804 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE., - LAtevsr 25, Ne 
and good tillage, às, in fact, a most essential condition | phate of lime i in this condition, -— tho enjoyment Dt A Rey is cds keen EE 
for p У which experi active, his faculties unimpaired, and, by the blessin 
superphosphat e. If we examine a naturally fertile во, | Again, the moisture permeating "the soil. ái ea dence, we entertain the hope that he will yet, for d Pad 
we per ceive that ev en its mec cha x qe al components, or|s uch phosp hate of lime more readily than pue" water и associated with Cr. «gt eos зе олук and friend. The toast 
those ЖАН ight, such as clay, | does ; it contains carbonic acid gas, which i. known to as drunk with great enthusia y i 
nd, &c. аге intimat is blen bis p —ÉÁ | increase greatly the т, of phosphate of Time; "M . GREY, who was received with great cheering, said— 
while its chemical constituents, or those which, c this, and other bodie ting in the soil, p in | The Chairman has he ld you, adiac. that I lave on 
stitute its more valuable store of pant food, and t th g mm ound for assimilation by cie occasions, а чр 6. уча know, had the privi- 
same wbich we supply in a crude state in — plants, | lege of eem you ; but then it was on subjects 
manures, occur in such a perfect pem of division and tl Шаде | connect Se eh ommon interests, and with the 
uniform admixture, as to defy detection except by | о as erede in preparing the puc ни general fee the count We discussed then 
appropriate chemical processes. In this condition of|of manures =з food for plants, we шан, now enter; | the ipro vence that had taken place in agriculture, 
th that their 
e soil, moreover, these latter materials occur in a|it is sufficient to remark, 
manufactured state, so to speak; or have, by the|depends as much or more upon the 
roper actio on|and those things which have tended to i 
phy Feal coni duction of the land. On such occasions I had an 
Ih 
operation of natural processes in the soil, of which we | of -— amd 2 lightness and porosity, p? сеа оЁ а object in көйле, апа had а Subject to speak ot; 
at present know little, become mellowed and tempered, | due of air and moisture, &c., upon its|but on this occasion pm pa 
во as to be brought into the condition most acceptable | күш pedet. А9: duoi ndition iof a soil in unusual difñculty and embarrassment, 
to plants. That this is the case we may safely infer these r erm is, to а great extent, dependen t on ө, allog me to „speak, ona isa. ткы йч 
rich g ould 
monia, B phosphoric acid tH flH inthéx е hosphat 
as we tl i care should тетра only to resig 
F % ў : 32 1er Y n it is now somewhat mo; А 
cd безер iur al ard даганы ы, ill | years since Te un оноо k the office which I have now 
ребез Л at brings to my recollection a circum- 
on 
in too crude and кыне уз а y to becom | its rec vii A did that of the seed—but also to ensure | stance which is АЫ» to the present, for, 
лыс food for plants; they may, indes by injudicious | its uniform and gradual admixture with i soil, во as | of my departure from the scenes of my ear] 
tances of 
I 
occu 
become poisons f food. to plants. | to imitate, as far as lebe the natural condition | tions, апа from "o society of my youthful friends, a 
a assured t tn ed, ve 
Nothi is easier than to poi eferred 
su эче i inj S к corn cro ps is| m etely we do this, the further our manure - n of ve a number аме und 
; indeed m completely w me, to send me 
often done in this — by e "application of ш, will; П во did the better result it will yield us. way with a cheer. Gen tlemen, that recollection 
although its after ма ср ее the crop plan of mixing eere with ashes коа: Ё with it, unhappily, a very ‘mournful ich бер É А 
ү a " e peri 
Пу, is in ep su suffici ла 
гап 
genera! 
overcome such local Тоу, but which j is pia. Son |are common] ly used might n be e 
ployed w livin 
oje р and preventible. This is because the salts | advantage; the manure аб сат тобу". е ` For how fov. are there now who were then 
a present in guano, as also the soluble phos- | with the ashes by gentle rubbing and Les avoiding шаны vim life and our to be foun 
plate of "enperphosphate exercise a corrosive action on | all rough usage, which would j^ calculated to bring | recognise on his occdsion some old 
e del оће 
а 
er organs of plants, with | ђе manure into the pasty condition we have боба There is, gentlemen, another sentiment connected with 
th and of that 
t 
"ы ch th Y may Haee De ught in actu " contact ; hence it | out. e recollection of that period 
is only bes diluted and modified by the action of the| It be *questioned whether the plan usually which bears with it a moral, and tha 
may 
soil, as above referred to, that e and other con- | followed of drilling the manure with the . seed RU the me to mention io уой; for it proves: to me min 
d? Yet I 
amiliar faces, 
tituents of artificial жапше) become fit to supply most advantageous mode of applyi ing i it. 
the roots of plants with foo the 1 adventitious aids of rank, or wealth, or talents, whic 
Strange as ib may seem, EA is every reason for | about the plants at the earlier stages of their gro owth, are the pioneers of success to many others, and yet 
believing tbat soluble phosphate is reconverted in On Шз other hand, the ey n sometimes adop f with industry and perseverance t 
insoluble before being i use of by the plant; the | Sowing the manure with the **broadcas t distributor" ре duties of his station, and if he pursues S 
only ое, gained by the process of manufacture into ve ares end up," whe en ea his mode = and of fair dealing, he will not in the 
t; sub 
superphosphate being, therefor ore, an dis reme su 
t J 
L 
| d pl Short of receiving something of the approbation 
ut М ЫЕ ofthe plants at first. The liquid m manure | esteem of his fellow-men. It happened en e Pr 
n lain, is a sufficiently importan drill, when it can be used, is superior " y fortunate in the prep which hac 
Although. m Dayo чы ызы 5 ih modes ; Аы still open to the олче of depositing | now for 30 years filled ; and 
li lan. ll 
insoluble salt, as with what are called | Пё manure in one narrow line. , interme- | all m; WOCE 
ór Pridie зла 5 пеев een the two former, pice hdi give the | duce А cen cnn necessary for this situation. And 
Ifeel 
А ниге; is nbsolute]y | еЗ ults. Mr. Sibson's Lecture on Superphosphates. as you have called me here to-day to re 
зй: балта (cial 
MT if e M call of lime ve myself in some measure called upon to 
an, to you 
HN опит ОЕ DILSTON. 1 
soak in r, the latte gram : : | 
И пф у of it, Т Таша tus d аат though [Ат а meeting of the of Greenwich Hospital, held a | stances to which I ascribe any beneficial , rosalie e 
t, but 
few days ago, it was ата to invite John Grey, dd il уа: 
dent small, |, varies ores the ca condition of the Receiver of the Hospital Estates, to a publie dinner, as | Stephenson H5. just. reminded f 
phosphate of lime, as wel upon of other | method of testifying “the high esteem they entertain for Mr. b bata for 60 iuc c 
substances lii ch the water ma shes nib: буб character, and to acknowledge the discretion and i шы ееп їп m P At ha 
us be get treated in Aue way will ео тоа discharged his arduous office, to the great improvement of tho | know that өтө Wu g 
n bod MN 
s from the 
grity with ich he has, during the long space of 30 yea S; | be inning of this ө, - t time уоп will al all 
any phosphate of lime, which is the re why th | district, and to the advancement of LIT oes Science in the 
are of comparatively little value as Blasen Again, | count uer wg ” Reve qeu е4. 9ге A nie d ex- | 
aw oin 
Li eme ux Ms po Ses I2 he ani бн at Ж ron reme. that v Олы should be орен, not ani to 
ugh, by ‹ А wi ea matter ( antry, but to such of Mr. Grey's friends as should | has ainly been M in the 
Doer p е of lim me soluble. py jntention in бле л 2 ue. was accord- gone ya From my very earliest pui 
in ^ 23, r 
e finer the phospha: of. У Time, or "Wie material en c Мену 900 puce. тог be f А — io chair mt o the business of agriculture. Whe 
y bani by Richmond shool I had the privilege о 
Za 
he \ А ухе 
This holds g applied to ^ mechanical sub- | Four-stones: Joseph Lee, Esq., Dilston; J. Bolam, Esq., 
Mere by grinding ; the finer we grind bones, bone- Glororum; апа W. Benson, Esq., Allerwash. After the usu. 
«Е hos 
nes, 
" toasts, rose e country. 
even min Ares pbates, the more effective | toast of the evening. Не said :—It is nnivormdlly acknowledged | the Collings, Charges, and Booths of that day. 
нома i i i i ith th - е 
although, except in the first | that the highest possible compliment that can be paid to a 
тта - л Кай: 
instance, the limit of such menns of division fails public шап, to say that he has (e pum оока go ны т 
der these substances eff "us ue e on 
к есі at that time 
for this reason that certain phorphatic guanos—such | who, for a continuous succe =н of years, has occupied a re- | peg ct to the introduction of the Short- -horn breed of 
00 A ifornian &c.— ате m au Sn р was I 
ve f 
эч not been por 
press in t di) fo бей. SX. before. That s Exec has been acting, and. that 
ptt nt has ene progressing г i 
las 
years 
T was ini 
руз гт 
qe 
holidays yom the ga ане оѓ a 
who bee! 
ed down 
part, removed, of lime remains in an ex- DA mg A аар - rm dee whole of this peri 
tremely comminutéd state. T am inclined to think | чоша oniy be justico; and when E bring to reoollactlon thè хаб терасі роу 
арен "phosphate o ме D ar ee d desist from embracing this oppor rdi 
4—5 Font of en soluble — the whole of | 9f the tenants ofthe 
P Ol. : аир ; А д: ЕНЕ 
its phosphate of lime (amounting to 20—25 per cent.) AL Mr Grey ач 7E луш бшшш. that а young man should 
3 pho 0 196 affability, foi great interest h 
being in organic combination, is in a still m more favour- | taken in our welfare, in common with the gereral pros; 
able condition than in the guanos above mentioned, | 9f the sheer a When Mr. мету entered upon "the duties of "tbe 
and approaches, in fach, the soluble phosphate of a фе tenan Uy e ore hie iun А Ad ма - rund ант hired 
срне һа он ту огањ, changes were cont mally taking ME plas." That | 
" e v Ете t tt 
" superior eion cy of the phosphate of lime in Eb Thi farms were ef E d reasonable veterans an 
ese е анро examples is owing to the fact that its Lay em of нае introduced and enforced, and very | ment, уе Messrs. Culley, who raw 
from many te mptation s to 
he otherwise might be subject to. 
seh 
o 
Ф 
d 
Е 
8 
rvi 
trious tenants. Im vA pardoned for the m, when I 
and 
say that the Il rd a8 they v QE ате SECON: 4 рова, bestowed upon me much 
division has been brought about, іп part аб least, by | encouragement and assistance given to dese ing end indui. inexperi ced, yet in. cireumatatoss b кы 
с 
oist і 
tion n, 
obtained it in our im acie ment with bone-ash, is in the scientific ente rise deri rsevering success. Had Mr. Grey for the parental instruction 
most favourable и dem for being taken up | been ing iri е might have contented himself by simply have been deprived of. I was 
f r. Bu ention has been б h 
en also, воо 
in this way and соп roots of plants; and а all tim в directed to the public and general : his con. | an early time with other agriculturis 
5 Farmers’ Club, a dent, and | agricultural societies, whi no 
hope, now that he has 
years one of the most 
tal 
my 
deserved E мА 08 в ты ап individual is our honoured nih those patriarchs of the- race, tho n 
М - : "tte decocta c 
thai 
I ces in this neighbourhood have bu 
him and | deprived me of. І was then settled as ап 
|to none, either s respectability and character, oj h valuable instruction. То кел кө 
which oth 
best e 
с е ture of his day. І Рай to the T ido distéi 
relie on i great importance weedside district. 
е оне we stall sull be favoared «rith аре саа Qu society I was one of the earliest members, 
operation in our endeavours to further the interests of farming most successful 
counsel and advice | of extensive farming concerns, including amongst them 
Ња 1 ial p: which 
contrary, 
him earnestness ; 
aptitude Be” business; and, probably preserves 
m idleness which 
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