DECEMBER 20, _ 
Simonds, the Vet rinary Inspector oi 
ety, h 
s of the body in the case of different 
rd has prov 
attacking the iaiernal a 
= ag nara mals, 
e Country Melina at Chelmsfo: oved eminently 
vered , 0! Teåo a 
the conelu ing ae e his lecture = nee psi es | some cates 
an 
Lak EAA ah Seal GAZETTE. 
ble in the sewage, which, conseq 
forward s] and ; valua! uently, flowed 
gi ee sewers or rivers. It yas well known to chemists that lime would 
s eb uetions ; and as I 
i in this wonderful region, the 
urs ean m arin Se sop alipe of sip Spoli Pirron naturally feel the idt my go 
s e enta avy charge on its | metallic riches of w I discovered, perhaps your lordship | Way, however, held a different opinion; he examined 
ganora! funds interest attached to the exhibition of live | would permit m ergoen} to penther its Aaker -y as it alto ection mater, fro anpra haein centre => of London, Fa Barret Court and 
stoc ian phat onradion, aa increased by the great number of | lies within the district of my con “en te. Dorset Seita and stated that all the nitrogen in the liquid 
pees sian tt Da Loma menadione ues eames re p pave ts honoar tobe, de, | stalo seemed 1a po in the fom of ammonncel malt ths ete 
igned MMe OWPER.” case r cent, and in th per cent. 
reat expense by the French Governmen token of their ras the Right Hon. the Earl of Cl x id s state. While, 
Fiendly regard towards the Society and its fe sh objects. The n the piz f d nse tae ded by Mr- rere a ie Lanes) raon ete Cooke, that 
implements gave evidence of distinet improvement in their sim- motion of M. de T rehonnais, secou y tre million pounds worth of ammonia had gone to waste in the 
plicity and eficiuion< sults trials in the field, as well as the Fisher Hobbs, the best thanks of the Society were voted | city of London during l his life, he (Mr. Lawes) could not admit 
public Seager of [i aes ty in the tabavad; were mijnesó d that this waste would be stopped by the application of Mr. Wick- 
OUS CO f spectat The inance | Steed’s proeess. ooke perhaps wisely, abstained from 
Cirma machines and si raitic ay eede pb ire ri “subse- Mr. Raymond Barker, as Chairman of the Finance furnishin: er _ f anaa aaan but he Mr. Lawes) would, 
als and AD x Committee, laid before th the balance-sh a her 
nt ; wneil have voted i Sine obbs e, re the meeting the ance E however, venture to quote one which had lately been given him 
Seis best i lod gee s A e kin in which he of the audito; ors, Aen oo foo ie fine meeting balan by Professor Fone Professor of Chemistry to the Royal 
August last; for the liberality in in pen it trial hie eh too i ie per aoge acai 
ieee r Delbana wit plasei enters |S Oa the motion af Me Dros, seconded, by. Prot: | An Zt sla once sont 
machinery; and for the facilities he so ane afforded for ren- | Simonds, thanks w: ted to the auditors, Mr. George Wai i u i ans ` 1052 
ping ‘the trial antiafactoey to to-all parties, The Judges have| Raymond Barke Mr. Dyer, for their kindness in hr E EA pas ti Se 
Hs iat meet aaah oat ine hangs Papal woe of i re Alpe ting the accounts of the Society. Those gentlemen, Oxides of iron and oe seul cae 
Mr. Fowler, competing for "the Society’s ic fe vo of 5007, | V" ew f Astbury (Çin the place Mr. ei atm Bs ie (bone one ear) toad a 
faritho ateam-oultivaton that should in the meh manner | Knight, whose continued indisposition obliged him un- Sulphate of lime rote ieaS, el x A 
ìl and be an economical substitute for th “ares h willie to Tél Š E E i 
or the spade. This report will be published for lan ‘information| ay a Fe cut for the aas of - tarie on aS a bf 
of the members in the ohp part of the Journal; PP ora f t pie aiid Chloride of sodium ay r m ow 045 
time, the Council have the satisfaction of stating, rebar snart of Mr. Astbury, Cg 9 by Mr. Sagalitieaitioaiie mater a eS aa ASA 
as pondi ions included in the ‘tomo of the prize have not been Reali ‘the tear of the Society w ted to Prof. — 
Talg beer po Se T nen Mr. Fowler has made | Simonds and Prof. Wa ay for the Fring pressed by 20077 
x ning nitrogen : ammonia, 0-72. 
p Haeg ploughing, — the p ce oo even- them before the members, Prof. Simonds returned ow, ee pt pi Son cent. of matter to 
tuall, j a more economical tillage of the soil. 
ae assign money value, con- 
Tha Councll, in earrying:ont he armagenen: forthe Chelme- |. Mix, Corbet and Mr, Fisher’ Hobba expressed a hope rains ou i co ii or Pt of ammonia ap What 
Shins a A rE a lis teak noountens cases ration e that the osaks Ge neral Meeting might in future be | could be done with 300,000 tons of this substance, the annual 
ones, the Society were es i ally wmlenontigntion tc "the ferent amount which would be produced if Mr. Wicksteed’s process Bony 
Railway ies of om for the liberality of their) On the motion of Mr. Etwall, seconded by Mr. mie ga a pt omer pl be perfin y Rot Bo r 
P Sey er to the exhibitors, and the facilities they afforded in aga pd and supported by M. de Trehonnais, | Lawes)could bardl: tet an Chie Commins of Pai 
> in aspi pa re pendence creme vain the Meeting. | the cor acknowledgme! nts of the meeting were esias Works would pra Any mself justified in mitting deodorising 
of next year wi eld in the week metropolis, 
commencing Monday, the 20th of July; and the authorities of | to the Perens for the kindness and impartiality wi with T. ee rig my ipea yn back 
sbury view icondy plate a meen land for tho. trial al of i i mple- which he had presi pape over it on that i. i ‘ into the sewers or river, m as ammonia was the 
deed npon nun blo he Presa te | ye Chr ermas Secs tothe tn of Patron. | Yaa ma goa ey ci Ele cna 
nts and Live ck at that meeting, 
Gonnet, to such terms and conditions of ae ea cm the _ [We ver, y deeply regret to learn sal Professor Way erate Mey A y impossible to select hetig u 
uncil at their February Meeting may think i brought on during the dis- | which the fluid eould he deposijal, ho m was disposed topless 
oe eee ve of his duties as chemist of the Society. We | cry of those whosay, Away with the: ocean 
Class ot : Bias Be understand that during some mini research he has t E.C B., stid that, on the statement 
oi Manure ites Giga oë oth) = ~ p suffered from the injurious effect of z made [by Mr. Cooke, Te “it perapian a e 
consider an 
10 0 È s, 
ii Han bier i EEGA e ese Soci 10: Util of Sewage.— | extensive area saturated with ce droge hen the 
"i Biani Machi nas hai Oey 22 ee ee A very Tetereining & scussion ensued o) ane reading of prin vont ay pouira kot aE 
» tos bea Machines iii SARRE see Ti . a Mr. Cooke’s paper 0 on this sine and e make the | of the su the metropolei 
” Ti od . oe Ss i ?, Ki + 
» Carts : 10 0 0 X r apee 
»  Waggons.. 10 0 0 Jou ise i subi e voard sina i mont feint it 
aan; of gai construction, witii Dr. Tan Playfair (the derma said— When they ł thorities, at the 
ons s». 15 0 0 bl imal |1 th dation yo rehensions had been 
Steam Cultivator “" 500 0 0 = DESA d animal ', the found rat h apprehensior rg 
fr n kad J d ` 
£655 0 0 monia, l| and it was, doubtless, the duty of those who had the 
Il. Live STOCK, |Sibetances that p bec afforded fi food imals during | responsibility of rk investigate the subject, 
Shorthorn Cattle E E 170 (Jif } fter death, i b s 3 a lig on : arising mhine of prep aetna 
Hereford Cattle one ace ase 170 | Aest i 
Devon Cattle 5 as 170 carbonic a I ed by the late Mr. Smith, of 
Channel Islands’ Cattle’ - ig Ses - = Aeng on rere ne “of prog padig to send away an application of the practice 
pyre of ee nase Wr breeds e ba all that matter to feed sea-gulls and sen- ions in in order a at Ean menam of appying i submersion. The result 
tak deere peeing. 4 | f the investigation of the of Health was to 
oroughbre kney H 105 | uano. Instead of this ren: pre wasteful estab lish sanitary objections to this system, as as 
ines 4 . eu 
pia ster Sheep We sks eli : 110 jastan of our treasures throughout the world 1 
Southdown Sheep p (not Leicesters) + oo would be far sa to them economically an and pro- Mosi st persons aho lived fay the neighbourhood of the parks, at. 
Short-woolled Sheep (not Southdowns) 110 ductively at home, He hica] | the period of top-dressings, had been annoyed by the fon} einer 
75 È ee Pc effete inti of a ee was of all things atising from thls operation 1 a a bad. bnew nea 
125 thi in, to su l or the wih of the 
| jus g ieee grow ashes the hens dunging and to] top-dressings of market gardens 
e Council continue to be favoured by the ele of “il on | Potat and "Bota s grew weli n Ireland, because form. "agih ved ane 
the effete ter of me Potato feeder pEi mem snited | 12.9: Sen m». vos or peat semua 
to 
sah tt parta ot world, and 1 te progress popula on of tn erap and emer eat T's ect hep tl ag at 
r i arrest the gases, 
disease among cattle population of the m is of this country wou! nto water to 
The vigor: es E em of agrical a research in best provided with food suited to the application | $, y of iter ears pange tees of ps 
1 oe aga of a A am ie snes e definite application E of non sewage of the parrer en to = oa ae Ss was now ina su sufficient number oi ot E E, been. 
‘ reasoning t ucidation of every branch of prac- | tons of nitrogen in the of its inhabitan’ at y now years. “respect to 
tical detail, as well as the gradual establishment of gene eral vasa rd a being applied to the of a similar | it was to be observed, that those who only knew sewage under 
principles, are circumstances which constitute at the present # E SPP , the old conditions, as decom] manure from the overfiow of 
day a still greater necessity for that division of labour which the | represe! of food if we followed Nature’s teachings. | cesspools or house drains, where it had been detained for weeks, 
heal maet throughout the kingdo: pm tha o haig are so | He was in i instance surprised at the sta onths, or years, were ware of the kan conditions of town 
npetent to cute, and on the o i i i ir | drainage, in which were ished, self-cleansing 
which can only be given b Fe iea\ boy Mae Se EPIS aoe = eg = pana f k ni i Os tubular house drains aud sewers being and the refuse 
Agricultural Rasiai, of England, which is at once the repre- | vitality, consum pi mitrog n- | removed at once, before it could become decomposed. At Rugby, 
dye ual interests ao the farming ¢ ity, | nually ior ct ins the or <a = all refuse was diat removed by the praep 
cl united energies may | t by Mr. e he had made t calculation on ii sewers, steam power 
most effective Sa ketst into action for the purpose of gaining | ; resul on the principle of the water cart. The results of the working 
any given practical object, crease of its members, and | zx i data, came to eit seu! nd tons, | \ re in complete accordance with the principles and facts to- 
estimation in which its labours are held. afford, stung | Wir TAB Lawes said, that he read before dart gle pec pmo ee ay ee een E 
ands of hope to the Counci t its usefulness may con- wes a j > i a 
tinue unimpaired, and its advantages become ore widely dis- Lond chemical combination, until it was taken up by vegetation. 
tribnted be a still further co-operation of the farmers of the | bearer night sent pede niga erty rage d nat ba | The effect was shown in the and usually inodorous con- 
co e promotion of its natio ra tie i) Cone y jatean ae cn aa eal bath w dition in witch the surpias water ran away on the days when 
the Counci! | , A was no 
UDSON, Secretary. a S ure from sewage, which *should be S. Sidney said this was the third time that the 
By direction of the Cha mi also read the | remunerative to -the manufacturer d to the|yalne of sewage manure had been discussed by the 
en communication eta at the Foreign bana | agricult nso cine a O a5 i On oe ararsan a 
tted to the Seeretary by the instructions This subject was very ful a i Indeed, | as wild exaggerations the poetical view which . Mechi 
taken in it w that the Council of the sas 
the Earl of “Emire döl :— “aa riety was ki nd enough to ¢ pe She imn Bret, tre night to the discus- | took -of of cities, On the second occasion, 
Mr. Wicksteed’s pamphlet was then n ic, in | Mr. Bennet Lawes, in a most able paper, — 
<hr 
wri .of - 
| and others, that the c 
Ipu for 60 miles, and finds that tho stratum of carbonate iran | not justify Mr. Etna in assigning to 
ton, It must be erating to rier who, re coal 
i the 
Ta the ned a uae i any eee — 1o: deio | a few shillings per 
hat o Wa r f Mr. Lawes, 
jetermined 
which is al 
bout 15 
miles. aie ‘of which I also forward specimens, cand rs ol nae ani poms 
the bourhood is arrangements, it might se! 
Wicksteed’s process 
artz 
Very ee a eee ard p objection “att ae t. 
—_ = St. Antonio the ground | nereasing rca ged 
or red iron ore, and the m ountain range 
p had 
sewage deposit was no 
ranked with li oat vangan j 
value of 
id 
pony value than of 
maou 
. Cooke. This 
longer a Merson ergs mama, but it 
M 
portion 
mous bulk of 
of that which was most 
This theory of the enormous value of 
new. In 1848, Mr. 
jer the authority 
