than а due ге, regard to to we fit vit — у - vapour, but even of inorganic matter, ————— ү. in the of аі substances, which. хе main behind, generally 
восе рене" than we have to Agri Gazettes of 184 14, and ftem Му, as affording in in the form of white ash, when the plants are 
2 of Bean-meal were € on "ү average обед by our hoe QE ap. operations an open vessel. These mineral — it is venient, 
uring the period of ‚ from the time the animal explavatioi rof their Indeed, must exist in the soil, or in the man d it, 
of 80 or 90 lbs till it shall reach ч "uiu І "attached the | before they ean сап find their о е пача 
er of the feeding, with а supply of med ог Jad no reason to did my opinion. ie ean attribute | and as 
as they are in aee pem d in. 
pr ao: г the most DEA „eare: тіше 2 
ma 8,8 ipm r amount of pro tth an 538 to nothing else the evident benefits to vegetation that ‚ distinctly proved. that absence of one or more ot 
n contemplated in any of the above өсти attehd on ойг very superficial operations, and 1 ат | those mineral matters which enter into the com on 
"e jw h т = зи cted. | much pleased that Мг. Mechi should have brought his lof plants is a иу ЛДЫ cause to stint а n its 
o aecount of fuel in any of t liquid manure system to bear upon it. However roots growth, and to ET d s coming into perfection, it 
хым найы. The saving of fuel by гдс may run out laterally, their smaller fibres pe too | will for ever rema ntifie truth, and not a mere 
the food is certainly iiie Л but it was vastly over- deeply into the earth to benefit by any recen applica- | aede n these i cert m зара ances, constit the 
Ww in фе estimate at first submitted to the society. tions of manure, either dry or liquefied, Sas in the | — f plants, are not mere aëcideñtal bari but 
берү mirc boiler, of even n an or ordinary boiler well first аһа Е e of their growth. mportant and анадай. necessary to 
у very Liquid ma then, however it may be accom- p aturity as any atmospheric or organic- 
and dic "xg of increased labour, in the careful w ы рена n po^ ich man wit ith „his stenm-engine, ш —— shi d ey may requir sg What, therefore, ean be 
ahd grating of the roots; is not of s т=з amount. It is by tne barrel and )atural than that the soil, when sown with Wheat 
proper to mention, however, that the use of the «т» ting is bem ко a very pos кз of о abe will not produce, year after year, a remuner-- 
g, ver e that will- well recom ihe and | ative crop of grain ? owing as we do now, 
perdre and, ОЁ course, course; proportionat ely economises fuel. Fo, ái general rescue the country ag ali 3 of seeds of our cereals contain much ri 
өйрәнсен lide mem y say а few words respecting the famine secure to us cheap food with greater | SE that by the continual removal of 
. " cattle. It has been our longt certainty m even free trade ean do. At. the same Ше land, it must beco 
iisi: uctor te ' give 
ега. Swedes, unwashed, in quantities of 70 to 80 lbs. s 
our fattening stock raw time, I would not exclude dry manuring ; the carbon of | acid that it will no longer db cir а 
һег this necessary to the 
ру Жс nm traw and peat mould, with some other matters, may so 0 su 50 
dail p three feeds, mix sed with about 10 lbs. Wheat x profitably applied, adi ай to dissolve. in the ihg 1 by | seed of our w 
\ ; ог eut straw, enriche th 4 to 5 or 6 lbs. of natural] su pplies of wa dde pee s y the ум Or, if it irae | peietically possible to саден эуеш 
‚ Barley, and Linseed-meal, mixed in such pro- — it is are excess; dra poa repudiat other leguminous- 
Lm аз Ше relative E je several articles carbon from their fertilising ненада ET think Mr. 
nd соте may render desirable, and boiled Mechi wii] scarcely be of the number, for if * water is 
Љу steam E. б ler's cr t€ winter, into a thin three-fourths of our PM Xj and often more 
: daos mir Р выба on the cha etd ree-quarters of our food," a eia Leu pro- 
ot T c: rome uted among the t portion d carbon enter into аы id parts 
feeds of . ата hi men this system of feeding, we of our food; so, then, it ought into o аы and k 
ауе attained а high еһагасќег for well yrs кама. |the.more so if the composition of plants із to afford а à 
тше for feeding them. as 
Fermented, — е less degree than for the  pigsand With all due diffidence : would say, Mr. Mechi mis- 
Biven to. two the heifers; in exactly the same takes in enn chat by Mr. Way's experiments removed from the soil ly y different Pe 
| ene de and with the same иди of hd «ШМ 2] фе amim s fixed, е по faras clay must have | ferent valai vd proportions. Whilst some giar as, Tr 
t was - other two, L unprepared state. its point of suia тым ; indeed isadmitued by the instance, the leguminous plants, abstract 
5y seemed (o like the pre 8 рон and th servation on the coloured and d discharge trom | lime in great abundance, kinds, as our cereals, 
АА гарры да bain oxeolicnt, sisté5 Ent, | «ho drains, |. oth on this pm and on Ше faith of | abstract largely phosphoric acid and silica ; and | 
с the eight weeks, there seemed по differe псе ib |o alie o£ Jeaf M foning,.i es de be recommended others, as, for instance, Turnips, Carrots, Clover, &e., 
: e prepared food gained less of еер our- so! the ttack in an especial manner the stores of potash in the 
; к е оп f potash i 
liye Weight by 14 lbs. than the othe k i > 
y 14 lbs. than others, making only ible, aud to use se еи in еа E. soil Aeccordin ng to the preponderance of one or the 
4 Ibs. dead pen e weeks, on each which might mA: frequent КОЕ J.-M. боой, ali ы other mineral substance in the ashes of plante, "€ 4 
ciden 
чө, been accid E as now been submit it is well known, divides plants into four gro 
PE to d. gated v enr of further — THEORY OF AGRICU LTURE. namely into— : 
cooked in various proportion rationale 1. Plants requiring an abundance of horic acid. saf 
ыен ascertain more definitely the most А-ту NR болей d. iit giving эре) for 2. Plants requiring an abundance of er hir e 
[ remunerative combinatio simply 3. Plants requirin, ^. erre et o d nudi or soda. 
plants is concerned which is монг to be шд һу зя Plants requiring much silica, 
ПЕРТ т . | rotation of cropping. Ех xperience has established the requirements. аз p the vhrious mineral : n 
PE MANURE AND IRRIGATION. practical utility ain a proper rotation of crops, and has | thus being very different in different species « 
; лове with Mr. Mechi in in thinking that a veil yet | shown that there — пе which tus and the | Memo coo nen dapes wing a crop whi 
s i need ойле жарим оо years with | the soil much of o ne particular m 
Rode manure qum ani do not go the mci п еу точен id dux oval ndo gm so dependent for Ив езин grow | 
