URAL GAZETTE. [Marcu 15, 1856, 
fror ulturi nd 
covery, soluble oe was far too cst a an article = Deeg emplo: oye 
urpose: ana tebe pei procu 
grii fearal S a Co aot 
ered pa bey thanks to his = Taya Highness Prince 
ry vo ese 
i 
blishment of the Royal Agricultural Society. The first meeting 
of that ponte at Oxford could hardly be sup pposed to afford ve s 
fair evidence of the state of agricultural mechanics at ‘her 
riod ; the “Socie pee was itda known—its rules less 
and m 
y ack 0 i 
exhibitions, in “order t that NEA might see what others would do, 
and how they were likely to fare, The meeting was limited 
meeti ni 
arri here were drills by Garrett, Hornsby, and Smith- 
plo Ransome, Howard, and Barrett; zig-zag harrows by 
Howard; portable threshing machines b ansome, Garrett, 
Barrett and Exall, Hart; winnowin, chines by Cooch 
and - ers rosskill; Turnip cutters by 
; haymaking machines by Wedlake; chaff engines 
great variety by Cornes, Ransome, Garrett, Richmond and Coy, 
and many others; and rollers of every descri It is no 
a fact that all these i plements remain at the esent day 
u the tillag s 
e inventor of the steam tile draining machine, who 
“Mr, Joun Hupsoy, of Castle Acre, spoke on the 
boen requeste ei 
t x 
t which chemical science rought to upon agricul- 
tu It is to Liebig, Lawes, Paine, Way, and others, that 
are ane for the emei A ne the method of convertin; 
rop. In my 
early days, ‘the Turni rie pensia ge most uncertain one to obtain; 
but now that our chemists have made these important discoveries, 
it is almost reduced toa certainty. 1t was about 15 years ago that 
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