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2018451 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 157 
Paangerota to encourage t the roots to 
e we have already touched upon. It may | mont \ salt are also more ere the reason of which | the absence of more extensive experiments “and facts, 
ev 
su 
pe can extensively; it may be 
nution of the chances of a good crop, to depend | 
ot, devolsing that duty upon five; it may be thought 
insufficient provision i is made against the ile 
ae ho 
ich may arise in the ave disease ; and, a 
“ont to have much weight We must content ourselves 
ery reader who can procure a sight of the Journal of 
Ro ive much in 
1 i ty 
I havenot had any experience Eia from the careful perusal of Mr. John Han- 
eci ; ās, | nam’s paper on Dissolved Bones, vol. v., part ii., Feb. 
n better ult, pp- 452 et seq., and 594-6. The “Tenant Farmer” 
e rs his own i 
, inse th e P 
hemden tures. Now, iffrom bone-dust ee to pasture growing 
tions, however. he x bt upon eee mn he reaped great advantage for six-or 
iready mono opolised too much of you r spa ahs fr It seven years, it is more than probable that ho would ob- 
E believe that all who are desirous of entering upon a tain immediate results nA prend the bones with 
in vestigation í of the merits of the pra actice ‘before US, will oe ter assertion is, that certain  elivated Sa somewhat the follow ner :—I sat me, first, 
ves whether st, nure that 4 quarters per acre, i. e. “32 ‘bushels, are super- 
Flak: i Hops, fluous. Let half the _ quantit be taken, or even 
3 Ho 
rhe fact , that a very tees portion of ‘the seed ig 
‘being improperly committed to the soil 
bushels of really good bone-dust, ell mc from bones 
| that have not been | burnt, t, and th erefore are „Teple te with 
fnll 
waste ‘ei 
‘Having con luded from this fact that any 
uents ; let him dress his land, as usual, with three- 
the 
stain eae yey ivy of i ‘nts. Fos iy folt- fourths on this bone- dust, to remain therein as a pro- 
ect g fourth 
this ESLA seed, and also deal more 
eed-corn, there 
> golden advantages i in soko for hi SHEW: 
ON COMMON SALT AS M AS MANURE. © 
ive fertiliser, j ourth part 
with the remainder ; having suggested that the points 
most ional i in such an operation are the measuring 
aS ng the weig ey of ear bone dst at Baia- . per 
out equal quantities of seed, the depositing them 
5 bushels would be 200 lbs.; to decompose the 
proper distances and at a sare depth, and a settling | i nv excuse is 
ei 4 +th hott, We l 
Gsi R hole. ow leave 
| pont va be: arte it would bodies 100 lbs. of 
cid ; 
tI would employ only 65 Ibs. » havi ng 
it to the judgment of the farmer to weigh all other pros 
2 oy cons upon the su bject,» we Meriya ay, that i a 
his 
After gro Ae stirred occasionally, the acid would have 
ly exerted its | full influence i in 3 or 4 da ays, and the results 
+ en 
formation of much 
the ay The late worthy Mr. Schibler has “ound 
1 
patiqui ty; and although its value as a teste has been 
4 ty = too high Cappel in England), it z duce such b Heop iarri aie Prd 
erthele: rue that i it m rits a tion, producing, o r. Schi 
alle Be i uld be st at 
| per Magdeburg acre, as 5 lbs, ee or “its did not Arg 
es regre 
d'the gyp- 
sum 0 mp ert of lime, prä ut one-third part of 
the hoiei skena d t though at bette mically decomposed, 
Finally, let the mass be thorou ghly mixed an Loge soft 
earth or dec caying saw-dust, in quantity s suffici make 
it equally full t 
y this experiment, would acquire practical 
PE i Spa 
pater if the Tain-water ‘di not C anneal = carry off a} 
La la 
remote top- -dress, and be enabled to state the results to 
ed 
here the soil is d t in it. of heath soil with "30 Ibs. of common sa it was, even | his brother farmers. _ I wrote as a ero ersed in the 
Crain satt ( ead f j : g laboratory, with a view to 
onsists of 60.3 parts of chlorine and 39.7 of a ate lucidate tt f} ai 
pi oiae to the class of substances „called chlorides. | on e authority 
r acr r. Hanna m, the pra ctice of one cribes 
ants. On account of its great solubility, it also rink k Bat ag ‘4 rite A te of the largest merer peeo 
ap! from the soil, meing | either Aiora by | part of the easily ie salts. in the. —Mr. Tenant, of St. Rollox, Glasgow; 
lants or dissolved by rain-wate We e befor England it is strewed, some weeks previous to the | and who also has announced “his intention to prepare 
id that it is one of the component parts ot of eo ng; it is sowing of the corn, over the fields ; and this is a good | and dispense t to the public, the ana in a state of solu- 
to be found in all plants and in ev ing-water Hannam farther gives a cursory view of 
the common salt afforded by the dun ng is suffici nt | slice, and then be easier taken up by the roots. Gene- Mr. Tenants own practic ê; es :—“ I put,” says he, 
ñn quantity for plants, and therefore an pe ati of bold igen 5 jÀ en os sow ithe in Pee “vies os 25b Aenne (of which every farm 
by itself is very beneficial. The effects, however; are fields, has a ply), a in about 340 lbs. of 
‘Seldom very striking, <a gg a neither forces the plants 
nor do they obtain afte er i its a dark-g n colour, as 
ATEST c 
Bais. 
ee Wilt merely invigorate on and (which is of the 
menti 
In the soil it is only liable to decom- | that the common “salt brin ings the pe to speedier d 
strong ped 02 Sai a 36 Scotch pints (18 imperial 
gallons) of peen water into each boiler. be per phe 
ome time” (of this the 
i for c ttle, 
? even ‘it it “ats long in ste no pom of composition ; en this is not Or uate That, item 
r two we empty th e boilers in 
ald At 
ac rfully if mixed with common | sth ‘bones are only partially ae ” (dissolved 
salt is easier to fs z sips especially if eek plants hoe | pt, broken up; the term should scontinued ; 
e giv as the EAA acid being disengaged, while the s olid 
"| bas es are transferred to the sulphuric acid ); “but t the = 
three or four times s; and in the er of s seven or e eight 
breaks down with 
attle lt (othe: 5 
will be serous as they will then receive it in their 
in 
a shovel.” Mr. "Tenaat, we are told" to 12 acres of 
3 uot so easily undergo any change, and as these are 
er an oxide as base, nor an acid, it will not 
combine chemically either with an acid or a that food saturated w ith a 
80; n 
effects, especially upon Clover.” 
onsequently passes 
x c ue de 
a He ath poai into the plants. Tn these, however, | i is more advantaxebh wh 
It artly decomposed, becaus e, whilst the leaves spoit with acetate of soda might be math: If I 
chlorine, we find th ) has 3 been 
cil to th digested bones, apra to ari the soroa 
h the rgsa As e duration of bones. 
r sap; truly a kabl show- | 1 
that often Aide: ‘bey Bere able le ‘process, show. 
© some ex: experim 
wets d, as ee sa not furnished a pe a 
Sisret ‘ore T indicat te the foregoing combined trial. The 
erves ealrea 
jè ura d 
try our plan, i in hope of immediate arpa content per- 
or two e end, for the 
E nariais, which are so im i 
portant that it radit 
© resorted to oftener than i is the e case. We sh all now 
sake of obtaining his primary hiti e i riia however, 
no right to ple dge a any authority, because I have no 
occasi s where there | w 
ie the herbage of which was not touched by tl 
p ane promt tried.—J. Tosin, Berkshire. 
s with Man on si kani in 1841.— 
Weri nt Arie prvi aioe ent, 88 eer by 13 » 2ft., 4 in.; 
nure sown by hand ; Hay g made, June 17. 
Weight of Manure. Weight of Hay. 
56 lb. Bone-dust Seto NA D 449 lb. 
2—56 Ib, Tietas 101b. ae ae . 415 
i RAA 20 Ib. + 87 
4—N . 378 
5561 is gaa i Hydrochloric Acid, 25 ib. 449 
6—Ditto Do.; Hyd. org at Sulph. Acid, 15m: 489 
7—Ditt — 5 Ibs; sage = 
8—No M 
ont heap in the greatest need, but as soon as | a a dosp bed of chalk, and its texture i isa ease binding, 
Byers nanna ni a iad previously be been rejected. 
they will have © Us a are man ith common 
mon salt m 
eee. That this i is reall 
* spoilt fod 
+h le 1 AE a a 
makes É pea more wholesome for the 
may 
of bone-dust. ieren e eaan on this soil have 
that | 
half-inch each when pned i in ager Mod- D reer en- 
cked u dhering clods 
and hus rendered unapproachabi e Seef the roots of any 
y 0 
large mak, i Grass.—J. B. Lawes. 
Cultivation of Indian Corn.—Some years since, I 
planted a sia quantity of Cobbett’s gent Playin the 
| directions in his book, I succeeded in rai wo gi 
"ote readme Plan 
“r Over-eat themselves on ca where many | ¢ 
wo successive years (I think 1885-6), The 
seasons were hing ote and dry. The ae Lea the crop 
