ө Ө л ы ы E алле ке У-ды ааа ААА ААА ААЛА 
Maron 7, 1863.] 
THE GARDENERS' 
Wilkins, with that “trenchant irony" and “lucid 
En onm ? for which, as you say, his lucubrations are 
remarkable. C. R. Bree, M.D., F.L.S., Colchester, 
he House Sparrow.—Apropos to Mr. Wilkins, I 
send two extracts from authors of authority in the 
matter of birds. T. S. P. 
“If unfor tunately it is too true that the sparrows cause 
great injury in ripe fields of Wheat, PE pu Peas, it er 
be acknowledged that they are very useful 1 r orchards and 
gardens, by herum in the „РШЕ "thousands of fecto. on 
which they feed their уо ide well as selves. BY M. 
Bechstein, Ум. D., &е., &c. o е Тае shau bv Уна 
* Although sparrows are 80 fond id grain duri iog the rode 
I have seen them take to their nest, as food for their young 
ubs. 
an you direct те to any work on 
Grass lande, teaching their propor management under 
f soil, climate, ГАН, and use or 
o staling euin der those various 
ractice the l obligati f 
applicati on; and also 
mes | hands of 04" «с-не on the 
047, 
Pocock, Wm. J. M. ; St. John's Villa, Redland, Bristol 
Prosser, pue eoa ' Offerto n Farm, Hindlip, Worcester 
Stallard, Jos ; Worcester 
Btebbing, Ношу; Я Mo. Весо, Attleboro', eio | 
Stedm ; Pakenham, Bury St. Edm | 
ТООНУ, ТЬ 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 229 
or ourselves and the world at large o our usual supply « of 
Cotton goods. MSh have not been used to this, but we 
have been used to import foreign food, and so we hear 
no d of our not , producing our own | food. 
Р; А Ramslade, Bracknell, uo 
On the motio r. Fisher Hobbs, seco anded by | a 
Mr. Lawrence, the он р elected Mr. 
m — of Siddington House, es ной рг, а 
mber of Council, in the room of the lat na 
еро. 
FrNANOES.— The Hon. General 
Олиб, present ed the Repor , from w 
appeared that the Secretary’ s receipts et the past 
een examined ommittee, d 
adv 
Hong, Chairman of | mee 
hich it | anoma 
by, е она, Ball, & Co., the Society's account- 
ants, and found correct. The balance in the 
th 
29 3s. 10d. The Committee recommen 
37 names of members in аггеаг of à ныт, H 
| erased from the list of the Society. This report was 
adopted. 
announced the 
ten d land of such Grass lands ? 
I fin cd АШ ises on e ming very Eme 
on this su ject, а Ог rass farm within two mi iles 
[I 
c 
T 
e 18th March Mr. Ра Пеп 
very large towns, id of course its application is for 
dairy purposes. It is almost o: Жын by 
milch cows, and pesa es milk the y with- 
is do th. ai 
be under the bee condition of bringing back in retur 
for each ton of hay sold, 2 tons of stable manur 
and broken 
and waggons returning from 
empty. The tenants consider themsel elves — obliga- 
ugh daily 
сату off its phosphates in pelis 
u what one — fairly a miei of ihe ПАП 
ar iim ment will save the land from 
8 
i пе f 
many years that sparrows devour the cater rpi illars (t 
Economy of the c 
TR of this 
and 
Сне t the me 
ШЫ, reso or Voelc 
d in the last di, of the analyses fur- 
i M to tembers during the year 1862. They were 
euo 
nb dial. salis, nitrate of soda, апі’ тойо 
materials 36 
Su me rphosphates and similar artificial manures . 84 
Bone dust .. 13 
Limestone, chalk, 5% 16 
ilk and сһееве.. а ve; 130 
Soils 22, waters 16 
88 
105 
Turnips, feeding meals, and other articles of food 2218 
fro 
of poisonous we н The [me Pe have 
therefore requested Professor Voelcker to make this the 
abjec 
во с 
Roses, Apple blossoms, о but they never touch a ^ hairy 
ca terpillar rofa iw 
t of one of his lectures this year, and have named 
the third bee C of e April for thid lecture. 
Amongst the e list of analyses, some few are of 
Bring ce Halim 
he | present Mer pital 4L aer 
а gross pronus of 8, 198. P ace, tbe Mc n of 
l р ре 
Е 
— articles of this list telong x о а class in | commuted 
f pi t it b k a ESSE M. з du. Равћа, 
ioi t gh Pe p зии in cene at. one unaa of the late > Viceroy of Egypt, sent the analysis 
terba ж by their bad habits, I must leave for | 5006 у; 
ala 
others to decide, I know right well they are very 
destructive to the buds of 
ot so EET 80 n8 the bullfinch. 
e May Duke (for they touch no 
‚ the 'Greongages, Diamond and all тшш 
caused al 
Cherries, be ed and 
Пбпећ. The | mon! 
у нн, sparrows, and tomtits. We always she 
а lad with a gun upon the look-out for кн. А 2 
season of the › year. J. Dillistone, Stu rmer Nur. 
of re арі ng and mowi ing machines at tue Roya ied 
cultural Society’ s Show at Worcester this year, we ше 
che Pine! 
ша а у рег сонад of nitre, com- 
as manu 
of inp-drossing), я t specimens of cemen 
buildings, con. 
dug ^p 
Е 
e by the natives of 
Egypt. 
"he papers in the last Journal by the Chemical 
Professor are :— 
1. ке eat experiments (Top dressings) 
2. On Cheese experiments 
8. Sun 1 pa of Artificial Manures 
4. Pois s Che 
The papers in = Pii Брин ЕН 
1. Оп — owes a Aen of known octo $ о ‘absorb 
Solua 
2. Further Experimente: with Тор" dressing in Wheat. 
self-acting and other reapers subjected to онан 
testing enm by practical men in those districts Е 
England where eed are not yet introduced, and 
shall be «ge — for this purpose with ыы 
gentlemen rud vay ad 
letter, Samuelson & Co. 
Hon. W. Cavendish, S Hon 1. Major- oeni | 
ir E. C. Kerrison "M.P.; Mr. Amos, Mr. 
t Reportá of Anal; iem e d gia 
To these rs the tee have awarded the 
annual ачаб 
The ie second lecture this year will be on the коп 
founded o 
sted, ie 
- us in consequence of this | ү 
Banbury. 
| T a numerous ved не the fortheoming Show. 27. 
f Mr. 
has also Lame ү” Азага rw peus Tenit of his 
experienco at the assistance of the Lectur: 
This lecture is r t 
been ordered of the contractor in anticipation 
would be cha: ach exhibitor in n Agen 
bred T and pde Emi for the u thes 
. The committee recommended. that the following 
Eis, I 
M 
ood, pere ерен ал n ситат о до. 
һе мй want of British 
Mo is a е падт. "liem Й пее manure. On this 
point there т Б. тузету een — Eme farmers, We 
ov чек gi т ou reals, Ah и - 
e-grass, gr Sine da tin e obe. ossible 
to take а railway "trip оа. almost any district or the 
United =з wem without bein vinced that i only 
half-manu nd "that i S powers CUM production fight be 
greatly înereasod ao our Аба ы 000 ог available acres 
could rec rial wey essing. ir ploying at 
dye калеа e, with 
would add 25,000,0001. annually e supply 
human and animal food.. The freien эйр will 
render es "wg d the purchase of guano mne anina 
es, and it will ae inish нае nr e ms подни 
fore reign бй йз as егу 
important бошай сайда. "for ти биг ке: "Norfolk yim "o 
pays 80007. annually Мем Linseed cake alone ; and another who, 
during his ho! lding as paid 70,0001. fur cake, a and 50,0001. for 
аар manures, "being paua to 1001. pas — .over his whole 
far We all know that we cannot feed o mals with pur- 
loss, cargon еч against 
e fro! 
permit. 
D will the Landlord's interest be affected by the Use of Town 
age?—Will its use increase or diminish tho Е апа 
th 
fertility of his land at the end of a lease? The once sandy 
wastes on the sea-shore near Edinburgh, not ber worth 55. 
per acre, Suo an an annual income of from 20/. d 301. per 
acre, во y app! n o own wage. same 
ark applies in to q 
The tw muted ch. profit thus resulting to the landlord will 
| which (16 will be remembered as T in the last | be considerable. 
. | report) sdulteraton had been found "to Deo fre. | Ною will the Tenant's interest bë offeoted by the use of Town 
tiy ious chara бг. n not onlv to the Phan Y NO evidence clearly proves that by large appli- 
quen injur > nly ca of sewage the crops of Grasses (and consequently of 
58 tening fin even the health of animals, m the тч utter, "сову ке and manure) may be ME 
from three x fold ai Now, 
diminished fro: 
applies to tithes, rates, &c. But there is "this. ormous 
additional advantage, that, having ur pode аз нефу manure 
from the produce of the sewaged soil, he will be enabled to 
grow much heavier crops on the ous parts of his farm un- 
M and thus increase the profits over the whole of his 
атт 
What is the Probable Value of the Human Excrement of the 
United Kiom f—There is no беи га апвугег1ї! ч 
Келт yon applied to the feeding of animals; and the 
e principle holds good for human Ris ae e they eat 
the. cattle which have consumed ct cattle food. Science has 
ealed à us that, although o vc E altered 
я еа ts elements are d, and little is ab- 
ep rom. ^it by fall -grown a е ау нене the 
" onsumable тм) (liquid and solid) used by the 
mili ions of our p dpa ion at 9/. per head, or 270,000,0001., 
and taking the excrementitious residue of such consumption 
ды y low estimate of one-tenth of the cost of the articles 
ml wa should have a xcretal of 
27, 7000, 0001. Beet that more than очат ыл "iy 
T zin vielen and that the others who do reless 
creta, we may reasonably - n ita not am a d 
fons. pr 20 gross commercial error, aste Suc ed ure, 
instead of availing ourselves of it to fertilise o 
sent us. Ought not - Kurs retal result of such a 
importation to have — JE our юш То the. pisei 
I have made m: pert animals bud 
= v streets. а е охота alone eM 
uarters of Oats per week, and hay in ion. Hero 
Pad awes's Жез] which із confirmed by t! 
eminent chem! 
"rim e Estimated Value of the Manure obtained 
from the — of 1 ton of different articles of food ; 
each supposed to be of good quality of its kind :— e 
ted | I annex 
ue|the average 
Description of Food. market 
director, be done at the Societ y's rooms, viz. : 
ашыг Ее саг ыт 
: the exa- 
r, M. nt, М.Р., R of mar M the preparation of М5, of 
Mr. Druce, Mr. Exall, Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, Mr.|catalogues; the preparation EL forwarding of admis- 
Fisher Hobbs, Mr. Holland, M.P., Mr. Wren Hoskyns, | sion or rs, tic ke ts, and other documents usually sent 
Mr. Jonas, Mr. L Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Pope, Mr. to exhibitors o implements, e forage to 
Rigden, Mr. Sanday, Mr. Shuttleworth, Mr. Th mpson, 1 under the direction of the hon. 
M.P., Мг, Torr, Mr. Wells, Mr. Fi 1 Dr. Voelcker. fii and cut "Mr. Cantreli consented to 
. The following New Members were elected :— t as steward of forage. This report was adopted. 
Andrews, ; ley, Severn БКО, Worcester inviting the authorities of Carlisle, Darling- 
ris ЖОО; аса verom ton, Durham, Newcastle, and Sunderland, to offer sites 
Bourne, Samuel ; lámith A Hoe Whitchurch, Salop for holding the 1 Meeti Ang о of 1864 in thai td district were 
hton, Capt. P. Tunstall Hall, Markot Luton | 
Bundock, Alex. ЕР %, NV n ebat T The Counc ordered that the Society's house 
Chadwick; Joseph is аар 2 closed o: n Saturday- the ; 7th and Toner the 10th 
tterworth t6 on account Procession he Marriage 
ene Cen pure ond ark, Hythe, дан of al hness the Pri of Wale ales, adjourned 
Dowdeswell, Geo. Morley; Park Алат сасон Battle | to their oel, Meeting = оп Wednesday next 
Edwin; The Cottage, 
Mrs бө зе 4 
Quber, А. В. Poulshot, Devises, 
