820 THE | AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Novennre 6, 
=e 1858, 
quantity of the remains of generations of dead plants, jallavisl deposits. Some agriculturists compare rain in their transactions, and 
the a, of which have extracted from the soil 2 falling on land “ toa drop of jz ten a oe ae or nine monika A wil ony ith t 
tity of mineral ee These ve getable s | others that “water will not run from a deep =| Bee at way he pays for the iron ene 
decay on the bot of the marsh; that oo 50 s pee person wishes adenn ty 
bu urn up, and their inorganic or mineral 1 tit if £-snow,im-'| value. 
hs aao a r by means of rates nic is F have iam = pea a sudden thaw of snow, alue of a and is ready 
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ith reat te 
hich there was | for real y en ither to pay 
a bl, remain there— | TONEIS after ai falls of rain, in w tor ea oney prices, oa a 
Pen a3. goon aa th in eae $ Pe ge Om eg As in contac act | comparatively little a k zing —_ the sides be ee discount. X p 
rains. 
heak: thai 
set i and AE hay nd 
It may then "he leanar upon these strong grounds | either not require draining, or the eho are not cut so Howards’ tw igh bn tying ey 
that es are matters exuding from the roots “the resisting point.” In other soils there is | which will only make m w ary Cheri 
of plants which possess a pets with the water | cub & a grast bathe: of a weeps oe ot ai Oss a's nah furrows, and those it i ri 
the dra “the resisting poin ntalls’ plough at h 
rag er pap sa 4 pai ian Ser i aa tis th fi high ev el is tu urne ed, Aniden ak Mpk and less la’ 5 ine alf the cost will 
nutritive elements of ts which the had fi ol j "a 
Liebig agrees with Signe in the aieri derivation ‘ot = the rokon pis ‘woul be weahad “bee silt 3 in nye all the ploughin ng matches in this oni 
these acids from | the atmosphere through the 1 s. | bottom of the dra While supon iy la st winter in | a Howards’ P ghd whine She fa a ne Reve mp 
Bi words a See T aat deanai man elo [ot Saket mme in orare danan a 
:—“ th d 15 fect fon saat 7 feet ee which was fall of water | of Bentalls a rigi 4 
pi t: 3 is aan ua P gammy uld By : ain being cut. e drain was filled | seen good ploughing in other ear, Althoogh T hay 
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been contained in the soil, and as we kno that the | with 6-inch pipes, which were spear with rubble. | I have ever 
carbon of a soil is not t diminished by ee a Tal on the | The water in the pit sank 2 feet 10 inches, and} think that the Royal A 
c conkrerg in orensad 
P E, gricultural Society YOR a 
ontra nclude.. that t all excre- remained 1 foot above the 3 feet 10 inch drain | give a good prize for the plough that alae 
ents raat i i 
iesu three consecutive. weeks without a fresh | work, open to all Engl sor However I 
food o btai ried fe; plants | sd ue atmosphere.” As the|supply of either surface or under water. The | join a nfor W ge entle emen ina kanng 
soluble supply of nouris a plant must then |surface soil is 2 feet deep, which rests on a gee | man to 
gepen nd u woe the sean Fx those corrosive acids, and | plastic clay. Had the drain been cut onl 
y ew tle ae ‘oes a I Tle 
this isina ratio to the expansion of the organs by | 10 inches deep, whereabouts va the „resistance to best man. a the best tool. Charles Bai 
which the Aae receives E —the leaves—and this bees S downoad passage of the wat ; 
our experience, their early abnormal | pre trom above” have pasty ge “Ex xperim ment ee | ; —_ Wag 
grow th Pe ad be the great object of ares 3 “and th this jena that 100 lbs. of a dry sand i in a bag will take up | = ort cietieg, st 5 
only be effected by manure, and still m so in | and h Potaa lbe; of water befi gina to dip; Vak Mies ri 
stiut the you wth by i e round | 100 Ibs. of loam will in like manner take up abou d 
for the a ‘scion of cece thus sia th ound 40 Ibs. of water, and that 100 lbs. of pure dry clay will Mor eotie roununat OF Mia Dak le w 
roots wi th an | abundan nce of food in ing a grea eater | take up 70 lbs. of water” Agricultural Gazette, borod Pres dait i the. 6 
t luble tł page 26). As some. agriculturists clothe their ent ee a = Wilke “elactele che ! 
And Bin nae abn al production of oot t| with language, such as “capillary attraction,” whic aa eae 
ye A > ER 3 ipa age eae R Inbous arate e myself Seats “bard b be unde: rstood,” at p Pranon mE Raymond Barker, China 
inf ent oie the futu: a ie of the lant, fo he least in the sense in which it is applied to drainage, E ‘ pore. ot 
says, deducible from ai ng axgument, “ha “| although you com npare its oie S land “to water on salt | Fras ter cn: D bir n 
for "very eultivate Ta Sak which draws its food directly | and loaf sugar,” allow me to compare rain falling on was 19092, The Chairman K 
fro gs aan of ma atters taken up in E: a pce say 1 foot deep, which is resting on a den nse clay lira A 
bears 
given teh and 
la ts, 
ment had been made in the purd 
permeable concave seco ee ee, mean As aoe bt the Some 
falling i a a vata tank. 
and that the fertility > Or br rete wer of the soil, | i ; i 
7 3 r draining a den nse subso i to excavate the surface soil iy DOET aha of ‘the Committee thas 
may be eee the amount of the materials of 
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-which the roots an downwards. my Chemical lja and again a a the Surface soil. pee to the which "they hed acta 6m the oe 
Letters (3d. ed, p. 626) I pak g at in many | above quotation, “ th l ra TEn of Society during the period of the Cat meie "e 
eases it appears "slat the the main operation o it adopted unanimously. 
our fields consists in this, that in sami, of the | reaches the poisi A re pele, will hela in Aaea JourNat.—Mr. Thompson, 
more abundant nourishment in the upper ier of the|to the per centage of sand, loam, and clay the sur- 
field, i eee ing the period of their growth carry | face soil co tains ; the upper part of Scone Rigo oaf which was unanimous 
ten times, perhaps a hundred or a thousand times, as pea xperienced drainers _ excava 
root fibres as wi otherwise have been proäneedij wie with a sad thoat pkg in. is“ nae name 
REPO; EE, 3, 
: th of aj last this Committee reported p 
that their further growth is in proportion to point to the downward of . water ;” hence it | sth of om 3 resent Editors of the J mal would und rare 
number of these organs, by which they are enabled to | | aprenda laterally s and falls into the dian pipe. Again, | carry on the ‘werk aa at present pel glia pad 
suck up and appropriate the less abundant supplies of | suppose a tank 5 feet deep to be filled with a alowed to engage, such paid, ait the Comal Yn ve 
nourishment containcd in the deeper layers of the soil: | mixture of sand, loam, and clay, and drain pipes- the periment.” ‘The Coun eer 
and probably this affords an explanation how in propor- | to be laid only 3 feet deep in the tank. The surface | present Editors be requested. for the eae wimb 
i ia, o ali i i g ii t F ia 
phosphat ined h um in procuring 
oreant Ai 
mi e now t 
rana i he quotations from Morton’s Hoskyns find that their engagements are such asto 
* Mangel Tareh, and its Leaves. ae am not an fo * Resources of Estates,” at page 469 of tn Agric wal | their taking any donee shee z the a uh o 
experienced farme: Tea may be regarded as magn proof that Se being transacted as 
; but I do not remember to have | 48 inches rom to be. the wilt of drains in| fore, 9. A cheap reprint of Dr. Lang's ie ae 
‘read an any d ip opinions as to the advantage or dis- | ordinary clay soils :—“ Drains 30 ticker sage and from | Potato Disease in the last Number of the wuts 
alture of Man of stripping off the outer leaves in the | 14 to 15 feet apart ‘bate ares favourable returns, but a ah rd B 7 
urzel. Ihave from time to t g they don’t seem so effective as| On the motion of Lo i ee the Cow 
my ay tint fp eater and he has before, and Rushes contin nue to grow. When the! Raymond 1 gak ge best nd Mr. Wren Hoskyns! 
treed were only about 3 e z ae orp rgi = to | voted to agro pee . 
the 28 feet apart, they did a great good, but at 
roots. I have tad ays ond the leaves as that part that depth rarely dried the An a for more > than M feet on 
of the 2 ge which derives es nourishment from e air, each s = se te e drain. ad ven in thes stron, gest 
f'n 
found ta he 
ae hark dew, convert: 
—Mr. Wi 
totes own substa; at little expense of | apart, toe ood “the tan of years pant ven complete ICULTURAL CHEMI infort 
the e Tti and that the tee also to ` scat sati facti When labourers | likemys i gre ce ocabu- | oiairman he Chemical Timia 
growth of the root. Now to rob the plant of th ss ua e k na s laboratory, M 
l fall is to t | see a TE ot surrounding a worm hole fall ty ags the progress of work in his tion of the Committ 
away t unty from heaven and to t moist oa | DEOnghE maot oe inete to the 
h, indepen- | conclude that “these drains are dee "enough He the next meeting and that opportuni 
money 5 but they would require to be cut deeper to | Council. He na aa of Prof, Voelcker, a 
inj ined catch that „Water which apparently falls on a EE the pee rel eB 
the root leay etna as neester. ao 
s : p cattle at a remuner- it ao leakage at this lower level.” ite nce, if | assistant in his gird aa alleged false 3 
ative price? My bailiff tells me that from my 6 acres | desis were cut deeper than “the y resisting poin nt” in Pagan t the Chi nice ae 
of Mangel one man would readil supply 20 beasts |land which is surchar, rged wit ‘ace water deep | ĉa a wai el Challoner, 
2s. p per | — to prevent leakage; and eie “ frietion ” motion i = papm Cattle and imple $ 
week, for many successive we eks, which w f correct | or “capillary attraction,” a good m any farmers who | to the Ste tpi t = ; 
e some return for cultivation; = if the iia were have mn = drain or patch drains repeatedly, would | pasha ne ie Stor oe 
left to fall the land would be e ched to a a greater | n t hav say, “This hollow has cost me more dabei ee used the Cound : 
p ney than nite on Feeder dlo =< ” If it will pay to | at the Chester oer de ils connected wi 
E animal man tion | half-drain land, willi pay to dry it thoroughly f might be offere 
“These com: 
In oney cal 
respect must be h had to this | diferenca i: ier be | i.e., the surface soil at ‘the resisting point,” equidistant | Prizes for ca that 
ped & ae ‘the opinion of any of your Subscribers | from each drain, © — beyond the reach of copies beer PROM MS George Jones a 
the surface soil containing less = 70 Ibs. | > ot were referred 
_, The information. would | of water for 100 tbe. of soil? If fa: naar can, a bs | ae sete” r mg t 
p of a prices ces Witch Tat ea attle an sheep petetan 
p qi onin | realise, pay the rental of farms they scii 
root. H. C. or five years üo bigs the additional quantity of gin n a ear oted eT ae ; 
e:—Those who have had an| off the first, or at least second year’s crop, ti o Mr. Th M omas Baldock 10/., i had 
eral feet | defray all expenses fener by dh a land whi hich is ef tome ae ale of the assistance they ow 
t may have seen | susceptible of improvement at an average cost? A h g in the department a 
and | Labourer. i : 
y one who has paid any! Tradesmen’s Bille.—Mr. E. Owen Greening has | count pata NE A 
i tions during pia iiy t | troubled joir i readers with a long letter on stk above | W cme aa d by Mr. Mil Ta 
2 5 lating mediums for water and | subject. MS he be kind magi H ate to a gro ea “the Vice-Chair 
atmo k air, sometimes es acting, when the land is observations on the dealings of c rcial men as Warwick Committee. 
strated the some time after each spit. is excavated | may be within ‘his own knowledge, wi "stato how many | the several members ort 
+ the bottom of deep drains in nedintenticry and! commercial men of his acquaintances pay ready money 
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