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materials than I am. PS. I have said nothing directly | as manure, yet, as far as I am 8838 tempt has his experiments at the Mechanics 7 Institute, Southamp- 
of the other great resources of the country in mines, | yet been made to determine analysis theif exact on bel gs, in = 
fisheries, &., 0 they cannot be market ue, us to Sass are them with other 
à materially developed until the land has got into more manures. The subject was thou ht of sufficient im- 
ext i pation and culture. F. F. |- portance to warrant our undertaking in the labora | Per Cent. | Per Ton 
try. referring to the Gardeners’ an inv the subject. By weighing the ex- Ibs. Ibs. 1 lbs. 
F vod for P oul 22, Jur Aah Ist, 1850, p. 348, Poultry eretions of one n for some time it was found that Moisture Nee 30.66 — 687 
g Management, in column the 3d, line 14th, I find ikore the average weight of solid fæces was 7 to 8 oz. avoir- W to .. e. e. 12 4.89 109 
n is m 2 5, viz. 20 02. per da ay each of tallow cak du upois, and the urine 34 Ibs; per diem. The weight of Organ nie matter and Charcoal N 55.23 1237 
d greaves. It is very — | that foe | the latter will of course vary with the quantity of water bite olen Shek: a kia dete cid nonea 207 
fowl will eat 20 oz. per day, 1 0 z. per day ea each is * uite drunk, the state of the air, &.; but the solid materia ls _containin: Tae ae Ded 1 
‘enough, it is only giye to supply the’ kaye mi ts. given out in it daily will be nearly the same. 2 In order to compare the peat charcoal manure with 
suppose the words ought to have been 20 oz. per ayip annual amounts will, therefore, be nearly 14 ewt. so agen, ar will show its 8 with 121 per stg 
ps sp — fowls — doubt J. J. H. ; peccenment, and 11 ewt. of urine. The 9 tables of mois 
Ta ow the composition of these reer ee as dete 
Bacal ~ way of . I am a to offer yen by Messrs. Bailey and E. Cottin Per Cent. Per Ton. 
vour = of last week on this subject. Ta agree | Composition of the Solid and — ot jA 3 of Man in the Moisture . Dis 1200 ibe 2 
with Mr. Stollard that a considerable — ait 17 Nitrogen equal to = ; 6.20 189 
with the present system of ec n; ere the farmer will | Solid Excrement. Urine. Ammonis 7.5 167 
» be enabled to protect himself from the — imposition i nse} a Organi m marten and Charcoal . ot Ro 
to’ which he is exposed; and when we consider the ea ay Per cent Per P tber ton. containing Phosphoric Acid. 0.8 a 17 
small amount of scientific information that 1 really Moisture 30 20 e 47150 Se rn 
be of great value to the farmer, I think it highly desir- | Nitro; rogen cot pede 8 Gili aibe 43 4918 N — see 
able that some plan should be adopted to supply so great Organie m matter 22.01 493 180 29 The peat charcoal manure, with only 12 per cent. of 
a desideratum.. I would recommend those who are Inorganic matter. 2.80 ee 82 18 | moisture, and assisted with some phosphates, would 
conveniently situated to obtain the services of a neigh- -| 100.00 | 2240 | 100.00: 2240 therefore be more valuable than Rape-cake, and nearly 
bouring chemist and druggist, who would find it much half the value of guano. J. C. Nesbit, Agricultural 
to his advantage to devote a portion of time for the Composition ‘of Dried Human Erorements. and Scientific School, Kennington. 
, fartherance of such an object ; and he would be enabled | ~ Solid Exerement. 3 The Agricultural Labourers.— Perhaps in no district 
to supply the necessary apparatus at a moderate price, titi ses of equal extent do th i agricultural labourers work 
as amateurs are frequently charged exorbitantly, not d Pa Ct PE Per cent Per ton. more freely and skilfully, and live more respectably and 
4 being. —— e with the real value of apparatus and N ae T Sna, Ibs. 1 than in af East Ridin ing of Yo marye and 
chemicals. I would omm at ion of N — — paie 15 2744 607 this too without being paid higher * e to the 
ele ‘should be made by the anat; pee Motte matter 1046 21 ee 531 Í a i and ge of the work hani * A ther parts of 
of the reliance to be placed upon one’s own article, i : i Great Britain. The cause may probably be found in the 
_affords practice in manipulation, 5 the study of th 100.00 | 2240 100.00 2270 superior morality of the labourers, and this from their 
“various compounds, and the decompositions which take | Composition of the Ejcrements of one Man for one year, at the being less ter to drunkenness than in those places 
place in making them, tend well to explain the prin- | rate of 1} cut. of solid Facts, and 11 owt: of Urine per annum. “ae it — customary to eos a daily, or frequent 
ciples of reo Te It would be ver — — 5 | Natural. Dry. tö laböit, ve thas to ere a part o —— or wa oo 
would find an evening very moun han even had Urine, | Solids say for it, which is stil y the allurements 
they to walk feu Aren for that 0 A tô dhe 5 i ; a E r BT Jo of those public pa, p beer:shops— those dens of dissipa- 
leeturer ir 0 —5 most towns | Moisture .. 12 % % |, . tion, those decoys which, like the delusive vapour, lead 
can supply: a person oompetent to discharge those duties. Nitrogen 9.9 3.3 to destruction ; or he cider o er intoxicating 
Mey such perenne ARa now to be er the 97 9 aag w a Er 2 4 1a liquors are nd common, the general co nee 
druggists, as am sare. shall ab d for * edu- a jii or w extravagance, vi d destitution. But as 
l — 2 of that hitherto" hua lasted: class, which I cannot 58 | 1233.0 45.0 95.7 | Various’ causes frequently co-operate in producing the 
but think will ere long be of much service to the armer; shine P 3 yaa (ls 8 ae <a may be ear 1 64 py de ya character 
* we see chemistry aud ite varois oh watery we hace ‘5 Ibs. of der matter in’ the solid | living in the houses of moral and respectable farmers ; 
applications, but have an acquaintance with vegetable i ach nd 35.7 Ibs. of dry matter in the urine given out aud by the labourers having their victuals in lieu of 
Physiology, a knowledge of which, however slight, I con- pualy. ge owing a shows the composition abou t half their wages, with steady industrious manag- 
be at value to the We may haw g, and not unfrequently religious, ing farmers, 
with admiration to the lofty Poplar or monareh of the Composition of the mized Excretæ, dry. with whom they both work and eat, and from whom they 
sud but how few Veik from whence they came, or Te A e ere religious 
how they are nourished and supported, Amount of |° Per cent... _| 20™monttion® e aaae ahead — rl 
e duenne welgbouring etd th talks, 80.8 Ibs. e AEN eee ee 
a reg b With moasnted, sty: ‘anit liberal ange ty 15 j 1 3 ha 10 E pie with about a heg of 5 for spade 
Into the faithful bo the nd: } 8. S. t an cow è ran 
i Th Sharo follo ms harsh and shuts ts the scene.’ Hy re Pip ion! equal to ammonia] 18. 0 e gees pone or e „ has very greatly tended to promote 
dens hte jar "Ye astern — Di 5 I Inorganic lia ait ain ou 14% 18.06 the comfort and respectability of the labourers of the 
eb sohtenitig Haws, wig orld oe oe Phosph. Acid“ 2.67 n. 3.8 „East Riding. It may be considered an act of policy, as 
- "p world reviv | A well as beni to promote t things, and. with 
e , A E Oe r Ate Lee 1100.00 them moral and religious education, and 0 
E think w can ‘contemplate upon the: petii so 5 comparison with other manures in the mar- obedience, neatness, and cleanliness ; for by such meat 
c described by the poet, without e i an g an anxious kay it would rae that the value of 80.8 Ibs. of ary the poor-rates are reduced, and the industry, skill, 
-TTS to. become familiar with the pro ses of Nature | solid matte about 105. In order to compare it | Morality, and contentment of the present and rising 
daily going on aro a und us, and w eh we 70 anxiously pr ropërly wi with’ käid ahi other ‘manures, we must see | generation greatly pr romoted. An Old Farmer. 
Ww ts compositiou when it contains 12 per cent. of moisture, The Wheat Crop.--On going over a piece of drilled 
P 8 to e uty we arrive at the period alluded ‘the same as ordinary guano. yi Wheat this morning, I observed the rows full of gaps, 
o by the poet, when he says, Eo Compo Ezorements | many of them a yard long; on examining the cause, I 
ar as the circling eye can s . around, * eee ee n 2. * eg gin (ter ain ye as 4 th 
Unbounded tossing in a flood of corn” Nitrogen (equal to 17.42 per nat of ammonia) .. 14.37 | enclosed insect, which had rolled itself up in the hole, 
m 4 return to the subject of „ r if they ca — — 57.74 you may perceive. What is the name of the animal? 
d, recommend meetings to be held peed oa (containing 2.9: per e cent. of it seems a species of hundred-legged monster. The 
of. whieh papers wavs be read and end 0 n sub- Mois eas le — 05 ground must be full, as half the seed is destroyed by 
i Dal of ef sil hem. Here my di i it I 
for discussio: 
the meetings, if duly organised and well arranged, 100.00 should be obliged to have the crop may 
would be productive of much benefit, as not only would | In the sip Kc Table the dried exerete are com- | mention be, the crop is not drilled with. the common 
the attendants gain much information by the mutual pared with Ra d Peruvian guano. The am- | drill, bu a drill eh ie ‘eee the seed at def 
exchange of ideas and the t of each others expe- | monia in the — is calculated at 14 per cent. which terme in the rows. This crop was got in the 5th of 
rience, but a taste would be acquired for reading and is about the average. September: supposing it was lett to the end of October, 
study, and by R acquiring in- Comparison o Died Human Foret bein Ra pe and Guano: 1 agra have Epara ot a 
institutin ifatt und Mixed Human | been for a long time that Wheat —.— gn angers in l 
| Excretz. ec after harvest, and every time it is high 
1 7 | gh it shouldbe eaten down by s before winter, 
* ad P 2000 80 e- deg Nn on light land, and that no artificial manure 
258.6 90 322.0 should be put on till spring. I think that when the 
in with th ite 
Rape.cake. | Guano, 
M 
uly developed, À- i f apne gl al 
i not be fully deve out a combina- er e ye 
tion rp Scientifte knowledge and practical skill, yet. ——ů— 15 
; ew, — «hep forward. and | containing 
w 
5 devote their 157 05 to the Hon of the of an obhjeet Phoric Acid 
“80 desirable as } above-na 
man f 
me a e plant unnaturally, and renders it liable to 
irements. ho 1 
at the 8 ore ark ea exert them. |. From the —— Table it will be seen that the heat has gone, there are no fattening properties 
selves in establishing societies zune 5 —. for facili- dried excrete are rable to the guano and Rape- formed in the roots; they increase in bulk, but it is 
i oe e ane 2 te is A - 2 
8 co tes, et a 
ol the comm ani deat Amator Pie’ Tok galing A BE de abode “Of tnolstare frome A een 78 roots grown 
Mature. fæcal matter. Among others, Mr. Rogers proposes te ae not only apat than they would d otherwise have 
Commercial Value of Human Excrete’and Peat use peat charcoal, which not only absorbs water, but n, but they con ares . 
- Charcoal. Manure.—Publie r has within these also possesses powerful deodorising properties, Mr. having obtained their bulk during the heat of samme: 
ew Fears been strongly directed to . of Rogers, by means of a p hine, mixes two p I have also another idea, that the seed of all th 
se RN 
those f. matters of peat chareoal with one of exeretes; and the resulting roots may be 8 and 
> ] as manure, have hitherto material is at once ready for use or carriage. The fol- prevent the plants running 
allowed; from uses, to run to waste. | lowing is an analysis (by my ra Mr. Bailey, | frequently ; this I find na eina S SE the roots, which seem 
Though an G ara —— F. C. S) of one of the mixtures made by Mr. Rogers, in cause the plants to run to seed, as it is called, ee 
