OOTOBER 1, 1864.] 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRIOULTURAL GAZETTE 
951 
microscopic examination, that the former was present 
t NL 
phere — M the following constituents: Oxygen, 
.$ CN 
the pu of wi blood, whilst when precipitated the 
| ac P 
ts 
Wie, the nitrogen being only a diluter of the oxygen. 
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large room. doors, windo &c. 
n been piety that pos eut Toot of air per P role, 
each window frame ahd the but 
crystals were long and " slender, like those of Epsom | 
salts, t dud s it were, in all itions, and 
thus accounting for the bulky st rate of the p je. 
Spoon p alluded article in the Journ 
of the Royal Agricultural Socié ad England, by Dr. 
Icker, which were de number of ex peri- 
and t voces of em ttn and 
combustión on the su arth, by W 
hat is produced by the p 
rface of the which 
immense gens are continually "being. formed ; 
cele 
ments, Which Lec "T pe il 
benefit from e in 
did not greatly pcs tg which, had the ver of 
pp ta J the bene phosp hate, and — it by mean 
their Alka Thus mos strong s vills 
defici ent i 
e p ea, ear 
this pul pability, and chalky cos, beg wd 80, 
i 
whilst many sandy soils 
s" 
8 power. 
n 
wer of thus fixing tbe soluble phosphate, which was 
therefore not a desirable manure for them. No 
know t far the great majority ight soils i 
this c e on the chalk, and th perphos- 
phat t. Dr. Voelcker evide pplied, 
or rather confined, the term light to sandy soils alone. 
tw f to kno e 
xten 
washed ih go 
sed that it 
o 
It was only when too -— a qua. 
likely to do har _ He M. rias 
considered tha 
marid 
for this very gas, W 
animal life, is, as you w, the Seana food upon 
which all the vegetable “world S pg ee mE 
d i 
just what animals require. The destructive agency 
of this viz., earbonie acid, on animal life, is well 
exemplified in certain places, where large q dm 
| evolve , the most striking instance bein 
of Java, which if ay a animal 
= 
T will read you a short but — account "of this | diseases 
perd given by an eye-witnes: 
advi 
e took with us two dogs wH some fowls to try Ar Pe 
ar sa this og gt bn ye ed hires at the foot of 
untain we dis and scrambled up the ron 
M ^4 quarter Of a mw holiing on by the branches of trees. 
When within a few yards of the valley we experienced a strong 
nauseous suffocating smell, but on coming close to its oes 
this disagreeable odour left us. The valley AN o be about | 
—$ a-mile in circumference, oval, and the depth from 30 to 85 
; the bottom quite flat; no vegetation; DP with 
the latter alone would ^ any 
ge 
wi very -— A Rune ie river 9 and the whole 
advantage in making i with 
materials, s at richer in phosphate of lim 
Mr. BroxpELL said his 
‘phosphat to aM AER we it 
was not t likely to be ro odueti vá ty resu "UY on loamy 
bes poor —— hich were not chalky, un ey used 
ig oos Ben with sand or ashes, and also guano. He could 
EA. |o aie and Carrots much better — deden: 
ME 
use? Ishould n à xcept under peculiar ces, cer- 
tainly not, bos for the following am ee A athe or reasons : 
because it is sible that it can be made so well on the 
all fr exinodustorne rk, as on a 
p xtemporise on the Spot, as 
with the machinery and Peed bred be found ty experience to 
and i mabe ult. gain, in 
economise labour ove the r ros places 
whe Aia 
in — 
ive, in consequen Put 
most of the pale Ek. T. bs 
red by farmers with Bed intage."" d 
"Mr. Spoo: Were in favour of P ure 
could not consistently c ch pos: 
sessed the sai ory ies A supplied it i a a 
more soluble Maitre effective E prt M ^v reply to 
the Chairman. ]— “Taking an ‘equal mes of boneand coded 
ano, if the o fiber MM the si 
atter y e! x ps t oe ded 
to the com mo appt tthe question Seah Tha T Rot beer 
ld by a gentlenwith that, in a communication he had lately 
ved, it was stated that a Sack of wi less than 
4cwt., dissolved by 601bs. of vitriol, was 'équal to 4 cWwt. of 
the very best su 1 » ^ statement Which was as in- 
ct as it was ù stie gg m former would make 
about 24 cwt. of sup uld contain somewha! 
more ammonia, but rg ene-halt io Dhowphase of PI- and 
2 poe Gund Nodes the oniy Apud e 4 cwt. of super- 
phosp! Wy inr Vah. experi- 
and - lying dl ureat the same 
expense per acre, 
HE IT ERES TERT 
DAMM. Stable Ventilation.—Mr. W11t8, V.S., 
a paper on this subject, from which we make the 
Pew var ia 
A few years ago, when a commission was appointed 
liament to i — — the — t of ventilating 
repor z t € 
covered " e imam beings, t 
vn e 
LS us to eternity, seeing no assistanee 
We eO our eigars, and with the [eee 
Pambo, we we within 18 feet of the bottom. 
ent him We 
and in 14 pec he fell on his back, 
look round, but continued to bresthe 
nt in another, or rather he got loose, 
inutes fell on his Ans and never 
altere arde mo his limbs; he continued he seven 
a e e dw tried a fowl, which died i a i nda 
Al 
k s n à minute a 
p threw in tra which died before touching the 
ri xperiments i 
From being eT to the weather the bones were "blonched 
as white as ivory. I was anxious to procure e this skeleton, 
bu t an attempt to get it would have been madn ness," . Any 
pdt Mii ce sory che e replace the | 8€ 
partons xe lent of carbonic x vem ducreiming g its pron to 
ate quantity. halation fro 
e 
ote, 
Bu th emoisture exhaled from the body is $ pati of exoreesd 
animal matter, disen, from the é o “i. si which, 
retained, would be fatal to health and cer The povpiend 
the refore, is found to differ very much in 
from - pads nt. of its oxygen, an 
rbonie acid and a quantity of w: 
culated that the horse takes into T T: at each 
ot 
be 
eo — 
M perspiration 
and t E ulm spiration is on average 15 lb, 
weight ee aily, holding in n solution. a CNT o of animal matter 
while h very readily putrifies, and hence the moisture becomes 
bine E fora oa — 
ie, poison blood an es to disease. 
Now agony arrivi e] "Y gers data, V hor passes 
ongh his lungs 800 cubic inches Ad air hh i that 
m 24 boy he makes 24 cubic feet of carbonle aad and 
that from his lungs end skin he adds about 15 lbs. weight of 
th i 
ti 
call ing t 
aérial ek which, eg breathed 
d p 
E p 
whi p= is exce eedingly destructive to 
would be sufficient; but where, Ej a loft 
l; ted, 
if this 
the bottoni: of the alis Tu 
afraid of the dran i f has boot n proved 
toor n nature require v ac more than 
e them in a aln 
Is 
bably pep bred. 
You Toot at the rn will fird 
22 stuffed with straw, an dfe 
window effectnally closed, for. p = horses should => 
cold. Well, gentlemen, — ue this, and you will conti 
br deeem coughs, opht halin, and à variety of other 
me 
but E 
that pa 
"T 
air at a 
| be eire Ar they are better than none. 
AA full of eracks and holes, what you call e ling do 
t 
own, 
he majority of 
wh 
stables 
heat 
ned iù a 
n of atmospheric air, 
Should. -— a much lai 
oui ere, a 
ventilati ‘evils t on the want 
ventilation are too own to those w! duty it is 
quire into the causes of disease, but Which are little 
suspected and rarely admitted d Stock owners ; but I assure 
you thàt a large number of my n affecting animals ean 
qoc be attributed to, by, an accumula- 
re pro 
tion and stagnation of the Catalon of the body. ion 
little use running over 2 st of these. Take awa’ cau 
and the effects will ceas 
which the gas "liquor of 
usëd 
colle - ^ 
Shortly after, a man ont 
e wel EDU UA ET rere. quick! 
end Dem & few minutes their liv lives onld 
been sacrificed. carbonic acid had been 
hatches being battened down: when rere lie ded, all 
were found to be either anaes: or farcied, e. was satisfied 
ep erm l ow diseases would be entirely prevented by effective 
vies. 
9 and Modern ; a Historical Account 
—€— No.5. By “The 
3. uaz 
Agriculture, 
of it its Pri and 
Old Norfolk k Farmer.” 
tN 
T Keepin A 
teresting scien rely s 
| laa us tame at least et Cubic feet of air i hourare 
e for the e purposes of diluting the hei acid | 
y e 
cognisance of those 
required | tio 
rip- 
n of the nein of the cou d The osea on 
| the ger of Cattle are concluded, and those on the 
jeep al re begun . 
h 
offices which fresh air 
nd in end. whi zx M stegpanta air, are sfeotly.o aine 
iR and o Took ing the ea gs, c pe y k n A of; nil eie rs 
the scien: of the question, One eus a UD has been diluted to the extent Cerebro heim pee : 
ve bi Milselations on thequan- |5 pm o object to vi & | purpose, of poe 
to dilute the carbonic acid down Torin wa eh gee 
RE etin tbe =< atmosph "Yotnóvdd ‘at 4 » experimi x 
ious, and differ to the extent of conde 1 muissio: seri 
for hatha times, as to the tof mired | 8000 cabe ect. A ben "per hi the p 
asl 9n cally which proves how little is yot known, | Now, in a stable of that capacity, v di d about 53 by | the means 
actial a anant ws Subject.” They go on to sey, “The | 15 by 12 feet, you would placefive horses ; the ventila- 
pre argument as to the am of fresh air required to | tion y 2 feet, you ved as tochange the ve timés every 
eee a room is, in eur opinion, of far more weight than the | hour. Iam making ycalealstions on readily i : grounds. 
iro "p aes ib deel pes that Nature has | Tt would be a ditletent thing if you w: to boia d; I|littleor 
m of puriĝi Tow net: lii extent and constant | should then mend doo s Toro pi each horseas | u promising m rm e. 
dwellings terte with those ts Fabien 5-4 Lares Pad Eo v ^ te c Neu poss) touted "n a Min de | d mmetry m defined ure hide Dp 
: 200 cubic feet of stable room s tha e air 
e rendering it s — 2 & that air with impurities, iul that five times every hour, the first question | & a better, aie pe more y prota There is 
al M Brae rey s fairy -—— as, indeed, | that arises is, how can this bedone? It is a well-known fact doubt but b practice, and a "een faculty of dis 
most | a iby i in ‘Whee eae da ral condi palsy the ut like Pune uA euo certain and that its | erimination, wh ande & pure — ver a goo 
3 perfe y — E CERA at AN d Nue. | ua ed bY | selection on a prima facie view ; tical man 
"This b betog our dii then first 
uu is the quantity of air vitiated 
ow much të will require in a iven time to kee 
in i rina healthy condition, To dT this elear I must 
P 3 J he lthy Lr acis: i 
Respired 
taken into the lun eng ps pecially lighter? or ht fes of the 
acie o pra 
moder rn school will im "^ sight sone i in set 
will 
upm 8) aon pure, cold atmospheric air; oed men ae ied exerc ise the s eof 
ascen wards the ceilin| o it t mes conden: 
subsequently descends and mixes with tbe D of the Sole fecing w as well, and this hi “vot 
Moore h arkable law diffusion of | at the same time wether acquirement thar oosing 
es, a portion by any | ^ it can “tnd at the top|ab sight. Most men possess some idea ot e * Jine of 
Sedoses, wt idi “ge bi d Cuore re midst o ported s p 
ol win vit, c., buc lere 
Jr for 
by the chimney. This, by itselt, is paiio Ve 
|'beatity, whether in their own species, or in the inferior 
