320 THE AG 
RICULTURAL GAZETTE. LArRT, 17, w 
ood, well seasoned, aid well made it observations it will be quite , justifiable not to |set this point of comparison Iama am able, after tm 
in for ge is k ap rice. Wa awarded Mr. Sames ascribe the principal effect of the = dung ba its | study, to state with assurance that all nen 
ae prize of 2. aye TALCRAPT, rather o the | | the germs of males have wrinkles on their E smaller a 
n the prep i the English x organic matter esas the dung | contains ta whi lefe a s CBB" aano s conclusion. moe: ws peas extremities 
We are, howeve | aa melus S season ofthe 
manures aerat to their nitrogenous combinations; | it would be ver le rtain + experime nt Jer, 
Hom e Corresponden this i is prov ed by many facts. ** # In Ger! ermany the test has ~" pees in fact or E, Sette 
Sigma’s Corn Planter—As I see re made to fect it Hard Water.—The following ‘eu fue 
= tbe in last week’s Pina and having used it | able than in England and Scotland. * * * 100 Ibs. phens’ s Book of Pe e Farm » ma ps hee “Ste, 
self o abou t 20 acres of da nd sown with Wheat last | a Moraesin n fish guano arte in the firs Bi fl«y ps e hardness is caused þ useful ta 
a tumn, | t pithy suited for cam 610 lbs.; of fool and Potatoes, on an average | litt] ial a, (carbonate of Cem a 
di t and I think it wou a ~~ f 17 experiments, 1560 Ibs a z bulbs =~ suen Under | carbonate of soda) will remove it; and the a r 
repa; every farmer to on one by him, not to sacle circum of Per n guano pro- water will also be ie age oem wi - = aa nie al 
duced 630 iba of ad 1730 Ib t 
indiscriminately, whether the land is suit able for i it or 
called 
i but when he has wha 
On ig 
z 
whilst 
soils there are pap fields which would be in | 
ently good tilth for it. 
isa wil ri epay the cost of the machine, whilst 
increased 
acres 
it is need 
bustible 
aboun 
such ext 
unds, 
ry t 
ng, the. work 4 is as 
Oger any drill, an quite pable of peing horse- 
expense of planting I find be as 
follows culturist ts 
8d. 
4 
DATORA VGE oo M: 
6 gallons of seed, say at present prices « 4 
prs com 
i 
n is a a saving of 8s. or 10s. per acre on igs 
sual 
tillage patee Se gpony: ; | 
| from 
Mr. 
obtains 
but alge the harrowing after Dr. Wolf’s 
seed is covered b ich th 
aes me to 
Tiia ser 
Now as the proportion of nitrogen ir in the fish guano is 
per 
e parm of both kinds are of so little importance se 
her “Nit 
| is the e most im 
in all arable 
bu ra of pane in this 
mponents 
whi 
American a agri 
| ly man 
y of We orking 
—Under this ges a Ses tion is given of the cost 
of the food o that val 
ci 
10s. per ton; I think that valuation į is too high, and I F. 
what 
Societies, 
—_>— 
ROYAL den oan OF ENG! GLAND, 
WEEKLY COUNCIL, April ae Be 
tates in he ama als Be von jam Pre 
a letter from Denmark, announcing his invent 
dril plough, whieh 1 he dest oe v bn mot i 
tried at the Ches Mr, Tre 
ber Spee» ipsa oa hl D, applied for a TEN cule of his gin 
an > 
in and do ae therefore ne oduce | sr oo ing machine exhibited at 
oe ET effect: 
e other com- 
less to estimate them 
nt 
compone: ents 
y Highland and Agricultural Socie of Scotlang 
presented copie of their premium-it of emay 
me gain under i 
pears not 4 a nl se stress on 
ct, Go i would 
stock, 
general show ai 
“imple me gr &e., competed 
ngr rrie Ai the end of 
conte eo ly tl th agri- | $ 859. The Essex 
entertain of the high als of the o organic | A 
f stable dung, and particularly of Aad 
aondoa” Since I received t J 
berg, 
an extremely interesting raae of 
controversy with Professor de Liebig, in 
e ae of ancient nar op nang Pay 
Song are incidentally treated of in a 
asf i 
from auth 
», 
Oxen as compared with Horses. 
eaeh, animal; on 
ords. 
valuation allow | t 
say a e Turnips are valued at 
ly better than a 
to be tillerin out ek I have 
ate i in prona 
k this is also 
the Pag sans seems 
about 6 acres put in on wet stiff land 
e crops broadcas 
part 
Cooke 
Mr. 
profi 
rt of it is taken oi 
Mr. Cooke’ s 
bl n be n? especiall a 
Pye Ns A ia At rr a ne icultural Pérégrinatious ; and from M. ry 
crop, for consumption on the would | copy of his Sy work on the Economical Mannfic- 
h 182. 10s. pa acre; if t T are, I sts tnlate ture of Man' 
most heart: Oxen e used i in Norfolk and 
Council, io ordered Re: acknowdelliaes 
of th ted, t 
hin of plant. T re just been dibl 
wer this land, and the ibble is very valuable 
ind of ed T am putting in G acres of url with | p 
dibble, and on 3 acres in before th ibe rains 
i reine up most regularly, showin; Ron four to 
bling April Wh 
for mak- 
igher 
z. Egr 3 pi 
horse 
comparison chy them they should be placed, for 
it is only an bap A 
urchased 
a hi 
tion accidents, and death,” for who would 
’s li 
S Y z the 
tion of the Presiden he Monty 
Coun acil that the attention 1 of t the Tournal Conia 
to the Society, with the view of having such portion 
of them translated and published in the Sounat 
might be considered to afford practical information 
of horses thes at can be 
56L old, think 
figure ought to “a laced against “ deteriora- 
insure a 
e, or insure his doing another fay work ? 
ital 
pair 
years 
at 
ix blades to each hole. I T pe Seley; t in ge nonio 
in the rows sowing abou 1 bushel By a ie 
the English farmer. Adjourned to April 21. 
d to Barl taken to 
I thin 
or stock is lessened, and all means ou be 
make 
fn ec ne to be 
make „this as s small as possible, 80 as to n 
7 
or ARTS: April 
pipers 
dibble, and the great regularity of cro 
ensure its 
E the subje 
ivation as large as possible. I write these few fee as 
SOCIETY —A Paper 
por a. in the Chemistry of Bread Making 
r. Odling. We make the following ex 
digs of it t in the Jo’ Pit of the Society of 
hich is so necessa ry for that \. 
put în in Mangel seed with the ha, 
planter,as I ae no doubt 
ill do it Car kz famiy, far better 
tried it, adverse to it. A few. fair trials wou! uld i eter- 
> an many who hav 
ct i is one that requires ventilation ; ees are 
Me sy stem. not 
r :— 
e ig of Whe 
E hike Poggi erage Boag si 
corn : indeed ae working this or any other implement| R. A. S. E. E Labourers Cottages 1 observe at p. . 298 | È 
_ sufficient care i —— are ye fod see that of F your Journal, S Lubbock has built “a | are anA 
it is doing its duty, and to rect cag fe ing is 
The dibbl a is bg beg ne not thes to get Tense of Bath, published 3 in ‘he Journal of the Soc ciety” iquor, pr 
out of or $ Croc. , Woodlands, Battle, | Now the dina ensions printed on these published pla te ar aine 
Sussex, pare differ widely from the dimensions taken from the by | is set aside for so = form be 
rolm and Agricultural Schools: Com- | scale, and I should much like to know whe et the Ti 
7 by Martin A at a the remarks of Dr. baronet a adopted th d, or those taken conse gga a 
Wolf were not quite terminated at p- 274, the 2d | by scale. The e diserepaneies 1 in the A aen iS ought to | while _ clear quid holds in solution sev stain 
dogma ny 273) of M. ey Lich having remained un- jaye been corrected by cancelling the and | together constitute the extractive. the starch, 
noticed, I venture n m the reader’s | su ene a a corrected page in a future Journal. GARDEI reins from 00 
fei space in order to conclude, ischief of a correction by mere note of the pers 
he most concise poe practicable, the arguments in- pono eae is thet the man who the icle in | their stance 
volved in that second ition. It is to be remem-|the Journal knows not in what subsequent Journal to | tài some 
bered that olf’s intention is to support the | look for the correction, the importance of the ques 
theory that plants derive their nourishment from the | tion is quite sufficient to justify a cancelled page er" req ar 
. solution of substances existing in t il, and that on A: 8, r 4 
f| The Se 
e ickest lishes i in its “ itby Bea Rendus” 
iN 
i 
ex of E; ggs — —The Académie des Sciences pub- 
the title only of a note 
over oi 
Pommi estima 
Fro 
idera 
a soil depends. He adduces in his favour 
-opinion that those manures _ are the q 
- solvents of alim: hi 
substan re the most 
on the comm merca prinde thal. wit t produces gae 
eeh 
kdy or Paley 
a 
3 Ri 
sift 
urnt pears in very great 
M. "Genin sams hs his proposition fae: quantity, usually less than one per cen! 
quickest return is the most ahi eye” A RETRE t follo ow 
p 
the weight of which can also 
res ten, the ng Sint ch the extractive, 
pa kasra processes of 
caused to the soil by Medan: Rye, and Oai 
tome hypothetical cases depending on the very 
peis e b he —viz. the 
jan 
to p 
are jane: 
— 
when 
e adm prire by: M 
I 
es of "Arica ai, E 
ral manur the| I 
men, as 
fab 1, 
and 
ag hy "bes he want mi 
ce cocks and capons to eat. 
à p distinguishable, t 
ed matter T necessi caat, 
‘ach of these classes 
np view to trading 
“solution of a problem w 
the large 
may be seen comparative exanstiainn = danen Enae arge aro abon shape, 
rings. 
a 
the two sexes. Applying at the out- | 
fine, rather indistinct concentric 
