Marcu 1, 1856.} 
THE AGRICULTURAL honk eke ro 
waters, &c., of which the me; asurements tie 
be procured.” This is surely a beginning ‘of su | 
l which it is but a faint heart that ould not follow 1 op 
through ney county in the kingd Nor was its 
y more of i Barley, and 4 bushels etre abe 
od attire vache reader sll y7 cm pti | the pre of seed varies according richness of 
Superphosphate—In your pe of the 18th inst. in| | the soil and the earli or lateness of the season, It 
sph 1 eT rm 4 + 
he agree 7 eee 
a: sepor 
nden so think I may — some of the poorest land i in Dorset 
Apn 
here small ; m the ort the district successful ly 
« statisticated ” y Sir John Walsham is in extent 
tillage more alia equal to one-half of the whole kin 
~~ 
und 
Moy 1 I also pi aaa tol | ahire. Geo. Si 
the noble; S 
on 
dom of Scotlan gf pth 1, rage 000 iÀ while 
th otland i the 
red of anes who enter ee manure market for |n vatte: ers, and ‘experience takes 
?’S t realised 
roduce of 267, more acres of Wheat and 
od than the whole kingdom of Scotland.” Ay! 
f 
ased at the low figure put down by Dr. Voelcker | 
our prda system is sadly defective. Ji aerate felt ie 
Gl. 
ah I with volumes of smoke, 
columns the r f an experiment t made on |a nd frequent stoking ; but until I had 
inate ate at 6l, and it was clearly shown on | ida sie treatise aoe the ped arisen p Coah" T 
analysis that the real commercial value was not more | knew not how to re ApS cme 
than 3l. The present value of fine bones fit for sett: |his a: d an 
is 81. wes ton, ouleur de rose—a bri 
purch 
and others, viz. 
yo 
bu t to co ollect the ees “of the whole kingdom 
Toskyns is never weary | 
of Tending, while the success, Dar, little be at all a 
complete, in the East d b; 
noticed and uncommenc PA The e poet’s < “tis dista: 
lends enchantment to the view,” translated into the 
Scottish proverb—* Far away birds have fair feathers,” 
will | prie S account for the unmeasured laudation of 
what s bee en done in Scotland, , compare ed wi th the 
pe t gas ih smoke, Hy to 
sulphurie acid from 71. to door shes ash-pit, diminished Pt and ‘grey i ane 
a rpe of price for spesie gay, and without | creased steam. I give the following dimensions 
doubt the dearest is the paar ements :— 
10 feet long, 3 feet diameter ; fine through the centre: 
eter. Furnace 4 feet long g, 2 feet wide (exclusive of 
the furnace bars 33 inches below the extreme 4 
Th he bri 7 inches belo 
idge, a 
iler. 
bout f f space in my 
and say alpini ric aeid e ol thes Be 
the prices of the two principal Pd that aaah be en ‘diana 
used in the wari tn: of superphosphate, I ask of ni co ha 
seid ht one 
§ Dp.” aap S j 
i 
y 
KA 
l, and from this sum most ral per- | | Consequently I} 
P 
arrive ATA 
in En; gland. Methinks the telescope might 
easily be I look 
3 other wa at Mr. 
given for the sale of, and aie paid |f furnace a 
from sinis ia When Dr. Voelcker gave the | gases; an e an area of Morr gaa ‘ace equal to 
price of bones a at 5l. 123. he doubtless meant the e rough | 30 ae EF aiak to every square f foot of Seoni 
poneis I bones | T} 
@) 
Highla 
returns s, and i find 
h 
5s ey have been quoted at Hull | under the old system, My furnace-d 
I am wig this from a farm on w i 3-inch holes, and by a plate equally pi 
elves, and to bri brigget itti 
y’s nte 
a ie 1854 they account t for | but Bo 3,345} acres, 
in 855 the ey account fo: or but 3,529, 902} ac ores. Surely 
coming which has excited attention and created distrust 
amo: any of the ear intellige “sr tenant An armers of 
bs that aa ea sked 
ur ne heron and friends. Havin ng 
had. some ' experience in vo manufacture = superphos- 
a A nfident er ch seful to the 
then only 
id 
ma madi as 
my an 
arl 108. is nearer the fair 
poctmpe 
© 
and ay 
the 
m of nario a Jai, 
s landas the r — of a 
f our indus eS, 
que bearing on the ramierei of 
resources fall within its a, Te 
was the committee of the 
price for a a peo ‘ter Crowe, Hampen, Ando- 
versford, Feb. 26. or 
hick versus mirs Seeding. — Your correspondent 
“Falcon” s ae 
PRR. mistake committed either by farmers o; whic eps rough 
ean aps miter aaron: crops et thick upon te ground | b | pete but. Ek ay the side flues. 
cutopting those ae hc: or green food; a tree to be fine a full to within 8 inches pi the top. Having a domo 
h space to.exte di branches an » The t prime, tow ressure 
ited steam, the old 
+, 
originally, short of power, I 
anyt I choose up to 12-horse 
povaporkind per hour), the o) 
| de ficient 6-horse, 
ealth and conditi on what 
dbe the result if three were obliged to exist upon the sam: The fact is in most furnaces 
“| ae ce?” Some h for 
pre ae st 
ie os eS 
the xpansion 
“Hardy and Son” agree with “Falcon,” and mention | Ea oa mines in their er to — we have — 
astures ia $ walks, woods, &e. 
} 
hea idences of the 
| dis istance for our corn eroi ‘ops. I presume that “ Falcon & 
mns 
as those of 
we shall assume to 
which 
IÍ <p otaaller cost = ` production. 
d Son” will — that the o t of 
ar flue: EN A 
E 
da Mechi, 
-Thin seeding has long | moh ee good 
ramet 
me 
Tipe Hall, ao ‘0. 
for ordin “Hl heap 
rilled in the furnace d 
of the | 
e community will ulti timate Da rads the | Nie ate 
Pit Ws oman 
which sh 
benefit’ by 
had its a advocate 
win x 
th 
tpa pation the copper—much more if a 
say th 
in possession of materials t di 
of every acre of the soil of i anh which kora much | 
intelligent agriculturists that | 
| depen S on the an ne man: for 
management obvtheir farms very la arge one. The greatest heat from a cone 
their livelihood. How is this ? The flame will smoke 
Home Correspondence 
is ee to be 
if a solid 
ody is pressed upon it, cago “Bere, it. J. J. Mechi. 
Irish Grasses.—In your in the Agri d 
> | Gazette of the 16th ult., Page 10 af the proceedings 
_ of the Royal Agricul! Society of reference 
is made irasses 
report by Mr. B. Gibbs on the 
‘Will it 
n” is 
pates before carrying anything into practice, ‘ 
y? What „parti cularly ainikem “ Falco; 
you must therefore sow more seed.” 
which farmers abide, as preas pra long 
opin e-perm 
dificult of “letetion ; 
the spot, where 
mercy. So that, 
I ean 
nst those most likely to occur. 
weak dil 
a 
ef dees Leh on Turnips, 
n | result. 
Cc 
ago is 
W. & SQUAT 
ttle ce “the a) to 
This soil has not more than | 
he vie 
soil, enriche a a li 
two-third: te 
lime, &e. nee be found i in a better description of | 
soil, and aiita “the supply must be meaty or pay | 
exhauste d, or a ve: will be me 
The question then is, How are-we to do this 
an we do ~ by eee: one solitary plant in each | 
square foo of soil ? Would - the ramifications of the 
ənd as Papas ag 
in my power in such inquiry, 
publication in the Ga 73” 
thread 
and 
e, Would it not ena] more spongelets or 
All I believe 
through the soil absorb all tbe soluble ingredients ? 1 
mouths than | 
as would, and I believe 
(where re 
these may be aik by a 
distinct from the true fiav 
are they very injuri 
ingredients. But it m 
quality ; h 
asia except too much of e pungent | b, 
must t also have the pee il 
cheapest in. 
for our experience in the | ‘Gib 
rags aean what has been stated by “ 
y “Hardy & Son.” [ought to state that I am 
of corn erops only. The ee required 
ered "2, & n° stag must come 
they eann sis 
toxicators | that would — pass in beer are 
eer +, 
worse than the in toxin 
an 
although undiscoverable by — spcleemiea! tests, C 
maiions pow 
R 
wder is eps in on north ty’ Ena t for 
ilg 
imals 
mieher is dusting the outside of ‘the | hed "with it to 
to 
the in: inside z = head t 
gid 
PE a daaa, aaa 
uce | actinism 
ous | our crops, the tter especially, as itis to thia agent we | 
whi 
g d 
peri tells m eficial 
sun’s rays is one brought forw 
vocates of g. The light, "ean a Ejk 
beneficial influen: 
cena 
of the sun exert their 
la 
owe 
resolves itself. This 
seedi i 
peoduie 4i thirst ; so nae the Saber is never 
And all who oe their health 
by beer producing such effects, never to 
‘satisfied. | 
should take care, if 
; Phragmetis communis, on shore; 
Hers fe tere is berae oean ee amp on oem Ss 7 
| field, I usually drill part ag 3 bushéls of | | procumbens, i i Hordeum pratense, do. 
