e—1845.J _ 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
ake dings, Lo 
Dickso on,| 
P.S. I prefer Riga | from 
To fen Rats—1 frequently observe inquiries, _ 
your correspondents as to the best means of do- 
$ more tan ae ee eects danin | then stroyi hg these pernicious and destructive yanti. Let Been, $ , piem Pe Preston. Patrick- Burton, Westmoreland 
th more . ’ he secret of one who 3 
the gro there pla ore value on the seed and was eminently disting guished, and i erg "thom, Ivi mete "T Lanai nster, Herefordshire 
age ye fibre, an thevétire te the — rupportod t too, until, tl h, his ge, he a Thomas, Hodgebatch, Bromyard, Herefordshire 
or teie and ite seeds become then bett , ee ia filiam, På werd, Lowes Radnorshire 
become en n pg? an Deda, wil iiam J., Ipsden, Wallingford, Berks. 
= E This by subscription, in te form af a sealed — Winam Lynn, Erershott, Woburn, Beds. 
— pamp t is pub n, of some 16 pages octavo,| Langley, Henry, 24 Life G 
i : | tee Denisi, Cast mare Mt, 0. 
Corresponden $ Tarts a 
? ec > yward, ` å He 
— — schedule pe have | ceipts y value, except e I subjoin. -I hav Brackenbury, Wiliam T., Shouldham Thorpe, Downham, Narf 
poo sat oa an “ies aa rn f misl aid. Ag pamphlet ‘and tng quote the hist re b emee tiene. tle Aa metre Aerin 
— ord Ebrington for the fone ard Br: ht have we donbt of Se seen The names of 41 candidates for election at the next 
Agric Society in Devonshire, It may be con- hai i rE A erag ii ie ese rp hi he poor 5 n | meeting were then read, 
- yY, is > ike 
; a sequel =< ihe oye pet forth in ee a "e oi since ; his imp t secret ean," therefore, no kn Li Proze Essays.—Mr. Posty reported from y aeres 
im open dunghills, That schedule a ye om ished. by > he book, if I remember) 1, The Prize ot ou. for the best Essay in the miscol- 
96 individuals, who unde: ogo to return it in D i quar tly, Was pablis y Seeley, some 25 ye go. hanes class t g eeey Sukjeoty” t 
ith the required entri d I was then tò col- oF ~ r. Hen ite and Surveyor, 
2 accounts nal publish the resulta phwy re- rg “eae drops oil of Rhodium ; 6 drops oil of Car- Warrington, ` ive, for detailed account 
Sived 24 returns, the last about three w ecks moana raway ; os oil of Aniseed ; Musk, t of a grain, of the making of Cheshire 
ido p ll -hope soon possible care to break the call lamps k "e se n 
” uniform-sealo. Thi pe ing Heath veal, to Mr, Jolm amg jun. anā 
Eo a kaio time to a ag Ciao ferme i by "eg oof oil in Aeda ~e m lso i. has l nes Kendal, W estmoreland, . ‘ 
cepi in a closely. ll, The P eof 200 f for toli 
‘be too much ‘occupied | for es p thee ee onus cach fren = Senda a very quiet, retired place, sem mer bli enea 
y uented by rats ; place on six or eight isos Frederick Willi Bihovedg i pre *ark-street, 
in these returns, I expect to = go rn mn = = board about ‘two ene ag sful of bg ot Ww ae m- >o 
g k 1 sha f 
s.—In one of your late Gena you nesi eee ail tat the nego have tte he wm Fone „Bone Manune. —Mr. ayy -H the 
slings in tho grom A ala they wane ten aps ing; in so doing, Ey yo b tho r rats as little as possible, | ‘or the Turnip. crap, eom- 
t A UP, | and on no account whatever attempt to strike or kill tidy in es opinion, not bet ya dtd ae acne y N 
p weli alapted the plan sdahahin i fadime: them, even yer they S found tame enough to be but somo 
however le ught 
it would rae ore for fields ; ; be ecause t the land th pocne a e sill aie! ee ae de i "in at the present season, 
be wa anted ff sowing with W. onthe  approne kG aay Gaal we wi ihe ` cavo the leed when | Sa time. for sowing Turnips was coming S that 
But it is by no means either | other ill or 
pects aire ly congregate ‘from al | parts of | unica’ bers, for thelr informa- 
‘or "desirable that Potatoes for sets should be the neighbourhood Continue to feed them ae tion and pony "Me, Pier to the 
» but the contrary. This | until tl ney are found to eat free y of ey efficient employ- 
vot greening the Potatoes, as it is-ealled here, is 
night, mix a small Pat arsenic with the 
them 
ntirely 
Re Potatoes that were produced were some of 
und 
pane some eae out of the gro 
Waste of Manure. while you are descanting upon | 
th 
ent of bones 
Gon in sulphw uke ool, procestel to 
practised in this ap urhiood, pa bon only | powder ; and after leavin ry “all fas Seale what read ex from 
an earlier crop, but the Pota kan may remain, and burn it. The publication stated that | Mr, Hafinani’a Prize Essay, of which the follow: ing is the 
Bsatoos dat i a it zi ves £0 ng ardiness to | a rat has no gall, for which reason the smallest quantity | substance 
+ he lave now aios perfectly sound of the poison, if taken by them, will be found to insure) J, SUPERIORITY IN HCONOMY AND EFFECTS, — 
good, which have at the surface of the| their destruction. They will to their haunts ont ndt t oni ia Yeah ot Gnas obtained 
ee by an: Bi pie out of doors during | where, feelin: most of them will | cost than le the of bones empl in te in their 
f the past winter, It is true, they were | drink water and die, Few will tain ‘ho, oll the | coe in E oh oy the condition a 
ler a south wall, but with a va: meter frequently tale, if these directions are attended to; Kri care must | of the plant itself, as well as in its eens > Go ctis 
could ald bare it is astonishing to me how any o account of its | derived from jlved bones both more abundant, 
ave escaped. "They the produ idity, or their ir natural tine wil be sure to | Pealt , and less liable to attacks of i and 
d the effects e fros anf a the remainder onl y 
Ì as far as they wes ng ee to the light; those 
Fwd Bi ee) w hich w =e eae in the soil 
4 
it, from want of arrangement for procuring it from 
sreang of cities and towns, I suggest an appeal to e 
Agricultural Society, to turn their mere to this im. 
i ohare any other), while it exhibited a 
[tendency to form bulbs at a much earlier period, 
ter and more readily fertilising effects of 
er the decay, which pemn subject, by such mode as appear them ole i ih acid uh any sort of bones not #0 
ced where they ' were sy will o through best uited—perhaps by the offer wy premiums e the | were cl shewn in the following | 
eee Stk enrrespondent this for the in- best ER ns. The moment io oe eure as it may be te 6 crops from the dissolved bones took the ‘from 
vell combi may - | the commencement :— 
er Potatoes could be dall by the Health of Towns tem Committee. If some a 
. okoa given the keda Ar the Potato spirited ibdividnal or beal association would show the ot aa of Prodace 
o or three celebrated chemists, some country town, the principle would soon ex- | Pet për acre. i | n N 
dares athe ty at i pe oda: tend itself, os caer y rae agp od a doubt th P "ain 
o not seem to ware ` ne. © 
y in f 2 clip See pian would ih a satislactory prot pen e well-d 16 2 0 0 | Crashed 0 348 
bo h, broken-up land which has been under the | scheme was formerly p ing all the 2 ree 9 = : 7. 
sa or many years, there is almost as great a pro- ig an tc sle of 2 tale u 15 N 
S as there is in Wargerecl iend 4 ee Dissolved | 12 U 6 4 
Ady Gapi Folien ia kml hia SubanterfremCmmencomen| 4) 02 6 | Derd | Ai a g 
uanti se = -= 
and xia fing Si aie’ eat one Societies. 8) 199 i l 13 i5 7 0 
meh aa or h he wom not have been | ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LOF ENGLAND.| $ 113 0 paS | 4 i : 
and itis opinion AL and Weekly Meetings of Council were |< i emma nth tsi om 
tatoes are J rm d | held at the ea am» fe uasa in Hanover-square, on | From p , that 2 bushels of dissotved 
or a - esday last, the 16th of April; present Pusey, | bones per acre would actually uce as good results 
deavouring to. rid | Esq. M. P., in the ‘chair, Earl of Ducie, Earl of Tyr- as 16*bushels of bones in their Try state in some 
frequently being led out Viscount Torrington, T. R. Barker, Esq., T. | cases; that 8 bushels of dissolved bones would greatly 
course, all the i is Bramston, Esq. M. P., R. Burgess, Esq., J. F. |S 16 bushels of bones in any other manner ; 
. e, Esq., Col. Challoner, F. C. , Esq. W. bushels per would be a fair 
field lately sown with Oats, | Cope, Esq., G. Cottam, Esq, J. E. Denison, Esq. M. P., apply in the state of solution > ‘the results greatly 
ly annoyed by the | Dr. R. Dickson, T. C. Eyton, Esq., A. E. Fuller, Esq. or to those from four-fold the same of 
the corn, which was but sli | M. P., H. Gibbs, Esq. B. Gibbs, Eag. W. O. Gore, | bones applied . the usual manner, and the cost of the 
of gas-tar | Esq. M. P., S. Grantham, Esq, W. F. Hobbs, Esq., application less in proportion to uai a 
of Oats about 12 hours, | Rey. E. C. Keene, J. Kinder, Esq., J. H. Langston, produced, evidenced by the weight of the crop, thm 
was, my f Esq. M. P., Col. MacDouail, J. Esq., W. M. Fint of any other qoantity. genre 
eir morning feast ;| Mundy, Esg M. P., A. Ogilvie, Esq., J. Parkes, Esq.,| TI. Proroxrioss—1. Boner and and 
for them, have alto- | E. Parkins, Esq., E. W. W. Pendarves, Esq. M. P., |P of ‘been one-half of the w pm 
with their company. I have | Sir R. Price, Bt., H. Price, Esq., 'G. H. Ramsay, Esq., | = adr employed ; but een or even > 
rooks were very |J. Esq., Professor Sewell, W. Shaw, Esq, R. A. | he weight of one m: might be used with success, see 
y good effect.—J. T. ey, Esq, T.-H. S. E. Sotheron, Esq. M. P., W.R. pre required. ne m T ; 
ig t ts which are ex- | C. Stansfie! Esq. M.P., H. S. Thompson, Esq., T. economy of the manure, as it affected cost mate- 
Sakin loose sand which | Turner, Esq., and T, Tweed, Esq. rially. 2. Water.—The proportion of water em 
parts of our coast, ought tobe men-| The gem new members elected :— rally been 100 times the > 2 
oh . Its peculiar preien, deme s Persii kadar, Doi penaa times the ` t purpose re 
mophi i 5 nd, 
tis is SETA x. Tame thoes Thom os Yon. biter, Leo perio A Herefordshire. —— e one of thè main 
$ + Corbet, Vincent, R., West Felton, Oswes' Samy ith i h 
it directs its long woody | Povey, John > The Derwe n, Oswestry, S contend with in tl 
ards to the depth of many | Eldin, Joseph, Cate am Cont grit ny Gener. | the large quantity 
it growing abundantly on sand- Walford, John ines, Wem, Salop. necessary. Mr. Hannam) 
ighbourhood, searcely beyond | Field’ chy rede erie 90, rar to vam bushels of bones (12st), 
> tego -water, and have remarked jaresiey, Caxton, Cambridgeshire. water (50 times that of acid) gave 420 
illock has been undermined Squire AA danai Tsle of wight solved to be 
e roots of Ononis have pro- Man e George, Fs Wes, Pake eri beimaan Norfolk. ater (25 times that ot 
i ace ap- enry, C i peel Hanits. owever, wort of 
therefore, t Carins, Mip noel, i, Meldon, Mor, rae , Northumberland says of the mixture, 
added i i avison, James, Trilli n, Mor 3 
plants ack ae which is com- nap Joseph, xion oh Northumberland. | | peg in order to render the solution more ; but 
School, e. | should that not be the case, and a few af the I larger por- 
