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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
= 2, 1856. 
actually incurred expense and devoted energy and 
time to the nator sal the armen p> rtg 
rs, Mr. Surra of Woolst 
gme four „acres a day 
pi 
e| us 
enue the other day pond 
presence of whic alu ms 
until i 
comes habitu: 
| 
vi 
em usefulness ha must rest 
rrespondent, ripe trom Bagnalstown, asks 
a ane g me light on an advertise ac which 
cing a wonderful 
chemical manure at only a few EE a oo It 
ansan s that this sis just a c ase in whi ch the 
mount of 
infor ught re sce will I fail “la us enter 
inde: es on a v scussion as to the best 
means of introdu: th 
ime has mat 
century. 
esults, Edward £E. Agate, Kingston, 
is experien 
was 
The steam engine employed is kameer ia power 
steam is at 45 I 
i 
= ae +h 
Nitrogen i in 1 ammonia costs at least 300 a ton, and 
rieties of for ete 
102 to 207. a ton, and these, 
Por 
Pert 
ecto for any r 
near Arundel, 
COVERED YARDS AND BOX FEEDING. 
THe yates introduc tion of under- -cover ae 
} n fi 
eath the sat 30s with t 
th as by 
worked iy wire ropes 
a stationary € engine ; this 
of any, manure can S safely bul 
which 
ay 
hala: 
as to any sort of manu: 
foe maybe offered for 17s. aton. 2s sort seeing |È 
It is a curious illustration of the way in which 
one invention en nables or assist another—that, Mr. 
i 
Sy 
wm 
a to on, a goo seful m e may be er Fs se 
tis t an advertisement ir ina la ndon ae is ihik d 
unties, and no nT; sends for farmyard | so 
ung out of h his own. s, it is a 
to the substitution of wire rope for chain in the 
3 
EPS Piha 
saree the matter 
mals, disease prove pr at 
peak there are many ce affecting the sanitary 
condition of our animals that require inquiry and 
amendment ; I purpose stating my own experience and 
me o other fac ts, in the hope that my brother r agricul- 
| gentlem: an who advertises “thus to all ihe dotmingesd 
important question. 
i katai 
draught of his machine. So peen is vei friction of 
and 
I say all important, because I 
g of all 
animals lost by disease on each farm, it will grii 
200 shee 
and 30 to 50 bullocks have mae 
3 
py“ 
of 
Say re of the ssh “ato I cut upa grent quantity of straw for 
chain upon the land that able ransmit | be a concentrated fertiliser, one whos ose c rriage per 
horse power requires, so "Mr. y padka tells us, | acre will not be a very heavy sum. Wha tever it 
more than 20 to trail a mile of it along| may profess to o be, we can confidently assert tha t 
an ordinary ploughed field nd of course the | if it contains ammonia and phosp 
heavier the chain the aker in this sense it is, |T lative proportions in whic good guano has ie 
seeing that weight, on which friction depends, is | present in it, there are not more than p Ss cent. of 4 
ioned to solid contents, thus increasing with | nitrogen and 2 or 3 per cent. earth i 
the cube of linear dimension, while strength de- | its oes 
pending on the transverse sec increases only | “ economical manure upon the popu 
with the squ: of linear dimensio A chaia| larity of the sentiment t ab in ms long run, cost is 
doubled in length and in the diameter of its mate true economy. The manure in question appeals to 
the more common petae mn in favour of cheapness. | 
It is plain, however, that if an article be valueless, 
it is a loss to its purchase r, however low priced it 
may be. Rational agrteulturists well know bens so 
n, 
= aie ce, poe “me 
ie princi iple on ri appitiitinn of whieh our ati 
of nabobinr vad seem now generally to be built. 
readers will ae in om page an abridged 
report of Mr. Fo WLER 
A Question was asked the other day by a corre- 
spondent of this Journal which many columns would 
ong as guano costs 12/. a ton, any sort of manur 
which is to rival it must cost at least as much. 
AGRICULTURAL STA’ STATISTICS. 
Abilit, y displayed, and sound 
5 
se inculeated 
still, owing to the large pull 
w, I find I cannot get rid of it all in that way. 
a covered 
I now gro 
1, thereon, a. my lar 
have had ope rein at vari 
animals o: manure, although 
ra "tome oan clean straw 
cau this 
su ficient s hot as a 
became “ fire 
n. 7th. No doubt statistics do 
man’s samy a w] 
e assigns 
of the argum: 
t r 
y “ spitting ” conditio: 
, and knowing too how disere 
have been the various results of box and under cover 
and 
not fuily answer, but to the principles ined | in oeta an of itato thing sind yao tered W be feeding, I instituted inquiries into the 
which we m y here e shortly refer—“ Waren | deal with the method of their collection, 
BEST poston Tad ae e t Ea keel e feelings, | yards, a most lucid explanation. I had for many years 
Perhaps more seat aban i i on this the prejudices if you like so to call them, of ond class | perena near Hadleigh CUAP ant nee + nei x — 
to come. It is the mis- ? 3 
ployed in health and condition on manure from 2 to. 4 feet thik. 
its “attempted explanation ists from any beckons a ee sore owes ot iei To him, therefore, I applied for explanation and infor. 
other cause. - We contain bear the properties tad faced ht their powers mation. “Well,” he said, “like y y early 
TT aleg ake sige odin i tt 
a character apart from that of its constituent part perception aE BEY PRTG 
apa 
Such a manure, it is said, ig ‘So much be its a 
able “ properties ” suc 
manner, If farm 
simply as the Tae na of the 
great deal of light Coat at once 
cei 
a 
e | blows 
beams ey do not readily per- 
ings of a a que ion, and pre are led w 
stem the tide which Fated shou ats or aim thei 
a general tr whic 
E 
being thus rr set up violent aiin and 
| the heating proven I therefore allowed the ¢ t pudding” 
pan it was with the corn | 
particu! azer sponsor of it. T 
rly perceived in this s case tha t | 
laws, and it may be cle ear’ 
soir merely as much straw as would: make a a pasty 
ortar e result being 
the espe of air and perfect co olness. It d be 
in the 
or imaginary ables of collection. 
l information, but to certain rere 
Ask the least in- 
formed person in _the agri icult ural gio without refi er- 
wor 
bet the risk of the peeta being somewhat 
diny, than t that there should be an active fermenting 
ider so valu- 
This rego 2 Mr. ke’s I consi 
E oiko exist in a n 
e 
soil—and o 
bare 
, By on 
witl 
or tity in hand in his own ne el ot ‘He ere snswer, F 
hy, t 
“ Yes, to be sure.’ Wh the farmer is trying to g 
Wh hat 
in yee condition i in which it 
i 
others of them, though mt feimin in quan- 
tity sufficient for the natural growth of plants, are 
th: th at 
questions more im- 
“Isy 
Is you 
carahodengs t ante reshed much? Shali you 
el, soon Prec. Is it possible that the farme: ers of 
H 
i 
, e 
peA ar sak onl 2a 
supp! particular portions of the building 
material of plants in which the natural supply is 
especially deficient. 
owl Spad needed by the res 
of ES y art is in many soils 
= such e especially are the. nitrog en and 
that Sithi Miast ge ant 
ies 
in a pr) sure foundation as a | esd to their most im- 
portant transactions! But it i y to foresee that 
much annoyance might arise fries ee and inter- 
fering landlords, as from malicious neighbours, if the 
i ase resolves itself into o 
w to 
e immediate nei; A tax on ames and 
g 
would be shielded ; for it is certain that we do oara too 
much 
stress on the natural patarnan + of Jand, _ whilst bad 
at disease. 
more on verano and libe anagement, tf 
essential tat the yield of any aaa ular farm shou! 
kno d an arrangement w which did not obviate 
PR be, therefore, a wilful oe of in- 
p oseh pi è pav i ti the 
plant, are an donbtedly a most powerflly ferti- 
Esing elements of manures. And the easiest answer 
verse 
olieen a aig, should deliver 
acre and upwa: ards two forms 
ithout the 
Mig. disease by gon den 
| open y gen ie te wee nal heat of which w was 
health. 
| is ARESA} tim 
how great — oss in sloping open yar 
‘Thinki ing this matter a very important one, I haro 
EEUN question will be given by 
ing the cheapest sources of these 
substances 
arti cial 
d 
d at some plese rn Pao ii 
| day, named in the fo: aTe pubes rection the 
might be 
sao if the 
| returners 
| office for the purpose 
got haenen io ba ponectlp Oa. 
The return should be 
same object woud: 
were to agri pee papers directly to some 
the communication 
P.S. Mr. Lawr his yin 
horses in TWS ce in six 
gy He ch | 
ge 0 counties straw is generally m: more glee 
oe reedy bo in moister districts, Mr. Randall, iD 
the vale of Evesh 
under 
cals, J. J. Mechi, te Hall, Fan, Essex, Jam. A 
f Cir keeps 
T tie" via once 
cuts to 4-i 
be made as simple as possible oat ney Woes! ah heel daily (I believe) one 
