

40— 1851.1 



THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



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PERUVIAN * GUANO. 



CAUTION TO AGRICULTURISTS. 

 It beiop ■otarlooi that extensive adulterations of this 

 if iNtJRK are ^*i*l carr'ed on, 

 * ANTONY GIBBS AVD BONS, AS THE 



ONLY IMPORTERS OF PERUVIAN GUANO, 



Consider i: to be their duty to the Persian Government pnd 



to the Public ajrainto recommend Farmers and all others who 



carefully on their guard. 



Am tract i»r of the partit-s 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 

 well to remind buyers that — 



The lowest wholesale price at which sound Peruvian 

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



ii 91 Si- V er ton i ? €SS 2 4 P er cen i' 



Any resales made by dealers at a lower price BQU&t thsrefore 

 either leave alo*a to them, or the ar'icl* must be adulterated. 



onsuhing 



and 



A * R. J. C. NT BIT, F.C.S.. F.G -., 



-*■*•*- Ana vtic;il ChaOttat, Laboratories, 38, KeauinfrtoiiJane* 

 London.— PRIVATE INSTRUCTIONS in Cnetnlcal AnaWsis, 

 and the most approved methods of making ARTIFICIAL 

 MANURES. Analysis of ^oils, Manures, Minerals, &c. f per- 

 formed a« usual, on moderate terms. 





ba* 





MIE LONDON MANURE COMPANY beg to 



off*r PERUVIAN GUANO, warranted perfectly genuine ; 

 Superphosphate of Lime. Wheat Manure, Concentrated Urate, 

 Irish Peat Charcoal, Gypsum, Nitrate of Soda, and every arti- 

 ficial Manure, on the best terms. Also a constant supply of 

 -alt for Agricultural purposes, at a low rate. English and 

 Foreign Linseed Cake, Rape Cake. &c. 



Edward Purser, Secretary, Bridge-street, Blackfriars. 





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MANURES. — The following Manures are ail 

 _ factored at Mr. Lawes's Factory, Uepiford Cre»-k : 



Clover Manure, per ton £11 



Turnip Manure, do 7 



Superphosphate of Lime 7 



Sulphuric Acid and Coprolites 5 



Office, €9, Kins William-street, City, London. 



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



Ammonia, 01. 10s. per ton ; and tor 5 tone or more, 01. 5*. per 



ton, in dock. Sulphate of Ammonia. «fcc. 



IGHLAND and AGRICULTURAL SOCIE T Y. 



EDINBURGH VETERINARY COLLEGIA. 

 The Committee of the Highland and Agricultural Society of 

 Scotland, appointed to superintend the Veterinary College, 

 hereby intimate that the Session will commence upon W#d- 

 n«day, the 5th of November. The Course of Study will be 

 conducted as follows : — 1. ZoVatrics, including the Anatomy, 

 Physiology, and Pathology of the Horse, Neat Catle, Shaep, 

 Pig, and Dojr, Stable Management, and the Business of the 

 Forge, by Professor Dick. 2. The Principles of Chemistry and 

 Pharmacy, by Dr. George Wilson, F.ll.S.E. 3. General 

 Zootomy and Demonstrations, by Mr. Barlow. V.S. 4. Zootha- 

 rapentic*. comprising Vpterinary Materia Me^ica, and Die- 

 tetics, by Mr. Dun, V.S. 5. Practical Pharmacy, by Mr. 

 Worthington, V S. By order of tbe Committee, 



Edinburgh, Sept. 27, 1851, Jn. Hall Maxwell, Sec. 



OMITHFIELD CLUB, 1 85 L— CHRISTMAS FAT 



O CATTLE SHOW.— Prize Sheets and Blank printed Forms 

 of Certificate may now be obtained on application to the Hon- 

 orary Secretary. 



The last day for receiving Entries is SATURDAY, the 15th 

 fOVKMBER, 1851. 

 • The Anniversabt Dinotb of the Clt;b will take place at th 

 Freemasons' Tavern on the WEDNESDAY of the Show Week, 

 instead ot the Friday, as heretofore. 



B. T. BBANDBBTn GiB3s, Hon. See., 

 Corner of Hall Moon-street, Piccadilly, London. 



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STEPHENSON and Co., 61, Gracechurch-street, 

 Lon-lon, and 17, New Park-street. Southward. Inventors 

 snd Manufacturers of the Improved CONICAL and DOUBLE 

 CYLINDRICAL BOILERS, respectfully solicit the attention ot 

 scientific Horticulturists to their much improved method of 

 a^pljing the Tank System to Pineries, Propagating Houses, 

 fcc, by which atmospheric heat as well as bottom heat is 

 secured to any required decree, without the aid of pipes or flues. 

 $. and Co. have also to state that at the request of numerous 

 friends they are now making their Boilers of Iron, as well as 

 Copper, by which the cost is reduced. These Boilers, which 

 are now so well known, scarcely require description ; but to 

 those who have not seen them in operation, pro* pec mats will 

 be forwarded, as well as reference of the highest authority ; or 

 they may be seen at most of the Nobility's seats and principal 

 Kurseries throughout the kingdom. 



8. and Co. be* to inform the Trade that at their Manufactory, 

 17, New Park-street, every article required for the construction 

 of Horticultural Buildings, as well as for heating them, may 

 be obtained upon the most advantageous terms. 



Conservatories, &c. t of Iron or Wood, erected on the most 

 ornamental designs. Balconies, Palisading, Field and Garden 

 Fences, Wire- work. &c. 



^ DURABLE OUT-DOOR PATNT. 



p ARSON'S ORIGINAL ANTI-CORROSION 



^-s PAINT, specially patronised by the British and other 

 Governments, trie Hon. East India Companv, the principal 

 Dock Companies, most public bodies, and by the Nobility, 

 Oentry, snd Clergy, for out-door work at their country seats. 

 j no An ti- Corrosion U particularly recommenced as the most 

 durable out-door Paint ever invented, for the preservation of 

 every description of Wood, Iron, Stone, Brick. Compo, Cement, 

 tfC, work, as has been proved by the practical test ot upwaros 

 of 60 years, and by the numerous (between 500 and 600) testi- 

 monials in its favour, and which, from the rank and station in 

 society of those who have given them, have never yet been 

 equalled by anything of the kind hitherto brought before tha 

 public notice. Lists of Colours and Prices, together with a 

 **py of the Testimonials, will be sent on application to 

 ni A **o FB Carson and Son, No. 9, Great Winchester-street, 

 UW Broad-street, Royal Exchange, L ndon. No Agents.— All 

 oraers are particularly requested to be sent direct. 



^AKER'S PHEASANTRY, Beaufort-street, Kings'- 



II n roa ^» Chelsea, by special appointment to her Majesty and 

 "•«.H. Prince Albert.— OttN AM KNTAL WATER FOWL, 

 consisting of black and white swans, Egyptian. Canada, China, 

 oarnarle, brent, and laughing geese, shieldrakes, pintail, 

 TJ a Re°n, summer and winter teal, pad wall, Labrador, 

 »Qovellers, gold-eyed and dun divers, Carolina ducks. &c, 

 w>nieaticated *nd pinioned ; also Spanish, Cochin China, 

 aifi ' **°* an< *» Surrey, and Dorking fouls ; white, Japan, pied 

 ■nu ennmrnn pea-fowl, and pure China pi^s ; and at 3, Half- 

 ^oon-pasiape, Gracechurch-street, London. 



PKKMaNE.W Pa.VILuK. 



HENRY ROGER SMITH E, of Eastling, Faver- 

 sham, Kent, informs the public that his mixtures of tbe 

 NATURAL GRASSES and small CLOVERS, gathered under 

 his own superintendence, including every sort n*-cessary to 

 form a Permauent Pasture, ou various soils, are now ready ; 

 delivered on the South-Eastern Railway, at If. per acre, 

 allowing three bushels per acre. Also S» Is for Lawn*, and 

 for renovating old pastures ; the nature of the toil tt» be town 

 should be particularly stated. Instructions for sowing will be 

 sent with each parcel. Seeds are thN >e.tr ci inparativ«dy 

 scarce; the Advertiser has, however, determined not to raUe 

 his prices, considering the ruinous erTeett of free trade on 

 Agriculture, and depending on the exctuaion of his business 

 for a return of his ou'lay. 



MR, THOMAS MILLER, STOCK and SHARE 

 BROKER and LAND AwfetfT, will forward the )iu ot 

 IH-h Farms which he has to Let, upou receipt of TWO 



POSTAGE STAMPS. lie will rive letters to rt«w the F-irms, 

 nod makes no charge whatever to parties who take Farms 

 through him. For greater convenience he will ixnmeciati-iy 

 open an office in Dublin. 



Mr. Miller having b*en sanctioned by the Commissioners of 

 thej Irish I in umbered Estate* Court, to register p<>;»*rti»*s for 

 eel* in thut Court, parties wishing t<» purchase properties either 

 publicly or privately, may make application to him. 



(>, St. Am rew-Mjuare, Edinburgh* ___________ 



BIRMINGHAM CATTLE SHOW, 1851.— Tbe 

 Certificate!" < f Entry for Cattle, eep, Pigs, and Poultry, 

 are now ready, and, with the Prize Lista, may be had on appli- 

 eci'ion to Mr. Edward Latiikl'RY. at the Omcc, No. 2. Inrur- 

 ance-buildiujfs, Union-passaae, Btrmtofrl asm Intending In- 

 hibitors are particularly riqu^sted to mention -he nature ot 

 the Stock tor which they require Certificates, a* a separate 

 form is necessary for each l'ntr). 



Birmingham, Uct, 4, l$91. T. 1). Waicm-, lion Sec 





actual ratio of our own produce to our con irnptiott' 

 as if Wheat weie one of those inimensur.il »le com- 

 modities, like air or water, whose value, the econo- 

 mists tell us, lies not in the exchange, but in the 

 use alone. 



Yet it takes some trouble to grow our four or five 

 quarters of Wheat on an acre of land ; and if we 

 lind it BO difficult and sometimes so provoking to 

 count the cost, we might at least take the trouble to 

 count the acres! Is it so very difficult 1 Is there 

 ny motive for concealment ? There once may have 

 been, perhaps. It is just possible that when Wheat 

 was a kind of premium article, selling at a premium 

 price, it might not have been quite so convenient, 

 all things considered, to have a local ' enumerator ' 

 poking his nose and his note-book over the farm, 

 jotting down the number of acres and the probable 

 yield, onc<\ or even twice perhaps, in every season. 

 Hut that time' seems gone by : a terrible indifference 

 in this respect has come upon i The reasons for 

 wishing to know the truth remain; (hose for con- 

 cealing it have departed. 



It was stated in the Corn-trade reports, not three 

 months ago, that the price of i ur in Taris had 

 suddenly risen eight francs per sack. Whence came 

 this sudden^ convulsion upon the pure of Flour in 

 France ? ~~ 





Eixt agricultural <Bnmtt. 



SA TV WD A F, OCTOBER 4, 188 1 . 



MKKTIlfUS KOK THE TWO POLLOW1 NU WEEKS. 

 TBUHinAi.| Ocr. 9-Airn<'U>rur*l Imp. Sue. « f I r*> imxl. 

 Tmumipat, — 16— l*rirtilftirAl Imp.Soc. of lretaml. 



Never at any time or in any country has agri- 

 culture afforded a wider or more important range of 

 subjects for discussion than it does in this, at the 

 present moment. It is economic, social, and poli- 

 tical ; scientific, practical, moral and educational : 

 it is talked from the castle to the Qpttagtj from the 

 palace to the workhouse. It is clerical and yet 

 ecular ; provincial, and yet fashionable. It has 

 become common ground, on which all men meet. 

 There seems to be but one thing which agriculture 

 is not : it is not yet statistical : true to its old habit, 

 it keeps no accounts. The national character follows 

 the individual. But this may mend perhaps ; when 

 Farming Balance-sheets are as "plenty as Black- 

 berries/' it is just possible that some green member 

 may startle the House, by moving for 'a Return of 

 the amount of Wheat grown in England, Wales, 

 and Scotland, respectively, in the year eighteen 

 hundred and fifty' something : a very natural thing 

 to wish to know, a very proper thing that 'the 

 House ' shotdd know : but what a consternation it 

 would make, this green member's motion ! Who 

 could supply it 1 who answer it ? who give even a 

 decent guess at it? ' On your oath' Mr. Chan- 

 cellor of the Exchequer, was the Wheat grown in 

 this kingdom, in the said year, under 12 millions 



of Quarters, or over 24 ! 



What a shame this is. While all sorts of absurdly 

 incompatible opinions stare each other boldly in the 

 face, while anybody may say anything, without the 

 least fear of contradiction, or may be contradicted 

 point blank without the least possibility of reply, 

 resource, or reference, upon a subject of^ such im- 

 portance in this empire, and in every empire ; what 

 a shame this is, that you may cry ' doubles or quits ' 



four JF—- , 

 Corn- trade 



of 



and not 



j 



AT l * L " Rv EYOR TO RER MAJESTY, H.R.H. PRINCE 



ALBERT, AND THE KING OP THE NETHERLAN 



Mpvt r ' "eaier m all aorta of uSKrlL and ukaa* 

 3.p >TAL POULTRY; Domesticated Wild Fowl; Gold, 

 of p • and common Pheasant £ggs for Hatching ; all sorts 



n C T Fo * l8>E SK«. l»nre Ayle*burj Daclia. Ac. 

 TATNft T v l ** l *t*rtrt PHEASANT and POULTRY FOUN- 

 J?\ W *»"J which Birds arc ensnrod a supply of clean an«i 



Chickens and 



uarts, 15f. Gci ; 

 or » *PP l *cation. 



Dn*£! LT *t MHint « f or the Management and Fattln- of the 

 Working Fowls for the Table," price li. 6d. ' 



wiwli y * bich Bird * » r « ensured a supply 



aoieaome wat^r, and the lives of thousands of 



annA a * nt ,F 0ults *»**d— 14 quarts, 17s. 6cL; 7 qi 

 •quart*, is. a^ r\ .. ■ ' . _«■ 



or give even a vnner ranpe 01 £iiess- 



the cleverest minister of the Crown can put you 



right — or prove you wrong ! 



For years that may be counted by hundreds- 

 and you shall hardly know where to stop — this 

 country has been governed by its Landlords : nor do 

 we know any particular reason why it should not 

 be; but look at the result. 'Charity begins at 

 home,' but not statistics. We know every bale of 

 Cotton that comes in, every ton of Coals or Iron that 

 goes out ; every pound avoirdupois of Tea or Coffee, 

 Sugar or Tobacco that is consumed: but as for Bread 

 or Wheat! we literally know no more what pro- 

 portion the four millions of quarters we imported 

 last year bore to our home supply, and our average 

 consumption, than we do of the ratio between the 

 Atlantic gales we breathe in November to the 

 Siberian blasts that chafe our lungs in March, h it 

 not too bad, that up in arms as we are about Pro- 

 tection and Free trade, busy with arguments, earnest 

 in assertion on one side and the other — we are 

 ignorant of the first elements of our lesson. ^ ith 

 an import of four millions of quarters in Wheat 

 alone, staring us in the face, we have some of us the 

 hardihood to say that with ' Farming as it should 

 be ' we ought to'be able to arport : and this we say, 



France, until within the last three or 



a country little heard of in the 

 for more than a generation it had been f 



one y r with another, an importing country, drawing 



considerable quantities of corn from Helpi»im, West- 

 phalia, and the Rhenish provinces Oft) the north- 

 east ; and on the south from the nearest Italian 

 Ports, and occasionally appearing even in the markets 

 of England as a buyer. How strange to find it in 

 the year 1 >0 contributing one-fourth part of the 

 whole of the Wheat or Flour imj rted into this 

 kin lorn from abroad. This has been a consumma- 

 tion which Protectionists h \ not vaticimVed, and 

 for which Free-traders were not prej red. It stands 

 by itself, and requires a separate explanation. It 

 has had no small part in producing the longest-con- 

 tinued depression in the price of Corn in England 

 that has 1 >?n experienced during this century. It 

 has filled with • smay our oldest Corn-dealers in the 

 Baltic, has made the merchants of Dantsic, Stettin 

 and Hamburg anathematise ' Free trade ' as vigo- 

 rously as our own farmers, and submit reluctantly 

 to ship Corn to England at lower prices for a longer 

 period than they had ever done before. It has 

 turned the whole trade topsy-turvv, has puzzled its 

 oldest oracl- , destroyed all prospective judgment, 

 and with it all speculation, and added a most pro- 

 vokingly unexpected reality to the forebodings even 

 of the mournfullest prophets. The ghostly figure 

 has arisen that the witch invoked but never 

 expected to appear in *uch faithful and formidable 

 reality, much u -s in that particular quarter. ^ It has 

 >een one of the most curious episodes which the 

 history of the Corn-trade has ever afforded. 



The Revolution in France, in February, 1 -48, and 

 the expiration of the Corn-laws in England in the 

 same month of the following year, 1849, (both events 

 probably connected with the general scarcity of the 

 ear 1847,) have produced consequences upon the 

 Corn-market of Europe, and perhaps of the whole 

 world, the entire features of which have not yet 

 been seen, nor the tale fully told out. It is some 

 years before the reimbursement } so to speak, of even 

 a single year of severe scarcity is paid off, in the 

 compensatory balance of natural season ; but it is 

 longer still before affrighted Industry is reseated at 

 her manifold task throughout the length and breadth 

 of a country that has been shaken in every joint, 

 and the ramifying and interdependent relations of 

 Trade dislocated bv such a course of events as have 



Three 



as it may be hoped 

 thin 







existed in France for the last three y 

 abundant harvests alighting upon a country in which 

 political circumstances had broken down the market 

 for consumption even of its average produce, and 

 drifting its superabundance into the neighbouring 

 ports of this kingdom newly opened to the world, 

 have placed the agriculture, both of France and 

 England, under a cycle of trial and suffering, such 



scarcely, in the nature of 



occur again. On our side the channel there 

 are no more Corn-laws to abolish ; on the other the 

 bitter experience of Revolution has been pretty well 

 drained to the dregs ; and if it have not, yet suc- 

 cessive years of abundant harvests won't pipe for 

 ever to their dancing. 



It has been a peculiar time, of peculiar trial. 

 That it carries, like a long rainy-season or a pro- 

 tracted drought, some ulterior good purpose within 

 itself, may be not the less true, because we are not 

 able at once to see it. Shape their measures as 

 politicians may, or let 'accidents 1 or coincidences 

 fall out or fall in, as they list, a Higher Hand is at 

 work all the time, and broader and deeper pur- 

 poses are being accomplished than we are able to read 



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as utterly in the dark as to what may be called the 



major premiss of the whole question, namely the | with the mere cotemporary eye. The quick sensitive- 



