588 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Jone 6, 1868, 
to, yet he entirely believed in the truth of the | such matters, no serious harm is generally dong Бу 
А ее; Li enin ^ 
Mr. WirriAMs, of Baydon poke of his of his correspondents, as to is eost of ploughing ме r of soils to rra Bree epo IS we 
more diet labour i a furoris of steam vulti- and grubbing, so far as coals, wages, oil, hires Gf UV dd) xd T indy вай, ilico Ao 
vation, and o ue a morbid and | immediate repairs are concerned. | Imi óf tho Haid, and the quantity of solah for 
excessive love o tthe. ietnresque hinde red land-| After a few words of explanation from M ат ыы ; ort 
owners from pitini that aid t m Howain, and a short speech from the of the soil which is penetrated by the roots of plants 
which would be given by the moval hy solit d Verts the discussion termi па, it is thus modified materially by ће quantity of ri; 
useful influence in preparing arable districts for 
the steam o gh phe t tements which had been made on the authority 
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trees in ploughed fields, cos tenant We regret our inability to give in our present | which falls during the season. Hence the effect which 
pound for every shilling ier $ Ses Eu to Шер Number а etailed account of our correspondente the same manure is capab producing not ошу 
owner. Mr. ҮүттттАмз spoke too (though amid | returns. is, with a report of dynamom rien varies greatly on different soils, but also with a rainy б 
the impatience of the m meeting) of the ur di oram тангенса t Sutton босану, nd аб Bedfo dry 
injury to agrieultural progress which was bei y Messrs. үке. N, M. sens T Е., а J. С. I 
iti i t iliud 
за A А Д ранга ү p indebted, E whom раза: ы U T agriculture, to frame isolated facts into general lawa 
to both Мт. FOWLER and Me e s. How. ына е ыа | kan rding to which agriculture, as a profession, i is d. 
Mr. COLEMAN, of urn TENATA uand Mr. FARM VALUA TIONS. IE mmi bts our p coe pm and even our existene 
. , a nation, is 5 со 
WILLIAMS; instead of merel otesting against Ir the Rev. G. Wilkins wishes for a topic on which | 
the ешь; М tö offi In n iù- to, enlighten his ны ое, I recommend ps ebig's n I i on, 3 The Laws of — 
x tice. f all the bre ar d Ў 
дае а теп йа 1 heir removal: | he е would fi A Mesi ud «us gets ich ga Fab ers as а body оЁ| <а58ез, but which have no bearing upon the za 
that kind; and if the alleged increased. value | 61 are too well content to labour, none Mens "d me 
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t appears to me inconsistent with common sense, 
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practice of ме ieulture, 
: That there are laws which 
of lan rea it oug e от. 5 the humblest herb "D se M ИВ tredi Аи 
Dr. Erts, of Richmond, spoke of the value of engem ЖШ. A. paheni A с P sensible man will gainsay, but we may well dou 
i oil by ved ci i 
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English soils, declaring th t 1h ere is e рове, to be ун ү аг апа 
surplus of fertilising matter presentin his ayey s y ide А red for. ІБ is not hin v in р иа = 
and that ei] Б т hir бет re be "y ME experienco is very far removed fi up and ‘having After all much permanent good and a large amount 
confidence, it is but natural to against a system | О physical trath i is brought to light by the painstaking, , 
ind ba і EM character, that it Lg моча labours of those panes. be 
of Nature, who devote a life-time t 
special Wy о, of inquiry, and I fed: pene: pe 
abours do not deserve the cold-hearted, unge D: 
а view. uth whic 
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and outstrip steam РӘ ho th iñ effici баву end | дп to give. countenance to fraud and deceit, at the 
o him followed Mr. Юктхв, of „Spilsby, whose 
f the h d well disposed. 
Erhi we hope hereafter to give in full. ? was |^ M Pug Ж" ета jur item feni that singular аг апа unjust ridiculo in which even great men occa 
а most admirable impro mptu critique of the| document, the Inventory of a Farm Valuation Ыы: sionally indul 
position which „both Dr. VOELCKER and Mr.|Part of — Field: Turnips five times plough Si , From the Preceding account of pon 
Сотғмлх occupied in suggesting the greater | six ditto harrowed, ten ditto small harro oils, 16 may be р ren that the 
economy of horse-power on light land. He con- rolled; labour ° Couching ; dre Md est h super- office of the soil i 18 not merely to Supply mineral fgod 
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cluded by praising Mr. HowARD and Mr. FOWLER | phosphate of lim Ao seed, ms дой the same wá Msi hi. E me (nene it, о ep A manufacture, 
3s our leaders, and by an emphatic eulogium ime ; e horse-hoed ; prse Su, ees 
Mr. SMITH, of Wooliton und on E a pparatus twice "io han d-hoed, rent P and еч & OL 0з. Oq, | tion, ta geent: injury to the living plant by too 
whi à hé ha ai b ht fr ҮМ, 8 ti e This is dragging w "ue vengeance, and dragging the | large aeonntulàion of soluble matte ers in the 
ieh he had bougl oni year > , what? surface Anit to store up for fut 
and sed in v px wit ай Foe Lieu сена ert ioo —aud, for whekt , To | 
a M ev 8 jait out а jine of programme for a valuation, Is it | 0 diffuse it equally in that portion of the land reached 
vantage to hiinse hob ü midi of surprise men after all this turning by the roots of the plant, sid on odify it in үс 
„ЈАМЕ by ап broili ар киек. iw О, deprived of its with t the Rie emen our crops in i 3 
moisture, has bee dern avourable t ring with each deseription of soil. In sh ort, t 
Ih ЖА 4 the e s incoming. tenant finds to his|*oilist workshop in which food is prepared - 
o one | di he thriving aud abundant ero of | for yes and we са n on then hope to attain unto | 
erop e 
who more ня retard апа m | roots to which iss dye . ог 67. per acre should t knowledge of m eps of plants, - 
cultivation than the man who publishes ex-|fair rly entitle him, nothing but P miserable and stinted & means of ER their вр 
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travagant and ЫШЫК у. Че ments of|growth, or what is stil КЫ frequently the case, only | * wants when we shall hay sided t al хей mh 
' д n fallow. uy ke place 
i To do àwa sies ub А ЕЙ 1 1 t ls E en pos su dig "d bios ip 
а eertain extent, (so we КЫ a believed xin y 2 scis R, With them, The subjectis full of practical 
uation, and to meet the ends of common sense and | m. 
justice, isa rumes easy matter. And this is, that the interest, but also surrounded by great 
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be absurd — hat pl ЖЕМЕ id Vb, сап эша ЖШ. be that an M tenant may purchase | due course, no doubt, well-established chemie 
vw done at the | ipee which had been reported that may suit his gonvenience and consequently ae DE will receive n JEN lt is the undi 
pu r. MORTON, wo ра only for value rec obtain at once what is popularly called 
i ná volle decision ат the su М.) Who in these days of | progress will be long ipe practical "result the graspi ing after results which 
Howard pointed iv: i pe of |to pay fora crop of Couch-grass in place of a кор тау Бе о translated into e nerd bushels of ii 
lumping ploughing sd кызуды and безин ing i roots, for four or five times ploughing, whei ө е more rapid advan 
together. ng the whole performance at | single and simple орумда will produce а für — of agricultural science ; and itis to be hoped, f for 
£0 чӣ, "E crop? us d der the present tem it true interest of the e agriculturist, tha 
Mr. em ir sob WLER declared that the efficiency | Seems to be to t рту 2 advantage of the out- tho voice of those capable of sndestsnding a and Ву _ 
of steam cu а оп is so great, that to сз а going tenant ^ hava his fallows abondainy stocked | Clating purely sentis resu 
Ld de i i w” |With Couch, in order that A ploughings, the | powerful to keep in check the 1 too p maia y e 
of the common plough, is most ень One due ped, e beli vote um i A ун а Pes Е mr available, knie f the b eyes 4 
(blow ? vi x * | excuse elieve t all this ma ate its we inquire 9 „сапвев OL Ше BDROFDH 7 
yd of n: v фо, which Мт, Мовтох | origi from, some  misconceived де that the|perties of eu a we f difference 
had proved eould be y зо cheaply, has to be | ]andlord's ан» аге in some way bound up апа | ОЁ opinion. Lie ibig те аи this pow analog vei | 
ompared with a whole series of operations by protected, but upon this subjeet I will not now | 000 vienen een the physical ose perio з eee 
horse. ower, which indeed t together are not d attempt to "a I am well sintan tó have made a | possesses ning colouring matters, and conse 
сҮ gle “ smashing up" which steam | case to show that if a man farms badly it shall be to | quently } which 
to give uas 
“в own loss апа detriment, and not that ч another ; are о da in contact and absorbed ак wholly 
to have esta — арчы т of right and [| partially by the surface soil аз present emis t: 
: д over the present puc and [ар D state of combination. са 
s absurd custom of farm vii: [s buius: er hand, believes the atiscnption i is s effected hy 
= пав dodi silicates. Тһе double silicate of alumina 
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exce tion has been expressi Rn 1 the 
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supplied it. As (Continued from p. 492.) hen the be cs silicate of alumina and lime — 
he practice of lumping| т dilut : 
i e solutions, p sulphate of ammonia and | tüs formed is brought into contact wi т” 
Viera БЫ Cidh number of брен ehoride of an lo йл phosphate of lima ШЫ lime passes into йн, and a double silicate of. 
ро п 8, р, "ow "ede dm emere. magnesia are телу тоге дч: than n water, even alumina and NN is formed ; this iu its turn is 
on "a wy t Ec ole—that had been done when charged with carboni it salts of potash, and in the каше way 
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fact, which I have observed к Pelei : ИШ зы spots the double silicate of йм mina and potash is ci anged by 
n|where Cou ch-weed as ire de. sm ss | Salts of ammonia into the double silicate of alumina 
lkaline m Brit чес" ede n ié and ammonia, whilst the otash passes into solution. 
me rankness or over luxuriance which ammoniacal| I have pre pared, according to Ppa Ways | 
T наче are known to recs in Wheat and other | directions, a double silicate of alumin: d soda, and / 
cereals. Оп audy - =: same saline matters | repeating Way's experiments find that indeed, such 
M wool be injurious to vegetation, for these soils do not | & а takes es place; te of 
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s, | Contain, like clay soils, the mineral matters whieb, by | alumina and ammonia, which, A À to Way d the 
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mitigate their i биру. ofa solution o ote ines or or ebat pol hormagnes 
üt- | these energetic гоз м ped opos and mentioned bases i is absorbed. 
А wise provision th аш; prine into solution, and one of the three ч 
beyord money needlessly expended in the purchase of| . Thusif a preparation made after Mr. — 
