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THE SAREE Uu. CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
(Juxz 18, 1864. 
ociety's diploma, were it to secure 
pap ge use en 
b 
honorary "distinctio ion iet you have the mea 
aii] 
a 
ood 
valued i 
| sidered worth 1 _ a per ton? 
Is obtained from boneash, Bolivi 
i phosphates, j 
o the farmer 
1e following is Dr. Anderson's peas 
1s t. So luble phosphates derived from bones, 
boneash 
n the same way as phospho guano, when is it con- 4p it worth to him about 102. per ton. 
_ OF course , there 
ral matters or guano, “in consequence of ta 
vene valig attaching is the insoluble pbosphates in 
the latter a) ; but when their quantity is so small, 
this is not gre 
Th here are several other respects in which p^ views 
—— here, will eer 
identical 
and it 1 
nave 
1 
en or promise of € future suecess in life, as 
vi afford a strong presumption ae you will diy 
same diligence in business as you have don 
bes 
Lu must dgio DRA ag iaa that the uo Pec 
same effect in the 
| d ought erre to produe 
eost; of 
The point in which they P prr is in the eos 
p Vidi gn ton of 
little as RU 10s. when large c 
containing tli 
mposing c courses of Sst tudy 
Midas places e, 
example, you ^am dy agriculture practieny 1 here 
on the College Farm during your two yea 
this teaching is not agem pal "practical 
above it you must remain — 
the instruction of a practical farm 
of 
r | phates, costs that 41.10s., and, the acid being the 
same in both cases, it is obvious that the | manufa cturer 
ile | out that 
Os- 
| x the value of a manure. ike from acl. this 
| opinion, I believe it perfectly prake ia to do so, provided 
| an accurate method be adopted, I have always pointed 
the aaora ea a Sein i in use gave onl 
and e rashl Kms 
In my * Elements of Agricaltu ral Chemistry,” publ 
in 1860, I wr (. 257) that, "d stri ictly sp eaki ing 
lower prico than from the second of these substances. 
d. The: E tin ba, TO- uerba roh value of a 
p e extent on its state of division, 
manure depen 
ws his appreciati ion of the advantag 
hat I on | 
valued accor 
ed 
4 
the e of. valuation- tables, 1 said — Although th 
PE 
tion 
| iden than for inch or half-inch bones, On this T 
able 
rhoo! "S so derive from 
h | than those in inch bones or 
| st think n: can bap i counideved d 
of | phosp 
en in bonemeal; but I do 
s; for no mechanical s 
th 
ything by halve: a Co tsw old farm it t is 
M uable as soluble | ,, 
visio ver | manure as regards dryness, complete 
be POUR atis state, and the like. , Ace rtain 
of the valua! 
ofa manure, there are a variety of other Pienso -— 
which must be taken into account, and which gave 
great scope for the judgment and experience of the 
valuator. ese the most important is the proper 
al wance 
and, 
mey 
be 
tog zether, an re may state that I always have "held, 
£311 
| the othe or ill 
ered fedüced, a àma deduction Boge’ amount of which mast 
of t 
er hand, when the manure is ds amp or 
be decided by th 
not the expe stem o nt farming, but only the very 
"the isk the farmer runs of be 
in pvc guano, and sslpbate y ammonit is of the 
n 
a 
the University 
t teaching two tl - gs— 
science and practice, whieh appear to one me 
ible. 
value, although 
o! gl 
_ | more quickly, and is therefore re be preferred when a 
rapid effect is s desired. „It see ems to mo tha t the exper ri- 
> 
r "y. E Morto on Ls 
ilson, Mr. n, and others, who attended the 
agricultural — in Edinburgb, look back with 
gra ratitude to the nstruction received there. In fact, 
ucation neral education, ought to 
ical instruction. Man ny of _ you are 
precede prac 
We anita E 
r 
sulphate of ammonia. e que 
w still stag tn “4 investigation in the field, and 1 : 
I 
fi and to show thát hrs | i 
n 
nia in Peruvian guano 
stion, however, is on 
a whiel 
)ave at pre 
expect will inge "further light on the 'subjee 
ms As regards the value of the two 
ssolved. bones of whic h you E the : 
itho 
ing, as "ee as other branches “of stu dy w t can be 
best lea here. My own opinion le ^ you learn 
these well, ^A —_ quite as much as can be expected 
h the more ex ve eg 
idiments of the st ce of Wf medie, Ti or any 
other LE a ae are PS tatght T in Teas rooms— 
wyer only really begins to learn a 
e begins to practise at the desk o 
ical man when he takes to the 
amount 
roportion in 
of o 
Assuming, how 
res are So UA "ta 
| the T" e eod lho-guano tö contain, 
p exce ept t that, d 
singles of | " 
n 
organic matter AM contain papara e from 
merly i in use for tie 
on the subject, I believ dt p h toon pe 
my views have always been “pabstantiall the same. 
Whatever I have written has been for the purpose of. 
guarding the farmer ian: misapprehension and 
pr prote Bie his interests to the best of my ability. 
| Thomas Ander uident docena Fentonbarns. 
Written 
vie 
STAM CULTIVATION? 
Paper last you 
min n Robert onde oos on — Cultivation, 
| uh rae is an extract fro ee 
at hee eulttiral Society's” 
Q 
m 
regular town or country practice. Soit 
is with the agricultural student, pad! liberal his | 
i be, over a 
enter on the discussion et 
will be 
arks made " te 
Jo vna feportióg tia deaf Mr. LU s draining Ip 
at e Linens 3 wes attracted the attention of Mr. are 
of neni oying steam BÀ. 
education may be, d above all his other acquire- | * ese n antage of emplo ! 
ments. Skill and business habits phase at last reign immediately an^; tha this is of mino y deum of Mone lave form ef pda This ge " 
E» rn else all the - kis : e to A saei epos fiw ae y ce HAE m AU plied. According to Bed prnseate iy given ore os at rere soa ot the up o+ p zs 
wil be all tio more p eqited after y iit 54 tons soluble phosphates; at90h 6 £438 TELE tover he plough, if an v attended tag Os n ohelle. 
idet 9o s m viver ti of 45 5 E y » " ben Ts of the ode dee hen wink CU 
€ s, ai w - hai order 
training as the *permenent studies of this Institution A a) alkaline salts, 1 ration Dat E PIN hr "aur tillage, to igned by 
2.7 pene. ve 
in am very glad indeed that J have snatched a little » Bas Now is by no true, for Mr. 
Riser: a siness to Mead this Institution. It oon of 100 tons. ETS nothing emie d. p swith the om E! pene 
giver m uch pleasure to observe the order a No, II. on THE Baste PK B with Mr. R: Ransom one of the Messrs. "s 
ee vor whieh prevails, and d r have no doubt | that i p s tons EET att is 5 s ordinary seven- harso prse Sina to = delivered by 
nbn 45 7 sulphate of lime , 1855, ready 
profitable as oe i r1 i esidon t i 4 alkaline salt: with Ho wa ^ — ; Ms eee’ an ep A^ wo Fowler 
6,, > PT .. Å. EE a ntra wi 
here. oan Dorad edotation DEUM of Tejing te i g. » E Mi encima Bau Mr «Hia some, I conl pi ie i. s 
and euin ion tion since I came here, I am gl find direction I then gave to bim, viz, two drums to 
students far advanced in the knowledge of PuosPo-QUAN mx Sante Prin s strongly framed hier, to to be put in motion, win 
what re tes to the art, 3s 8 tons soluble ‘phosphates z . £176 one direction and t| e other in the other, by a pin Tie 
PETIT á a ined ae phosphates” MOL i be driven by à steam vn endine tah to be supplied by the * 
DR. ANDERSON ON PHOSPHO-QUANO. - Ll Oe Doe ioa | oL Otoban 1800, Ant endy money, Here 
Kt a recent meeting of the East Lothian Agricultural M 4 prd Tag | some positive evidence upon the p ; ; 
vU. M Toph. of Peston Barus, int ue | | PCR e ra. ( yi crane Mr. 
Club, Mr. H of Fenton Barns, intimated that he had ee am Uv ‘oe pee E : answer to some i y about. the ' 
applied to Professor Anderson, asking the tne zia ano j w Mie pereo meris -— LI the p 
= hosp’ By this calculation 100 tons of — o are st oim sends before ae we 
ý ut Aon —_ i ai soluble stato, ma equal estimated at 10667, but Aye price € arged is in reality fortnight.” By this law that Mri age enii 
vulp -— those in phospho-guano, pennis Island, Bolivian, au 5[.; hence P plo ying the yb make the P windlass, Joa: 
or F - :1175z 758 i 
Sombre! ed with sulphuric 
onia found in sulphate f ammonia o 
15s. be the doa price of phospho 
no, 
1 rmer tban o 
agoni ri 
containing 20 or 80 | 
eim 
acid ? 2 is there any difference e the res et phosphates | | Conseque us iri $a 
at? guens J aud at o according to 
aes | v the suse, serra on oases no, M im ng the | Peruvian gn e Ere No. I. should, if it is equally min dad the atid me ine T “inquired about the wind 
fine state o subdi ision in wbich they are fouud, m the | well made, b 1. 6s.; and A zs by the same ee On the 23rd Oct. be dier JA 
source whence d ivedy of | e s value 2 on the soil than soluble | | mode of ca ipea hs wo ith 8i. d ini. T" o for the moi i A engine, mast this 
— substances 3, Bolivian guano of equal 6th. I think a manure containing 35 3 od p biu parade the w indlass : makin c 
it in phosph o-guano? If not, wherein consists me bo “econ tes made from m under the tion of ide whom we would 
or Bolivian gua | rule more Bed vet rou see that they would not acknow! 
to make the | 
po P" the pure amm. 
drei oer of dissolved 
the same vaas as the ammonia in Peruvian eine? midi 
the 
ould be 
UN I 
phate of lime . 15.49 
ordinary bone phosphate rendered 
Lene "y "the fa 
a igna soluble and d. or 
12 3. insolable phosphates 
m may state that if dry ini well manufactured, I think | two an 
semet e" I gue the o 
r I will go ong 
ms " peri e . hich of a ME sein es ICE the pet of December, 1855, Mr. Fowler wrot? 
enl ido. "ate eed Ta A bat e Pup ceret much obliged by your cheque for 781. on — d 
M dee et t time to tie frate d Sman | On the 2d $1 ot Pabeacty, 1856, tha Maats anson 
mi "t r t to me an E E rd 
che pent or agreed 22 4 of ammonia, Hee ee -— bens E with some rope 
