AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[JAn. 
thething efficiently, considering the great Variety in th 
ture of farms, would, we fear, occupy too much ofour 
ace. 
byes Asues.—J. B. H. t his aki as to what 
good or bad effect of pt e and sand (sea) on Graselal 
Would some correspondent favour him with his experie 
d expect b to be very advantageous, if the 
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—Can y why the 
ras ue of such a large frame, compart 
— any one sa; a 
ithou 
that oe farvished with them? Such is TaveMauly nthe 
DRAIN —C. F.—If you will forward your address we 1 
be e to Hia The question does not admit of a 
lished answer. 
Drains, &c.—W. C.—A “approaching to clay,” is 
suited for wedge drai R et You cannot expect it tol 
any years 
ing you e asi 
en yo full antormation on the 
ages 218, 233, 251, rye sps 322, 342, 
iber from West 
e you ao uw azi 
that year. If so, please to reer to anne fa 90, 139, 
if E please to let us know, and we wer your qu 
tully. k 
Hasso K What are they ?—Large tufts of coarse G 
varying in Aaea Eons froma mole toan ant-hill, 
use is that labourers may clean their shoes upon 
Leicestershire Ye pe 
AY AN) 
w, Cw D LINSEED OIL AS HORSE-K) 
T itorses veil Portae AE oil, and will 
r greas 
LAMBS.— J. A F.—They Zu eat Turnips; beg thi 
they do it to them the second or third 
, but give thers alittle hayy w 
k 
ar Peas, as secon 
P; 
y Pe pee val 
wholesale seedsman cann 
select for yor 
N HE —Agrestis,—Heifers may be 
"ulh. irom c ou y ear and smsy months to we years d! a 
riber.—It is 
th 
med 
ff. We med grain 
sei as food horses, A horse will siobabiy eat12 to] 
f hay chaff, steamed, besides his Oats 
e quantity o! 
ff would 
. a F.R e. 
Miterat f London, be 
mber of the Boyan Aeteultaral Society, ere 
Chemistry at the Royal Institution, may be had 
sellers, price 4s. Ôd. 
*,* As usual, many communications have been received 
Y, Esq., 
Society o 
.—Per Load of s Trusses, 
THFIELD, Jan, 2. 
go old Meadow New Ha —s to —s | Clover 
105s to 110s | Inferior “thd 90 4 tite! 
T, jan. 2 
Superior Mead, Su; erior Giov 115s to I 
Inferior . Inferior id wi 108 
e 
New Hay - - _ Cloy - — 
keat t= Baxsr, 
Wa 
Fine Old Hay - na to 100s rn Clover 128s 
New Hay - 00 | Ne w Clover | 105 116 | Straw 
POTATOES.—Soutnwark WATERSIDE, Dec. 30. | 
Tne contrar 
T 
wind still Lie i) and the large are of ppoe sn 
here pa been some arrivals by barges railway fi om 
x, and the areas have been ese supplied fro 
London, “The few samples at the Waterside have 
but we cannot state them with su fici ent accuracy 
14 i THE 
d by another of the lot. They were fed in 
aid a É previously make himself better acquainted with separate rds Fi: nd the food weighed daily. The follow- 
the laws of that science. ing w 
Chemical facts are valuable things, but theories mustnot | -tement ve TON POUND rs Erpen ceri T 
be advanced a s facts, and, in all attempts to reason on de. ae n Beasts, fe fed don native eo rompon aad sa foreign oilcake. 
The 12 Beasts were placed int ig and fed on whi 5 
pra ataih. “Our author’ s remarks on the value from Dee- 15th t 4 o the 20th; from D p me to me e E 
a the gaseo us matters dissolved i pein on Syeda Turnips, but t & e Turnips w 
bi Week as gth Kertih eight of Turnips . 1351 stones Hae 
phorus are, to s pete he least, very paint ke = as 16th ; i 1279 
unne to explain the phenomena big rattan joa ae pound beasts , 
z — r ix oil-cake do. 
There is no doubt that oxygen has great influe GomPouND EASTS. | 
putrefaction, tut it is equally t nes lbs. l 
ion of the most v luable lga ts of manure mihai Jan. 30 Tea SSE “300 8 Compound’ ap day, gives 
by ~ putrefaction of organic matters, is soluble in | Feb- na pra 
and would certainly be go away in solution] ” pi 124 ” ” 
D w soans ta place of bane deposited, as he supposes,| ,, 37 (Cold ina won 17 54 We — x 
in the form of mud. If the process ecomposition is | Mar. = 3 ” ee ” 
completed, black mud will contain small por-| >» is ” rinse dnc ie 
tion’of the valuable parts of drainage, the greater por-| ” 97 E 605. E P eee r 
bein; ied away in the stream; whilst, if the | Apr. 2 m 396 105 a 21 A 
decomposition is a so complete, the mud, though richer | » z ” ete i EUR seg , 
as manure, will undergo a second putrefaction when ex-| ” po ” 388 13 <3 ; 
limra to the as; like the mud of large rivers at low Mey 1 g si 5 - $ 
» m re , 
This scheme of allowing a stream of running water, " » 1 Hay 42 rt 255 Si os , 
iger receives rigger pinan to ps Doat, apond| ” 99 yr San 292 7 sa ¥ 
or in which suspended, a + es divided on June 5 50 do. 267 6 „n = > 
y ly x the man: : pii be collected, i$ by no me: » 12 ay ba rass. a , 
new, having long been practised in Ge ie jand, hace » si d e 
the analyses of this sort of mud, it is easy to see that Stones 7628 Ibs, 14,485 
must be a good >; though, both from practice, and Git-oaKe — P i! 
also from chemical experiments, it is evident that ? reir 369 ise oil -eake 3 each p, day, give 
large part of manure is lost, where stream is | Peb. 6 508 124 
made to pass through the pond, instead of terminating| ,, 13 ; 474 53 
in it. Sprengel, in his valuable work on Manures, has| » 20 , 439 as = 
men the analysis of two kinds of pond mud, the one} w°% ? PERET 5 
m apo! ing inlets but no outlet, the other from | | 13 k 422° 8$ B 
havi st passing through it; the farmer’s| ,, 20 4 439 123 =n 
nee prove t the first was by far the most| » 27 i a a “ay 
ble as a manure, and chemical wni showed that | “P*-,3 : i a 9 
it contained much more li magnesia, alkalies, phos-| |’ 17 5 396 10 — 
phoric and sulphuric acids, and i n 24 > ae i: 
ing nitrogen, than “the iter did ; indeed, it did not | May i t pat a 
appear that the latter contained any nitrogen, and only a/ ? 18 Hay g stone . 285 13 eae 
trace of phosphoric la a y EM 
e author of the pamphlet before us asks whether | » 29 42 ae. in 7 re 
nitrogen exists in good loam, ei monia or | 27° Bay and Gia sg Se d 
nitric acid; and then, without attempting i? answer this | do. » ~ 
question by any evidence—which a ertainly ave hea 
to show that nitrogen in most fert end nes 774 St COMEDUND. hpi ch 
soils, though in small me h mbs. 23 bush. of Peas, at £. s. 
that it seems mor t plants obtain their Tas. 6d. ee ae + 10 12 oa—we, 18st. 341bs. 
nitrogen from pho: orale es iy fren the atmosphere. | 4 thors ie . 87 nk 
The only arguments which are brought forward in sup- Peas grinding, 1s.peremb. + - + 73 
pòrt of this betrodde? eory are, that phosphorus | Linseed do., 2s., peor a 4 3 
may contain nit ugh c ee have hitherto bring Compound ou, a oy H 
failed in finding any ; and, secondly, that putrid animal 50 Thorns, as fuel, at 5s. per 100 - 7 
matter is often lu minous in n the da irk, sv for the idea “bn 43 
that phosph i bined with Deduct for 34 bushels of Wood o 3 
something else, it certain ny is po RATA but as all k Ashes at 18. 6d, per bushel 
ts are opposed to it, it appears so highly i im obi bie? 19 13 
that in the absence of any ence in y it Balance in favourofCompound 2 8 7% 
would surely T wise to build rules for practical | | #2114 9 
men on theoretical deductions of so wild and speculative | Di anes 
a nature. With regard to the phosphorese of putre- Mareh 17, = sta ae ~ 715 h 
fying organic mai hat i evi er of the | April — isewt.1st.,9lbs.,at 7.138.perton 516 3 
presence of phosphorus. substances which are aii 
See penta isthe Sark are ahi ta Biaphoreses, The omg h een are placed on the respective ae as ae 
buf no one can reasonably assert that all substances | “were divided by Mr. Wells, of Sco Ruston, and Mr. Heath, 
which are luminous in the dark contain phosphorus. of Lu wg ee attention being paid at. the time to 
The experiments whi r the author of the pamphlet aptitude for fattening, and it was determined by lot which 
popet "gge st, for the purpose of proving the com- | SHould be fed an BE ASTS. 
pound natu ef pkiaphoras: are by no means unexcep- Live Weight when | Live Wgt.| Dead Weight, as received from 
aE OEN EA Na that animal matter, free from PE. neal pee Fat, Mr.Chapman, St.Giles’, Norwich. 
osphoric - 131 s 
with p Ya riei ty of differe: : i st. lbs. st, lbs. st. Ibs. 
No. 1, Weight ioa 128 76 7 Loose Fat 11 2 Hide7 1 
circum stances; ro so conceives, s, that ‘it Sota of time Sis, 9 17: |e ES 6 9 
were subsequently found in the ee 00 119 704 f 9 A B43 
certain evidence of t ai T hos oak gee A IO FB eae 99 8 9 
Thethi would not be the case 1 ondean boas aiat | E SEEE E E 
that animal puen contain phosphor as well as phos- caer E E a sd 
p! aci ond am sphoric acid might readily be 602 725 {4327 oy 55 9 9 » 39 39 6 
found, ‘tee’ deco ition, ia a which p Ei ê hi hes fat. 
eculations are of very 
little ok when nos a out i pamphlet, ap 527 8 compound fed. 
such hs ge one under RETES may do great za 477 2 oil-cake fed, 
harm; for when a plan is recommended to practical 
men, as lil be of great siventh to pa te if, OIL hp AKE Aib sp a esia 
in f supporting it by simple straightforward | Live Weight when |Live Wise. Bogs Weight, as received from 
chemical evidence, the author throws fact aside, and Selected when r.Chapman, St.Giles’, earch 
in its stead proposes new and imp robable theories 3th ; ane 7h EE “ae vi 
= Le . . st. Ibs. 
and speculatio: ons which can only puzzle them, he can| 2 forms ro 113 b2 i Looserats 2 i Hide 6 is 
only cause them to doubt the the truth of etme co inl 3 » 98 121 |67 0 TS 7 » 6 ‘4 
We are therelove abliged, although with much reluc Se ie ge Se ae 
5 hlet oie ‘oni ot Oin ANOLE irc Ose. EA oh fens z 
590) 705 l3s7 12 51 7 3711 
51 7 loose fat, 
37 4 hides, : 
N.B.—The respective moons ts ave taken at 14 ibe. to the stone. 
Mr. Postle is so satisfied with the le that he con- 
tinues system. It has been followed by any 
ore m the northseasdara, pr t of the county. 
turs of Norfolk. 
bene enasen ener nmneeenntoned 
a 
a otices to Correspondents. 
ENDAR OF OPERATIONS.—. Meili. —Thanks for yourjsug- 
‘gestions. For this year, at an any rate, we must say, that te do 
all descriptions, is trifling ; 
and middle quality Wools 
HOPS, Faupay, Jan 
Tnn Hop Market is activ k and prices SA aieas $ are quantit 
a pepes t for bonoen is oF 1 
‘ATTRNDEN & 0 
WOOL.—Britisn, FRIDAY, Jan. 3. 
Tauractivity noticed in our last report continues. The demand 
has ine: ane ed, consequently prices have: 
per 
-wooled Wethers 1s rok tote a8 Sonthdown Hogeitts 
Hoggitts 1 A RE Ji Kent Fleeces 
Soushdowa Vleecss 1 Janus Paanin, Woo 5 
Lon: 
