38 



18. "j 



THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 



PERUVIAN GUANO. 



TO AGRICULTURISTS. 



/CAUTION 



KJ It beiDg notorious that extensive adulterations of this 



VANTRE are still carried on, 



* ANTONY GIBBS AVD SONS. AS THE 



ONLY IMPORTERS OF PERUVIAN GUANO, 

 ider it to be their duty to the Peruvian ftoverumei 



Confide 



eminent and 



to the Public again to recommend Farmers and all others who 

 bay to be carefully on their guard. 



The character of the parties from whom they purchase will 

 of course be the best security, and in addition to particular 

 attention to that point, ANTONY GIBBS and SONS think it 

 jrell to remind buyers that — 



The lowest wholesale price at which sound Peruvian 

 (faano has been sold by them during the last two years 

 is 91. 5*. per ton, less 2£ per cent. 



Any resales made by dealers at a lower price must therefore 

 either leave a Jo«s to them, or the article must he adulterated. 



GUANO. 



AUTUMN SEASON. 



OTTER'S 



There can be no doubt, in order to obtain the m>st bene- 

 ficial remits from manures, whose effects depend on their 

 gradual decompo-ition in the soil, that applying them at this 

 teason is far preferable to the spring. 



Mr. Potter begs to signify that any orders he is now 

 favoured wi h shall be treated as if given in the spring, and 

 the term of credit reckoned from thence. Price of Potter's 

 Guano, 11. per ton. Potter's Superphosphate of Lime, 61. per 

 ton, bags included and delivery to rail. 



N.B. Mr. Potter is prepared to prove that, in many in- 

 stances, his Guano has afforded equal, and even superior 

 results to the Peruvian, at 25 per cent, less cost. 



M~~ ~R. J. C. NESBIT, F.C.S., F.G.S., Consulting and 

 Analytical Chemist, Laboratories, 38, Kennington.lane. 

 Londou-PRIVATE INSTRUCTIONS in Chemical Analvsisj 

 and the most approved methods of making ARTIFICIAL 

 MANURES. Analysis of Soils, Manures, Minerals, &c, per- 

 formed as usual, on moderate terms. 



FARM AND COTTAHK PUMP',. 



PATENT CAST-IRON 



-*- PUMPS, for the use of Farms, 

 Co'tages, Manure Tanks, and Shal- 

 low Wells. 



Patent Pump £1 16 n 



Patent Pump, with 15 feet 

 of Lead Pipe attached, 

 and Bolts and Nuts ready 



for fixing 2 12 



Larger sizes if required. 



May be obtained of any Iron- 

 monger or Plumber in Town or 

 Country, or of the Patentees and 

 Manufacturers. , 



JOHN WARNER & SONS, 

 8, Crescent, Je win-street, London. 



Every description of Machinery 

 for Raising Water, Fire Engines, A*c. 



The usual allowance to the Trade. 



MR. MCCORMICK'S PATENT AMERICAN 

 REAPER.— Great Medal, Exhibition 1851, First Prize, 

 North Lancashire Society, <tc., 10th September, 3851,— Public 

 Challenge to Makers and Vendors of Reaping Machines.— We, 

 the undersigned agents for Mr. M'Connick, having observed 

 sundry advertisements and circulars complaining of the 

 decision of the Jurors of the Great Exhibition of 1851, in 

 favour of Mr. M'Cormick's Reaper, and uf the reports civen in 

 the public journals of the trials which led to such decision, do 

 hereby give nofce to Messrs. Wm. Dray and Co., Messrs. 

 Garrett and Son, Mr. O. Hussey, and all other makers and 

 vendors of reaping machines whatsoever, that M'CORMICK'S 

 REAPER wi 1 be tried at the Cleveland Society's show, at 

 Marton, Middlesbro', near Stockton-on-Tees, on the 25th inst,, 

 and publicly CHALLENGE them, or any of them, to meet us 

 there with their machines, for the purpose of a comparative 

 trial of the respecive merits of each, to be determined by the 



implicit reliance on some of the averages cited. The 

 adaptation of Ireland to the growth of Beet i* 

 proved by a comparison of the average weight of 

 sugar Beet in France, with the average weight of 

 Mangold Wurzel in Ireland. The crop of Beet in 

 France is stated as varying between 8.66 tons and 

 16.76 tons, the average of 12 departments being 

 1 1.32 tons The average produce of Mangold Wurzel 

 in Ireland is given as varying in eight counties 

 between 13.01 as the lowest, and 22.00 tons as the 

 highest. The average on which he bases his calcu- 

 lations is 15 tons of sugar Beet to the acre. It will 

 be observed that this is higher than the French 

 average br more than 30 per cent.; and the French 

 average green by Mr. Sullivan confirms the state- 

 ment of Dumas, quoted by Sir R. Kane, of 12 tons 

 as the crop most productive of sugar. Fifteen shil- 

 lings is assumed the price per ton of the Beet to 

 the sugar manufacturer. From these data Mr. Sulli- 

 van has convinced himself that «eet will be a more 

 profitable crop than Wheat, by the following calcu- 

 lations : 



rpHE LONDON MANURE COMPANY beg to 



-L offer, as under, CORN MANURE, most valuable for 

 spring dressing— Concentrated Urate, Superphosphate of Lime 

 Nitrate of Soda, Sulphate of Ammonia, Fishery and Agriculi 

 taral Salts, Gypsum, Fossil Bones, Sulphuric Acid, and every 

 other Artificial Manure ; also a constant supply of English 

 and Foreign Linseed-cake. Peruvian Guano, guaranteed the 

 genuine importation of Messrs. A. Gibbs and Sons, 91. 10s. per 

 ton, or 9f. 5j. in quantities of 5 tons and upwards. 



, A „ ,, Edttabd Purser. Secretary. 



40, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. 



Chairman and Council of the Cleveland l o tt ery, or such Judge 

 or Judges as the said Society may appoint.— Burg ess and Key, 

 103, Newgate-Rtreet, London. 



Expfnres. 

 Two ploughing! ... 



One A< re of Beet. 



Scarifying 



TVTANURES. — The following Manures are manu- 



ni factured at Mr - Dawes's Factory, Deptford Creek r 

 Clover Manure, per ton £{\ n 



Turnip Manure, do 7 



Superphosphate of Lime 7 



Sulphuric Acid and Coprolites 5 



Office, 69, King William-street, City, London. 

 >.B. Peruvian Guano, guaranteed to contain 16 per cent, of 

 Ammonia, 91. 1Q S . per ton ; and for 5 tons or more, 91. 5*. per 

 ten, in dock. S ulphate of Ammonia, &c. 



FOR WATERING GARDENS, DISTRIBUTING LIQUID 



MANURE, BREWERS' USE, «fcc. 

 PATENT VULCANISED INDIA-RUBBER HOSE-PIPES 



J AND FLEXIBLE GaS TUBING. 



AMES LYNE HANCOCK (sole Licensee and) 

 Manufacturer, Gosweli Road, London. 

 These Pipes are well adapted for Watering Gardens, con- 

 jejiog Liquid Manure, racking Beer and Cider, for portable 

 Gas Lamps, and all purposes where a perfectly sound Water- 

 proof and Flexible Pipe is required. Hot Liquors or Acids do 

 not injure them ; they are, therefore, much used for Chemical 

 purposes, as they require no oil or dressing when out of use • 

 are particularly suitable for Fire Engines, and are found ex.* 

 ceedmgly useful in Dwelling-houses for conveying Hot or Cold 

 Water to Baths, Ac. 

 ^Testimonials and prices may be had on application to the 



tf.B.-~Vulcanised India Rubber Garden Hose, fitted up with 

 «oses, Jets, and Branches complete, with union joints ready 

 w attach to pumps or water cisterns. 



All Letters or Orders addressed to J. L. Hancock, Gosweli 

 attend U Road » London, will meet with immediate 



lJfci! teP £ roof ^ hhm & B <>ots and Stockings, Portable India- 



Z,l J 8 ,',^ ower and Sponging Baths, Air Cushions and 

 »eas, made all sizes to order. 



MILDKW. 



EPPS'S SULPHURATOR may be had of all Nur- 

 serymen, Seedsmen, and Ironmongers, price 21*., and 

 upwards. The Trade supplied by Barber and Groome, 

 Holborn, London. 



This Machine has been used by the following persons, and 

 the highest testimonials have been received as to its valuable 

 properties, in effectually destroying the Mildew on Grapes, 

 Peaches, Peas, and all other horticultural produce :— Dr. 

 Plomley, F.R.S. ; Mr. Ingram, gardener to her Majesty at 

 Windsor ; Mr. Smith, Superintendent at the Royal Gardens, 

 Kew; Mr. Iveson. Sion House; Mr. Glendinning, Chlswick; 

 Mr. Thompson, Horticultural Society's Gardens; Mr. W. P. 

 Ayres, Biackheath ; Mr. Gaines, Battersea ; Mr. Cole, gardener 

 to — Colyer, Esq., BlacUheath ; Mr. Hob-urn, gardener to Earl 

 Cornwallis, Linton Park ; and many other scientific aud prac- 

 tical men. — High-street, Maidstone, Sept. 20, 



• t • 



• • ■ 





£ 







- _ 



Harrowing, rolling, «fcc.O 

 Seed sowing and 



spreading manure ... 

 5 bushels of bones ... 



8cwt. of guano 1 



Three hoeings 



Pulling, stripping leaves, 



drawing, <fcc 1 



i. 



IS 



1 



5 



10 

 15 

 13 



8 





 6 



o 



6 





 

 



Hetuews. £ 

 15 tons of Beet-root 

 at 15* 11 



4Jtonsoftop§at7f.6d. 1 



f. d. 



5 

 11 10 



■ • • 



jfcl'J 

 5 



• ■ - 



1 



Expense*} 

 Balance for rent, 

 taxes, and profit ...£7 11 



18 10 

 6 



10 



s. 

 5 





T°p ^ GRIC ULTURISTS— All applications for Dr- 



Cultivatora W ^ GT0!8,S P ? tent Hand and Hor,e D^bles, Drills, 



Sambc?. A«n-iT 8t be made » ° nly ' t0 Mr ' <**»"«* Surrey 

 Tfi Arundel-street, Strand. London. J 



*/r. o. flEWMQToit's Lecture on Seeding may be had gratis. 



gTEPHENSON and Co., 61, Gracechurch-street, 



sad van, , ' * nd 17 » New Park-street, Southward Inventors 

 CYLiNDR^ CONICAL and DOUBLE 



sc entiftV ir^- L BALERS, respectfully solicit the atten ion of 

 apS th° T U tU o l8t9 to thcir much tapped method of 

 *c. bvwhinh ° k Sy l tem to Series, Propagating Houses, 

 ■•cured*. h atm . 08 P°eric heat as well as bottom heat is 

 8. and Va i? y re( * uired degre*. without the aid of pi pes or flues, 

 friend. Vhl. 6 a to 8tate lhat at tne request of numerous 

 Conner hi 7 a I- u 0W makin & their Boilers of Iron, as well as 

 *re now.n n i the C08t is red u<*d. These Boilers, which 

 those who h« known ' scarcely require description ; but to 

 be forward«2 Ve DOt seen tnem in operation, prospectuses will 

 faey mav hi J ** wel1 as refe rence of the highest authority ; or 



Suieriei thJ5? en u at m ? 8t ° f the NobiIit y' 8 8e at8 and principal 



3. and I rJ T £ Jg h0Ut the ki "g d «m. P V 



17, ^w Part . If t0 laform the Trad e that at their Manufactory, 

 of Horticulrnrl. ^'.fl?** art?cle required for the construction 

 ** obtained „«* B w w w«r». ** well as for heating them, may 



^amental H^o?* &C V°( Iro . n ^, ^ ood » erected on the most 

 p «cei, Wire!wor n k " 4k ^ alcOQle8 ' Pall8adin ^ Pield and Garden 



aCfir Slgttcitlturai ©a>ttte. 



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1851. 



MEETINGS FOR THE TWO FOLLOWING WEEKS. 

 Thubsdat, S*pt. 25— A.KricuUaralImp.Soc.of Ire and. 

 TauatDAT, Oct. 2 -Agricultural Imp. Soc. of Ireland. 



Mr. Sullivan has addressed a letter to the Advo- 

 cate (Irish journal), which his friends consider a 

 triumphant reply to the paper which Professor Han- 

 cock read at the meeting of the British Association, 

 and which we noticed in a recent Number. He 

 complains, in no very measured terms, of disinge- 

 nuousness and hostility to Ireland on the part of 

 Professor Hancock. He says that he had examined 

 the subject from five principal points of view — 

 1, the unsuitability of Ireland to become a great corn- 

 growing country ; 2, its adaptation to become a Beet- 

 growing country ; 3, that it is profitable to grow 

 Beet for the manufacture of sugar ; 4, that the per 

 centage of sugar contained in Irish-grown roots was 

 at least equal to that contained in those produced 

 on the Continent of Europe ; and 5, that the manu- 

 facture of sugar from Beet would be profitable in 

 Ireland, even when exposed to the competition of 

 all the tropical sugar-growing countries. He then 

 complains that Professor Hancock, instead of reply- 

 ing to the first four of these points, has gone out of 

 his way to show that the business of sugar making 

 is wholly unsuited to a public company ; and that 

 he has distorted Mr. Sullivan's calculations, in 

 order to disprove his fifth proposition, that the 

 manufacture can be carried on profitably in Ireland. 



We have lately received a copy of Mr. Sullivan's 

 pamphlet, and, as we have contributed to extend the 

 publicity of Professor Hancock's statements, it is 

 but fair that we should do the same by those of Mr. 



£5 

 One 



Expenses. j^ 



Ploughing 



Harrowing, rolling seed, 

 sowing, and weeding 17 

 Heaping «fc harvesting 12 

 Threshing «fe cleaning 

 Cartage, say five miles 



6 I 

 Acre of WnEiT. 



2 



d. 

 





 6 

 



*2 7 



HETrHNi. s£ 



6J barrels of 20 stones, 



at22d 7 8 



li tons of straw at 15*. IS 



t. d. 



Deduct expenses 



• • • 



£8 

 2 



1 

 7 







a 

 o 



Profit on Beet at 15 

 tons to the acre, 

 grown with guano. 



Balance in favour of 



£5 14 9 



7 12 10 



Beet 



• • * 



* • • 



...£1 18 1 



On the Beet-root calculation we would remark, 

 that 11. Is. is too little for pulling, drawing, &c, if 

 by drawing is meant delivery at the manufactory. 

 Supposing it distant five miles ; this alone, at 6d. 

 per ton per mile, would amount to 11. 17s. 6d. 

 Again, if we understand Mr. Sullivan rightly, he 

 means the leaves to be ploughed in as green manure, 

 and considers them necessary, in addition to the 

 bones and guano, to maintain the fertility of the soil. 

 In that case they have no right to appear among the 

 money returns of the produce. These two items 

 require a deduction of 3/. lis. 4d. ; and if it should 

 turn out in practice that 12 tons is the average 

 sugar crop, instead of 15, we must make a further 

 deduction of three times 12s. 6d. (the value per ton 

 on the land) or 11. 17s. Qd. an acre, making a total 

 reduction of 51. 8s. lod., which will turn the balance 

 between the Wheat and Beet culture in favour of 

 the Wheat. 



That the per centage of sugar in Irish roots is at least 

 equal to that in roots grown on the Continent, is in- 

 ferred theoretically from certain conditions of climate, 

 which it is considered ought to produce such a result ; 

 and experimentally by some researches in Mr. 

 Sullivan's laboratory, from which it appeared 

 though it is admitted the subject requires more 

 accurate and extensive investigation — that Irish 

 sugar Beet, Wurzel, Carrots, and Swedes, actually 

 contain more sugar than the same roots on the 

 Continent ! 



For the fifth proposition, that sugar can be pro- 

 fitably manufactured in Ireland, Mr. Sullivan relies 



CAPc^xt„? URaBLE OUT-DOOR PAINT. 

 PAr?r ORIGINAL ANTI-CORROSION 



^emmpnt 8 P ecial, y patronispd by the British aod other 

 Dock Cnmn' • 6 Hon ' Ea8t India Company, the principal 

 G **try ftST J?, le§ » most P ublic bodies, and by the Nobility, 

 The Anti (Vu. -* y ' for out - drt °r w <>rk at their country seats. 

 Parable Jim? J 0810 ! 19 Particularly recommenrted as the most 

 erep y deseHn?-°° P * nt ever in ™ nted . for the preservation of 



4c -. work L r °l Wood ' Iron ' Stolle ' Brick « Compo, Cment, 

 of 60 y ear ; « n 7, a ? been P r <>ved by the practical test of upvraros 

 ttionialg in';f f y the numerous (between 500 and 600) testi- 

 •ociety of thn r ' and whicn » from the rank at »d station in 



*^*Ued hv n^ 8 V* ho have ? iven tnem . h&^e never yet been 

 ^lic Qotino J 1 1 ** of the kind hitherto brought before the 

 £?Py of thL t ts of Colours and Prices, together with a 

 Jaith p® re8tln *onials, will be sent on application to 



0ld Broad t. N and SoN ' No - 9 > Great Winchester-sreet, 

 < ^^«renl^ e S RoyaI Exc *ange, London. No Agents. -All , 



Particularly requested to be sent direct* ' 



Sullivan. We shall therefore endeavour to lay on two estimates ; one, of the cost and returns of 

 before our readers an impartial abstract of them, the manufacture of sugar from fresh Beet ; the other, 



communicated by M. Paul Hamoir, of the manu- 

 facture of sugar from dried Beet. This is a recent 

 improvement introduced into many Beet-sugar 

 establishments in France, by which a great saving 

 is effected, as the manufacture can be carried on 

 during the whole year, instead of during only 120 



These are the calculations which 



Let us 

 In the 



Before entering on his first proposition, as above 

 stated, the unsuitability of Ireland to become a great 

 corn-growing country, he asserts, what few will 

 controvert, the importance of a rotation in which 

 root crops shall alternate with the cereals ; he urges 

 the obstacles to the consumption of root crops by 

 stock in Ireland, arising from the smallness of the 

 holdings, the absence of the requisite buildings, and 

 the want of capital on the part of the farmers for 

 the purchase of stock. He looks to the establish- 

 ment of a market for Beet as a remedy for this state 

 of things, contending that the disadvantages of re- 

 moving the crop from the land will be more than 

 counterbalanced by the farmer having a larger 

 amount of available capital for the working of it, 

 and consequently obtaining larger returns of pro- 

 duce. The unsuitableness of Ireland for the growth 

 of the cereals is shown by reference to the average 

 produce of Wheat in Ireland, England, Lombardy, 

 Germany, Belgium, France, and America. It will 

 b 3 readily conceded that, from the moisture of the j 20,000/. ; 



days of 24 hours. 



Professor Hancock is accused of distorting. 



see what there is to justify the accusation. 



first calculation, Mr. Sullivan assumes 15s. per ton 



as the price of the Beet, and 9000/. as the expense 



of manufacturing 20,000 tons of Beet. The produce 



is assumed at 5 per cent, of white sugar, amounting 



to 1000 tons, valued at 28$. the cwt. ; Molasses, 



f>00 tons, at 2,?. the cwt. ; pulp 1000 tons, equal to 



5 per cent, of the roots employed, and valued at 21. 



the ton. The total expenses are 24,000/.; the 



total returns 31,000/., leaving a balance of 7000/, 



for interest on dead and floating profit. The capital 



sunk in buildings, machinery, &c, is assumed at 

 M ^~, , ., « ,. p ita i t0 jj e turned only 



