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912 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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its vitality, which is not the case in general with the a y showyard. The commi ttee do RN, a | 
white Turnip. In the former ned the vital powers of Sorietieg, EEN rule by wii TENN 
resistance to the effects of frost are far more ee Mr; Smi Broce eS 
than in the latter; but why it is k no man on ea 7 t AGRICULTURAL OF ENGL of death cultivati rp or the ay pper d 
can tell, and p robably rit will remain a secret for ever.| MoxNT 7 Co uu : Dec. 1.—His jar the Duke | f Mrs r ion, mh the Chester the 
And, after ate. a of Marlborough President, in a chair ; 28 new mem- roun high th appara fe d 
you will arrive _ not a line nearer - to the fact, that bers were elec statement of the judges were 
S hite T AGRICULT = aL Cuemistry.—Mr. een i; Moskeymg taken by Gee e “lowest 
Wherever the vitality z the cells and their contents Guiness of the he follow- | ane co y fade ak Imple: 
is overthrown—for the contents of cells are endowed | ing report peaa = ey Voelcker, ‘the. Consulting | following rei at acy bee 
with life equally as the blood is Chemist of the Soc ety :-— “lL MnP 
“Iha cube honour ue submitting to the Chemical Committee 
a short AESi of the labours that have been entrusted to me 
by the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society, since my ap- 
cle in Apy Jast. The January number of a 
rnal contair _the resu nn seed an experi imen ntal inquiry into 
veins—chemical decomposition at once ensues with 
more or Jess rapi idity. The starch is converted into 
sugar, the cell wa “wd eee with 
some of the contents, are converted into those ulmates 
cel humates which are always bund in l deavng 
i t 
nd 
ment. The las Saree volum Ss KE gy Spall Re irs “of 
Ciak s relating t to the Pt tg Ot Turnip seed, and on 
field expe n Swedes, which I have un at rtaken with 
a view of aatectedning the fer! tilising a most pers 
sie the e production of an abundant c: ghia oden s. Similar 
experiments I have again undertaken and shall i 
continuo ban 3 — ae to year, for ‘trustworthy ’ deduction ms any n to us ially, ot merely comn 
A ine timate they y 
pi An = — but certainly 
strict comparison between the ieni cal condition ‘of 
sound and frostbitten roots, nor should I conceive that 
it would be very different from a case of decay from 
other causes. The accessio ion of mois sture after frost 
a d l 
ecelerates decay, where lifi 
to control the chemical proc The | 
f frost, be ait A Ue Si beneficial, so d Tat asit 
; tor 
n suspe 0 
Where death has actually taken n place, water only 
aggravates the evil.” Z. H. R. in the Quarterly 
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pee. 
Mem ireo apparently in- 
telligent practical fenders iain that land may be 
rendered too dry by artificial drainage—“ want land to 
be sufficiently dry for cattle, ron = any: ate ti me suff- 
ciently moist for the produc f Grass —I m may 
such a desirable soon either in a retentive 
thy a in an hap wet, gravelly, “naturally over- 
drained” soil :— ts at 
s proved by the Dalton gauge thi i n 
of 3 t of loose soil will retain nearly al e | Poses i the East ; I have also de ined care: e com- 
s mar oilcakes that rarely find their way 
summer fall of rain, ground for trees should be trenched s of made-up cattle food have like- 
or aa all ae subsoil loosened to that depth. The m Sir pori ‘my porta ah The conclusion to which I am 
ure, p led by thi al f th four diffe t les of food of 
i ĝ in y the analyses of three or four different samples o o 
tes Hierin Ceas % dry il = that description tirely with the opinions expressed 
3 the present, in w wing in soil trench r. Lawes’s paper in the lastvolume of the Society’s Journal, 
to peo h have not suffered a the least from | that I ne cas food an that examined by me a realy 
i 1b? (i é Chronicle, p. 748). It is well ttle food as that examin y me ma y 
— ae, vest Be eon" itg of amp, whieh hhe:-foliage of | Cme-tourth the cost. at which such made-up enttle food 1 sola 
es elaborates, causes the roots to absorb so much | at present. Most samples of cattle food which I have 
moist examined contain sarge, proportions of Rice-meal (the refuse 
plantations is much drier than ferti ich aircon pile and nei F four the prs om ye four milis, 
r with spoiled a 
smell of the latte: meealed oe strong smelling dena 
y a 
< — sun’s rays. A correspondent lately showed 
ugh the medium of the Agricultural Gaze tte the 
beneficial effects of corn and Tr 
hoed dur ring ka ry kaiaa In showing how much 
better M: sadne 
such as fænugric, Hee ae or Fennel seed, and also by bitter 
substances, such ‘ ai dontan. Ia one particular peni much 
recommended as food for igs, I have found gt bulk of the 
meal to consist of espe arrots, Beans, ley- 
meal; this food also c oat some per alana nitre, as well 
as feenugric, and a little A seed; it was, in a regular 
no Era f: have devoted a bb og! of my iis in the 
Hiara an agricu npn sg on and South 
les, K kat tov each yi aside a portion of my 
vacation to aolac carlentice a5. pe in wher es "of Pron 
land ; 2 i feel strongly pnd with the mutual advan- 
w 
with the bac k of a spade, he refers to how m 
warmer a hard donee a in a Grass field i is than "the 
sunshine. The © Agricultural. Gazette | ee tant wil, syne fom dw an, fing contacto 
respecting the K pemmecte st ie past abundant harvest | convinced that much good may conferred upon the farmin, 
show that any kind of soil which is sown with any kind | community at large ar one united efforts to promote - 
ires fir tei n till the erop. ae aad pa nts on beh: alt of the men eed f tho Society, 
Ss "a s p 0i n oi A 
; iblis! ed. Since extensive flat Grass fields in | has risk during the t- seasón=— makin; 
immediate neigh of brick fiel a analyses of soils, marls, c eg freestones, oilcakes, s, artificial 
level Grass land (which a de la manures, Among them, I a: to say, many adulterated 
fi ; : prr de, Porania anos, and all but orth! Ort ed ferior, fertilisers, &c 
anne = a — a i ty S S00 wp Jika [a be analysed in the laboratory ; and it affords me much 
-up-üke | pleasure in informing the Chemical Committee that ave 
» Grass may “merely exist,” but it ot | received several letters, stating that my reports were the m f 
be expected to “liye” in a shallow su: soil whic x peak ps Shas intending purchas T We aie abo ae ai 
. n order to retu! yses refe: to me thout delay, an 
EE on thick elevated beds of gravel, or. a to carry on at the same time the field ex ts re 
which is full of flint nodules, which may be see n laboratory researches entrusted to my care, I a 
gc ifie 
found it necessary to engage a staff of four competen 
passing through the dee cuttin s of ce pn phe 
mg = g P mg sone ot "the My first bey syed has taken an active part in aoe a [researches 
i i soil ties railways Some farm carried o y laboratory, and has just iss se on 
Sanat y soi ec à conv ace as naturally over- geienian. pi atirar which I have reason to believe will be 
4 fici ri not more appropri: to regard it orredeai by tde on ' ram second assistant 
le cig in oft : m educa at g's College, London, 
ute a fe til es r arei p f earth which p several prizes in various de ments of knowledge. 
v rtile soi ortly after a shower y third assistant is a thoroughly trained an ful analyst. 
rain, pow la aclay soil can be Th a dok and other nece: ratory ex- 
assistants and ssary labo 
pan t to a considerable sum of money, which, indeed, 
would ae “4 justified in incurring to the same extent, if the 
college a uthorities did not liberally assist me in meeting these 
pe 
lay so expec 
be after a few consecutive weeks of dry but cloudy 
weather during winter. . = om ap gravelly surface 
soil which is resting on impermeable sub- 
stratum, is so surcharged with, got Pc Sen = er 
it perishes 
be , Psa ne "Inspector 
reques EE 
arg ED Ns 
b Beier Com ee, read t 
or newly brairded Wheat plants and ar titei ali, sown oon re whieh was unanimo nai 
: oat, us pr 
Grasses; and is too wet for cartin ng off Tarnips or xan The i aving taken into joir con ya 
sheep upon ool — apron peba ani E eard | riarah A aerga Mod a rrr e at the sa oy 
Grass land que showers of | ™ccting, it appears he commi at, in conseq 
the large increase of the number of implements — the 
a woul geakally soil which holds on in suspensian | two s yoars a further extension of the period for the trials 
ai more fban no Ree E 3o Pd mites foel t Lth Bs T be adie viet coaleatin the eom | hi 
no t zæ ee fee e ii visable to have the system o! 
ter prepared to withstand the meson pe tended os r four years, instead of three, that tho the 
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i from the high i ja 
i ey igher he lower parts of the field mowing machines, reaping machines, horse-rakes, carts, w ‘ons. 
sink in to the drai ade E r at F: porta rtabl 
al pri 
a This is one of the many advantages which | and m: for thlepelioneeun teeprovemmmtas shall as formerly ‘a n 
drainage ie well kaona os to possess when skilfully applied, | be offered. The committee recommend that, when practicable, imperative necessit j 
A Labourer, a tabular statement of the results of the trials of machinery le odious premises, 
halt be issued previously to the opening of the implement a 
