314 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[May 18, 
for in this adulter 
which it is nixed, costs little enough, leaving the 
frandulent dealer a much r profit than the 
honest merchant is satisfied wi 
The party most to blame in ‘this matter is the 
ated guano the brown ochre, with | is 
his diligent to give the kine fodde tead of 
evoting his intellectual eres exclusively to other 
i which mechanism is unable to perform ; and 
o has but little . — for 5 satisfaction of 
his mental ren ite. While the sinews ofa 
overstrained 
r; the chemical analysis by which the fraud 
ectly satisfied that they secur 
than any discernment of theirs, e aa by chemi- 
cal analysis, could ever — effec 
certain eminent possi ss to caution 
e 
s a printed copy of an analysis, 
the name of one of these gentlemen attached 
to it, by which guano has been sold by a very exten- 
approximation to tra 
ould also recommend that 
should be calculated on one principle, * as to show, 
as in the instances we have quoted abov 
In 100 parts— Ist, the asi eae and the 
all analyses of guan 
leo seat salts or sub- 
le ing phos ospha ates es; 
ath, i radi uble werter; ati sth, the. Tom of va 
— and inform ind? 
ees to . with, rapidity the mental capa- 
i the triumphs they havı 
9 | rally, at a of Englan 
n of 
of ammonia it yields; 2d, substances so — | 
— — 
what vigour or inclination can ‘he have for exercising 
rming his m Education cannot be ex- 
of the poor until business shall dhata its 
pd upon their t time and energy ; for while the 
working-men of Bri aon are entitled to honour for 
ny instances achieved 
ne the ruthless che kar t beset their progress, 
e far greater part have fa me eae ia or z cour age 
is pata the lion difficulties i in thai paih 
“Chil d their 
al, 
* 
m of 
eth by opportunity of leisure, and | ™ 
their class. Those who would c 
e distinction of “ practi 
too unfamili ar with the 
an evidence of the unliterary tastes and habits of 
themse 
= becau 
d papers, y cannot a 
— m w of peis practice not aequ ire an Sti 
farm operations may directed without the aid of 
written 3 The learned professions dis- 
cover past theory in books of cases, he. the 
finds it in the e farm practice of the day, The 
habits of re adin ng an and writing are intima mately con- 
with the one variety of parsnits, and widely 
m the other he enc e lawyer and 
cal man are e to rest their belief and 
the 
medi 
learned m. 
he that ha th little business shall become wise.” But amnion x = pin facts, while 
leisure alone will not suffice. Of all employments, | ? í Š "the influe by eng way performed 
farming is supposed = the e period * =o an 2 "Ba t cannot these trammels of 
of cessation from labour ; and yet agriculturists gene- abit be ar throu way mighty power of 
ultu 
Ireland, are — usually 
classed ee feltivated intellects puis N 
attainm * iscourse on the 
constant “familiarity with the operations of Tutan; 
s found in a rural life, to ex xcite reflection 
d ee the min ut how then is p oe the 
eat mass of the farmers enjoy such frequent 
8. 
An —— professing to give more informa 
than this waste of tim 7 as far as the — 
— all analyses were given in the 
above form, they cou ald b . more easily and more 
tely co d than under the . system. 
We waye ray hope that our repeated warnings 
— d to. The temptatio 2 4 apparent 
eapn great to be 2 until t 
jet xi either better understood, or until the ten 
has found that low priced guano invariably — 
i eve: — 
The farmer who requires a small quantity can only 
e sub- form an 
who 
— lengthened respites from the Sait d business 
cted in 
hould be pre arb ally feeble and contra their 
mental aspira S acquirements ow com 
it that ears, es — public periodicals 
figure so diminutivel 3 ae 
that while the gress the chase 
game, and the perfestions ne their beas' 
absorbing 
convivial gatheri 
birth of new 8 
3 the welfare of humani 
o little esteemed ? 
in edly rket meetin 
nga e ladie: of science, the 
80 channel = — aa urse between 
these sciences a known aa understood by the 
cultivators of the soil; and, by what means are 
hose tryths to be eee if 1 ve the press ? 
If dives be any advan crui m the publica- 
tion of discoveries an 5 of opinions, 
es then is the 5 — pee press destined to effect an 
entire — 
T cessity of — the 5 of in- 
means on, $ ich printed 3 — be 
valuable and convin are points upon 
ave opera 
of agricultural improvement has been the en 
mi ind. 
— needed as a perception of tua v - | incongruous gmen 
protect 3 5 wee iy to ask ledge and an ae to possess it, it may be by dispersed and scattered individuals have been 
for a sample Kork the trade aan and 5 — A ‘bal said that we libel the class; but, we ask, are agri- | preserved in cationis whose ire ion 
5 hd it with a sam dle selected by himself to a —— ana consider rr, ee aos — are 
professional chemist, wh a ractical f owledge is aok tha cieung DAAA comfortably 78 oe eor the joye: Fhe couséqueriye ⅛ beon that, while piesi 
ently advanced to be ie hs tik deal — to | desultory fireside conversation engross too many of.| dogmas 1 generalised results 
a ae er at as „ | the. etch hours? We ma rg y have e several useful y 5 8 5 a — 25 still 
agricultural magazines an nfoun nt 55 re fun 
to an eee of the 8 value 5 mainly supported ane Sere the more opulent | however, ee observations a ons 
than the tne priced * ere the — farmers and lan and, a proof of how could be instantly placed before the attention and 
3 apelier q a ps little the at ] f the 3 read of agri- criticism of all, eans of cheap pa versally 
consideration; but the farm that his cultural information, oie „we ask, are our farmers’ | circulated, a piers no longer hesitate so 
crops are wofully deficient — these cheap manures | Biz periodicals circulating their 10,000 per week ? | timorously in adopting ne nil would be less 
sed. There ely, sighs fi cient | 3 sation er 5 e the : rem rhe our ag dila — in the 8 * proved pri principles. a 
e lips o ers them- ave many writers an rs among 
aan of chances against a a good crop without Fs pe sot i oa oe caster 3 of the un- oe public, — 2 a < a e 
A 3 when the principal Prac urnals ? indeed a lar n of those “ who o w 
— = sapinen = int Gee sonal urge = It is 3 to 3 the “conie nts of sap 3 - | better,” sae not fully admitted the idea of deriving 
= de abides Shee present “ tural peri summed assistance in their rom the pages of the Press. 
pound foolish” practices. 3 — n cattle feeding pth a l nat iy r Removed from that mental attrition” Which 
Unless es the residents in 
A some new source of guano be discovered, 
this bao manure will gradually become very 
scarce, e — system of fraud and 
— now carried o i 
new species of manufacture has sprung ap to suppl 
this growi ee ig a > te bea 
great 1 not only to —— but also to 
b 
. — the farmi 
ws, practises, or ridicules 
ew pet opinio: na respecting hetra competition ; 
re and a one-sided estimate of expenses rofits— 
ut nothing of real and p tility. Now, 
crippled peor to 
Pag | — practi 
ele autre t of before its . A 5 so ee 
Return to an order of the honourable 
Commons, dated 14th February, 3 2 an account 
ted Kingdom, i in | respectively.” 
oe warms, and stimula 
e 
; | require the urgency of circumstances 
toward completer bastel for relief. It may be 
that the present pressure wi n 
and lead us to demand a wider diffusion of informa- 
tion. J. A. 05 
UANO. 
ao i each of the years 1838 to 1849, inclusive 5 distin- 
the quantities imported from each countrys 
the general trade of the geii, and many who | “of all guano imported into 
have entered this new trade seem to be actuated by Qu G KINGDOM, 
the wi ish of — ng sales for NE year o only—one Comuni vate Wien Tees ANTITLES OF GUANO IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED K — 
sample of a gre ro which. we saw turned out out 1841. | 1842. 1343. 1844. | 1845. | 1846. | 1847. | 1848. | 2 
by one of these gentry, actually per 
‘of m; af cone tal Ge er aay Peron Tons, | Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. .. 
A his customers to come back to him tbe: next season Prussia, 2 + 4 — 8 ‘i ie B — = ‘at 
ew years will, however = out such men, and Ch 1181 * 8 s, 8 +4 10 i 2 ` * 
Those manufacturers Who have been careful France = s TAr sa = á — 
t f v a good article e the first will — + one eee ee sii „s. oer 20 ... r.. *** a 
ty have the market to themselves. nie 1 = = Sate 3 PR ee 
a reiterate our warning to farme: to be We oes] wee e — vas exe 514 2 on 2345 
> s h tern Coas enf ee oe 17 898 „ 
careful what in the name of arti | | Col — 06 the of the Cape of Good Hope * — ne 85 253 848 —— yA * 22 * 
— of a respectable esman, | Eastern Coast of Africa et ow s i 48 y 
and of t are a sufficient British Territorios i the East In accel me ee es ee 
protection if he will but avail himself of them British North American Colonies 55 ge eee a ee ee) eee Oe 
United Se pe $ S ba e 25 174 E NR et 
— : ie 2 
How can wisdom that — States of mn — . iee —— * 2 „ 
and that a the goad, that ee =n Republic of the Üraguay — 2 eA 5 = Sins 1. — sail mai 60 an 
— ballocks 7” Such r labours, „and talk is — 5 I Bolivia nae as “| 2062 14,231 1589 16,475 14,101 | 25,102 59,430 64,191 73,567 
0 the Heb once and N the Southern halo Fishery” „ „„ e qoz 
> Other p wee —.— ak. = are 4 4 1 1 one 4 
ma . again be demanded of the present age | T: ee ——|—— ans 
similar hopelessness of soluti oe e Quantities Imported 2881 2395 300 = 2 — 1 al 39,203 85 48 
mental was first specifically the importations ean, therefore, be rendered 
| to be obtained by the the toiling Ne for the and 1840. e e. 
in ee 
DE m custom-house under the general of the L and 
and tion of “goods not particularly enumerated,” 
No! Custom-house, London, 23d March, 1850. 
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