122 
being admirably timed, at the same time that it 
isos roughly lays its subject before its readers. The 
difficulties in the way of estimating accurately the 
jn ane manure are fully stated; | ut that they 
a gen ral rule and for or 
att overcome by tl 
tions which Mr. Way 
perusal of his paper having gone puzzled to it for 
instruction. 
The value of a e who shall use 
it vari ies with his soil, bin crop, vis aliad Bones 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 
manure will be worth, for that ingredient, 6s. 63d, multiplied by 
Da or a He 10d.” 
of t 
iwf arih ir which thoes ta tables are ANE sett 
the purchas arket, and this 
Professo AY Nas ni ‘i i the case of super-phos- 
phate of lime and guano. e mode of calculation 
based on the last column in the table seems the 
u 
t t 
amploh and one instance in this waye, which it is 
state ESBIT 
they are brain for Turnips, mu mn = less so for grain 
Ammoniacal ge eng are found more valu 
h 
e seeks it. onia in sulphate of 
ammonia oye 74d. men Ts W in guano it costs 42 
lb. oo circumstance; 
affecting both value. and o o which Profes 
Way alludes. roblem 
ninayan 
- determi rete te araea of peters scat pth 
a one in a soluble form that it contains, 
table which Professor Way has quo oted | * 
variety of different 
I 
m | guano, ad aig 
Moistu 
| to natural restoration. 
— | the m 
r Way’s extremely valuable paper con- 
Pr te 
| cludes with tabulated se tte of 78 guanos, and 171 
ra Lape he 
we cay erage results afforded by 
say t 
| unmijgated evil was caused by the operation of the old 
poo! 
[Fes 23, 1856. 
leit by them,in the language of the country ¢ a 
yah ese tim 
our agriculture by os w be emt 
measure retur) n fo ormer a ul condition qf 
meng I may mes alowed to ne aye may be hoped 
sivi 
as 
to be under progressive impro 
Flax made ind feed a very stati: start from 1850 to 
1853, but its falling off in 1854 ought not to be, I 
Ti 
as was first emplo by Mr. Nesurt, may | it never in our rotations occupied the place of our old 
he following table gives er pnaka of a friend, nor can they ay int with one 
saperpoaphat with the prices of each ingredient | another ; it, the Flax crop, rather comes in place of an 
r ton used in calculating vcd valne, 1 first of 100 | o t erop; bu pitada ihe e duction in those years of 
ii and then of 1 ton of the upposed impro in the manufacture of Flax, 
In 100 Ton: and by the rete i i y those who took a deep 
Organic matter (17 per cent.) 17 tons ak H.. £17 0| interest in its p ction, it A paraa a tempo. . 
Saabe phosphate ae per one) 163 tous at 321. 13s. 4a, gee tihan pola some d, some were di ppoin 
337. Š 
H Kiso fuble phosphat: e (13 ‘per it) 18 tons at 72. 91 in over cy, and some feli from their first love, 
Sulphate of lime (41 per cent) 4 ton at 1. ; 1 0| and, perhaps, even the higi prices of Oats and other 
Kiral line saa rs ta 2t aa see tee = | grain may have had so i eies in ch its 
ane BVA Coe ERS | online di AG "Goodift 
Nee 10 
“ We have here 7517. 10s. as the cost of 100 tons of the ure; 
by striking off the two last figures j the ene Of 1 ine An POOR-LAW. 
ster: oe ary s 751l.), we have, 7,°,/., or 7/.10s, as the value of 
THE ug subjects of more RETEA e to the 
ieee ‘of ‘the wa ‘han the prapor odanisisdngliah 
of the poor-law, and we venture to that so muchk 
e as follow :— 
“ee 78 analyses give us the mean eompositi f Pi 
834 shape if on pasan. = 
of o and 
aus sed by the corruption and te 
.. 13.67 
. 52.05 
nd, &c. 
Phosphates of lime and magnesia 
ü. 183 
22.78 
ae mie nE 3.34 phosphoric acid d equal 
‘0 6.89 soluble phosphate of lim ws 
Or, Beuta 
Sa 
100.00 
The analyses of the superphosphates sive such 
arying results that to strike the tin of the 
whole, m ould give | mo wah ipfotim ation. The 
following is a cla 
ed di 
ectly as manure 
or were necessary for “the: ‘cole lation in which he 
engaged. 
had 
a £s 
TABLE 
Sulphate of ammon; hal toni 10 
Muriate of Esana Eusa ase wo 26 
Nitrate of potash (crude), 85 ri 30 per cont. 82 
Sulphate of potash 15 
Carbo; annie of potash, ‘97 to 98 per cent. io „p 6 
American potash, bs per tem > 
Of 171 spe cimens in the table, there a 
t. of mere s ai 11 ane: oo Re cent. 
homens 5& iO 49 
n 10 & 15 ” ” 60 ” 
»  156&20 AA = 4 n ma 2 6 
Over m 
m 
noS 
hole Malson ia comes Gr ‘the ake. 
ence to all manures in- 
Nitrate o fda (usu ly 14/. to 172.), 95 p. cent, 187. 1 19 
Sulphate o of soda, 95 per r cen ki "A ijs ae sexe eM 
x neoa salt (clean) dee ance 
cultural salt xen ae | 
Sulphate of agoa oni 03 90 per cent. BE Na a 
Sai wih 
Sulphate of lim e (mi kaeran gypsum) eee OERE? 
n (precipitated) we 1 
3 
6 
6 
6 
Goprotite {ground}. 32 | Rr cent. of ‘phosphate o f tim 
Aaa plann p of lime, 52. Ts, 6a. to 
at chareoa, 7 ce erin wien 
Bones (i Bes atin -inch To oe SS 
From the data which this table furnishes, the 
following calculated prices have been deduced. 
TABLE M. — For è CALCULATING Money Vau UE OF F MANURES. — 
Names of Ingredients. Per Ib. pete Per ton 
On the 
| factory pereira in Sari 
that: 
tended for green crops, 
“The manufacture of these manures is rapidly impro ving. 
improved m ere ere abundant capital, free competition, and 
i mpaji asana 
| that wi 
n 
had continued much longer, the re wo ald have been 
om war waged against TRUNA and respectability 
have taxed the utmost resources and energie: 
n e 
d system- 
“ aggregation” with, $n ury to 
the ratepayers" styling it a thief of “modern nos 
and it to have peon concocted we 
nion 
, 900 in 15 years, and the 
of the union ‘rom A Hi 12s, lld. in 1836-9 t 
21, 
9 
T 
S 
© 
[z 
o 
Ss@BckBeF 
atever ma een ral n the causes of the increase 
in this penina union wi do not prevail to the same 
or anything lik 
are = ae admit 
ows last 
soe a onside oso increase has 
© years, and as the > agricultural 
f this I a that 
ase to leave any cons ERASE quantity of phos- 
ae am dissolved, and must raise the proportion of 
soluble phosphate to as high a pitch as possible,’ 
ISH STATISTICS, 
In the faves Gazette of the 22d Rare — 
1855, Pe 845, there is an extract from the 
q } 
l. 
1 7 
171 120 
3 114 0 
1 55 00 
Ammonia i in sulphate .. oo 
in mnuriate 
‘on severe oe bones 
# ried we od 
indica’ ion o 
x s parga eisa SEDE ini in 
of id com mmunity, it via not 
augmen 
the i te from perso! 
| arrest or 
ro said, b 
od | “a a’grand violation of all „sound eon to a rr 
> 
tain if fF anyhng can be aaa to 
alleviate a growin; —_ 
a will first glance at the ld poor-law as existing in 
1834, when the money Novia for poor-rates amounted 
to 8, 338, 0797., applied, as Lord Broughai 
ie u 
put = 
of increasing agricultura wealth 
the f 
people. _ I think, however, et the Tim 
o ati 
mprove- 
ment to war ar stimulant ; for a part I am inclin ed to 
’ whi ch proa) 
« evils the en of ‘whi ch no tongue could adoqualll 
describe, and the possible extent of which no fane 
could ie” detailed at length “ ie the concurrer 
sc n guano 
ae rae poih 
m o 
4 
ae 
ntry ge ntl: 
D od 
of soda 
Bi phosphate o = 
Solanie ett pani os of time oa 
ine s 
aa 
EE MN 
piss 
13 4 
of lime 0 
1 
eq 
creased average of Oats, which, in its price, bears a 
aT ai aa 
oo po 
re in animal charcoal 2 
14 
il 
w : 
40 
60 
14 0 
149 
in bones ... d 
in Peruvian sey 
o 7ovdge sog 
” 
n 
Potash in sulphate 
> = nitrate nt 
in American potashes ase 
Magnesia in sulphate pe 
sulphate 
~ Ps bere by common salt 
= 
poe o 
17 9 
o eani & fair P opontioni. increase with Wheat, 
e previous price. The increase in the 
2| acreage i of Wh eat has rather, I think, 
“i by a returning vat cg in the safety of this cro 
had > for some years, to an extent, in many 
places, equal to four- fifths of the crop from mildew, and 
& 
growin 
of i¢altogether ; a it has, howev , in the last two or three 
ears been seriously affected, and to this somewhat 
than 
3 
00 
100 
to war prices, m 
> ay be 
increase = ge 
attributed _ the jeter of 
» nomaiizoguens 
M O A] 
m 
$28 ie 
eae 
oflime 
” soda (dry)... 
kara 
1 
be 
0 
Saat we mo 
| and this is is si 
many parts 
of Ireland not 80 applica ae as s Oain its straw 
h Barley 
fa 
ually affective, if not more so, in is in hoi in- 
been determined | actually w 
crop. It 
of 
comedian either for oes | or wes Ba 
ore the ne: The 
erior paean 
potash 
magnesia (dry 
a ae oflime 
Phosphat 
ae 
Ze 
an 
ia 
a” 
ey 
or) 
Ammoni 
‘of lim 
Soluble} phosphate of lime 
Potash 
aes 
WAN HD 
o 
om + {0 6 00) 
on -|0 7T 00 
0 32 13 4 
0 30 16 0 
sj 
© The column a q 
er ton. 
s ration ee which it e, proto = tillage 
of Oats, 
With respect to Oats, it may be said to be ourstaplecrop, 
0 
wg causes have 
been in operation to affect the e extent 
sts by turing this oonfasion and 
rer to their own pecuniary benefi 
The poor-rates have not b so high sin 
1854 the amount n 6s = 220, nad as seg 
of the relie! f give 
famine years of 
lost in the Potato, 
Sa war prices ‘at present, “After the 
1846 and 1847 confidence being 
2 
‘Way remar g 
“is e D difficult of 
om pug pe, 
ps of f Oats ; F the | progressive break- 
f: who. 
hension. It is, how 
_ and s€ purchase and sale of commercial 
an ilh 
a teh Esato of real sod 
tains 50 pe: Ea 
es 
of compre’ 
ever, a method of Herens familiar enough to manufacturers 
articles. Thus, to give 
of soda) is sold Sf about 24d. per cent. per cwt., that is to say, a | Sreat 
If soda 
crop at naana crop of Oats in even a 
successions than plese 3 had been oo caused a 
increase the acreage t of this crop, 
though very probably not in the. ieS of produce 
pate a decrease i from overcrop; 
13.61, equal to ammonia 16.52, 
a greater number of | Hı 
pei the ease 
eee ae. d falling into the hands of the landlords and bei 
Containing nitrogen 
reas every separate case is entered 
a a variety of particulars T the relieving | 
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