26 
eae i dotai GAZETTE. 
[Jan, 12, 1856. 
the: “a tal 
national good, &c. 
The cote Pane which is only a brief summary, | 
contains the principal points of the proposed 
oody nature ; 
rialak without one or more 
la E this point. 
arke a tha te 
a lot being cut into 
Allied t to this it may be 
Tse remarks which have been made in these 
crops seem to suggest to us a 
rebstitaing 5 of a ss the advi 
a ng specimens of roots at our aed u 
‘Although prizes are not unfrequently offered for 
meal never be disregarded, = ade 
ie 
age e no gn sicher phe ss 
olo Dur as | indicative of purity of sort]. 
ae soil at the season yee ee ich w 
of cuperphosphate 
of cei e 
a 
n 
» 
Orns 
a3 
tained by Ms. bene 3 in set 
„Mr. s pre 
t their views are ani 
nistic. ing ji t 
P P 
rae Siz 
as in most cases the ee oo : to show the large 
but wie even the g 
+ 
e me, 
85 pores Mr. 
f lim e Time 7 
in their other ‘id down they 
once rd ‘die alified, or at p Teast i take Ari pore 
pez upon other qualities than n si ze 
Grady would have 
soluble (how much “ demniostaile i 
“ys say), and 10 per cent. insoluble gan. one I 
ho ope e the opinions of the editor and rrespond~ 
at roots can be 
il formed when subject t to rae pyr of any 
ki nd, t udgment, for even 
such Me a as galls and anbury be be not 
and structure, and sometimes 
roots at agricultural meetings, especially of pe 
Swedes, arrots, and sts Wurzel, we have 
rt yet for: 
5 Li 
for oan nd sens come rec and the ities 
usually aasid for this —— neglect i is thata a 
few large roots which can be culle 
ven parasi and "goodness will be interfered with 
Here ia it will be seen that even in the ju 
are no criterion as to crop, and growers ‘refuse to 
roots several — have to be tike 
mio, bei ioe which from the examples we 
oti 
Geo. phoning Houghton Farm, near Blandford, Dorset. 
ON THE DISTILLATION OF ALCOHOL FROM 
tg ELD BEET. 
By THE a Hon. T. F. KENNEDY, or DUNURE, IN A LETTER 
O THE bh Farmers’ SOCIETY. 
[Extracts only.) 
DUNGRE, 14th September, 1855. 
My idea i is, that a most beneficial trade may be esta- 
o, indeed, would 
k te bre call hen if o e poi 
Tokias, ie ‘wth  Judgme 
Here n the question arises : are not the 
ferent breeds of cattle derivative ?—that i is, are, not 
DA E 
from cultivation ?—and is not a knowledge of the 
i er which the ired changes 
.brought about and maintained the erar of skill 
i inc n st so is it wit They 
from wild originals, miig pmr they | 
widely differ _by cultivation, and each kind, offers | 
, | their principles of gro 
dif- 
have usuall ced at a kyen 
appear to e been overlooked, not only by the |p 
grower, but by the judges. Nor is this a trivial 
matter, inasmuc ere is just as of br 
should be founded = ef more correct praias 3k m of 
SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME. 
Ir. py has misconstrued my hel in sending 
paragraph referred to by him. ‘one fro’ 
i r sain 5 and in- 
nce some are used for the table whilst | 
ite, are apaa benn as food for pame and of these 
one form is suitable, for one another for 
others; and o: of these, again, one e ina ren re im- 
e 
— consumption, whilst another is wees Dye | Seve 
This, therefore, introduces us toa aio ae 
Wel ter by which in the case 
ed for by a classified schedule sd 
= for long-woo olled, short-woolled, an 
sheep; but as regards r 
such clastification, and ro ee any qualifi- | } 
that of si 
roots many points o 
ur forms of 
“ 
| there points ?? 
l of aean semisoluble, and “insoluble phospha‘ tes. _ Mr. 
r 
semi-soluble :”. 
“Mr. Grady then dealt with the next question as to whether 
the superphosphates should be left soluble or insoluble, He 
showed by passages from Dr. C. R. Fresenius 
Liebig, that insoluble ph re eficial to the full 
develop tof corn as the soluble; for the ingredients which 
soluble served for immediate use, whilst thos ich were 
al, or semi-soluble, exercised a permanent action ; and | 
tive 
ading this s new yI wrote as follows : :— 
d been 
S 
a coun 
and Professor | 
project, inasmuch as within ‘the last few years ars the 
manufacture of a from field Beet or Mangel has 
car rried jon to a large extent in airy and is 
dly t This takes place in 
try in which Aa climate is so m much tae than im 
to restrict the produce of roo acre, to 
about one-half of what our more moist fiat ‘satin 
o grow 
; and if such » the fact, which it is, 
ro Dewi and manufacture aught to be greatly more 
vantageous id this — panes in France. In F; 
an excellent spirit ured, a brandy which, in 
quality as a e is “unquestionably equal to the vast 
mass of spirit no’ Britain and 
Ireland. I erg ua sample of the brandy 
e from Mangel, which I p from France, and 
which I think mak the opinion I have stated. 
ag is, besi commendation of a spirit made 
m Mangel, from 
| materin not opid to the food of man ; so that, in 
mes of Weba rices in grain, the price of the bread of 
ti e people would 
It is aioli for my purpose that 
irit what you yes can be 
angel; and, as it wi in 
and in the manufactories oF this erine 
quantities of alcohol or —_ of wine are required, 
eee ed to state so detailed caleuiations, a og - 
t a good sp hat an 
roduced 
kien v 
comedi in such a manufctre 3 the farmer on pee es 
hand, and the distiller and moderate capitalist on the 
whom I should look upon as distinat parties ; the 
r furnishing to the latter the raw material of. the- 
here are many rpg ad ve T them Dr. Ure, | 
n his “ "Dictionary, o of d Manufactures,’ by | 
| whom it is laid ger that “ioo ) Ibs. o 
r 12) 
cy | 
phosphate in the srritings of Lise or other writers, | taken at the vehier d 
neither can I see 
provid 
how any manures can be too soluble, 
d out of ce soil by the 
a d as to enlighten 
n that Mr. Grady speaks 
me on | to: 
spirit. 
spirit, if the c: crop } be 30 
ugh 
p oar ad only innan the successfu 
growth and competition connected with root crops, | 
decisions of sane who may be| go, 
eutral.” ord has ‘conveyed to his mind 
mehig “ semi- solubil Me In fact 
bottles. 
present pret out of vi 
| word « i-soluble”’ 4  parenthetieally, as giv ing to his 
audience > the closest ing of the word ‘neutral E 
of duty or in ae "Te adve: 
ies baer 300 
crop preke 
-y 150%., 
9d., 1120. Tow; $ 
and I believ 
‘om the EN and j 
lst. A ney a top. 
2d. A well-formed bulb or tap root. = 
structure. 
jca an saena address.” Itis ae that he must 
his audience, as ee cided with the 
or he would hay maps by objec- 
ecture: orn 
tions fo his hearers. There i ‘s no such ti thing as rities. 
« semi-soluble” 
sum. derier ira s this result, or anything ap : 
prosehing Y ~ its and yet it rests entirely on I 
founded eim of highly pean pre $ 
arrived at, not seeing how f 
m o bale ot admen applicable f 
r th, hì 
4th, Size. 
5th. Freedom from insec 
are two forms | of ey Paw in sbaipaeghale “of Foon! To Lipa ge 
subject a little farther, let a farmer | 
rhino to a neighbouring ister at 1} 
t attacks. 
Ast. i -formed tops, especially in inae h 
Pr lime. One part o 
of cold ate 
Parsnips, and Ca rots, are such as 
eee RN 
N 
‘da arg 
“It is insoluble in water” (Vocieker). 
Eo from the centre of the root ; S a as 
“am ascending central axis should at once be 
r ide shoots should 
ence of aegeneracy. 
cent of bulbs or tap roots, the first a 
Pred a = straggling or large and 
thiek_—in the first, show endency to to form 
former is soluble in in Aso 
n “tper, 
If | fi 
per ton, oh or 301. per acre, as the case 
a sum would ly remunerate the f cai if bs | 
boy to raise 30 aaa seeped 7g Ame and dispose S or 
30, 
Mirsky caw prota ST 89 0 acres of his 
aa Dn mal farmers of Carri ck coulè 
|it one, two, pa three miles to the distiller. 
& semi-soluble ” aTa ia 
el 
able to the distiller—the purchaser from the farmer. Tt 
He would ry? 251. or 301. for the raw material, which 
was to yie ati from the smaller of these 
es | or 1207. as the pone a ne 
p man 
permanent snk than 
It has long been 
fas 
of the ee with Sasi namie t tap root 
should po ys abruptly from the fleshy 
main root. 
3d. It has been so much the custom a only 
structure is pes 
gro 
we may decide that 15 
15 per cent. of i inso le 
ure. 
the rial, 
superphos phates, but. this is no —— in mier of | he would have on edh 2 25 tini of Mangel rebased fot 
known that | his rE 
ki 
oiean WN 
= 
and as 
risk, machinery, ture all 5 4 
