408 
fully to fix upon a place where we consider wil 
an average yield. Having mae upon a 
off one or two statute 
them of tops, t p. 
bout 
we kse ain 
_THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
rmers erway i down as coming within these stric- 
are the exceptions, not the 
| far 
— but the caretaking 
e. A Read r D FA 
a rae of 1 
tai A et 
worth 4 DE ton :— 
o. II. Composition of adulterated 
at 121 per 
| 
Org: and ammoniacai 
crop i ht t Toctettes. Jorane salts! 
phates of ia and me Fs 
in diff the field Tk ‘Op, so ‘tat scoring Oxides oe Bat. ae 
ur judgment we get as near an average weight YAL AGRICULTURAL OF ENGLAN Carbonate o of lim an 
possibig under the circumstances, The above is the WEEKLY Covnctt, May 12: Lord pong Presi- Alkaline salts (common salt Pe +. all 3 
the weight of the root crops both Insoluble silicious matter (sand vente 
gnt p: dent, in ithe chair. (sand) .. = wf 
with this society and t the Cheshire one. In the Royal! Proressor VOELCKER, the Consulting-Chemist of a 
North Lancashire Society a t Staffordshire | the ak transmitted the following re reports of his lity 
Society the judges decide th ye which is | This guano contains only one- doug i ea, 
the best and the cleanest crop, and of course retu r feeding cattle, and on the fabrication of spurious Peruvian ‘giitioand three-fourth: ter oi its l 
no weight. In my opinion this mode of deciding gua nos, so ae paren in external characters to her rao geocoding Gann = ST WW. are 
r ; z u 
on the merits of a root crop is ast objection- | fhe os articles as to have deceived the most and contain only about “it Sh Ste 
able. To ascertain the average wei of a crop not experienced dealers, ea to have ‘their inferior value two-thirds of foreign admixtures. In Ne soa 
less than half an acre should be weighed, and it should detected only by adulterating materials are chalk and sand in Nop aa 
be by taking whole drills through the field at cert 1_—COTTON SEED CAK fine copralite powden Bee as Well as yaaa 
ama from each other; and this would make an} 1 have the pears of submittin e inspection of ton. The following table exits t t es e a 
pense amount of labour e inspectors. I will the members of the Society copies “of analyses of two two — with, that pe 
ake o har mode of taki h sampl f a new k of Cotton-seed cake. Both Peru 
© of taking the samples, under the name of decorticated Cotton cakes. Ci sitio fa a n d 
': o uine terated 
weight. seg a square ayer The were lately offered for sale at London and Liverpoo no. ee ~_—— sa 
pe has ie deilla: pal tr o sides. In doing so respectively. An inspection of the subjoined analyses will 
ie will he Sappen “that the line will cross thes pra show that this new kind of cake is superio; ; 
a bul roperties to any sample of Cotton-cake which I previously 
b; very many instances, will not examined. It will be observed that both are extremel 
eae of lary ong ~ an excert ou “i oo “gon rich in flesh-forming principles, as well as in oil an fatty 
ing under me e true 1g will not be atters. Indeed specimens of Cotton-cake con- 
given. Another objectio the weighing system is, tained a great de of these valuable constituen oe 
See’ $ , than the best Linseed-cake, ‘ht to be, d łOrganic matter and salts of 
E ga! eee ae Pace eerie l aer Maa to the analysis, poss Valukhie ‘a iede stuff thas 9 swrmunia... aS i ; 
J % ek afte e same bu Linseed-cake. I would observe, however, that the ana- osphates o ime an mag: à 
would weigh 10 per cent. less. After the weight lytical results obtained in the examination of feedin nesia (bone-earth) ., «| 22.07 
would not diminish much. Another objection to the re an gilcake are insufficient in themselves to de- Carbonate of lime (chalk) 
Sg] > Š term relative practical feeding value. Vario Sulphate of lime (gypsum) .. 
weighing system is the great difficulty of making the pear nm umerous to be detailed in this place, Carbonate of magnesia .. | None ae 
farm servan on in cleanin; d weighing the aftect the practical value of articles of food. Thus the oil Alkaline salts T.I . 
bulbs. They are up to all sorts of tricks, and seem po Mie tances anes be ee: readily assimilated as Le Insoluble silicious matter (sand)) 1, 
* : pye : atty matters in Linseed-cake, or it may not agree wit i 
more Po sometimes about winning than their the constitution of animals, or the cak frit be disliked . . ood 
r this work an pee pele by ge y beasts and sheep, or contain something or the other, hal pas nitrogen ..  ..| 15. 
eyes—two before, t wo behind, and o h side. ot anally, asoa goei analysis, which may affect its Equal to-ammonia -iis ssl 10; 6.86 
practical utilit; n not! ort of actual fe 
n> ae of f Liv i erponl som = soft the aria xperiments will suffice to nacer iii in T satisfactory I have also the pleasure of placing on the mE 
pay y. “grea atten a O the cu tivation of their manner the comparative value of this Cotton-cake and of guano from the Falkland bee a 
rae crops, and also never e the m Both the Linseed-cake. But as Cotto: -cake, much inferior in com- Ie cee and African gu: Pgh oa d 
rnk EPa pve growth of tied for tot the oan los ae by is lately, pon poe these is the KEN Island guano, jt isnot 
urpose: aan erable advantage, it is P i 
Si wolak: Mangel, and Carrots. The | angel seems to highly pro obable that the experience of practic: Seeder tai much Te patios The Kooria Hooe AS 
delight in a deep peaty 1 1 : fs in inf 
gat in a deep peaty loam well drained. Mr. Birch’s will o i Soro ie -cake is an omic. in phosphates, but like the sample of inferior Idihoe 
field, at | was of this description. There was not substitute for the much more expensiv e Linseed-cake. guano and the African guano submitted to 
a blank in the field. Bulbs 18 inches long and some Co mposition Apin samples of decorticated Cottonseed e paa eigen In eoni Pepe? MEE e to 
feet, thick i portion, starcely a runner in Me No. I. No; a a inferior conan 
Moisture f. Ay we 8.97 67 are generally sold also high. In conclusion I beg to 
the whole. Very fr crops o! of. el aa at Me gen by Oil and fatty mati ae IA .. 19.19 at that in bu ng Peruvian guano at ner ee 
3 pure s y pees r. Samuel ueilage, gum, aids sugar . 12.25 14.47 guarantee than a letter in which the - 
Swedes would still h: i ne compounds (flesh-formin, supply “ ian guano, best quality.” No ana 
d been sown a little later. “te ae! oe Na : the inet; ples of : = 42.62 43.21 KRA is required to test the honesty of the dealer, sincea 
fine c but not i 2 k; Sue Pure cellular fibre woody fibre) +. 10.22 11.45 perfectly trustworthy opinion can be given the 
a iene u con ry g Baned T ma ree Inorganic matte oe BAS 8.27 q 
ro y ght, clear skinn thy ‘roots ; 
many 2 feet long, and i eir thicknses ee mS ji 
dowa. W. Rothe, one of the j Aay inhill. wn Sae mh tate a Sa 0 $ ; 
Tenant Right.—There is no question more than this SPURI gave to himself, as it would doubtless alsoto the other 
needing to be thoroug! y defined and understood. I n N ‘the facility of detecting admixtures in | members of Society, to find their Consult g- 
ill enumerate the items which I have found to give} genuine Peruvian o by simple chemical means, | Chemist thus furnishing to the Council, for immediate 
rise to disputes between landlords and out going tenants, ENA ROES eoa of, this most important of all announcement to the agri range 
i nti F : 
ive the panao oa Sath the eye of some one able to| quarters. "During Wie lat two montane | eal results of his aesoch a Tie was gad tint Oe 
ive the public a a series of sta rules, suited to the samples of factitious and of adultera; nos were sen at the small expense of 5s. h had the 
dife me for examinati on, whale eia stanco induces me to! privilege of obt ining a feb ye of the true value of 
attention of the t iet; t 
Land drained by the sehen at E joint expense with the the subject of adulteration of goano, * Thave tie bcos any substanc red to him of the 
landlord: that is, the tile found, how many years should be con- of presenting for i ea everal samples of bee guanos,| guano. At Mr. Hobbs’s s suggestion t the thanks 
laying forget let ins pongi splanted bythe amy moni Prete f he e T CARN ponneil pete o dered e ad 
A em ? 1 tenan - of the. f ; 
e E a noel he a a a 
e i i in ing it. comparison of the composition of these | Withahopeon sofi 
rest when the’ oeoupier primes Tabs Arunas pill ferial faa e wit segs al; men bled, wil sh S ponme. as t pear sn hi 
pecimen is also exhibited, wi oO h igati i i i as i 
fives ations to oat th the serie dhesalens Recs me if ‘sold. Sere is a m ree Ea bad manos, even = nora x on ising i - 
sol or 47, less than Pi Tao can edia i 
the flood-ga io 
If tt "i have been executed properly: and Sopra teeny te — ANNUAL VETERINARY pet 
the various s ens on the tabl The following Annual Report was read ith ‘ 
as hom should yad it is needful that the tenant Sou qe | > tie tis for aiy ome to distin aer utterly im asia of the a Veterinary College :— Council, the 
unerated, if circumstances tend to his closin g the e| os E the _ Bening eruvian. The fact is, the| In prese: their annual zapori to the oo ‘her 
teiding. guano- rs have acquired such skill in their nefarious Governors. “desire in the’ first place A nothing bss 
5th. fi to the extra shedding often dòne Dy Site ising | pract im, that nelther by the wack: smell, or ie eye, t = gratification that during t sie has 80! 
tenants, the landlord finding the materials. These and also im- | adultera ting materials can be detected. Tt is now Se oe ee ee ee 
San iy Sddistons to: the e dwi g house ought to be is tho oh ve a = mei lumps in P viens iot A Fa Ee ne > Royal veterinary one 
, dust most inti : je 
pe a mien atid cite tions, Sth. As to the powdered chalk, um, elow Y sep cokes sa They see in this continued co-operation an assurans, 
state of repairs on, if put thoroughly in what is gypsum, y „or whatever i 1 reciates the 
hoc ogra — hen entering, what portion to be b ria material may be, and to add afterwards the ae L a ommmanity, fa the ppe of v 
maintai: y t mant, ifying doors, windows, gates of genuine o, so as to give adulterated’guano the ant. OES of cattle, 
thatched. roofs ‘th. pie apnoea outward characters of the best Be ian. medicine in its application to th the 
Say pegs eA re sian < bei gr a pt which fraudulent dealers Pepa Aek eE tn pein ciently and pigs, and thus to raise Tete, mpor nt i 
bones, superphosphates, o, and lime. When is fine state the admixtures in order to obtain a perfectly uni- ealing art above the practice of oe have had under 
exhausted ; that is, after what crops ? form powder with the o-dust is very great; but During the past ths ions relating to the 
many conflictin Monts ari if it be considered that o guano worth only 4l. per ton is consideration sev important questions took means t 
rany conflicting arguments ari ntsit| sold at the full price of the best Peruvian, it will easily Pere tin of the pupils, and thoy cras 
bar highly | oe rs Agricultural Society Sopostved that a good in for profit A left Ce eo Linen this toed Pe demonstrator # 
WO: set of well digested rules dra’ up to g the expense. The e specimen marked No. I. is the appointm i from 
meet t . The Peeter guano which does not contain, I believ X rtick Anatomy so as to relieve the professors positions of 
it would have due wel e A ith thera id et Sorex Pe vian guano, an and is altogether a clumsy imitation. of py 80 much of th me ot the 
ight with t geet rising that such a stuff can fi i arrangement of the ty with 
purchasers. This F attended 
with tenants. Between landi and tenant Tt ‘wonld sists entirely of fine yellow loam, sand, The carrying out of this bei ve been enabled i0 
be well that the proprietor would do the wil len epairs, gypsum, chalk; a little salt, and ic ers, in happiest result, as the fessors poyn: the mitt j 
and charge a rel accordingly, It is hat some ao. liti BOE th erae yit oe ere ae poten, joie ese a0 ting dome 
causes o í 
tenants are c reful nd employ ants pind their} utmost man’ is worth nl, vig area P animals. With reference to the lectures § 
hers | d sh z baat to the interest 
j; ers hire mere boys, an TS hutters ea — Composition of a sample of guano warranted ha et subjec cones = bay nothing occurred tobii 
oat o be broke en by the wind = gates broken, ie pe bats tat altogether artifici ially made up, value only | their empe deliver pipi men ae oi 
and pi sheds Men Ret ag f tire session, and ti success 
i erae ‘and ba ck Mg stove out ut, hedges never | ge ic matter and am. r ee of the pupils of the (Apai eo “with te pombe YE 
‘lacked until two-thirds of the bottom is dead, water- Phosphates of lime and m magnesia ‘one earth) 17.88 corto She fact neers FE a 
and ditches ioka to fill, back ponding the Oxides E a and alumi i 82) bese eel Veterinary Surgeons BES 
e mudded up; nor d Pe 3 mate of lime (c k) j -: ai n greater than in former ahont the krai 
care » until ae alee ‘common ie PATHOLOGICAL ANatomy.—Throug! : 
fo bri = = t ane ab Insolul sats (eor riip gin © Srey O08 ived from the members of t 1 
r a bric] ves dod * e amount, and a san see, 2L 78 of di and $ 
many val spec . 
gz rs and out routed u i 00.00| history e cases occurred, tion of the Fe of 
g id Tha: walls of Pig yards thro s have been made available for the ini f the Pro ng. 
; Tar by the demonstrations lanation op instructions, mans 
Bit noe ae pigs. core No. a guano, which has all the appearance of an cattle pathol ın addi to this Mie, 
: i pr in happy C, sample of Peru » but which contains in reality The pL soca esire to give en cal possiti j 
are felt, t ry a eg wn aoe hid only about one-fourth ita weight of genuine Peruvian of making the education of the pupil as 
lord or his agent tent ve 1o ks after the property ‘aie — son o_less than three-fourths ois weight. = yellow because. from circumstances whi 
stigmatised as ontaining ei rogen oe 
far By setting Equal to am | 
i 2 
+ Co’ nae ge a se ae en 
Egual to a 
