he germination of my seed by the 
page's r by soaking i certain 
pas pira pre tn to make o 
t 
of t 
phos 
cal 
fore me, 
e runs the risk 
super-phos; 
phate 
eee horten the supply of a 
they did not find that it steeieest ‘their 
satisfy their customers without going 
the composition of 
e gainers. I would 
you to anda stand that I think er RaR 
R 
uy conid sa 
i 
i 
nsed with e 
itt RES, 
4z 
g 
culture be 
mt crops a farmer is direct 
ry, for few ‘armners at the 
m. son to sai a. their expe 
of roo e they are c 
fi 
ingredien’ argh 
phates or guano? and hoy 
mical eine en of wh ph medi sif t 
hemical terms 
he 
what the meaning of the term * soluble ph 
is, hi of selecting an inefficient 
use an analysis has been 
iach eanet in 
were eviden 
PI 
"a 
ae 
s aes 
If he look at an analysi: 
may g sienen over it, but if he does pons In all these athe hae i neither 
a are 
who has to 
phate, or dec. gp a mixture of guano and 
o r5 nee 
ly thro 
e p! Bomb time 
dilute 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
ap 
“will be if the not e todiffus 
And even 1 with aks opine a of art 
help thinking that in many i es it would 
imme ediately w: neg t least, I om heard man; 
reai 
“tar xpre 
ely throw this ot as 
“ol t this 
pie: Ee of 3 ect made to | cheaper ‘than wh: e has 
369 
a pure rely | practi ical marn ~ Supposi ng 
tself thro ughout d the farmer 
al manures I cannot | finds that his land w of eaa ag prar character that bone 
vole be more useful | dust when u: a 
to apply them Pe Ei ‘roa cast agi one gm drilling | available et yield inane a gone crop 
y 
sed in a finely divided state becomes sufficiently 
be wro = © go to the ense of buying super phosphate. 
What wi 
e $ 
loina advocating either byte one or the other method | There are oils in which the most economical way of 
of "applying artificial manure. Guano more especially retards | using phosphatic manures He ae imply by e dust, to fe t 
germination of Turnip seeds, and I have no doubt in my own | it with the farm-yard m and when the heap is set up in 
mind = it is the. arge amount of Laer in guano that | the field to put the ines we t between the layers, it is 
produc s thi his undesirable effect : but I hav t found in my | carted. By this mode of etpar the phosphates become 
p. ya mA pp cern of sufficiently soluble in the soil to a i Lag practical pur- 
ng p Ey availa = s for which t! "o Arei is r Ther no necessity of 
of the greatest utility gery using D in any other shape in are i ight —— soils. 
rnip grow ospha’ 
Mare rihiersé is some truth n Prag Senin that ro under oe ‘eiroumistances, if the farmer, for instan 
has 
with heavy lan n which the decomposition of of phos 
tmost im] 
ospha > ik hich the farmer gei 
ake hi f, i. e. soluble phosphate 
; but y you u hav ag ai e. If he ‘ata insoluble Phosphate, let. ba gee ae E m 
peat experiment which proves better than any. theoretical chapo s T bone-d Then he may be sure 
3 run the _ of eer s np mn insoluble pt hoes 
ASON. erroneousness of this view. With s 
sions, hade € e i 
ten ‘har of th 
en bads” trebled. 
osphate has been as very 
eyte when SPROTA. has been applied, no benefit h: 
| sulted from the Fgptcsemer sa 
result hi 
With nothing the produce was... 6tons 11 cwt. 2 qrs. 
With gypsum 6 13 3 
Where super- ‘phosphate, without 
monia, produced I 
shape, 
one any irea an 
to sell | ammonia a pea to a pa pig: naturally tc elded 6 tons 
wt., produced 5 tons 6 c 21 Ibs. ent dai 
nishing the prod ce. Itis shot that i in tee ol i 
l san es like guano or c oona Turnip panira are 
r losi 
a grea misapplied, the farm 
Rre efect of the most expensive constituent of the 
But I am acquainted with other 
how: 
= rag fe add that ark a in made sent ‘inte: 
which the o 
phu ric acid, oped in the 
wder, ich condition 
com on + ait aga of t cultural 
and the more — ly the principles F this new acliasoa are 
studi the risi 
tudied by the rising jepni p ei the sgk ater will be the prac- 
tical adva as that l flow from the possession of such 
ge 
tion of Lord be peter seconded by Mr. 
were meg after the lecture): Lor 
Spr 
ammo- President, in the ere 
On the motion of Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, seconded by 
the Hon. A. Leslie Melville, the council decided that 
manur It re- 
mains seh be Keen MA the east Rae coh aee are under 
which w neath be ey a ace ures, and also 
ith phosphatic 
gu aan 
d these discussions are metras fer the caltivalianot ere eee ee T think that there 
in 
should be u an 
it to a Gicceaatal 1 sa simply because = require | are in: 
n be E which aso’ phi sphate and phosphatic manures as epplied to 
whi t ero; 
in the cultivation o 
ere are many s 
; nj p 
HAIER 
m 
ii ue 
HR 
i 
jls 
ni 
r 
o 
alone, 
sERESEREESE 
ae 
lini 
ae 
i ~ Bee 
ane 
z 
1 
onia, sulphate ofp ot potash, sul 
+ rep pt — 
i 
fel 
i A 
te 
ried 
Side 
B 
s 
° a 
of TE 
i 
zapi 
g 
Be 
ai 
making tw 
more beneficial. With a 
mis 
ht on the action 
on Turni 
ab 
Me) 
to B 
aL 
Sag” 
S 
& 
ga 
P 
ge 
i 
3 
aoust 
i ng to no mo 
to be dismissed altogether as accounted 
accident. 
ni 
at all ; 
th young Sw Eikes cathe v rotate 4 
Aoin I find that the Teast 
bY sing ere 
manured, which it honey 
ee 
Bhin cai oabl PA use is 
aE TA atters are 
Nala Ag pee oe Tantang are far more 
bene 
nevi simple lien 
hate of soda, 
not Sein most 
. That 
e that I think that all 
t t 
experiments with 
Me og in these experiments eee 
upon: the roo 
which even super-phosphate is misapplied 
are os ae Arne gon racial a I should be extremely 
og any in failures bal ue _ 
e re orted oat and rved fi 
oes examination, ri be apr nena be be fund.. Hoost. The 
ero ther n dispense with the artificial Supply 
are impo ant one—next in import 
re I ve just 
reference to the County Meeting of next year should 
be taken into ee on the 5th of May next, 
md other documents would also 
when memorials a 
taken into co -n pis Coventry, Reading and 
arwick. 
Adjourned to May 5. 
Tar Royat Duri SrrING Snow.—In the number 
and quality of the s stock and Big panees cust this 
Dublin Society is incomparal ore! 
in advance of that of ay pavon year. The 
accu nom to visit, Leinster Lawn, Kildare iire 
Dub farm mens pi find mn self 
TTH 
her all sorts of m: uring 
a 
and t 
practical Yost you do not obtain 
conclusions can be drawn. Thus bt it Sie e 
hear S A SMAA between guano and sann “Phosphate; pes 
Tin that 
a te “Phos ospale, 
you apply a much ee qiesintiey r phoaphate than you apply 
pin n a fair men ae me ag pye pate. This diagram, 
T, does no unt of phosphoric acid whieh 
is in reality quite as cael not more, re, pho: sphate — 
Then, again, experiments are frequently Peer on lan which 
is in a very highly sa set state, so full of manure 
that no amount of additional artificial cee 
o 
me ke oe cae 
hihwever, which throws note light he experiments :— 
“The only obj ong come = asa trial: field for manure was 
its high condition. feared that the lots might be too 
much alike, and this a sctpoth roved correct. In the 
periments as much as 7 cwt. of Peruvian guano and 14 
ted th: ol 
manure whatever, aithonet 7 Mave little ido ubt that 
lots would have yielded next to nothing.” Well, if t hey 
lded next to no thii ng, the land could not be in a highly 
cultivated state. It is evident, I think, that the land w: 
eae super-saturated with manure, and experiments ate os 
uch s bn tad a Prowse: s throw much light on the 
ameady of 
y have za aed 
q | porary sheds er rected aa the walls 
c 
there ariel are the principal in the 
Par 
ts | than 
21., William Coppi 
The I Lam; 
w “Agricultural Hall 
EN of epes I abou’ e 
There are s 
specting tian m. The prei thing has 
poer 3 and is A ile in a commodious manner 
E es PR AA 
placed in tem- 
which sw surround 
the phen in oe of 
to the eat of in seat 
the east of the gery the e sheep are co 
n the sam p epee are the sees imple- 
machines, 
The total entries are as follows :—Bulls: Shorthorn, ye 
132; two years, 36 $ three 11; upwards of three 
—126. Hereford, 
there was no 
of making ae report t 
The ipne, 
e hour 
means FE ascertaining A s 
Best Shorthorn Bull calved in 1857.—lst Prize, 5l., James 
Taigaa Ahelstanoford, ens Scotland, for 
Lothian ”—a fine animal; 2d, 3l, Chas. 
an Douglas's, but is 
inger, Carrietwohill, Trelan ao for “ Emulous. 
pra f Lothian received the Gold Medal a being the DAR 
“TL Best ®horthorn Bull calved in 1856. —Ist. 5l., John 
Christie, Adan, eres for Home wget which obtained the 
lst D y last year at W: ord; 2d, 3l., Visco y 
Charlwith, Eek arey. Ireland, for “Comet,” e e: z 
hite animal which has on this occasi on atiadie kiria 
Ill. t Shorthorn Bull calved in 1855.— lst, 5l., 
Talbot i a ae for “ 
ges s 
Iv. eA Gee hi 
entry in ea eA of A nn oe eee 
in 1855, bw wnibited by on celebrated A appreciated 
breed of stock does not see: ae 
Ireland. 
V. aoe te —There is no competition. — 
VIL. Bola. st, Large, SUE sahil 
Mr. ts Model Farm, Glasnevin, Dublin, for Master y 
am 
X. Best Bull of y brot ae ana, E c st, Large 
Silver Medal, Ambrose Ball eJ acob,” a 
ARRA thi by alluding to the reg reson 
h Te paton Ente be eight the land p Sho, ria calve eed a Ist May "1854. re: nimal ba i 
mi ht bey adede to ETE what state phosphate | *™ 5 
ph a to he used in agriculture “Tt is — that for a quick- eres tgp ay 1857.—' zA ate weil 
E ti ice tho Turnip erop, food oug t to be t in Thome Ball, Malahide, for ee: aa, Small e 
a readily soluble condition, but at the ink we babs a bull bred oa ik 7 ett 
cannot wn a general rule that, under ces, tae u ne 
hosphates, which we a) ply i za the shape of cial ures, | 2, Best Shorthorn , cal ace rge Silver 
should iie al I make this remark, not | Medal, James Douglas (as Gorcenid), i or s Venus d Medici. 
think it is a question with which the ae ae 2d, Small | dated Medal, James ace oes of 
much to do, but it is a question which be de- enus de Medici” is wim ar the O ‘Challenge Cup, 
