138 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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phori d, and rather les i were yielded by | It is in this way that animal charcoal se to depri 
lepa a This mote 9 rir is in Aaker: accordance with | their colour, and to impart trans fauy to those 
the analyses that have been made of dried human fæces, | turbid. Dr. Hofmann states that, when oo. du 
bein a m “phe, only 4.27 per cent. of phosphoric acid, | along with the sewage water, it carries dov 
a 4.3 to 7.1 i llecting, | hours’ standing, on insof th 
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river adjacent. The solid mater of the sewage in ereepted, or | especially with respect to the latter. The experience of 
deposited in the tanks is a intervals of time removed, and is | Chelte: ra ha however, ten prove that those materials 
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impurities from water is much inferior to that. of aironi. 
Lastly, it has been proposed to separate the phosphorie acid 
and ammonia from sewerage, by means pni oh 4 Preise 
but the expense of the latter material is self an rable 
jection, and moreover te 
arise in hot weather from the m vefore it pact 
deodorised, has suggested the seco weal of the agape 
already alluded to, which consists in adding to the 
sewerage, in the first instance, materials nlr to 
E ete those substances which mere filtration only | fe 
imperfectly detains 
where any attention is paid my, is that of admixture 
with map But Danes aring farther into this vragen it 
will be necessary ber we should c aas Kanyatane aneis of the 
third m of emp! wage agricultura! jes Simei 
side namely, that or ad wee eg the land im a liquid 
(To 
Notices of Books. 
For this purpose, aia charcoal, sulphate of alumina, sul- 
leks: of magnesia, Te of i grt: ‘and 
[FEBRUARY 20, “ 
RY 
QUTTON a AND SONS can supply & thee 
and Tialien A 
Clovers and Common Ry e-grass at 18s, to 205 
The great pt an of the ab ove-named m 
the following we 
From C F; 
Ma 
bera ta erop of Gra h, me 
sed with soot ani guano. ater 
Rye- Grass was s really 4 feet in 
poe ieee elas S 
only necessary to stay 
Wheat, Oats or alog, 
bush-harrı h if tì 
rolled. yi We ee an and rea 
20s, per acre, 
R & So oi “Seed Growers, Glouce 
Superior 
d upwards 
cipal Railway Stations i in the 
W. DRUMMOND ry: Sone Stiri hae N. oie 
* Our PRICED cavarees fond 
FARM M is now ready, a 
ae 
ors MMOND™ a ‘SONS beg to 
their Priced CATALOGUE OF AG) 
SEEDS i is now ready, and they earnestly invite 
interested in the quality of gui abbr to write 
SEED gf hart 
rling, N.B., 
ingi om, are delivery 
age free to T of the stations, for particulars n 
Ca os 
FER AGRICULTURAL SEI ) 
ORGE D ASON, NURSERYMAN, 
supply every end gt 
supene quality, 
tee 
if Seeds, Plants, &c., of ed n in- 0 
thes large quantities are required co 
gi on " Permane ent Grass Seeds, 25s. to 30s. per ac 
a ag ae Bak cash. Complete collections of Ga 
SE, 2L; 15. 
TO see MERGANE: ps ICULTUR 
J COCKS anp SON a m sale their 
e of home-grown Turnip ee the following 
SUERO PURPLE TO, SWEDE TURNIP. mi 
HITE ROUND TOENE 
te prices, with few 
I d fiig of 
C. & Son mmend all with the greatest 
Samples Sat pation will be a on application to 
sched Cocks and Sox, Nurs and Bordene, M 3 
ding. i 
oer og have been at various ok employed, either sepa- i ie Réel A : Hurod hy England. 
ly or in com rd owever, being the chief | Journal of t ricultur myers 0, an 
object aimed at in the treatment, or, at least, the es: l 4 = i LX on Part 2. John 7 reat “8 
dition for success, I will be; vith Per i nang effects i 
the application of lime to sewage Eet ataih- Having received this ameoa only p before going 
Erie ich lime is employed as va means of < ee eR bee we i una Poi more at present than 
iq manu exis at Leicester, where Mr othergi 
Cooke, the patentee of the electric telegraph, was sò pre- contents Tt cont ains ate ae aior 
by the favourable report given by London wether, able health, and price of prov 
chemists, Mr. Arthur Aikin and Dr Taylor, with respect to Í fro’ uarterly Returns of the Regi is ayy 
the agricultural value of the material thrown down from it s pes A ean 240 D 70 are occupied by Professor 
sewage by lime, that he set on and esta d a com- Si g St Murrain, 30 by a eful 
pany, for the purpose of mnufacturing this article in a form | Simond’s rt on Steppe Pes 
which was considered convenient and applicab! land ay on » 30 by another good essay on 
oles ppg e fi the town is all col ra Se tank, “arms, 26 r. Voelcker’s valuable re- 
it is pum into a main pipe, whic s receiving at the i 
same time a ys y of milk of lime, adequat deodorise it ae se the tipoy of Paring and 2 40 
This is injected into it by another pump, worke the same z Sigs n Vegetruic rg Be e report on 
steam engine, which keeps the sewerage p in actio e ade ola Show Salisbur, A by anothe er 
ova bem: gare e pi 7 Ka certain ey irs, = vol d th 1 
which are introdu: itators, for the pu o; eping the 
mixture of lime and sewage in constant 7 motion Prom tiene by shorter but most ke le h by Mr. 
the liquid into another tank, where it remains long Bowditch, Mr. Lawr wrence, and Mr. Cavendish. 
ra ae of fare farmas a deporte at of the a matter and wae 
me. is mixture e bottom, h is 
made to shelve gradually towards th po weg as to allow the | the passage which we alluded to last week, in P enS ne 
slush to collect in one part. Here iti is parandas y e by means of a draws : a contrast between artificial and natural reduc 
sort of a a S a it grana forward fr intoa t 
shaft, where a long chain of buckets ced round a revolving “ 
wheel carries it up to certain iron pa y5 e sh dhatan All aao ae ae pee ale tek 
down from the tank thro: vi m pipe into a ener Os Whal- are ca kings 
of a series of trays and loose frames, the 7 soils’ oor ae to clay alo gar: are aware that, to 
t iriam — whic h in eir case can hardly be overstated, the true 
4 
ar Spal 
e| QEED COR se FROM THE CHATE 
Whe: 
Chevalier, anak Golden. 1 Drop, d 
and „all the best kinds of S Barley, 
provided 
; ts dmoveable pot an a esiaeg sepa 
aro piled up altorn ternately, and aro heid together by rods tighten is the pid “No age by artificial means 
by collars. The press being brought es munication the | can approach its power of comminution and tion, 
Fic coco tas he ruses down and or insure that permanence of lightened texture, by the 
fit thes ra a burst: = from pst in eC 
ards. 
ter 
the canvas into TS ak along SL it runs and escapes on | exposure in ‘orm to the na — eea 
the outside of the teen, leaving the chambers filled with firm nena of ni se A iy ane frost alone, eet of e 
slabs of manure, more or less consistent according to the 
and 
amount Sage ne employed. Upon unpacking the press P T TNE 
removing the slabs they a be cut tis a SiAn i into any E E a ne a 
sizes that are preferred, and thus are generally sabe ae no No tices to Correspondents. 
form and size of bricks, which Eh er YRSHIRE Cows: W H R. You neg apply to Mr. Lockhart 
than mere exposure to the atmosphere. With ime to 1 the ate 26, Parliament apt Bas estminster. 
merits of the plan it must be confessed that, as a matter of BAKER KER STREET SHOW Caldecott. Tth, Sth, 9th, and 10th 
commercial m, it has turned out an utter failure. , 1858. 
Gemand, endif ead cepa at present to bo, almost no | Booxs: @ There are ag x a he kind you refer to. 
demand, and if sold at all they can gy be disposed of at a few Teats s (ot Newcastle) Daa D Since Bearers quarto 
shillings a ton, whereas originally 40s. a ton was a Seay ee Loner in Edinburgh Donaldsvun’s 6 North 
them. The quantity, therefore, at sog works goes Cumming Street, Perftonville), which we have not scen—a 
lating, sothat now the slush is omy up into heaps, ‘without lately en Fr sr volume on Estate Resources, by J. Lockhart 
any attempt to manufacture it into the form of bric! Hen Morton (Lo: ), 18 also full of such information—the 
a great m of lready co! round the YS, and fications by Mr. Newland in Morton’s 
premises. But although, as a commercial specnlation, piste ey J.C. Morten) Cy: of iculture also entirely 
can returned in favour of the Leicester plan, ina sanitary int i peat a We do not know the price afany pf the works, 
of view it seems to be eminently successful. The river > | _ butany Nasheestine will find it out for you. They are allcostly. 
which flows through the town of Leicester, was formerly so | Guano: ELS. Obtain Peruvian 0 from the only authorised 
— b the ENE that its colour was dark and offensive ; importers, Messrs. Gibbs, or 'h any one else from their 
evers prevailed to a frightful extent; the bonded warehouses. Sow 3 ewt. Tr e! broadcast 
er sad og hone and at times the smell was to} the young Wheat before rolling in M 
cause vomiting and purging in persons who came near, if} Get some ee Bor 4 a per acre, eg 
unused to it. The su phuretted hydrogen disengaged was in from La or Purser, or Proctor, or the 
sufficient quantity to blacken silver in a very short time, and Phosp! Saa priami 
no fish could exist for many miles from the city. At present | KENTISE LABOURER’S FRIEND SOCIETY ; Delta, The secr: 
and swi fish live even to 
disc Mi ity is less 
the river is clear and : in it close to the the Rev. E. D. Hammond, Northbourn R, d Deal, Kent, 
spot where the sewage ened;} and we have no doubt he will give you information in 
and a us smell h Now with its business. Delta 
effected at a comparatively m EN poe the city, as} number of the Jil Ni was agente that 
they have only had na a drain on either side of the Soar, paa for labourer’s cottages have been drawn out by the 
el to the river, to intercept va sewers that formerly ent Labourer’s Friend Society, according to which two cot- 
disc ed themselves into it, and to provide that all the city | tages having each bedrooms with r dwelling- 
should be furnished wi Ommu comiansiogs with these d accommodation can be built for 155 guineas. It would be 
the ratepayers anes undertake the expense of the pesos abr E G oe and others if any of your 
deodorising process, ity won tl have been a el cheap bargain fi nts would send full particulars to your Journal. 
them, a) vhs the ene it is obvious pan the Perhaps this may meet the x of some one connected with 
works mi; ave ban ce for one third of what they the above-mentioned 
the Lucerne: J N. Sow in ow drilis about 12 inches apart. 
a Sher n methods of deodorising sewage need not Beran tae on the Barley; but it is better sown 
rs r ESSRS. Dray: Melbourne. Your letter has been forwarded to 
ge in greater power of carrying down Parningham.. 
with it eet matter than lime, and in this | Trrue The quarterly average prices 
of "E 
certain advantages over it. In a dry state, Melee a Hm bate. are given in the Annual pia ttn rae you last 
indeed, its r of absorbing gases is very remarkable. And published to Mr. Willich’s Tithe Commutation Tables :-— 
i is way t es to arrest r 
i thi: that it serv putrefacti 
oe “re an which are generated at the commencemen 1857. | Wheat. | Barley. Oats, 
of that process, and whicb are themselves the most. efficient 
ts in hasi the process. F or b k an i Eee ae 
that moist ch: does not possess this pow a or Lady Day .. .,’ ..| 56 10 45 8 23 6 
pasear efficacy it possesses in deodorising sew: ont em Midsummer .. RR --| 56 9 42 6 4 9 
from the power inherent in it, x a eting the weg penrai Michaelmas .. 5 .f 50 11 4 z2 7 83 
within its pores, and separating it a filter from the liquid. Christmas .. me oof SR Of a i a4 7 
Sea Giant and Common Sainfoin Seed. 
A few qrs. of the new ime Tare, the earliest 
Pricesand samples on a eg to Raves $ 
sstoke, and 14, Seed Mar Mark Lane 
ys. 
Sood Zstablishment, H 
N.B.—A Cai mercy a u pReLAhOO of Seeds of all! “ 
also be sent with 
SEN K WER UNO Ee 
AULE anp SONS havo n Jai Stock of AZ 
a er! from 2 to 8 an 4 
1 got per tho most 
EE cre Cielo thoy can suppl 7 
and dentic whic! y 
Hine Hi at Aberdeen, aa 
CHATER 
e for Holishocks o offer Seed sav 
flowers in sea ees ae of 96 
23. 6d. 
. & Son feel deb dere the above will gives 
o tare their best flowers. te gen 
e have Keeva letters both from priva 
s, speaking g highly e seed sent 
urery. ten of two letters we 
Letter received from A. 8. Royston, . 
py of Jro . is 
h x kieki aye es sown et bd : 
ock seed, in bot! Bonn: ve i 
early every flower has been double and Towel 
bord! of colour. In fact, my seoecllings are 
nam ve f plants, which have been purchased at! 
ENTLEMEN,— 
year was 
single flower 
We have supplied about 50 eee a 
seed as sent from us. The trade supplied 
Nursery, Haverhill, Suf 
