26 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [JAN. 12, 
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Wheat crop, it is more profitable to apply eoncen- Though the quantity of liquid was less in the last seem to think that if you spare no expense in cramming 
trated manures than to purchase dung, and that an instance than in that whi . the strength the earth as full as it will hold with manure, every 
equal amount of money expended in the purchase of | was greater, being from the horse stable instead of the | plant would be loaded with grain from the soil to the 
Concentrated manures will raise more Wheat over the | cows; it appears therefore that when ammoniaeal of the ear. You might as well cover i 
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of oi or corn, and con- is not only a waste of expense, that there is no limit to the power of producing manu- 
verted into dung by feeding cattle. I think it must be as far as the profit of that year is concerned, but hinders | factures, though experience might have taught them 
acknowledged, that this is a remarkable decision, pro- the full effect of the more moderate dose, by poisoning that there is a limit to the profits of that production; 
ceeding as it does from a body of practical farmers ; for, some of the plants with more food than they can assi- | but they have yet to learn that there is a limit to the 
iy ng, they have been accustomed to place | milate and digest ; the exact proportion in which it powers of fertility ; that every species of soil has its 
ir whole reliance upon farm-yard manure, even should be administered it is not easy to ascertain, with- | own maximum, beyond which no skill or expense short 
where high farming is adopted, and though numerous out repeated trials, for the same amount acts very irre- | of madness can force them to rise ; that the composition 
individuals have had reco to guano, yet collectively | gularly, according to the difference of soils. Thus, for | of its bulk, on which so much depends, is not within agri 
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laying aside their ancient prejudices, proclaim their | 100 Ibs. sulphate of ammonia and FFF mockery to tell the farmer who has 
‘ous conviction of some new fact, their opinion is 25 Ibs. of guano increased the hay 1 58 — his laud up to its highest capability, that he must repair 
PP the injuries inflieted upon him by theoretical legislation, 
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But when the produce was. 1 14 98 
e and defeat the competition of the foreigner, with all hi 
ject, by showing the real value of these concen The same quantity of manure in- 1 superior advantages, by inereasing the produce of his 
manures, a suggesting thereby the probability, that | _creased it to 1 2 10 w soil, t to stimulate the are farmers, of whom 
sometim may be substituted with * ec _ | there are still to reac! t um by i 
dung, or at least supply its place when more is wanted; on — * of guano complicates the ques- proved ivation, 1 show is possible on 
and I have now further evidence to offer to the same considerably; for besides 22 os acm d Soils of similar quality, and to 
effect. I do not mean to say that they have been at- alkali h wat ys Peer S 4 2 thy aud | tented with anything short of it, is another object of 
tended with w and it would p og ates le pines 3 ma 2 a tan these experiments. me improvement, 
able to expect it; for they are not like experiments & th Gn. — nt coe ba m however, there are, which, being still matters of dispute 
in a laboratory, where all the materials are |‘ the amount o T 0 received into general practice till 
instance utterly useless, is a * . 
failure, the more you multiply your experiments, the ammonia than Grass; but increase of foliage by no the results 
more it becomes evident whether such failure is to be Porua insures an increase of seed, which of course in 
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eiden fon wt ang a at per! ag piel 8 = 4411 1 r difficulties in ep e 1 1 i; — — by Forster aa 2 r e f 
that experiments upon these subjects have = bt h 2 — — os She tolowing trials ee 4, 5, 6, 7, and 12 pecks. 
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only way in which science and practice can work mulaled Deyo eee Ne ee ee ee Broadcast. Dibbied. Dropped. 
r h tion of grain is concerned. Pecks per 
together usefully ; for agricultural experiments, if gr Acre, 
are point out to the Corn. Straw, Corn. Straw. Corn. Straw, 
ist the direction im which he should * r rene lbe | bush | Ibs. bush, |truss, Ibs. 
his investigations ; while, on the other hand, those in- — 14 40 12% ol 4% J 20% 3% 10% 2 
point out to agriculturist what sort of Bushels, |truss. Ibs. 3 98 32 40 8 10 115 20 
experiments he may try with most probability of suc- ne sulphate of ammonia ...| 45 108 24 36 . 37] 93 10 42 Uli 4 125 20 
cess. I, for i have been much encou to s weg ee ee mee ons] SBR | 88. 83 een 8 401% f % | 19s 8 
With 56 Ibs. and 84 of guano ate Si 524 124 16 12 in 2 in- x 
persevere in the employment am l | Without either M een, 8 
manures by P r Way's important discovery of With double the ammonia and — 4 in in a 3d 35 113 12 these in the same proportion. 
the strong at on of a for ammonia, an RC- we 5 45 98 32 . A R 
tion so strong that a solution of the salt will part with | With gent. of guano * 101. 4 rom these experiments I infer—l, that 
its ammonia in passing through a funnel filled with 8 : „ 43} „ very thin sowing may sometimes answer, yet it is not 
earth ; for, if this be so, when more is added than is e a 73 ** 98 32 safe; it cannot affo: loss of seed which ani 
needed for 1 rain will wash it without either 3 + ae 1 wi sometimes occasion; and 2d, that such 
down into drains > l becomes a deposi- 
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: | thick sowing as 3 bushels may not only safely, but with 
tory, in whieh is stored up all that the on| Now in all these cases it may be observed that advanta be reduced to nm E den] — & + with 
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the l cannot appropriate to itself, ready to although the benefit derived from the manure varied advantage not only in the economy of seed, but also 
treasure again to roots capable of ex- according to the variations in the quality of the soil, from the ter amount of . Further experi- 
of aided by ments will either confirm or rectify conclusions, 
2. Although it is impossible to change clay into sand, 
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favoura — development of leaf, that to Grass chat the same rule prevails in inferior soils, where the oot 7 or rather charring a portion of 
this — B ad i can | * scale, and 
strong as to be eaustic; but this is a very on | be measured by profit, the price of corn being estimated | ' risk, | 
fi and in one — where the slops from the house at 107. per load, or 40s. a quarter, I will select four | the sirtos show the astio —— 
part noon diluted, the produce was | examples ; in the two first, the unassisted produce of | are to peril their lives afterwards in a one ; they 
than on that w received none ; the same | tke soil, unassisted I mean by artificial manure, though | begin to be aware of the utility of r 
pens more or less whenever ammonia is added | from different localities, was the same, 387 bushels ; in eoal in the growth of thei So aai and chase 
more than sufficient for the requirements of vegetable | the third it was 34 or 35 bushels ; in the fourth it was weit 
action. Take, for inst. „th 3 p s p Neck 30 
42 Ibs, of sulphate of ammonia, 58 of guano ... 
56 lbs, of sulphate of ammonia, 180 of guano ... 
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pense. 56 ibs. of sulphate of ammonia, 100 of guano ... 
86 Ibs, of sulphate of ammonia, 100 of guano... 
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56 Ibs. of sulphate of ammonia n ... 18 9 j — 
56 Ibs. of sulphate of ammonia, 100 of guano... . 018 6 was the best, for I believe the contrary, but because it 
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86 lb. of sulphate and 8 lbs, of 
Peruvian guano aee 
42 lbs. of sulphate of ammoni guano .... 
42 Ibe, of sulphate of ammonia’ 1 i ity of 
Now these experiments tend to prove, that as a small fuel supplied oxygen enough, not only to convert the 
— a 0 12 63] quantity of beer is a nourishing drink for a labouring | black oxide of iron, which coloured the soil, into the 
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et 12 16 to be eficial—so it is in the application of that of it would be 
17 80 0 o 73 essential element of fertility, ammonia ; asmall quantity | far, a source of fertility, 
it -té is almost always useful, but when certain limits are 
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In another field, the mia z of sulphate, | diminished in proportion to increased expense. It Management is more difficult, because the 
with 50 Ihe. less of guano, gave u profit ct 72. dd, whick | i certainly some coseolation to know that the surplus not so capable of slow pi oa a but under right 
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undergo ; and, at all events, it is clear that the The crop of Swedish Turnips which grew on the burnt 
same amount distributed over successive years would | ground last year, without yard manure, was 
Weight of Hay. | yield a better return than it can do when applied all at superior to that which received 14 loads per acre ; but 
