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licies; but it must have been difücult to stock them with 
$ bushels of Wheat, and 5 cwb. of Potatos per year. n partio for the prices were monstrous. The Clover hay 
Professor very 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
H5» GLASS FRAMES (Loose Tors). 
London Agents for Hisrrres ERGO Bhè 
ssor Wilson, in Newcastle Chronicle, light, and well pa Qu d land e come to 
the Tite To consume the old P S, a mber of 
cate cre ar plane, ana fhe ice and lean oa 
Miscellaneo ker ar. Wool recovered f fr ts pie aah : ion, — rov 
i 1mite: 
The Exa Boch ae which e nli Extract their A nado. of pool gas Prices have ranged from 5d. to 8d. 
Food is sone ertain ed. Liebig holds that ied is P erlb. above - jue Lambs Y s cepe 
directly from ito in water, but contact betw 4s. to 5s. up; 308. being a cu d ogg Dern 
the membranes of the roots and the soil itself, the ae e M A mem -— ae Se "Its more. than. pan 
j ident, that sheep are the farmer’s po ; forthe corn 
lace a thin piece of e has not proved kamiy ad abundant as it seems to have 
fertionles tati mo t rae iiy acl from done in Magia. Y pee mer commen A within the month, 
sulphuric acid and place on the top some lime, the VAT nat eee 
attraction between the acid and the irem -will be so 
e i A esr al the vow of the lime will pass 
thro’ mbrane. He does not say that water INS 
ia " in this ocess; on the contrary he|| 3 3 P2 E Pe F L 
believen Xx the i aa held up in the soil oy E & g 8 a. & I: xi 
capillary attraction assists the Lbs ss; but his| |S 2 4 4 % E x = 
argument tends to show that the water which circu- | |$ @ = —— S, g 
lates through the soil, Toi not ai to convey food | | * se abbey E 
from one porti e soil to another. To quote from S 
his late work : “A plant is not like an animal, endowe : 
ith ial diss the food, and make it E 
for absorption ; this preparation the i- - E geo 
ment is assigned by another law to the fruitful earth satin! ic REM 
itself, which, in this respect, discharges the functions ER 
performed by the stomach and intestines of animals. | stew! | E 
Th _ c S E | 
po mmonia, | ME - eB|PESd | - 
- — phosphates, and the potash; phosphoric sss 8 S&S. PRISESSB| | td ti 
ammonia always take the same forminthe |$ $5 2 3 8 8 £E|PLSES| | - 
SE v matter from what soil they are derived. £538 | E 5 | 
In performing this function, ~ t-bearing earth d wt | 
titutes the use o an tM € A cd cs Pea > 1S g | 
immense purifying apparatus, whereby cow OT ee Stee ge | 
from the water all — hurtful to Xue health ot eel E 3 r [5 | 
all pr resulting from the deca w- BIFIF |]? 5 
and Poa of dece sat of plants and | |£ ? 2 9 8 JES 2 ie} E © 
imals.” The views of Liebig on this point are very oe TE E go 
ingenious, and, in the absen of definite knowledge, | o -E a 
afford a more rational explanation of the influence of " wn nm u E Slane 
different crops in a rotation, t be fou he} }43434% e ajg s 
mere differences of ral food they require, vin:— | | > 7 ° SIC E EE 2 (86 | 
That it the different habits of root-growth, | R $5! 
that whilst one crop finds its food in the surface, : Te | SU 
another is supplied from the deeper layers of thesoil.| | ^ "^ ' = = ^ “ [ag | 5n 
This view is by S original, having been = = L 
ad | years y Dr. Voelcker. Thus root Yow = Ey E 5 a 
ch as Mangels an edes, feed Me rubr ure gue See Seng Bm 
copys as well as near the surface. Beans feed | |—— UE MEE = 
whils t Barle — it 3 - E gn 
spread out roots immediately below the ens a hee e& sso 8 a Beige 3s = 
Clovers food whilst young near the Mord org in the | : ESI = 
second year become deep -TO oted plants, . That Clover COM E c CONES 5 | 3 $2 E 
lof a aisi 
m sire dato nto t Tie aboot leads F 
Liebig w a + pome WR hasty pet ie that the m |8228$932 B 13 : 
nation of t bees pert licabl is — — cem 
sim ay resence or $9 2 FB cc c C wz, 
suitable food in the subsoil. Abundant evidence could||@ © 8 © S E & p d 
be obtained to upset this pretty theory, and to sh : 
that Clover-sickness must be due to other causes, to| | 2 > > E Fg $ E 
we have not the clue—that it occurs insoils|| 9 3 E : : : i FER 
both poor and rich—tha am shall fail at one time, z RSREE 
and in the next course, out the addition of an 
pem oe — — 1 be Mero good. Professor J. 
—__ es to C 
DisEasES IN Ptas: A Worce: ire Lad. 
ee d se > A igo been so fatal to pigs differs frin the pleuro-pneumonia of 
ee 
, nima. 
A karte «a tae bably from keeping * large number IT 
C Wi 
SD 
and a wi 
cold dark s 
such 
die 
season to jowa ail the 
p ceca dene 
Size. . 
14 by 14 n 4 0 Each. 
18 by 18 "e T o I ux 
by 20 CO" 
2 by 22 3 94 
4 by 24 s $6. 
Daliversd Free to: any Station in E ngl 
J. Jones & Sons, 6, deer cuore | S.E. not E 
Glass for T Purposes. 
yy AMES EHILLIPS AND C 0. 
REDUCED OF PROPAGATING 
PRICES GLASSES. 
Each.—s. d. | Each.—s, d. 
3 E 4 0 4 Hn mo in — weak € 
4 so OS es MD 
5 ” $5098 " os 3 
9 , » "OF [as » Wd "2 
E » » . de E E » . 4 4 
s | 17 . 
P. 2 TT bame. ex S 
30.5 » pe Ane E T ogy * “es 
Ho, ” v 4. 39 c. » - 60 
BEE GLASSES. 
Each.—s. d. Each.—s. d. 
E bord in pis rod E wg in age rap uU 
8 o.*99 
16 i 0 10 . 28 
T » » 1| i » 8 9 
8... » 4| 
Not made above 12 inches 
21 mches long F1 x: 16 pe rs d ors «d E 
Wo yog 1 Tim MC 
M ow 1 6412 ;O0 10 
18 " " E. "ads to any i length. 
- HAND 
GLASSES, 1- 
Each.—s. d, 
12 inches +s ee 0. € 6| 18 inches 
Me vé oT 6] 20 ^. 
16 ^8. ic ^ 
Pile iid Ciao 16 oz. | 
GARDENS si mpm kc, in 
it mi f dama 
age. | cleans If possible the Should be turned int 
Hitherto the Du ga s predictions, field dally, for the sake ot te roo T, the air, and the natural Artificial Stone, of great ac and in great 
ae thin grt wit e f houli some measure chan and kon 3» — 
Sun. coL MES 54 inches, - of May, CIS eon n ti RS fae or butter milk will be useful, ufacturers, Ores 
.. has never been wet and inte Min oou ind" 2 = es, m wane Am seco farte > NE: re | TR neis strated Pic cred Sek Ede: npa, X. ro : 
: ces. of suj 
exi m well, but on on} of carbonate of soda may be d dissolved and are wid h the DRAN EN 
food of eight middle-sized pigs, and given daily two or three RNAMENTAL palcones as Iu AM M [t 
times. Wes. i Corridors, oonies, ke., as cheap end unc 
F E E ei FARM NO: E: 9a. ou can get it through | in blue, red, and b ‘capable of forming a varie y of 
who "I or it to th Also 1 
_ pubis her. "ist of works piy for it to the American | rf SEL ATED PA apaiia of more enriched designs than 
E THER : e can find no information on the si-| WHITE GLA 
: E th, tion of leather clippings. But it i s doubtl v " LA fe Nl a eg 
pe suffered genous matter. In the conversion ‘of skin lens rich in there orp COR ALS pau rd Satie Paring Clinker, Wall 
d is, however, puch an insolubility and fixi aty ot charac Copings, Red and Stoneware Drain Pipes, 4 aa 
they f 1 upon it that it is rendered useless nd "Hobe ined of Pr d Pat their E as above, 
will praotioalty rende i vele and "T ed 
OvroorNG TENANT : Clitheroe, Tt is probable that t outgoing h 
dry summers ep TS thorough i (now 22 manure, all the seed, and half the | or 
grow vigorously re | t 25s. to 30s., 30s. to 40s., and 15s. to 20s., or 
aaa in 10s. to 42, 10s., say 4L. per acre. ' On. the other hand 
the incoming tenant, Paying alf the rent, has paid 15s. to 
20s., say 1l. per acre. the di is to be made in this 
proportion, then the incoming should have one-fifth 
only of the proceeds after all the expen harvesting and — pose oe J. Fannau, Gardener to 
marketing has discharged. But in general no s ** 1 have had 400 feet of your rok 
division is made. The outgoing t does and i ie done t by, | 100 feet — with Union Joint). Pager use ng the last t pe = 
ae his predgoessor did and was done by at tho la mepe he watering thi ese Gardens, and I find it to answer better than Mor 
ancy. Your question did not arrive 1 have yet tried. of the water is very co: Ab but 
gone to press, s has not the slightest effect on the Tubing. I consider this 
Prants: H IV C. The plant sent is Spergula arvensis, common ee p mem - peur on for Gardeners, CEU UN sh as 
Spurrey ; it isa common denizen of sandy soils, and occurs bes rece wi hes with about one-half tho ia bour 
meral, th ng any crop; it is quite different from the Dodder, though Yvor] variety Percha articles, such as 
= ough not LM in has| itis as we have this year experienced, a pest ix Flax, | Soles, Sheet, Sine Buckets, Fire Be kets, B in Bands, Tubing, 
i tha "middle T July, «dre Ih des. d Be: be by velis dd ed Flasks, Bottles, Bosh Chane n ei 7 e Tu 8, U: nion Joints, 
up; a such recommended for cultivation as sheep fo me Galvanic Batteries, Taibotype Tras den factured by the Gatti 
rum or old | The Grass is Bromus seoslinus, Rye Brows Greve Percha Com d sold by their cman e deniers [o sown at 
ld TiLEWORK: X Y Z. There is information on the sujet fn the The oh 
eltered ** Cyclopeedia of Agriculture " (Blackie), 
London, 
v Pama Comrany, Patentees, Wharf Road, City Road 
