540 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Aveust 9, 1856. 
Se ERRA = naem ee ABENE Sdin E ARER E NETER EATEN eee eae a a koore the Bic Gr oe ae cee 
of testing the actual character of the machinery at nena to take into account that the class of individuals that sidue ore ge ah ae the fire or ou the Water bath, 
e to deal with the scientific improvement of agriculture in its nigh De certain its ight, which pile lied b 
hi Telar and true department must be persons already fitted by a tth any ton x hy PE rs will 
RLE COomMITTEE.— The gen 1 Cou ntry Com- Pepee for the byes gm and it mg eh or ee toese and | represent the s nd earthy matters contained i n the 
mittee for next year was yae appointed 5 Lord Port- | that by attempting to force scientific ex ns and scientific | sample. By means of these simple aN which 
of i d Mr. PRERE PAS the | lang guage inte the Pools of a class who are ory already prepared sar person of ordinary intelligence may si cessful] 
by ed to receive and understand them, you prejudice them | | "0 y 
aes he io t c a tl agains nie the. practical GS aah which eng è ientific m aths are 4 di a, Ifth È 3 t cl duly 
socesteaons e (o pick ks os on the | intended to convey; mba: m them bya lan whic! e iscovere e pure aser as reason © conclude 
e Polish cattle | th road = not perfectly understand ; a peek yi ae the risk ot doing | that the manure sold to him as genu ine be adulterated, 
wool fairs were announced. as referred to the Journal tem or rm, tm gio itis here necessary om | he should at once forward a sample of it to a ehem 
Committee ; Prof. Way laid before the Council his | Aonik a educated class of gentlemen or tet i prepared to | that its actual value may be ascertained. For this pur- 
t fo thespread of the practical results of that scienti: of the guano will be sufficient, 
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analysis of the bat guano forwarded on a previous eMe from A Sg sbios pling ot eo len ifie 
i . hi agriculture, which may be permeated and shou e made to l ed in a dou le cov 
occasion from the brag Office ; his TAN Lord eate among every class, and even the lowest elass of our which may be enclos b ering of stout 
Cowley transmitted from France a work on the culti- oneni population.” paper, and forwarded by post. The cost, for a complete 
vation 0. heat ; "aa Mr. eee T Beaufo: mi i member of the society, sA shill 
House, 2a of the new fish manure, manufactured | CHEMICAL AGRICULTURAL Society OF ULSTER. we Farmers should be aware that the s Oo & mer- 
by the London and West of Ireland Fishi: ing and aha I bey ond what the Aaiya A shows da manure to be 
manure Company y Dr. Hodges, the following passages :— wor rth, 
The ERT having granted to the Secrets tary and Vaal ion of rae: —The fi 
pk ioe be! the Kaige me usual vacations, adjourned | per t which, a pte present gme the chief ingre- > iy se 
the first Wednesday in | dient t y be estimated. Bebicws, 
a by the prices, it must be recollected, will be influenced 
Brickmaking. By Hamiphréy Chamberlain, Draining 
HLAND Soctety.—At the Inverness meeting of upon which the calculation of their value is based are Engineer. Kempsey, near Worcester. 
this Sei, which i is hoo late in the week t to enable us a pert They, gh ae beets readily ee corrected and | his is a pamphlet ip sitats from the Journal of the 
ain a close approximation to Society of Arts, and J — ves a wider circulation than 
live ata gr implements, &e., are much larger than they | th it has yet received. ne about 5 krva ms and 
at the same place ten years ago ; 240 cattle are | Value per “Ton of the Ingredients shown by Analysis to exist in machinery on his pA would do the 
shown against 219 in 1846 ; 204 sheep against 1335| Wi. E home ete Geir aay corgi £0 o o| very full and detailed instructions hich Me Chasse 
331 implements against 59. On ousand pounds are Dependent upon | lain gives, is paper received one of the few honorary 
given away in prizes, and the complete management of | the amount of ~~ which the sepa of Arts awards duri 
Mr. Fisher Hob! h furni: i i ammonia : y oe 
> er Hobbs, who is urnished with all the appli- | Organic and ammoniacal nitrogenised matters sehr the r session, and that t well deserved this k of 
ances that ample means and intelligence can supply, are capable of ill k jes all ai readers, The 
furnish the materials of a very interesting paper, the yielding. | pamphl let contains two es says, o Ta he 
ce of which we shall probably transfer to our et yieiding am monia by their decay and ahha oan 019 | Making of bricks is meen to, peter in the 
S3 oE ai, Ammor we a T ‘A Ore 2 0 o artof drying and of burning ae We shal rae 
«ss» 7 0 0) shortly toa few of the cece which Mr. Chamberlain 
OL tog AGRICULTURAL.—'The annual meeting of pS say tle a Se vee za 8 othe q in pr stration of his ow 
J tee eee i 
eerie taken plaoo Pesan i 2 0 0 * The tity of bricks e per n th 
Rotherham. e e show of live stock Including n a porge sulphate o 1 0 0| kingdom i $ mri: 1,800,060, fone OF ri Saar as antity r MAS 
aens 170 ea Ayer ped ip paca class, a g The above pais “hee pine har carefully calcu- | chester alone ma akes about 130,000,000 per annum. 
poultry (30 , and an excellent collection rot lated acre Mindideratiod vob’ the rates at which the | Mili _ are Ciper he London makers produce about the 
implements, to which most of the agricultural machine | various fortilising ingredients i 
makers of the c ti contributed either r direeiiy or te obtai by farmer: s ia ihis anes. will afford ihe ireui 10 i 1erefore impossible to 
zai purchaser a r th ctly the consumption. “Taking bricks at the ‘ow 
substances which | a manure is shown by analysis to average of three tons per 1001 
awe have space for little more than the prize list, contain, ded for a be | in ere 00, ce tons, l employed must 
hat the price which we be ards of 2,0 0000. stig 
th 1 tE a j üble di f The. process of emai n _ ee: is described 
Deane cm for ne Set avari Hus eys Ped that which has been oped in the excellent paperi i a bef toca sof 
Dean Dray nion Neaper, wi S| which Mr. W etter qua ity wag ad miles. 
y he trial was not so interesting as | of the R Royal “Agricultural “Society of Eng ats yiz The number of irs ents ienai out conte with the 
that at Chelmsford, from its not including representa- 321. 133. 4d.; but Dr. Ritchie, eek his ae ence I a manufacture of bricks exceeds aao, the main object of 
tions of all the poapoa now in use, but from being later | large purchase Of Doves and iniactafactire er of wanures, | the mac hin ery as |e RS a ss g the i imitation of the 
t pao een ae Romy of the machine can be agrees with me that the value per ton which mae he knack 
petter t >it was more pe so far as it went. given—viz., 251.— ae represents the price at which “ The art of the Sietek malcedy-U or moulder, is the knac 
The | prize | was awarded to Palmer’s Union reaper. | that substance could be prepared by the farmer from with which he thr rows, or drops, the soft clay into the 
mould This is appien y 
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yea or inre is fres aay! Se pn hye eee ow Farmers may detect the Adulteration of Guano.— | * Very r simple process, the” pict he o ines by 
ORNED CATTLE — to Mr. Ambil ms ld k ast ewpenditure o 
Hall, for Grand Grand, s aee men ea aae ke ei test the -qualities of guano, I have, from a | money, and oc cupied the attention of many l 
Giit ETEN Bul Bei Bland, Coleby Hall, Lincoin. for careful | consideration „and examination of vario ous | map aarm: y' brik el th cipal Gi 
Lord | Bull Calves. 100. to Mr. Drem, N.B.; fi e description of brick clays, o e princip: 
3L. to Mr. Clarke, Bilton, York.— Old Cows. 101.to Mr. Townel ¢| chi ing i i ash mill, 
By. to Mr. John Booth—3-year old Cows. 10. to Mr. To mest i giay f proceeding, which, in the absen of | s si ca Ral cies _ — é 
2-year old 5l. to Mr. Towneley ; 52. to to Mr. Douglas, facilities for a more extended chinieat erie is, iay be | and the rolling 'mill—and at of the machinery 
Dougan tei ag a 7S ee at as Be to Mr. | adopted :—1. Wei gh 50 grains s of the sho ep dry ployed in moulding, occupies es ct Mr. yee 
er s. 5l. to —Fat 10. |i j i to m: 
to Mr. L. Thompson, PEN estas mn Park; Bi. to Mr. Ambien S mong ap si dhe sie aa 5 a ln we i a S “1d hs naa 
Fat Cows. 651. to Mr. R. B er the ial (a simple epparitak foe this ps | facture “a rectangu o: block of cla ut 10 ine rit 
owiesion OF ANY — Dairy Cows.—5l. to Mr. W. Stead, | is readily Sonia 7 bY. an ing a common saucepan con- | 4 a wide, and 3; — p, € eon sli e b 
wleston ; 2/. to Mr. amm, 1, Southwell. taining water on , and inverting the lid, upon | Cubic inches, into as compact, hard, and durable 
‘sr 1st, Mr. Rd. $ PRs 5 a 
pra ey RE Ast, Mr. Rd. Boo pt Rear reining rms, 151, | Which the ari tect to be dried spread on a piece of | Tial lock of stone. There four prina 
to Mr. J. Borton, Malton; 5l. to Mr. S. Wiley, Brandsby.—Old writing paper is to be supported and exposed to the which these machines effect this, Is Slats ng 
TA a Sous pi to Mr. Wiley.— Pens of 5 Ewes. | heat of the water in the pan kept boiling untii it ceases | dry clay (that is, clay containing only sufficient moisture 
Rite Meare pie ling. Weathers 32. bina Bagg oon AN S to lose weight). The loss of weight which is produced to allow its particles to adhere w bje oa b 
Moorside —Pens of 5 Shearling Gimmers. 101. to Mr. Abr aham, | by drying the sample, multiplied by 2, will represent | Siderable pre y tpr Sot: 
eey he <n Mr. aa Browne, Hampen. the amount of water present in 100 grains ; of course, | imitating the old process of hand-making, filling mo 
P g n clay 
Wa ng Bams. 101. to Mr. Foljambe, | the less water present the better the Sapa eig th soft-tempered clay lik , pmi i 
Forks. Be Old Roms. 81. to Mr. Hawksworth, 20 oe of the dried sample, and spre d'it u upon a |in ol ape state through dies ¢ rapenean " 
gram 11. t iri t, Taylor, Penistone.—Pens of 5 Ewes. 3l. to | piece of thin glass, the size of half- -a-erown, broken of a bric ese a ta eg (@ a id AA 
- Hawksworth—Pens of 5 Wethers. 38l, to Mr. Ferrand, from the bottom of a Florence oil- ‘flask, ape which is desire 
Bingley; 11. to Mr. Ferrand,—Eztra Si Sheep. ist to Mr. to the clay) ; and, lastly, forming a stream of clay to the 
enn Rotherham ; 2d to Mr. Abraham, Ulceby. 3 me st = hile ee 
Pras,—Large Boars. 5l. to Earl Fitzwilliam ; 20 to Mr. Sm ith, a tripod o ver the flame of a spir amp. oes 
Normanby — Large Sows. 5l.to Mr. Wainman, Carhead 2. to | spirit lamp cannot be obtained uoa thee gain oina “The difficulties which have attended all bey 
AL eg! E. Manglen -S nal Sows k oaen ae metal spoon, and expose it to the heat of a Gar hitherto to accomplish any of these gio his 
2L. to Mr. Mangles.— Other Sow to Earl Fitzwilliam ; 2. to | fire. the specimen either over the lamp or fire paragon ba Mr. Chambertaie then ger 
Mr. Palmer, De Other "Boa r. M. Gavin, Leeds; | until the blackness which is at first produced by the | Own mac pone or purpose 
21. to Mr. J. Knowles, Rotherhat ee} Store Pigs. 5l. to Mr. | charred organi h i i “ d horizontally, which 
ganic matter has entirely disappeared. If ba The clay is fed a pug-mill, opie orizo hrar 
mn — zi. E = ova is, Meotharhsm igre Sitch.) due: after bap strongly heated for half-an-hour, is | works | nnd amalgamates eae ae ge : ped mattan 
greyish white, „the \ parca is Pr obably genuine ; if tit | Be h dapi and half an inch longer cA Ss get at 
nee tect, of a form similar ae a brick © E3 ig 
Sir Richer a made the tolani remarks on the | matters. lied | with ers well rounded off, each ner or rogh 
relations of science to cultural improvement by 5, ae Ripe aera rege amount of water “te found quarter vot a — Pn “oy y Wil pass y% keen angle- 
The agricul! tueof this ele e by abe No. 1 to be contained in 100 parts of the | After the clay has escaped from the mill it is enzo PF ks 
ot inde, base itself upon not merely the casual a wait guano, represent the percentage of E and ammo- | rollers, covered h a porous fabric (molesk ive jers 
our mild and hehe eae climate, and the nt zn | surfi d tre ti ith the png-mill. These To 
fertility of our soil, but in to keep prot with api besa niacal matters. 3. Place a teaspoonful of the guano in | m3 mies a ma penser B87 p having a space of 
pron vement in other aie ee in order to hold our ince | in 2 a bottle, , add to it abo ut a tablespoonful of quick lime, | 45 inches between them: they take this larger stream of 
, p po q | 45 een them; they t: gi 
Peni on ep rea point abe zer ba he Tea aa ; . ss with water, Shake the mixture, and | clay, and press or roll it into a squared nes Gs p edges, for the 
ron necessary that we should apply to the cu tivati s i i i d shape of a brick edgways, with beautiful shar tead 
our soil the same modes of amelioration—the same improve- abeere ms «mell of he of the noe odour. ha | clay ent friction, being pen through by th llers in: 
` er in manures, in implements, and in the rotations which the į 8& age k the | of forcing itself through, and is delivered in one unbroken Soller; 
agriculturists of England and Scotland, and now of the continent, guano, hich is left on burn. -= series of mandrills o! tween eee int 
are most ardently and energetically availing themselves of. In ing the sample of guano (operation 2) thee plore rely changing the mouth-piece, we make ine. Th 
J! y se ‘orated bricks, withou rap i- 
E T a spirit of salts, and about | Per ted bricks, without eS Oe ae 
Tist of incalculable value. The most eminent scientific me half a P on is pulley which bali the sas orking these rollers iè hi mouth- 
Europe are applying themselves to the examination of the waite - | a glass of water. If e ee sk escape of gas, shown | ficient diameter to be ab! o Aae the clay away from 4 nis 
posed which uccessful growth of crops depend. There hy the bubbling up of the liquor, is observed, the piece, Ari: feeding the machine should r76 i the 
et ore Pp nce e pi cal improvemen . ork. his small pulley runs loose ese into the 
of more importance to the practical ment of | suano is adulterated rn limestone, chalk, or T l Nee hy 1 SONi 
agriculture than the development and inculcation of pci F 2 , details of the machine stationary n til more clay is > ig, ‘Tbe 
Principles upon which the success of agricuiture. like | marly rth). Pour the mixture upon a filter mill, when it again im tely pak its functions. » sy 
papers" otier aioa f industry, must Sepat; formed from a piece of blotting paper, or allow |bottom roller cafes an endless eerie whic! hren en ee is 
Lū ure is a manufacture—the manuiacture of food—as | jį > r. i li he cutting- frame. is 
ar r ace as Nye mn te A | ache eet, eh 
y of q i 1y pe hereb’ Maes as 
the others depend upon iov andme ran sciences; but it is | pouring water over it two or three times. Dey the solid | tne prick’ it ebanges its action and cuts off the succeeding 0° 
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