THE 
AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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gpa 3y 1828 
+ te 44) tt 
that at last he di 
part of his arable 
f 
m ws answer, 
r 
on a farm of 104 
these meado 
her with layi 
altoget o's 
eeds 
three men for genera al work; 
J 
through | the winter, 
and phosphoric acid, (ke. contained in „a s0-ca all d 
and for 
the ad, three men and three lads for the teams; and 
in all 12 ha nds. ae 
200 pasi Fanti re, Mr. Ha dson k 
h 150 an pii ‘and 
a aces 
been richly dunged, and is in a fertile tati phe 
einer | substances s rem dissolved in a much greater 
roporti whe: ead of distille 
times there will b i 
for job-work. "The due casio of hands for the inter- 
mediate farms of 150 a nd 200 acres, we take it for 
W le E as i her's in every fertile 
coll is employed. The rain water whic a falls 
direct the surface of the earth Si 
P 
rticularly nc 
upper than in the towel 
res = re is land of which it alculate from the hts re | same solv ent property, and it par 
í While Mr. A OR ob- | data. On the phove noticed farm. of 800 a a tl quantity in the 
cre of his Ital tl trata of the soil, through which aper it filters. The 
s of the E diak n Mr. | bullock teams; four men and one boy for the'h 5 tity in the upper strata is a uch greater in 
est Riding 3, yialds the dirs one head shepherd, with two men and a boy t t z en the soil has bean newly dunged. 
orses a: d five bulls, besides him; one man to attend chaffeutter ; one man for the Accordin ng t A observations of Fries, gro on 
ws twice a day tabl d household jobs; two men for hedging experiments ma y him in the a ae of Dr. 
A be fe teg on other farms it is and ditchi , So as to fences in fair tenantable i big in Munich, gh rain water which in the course 
order ; four ‘general labourers; in ands. The a year, and on the a of a Prussian pee, filtered 
Swede-cleaning, Yey is d er by occasional tars an up dott of calcareo to the 
a fair average “pr oportion eae be nye and there are extra men a of 6 achet dissolved something more than 
bap : 
os Hi mn e pe p pasture, without aid 
employ 
of quarries, 
ee ae 
t 
e draining, Jevellin ng o 
s loo! o for summer keep, and | Reese straightening of fence 
UNA ssolved. Of this solution of alimentary i weenie ces 
The force of hands and implements you will ti f was composed of incom matter, 
d t ontained a great proportion of alkali and phos- 
q res. a aiey th a small hg anaes more nen tter. : : a i ~ r vs fro; on 
eo ee Sra and machinery than a lar oo Cn a large the un der, strata “of the earth at the ept of 4 or 
pr good land will maintain .. 5 kieli farm steam ae ap if wer do 2 h that is ia fy f alkali, 
ditto 12 .. | manual Jabon A ee one. The above average of which proves that the absorbing power of the surface, 
dit 1 “ -; - | implements in pene al use is gathered from our own, | even under ordin ary circum: mstances, renders the solution 
Seer egies aires | | and the practic of the best farmers in this a fair un- | of the e sbeolntly necessary alimentary substances very 
dulating try. in a flat c untry waggons may b ser ds their filtering 
i eee lana w maintain . 4 | dispense ed with, ca t „ yet th i by no means entirely 
Ez ditto ? =  |substitut k answer better in a flat cow ntry, iosten ET om ast It is evident ae t 
SSRI = a being quicker, while two horses in carts some consider | the water — hamit acid, from its 
the winter g do more than the same two in a waggon. Ina hilly operation, possessi s the power of gradually daas 
s daily 16 S hay wide ve. roots. Upon bheir | country you must have waggons, on account of tl th, and of renderirg 
have a sprinkling of bran, Bean Barley, or 
d laily of oileak: 
u: 
necessity of locking the wheels | down the steps. The 
thom accessible to the growing plants. The solution i is 
vays sub- 
= 
i this keep they average, now February 26, 6 t 
butter ed 
vay bare pasture, and have water before them in 
their stalls, 
<n work hard, and are in excellent condition, 
ates ce for the 24 hours of 114 Ibs. Oats, 
haff $ Wheat straw to } hay (28lbs.) In| dicta as to the subject directly in di 5 th k 
4 they have 3 or 4 bulbs daily. The | ceeds :—“ T Rel be pa po oint, and hink I 
hiss are of a powerful stamp, standing nearly 16 hands | have foun ns ollo owing assumption I. a 
breed. For the winter | Liebig, viz. :— 
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upon the ve estimate -of 
winter keep required for a single animal, 
farm bine his stock 
some preferring sheep, some 
ners pigs. | 
f this “uae class of animal, the number 
s entirely upon the quantity of garden 
extent of dairy convenience, of oe 
u ror eo corn and Beans allow 
LGAN 
much greater and easier A a sem 
vary too WwW ith the 
Dr. Worr havi 
style a towards him by Profi 
BRW papar articles, and the i fi relev. A of some of his 
n the g) by the 
oe Lichie in his | 
pri 
steads in the occupation of the farmer. Rev. ances in a state of decomposition are in chemical com- 
Aavo in the he nal of the Royal Agreatara ination or r closely mixed Ming saad comiatesil of the 
ciety of Eng oil. Manuring fresh with fi ard dung greatly 
Sees Sa eS romotes the solution of the alim ta ary substan nees in 
RMAN CUL the ea inasmuch as a quick Hci of the 
— PROFESSORS DOLS. sek? ‘adage organi c substances takes place, and thereby the : mineral 
CoMMUNICATE MAR om pone! 
(Cone nose Se ae . 224 ese are then eas}ly absorbed (the humidity in the soil 
ing made some Pears o sarcastic | | aidin he plants, as in the process of decomposition 
a considerable quantity of disengaged c: 
effected. Tn all fertile, soils a continual solutio 
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tak es s place, that tai 
a 
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Da ad and that the cones of its 
effects i is closely connected with its solubility, 
ashes of the a 
ung anh pe depends entirely 
The assertion that plants do not receive their 
nourishment fro om solution contained in the mye is 
which 
agricultural point of view absorbs and holds within 
previous combinations become in their re salt 
access ssible to the plant. Iti is most n: atural to np era E SEE 
5 heorbed t A 
above process be > greatly charged with 
carbonate. ™ According. to Fri ries’ Agri icultural News- 
paper, No. 31, 1857, L 
‘that the roots of p 
pr Aa cad from solutions, 
the Sans of solutions, for the "physiology p olati 
knows no other way of absorbing the alim Pag 
organic (ela) 3 membranes than 
o not recpiva their 
of plants, viz., SPERM, alkali, phosphoric ‘acid, and 
y on of 
? That on hares Lies per par- 
aliar an as yet but little under- 
ark sch is ace 
actio 
ee ilies re tate of lim dissolved in water, or the | stood n of the roots of plants at their ends, 
i humidity E EE N in the soil. As to the facts them- | for these alone imbibe imentary substances 
Acres—Mixed, Arable, = Pasture, | selves, the eed power Sof salbegeted land in refe- | absorbed by and retained i icles of the surface 
has oe rence to ammonia was observ years ago by|soil. ‘No one will dispute the idea that a 
100 150 200] 300 500 S005 Hossea. ibe ie and Huxtable, Joerg in reference | tion of certain alimen substances of plants, by the 
Sen eg eae to alkaline salts and solutions of his the same il, the resolution of the former, presents 
REVOO 31-3 : i p vé has been observe y Way, who | much that is mysterious.’ It is certai he manner 
57 Mage u Si wl a ap WE i 1 1 shown that these latter eei filte: in which plants receive their nutriment is still to be 
UEFE Se 1 2 through the earth without derga any change. eepinined, It is hardly doubtful that besides the 
sk ket . abe e facts M. Liebig adds a new one, viz, that | external causes, int ernal causes in the plant itself, in 
ee 21 8). 8] 8 6 : 
Tobe Soko bo n : ass. _absorbed by the soil. In this ener n it soil | the aliment O the soil, are also aci ing 
z -~ | the wise order and arrangement of Natur ep- | necessary quantity and quality of “the vegetable sub- 
cela t to FE J 2 tible; for it is only by meann of this p rperty t r that 1 the | stance. But I consider that Liebig’s rtion that 
Boge S178 growi ng out and sinking of ‘the fi of the roo’ plants seize on the ston 
js Bs Se irectly, and that through these the alimentary sub- 
x k : Eiei pr a B plant are prevented, or at least rendered ‘very a bey in | stances in t ce of the soil receive uired 
oe ag i eg ii . |2 teams.|4 teams, | doing so. This is of so much the ter os pea) as | power of solution as well as the power of entering into 
Pewee T these substances are, permis relative ly, used in | the ar ti ? is not sige ently prove 
; ; i $ any considerable quantity in e dirent kinds of| _ “The rvation mentioned by Liebig that ‘ edible 
Trot + 43 arable soil. Every one ackn bods for experience pem Pen takes with their roots out of miee 
RSs | 1 has taught it, the ey of carefully pulve ri sing and | transfer carbon to the latter,’ does | not i prove that 
: ; ae loosening bgp? soil, by vap 
i : A ponen effec ted, aig a quicker absorption of the of carbon t upon the alimentary s 
Er i aie | alimentary substances promoted. f plan meray fi in the soil otherwise than the 
bs) So beat “ But g rain which falls upon the earth conveys ikia alrea ws formed, which is to be found every- 
SS Ge Be to the roots of plants a certain part of the mA entary | where in the soil. BERIE 
paN = Ss As roti 4 No one as discovered in this belief ‘gre: - g hat has been above stated v 
“sha adda and ruinous error? ! conclude that plants do not derive their nourishment 
f mixed husbandry, ther By w ash ia a few pounds of earth in a double or | from a solution alone, but also from the carbonated 
and led pasg the two ta a of pure of the com- | wai hich has access to them. But even sup- 
and feed the h when the the soil is e “and this ington posing this assumption to be false, I ot con- 
a man E ERE ths oa: and rama. con proi Nrin of nimia sab- ive the ‘ mischief,’ which ¿ iebig 
do hedging, &c., and to | stances necessary for forthe ove of plants than what ree been caused by it. In his Chemical Letters 
Ana farmer | is required for on crops. Such find but little mention of it. He can hardly be 
of mse would | examinations have bes equently me sne ay serious when he says that the- 3 
d- Wade have endeavou the immediate | year makes the er farrows in the same field always 
there are required a shep- | degree of ape of the a (fo es next jean from | makes them in the cord ek à th t of 1 
also attend th ffeutt ani of the alimentary and soluble | Potatoes or BAe he ep ws, he always 
TON for S teams; two men | components of the soil ye are contained in water. | puts 90 at a loce from the edge of the saa 
ey have also proved that the quanti 2A of soluble ad in the ne ts n the m 
ibe sarai a shepherd, two | and` most i Prat iator us one—in which the iar Befo the pasding 
