sux 10, 1858.) THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
en 
and is mewed every year, b Vapour a gaseous compound is given off. In fact, an escape of f to contra 
erer “return ed to the fi KEF ammonia takes place, which would appear to be the cause of 
the blood gep solidified orcoagulated. Hereafter we may 
rom 
carbonic acid to dilate their cell wal 
appen ‘that b eta the -e ri colour of arterial is, ana 
e dark red hue of venous ue nis cause. Besides 
en 
eos bes ar ay has 
mall per centage s to 
i eat we ag have occasion t show that there are some diseases where f the cells themsel i e 
produced oyei in re and fields in | certain changes taking place in the blood a taniioney to its | depends o; parragi Vall : an preg proms red colour which. 
t employ e gar pe: led kæmato-globuline with whick th 
diban which e wns.’ These | clotting within the vessels is produced, and w such ten- | a e hæmatine contains the iron y? Perd 
vy jmmediate en > ai affecting de be got rid of by the exhibition of insulate. was at one time supposed that it w: col uence of the 
sans seem y $ blood is received into a vessel, as a glass a for m iron existing in an alte: ‘orm, either as i 
etos nd London in particular; their correctness | ample, and bas undergone this peculiar solidifica oxide of iron in the different parts of the system, that the 
Sagan, Germany 15 „3 doubtful. It is more Aae if it is placed at rest winds short — that a ae saatt H alteration in the colour of the blood depended Investigations 
regards bo lluded to zum rom the clotted mass, whic off, = which | have disproved this, which is desi ro i 
S o suppose th that the su DELA FERE p 4 e are in the habit a. das seth the porinan part o by showing that when hemetine is libs oe arabe eae 
a e e cel 
amli be used in the yg of pwan m omit ee table Fluid bloo does not change colour on exposure to the gases in question. 
those tow with v uantities of vegetable Fibrin It will be understood that the bl ust be brought to the 
t gium, y, and general ly ane on in aT Ate the liquor sanguinis. lungs for purpose of undergoing this impo: ge, | 
all countrjes in w Mea i panther aos is | on the NOEL rs mek za ge me ed a the on = me he veins are the 
gating i each other, and ibri perform this office. ese v i 
amed on, where khe, LOWDE lje noer TIRE oe 1 j forming the crassamentum or clot; and | Plood back to the right side of the heart from al of the j 
a ly w hat th irh] PEE AEA mergo. yi CO mea sale eng Boor pg rt it pas: i 
arteries to r cells of th The capillaries of $ 
r employed, show us that they are highly -m erage remaining in solution as the seru: pae r - P o j 
small vessels which are intermediate t 
pa, often bought at a . high price and tea gas jr Serum is shown by the t table to whi Sr I I refer as Sean these a and veins, ramify upon the external portion of 
ex miles to farms. Be S qu f | made up chiefly oF etn alts, ame n albumi the in the e way as we would pl; minute 
+t manure which is not saleable on the spot ‘s -work ov l. These vessels are so closely | 
rette, &c., and forwarded to agricul- bets i PEA at AOR y do 2o orojit the 1-3000th part or an inch 
: res rum— eter, the consi than 
a great distance. Within the last ten years | | themselves, Thus the Ap irr in the 5: hem to be 
ries have everywhere increased albumen spread out almost as a continuous film, and oy ae of 
ual incr o intepat sgi y blood sper laara yers a brought freely in contact wi 
eae a considerable proportion o “oe 
neue nt superfluo: r passes down 
towns be lost, yet those who prac- crassamentum{ e nde and thence ana ite maden Coens aa air cells of the 
qabi are not answ propie for toig red particles aaa a ~~ 4 is thas that the oxygen enters t li the 
kaht to a good price for a in coats o the air cells and capill ) the 
Epa AAY system Liebig We have no means, as has been already stated, of obtaining | blood. By the influence of oxygen the blood is changed 
f ure. p € x serum except by allowing blood to remain at rest ; hae Nature | & dark colour to a ee. red. In this condition it passes 
Jast stage of rapacious agriculture, inasmuch as | can readily separate it from other constituents while within | from the lungs to the left side of the heart, and thence through 
the entire body to the caj cupillnciée of each organ, where the 
oxygen uniting with the See heat is evolved, and tar 
is again changed from a bright red to a dark red co ur by 
the carbonic acid, which is now present within it. In this stags 
it is unfitted for the maintenance of life, besides having los 
1 its heat-gi raf gota and consequently i it is brought : 
of Clover, Lucerne, and other deep rooted plants. such aff EAEE o 4s gs that it may again undergo the important changes 
this wa ee under-layers of the soil are also | into other parts of the system, consists chiefly of serum. "ane 
ot only a double one, 
“then the ner icnlrerk ia a | fluid may have undergone some a as to its propor- 
To pass eart. This is 
that is, rite ‘of a right mi deft side, but = each side it 
tionate quantity of water or albumen, for instance, but essen- | is divided into two different cavities, which r the name 
His whole PEA wili not suffice to provide | tially it is the same in ite 
id t; nature. of the auricle and ventricle, an one edits agen heart is 
be an equivalent for what has hans erage ri en it is in a perfectly normal state we find that it con escribed as a double , or yit ri said the 
When these alimen’ substances have once disap- | all the water of the blood : thus in a thousand parts of blood ide is conn he pulmonic circula- 
pared they are irretrievably lost for ever; ‘ha T there are no less than 784 of water. p serum anes ise con- | tion, the other with the systemic. The left side is ected 
seth adaro like. Aho Caia mpagna — a Se = ret blood piei nam tae solution. Spatha res and er ant side with the former. — 
cmntry becomes a e matters are c! ely composed af the hos cet 4 of the en, takes place when the heart is in a state o 
df Rome.” lime and magnesia; the tribasic phosphate of Sodas Ss contraction ; but the pale of the ry takes on the 
AA consistent Baron Liebig could not avoid | chlorides an sodium and potassium. There are some aoe contrary when the artery is in a state of peers aa and the 
to the above conclusions, for in his opinion no salts which are of no less importance to the well-being of the | two things occur simultaneously, for the arteries are 
EPEA rs stant. Rubee p. | organism ; ut these it is unnecessary to speak of. The phos- | themselves in order toreceive the blood, while the heart is con- 
prt the m pi imentary Sub- | phate of lime exists in considerable quantity, as it has to give | tracting to drive it into them. The pulse, therefore, in the 
dances, lly in the soil or only artificially ess and strength to the bones. In short, we find upon an | two depends upon totally different causes. You are well aware 
mised up with it, is dissolved by the water ;* therefore rt of the cm = Peay ome r prin = meen org hee r Pca ewe : mai 
ay : e composition of the erent tissues of the s | enal jud _ were, of the state of an ani. 
mms) that is once ae om the | the body is composed of various solids, e whol 7 or for: of the nature of pe it under which he 
lower strata of the soil is lost to them for ever hen | solids were originally fluid, that is to say, they all exist in a | may suffer. 
these substances have been. entirely rest to the te of free solution bl Food might as well, in| This, however, rather forms that part of this lecture which is 
upper strata of the th by s of farm-yard supplying the — 5 ; i, e = rior to the as ive a and which I shall enter upon at the next weekly 
manure. For th rectness of the supposition that Siaa rts rar di mal anbld- Gree: oy asada 
ary canal, acted upon by the secre- 
e 
; ES j y t i alimenta! y 
the cultivated land is pel in a very serious s ate of tions which come from the liver ana tho pancreas arid which PROSPECTS OF THE HARVEST. 
ity, h parai wags its nutritive portions in a fluid Those nutritive 
3 a nature. ares Seiko with | Parts constitute the chyle, and this on being carried into the BEDFO: Biddenham, July 2.—The Wheat crops willbe 
table p Fisculation by a set of rede termed the lacteals becomes con- | an average; e; the Oat and Barley rors. below an average; the 
a smi rotation of crops more corn is produced every- | verted into pure blood, and thus ministers to the wants of the Bean and Pea crops a failure th Turnips and Potatoes, 
where in five six, crops than formerly in eight. ner To "return to ‘ho serum. This fluid possesses a unless we have rain in a few Pree less half a crop; 
Liebig ee in supposing that the area of | § cific gravity, which is a little greater than that of water, | Mangelsnot so bad. Wm. lavender, — Bedford, July 5.—From. 
corn s has been red: a it Boa thie ali which ses from the quantity of albumen that it contains. | Observation and inquiries we find that on the light soils of this 
reduced beca 1- | About 70 parts of albumen are met with in a thousand of| county both Wheat and Barley are en io deficient in 
mentary a pi i 3% pes ished Com serum, or in other words about 7 pe cent. of the serum is | quantity as well as quality. On the clays the Wheat looks 
tivated in a much s aj Meade up zor proin ina state of soluti EES and althougs = kx A promises an ae ae. 
e been discovered e chie f the albumen, sen is derived from the ey is not heavy, but shou e weather voura 
itive substances by which te n greater ong of the protein compounds of food, is to form fibrine ied undergoing the quality is likely to be E- will be a short crop; 
can be concentrated = soil; | à higher degree of vitalisation. Besides this, albumen is con con.| the bloom has not set we! in some p we hay 
i consequently on this diminished space much more sumed in certain par of the body for the purpose o the y very ck upon them. Peas are ina bad state from 
crops can now be attained than Sette a is ese tion. All those tissues which are plo horny are album rag the fly and | Pinar ip some of the earlier sown crops 
The nextconstituent of the blood to which I shall alludeis that 
extent. Moreover a greater extent of which passes under the name of fibrine. Fibrine is probably 
parts of the’ 
promise to be tolerably good. Oats are peng Pi rth ae s but 2 
former]: b very W 
y proi duced ut madoguate] t he most essential of the whole of the component 
a fom o YA the growth blood: § ing = — teen = entire tas a = oo me e men erg worse. Hay is a good 
egeta mpioyed rine. ‘ormed consequen: greai Harrost 
in th pity perg Ge age heh ate in ha Inte shoes substances which we Tis ‘true the mand Ltr 9 fame cation Fred. Howa: 
paring the land kets, and partly me or tissues. Muscle, tendon, ents, &c., B RE: Newbury, uly 7—The harvest in this neighbour- 
‘tad in « for rich corn The. pi. os familiar illustrations. re are not more than about two| bood will be unusually forward. The Wheat is good on 
2 sense it may be asserted parts of fibrine in a thousand parts of healthy blood. As is| the strong holding lands, but the reverse on the 
T poari the case with regard peuran so with to fibrine, it Barley and Oats will be considerably under the 
try intensi ive agriculture e 
rc iym the soil pa thai X- | canbe both increased and diminished. If fibrine under any |, av Peas, and Vetches are bad. 
thing A t can give well founded | cireu mstances should bo inereased, then we have a highly DORSETSHIRE : Corfe Castle, July 5,—From my own ol 
as to th excited sifa bey ee nee igh pairs, orgies: a baaissale and inquiry of neighbours I think wit! to Wheat the 
poison i eS A are. predispo matory diseases. 
: NATURE AND ge Daring” arig Pe brine is greatly increased in the] anave e rust in the flag has made its 
at ON OF THE Faces there can abe no doubt Sak one main reason of the thi eek pos and ro Eys 
A benefit of blood letting in all in ry diseases is that we} ™ laid by storms eS ae a heavy 
‘tis subject ly given two lectures on ng end remoye the excess of fibrino i in which aE is prent straw, laid by the storm where uxuriani : 
ich we ee e Baral AOE Society, from | It has been said that it reaches as much as ten parts in a eaen oan D oe viata oe 
make the peie tracts :— thousand when vg i firii “ogan uring er n fiy. 
i tio lly promise a hea p: 
ang a imal body as a whole we find it com RANY aeiiao ese goers dis tao Wo a 
3 the fi pose Theeth rains Soares towhichI shall now direct your attention ch rust ap) some tricts. J. Voss. 
meight of tho body. campo Pine! pani 23 one-third tho rot is that t part of the blood which, although itis no less essential | Bridport, July 5.—The erop of Wheat in thin lahat 
d, and the various secretions of the body; of the to life brine, is not of equal importance a n y aa,” s arie 7 ape ma re pone 
called lymph, and another, equal: fi in the mere AUTOA p? F organs I allude to certain bodies erably , FRIE pŠ 
Bae Db pen Tate halar Gaa e | wal nnd ang arr agota aa pick an |, ey na eee ae a al 
i i common], cells of the > , 
f blood generally ka ae in ambaa fag on in vicy lege quantities even in a drop of the fluid. In every] S% TC naga asec Coen = ‘a fe pas naine Ng hted, 
about one-fourth to about one-fifth the entire 1000 parts of blood we — that no less oe 131 parts consist ithe egn sie lace ge soa ealthy ` ag 
ips: the early sown mu 
i Daaa wake 80 that we see that a considerable porti NS Berar ie ae tay ee ee ee eo ae pri 3 
of pure but the Swedes only in want of rain to 
Haymaking almost 
we have spoken of is absolutely composed of 
= of blood is due entirely to which vitality is ed i Pastures barren bare. 
redness preserved, by the conveyance of oxygen into 
è Dumber of eof red particles in it, Hopman noo pri the system, ‘and of l earbonio acid gas out of ie _ these Pepa a Pope. e 
liquor are removed, e cells are as the ratory é don. —. 
irci on well ee e blood mg Of th blood, and not us the nutritive portion of = as pone — ; since then mena is progressing, 
sanguinis—is of a 
s those which we are i habit ale ning of san imal has ti oe 
invertebrata—tine Stent ae, d, aowever, is Eora or in teh thermomete 
a of Spout oo" of Fahrenheit seerne iak pmet suddenly scorched by fire, on very 1 plots at arse, per- 
em of animals, cells, these existing on only in the taining a! oa Rog e- influences by which it is sur-| haps only a = square, the next day sp: g over rods, 
Rainer aly enoug h imagine that a fluid so importan rounded. Such ani , therefore, po ed warm-blooded. eventually within a few days as if by contagion over 
. of lifes Hiato. the nutrition antl ies aai to | The heat Ber evolved in ¢ every part of the body, and} whole gardens, accom] y A Mauseous sce 
fact to all the Secretions which t of | this heat is principally produced by the union which is ‘effected In the field, however, and on und only slightly 
me opener ve Faiet parte Seen between the oxygen of the atmospheric d tho n| manured, an hero oa seem of an. earl bindjen 
gi F hich exists in the s . A second cause of the heat is to were, > 
from the a —_* ooa ahoak be fo fain the union which takes place between the oxygen | although a small crop. We know of medy, but by our 
even its chief consti and f the system, forming wai va) old plan, “removing the haulm and destroying i n 
i be with a phi In this part of their office, thatof| it rs with a of preventing further con- 
ithe day compar to | conve aned a n into the system, it is necessary that these| tagion to the than wl already tak Place 
ei than was at red cells sho a be brought into tolerably free contact with the} We would only add that w —_ N ase = nea 
o ADS of vay fi cne time | atmospheric air. Hence the respiratory function. It is there- the roots before it appears in the leaves and stalks. 
88.80 much s aon: too Blood, fore ens 1 while the is circulating in those ‘i are sorry to be to complain of crops; but conflicting 
IES atter whid that the celle receive amount of oxygen. It is also in ts also reach us daily that Beans and Peas, with exe 
have lungs that they get rid of the carbonic acid whi tion of only those which —* v TA rly ies , are grii 
| been formed in the different parts of the pia ath The dif-| ously infected with the louse, arvesting, 
h 
‘| ferent condition oe is likewise | which com little less thant Sotiris of the entire crop. 
tf eden ae Spode Pi. ii mi Oaa i isfound| Harvest i musually early, and will commence about 
