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Mar 29, 1858.] THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 443 
a nce Ay aire ar; Cows: “in mce to the Professor of Cattle Pathology and his pupils. circumstance that vegetable physiology ma 0 eaid b 
mous quan ntity of pon un given i is, tha The ‘Council have snes ok ap” Voelcker, of the Royal | in its infancy. teas it is in ates of a fi a be = 
fall milk. The result bs ese expe e a } Agricultu ee e at Cirence: the © onsulting-chemist to | | established generalisations, and S ve jad 
me a „great t deal 00 ore food i 5 n col bes an in the Society ; 2 d he has already p eraen] before the members | too commonplace ace to form the pe L r 
. ndly, ee a lecta ire on dirs; coreg Chemistry in its Relation | objects of its present activity consist chiefiy of questions still 
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mild wes > J ndensed 8 a ts eba srlonde as int 
tis not desirable to give milch cows con eae eee. t a a E] Etato erloaded with u t 
ry i ich food, 2 oilcake, Beans, &e. M. S. [It is acne Sioa on on Tamili iie ‘ piyclogy ae Wednesday | | onc prov aera "oot Phere parse peer Aaro whioh 
what the yield m butter was in the peee TA ee ee age nay u nee? aa on a Pinior | appeared to me, therefore, better, especiall 
the quality of the mi cker’s, will be en down fie "its: fall extent əy a short- | circumstances to which I shall wesently allude, t ` 
There was su surely hag ifference in q y h ake made rablia, j | 3 = -z I : e, to occupy your 
if not in its quanti that this aiy geod cre of the lectures, by at once placing | science of vegetable physiology itself, selecting these illustra- 
Small Farms in Ireland.—There is one point in n- Mr, | before the agricultural community any facts of an important | tions, as faras possible, from departments of the subject which 
ight which must have practical character, will be ee to meet the wishes of the | — her do at present or hereafter may admit of a practical appli- 
h o gee tenant righ s 4 
Caird’s ge ai uld speak of Irish members. The Chester meeting promises, from its variety and | ca tion. Th na staan er pap to which I have just Auded as 
caused great s urprise, viz., sth ~ ce 0 Tis berries to be of an A ERE vE pekia aaraa The Council have | cially influe: g me is the aaa or the direction of 
tS farms, ma 5 to =: age ii ity the a p aiai aree Mower art for er og of A aera | cultural ph physiology of la late y e e tendency which rai or 
assir ‘seater in Ireland w we| vators, by whic ive merits will be tested during — able physio! ra properly so called, in the back- 
ery the nr amt Athy. stato: from: maedsol Cay hae decided that machinery in motion sorting sod aam r Berirama at aey Fear at he litarature of 
A f xhi- cience, we fin at the wor 
farms, and the very small proport: of Turnips-or | bited on the e plan last year. The Council have | most imprensiod, yrds which have been most valuable, andare 
I Js on them; with the rarest pasis Fanos 2 or 2 adopted the recommendation of the Local Committee, that | bestknown, have been written by chemists. I needsearcelyallude 
are their usual proportion. y farmer can- | dinner should take pl in the Music Hall at Chester, reo to the works of mene j and Mulder; even in the writings of 
acres i R hei FASE t ne of accommodating 500 gnests. They have decided that the a nd of Lawes ar and Gilbert, vegetable physiol 
from this what their pr 5 veness mus future, when a dinner is proposed at the IE be maa Mecting of Pro} alled has been recognised, still the vital me ` 
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statistics make it high, it. is: a,sure p borne by the Local Committee, the Coun serving to Dra rahia ons than as primary. The chemistry of the subject 
consta! thes ncertamt t sige e the ameiaeknonaEt of appointing tho chairman, por prr preparing | has been that which has principally orem mane: attention. 
proof of their u Y gpano the list of toasts ; after the present year, the show of from aipha of this, far from regarding it as a mistake, I 
small gamer sg a p g beet ve sng EN a aan “retry Se rion of tthe een oe sche all be oa regard it esirable, ae ese if we a a 
arm on: een per appoin report upon | progres: citar does 1 mn 
and as vob extent, it is ey the preprints, of renewing or discon arr anaes the current chemistry “a some of is am pnis reacia materials, niis. Ty ewetable: 
portion be mA seit: iti A a a ia year, the triennial arrangement for the trial -of implements, | physiology is aiora chemistry, but orga 
productive, rp adopted for the Chelmsford, Salisbury, and Chester meetings. fe seg bear to van vance to a certain degree of perfection, before 
Mr. Caird got his opinion to the contrary. No doubt'| The Council have selected Warwick as the place of the Country | wi ‘upon whieh vegetable 
the tenants of these arms often save money, but this is| Meeting fiia naiona ear a ; and have decided that after the property. pation d It is hardly rere 
f some of them, spending year 1860 they w: beya to hold a oinp iien ea ‘tab of the he views ‘which pies beau entertained by those _ 
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almost nothing i spes labour or anything else, so that when |-the adoption fei nnde iari with t $ notion that the life of plants or animals ‘co 
good crop does come, it is nearly all profit. But Dy order of the Council, areny team a succession of chemical changes. Such a view can: 
Sekai production is the great blot of the James Hupso, Secretary. | onl; tertained by those who take an extremely ongs 
‘and it is: wonderful: to: see when the land Mr. arker T proposed fo: w the office Of President, sided view of the subject. The old illustration of the duck’s 
p 4 mese:iberal sysbem to se im. | at the giaa maiis cof the curren nt yen r, his Grace the tht and the hen’s a hem are Sermage ee to ae ar ote is some- 
the crops. It is oft 
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x same | ber of the Society, ‘and manifested great interest in its of life, cern ‘the uae phenomena of: organisation. 
land. EE ie ree s s Chemists will scarcely be able to distinguish by any means 
Lord Feversham seconded the motion, which w. as | Pelonging es -o to me chemist, eoa the germ of the 
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aw ciettes. carried unanimously. It was a0 Foe that the ome another, ies ‘the or which results in the produet of 
pho Ca members of the Creek recommended for election had | a totally different organisation. The line of argument thusillus- 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL OF ENGLAND. been elected ays gly. rated shows at once oe we oe sie order hgt pume vw 
A Weexty Covnor was held on Wednesday, the Mr, R. er, Chairman of the Finance Committee, | of chemical conditions and changes, and. take inta AA aa the 
19th of M C ar ived. — 1| then read ea folio ing balance-sheet : phenomena of life. The phenomena. of life as 
ay. ommunications were: received: — 1. pien the 
From the Rev. W. W. Harvey, of Buckla: Hauer-Y. Seagate vaoxe Jory 1 10 Deo, 3 185 857. nomena presented Uy the conversion of mine at is, phe- 
OP ag perc wich Receipts During the Half-Year. £ s. dq. | nomena presented by the conversion of mineral or dead matter 
Herts, on ieee severe personal injuries Balance ‘in the hands of the Bankers, July 1, 1857.. 989 § 10| into organs. Now, the. difference between organs and sub- 
had occurred recently in his own oak er in the Bet Cash Calance in tho handia the Secretary, stances—those parts or constituents which. d living 
cases of persons connected wi sa cultural ped si S POGANI qg“ g y| things from.mineral.or dead: substances—lies. in the cireum- 
% From. the Hen noe soli Did n Stock A g cies re ce, that. while in substances we have may 
f [ender und, s ae Governors’ Life Composit: tións 90 0 0|call merely qualities, in the organs we have what are called 
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aid on the part of the Society. 3. From Sir Governors’ Annual Subscriptions... a ** ty 9 0 | functions. The qualities are, as it were, passive characteristics, 
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be decided by the total ge cost, and condition of| Veterinary Grant ii 
the landat the end of that period of trial.” 5. From- Veterinary Professors’ Expenses ‘abroad FPA Y, 
Mr. Donglaa, an essay:on the Potato disease. ae = si oe oon dig TR 
British Minister in Switzerland, a copy of Dr. is my. 
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principles to the management of domesti animals, | Petty ‘Cash Balance in the aunts of the Poroila of importance in subject—the © eine pt 
, Diszase amonc Sueer.—The: President reported gas E —_-___ | _ In the first sb plaoo, T would direct attention to the phenomena 
tion he had that day received from Leicester- £4919 10 4 | illustrating the existence of constitutions in species. or kinds 
the disease on t Taos. RAYMOND BARKER, Chairman, Finance of plants. The pienses ps which pro . leer wep familiar to 
which’ rendered e CHA NER, on 
confined at them hot and sore. wel: gar Ey Com flowers in the winter season, when the great proportion of the 
at present to a oo and rye pearing audited, and found correct, this 21st of May, 1858. n planta are in this country are unable not only to. form. 
been taken by barren ewes or lamb hoggs t the Georce I. RAYMOND. BARKER, \ fe Auditors on 
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fected by this ‘a should be sent direct tothe Royal of the majority. of ‘plants in. this. climate ; the particular 
Werrxty Counci: May 26.—Colonel Challoner, irritability wap a its feo pase 3 ae riged pec pasa 
Pedea Trustee, in the Chair. 2 genera ea Pest a under different conditions from aie oe eae 
read the pesan of the Connell as nar ass 1. From. the Bari of ing the ce | guishable psobebizn the majority of T their characters. There 
The Society : REPORT. | of adisease in Wheat-erop o ps oF t the valley of Me Mexico, ja eteryy, erate: meee Ne probably marge oes be agp ians in the 
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the Society out of the market, men: 
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Professor Henfrey, of King’s College, London, P 
delivered before the members the following lec aers ja 
‘the | Vegetable ee T th 
the Council that thes a i-cSnraepaar pepe remus ssid cian of jia — only of the reper is a climates. 
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diantntah fie amount of the Ei details con: next coh 7 rss Jomas there: wasan 
y aid as Te payas ii for the purpose pr pae hj task A A T Teea gei | average temperature of 19° of > date from Comey, at 
st the Joun ponere sceneries Sean el tn: eile oom o | ican under “the equator, whore ang gar 
ent paper occasional loctures which have been t orrena i Tano E ani Novembre P 
have thousand | terest from cireumstance that xperiments h. 
Cage been sold. 2 Gow sme Be ay he Raval ¥ |, iy b icra ree fecting 
tr Are presented hee sunt ep rof the Eoyal Vi gR peon: iat hort noti U! cason the 
arara showing. 
tds S ot entie shee, i gy tone canton a hich are hare capable of As T| that that, heat s 
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Society D i ote whose ee science 7 daa, 
= more the mem pr fant to x ion to seleneo i at, prosent they scarey adit: Gxcepti got i were overlooked in th he frst. rascals co 
th diseased animals in roin ate: aa ‘on. the | instance, Boussin not pay attention, tothe eamin 
1 tins furnish means fora larger amount of h piopio Here again Bes shear, erm mor met me in tne | useless BAAN plants do not move at certain tempera- 
