230 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND NM GAZETTE. 
M oma UN A en oe 3d, tbat in future | much confide noo in its truth. In trying to to find 
* Freemartins ” be not disqualified for Aa grim in | m La $ : soieno ce 
the EE Heifer Classes in the different divisions. | must take 
4. That re fi ad Cc 
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the of 5 d this ia Mais 
2a p “Husbandry” without noticing haw E for all, , patien e tly turnine P 
. | after fact until something is found wh ng 
in DE "m be for Sheep ofa a ee nd Short- woolled io important pe oe to aS d P su bm E be ier 
ar 
h ize sheet; d» 
d prize, 107. 5. That the medal for Cross-bred Sheep | “ Natur. 8 of. 
hen however che 
& s t the pd pter is a very able, full, and instructive di Abr 
follow T jo». for Pigs P^ exceeding 6 mon ite ture, this co-relation of sciences had not taken n place | 
oid, instead of 4 Lar pr as heretofore ; ditto for Pigs Organic chemistry was hardly d m » 
onths an nd n r|gists were working independently of chemists. e 
lant was consi 
dl Redielvs. 
for Pigs abov anes and not exceeding 18 mo decaying vegetable matter (humus). It was th ought to | Sale mant r^ Allnutt^s Agricultural 
i ‘hg ed th at a fine of Ie for ART assimilato that which was pnt e nd excrete wha e Mir ehe - hens. " 
of animals entered be imposed on the same conditions ad. The masterly m in which Liebig} We ai: proper to calla 
as at the Royal Agricultural Society of Englan ad. Also showed E impossibility of this s explanation of vege- containing 2 Sale Meyer ea "200, oor m 
ariora m lock, P.m., | table lered admirable by all his | because right that a agriculturists should 
on the Tuesday of the Show, and that no protest be | rea ers. Still tl t s, in spite of all that has | where the ay P^ find on view for sale a ET 
received after that time. The po of the prize sheet | been said, t ften much improved by the | culturel library, besides a on many other ha 
were revised ga apaan, It was re that application P salts of ammonia and nitric acid, and | | maps, —— Linear pee models, &, in 
the entries for i s, &c., shall c on the lst agriculturists are ted. Mr, Allnutts pom 
October as during ves bat "two years, The implement | case. Liebig strives to explain it a& follows :— Gasntie is a well- Le: pae of connection bete 
committee re-appointed ; new members were | Phosphates of ap gg stt , as found in the soil, | buyers and sellers of landed property. In it mai 
elected, The pe of the meeting ware voted to the | are insoluble | in water, but mach more soluble in | his published diagrams of the selling prices of gus 
President for his able conduct in the chair, water containing ca: = mic acid, common salt, salts of | for many years back, and in this agricultural lib 
| ammonia or saltpetre. These salts, aceording to him, | he has long rss "a laboured in the serrio 
" then, do not act br directly nourishing the plant, English agricultu d 
F: ers Clubs. but ” by dissolving from the soil those com- 
HrxHAM,—At the last meeting of this Club, Jony | stituents which are in an insoluble state, and Land idu aad a Farmers, By), 
Gnzy, Esq. Gs MS eds introduced a gentle man | offering them to the plant in a state in which the Tabor | 
bes a few yea well known to them, but|can be assimilated. Now it is plain that vegetables| A simple book of aratan in ww of the dih 
had bee A Tabi plaina Bde time most profitably | cannot grow simply because they are supplied with 1 th bling the careful reader off 
at Green Coliege, where he e rstood that | such ammo nia, carbonic acid, - -— =e e consti- | to undertake the an “of measurement and levelling 
s had been ma ade by him t Mr. tmar an 
tl d that edt must | The Principles of Agriculture. By W. Bland, MBAS 
"s probati ion. He ale Char be present. therefore evident, ar gues Liebig, Lo Se 
les p" EY i ion e since a visit from Mr. - alg pe salts, by their adiit t action,| This is the second edition of a little volume on ihe 
Constable, the Principal 2 emi College; and he | pre! nt pabulu ulu mie oe io. Tai sage a system is an | theory of the growth of plants, the action of numum, 
heard from him with very great pleasure, and, If ther t phos- | the rotation = ae vri fallowing, &e, by the 
might say, r ide. tbe high testimony he bore to "he pion acidi in te "soil be wr 100 are crops—and | Hon. Secre the Sittingbourne and Mile 
character of the n dents. qui enderi ring this n, Eb sphoris a acid | Farmers Club. T isch rae of a welleulintei 
OHN Md cia M.R,C.A., F.C.S,, then read aol uble, only 56 such — the m d of manures, variety of crops 
interestin iode n Science in its Relation to Agri- double: crops can be grown. These views of Lie big in Grass and draining and irrigation as the 
culture, The fol oa tee abstract :— have not, however, passed diee en but g land — are the — 
He first defined theory and rese and practice. | found able opposers in Messrs. Lawes and Gilbert, e 4 ene esee aud the 
Practice is synomymous with performance—is conte nt a, and others. These gentlemen seem not ssion of the cultivation ae the rere es i 
to do what. Ne is id or wet it hear aa Theory is| much to fear exhaustion of the soil, and are met farm, and with a few remarks on ation of t. 
se of a Tc ractice. ed ad vémiteg for the use of ect edem manures. In the| tenant to his labourers and his] eri witb ul 
Hilo practice han fo found reme 2- be en weg" pue eagerness for analyses of soils, and of plants, too little le book. 
it, f DUC UNTER . One of the 
s 
u 
s ) i h improved. Te tine to ‘th - e | m nona n gl of : 
bf one Modem nt TOETOE, The soll becomes & mediu plan ind the s of m that of the | This is the sixth edition mA the - Le 
through which p bea of water are gonatantly Leser attraction “possessed Dy soils fo several ni and instructive work by Mr. Baily, w 
percolating and leaving behind them their fertilising | stances which give value sesenta: _ | first authority of the day PR its subject. 
elements, viz., t rH" 
le soil had the power of removing ammonia from "us. 
wn phenomen Practice tells you that stiff soils | its — and Mr. Way — afterwards showed | The Meadow Mt cellaneous. sends LA 
ior t be worked dry, that Night soils may be worked | that e power existed removing not only | succession of lilae-coloured, Crocus-like flower Y 4 
wet; that autumn e is excellent, or that subsoil- sea but potash, poma y ne several | September and October, after th 
ing is followed by great results This is all that| other substances in a eo — is property | nothing ‘ode T seen of the plant until the foi 
practice eon tell you. Suppose, now, the dici be | of soil has received the of mis attraction, spring, when its broad leaves begin to peer abore 
started, * Mr. A. has found subsoiling answer on his|and has been compared Ma a “like power in cloth to ground on the first advent of warmth. Its effects 1 
farm. at guarantee have I that I shall find it | remove the colouring matter used in d and to | cattle may be gathered from the fo ing re" 
a 
et 
© 
= 
Sy ag cepacia gaara | Ea rta ters on the Sle dug 
ges atin poe be “cena ett Berge he reason d on the petens, y in PM sorde the lar tta at the leaves, but where the. ^ 
€ . AL ness o y 3 
ving e “reason why ” the operation | it is with soils—the more porous they are, the more t eld. A farmer ab Eyeforl, 
had S — on "aes first farm, we next proceed | strongly do they possess this property, UT foncé! onore 38 ipee. in had 10 cav BP 
M of the Colchicum, r 
th clays 
the acr de às altogether o opposite, we conclude that | sand on the other —— mE. m such solutions ; ee cows were des 
on no known principle can a sim teats action | while well tilled loams umus remove the thes Ph -— in de same neigh : 
give similar results. Let me give you an illustration | before-mentioned pis iom. pos n Lastly, it i$ | sience leads to the inference that cattle 
as to how bem goes to work in order to find out found that after salts have thus absorbed am: district are not so liable to eat the Colchicum 88777. 
the cause QURE ody be Practical knowledge finds or their eared water applied in very large |peasts from a district where the plant dots miig 
that Clover should on be sown once in si ht years | quantities is able partially, but never entirely, to wash | There can be no m sont this Jarg pr 
same t nd, bet if sown oftener it is apt to | out the matters so absorbed, This discovery, thus which, even if in ust occupy 1 
E NUM men immediajely ask, | described in the most general terms possible, has bad | should. if possible si eradicated f from the p fi 
; mu en work Bk rate! nc Ves a pun ad effect pori, the PEE eye to Jet te pa 
a A manner in which assimilate their le leaf.’ Morton's Nee” 
NA ARE > Clover sickn if they AME ary «te QNA irestor ai tention to | 4| indeed matara a was ol 
PIC which pie pinay æn culture. d study of roots, for since evident that only a 
d is 
find a this pont ated y — 
take every condition into account, and seize on th in sol ios j th And the porq m Pai es Calendar of Operationte - 
which are peculiar. i The next question asked i | in search of food , which by vital force, and most likely MARS ; 
erp this peculiarit is the cause of the immunity | b ti gst Sussex ; Feb. 29.—After a rather Shain ting 02357 
y single instance ; edidi 
Aen 
enjoyed m. this ; and if so, the | foc Mod from the different particles of soil with which they ur v be qo everything is po ral 
me tions are applied to another case. If in| coi come in contact. I have mentioned this circumstance, appetran charaher of the pois opine Ay E the 
this also a similar result is produced, it may b he ap " cath er, but of short. TUM e old » 
assumed that the built, though 1 is "gel rra NM od bears upon agrieultural science, and would also draw [mr has been "S so well provided mars 
ares r3 pm 
Loser E » ra th th d seeds greater consumption than when " , 
. Conclusions, the byp and detect ad i one well, and the lam! . 
_ Ration sought for, ea e a propounded a simila de teraons ORAE pes d coat hive the lambs kod eS nio 
- m 
1 | will be a good many ready for th 
characteristics. Botany can also throw light on the | it comes fiber e early Upon us this ye ‘pect 9 
| qeu of Pacem a seed, and whether good or bad | been. Very Fes Luce with museos 
hod ; Sank SE Asri, BT PN Dx des PYE da de ime a 
Poe gar aan T E ey must be | perch Sa a 
truths, inc kie pics upon an inter and i latter cause ; an 
often. been A oor nective science, "Tt gen is ed. Beet e ands a good 
all the : vil sonsequen nces at the | more the knowledge of. the. “much more complex and Md the aban 
men totally ie pn 2 very forward t spreads, 
ieri RR. the benefit of all thinkers u pon | Bat a tbe rosta have sbakent 
to the present day, iid the go on quickly as soon as the surface 
