JUNE 25, 1856.] 
THE PMA AREE LATUAR GAZETTE. 
z. 
sisted of materials which were as likely to evolve 
pr and give cff offensive beeing id aS anything w 
conceive. No smell howe he 
e 
| 
close to. a poof of ti 
| had just been taken, and is am gers uspec But I am par- 
r | the want of this precaution | led to the statue I have teal bs pleased te ‘heir mete of that distance 
of 2 fee 
l r placed | |} establish that successive fallow with crop in every year 
Wh 
soil m 
|f 
ake up 
ct that 
as held ov 
3 4h 
ploy 
r all parts o of the heap and a the lee side 
but no difference 
It was then 
hioned manure 
on be perceived in the two eases. 
J 
One Experiment 
notable. Three or 
were placed to a 
week cS, and whe en 
y bigh authority Prof. Johnston. 
on a larger scale was most 
te R 
so large a scale as several acres. It is a 
kai Ts was led at first to adopt from an spri araen r] 
up 8 & 
four cartloads waste i 
nt and allowed to remain for three e | la 
hey were remo oved (June 25, ea 
nd a hea 
i found then ‘tnt che pet at distances of E) inches 
ta 1 fas 
heap * con taining s n loads, when 
padi gave a sane ph eg it may be hoped will ‘wd 
learnt sroripsly by those whose wealth is thus hourly 
dissi 
voided laboratory experiments as much a 
in this essay, AERA 2 non the objection | 
ica! But one may 
e here a in the im hors na will. thon 
ig beca is more convincing than a thousand 
argum 
A quantity of the heap Experiment V. was digested 
with w: and gave a light brownish solution neutral | 
to iiaea Thi nis was carefully filte 
T A 
+ ers it t 
va to test the 
red twice and | We 
r 
near] 
the rer who 
suprised to find oy 
bi them 
pr wins peak m the 
rem: any 
fro hea Š with | 
Bg watering and apparently just recovering his | w 
E raai wone 
Cry ista: 
was impossible to b: 
over the heap. One 
gas believed I had r 
i pa quantity of ammonia given off was 
reathe with the head held Say 
e or two other men who :melt 
mixed “hartshorn ” with the hes og 
of either animal or vegetable 
| matter did Te 
8! 
such that it 
first ones b 
tance, that is vi about 2 feet, were mo 
than bro adeas t crops, It was then at a distance of 
* f tha P, fai? T 
| Unfortunately I 
by n off. Ile 
ft the ne pot to Core, the means of 
the 
through só 4 nhn press the cultivation of th he land 
testi ing 
1 pI” 
ammonia, None was given off, but a pro own floceulent 
feetly cle 
sty job 
T 
Oats, and left t—waste, in n the of the 
coun try 
be exhausted by” the successive ja of 
ressive language 0 
adjacent du anghill. I 
white fluid. This was filtered and the brown substance 
bu mye when it evolved ammonia copiously, „It also 
| he rence to coll hi 
t to differ from 
With a knewledge of these facts I have 
but e hi s 
im to tg it till I came back.§ 
no nioenatve | 
Ths 
natural causes. I urged “wherever I could this 
ngs, ‘but although the press mene toy te a very 
nigh authori rit 
per to paper, i was fi "without 
m pa 
al ignorance of husbandry as 
ka or 
copie d from 
the gener 
anra N bre ins 
H ogenised matter in the form of as | and may venture to express a h 
£ investigate this aan. in the field ae not in pon 
eh of a womb tee Sna chemist for man ure. More- es Š a. nee 
over it was so combined that even potash could n l 
xpel it. It was perfectly soluble in neers = there- | their farms as aa 
fore ready for plants to take up as manure | aud to ae it i so ni soil as to save the 
hus ferm ented I wba ave little Yoi bt will os gr 
d ánni 
and that the economy of nitrogen will lead 
ly admit of ales 
here was what N ature anon acim she decompose: 
substance, he om & pe: 
the highest thority + 
ses 
et manure according to 
Journal of the Roya 
decaying plants abound. Rev. W. R. Bowditch in 
Hom: PESETA 
_ Wheat in Two "Feet Rows. —I feel cated by the 
l Agricultural Society. 
me in a late article by 
completo unless it were sutenied to note the value of 
of its fermentation which se 
d 
hat plou; 
vege table ea Jato piiga 
P 
this kind sas ag bond of “ 
ol m appears to lean to the same vi 
peanae has however one ct ds 
sible to pa 
are clea 
al is pret 
pian ify 
ne dinan is that with very few 
zat ted. 
It has 
placed i in smali heaps £ such as bea a = barvowf and in sere Gowered of seeded 
rises Grass , Cabbage, 
Radishes, and weeds of. every “ind wn in the neigh 
baskoak ohio e tested mo ee than ty he “4 
ting tu 
ie heldi in fe = gii oad Be the arenes a 
substances, e “ odour of am a” was certai 
perceptible a a ites fro t 
of weeds fermented in a ope 
it have ome rom an eq quantity 
manure under the same circumstances, It w: 
arrowsfu! 
* Potatoes manured with tl 
bs.) each per acre; 31 x 
Pinsent nes a r ack; pak I = 
experiment is not offered for more than it is sis 
this large produce i is undoubtedly due to snc rran of m: 
eel. fer 
ow far Sige; off five rods oi 
ied to a field ora Bain. 
in the last wee! 
llent cro Experime 
The 
which it is impos- z 
o! 
rly 
But, if the passage 
aving amt adr dake of the fact I resolved to 
test it | practically, and have had collections of aa 
pertam 
nd 
eric aie fe a or a hivwusd ones 
posi inom 
inly not 
air, but aih would 
P: of 
cage weight 
e planted with it 
acre. 
This | 
Part 
manage- 
ment, which this is not the place to describe. Ws may also faizly 
be dou und wi ai 
and | 
the Hardys i in your 
to have given at 
much i interested, and 
ma 
¢o% me, since it isa 
regarded very m 
the light of ns Ae “a 2 gerd se of decayed |S nsideration with agriculturi 
Mr. S s has some remarks of | 20t mean in limiting the distances 
f, of giving toa s 
Seen 
pe wt a petty ait 
accustomed to, 
0 and by le ving untouched the produce 
wats a “hitherto constituted 
ton 
the source of an 
permai s0 jasot pot to 
yet recovered, for we are yet in 
tra n food 
Paper. I should have been ł} 
all ae yee aed cone wish for 
rien 
ttempt was 
f ont. hoagie their own 
urged 
not one a 
reskin’ in 1848 ma 1849, I 
EER 
Im 
m de of tilla; 
urists in general, „La 
oft 
o age n 
d I think one which ought to be of 
as ofi 
hh h, 
pna 
w up; the 
will on most soils be found to answer, as will secure 
ones, 
a | ly exh 
repeat it to select, 
puddled, 
Onion cro) 
SMe! 
stronger than 
1 friend a antigen am 
a bottle of the liqui 
of | r ing a caw thos 
subject for Pesan 
been adde 
na y-trodden 
n 
his | down their tools to come 
of | how far‘off the “smoke n? 
othe ra aparter; and to ape latter statement both adhered 
ng q ithin the truth. s popu 
ment "veiga peja heer practical 
I 
eae wd easy ae 
on the ee side of the heap, and in pews bape say ay 
sg nig "o choose 
f 
0 
ti ence of the crop, thus to 
—I have 
rice and on a tolerably 1 { 
tthe plan I have u os vain, as it may reach 
and and engage the 
| The laah ys hold me now on pe right seent, but I 
a bang but anne op or = wil hold me Sone 
ce I hav 
$ 
& 
ee n 
weeds hitb all pulled by hand from among | an ai 
hey were in full growt! an hup hi 
11 one re 
ie 
2 Jeet aiden the rows, gan T am led to sup’ ppoe 
ccident i xperiment ten nta ago, 
y ma manured Han this distance may be much in- 
wide inter- 
to 
pia 
prt ald be 
venat 
ting men, who pad 
equently asked them 
Seek said half a mile, th 
firmly 
This popular mode of exhibiting 
‘miss. pi paio ce flee s be e 
who feel disposed to investiga te t 
je They should keep as mu 
where a draught will carry fro fro! 
ry CA 
kms made ill by th 
a boy of seven years of age, 
2 fae oti An experiment was made this year (1855) to con- their ex 
jection :— —An acre of light | firm the oneabove given. The very dry Ear g teal bt for | 
this purpose, as it caused os the of 
woody fibre, and thus diminished t 
m: 
the form — 
admit 
ne | oF green the Lois Weedon by somewhat increasing 
fa wag aan awina ad of os 
for the grain 
of 
wes be less “ee 
should li 
PAGER Rad 
d 1 anh See of 
e- | all men who o seek to induce the gore of the earth 
w-men. 
the 11th of May ts were of the ordinary arch: and nitrogenised matter, and ei g ecompositi 
want wri — made by the plough 2 yal = ess aau the mass (abont three cartloads) prsy saute, e to the benefit paa pomiar of their Bayern Surely 
apart, the sets planted about 15 inches from each other n | results were posit yas ith t ie last year. Th who |in Ireland, want stirring up- 
the row. The rows ran east ond west. Twelve one- orse cart | sonnel soot a Ehpyon things. do stink; Surely it may be possible to mike the average s 
loads of manure were give e acre, besides ‘ds of | they fair my b flung ’em into the cart.” If not val ‘athe good ones, if not to the rin Steely the 
ashes obtained by burning le rubbi: tatoes | polite this ho ceria pi oh Some Radishes were dug into | €q! erie oF fertil ilit 
were once handh and then ed by the en sup 7th. the la which they grew, and examined from time to tim ity 7 vill 
They were much admired by neighbouring farmers during | When 1 Radish pulled out of the ground t omise our manures and SS ren every 
S sar md:oa the Bist of Angust sau AET ENY the land for eio re was no difficulty in detecting free ammonia. g; T i aa 
207. 5s. per acre, to be cleared by September 28th. I regret my | By breaking ’ through the envelopo of woody fibre and shielding ’ dat tis this < the 
inability to learn, the ceact, protacn. eral experienced the rot from the wind by the Band ge ae aes of Ny ie et aie ae ee is; 
dealers who saw the crop as tiated it at | deca Saraco s affect turmeric paper. Fob Pots bot is vey må for the. poor fellow bimsel 
fam T3 fa OP panko pèr sers: eee eae but is very sad for the poor fellow himself 
seems p p A 
quality of manure treated as recommended, good to those who depend for their 
