308 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[May 3, 1856, 
one side divided again, each qua! 
We have often referred to the fact now fully esta- 
— COII 
and that Dray was the next in the order of time and 
drant Legere its 
er 
vant to thee: spoke ; Shee or this I need n 
more the weight of the other, oa } 
bi 
f work done. 
Gd Reducing the whole work done toa standard of anann 
more ann half as stop, as you sgt e. Our ladder 
1 
has lers Peony successful, and is 
in the farm-yar Fon beet the I les should }Ł 
bl for one in i the 
1, 
the sim as little as pair > at Sie 
This mixture, to me we Ang oma the 
is now ade 
k’ ld 
in 17.00 minutes, 
27.38 
27.69 
Dray’s H Rr 
M‘Corm 
Manny's s 
Atkins’ 
” ” 
the run 
rong cil 
in probably e every manufactor ry of the 
country. And it is fortunate we thinkt tat ne no > attempt 
s been ma ae by patentees to mainta n exclusive 
right, even if it exists. There is shine: a botter Ne 
of a la arge demand being more fully supplied : 
3L. 
“ Tf we are, thaeeleinds to mt the quantity of grain 
cut in the least time, Mr. _M‘Cormic k’s machine will 
stand first on the list, and t 
= aa ion in the above scale. 
n the investigation of Per omg we have hitherto 
e | tainly the anpren pes Company iii ave as 
one. 
several songs the 
By 
with a grub near an inch long, of a light ‘elon the 
whole he of the body. Ido ole a the name o of 
it fro 
AWrcbiews, 
i 
Sent souls, Medani Sixt 
Ah 
f Oni 
Thad a a ge of Regents planted vith e tet as By 
> nae’ of the "Flukes which w maged in the 
to oa Flukes, but that it will not eat righ er the skin, 
J. Aldroyd, Royston. 
Sorietiez. 
TURAL OF ENGLAND 
Wir "Council, “April 30.—Mr. Mixes, M.P., 
aidie in the chair. The names of 29 
didates for election at the next monthly 
£ Council w were a eeéeived. 
CHEMICAL 
SCIEN Way, the consulting 
refer to this 
Boa: 
produce exhibited. 
En nglish and Fr ench agricultur 
Rura cher 
land.” Reports on the tenia of ploù 
ae the one by Mr. Amos and the gi er by M 
n follow. Neither of them adds much to ex- 
subjec 
P 
ts of Jurors and others on the various classes of the 
Paris ese ~ ion, E 
f extracting | fac 
ct. Mr. Fairbairn eon- 
I 
machines. There is, 
Boever, emother element nly oT essen 
EF 
rm, tke 
d but machine Janet 
in 
and in place of the superfiyous water not ron for 
the nourishment of „the plants being | allow w 
sweep pin: 
ce.— Pro: 
chemist of the Society, read his fi 
gress of chemical science both at home and abroad i in 
purpose by cert: ain means 0 transmission, calcul ate at to 
In 
S 
n heavy streams, as it n w does, ever ma before i m 
e new sn pbs of drainage » age require to be sues 
À the w: rried ui EACS of running ov 
for Sr pataten in the Journal, mof I 
Berners, seconded by Mr. e Dénison, M.P., the 
‘thanks of the meeting were voted to Prof. Way for the 
report | he had | then r ead | to the Council, Mr. Deeison 
great a age = Baen 
s a motive power, it is rman to yo the act 
„and 
s an whe _ gear as prac- 
t! 
aa to effect the motion of cutting, 
els 
the e surface. 
“To make a machine, ine as a reaping machine 
work well, everything must not be left to the machine ; 
ticable, Now thes 
duty once duly performed on both sides, a 
the reading of that report. As far 
limited knowledge baton he fully c concurred » with 
Sia | 
Way had stated. 
rst a 
heaviest parts of the makinas ea and I _would catuestiy 
d that 
certainty of 3 action will be secured, which will solve the 
roblem 
most interesting feature of Mr. Denison’s report 
troversy “between Baron Liebig and Mr, L He was necessity of increasing the diameters and dimensions of ho The ae ar 
bed find that we might possibly see ourselves within | the gear which works the cutters, and at the same time KAEA ree to the question which he xi 
“ What has been the pro gress, if any, which 
rm of the discussi on at whic! those t T 
casting, so that they ca vary in position, but has been a imda in _ agricul ultu ure since 18 aris- 
ohne ayen Shad hag hee held opposite opinion: s. He|must move, me eileen sp nit go and come f hid 
concurred with Mr. Way in his. views on the impulse | with the machine. These iltera uonó being made, the | 27° reprinting elsewhere in successive numbers of this 
whicl ro the cultivation of land r clearing apparatus being attached to the|Paper (see pages 288 and 307). 
Ip g pe: z P 
might Cais to the development and application of che- | receiving-boards, we might then look forward to the 
p 
. Mile Hiig tion from |Jabours of th t bei ed with muck 
s, on putting the motion ae Jabours of the in rmed with much 
the chair, pees that the great utility pf: - | greater nme and effect than mplished Miscellaneous. 
muni such as the one they had then he present machines, The “following ‘table, which Rotten v. Green Manure.—I have been in the habit 
from Professor Way, iubiailt w. ir d j g of using manures for 25 cape wid it has always parton in 
particular times e minds of the 1 Its of the different trials as follows :— = nat oon th eben a some 
connected statements of such facts as had occurred, or | e best for athe ree y 
been com i at irregular intervals during a long | sees ain ah Paris, H ere anit tad ago, 852 think, eae ede eon versatio was 
They supplied at once in panei aad ag a taking place, I ie say 1 may say with a pipe anda 
amount of matter for l sideration. a bei re OT, > pot, about the best state of using manures. One said 
The early attention of the genius of Liebig to the appli- Fa Bp green manure was the best, others said it ld b 
cation oi to culture, the great experi- Be ea Eang decomposed, I thought: this is a little matter which 
mental f Mr. wes, and pel A. 2 2 B E 5 may be of some benefit to me. I went home determi- 
nimity which appeared likely to take place eventually ki i 3 ned to try a little next year, which I did, saying 
between them, to the benefit of ea were eae : nothing ri my one. That was in 1853. I tried — 
all of them circumst of an important and prati- : EE : exper riment o nas small seale for early Potatoes, and w. 
fying character. T gE g Q r I did not se 
The Council adjourned to their Monthly Meeting on E S86 TE Š EA deg between the early, Potatoes and the 
Wednesday, the 7th of May. aan SAE = secondcrop. You will ideiei this when I say i 
2 fonia z t early Potato grower, and I try to get secon 
Q In 1854 I tried i in, and the way I did w: 
F: ale F pty : 
Tue Works or mo Eocene rR MPANY near po X 2 z 3 ZSE bah A arare ioe AEk r, eie iee 
z 2 a o uary, saving a quantity o 
> sone Docks are well bape ws a visit. The s pariy n undisturbed. I did not throw it broadcast, but — = 
Sit anniy e ee 2 aac pe at use, the p E E wee? 3 p g 5.3 ee down and uaaa oe ete =< a rie well ap mer? ar T 
? ote Eag S. © KEA the sides. Thi: tting on bo! Im 
. factured manure accumulated, toden n now rapidly Baai 2 hel of man in tl tity as 
diminishi: g e a ure al i in same quantity 
ang g by issue, impress one with a v SOc A ear eee a ly as possible. I got up ‘my Potatoes in July, and 
sod ei n gey operation ieai cor = le Datta ENAA B then found that the decomposed Ea : much 
s Ha af 5 am better th n manure; the ecomposed 
meet with but one of a Supply. Fó Zz manure yielded half as many Potatoes again as the 
Bones from nay and South America lie in shipload www o P arie och eRe, green manure. As that w. ry se I was not 
in heaps exposed to the iE rage for oil of vitriol AN satisfied: witht i t h ied it this 
e =a in large cisterns within the building, - Blood ree 3 RE E: year again in a similar way, and yesterday I took the 
fe ‘roma of 3000 sg The, y the ies 3 Peat 3 weights n p now growing, which I pe 
pom de ing van hese are the three in- : read ti Th d from the 
S BR o a) o you e rotten manure w arte i 
Srei chee “bones are erushed upon the ebaprekeges HTE farm yard into a heap, and turned well over at the time, 
premises, and ain rtion of crushed EERME FEED th ‘ddl Feb manure, 
coprolites are place! in i i henaa eylindrical vessel, Ree 55, Rens eee —- sean em uae other ot se d into a 
ie acid bei dded the whole mixed ; ES EE z ME heap, was carted into the field, put upon t e Potato 
up for some mi y the volution of an FR S255 KaR gS butts and ploughed in at once when the Potatoes were 
armed axis: and, the end of the vessel being then ee ao Bale S i Lei l mey 
the whole t on to the floo r bel SB 468, Eae A eo | F z pia =~ So an equal q 
opened, the whole pours out on to ow. 54 S08 2 asgi EF a ach k repoa asia ada ing ma = 
ee atl he pr Se PIPE seer Eo E for the “additonal ‘bulk of the manure. 
Seatac ag a ae ae a e kaas 
4 r ft -0 om rel tal the 95 e 
This machine is placed so as to permi i ial i z arte a F vE at rte t hal many more se: the Tg manure and 
apg —— another division of the > zE 2% Bo = ES of beter wane than on the green manure. They 
Weenies, which w s d geas } rE & 2882 ñp & 8g notaccurately weighed, } il Acer as 
& Seer «& 2 8s. fill the green-manure land, two 
by 12, and 5 or 6 yards high. So large a mass insures| L——— 7 2885 sf S ak P than a 
eg: x ee mani fil r aeai an 
into pa y, so that the material is not hurried | From the above table it will be seen that M‘Cor. jones a half, The Turnips on the 
yan phe Mc for many weeks before being sent out | mick’s rather sare machines performed the most work a of ‘Say, or; at the preats time nye > feá the 
paipa et eg ee a gE the least time ; that Atkins’ and Manny’s executed | appear vigorous in growth an and quite 
the article is ee re ond | as meni os peanbin Oe eee quadagel wack, ix tha greeny wil thos on the green manure appear to have 
proportionally efficient. | same time, a fraction in favour of Manny ; | or nothing in top for or the last fortnight, but 
