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THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL 
GAZETTE. UNovrimm 11, vac 
the bree eding and rearing of ducks, Itis impossible 
though some of the triala з p being rerried on in the | 
ted distrie. -I offer 
to doubt pc organisation, теи le pro 
duction и on superin- 
tendence, will ^ followed и. the same economical 
š Now there is no e evidence here, i 
th n 
je there are p grounds for anticipating i м юаш; 
n the Ti imes la: tely recommende: s 
A “Мазан їз үе ry proper 
it pe 
ZA our imports show i i 
8, he supply 
called io demand for 
fg nel сЕ been procured from Franee and 
e be st breeders heres, „Ам only a few 
mA " of common birds are feeding, Bat when 
once the place is Pi века d, си the large con- 
tracts which our otels and clubs would 
re 
carbolie acid has the concentrated 
powe nh dead oil A, ^d. O., Royal Agricultur 
Colleg 
KEBAN JAM CULMVATION, 
v. Burm 
MR. JOSEPH ti et Que dis omerset, 
has kindly come TM to Ae us € As subject 
of steam Я I shall pass avor с, Ei af hiy 
letter „where b e “admires my plu 
to business. He tells us that hea H ү an an An ementi 
I " an agent for the of any i 
ha: 
e plans 
deseribed in his very саа reti nde 
CHEMICAL NOTES, 
H. CHURCH, Mta F.C.S. 
anure,—Vast quantities of nut- 
ure of ink, and 
ied to 
- is largely ped in tanning, азер photography, 
in ing 
Lee Tx" the spent are ea "s 
& Wiliiams, manufacturing chemists, of London and 
hee ad nut.galls retain something of their | 
origina ey are morever hard a tough | 
though Rad, The м рр, analytical details seem 
tails 
o sh ow that mu ch of thei „stimulative action ‚оп 
(7 
Зу hooaeg I haye eyer received any pecuniary adyan- | 
tage from the sale of the " * Little Tmplement," for І һауе | 
„за ее uas 
et it is true that er iater uf 
pieles but how the compariso. 
ded affair” І eannot unde 
imes oye er, Dunt 
тоша = Чишш зз ус 
hav 
d 
"€ m "The far ag Dunto 
suit the “Woolston, tackle 
dos nob n eed far 
Ru, 
mplements they are not, t ш 
whateyer, and that he 2 E terest in th Фа ith horses is very considerabl Mr. Moser 
dispute as to which is the * best application.” Upon |in his prize essay published іп the Royal Азіі 
the first point I can balance off with him, for I am Society's Journal, No. ; Part 2, p. 331, wri 
пу |“ not an implement ma pe or agent for the sale of any | upon that point :—*' Th s was dee. 
ut I am (emt та interested form, with m runnin is 
n the dispute as to vbi A “jg the best а APP plieation it, on whi e NEC | while tide ot 
n ch the engin 
in the cultivation. The е eastern oun dary ѓейсе 
a line rh eai to the road, and formed 
more fi things than I have ever earned by h 
IT 
t to net a Айра by such sale. My two 
h nd January, 1856; 
March, 1855, a 
i ched z^ 
alternative of esr MM time rorki g м 
therefore rs monopoly grante me by 
tho 14 yea Tons 
them will soon be over, and as the Royal TA | 
hoke the 
Society of кш. е done its best to choke 
Spread of stea: 
the sale of tho 4 Little nn " (without being áble 
to shove the big one ahead, and we will see pre sently 
fs 
only sold four | of them 8 year. , Now, 
tion, it has pretty well choked | 
Mr, 
what Mr. Nicholls' help to them is worth), RE : have he 
this uch a 
by wo 
| steam т Жопа in short and decreasing Time: 
lon e g i 
M as Mr. Nicholls, for he tells us that 
sale goes on for 
whatever of my ever netting a fiin Љу such "n 
hough they left arge corners, jr ый 
*abou5 the | 
rgest proprietor of  steam-cultiva iss AERA in | 
ir. proprie! he has for the last two 
| let t ont two sets of "Une ds dag d dou 
in his county." "Then Lun 
h 
improvement of the * which the ey effec 
to the carbonic acid which they engender ela 
their decay. chief manurial elements 
they do, however, contain a айп} though small 
proportion. "The calcul money value of íhe 
spent galls Apes indeed А схе. DV pec tap tan, ү "| 
assum 
e th usual da 
Deme to вау iA. S her they 4 E nd gs я 
аё all, and if sô, under what` к нои conditions 
their use is Hey t to ак Ree Mesue. 
496 
‚Каш ys ED ачен rs 
id boit сон CEN м, 
Silica, alumina, oxides of iron and copper.. кв 
Use of Oarbolie Acid та $ ae ecaution ba the 
Cattle Plague. — Chloride and permanganate of 
ода Жыш» have their dis- 
oride rod i 
бшмесе sao —is, however, t 
of which readily diffuses itself, 
The к.А pm pa Де кугы а h A rog 
drain in a few minutes К 
the introduction of ч ее) Б cloth moistened w 
earbolie acid ; and there is good beli 
aion the air of a Kota ag з used for cattle clean 
E — а ‚ piece of flann el m 
morir per pound-—one [x will last 3 
pose "nhe. board is then hung up within the mi M. 
With borned cattle another mads may be adopted. 
not imply t| less interested in a pecuni Now let Һа A j^ word аф the "loge 
oint of view in the a а an I am m paie owerful set БЕ tackle .suitable for out," 
The battle has been w betw e Royal £g it so? Vet m e refer "i to а report ihe 
Agrionltural Society. of rA A Ee "S Wim iare; North | British А осе. е Oct. 95, 1865, on Mr. 
ton. The Royal oM would hay. old d by a Fowler's 14-horse 
“Жым and then it would hay s locomotie еп - gine. 
e 
о Epis and а half e 
h 
ed | 9 inches; and P 102 a "т et 
on 10: 
а 
ust | needs fields ш 
ary 
ina year of hts onn (1860), did not а 
уш 
extent supports the quantity of work рег ar 
done in Shro торв shire, but more about depth prog 
It is now quite shen 20 it is Fowler's tackle 
e to в 
Wrig ht's farm at Вов] worke 
engine set bought, ad N тео |8 Ma t. Thare be may 
ortable engine, and mpl by Aes now. The Ro yals 
Two 
ng jont ен СЯ 2 id Set: of double engine 
ti 
cumb to the cultivator т, а 
at battle no een аон le мачеа fhe інь, 
the common portable ог Me: dem Mr. 
thus :— 
steam M am he. ст m g DT in w 
chasing one, necessary 
tackle} the 3; the 
ex ч ofa repairs ; due e дош 
iff headlands dusing wet weather by the engine " 
wa x cart ; and the i possi on a clay farm 
headlands when 
Hu ME comparatiye stateme ore aat Pile ce М 
on the side of the common ch ym Jemand moving the engine alang £ е headla a sud 
in b, ү I beg that ye u will allow me k | fall of rain" -occurs—or;even а heavy shower may re 
on Mr. Nicholls' 1 it neeessary i ihus a loss of time 
did Mr. icholl, two years and a half ago, of the ре eng in pec the engine p 
get“ ит -— tackle," There is another bit of evidence in 
from d a quarter ago. at Worcester, same paper of November 1, 1805, in um 
n the 
horse 
fackla КОТ ponat i pose was got 
l field, and since маі eriod I һауе r heard 
e made А that principle. А year|after the harvest o Since that time pur 
and uarter ago at Newcastle Mr. Fowler b ought|have been vd a и twice aud а йсй 
mi another double engine set, the set upon which уе | three or four times. Difficulties haa ta be gori s 
e now talking, ouble ойе sets upon tha&| with, partly on account of the la | being 
prinepl have been sent out since that period. How | retentive of moisture, imperfect drainage 3 
Mr. Nicholls could haye got a pue double engine set | the evil. The steam tackle no ecsived 
h epi two and a half years ago I cannot for the|the autumn, before the eather set 
life of me understand. - Is it true that he did g continued the whole winter, the —— was Tus 
hen! and isit true that he has had that inet d of several Иште, and some breakagen took Ime. 
| Pl with it? Let him explain. good deal of tim we [оф me it — 
H when 16 was o gront o se bp 
"Ms Hutchinson is “a vory one-sided affir To| work" Mr. Nicholls supports Га t ids work, exoept 
р t he us thaí * n Whatever is | says that “they hay: qx n A : 
support tha tells ha 
d Baa about depth and quality of dd wor 
me refer пиар lette: er ^t 
or me in your 
EA osely fix ed to a | end 
die viest character, and "t 
of good qua 
went to Dunton | a 
I can teil Wim ti at it К Гирш, of -— асгев 
loi ч" farm at Stevi , before it went to 
cud bad weather oi yes e "p hen i 
such a веб of tackle МЯ for mae 
we 
is positive ee a ui P 
weather, ould поб i x 
stopped it жа їр was E for men 
wet; ; but thi 
"We am old бн. ihe contest is unequal by | account the Shropshire people 
piece of thick flannel, an inch or two broad, is rm “two ro widely dient ar е $ more ab a less соз, We 1 
e ddp ма and passed a shar t distanea on to ы horns | ful set, le for ing mt ы, that has to work in | winters and springs than the 
animal ; ing ver | heavy нет y an rom place to place ( ome- | Fawcus's is a sad account of the stop 
with carbolic MS 8 probab biy 10 or E 15 gut and that led {о | wet weather (in a dry year), 
The object of both these : plans is to diffuse Ње | ро into the orst farms and thi mons didi e those | Th TR: es from all qua 
Use En b carbolic geid in the "5. БОШО ресей! to tear up tho ground 10 or "Then I cannot м Ө 
ултан е experi ve been tried in|15j а small set, kept at tio н for tackle to go ou S Y 2 M 
Several localities, and the general health of the animals | homo e farm, э Мун set "out Онын, and | eh ackle tha "d E abject {о sugh à. 
Me ported as particularly е So far фо. ease of | only rne аз from | field to y f ot weather, both £o itself and men, 89. 
ће cabile plague has occun animal so treated, | same fields three , y working | breakage, удо charging ай бадо to 
nitrogen, 1.15; equal to ammonja, ‚13 abont 6 inches deep | Certainly not. We may leave 
