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used in the purif in rocess prollete rg intervenes | will manifestly be very different. It is clear that nothing sho rt of 2 tons are got for the same pri 
between the Sees y ç the 2 b e es | al accurate ep f apan able a person to determ ioaiie valueof Peru uvian guano, the latte E would be ee 
5 an _ the D eter—su stances | a manure, and it is equally — that such pasa cent only be f the atl f ch 
which, while aor diminish thei ilantad ower | made by competent persons at considerable mero oftime, tof hn use o ere rd inferior cost of si 
of the gas are at the e ti a c R to | | therefore at considerable oe Had Dr. ANDERSON really applic ati Carriage j 
undertaken to determine fally the constituents of what was 
the seen The Rev. W. R. Bowprrcu, of Wake- | placed in his hands the result would have doub btles s been ver a- 
we owe p s | different, and the charge proportionate. you apply t nce MUDLANDS IN 
m 4 > to your Grass and watch the effect, and compare ine fing. maT 
we, believe, made it the subject of a patent, and | renia witha ee prira i the farm, I dare affirm that you will WEXFORD.—By Mar 
owing to the valuable results both ways to which | be assured that what is produced could not be produ corr THE sal acquisition of som e thomendaga 
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it leads, he is likely to obtain a very general trial | Fairer gd mei- Aae, parse arrsa aaa pak rigi 3 a had been a of oa 
ts meri al | o this because I have seen iian P g fompi J gran tidal overflo owings, aritime district wher 
seems unquestionable from the | 15 cwt. per acre of foul clay from Wakefield Gas Works tried on | population is dense, or rdctty; onl intelligent isa ou 
a field oF Dr. ATKINSON F against Bang costing 4l. per aare, and | for congratulation as regards social interests, sale 
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‘y best where the gas clay was put. I saw it > opia lied on another also of ah indivi E whom so a eam | 
and heavy dressing compared r | field against 3 ewt. per acre of guano = i Pall panan local benefit is att ributable The successful remalis 
lh dressing of night-soil to another t was much x: 
superphosphate was to be e expected, and “this will | the Dest erop wbich had t phe seh AAE sag A an, I am about to call prenn | afford an 
Wolley Coal Company, and two of ne — = ho saw it t vedas essing 
Cir. MARSDEN and Captain ARMITAGE)are using the manure | towards ol aining rom lominion of t 
the l ene ka ks, Of its composition as iadiapioà by | | this yar in consequence of what they saw last season. The mite e A fertile pot aa reed pha a 
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al portion of the subject for obvious reasons. My e aee Fy ra: rogress of t 
ordered a3 hen from Wakefield for use near a on yatta: rge p 
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bec ee se is the an aN of your sample of sulpho- | | place of that w cpr unre a present. and its conterminou hial divisions shall be mi 
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It appears to us sufficient | they stipulated to pay a certain rent per acre 
- a ublic itest = 1 cn this "publication of “tt. soil they might succeed in reclaiming. They 
s think you you will come to the conclusion that pouiettace P rofesso: sor ÅNDE i m “gr f 
ok ar ead ES not be ma not i Malone li yi ice boter very *¢ T return oa Mr, a WDITCH’ heare — is of | they had ef far ig te os ae wes design that 
eed, and even then it could no profitably u kind not b uently seen by chem: I need | was banked out, but a high tide ca a 
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other useful substance.” ys in the form pias po aN by chemists in | 
Bit nig pean to ew gsm be not a nalysis of manures, ard which gives the in- of. FA AL eal 
more than 20s. a ton, which was we believe formation required by farmers, enabling them to F an ; 
amount charged for it at Wakefield, so that} estimate thewakis A them of these substances. I eye other y Mer mtina o A 
the the 15e a a com paid for its carriage on = was/ think it right, however, to refer to some of the|” In 182 Major Boyd, es iling himself ian 
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LocKHART Morton informed Mr. BOWDITCH of its should know that it yields little or no alumina li the 
valuatio is manure at simply 25.3 lbs. of s, and hence the substance called sand in the one, and noes an area of 200 aeres at be 
ammonia per ton, and received from him a reply of | analysis (which pnt we use for t 5007. Being popu : mg his 
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, I have seen growth of the atest | is never Sakasi eet and for as post a ewer ipase ac _ But as ıt was liable to 
‘uxuriance, Farmers here who had small quan- | reason that it ‘ake aia nothing to the value of | of water from the interior—a fall 
tities last year, and others who had none last year | t = analysis. The nitrogen is not mentioned, deficient, it has been more rege Y ss = 
but saw the effects upon their neighbours’ farms, | simply because, as usual, in lyses it i ti 
Pas a lying ` it largely. _ This nee hardly be the | all stated as ammonia, in chia h form only is it exten reclamations to which I I shall nert 
asure | absorbed by “the t ess we except that of : 
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I assum ace o the paari and simply |is required, but is quite easy mic it ~ 
put the case as sem of possibility—could the crops| me to calculate th a > ae, which am 
which have been grown be produced by an applica- | 0.93 per cent. It does not in the Toast 2 tithes of work of W hoir 
tion of this quantity of ammonia P” | what the organic patter o son sis sts, for rate zeal and talents of Mr. J.G. Redmond. 
this we have to remark that any attempt. to | is the measure he | of property in the neighbourhood, 
throw discredit on the absolute and conclusive | quantity of nitrogen satin me to say that in this | commercial portion of the town of Wexford 
authority of an accurate chemical analysis as to|case it is not urea, because ad it. been | owes a heavy debt of gratitude on ett 
the real A gee wees value of manures must ulti- | so I should have found three times as much nitro- | parse sain suggested and carried out b 
mately fail. Whether it come from agriculturists| gen as the stuff actually shows. 
in the shape of testimonials to the observed results| “It is no unusual thing for me to hear eet 
of their application, or from scientifie men in the | under valued in cases like * the present, and special Me sig 
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aan a has shown them, it is Woe met | oa re or or paca forms of combination. Jhi is aE Beer Sg 
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DITCH’S letters—for the fullness and accuracy of to poi fo a to contain 10 per oont of rreren Mone ee soll ina the wee oè 
the analysis in qn is not wears by him—| 1 of ammonia, had produced a pe — ome paar fis contain an area of about 10,000 act © 
but the Bene = nature of the correspondence does | than Peruvian in a field, po very | sively of the long, tortuous, and wi PE 
ap to us to api that tendency. "While, there- | long since I was assured that an ane oma con- position, however, to the und 
fore, we believe that chemical analysis and field | taining 50 per cent. of rg not ay but meh pet of the Town Corporation rg 
ill yet grained an i produced a much | gation er wi Poon 
manure,” we are glad of the portunity which iat T crop than Peru and I was offere pany re undertook in their 
this puna siasa gives us ar evaletisiis the na of a certitionto = o that -n from ssk mathe a ee saae diem oe meee 
claims of the former to the entire confidence of! fa: armers, none of I had ever heard abe tothe J ye ag Be of 20,0002, 
Bo enn as Mee ith y unexceptionable | mod explan pear ae , sue erin A always ars Paes y RE RES SS eae 
evidence — him o : = Age osition and the| come from persons farm so and give so |; “tiontion: 
yalue of any fertilisin z iit ttle manure that the land is grateful en a yh a ne rey. 0, 
On the receipt of ~i above eter ter Dr. ANDER- ; very small addition of valuable m Let such | instalments. This was a heavy in 
SON’s report was sen BowvitcH, who es and other manures go into inte. tho bands of | mencing an enterprise of Teen eA 
wrote the following kiari in arly ur best farmers, m ct thei t of great itud 
me hank you for the analysis you were good enough to send rte a ‘and are ; and I Į | being arranged and the act of Parli 
ee alte what I expected, and I am sure that Dr. ANDER- o predict that the Oo ee to which | company beg 
peptic to the price chargot, ina al oe a eects g pet will correspond with the analysis, in by | ment for labourers was of pressing i 
tion is not eee is Shown by the fact that ‘clay,’ and | far the majority of cases. When Mr. Bowprroi| ins = tis ee sand- Praia penr 2 
that 1 ce pony Berchet my Au ee s e. mirasa it is to be hoped that we Sous she eae ar of the arb, on ite non 
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Boars iow as essential e slements in. the com Digi’ e the | quantity I see spoken of in ue pamphlet t you t send | | at at the slides inclining c am, 
‘organic matter’ might be either urea or sawdust for any thing | Me, for 2 tons — nearly as present. a —— arm nah 
which appears, though the relative value of the two substances | 3 owt. Peruvian ino eker. pasy akr a canal allel Pith the 
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