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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
Se re emee eama aaee eee E OF | per rod for any of his drains (excepting a few > 
tions of bone be left undissolved, that circumstance | INSTANCE. = ain ate hg beh Hy a hea aoa de ovtom where large flat sand-stones had to be a oul a 
would occasion no injurious mo there would be depthe'an and a orin arsi “Lap the Pipes re be moon ufactured ae 3 
enough dissolved for the in its early stages, | Om a: e, and assumed to cost 6s. per thou | fir mly down upon the pi pes The get ting a a ae 
and the larger particles wi koaa” akordai e by — s „onan oaia eee a Instances. | this refuse to the drains may be rated at about 9%. 
and come i tion towards the end of the ea ee ae tate —__——|peracre. The drainers earn from 12s. to 15s per wi 
III. Dissonvep-Bone Daioni Pusey thought SL RHE. AEE ea oY sodording to the time of the year and their ski 
that however great a point was gained he reducing the] © a a o o o o ao o ony ys and 11 are instances of the cost of 
d iluting the solution of ë g g € $ E age in oa hire. Deep 
ttained by substitut- ae x g $ g ised as much more effectiv 
Head perch ther ee liquid fa of the e o > e ps stem, d some r cently made 3- 
application. In the Society’s pede soe s mak p. 596, S| seseesecse g A between | drains, at s feet cot so a porous the ol in good ¢ 
Tennant, of Shields, near Ayr, gave the following accoun Cp ate ren a ae be x Drains. wa ap su 
of his practice on i els into = q seems to have been 
three old b ers (of which every a supply)» fee eee ae. 8 Roe ee <2 Honourable and and Reveren aG. Novi o Grenvil Butl ej 
next two bottles of acid, of about S b b EE for at least 100 years ; but these old examples (whig 
each, and 36 Scotch pints (18 imperial allons) of boil- 5 Pe were probably not made with due precautions), are no 
ing “op into each boiler, It boils away at a greai Ene eenn 3 39 allstopped up and useless, Almost all of themare 
rate for some time, and in a day be $ e ba the} a poem Beier ech, 3 i È in os rane of the grea atest fall, = parallel wi 
boilers into two of light mould, and t ix à 5 ai 
vi t , the bones are only partially pz a to shane iaro formed a`great bar to i peh nt gd 
dissolved, but os aoe and decompose in the h Ps A f x oe am & & g Fa o david Feoin ‘he Soon 1 have made ta 
after being turned over three or e ao = = soils of tran (the drainage of whic 
course z ven or eight weeks the compost beco: Y, £28 S55 8 & 5 S Bay Fe mi sadd 
and breaks down with a shovel in a fit state for NEES FEL e @ w @ ¢ # © © RES gg aii d per iert drainage ii pip 
ing with the hand in the drill.”—Mr. Thompson state iS = 8 @ 2 8 8 2 ES R, will be effected at a rate ant ~~ 
ag, he had himself last year found 4 bushels of disso olved z gr DELAR & & B S SRy E ua total eran The e pipes delvere ai i te fields will 
bones applied in the set fi Sie ee ee ee aCe | cost so much as the leading of the stone, 
loads of farm-y: , there b eing no perceptible C$) BES Re re ae bos Mr. Pian hen S eommisited some interesting fi ct 
difference in bmg throughout the res lled a A E E 23388 8 2 aag respecting the increased pro oduce of drained soils co 
T OF D.—120 RL 8 =e ya - a aiaoanw~_ Ww 4 
attention of the Council to the price of the acid em- ER Raa Ps Zo S ishe e members of ' 
poa for mes solution of the bones. He understood 2 E.o em wR DO Or TE aes & Society eres othe wit tet se -pipes, as 
sulphuric and m my —— sm oe ste oe ie Sa ee ee > 295 down w ies them haa ka sist in er Pe blow, 
per was desirable, noi S509 ce oNN Na 23225 | sto ieved it was impossible fo: 
Heng the na the acid should be ascertaine n batihe pero a S Bech O RRS G 3 ESE pies eh fies Whore; to-carry off th 
and strength should also be uniform. ort Ioe ae enough. He had observed, aft 
esgeead oer q 
gi has communicated,the Poets ao EREE = E ÈE Š a = ae o Mr, “Dixon, a would fill a 2-inch 
fioulars in. a letter to 2, usey : — “Ep4 Oo m e 4 A e referre , 
d Jordan, of the Gabe oe Bristol, = ida ZSS 26 3 = a 5 Hm edhe hat Jou a oe 
to with acids for disso nes as follow: BRegeeh prtak Fg Gas 2 Pusry beh that the length of the drai 
ae ees (sulph. ye > - gr. P1850 Sage Ib. id. Zag a" sargu 8 o S =E z mentioned b y Mr. Dixon, was ma too great for tl 
i Uova A (ditto tto) sp. gF 1700 3d. SS ESR DERE SSE B SIO 5 accounted for the a umula 
SRE dEr EEBPA 2° Fare 
rr "Muriatio A ci : . 1100 zn z5 2 5 A A a S 3 2 tion of water in the soil. 
A These prices are charge  earboys Mle FE Eob 8 8 B u Mr. Parkes agreed with Mr. ig on that poi 
r en 26; a y re e sa ee PERREN RI rE An inch-pipe drain was sufficient, if not excel 
is a large s bottle, con rom o 13 Cwt. aw FS FS If th field f preater len 
This is a reduction of 25 50, and 100 per cent. respec- | _] | 5 E 2 Sae? Taat Pi a aloud b us ted an DEE 
tively, on some of our printed e as pae WEO puy aes Bes Bea S 5 Ak 38 practised in Kent. He had never heard of, nor seen, 
largely should be able to test ti ie strength, without | 52 era FFn BPs wee inch-bore pipe running full at t the outfall, 300 yards j 
‘knowing which, the price, of co fno g 1e. | Bag g E F mag Sos 1 dian Was 9 feed desp Aa 
ee, Pay 5 cages = R u BSB Bat een om Date a drain P; 
This is done very easily with a s IA called a| BET" Sp $ g Y Bos Fre > A : 
Baari LAME- as “ Em oF E28 Boe a distance between the drains was as 
a =o Sea pe k anan i — sg g S fps Sgt = a Z3 S He had never heard of inch-pipes blowi 3 
i se In Lit Wi e a ro E P Be gaS S t ng, whe 
prs D AE z ha Pagie a B E 3 g "gE H $ < ee 7 : o Si i ž ed to recat the pipes 
at = A xad g aie = ‘Ths the oil of via = z R-E Ea k z 5 ere prejudice on the part of thos 
50 cea a Ga Wea a A Be 8 BE Pa y tice the proper system of cutting, laying, and filling 
1850 grains ; and the b d named above, 1700| 8 w g. | Bg & y POE 
i he rea secede Sateen ai nenm TuS z PaE A The hu f instances of success in all varietie 
grains. The manuf: bof fa ws = E ° soil, was a sufficient answer to the allegation. Mr. Hob 
difference between ‘hans two, exéepting tin ae de is latteris} @ & & S Baha. t : 
, 4 ae Aa 2 8 had obser rved that the surface water was not rem 
less concentrated — the ee ees This, I think, must eas 3 pi EE = = e (Mr. Pat) 
mean puri as well. It probably contains some| $ a & pii 
y ie of organic és „ which has found | T E 3 g 3 g say iire by ‘shallow anitae the water uy st a 
its way into the sulphur during its voyag | chong =n S paativeeed alka 
1| Observ inages 
were collected by porte aH oF omy © exception of Nos, 
moval before its fertilising qualities ‘had ae aired ) 
m full virtue. By boc ge dra reg a the ; 
renders it less saleable for many purposes of manu- 3, 10, and 11, the y “Repo 
ere aT y a rain- | removed telor. ‘the surface quickly as by s 
— PE bi ‘eee aaa ae: x por tls and Drainage, reasons ak anys the yee change ae that the land was “equally bein thesi 
oil of ‘itrol is than pnt: i mp the di ctio w made þe eing in the cost of pipes, which i is adaj teed pei ing, &e. ; but by prar the to de 
in t the quantity of the | iog e charging himself with their prim ff, the d elevated in tenperaturei 
prova ki wn "acid, rr Soul eont oly 3 6 84, woul given are common to the respective re deco 
texture was ssdenzasod, and the Wate r quitted ti 
n for digging 
Penia laying pipes, filling in, = 
many ones as a ‘gant ot SOs oil oE vitriol Asie surplu soil included. The first thre e examples § show 
ania: uriti 5 3 ene Te | the vite for cutting 3 ft. deep to be alike, as eee 
clays 
p either injurious to their 
and is mere calculation, which should be tested uniform z in Kent, Sussex, and Surrey. ire 
i ieve t 
it issued c oudy and charged with useful matter, 
then renan i cases of his own knowledge, 
show ved that inch-pipe drains were uninjur : 
hey were neither blown up nor stopped 
bones, S 
by actual trial. In all sulphuric acid, I beli here | oF the subsoil, and the a of the drains; whilst the 
is a little lead, derived from the Jeaden Mend s in. sin 7 
it is manufact ured ; |, and some etimes, when de fro rind Pron il 
t 
ai the stm mae od surface 6t Sey fields, an 
Ae _ with v He a 
Pie are roe pores ld 
dd P of Tami "certain § il 
d the ad i 1 such soils of kong A “able bi or 
any deci lecided effect on the specific gravity or ‘strength, eed a ons 7 neasi twice the mon ney y had the denice b 
5 
~  |laid in the cla ay 30 inches deep, whereas, by g 
— piers: ima et age it sa ne z dif- throu; gh the c clay into the gravel (which were full of 
ted, tha’ ten 
cult for a small farmer to find a vessel of sufficient 
capai to contain the mixtur ure of the dissolved bones 
and water. bsti fe 
sort of pond, puddled with three or four loads of cla; most t of the cited cases, ‘and requirin 
in which the matore conhd be toada.. Wht Wis. IH nearness in the drains from the’ abundance of springs, 
tion was complete the clay might be mixed with the this excellent drainage would have been effected at less 
compost. v [than 3 produced 
| x a greatly extended distance between = drain thus, 
ven 
unnecessary as a genera ‘rule, but 
= bly to the cost of dr: rain age. 
rot 
sees , where the inch-bore sufficed, not ony o ve 
of their increased price, but from. the incre: 
l. per acre, if the p at | and cost of carriage. He had tried the inc P pipes a 
The C Ned 6s. per thousand feet, as I believe may be done. entered into a contract for 200,000 of co at a 
ge a a 5 G. pe moian upon} Mr. Tu HOMPSON, No. 3, has drained 185 acres of his | per thousand. This woul only amoun i 
r. & own two farms, and 225 acres for Mr. Clarke, of Den- | same length of draining-tiles would have pie 
t inter 5507, and six winters back 8507 
drawn up a him at Me Sums regies in order t Te t drained with b > Sasami fa ass — e had 
exhibit the real _ of drainage landowner who | but "ee ain ush ah ea ‘liable to s capa: ; ast year, ery retentive clay; 
might be dispos: erect his own tery, The price at E a s ey ky Mr. Clarke in 1841, and completed dither aa run, or very by inmanat; till ae by 
di i 13-inch. pipes. He tes that he | when all acted well, in pmr pt no ¢ doub 
every expence incurred in their g 
interest n te fr cent, on the annual gr Aram fi t th or have any of th to E thed 
wages, and a charge of 20 ara veges Ute _— for the of ‘ong He. prefers, and h ee 4 lan f of ae “but now drained the same sand at 30 f 
a ‘machine, i.e. on the outfall per tits, and did so from | in ee anda by of 34 inches. Drains so made 
r | observing that ain Sinn of that depth bl led the land | wi ce in consequence of the pre 
more ‘effectually, and to a greater dena. than the Hey pret er, 
parallel drains 3 feet d towing into them. He is in| Mr. Cmroens, M.P., presented through Mr. Gillies, 
ppings, | son, a tollection of Australian er Mr. G 
nt |or other refuse, which “he considers to advanee the | sample of the ‘fine at Van Dieman ee eat; 
Rev. i pson, specim: 
ns | fi r issuing from these as 3 volumes © 
: g e from all other Me, urray (publisher t the Society) viel 
Lane dete Thee witnessed, is 
. (crystal. Mr. Thompson has not 
the magnitude of of the e respective ra 
A as clear as poria, published , and connected with 
paid more than 3d. a dings 5 and the 
3 Lord St, John, plans of farm-buil 
