TRE 
Frsnvanr 11, 1865] 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE AND 
AGRICULTURA 
GAZETTE 
133 ` 
even of opinion that at at th 
the dpi d worth 1 o him, inasmuc 
h as 
qt — ne Bon from the Mie 
wage | 
ould pay one- ird more e for 29 sewage than 5 horses, No doubt ped of D 
n entire restitutlon of their nitrogen | cause prevents Ergot doi 
shaken out I 
ing injury. e seen it 
abound fearfully i in Rye crops, and at first wo 
sphere, and ‹ consequen — 
есевѕагу 
ccording 
ы???” culation, m тєп yer У е ене Sasa 
20.000 acres, might be turned into | did not destroy 
Xa Жее "nds ewage of the metropolis. At the 61 observ ved tha at upon a very slight ^s d a | growers. 
fee of 7d. per ten tons of sewage, the cost per acre would Mit, the Ergot generally fell off, so that it wa ior 
TD ssL, and for 20,000 D A 160, жут EE, ы. ven re tbat I could get specimens adhering t 
€! = be possible to find any o pon *^? | the Rye. To this ы е ibu Е зей eng ніч 9 1 | the Rev. 
E Tn all localities which by nature are adapte nploy- | 1 of much affected by 
ment of sewage ita use is "x ei^ n advantage 3- 4-4 the ergot. 1 falls. to СЯ ground in in cutting and h i 
jre TS 
Ks large сер, айе would bardly profit ything, even | Vesting the crop.— in Mert à is was sold 
thongh he obtalncd the sewage for a farthing per ton. largely entered upon "dier kn т 1843-44. T 
It we ssy that in D days 30,000 screa cres of в: So ovt v - ги р. 807 the poisoning "of two out и tbr ree horses is crop w: 
'ruitfu. ow, yielding annu r tons 
ее - A » 55тей, г to kee this meadow in i In p. 143 dft which ate only of the young ктен — | e 
il reater quantity of sewage is required than g y 
state of fertility ro m that is са - of th men our a 
the tons 0! This is one-twe tbe quantity of | had bee — DT d my own ав 
isite for the original formation of the 
sowa M s Ape m jer po $ мата 0,000 асгев would experienn gp had ro pretty considerable, with 
eeni dorus 48,600,000 ton wage as manure, Of корага Бе Үеж ; у at а house | respec 
the 266,090,000 tons, annually Дрон. of, 217,000,000 | wher arge square stable-yard was дэн on two the green 
чош be left; and the question now arises. What e ae ij a gh hedge of Yews, and where there were | mystery 
EA bent dt " AM С s da i tre 943 ton "а trees in the . grounds, in the pasture — and animals—killing son 
age per асте. eae y all and where | others, How can 
of sewage, w s calculated are 1 Svo freq: uently seen cows and horses browsing t 
"au ү (bo above 2130 tons 
whi 
for an acre, the quantity of p 
ch 
unt js contained | 
given this terrib 
э А p not ud W. 
and.—Y ox ricult 
agri 
nde red it | tokerested i in the following extract fro 
| би —“ resur i 
Darin РА. "the Jast t week the scutch ; mill of C. 
CT bopo tint T siall bo 
d Tenders will be 
the Armagh 
to Flax- 
cs er it | Кова, and tH not, w 
-— ot s besides, Your Constant 
hem | Very заана 2 state 
e poiso sonou 
stone of Flax of га quality and great length, gro 
by 
vell on his farm at эү зкшүз ж "т 
vds 
(as 
crificed. The e questio 
o Cattle, —There is ү question 
Ma. oe ho ifferen 
ti 
vea 
prov ^ quite harmless 
satisfactorily be accounted for ? 
ents hav 
and non- n-pojsonous properties of the 2 
And I 
isonows 
ing Ede na cse "quit of the Yew, in either 
or dried state, al ep there s "still a 
d effects it has on 
to 
t times appeared on 
wW, 
T f hay, апа without any injury. In the same ms however, I the 
= Jedi si Do ro ie good spen vithout referenós e to | rom ember several valuable cows being - d by eating | in bo он confi - was 
the other constituents in e the withered sb Ее рсе 2 In p. 364 | at o under the impreseion ihat live Yew not 
natural meadow which, When в л yc y ii ое 0 wit hout | I called attention to the fact that át 2 large grassy | во it ты а o it was su -— D be; having Tillesl do 
dierent т 24 il fertilised by sewage. T bs Indy. thei iet df valley near Chichester - ed ingley Bottom, there | many Yew trees grow ing о mons, hedge-rows, and 
said natural meadow were so in sh as to yield half | are numbers of Yew attered most picturesquely | church-yards, n еше ат ve free access, there 
of "the quantity required (62 10.) fora course of years, then 1225 | about, of all ages, Гр eaten by "e cattle. lalso always appeared so a mysterious to me as to the 
eet ber i RS HL T ау, inted out that I had several Ye which cattle | X S death of animals $ tated to have been poisoned 
AM 400 РО tons of pid Ма Eu d o Obtain the had access, and which were — - ке In p. 172 | by But t oubt is now clear riy proved to me 
me а! est. These yields, however, wo “Este” gives a case of a e dying after eating | by t the vw th of one of my , Which un- 
last, for if the manuring shoul P potash and Phos such small | withered Yew, and a y s ч „Ан. branches green | [e broke loose into а rubbery near the 
pom =] АА - potash and ‘phosphoric acd | with impunity dai * George Crompton ” gives | mansion, composed chiefly of Yon i and within one 
come E erm the qu Let "ol sewage V WR DV DIU io da нон. d | а clear case, where а were killed by eating hour э a half from the time it got loose it was 
o А 
en E Ting g year 9: € һа, aw Ing € tons, 
conclusion [b ^T ion SEM as to the rf P 
of hay which a natural meadow, manu: 
side 
Pel. with 
t with little sewage is f its 
Жа лена scanty crop with much siraga Роде "Dot 
either that its value is — One thing is СТЕ ап 
is, а ured with 
al gin 
out of it when it is employed 
of a meadow the 2 re of that ee 
tbe y fa 
e 
ingredients in addition which were tak 
popa the eding : — int sd ee m 
е component of the w t m, and, 
therefore, need not! gto тер!: ien 
By means of m A e and 
replaces only on of these constitu 
to increase those particular ones which the 
the. farmer as 
orphster È he must add to sewage in special ae 
may sufice to show the mode 
It is not m 
ЕЕ of 2 
Ems 
Peruvian guano. 
In the daily amount ofsewage are— 
3D 
the | young green shoots, эн wher 
stitu 
on КЫ Tand, — z 
- 
hosphates the farmer Dee "the discrepancy betwee 
By means of опе пе describing the едут which have 
astothe tbese facts convince me 
Leib Er add: poe There 
А manure, and 652} tons of 
or 
ed by taking Vli oil. 
ock 
a planta бев кутин гак 
several dying in соп nce. Tn | 
—— in a YE ЫШЫ e articl e, 
much — activity а 
withered leaves s being m 
417 P. 
ons an irt ive н ed 
as a Ming many old and young Tor trii ja it, КӨТ ы 
ther cattle, horses, nor sheep, ever Уа aig il | 
кча that «мні | 
ullocks di i | 
pihe гомо 
t, „=н, Де » ві 
абс 
лышын esponden! 
411 
Я чы ed 
appears 
poisoning of 
po 
ething mysteriou 
енше p Yew. Мк 1 j^ always 
under the 
at cattle would not e 
Yew b 
the horses under fup 
them 
eir mouths, - then let them fl to tbe ground; 
digo bite 
few times in 
wou 
ыд Icame to the c 
| teach oam 
| Next 
ponpes for 
th 
uences upon 1 
t no н КЧ 
WE 
while ће other records the 
em one. Twenty years 
2d 
ago 
узе only would never hurt апу — 
to the rary. 
under 
green 
con 
e, and do we 
tis cause. 
e one above. pee autamn, duri 
шона in the pleasure d 
yet how 
1l will n 
peni that. ther re are circumsta 
mees 
h 
be settled, is—under what 
deadly. 
z^ 
to a contrary result. The оп 
no water coul 
tion, d to whether "fullness or emptiness of s 
has а effect. “ Alfred | Gyde's" | remarks are a!so very 
them. Allow me in conclusio! 
+a the 
Tons 
17 
Witb addition of 2650 — 
of Mara E 
652 tons o! 
118-10 
78 2-10 
H 
б 
Кн 
mu 
so 
the Yew—making it mo 
- two n Sep- 
n ап; ether 
tomed to 
90 
T de UNE иы 
In the foregoing state have, my 1 as I 
sufficient data to enable moy Ae f prd, an T Боре ka 
соте to a conclusion as t: Tex value of sewage, both for the 
country and forthetowns. I have the honour to be, my lord, 
your lordship's very obedient servant, 
JustUs LIEBIG, 
President of the Royal Academy of Science, &c. 
nmm eee 
Poisoning.—1t is 
subject и. ventilated i їп 
A neration of fresh readers has 
е arisen, Derka the пом тоні may be 
е use to your eped inquirers, and lead to fresh 
one interested in the question to E : 
of This view has been 
subject one 
ц, mtt s 
wi 
y," in p. 60 of yonr Nimban M Јар < 21, 171865, 
ec 
= 
їп а Тһе 
cattle AUS through being kept — 
Yew "d 
e dan 
while the latter no 
фей еше, bes taken а large quantity on breaking | 
plantation, when pressed large | o! 
ово v 
a pe do no harm. 
if E quite, all the cases m 
satisfacto — solution of the case 
st; -— лее EE sent 
to mes since 1 before wro erd of 
— ae 
СЕЎ m 
n the 
frost broke 1 into Е Аче a Ireland 
= же there were m — жез» -— td bullocks 
in the morn after f. 
UNE er ted 
wort 
here pr^ Салса som 
cattle 
" lessness 
feel convinced эм 
both but forth үрне e inju 
abounds, it ie abr ways in 
carefully reject it when germ: 
Soda is not EE cut until after the 
out. 
жк 
place, there 
Tw o out of three co ломит travelling 
Cheshire, died very gis 4 after brows- 
blic spram be the whole 
Inboth these 
in those in 
284, md uel ай in that. oe M б. Murray,” it 
animals would eat greedily 
pp. B07, 
рае 
mer d 
т 
Doi 
ess, just as large doses of Vinum Co 
ould destroy the lives w which they now 
чету for pe plant will "m an 
so often | land 
rocured by the: 
for some hours; ‚жой. MR they had eaten fa 
gerous rt of 
n I am inclined. to ped the 
G. S. Folj 
A to swallow enough to do them any 
on this point I am now perfectly satisfied. 
"tbe that ago до not. 
Ы 
e Коф { 
Pp side that Y m triosi е e uf | by 
€— ths from 
hear of dea 
C case U^ the opposite 
some extensive 
came fo ei! 
ea 
angehen is, 
ambe, Esq., 
this ire for cattle-feedin bled not 
only to say that the „Сиба Mel and 
grown by Ља most valuable addition to the 
vegetab IERI of die ,and m y 
to the occupiers of small and cow- where 
the uction of milk and butter is a considerable 
item t that it is ly produced, and cultivated 
with as little expense as the Б-р бо-ой roots 
upon the farm; and it is especially for small 
occupations or in fact anywhere where 
space enough can be found for йкы з E to extend ; 
because in almost any soil where moisture enough is 
ed to sup тр 
ils at the 
and adjoining hedge 
is root. The 
value the crop is therefore larly 
in yos квй = 
hm чөй will С" upon 
feet square ati one sme fil of 
