Fesrvary 6, 1858.] 
HE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
99 
‘mi appointed at the previous Council, presented the pen 
fo se report, which was adopted by the Council :— 
f 3001. per annum hitherto given bee 
en without alteration to he per: 
y bene fit— sometimes a loss, because some safer and 
known stimulants Jd h 
TABLE No. 1.— 
MENTS WIT wanni TURNIPS. 
par manure Erate on the stubble, 80 loads to the os 
repesi of the exp de by him at Muirtom for 
rop 1857 :— 
EXPERIME M 
This season L made a tria 
drills. eac sah sown about the 15th of May, last 
‘ADE UPON MumToN Fary: Crop 1 oe as 
al of 
è B 
Me hall be selec to fill the vacant post of Consulting Boots, es oem manures applied in the drill at the rate of | of three 
Co: | Fhomhall the Society ; ; for which he Pal bee ted to 5 cwt. per we ms —e at poe a of 5l. 12s. per Scotch acre. cre: The he result 
x make analyses ses for members on terms app ps the Cost per acre. Yield. | was as fòllow 
$ Chemical C worms to dan 8 lectures annually, if tons. cwt. ‘ae poy TE 
N called upo: ns = do; = to attend the meetings-of the | No. 1.—Mixture 2} ewt. guano and 24 cwt. Dissolved bonos su 9 
; nE ai enever requi: Also, that 200.. nu B. manure at lis. 6d. .£217 6 S 14 B. manure 2 99 0 
allotted to spect pta PEIES of investigation, , be ashereto- | No: ewt. Dall’s manure, at os. oe te Ba. 19 10 ae ret . 80 9 
fore offered in the firs t instance to the Consulting eo 3—5 cwt. pone ian guano, at Fts. 6d. 312 6 233 6 nt = 6 
No. 4.—5 cwt. B. manure, at 8s. 6d. Y (2-8 6 2a 6 anning’s per e 
tothe | No. 5.—Same application as No, 1, but I me another Pac = this season, with pike against 
| 9. That Dr: ee Paa ne me dem different seed, at 11s. 6d. -- 23% 6 15 13. } Manni s pa aten The land was dunged in — « 
yn enone post of Consulting Chemist to the Royal Comparative 2 Results abore. the re wey of 28 carta sof home dung per r Scotch acre, and 
tural Society of England. Guano, No: 3, gives 0. 1,. but ing 210 lbs. of guan ainst 5 cwt. of Manning's nk 
MEETING Portman, Chairman of | ata cost of 15s. pce ac The Turnips eee bo egy dope. pte , and 
R NG.—. weig’ on the of Decem resul as 
neral Chester Committee, made reports eun en- ao SE ee ene ee i rey da Bens 
statements a. the t. more than No. 2, at a cost of Il Guano and snannre— ag p ry ri 
: ts of the Society’s ensuing Chester meeting, Te ASS eas sA ae a a 
be held i in the ye k commencing 42 on he 19th No. "5, different seed, E Manning and and manure— pi 
PA July next. Goiasa, ha z referee chiefly TasLe No. 2.— pe Miran wire Warre GLORE. reen-top e &. ia: me 
y Aa ag ie En ‘ries om, No manure to > But vie Purple-top mor’ ss 
uisite st per 
to be made to feos Monthly. “Comal in | No. L—s re $ per acre AER USS an F tons Money value of each of the manures ..… ÆT 6s. Sd. 
he General Committee, fer- 340. 9 m E 
ri No. 2 e a a i 6d. 500 12 12 . 
ma on the accommodation No. 3. —8 cwt. B. manure, at. $e. 6d. - Gi 0 10 4 Reviews, 
for a dinner the iety, and No, : daoi Indian guano, at 88. S40. 
adopted for the show-yard subse —Mixture, 5. cwt. bones, and.3 ews. On the Study of Veterina wy Medicine, being an In- 
ion and. report of guano, at 10s: 6d. . 0 1 Add ide 6. the E i 
ted th mmendation of Comparative Results of the sie augura ress. at pening of ‘dinburg. 
adop! M e reco: th Gibbs's Je 3 , guano, gives 3 tons 12 cwt. more. than No. 1, at a cost ew Veterinary . By John m: late 
sp r hi of 12 T68: Lecturer on Anato iology in the Edin- 
of t and Ba arley in the go. as gives 2 tons 8 cwt. more tham No. 3; at a D rgh Veterinary Col = ey 
r cost o: ti + 
achin he the ree ot ° No. 2, guano, gives I ton 16 cwt.. more than No. 4, at a eost | This is an energetic “er ess: by an. able th 
e steam-cultiva apt of 11. 16s. ere oe tħe need of improved v ry 
a by Mi Game the motion of Lord Portm 
an, 
tr Mi resolution was 
alts hich Ja ee had given peer that | to 
emb 
ated by the transfer 
je class 0 of | Vice-President 
Fee Te 
jita 
z Sow oF HORSES AND CATTE 
itted to 
—The: standing’ committees you 
No. 2, guano, gives 12 cwt.. per acre more than No. 5, ata 
a ing that received after | Cost of 16s. 
Tot May for yy we pig and the Ist June TABLE No. 3.—EXPERIMENTS WITH PURPLE Tor. 
Cost per aere. Yield. 
fe stock, should n accepted, but returned to No, 1.—Mixture, 10 cwt. drill bones and tons. cwt, 
senders. reported that the E a cwt. iania at 6s. ad. por owt». 44139 -M 8 
ppe Railway Companies had s ed their wil- —Mixture, ee pecs Peru 
t the cessions in favour of the Ios -a Foe tober: et sep wea 
sty’ Exhibition at the ( eeting, as on the eati even. 
er ings. No. 2 gives I ton 16 cwt. more than No. I, costing 9s. 9d. ie. 
The results of the experiments: prove guan 
the fare fertiliser we aera but when a ae 
nt the cost he most profes le at ay 
waa G 
oiai w Y by the way is illustrated i i 
a the j Srambi of a puoi atest tin structure, 
el re uses) of e 
a existing condition of the 
profess 
ae nokie e lod, of E jap experience in matters 
erni g horses 
slao 
e that ate 
owner tons 
raised from guano the 
The striking feature in the roe ah No. 5 of Table 
shows how important it is to best vai 
seed. 
o | geor paca great anxiety 
| that dora Tak done to alter the SE of 
ind wre 
s of the q present i 
A few day s since I Bunt 
hor: 
Tab The small cia 
pirim I T attribute tly to erga The fe Bape 
comple burn 
fourth or one-fifth of the 
etely burn p by the h 
Carp or Muprryes.—Mr. Frere transmitted a form 
ad of meeting, whieh he suggested should be 
forwarded toever erT epee and member ofthe | ofr 
ety not in arrear of subscript: 
nae — Morton transmitted, on 
A the. proprietors of the. Gardeners’ Chronicle, 
f application for capa ie to attend the weekly 
The consideration of these two 
oe | of. Tal I had to a r the field, with = xeon | 
+h 
of reser eg 
Rape and drill Smi 
a They su 
is alm 
inst gua no and super- | 
ffered also from the hot sun. The | 
speak: 
ones to ourselves? 
eirention particularly to the faet of 
ano Ps dian ay at 
he Council adjourned to the 10th inst.. 
E would. call se 
this that, 
per ton, hanit on! 
hate. I wou id 
Rox =| 
ba c 
harp knives and deep 
P 
HADDINGTON.—At.-the 
reports were: gi 
mgsso? We have it in our power to resist extortion 
l by Seige gn ‘or a time to the article. But 
to the subject at issue. Before 
the ste of the experiments before you, let me 
2 Of course you antici- 
. for a two-fold n—first, » 
ts | erop, and in nny ‘seasons out 
under the guidance ofa veterinarian, who, as. ‘a physio- 
ene and a medical man, appreciating the 
of ten 
this to be the case. I ee papara that the 
pene weighing, &c., 
ducted under the eye = Me Patrick S 
aac for this are known 
r. Hope, Fenton Barn 
eae ae u 
more profita! ble. Cants manure, mek 
farm-yar “a lt m the z 
Heg gave 7} cwt. of Cants n manure, and 8 bushels bone- 
dust in the drills. 
12 ¢ 
adasa which h he got from Mr. Dall, 
He applied 8 cwt. per Scotch =~ AA with about 20 | 
carts’ dung in the drills, as agai 
TE, ibis ice 
thi 
thian 
and inflammation of thet Tost was a 
ee, a mals that. died of disease 
in i 186%; about28per cent. in 1852, upwards of 40 per cent. 
in 1853, nearly the poner in hark 1855, and upwards 
45 56. An 
- ragga bones. The crop was Patas yellow, and | 
e gipop fact tha we ut under ‘proper manageme: nt, instead 
ent. of le that Ab r TAW dyi ying 
es of the many ‘fertilisers pa offered to 
e is not a without something new, and the 
ote heard of h oF Yas not been offer us. Weare 
oe some one or un to ace his raa improved | s 
hhotghs neither was = heavy as ted. 
ret oe arti ows ot guano, h 
olved to guano and f bones and ot other | 
por m to try it, and slr nas okie BE Se ROG 
of bol ig aii should be'a per-cen tage o of one or two. 
In illustration of Mr. Gamgee’s enthusiastic © spirit, 
Lowi from his address 
that ours isa teat noble 
Mr. David Sheriff, pa gave the aee menaa 
calling—that we must engage in arduous studies, exees- 
