ie 
of — woga 
of inorgani vad | is it roba ble 
heo; weg here, as agric cultural readers like to 
4 
T, ZO | cove: 
low 
small quantities), contain chemical earl in a 
eT Gates Eat SEA 
in 
less perce cepti tible d 1 solvents 
and that hitherto these mo grote or Pca cordate 
t been di ed o 
act st efectually on the air oe tbe mi med With some 
nothing 
have no iscover' 
in such minute propetions? “Abia Fo 
their 
od, sometimes 
fitter for this than bark from the tan, its, 2 
rapidly, a = nd gone ts (I 
admit that there is eat) ne a te slower process sup- 
no manuring value of its own 
ar contains a little ammonia, with much soluble c 
0 
arbo- 
ree ps anda 
= 4 ron i “9 oa manag in grat ame 
e 
sai in farm Se ctical wants in 
cab yI 
a gentleman’ sh for Tar se pa 
country, 
y sr A 
ed to be at the mib of radicles, 
al¢ 
tar 
naceous matter, and, well mixed with the lime, als, and 
Veet +h ” 
vants 
ya 
hes 
oe insects. mt 23 4: 1 3 me + gg re 
ture of lime and salt with used „bark and coal tar, asa 
vive eyed becoming pecan 
he farmer, and has tak 
aboratory. Mr. Sibsa ao 
sive experience or noticing wh me hal cin 
ingr oaia become 
ved in paar r, and in : 
say 2 tons of ray with 1 of salt, the salt mixed well 
with the lim soon as slaked, ‘beaten Coty like 
mortar, and set i in a compact heap for 10 or 12 hours; 
sland meanwhile 4 or 5 ewt. of coal tar (say an old oil 
ny 
on ope I belier 
arrai foe ee in 
is full 
difficulties 
“Sum 
mimi 
treatise- 
agnar A pired ae hed e measure by leav 
m | alog — in Semana a hard and ay bodies 
1th Ə tons 
of ‘used bark; and of whole then. put toge ther, to re- 
ATthinh 
pan a — be turned over once | 
er weather than cold. 
+ 
not be deemed l emata to al upon som 
enli 
our ere is a good curren 
ae air ; r; but so far sheltered oy tee or otherwise, as not 
as 
to o get often flushed with r: om the 
alkali, nor should it get ibe a tei The ane e the 
cheapest materials, Where pilchard | salt is at end so 
r assistance 
plants in eliminating and digesting their root food ? 
And might we not, a. Daeg the operon of manuring is 
tific i 
salt, because of the manuring matter it contains. 
Eehg 
And 
“ In order 
Ta artificial manures 
at they differ fi 
a depreciate” gema. ae 
its defe 
“We find that, in so far as 
this mixture is concerned, it ‘spied 
= ay Clearly understand the nates 
eir ity: properties, ani 
nis Paar ai: 
ate rd a 
where used “bark i is objectionable su 
i] 7 
ubstit 7 
TS 
carried on in a more scienti 
begin to realise that golden age, when 
waistcoat pocket sufficient fertilising ie 
ji renovating an acre Ast land.” It has bee 
proved that th lan vba of pa wo glee eibes 
proved that the see of oat s ign earth. Sigm 
Tuberous Chervil, &e.—Having r ae a circular 
from Vilmorin-Andricux ants, Par 
i where coal tar is too cost ly carr iage, or po ond |c 
mad may be tried n (though not kana to 
en | vermin). It may work in heap as long as desirable, but 
n 
six months including winter, o 
Ow 
manure, and 
ence of three or four essential yas 
thes e materials are distributed through pln a hig 
compara 
rer pe repo by th e large quantity of aan 
Neca in round numbers, a of the wegi 
of farmyar t maare ms 
E 
+1 ro 
hardly be directed, as Id reer e 
x Si 
ee 
It 
ne bad, “inde a 
is beet a i unal) inteneatiig u 
as stated in their note to m hreshed out ai 
acre of Wheat {(avetralian Whita S eg sight 
13 scores per sack, good sample, pune a over 
ing as it answers, a rs may eet to ‘nd me im- 
proved methods of ee Si Se > i. Prideauc. 
Wheat Cultwre.—Your espon “J.M? asks 
for a variety of Wheat sisted or ‘Hale at wide 
intervals and in a moist climate. 
e Red Straw White Whea t; it has 
rt straw, and is not so liable | to mildew or to 
e will find eeg 
1 
e pre 
concentrated fi 
most v: 
a mia a 
| aft. 
millers. I hav a very fine crop of this 
an average. In Newbury mark 
reach 60 lbs. per el, y 
except a co few sacks. The 
in fa 
by the e had 
e | variety this season, the Whole of which, with th 
the 
al gst is now taking up M: angel 
get. through winter, except | an 
ata ay I cannot tell. Tread your columns with | 1 
avidity, but find all i — biy Piei 
Fordham, ps 
is the memorandum reer ed to: 
et Co., Quai de 
egisserie, No, $0, y à Paris. 
Cerfeuil pure of the Tuberous hervil, Cherrophyllum bulbosum). 
—The oa of the ha oer Chervil, Xi a pinas belonging 
te the k ledged to be classed 
with the open its non Abe being ae more than the latter. 
Y, 
yao Asa of . good short Du tch 
fe has the Tt is 
roots are formed by the end of Jae oe. and should 
then fo taken up. They os, ce keep bp a month of 
removed from ti: 
bs abst wed roots intended to be plan’ as the 
e them 
seed ri ne 
years, Me the germination 
lanted early after harvest. If it is tot 
roper season it will be necessary to mix 
with pty pats may not come up till the following year. 
Weeds.—We Hi often p it sas strange 
e about this season of t 
lowed to ea 
keJ 
age g 
sien 
© 
ta 
EERE 
a 
$ 
4. 
U, Newbury.—{ The following yan of planting, 
the soil 
ear.] far fro 
tion I cn A for my own seeding, 
| sold for seed at 64s. per a3 I used Sigm 
and am now he same operation. 
1 eee. to the acre, whieh I do Ido ae consider 
as planter, | 
I see eed of far 
having well planted nes early es, part o of which h 
i dibbling 2 Sgt way, the seed being 
pressed in about hal 
= Bs ation in ay S 
whieh was very good from aoe first. Agrico 
aii” of Wooks. 
eo ami giia Explanation 
the ags 
laboratory of the r Aer ‘College, Ciren- 
with a Preface by Dr. eleker. 
Routisdge & Co, Farringlss Sites 
Before describing this boo! 
t 1e pro- 
s materi Trials 
now fo sowing min 
60 a 
ave obate a Speal agi of | 
this way, the plant of u 
ola. | mec 
of farmyard m 
bijn, na &e. although g me a than the 
yet necessary * 
med, are f ù 
pos s doubtfi 
me prepare i in imitation of 
well as this substance in he) k 
would 
stanc: sip 
tice of ipay artic 
tent adopted iren tho pei 
Da were understood. 
yard m 
bins ker in the college 
s | laboratory. was last 
week woe 7 Pn might tanh lavó led ois to expec! 
o | the in ess or even the u spite a orthiness of 
student s thors i in his book. inference was 
indeed for es bot still g might “have naturally 
ao ente: 
and intelligence, and me author ep ae 
right which these confer to assum the e position of a 
injus vga pous 
h thai 
wpa 
hire. edy 
ginally remarkable 
Der richness oth co hg hee oe 
and 
sient «penne may 
aw: e csieo of Ches! 
d cheese 
sweetness E the» st 
pages ron the fie) of the ioe of i the soil, of| b 
* | and 
en once their crops 
I of ‘the end ‘The kha is sufficiently clementary to be 
in practice 
+ mao 
a 
dy- ufficiently 1 full and explicit poh ons hee 
4 
ese Wi the: 
ve themselves pare’ h aoii aim pe |ne 
, and the 
were to keep the upper hand o 
not oe en give 
even of the labourer. lt is illustrated oy. eso 
es pe 
mn or 
of morte ai the former “sl a 
ard omen 
sooner such i 
with all their weeds, so much the better. Ome I 
| aa pean aay one basè favourable viel, 
behalf of umn-grown 
these au or 
Dr. Voelcker aye of it in the preface. He says: 
Ben to several excellent works 
ai Chem} the 
large number of materials; in hog He 
oust 
tac cit 
e, at 
ect, to be put with 
e hands of a person ignorant | of the 
“A farther eo l 
Tera mae ra a 
petaen The want, I think, will be supplied by Mr. 
“There are several excellent works which, like | 
re the rarer 
c|Sutances aro Sx and 
of its i und eh weight, 
irre better sort) 
-= ~ or all of these mors 6 
sonst, for e 
| ‘Johnstows Agricultural Chemistry,” would render a5 8 
ere 
is only in the 3 
