midl land counties ies districts, s, disclaimed | 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
drier in wet seasons, wiil nevertheless be moister in , 
eo er j have been at present examined, contain, in 
Prepri any other object than | | dry seasons than one which is undrained. Of ourga; | fact, a certain quantity of azotised comtibecslar We 
et. table understanding between |in order that this result may obtain, a thoro ough a 
tenant, believing that it was such under- | deep cultivation of the soil is nece sary, and accordingly | of azote will not support life. Animals subjected to 
that made Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and Scotland | we fin Dr. Philipps stron ongly advocates the use of cok a regimen lose their condition, and at last die. 
dvance of the nidland counties e did efficient agricultural i em In short. his hams On the other hand we know that the gpa E any kind 
s, asso great an amount of capital | throughout the work goe] is to convince Wes of nereases with the gluten it ains. Itis 
ot required here as in Norfolk, but he was equally Indian cultiv awe that it is their i fe an Kadkor 
coe that without some security there could no | and e siv shea uta ers of the Sugar-cane, but to Beans, , Bea richer in azotised prin- 
i certain ke pl the ag attend of the soil. ciples” (that js in flesh) tan iem that they are at 
Snare of the midland counties’ district ; for no farmer| The tan whigh is Are e w the Roget tenor more nutritious. From all the ese co onsiderations, I hav: 
his capital Soh land w hich he ae lose 
sae his lan dlord liked. The Z ae reso- 
The we bes io thee n proposed to the meetin o old 
nd 
en Sy work has been incident to all e 
vation, 
ctu in the sm Deanny of the word 
j been m erely gro f 
—they have 
turf land to be broken up wi ithout the naM in 1 writing 
of the landlord or his agent.— pai 
m withou t the consent of the same parties.— 
on oe d for r any buildings to be 
of par rtie ular r puig alt sa 
armers, otal, have nev er been agri- | main 
inly and that me e 
quence theis nutritive bevy is proportional to the 
Soares i azo te which they contain. it must, how- 
hai 
T, 
their true intere 
was the main “object of cultivation, t 
isa 
+ 
t 
erected by 
a ‘writing of a Sadler or his agent. 
TE aa ought to be done by ths 
j landlord, and 5 per P per a nnum eee 
but if tl self, “with 
ayn pormi of ‘the la nd- 
_ lord or his agent, e val! owance for 14 years should be 
= for the materials, carriage, and wo rkmanship. 
as 
the | grain crops 
The 
the West Indies ; and now, as formerly, the growth of 
ay 
azot 
vast aa is the chief ore of cultivation in | an a 
nutri 
f fact that an table nutriment hy 
skete principles which sied byi in the act of 
| nutrition. In estimating the azote of many kinds of 
fo od, I h 
be termed 
ngla nd 
yt 
; toon the 
Pe y 
The paras Fa of ele Be and d ghana. — a 
“am to ar this important pr 
view that Thaer ae others oot sa as 
the ‘eral o their, researches, numbers to ex] 
9 
E J thi: 
+} hI 
bal ip. 5, An allowance 
-i and mene, for five bina An allowance 
de for four yea e cost and c 
be 
in grain crop, i ould be 
substituted for another ; they indicate, for exam 
hard to say a eens times the present p 
ceeds that of former. times. It is now atone 
of ha: or roots may be — 
to be m s for 
of all pahi dung and aces ben which may | 
the land, 7. An allowance ought to 
be 
Rapeseed, one 
pai of cattle, sheep, &c., kept ona e land, i. ee 
larger th crops grown upon rs oe more Sins 
for four years. 
ill, after a dace of Ts corn or Clover. 
9, For pos. or claying land, an oE er is 
be made for carriage and labour for n yea 
loy another of leaves or rege na no 5 eg Pe 
for marke athe field 
The nutritive equivalents are, however, ve ver: ~ ‘differe 
eee and this could hardly have othe 
the ondit itions yi which t ve equival 
green 
dant is its yield of corn ; so that rl this, as origin- 
ee ay still be considered the objec ect of 
farme: er: 
et the mai ain attention of "the best of them is 
A E 
ld scarcely have seen prec imilar ; 
kod the diferenco will _ Surprise thos ose only peroneal 
-oi ‘Leake and corn, use 
food fr stock ; ; and the Whea 
crop is left, compar 
st ae of itself ; and this i is found 
J? 
» to 
only (as regards the „profits of 
P 
f the subject, Tt is is 
probable that this must be sometimes attributed am Serr 
relatively moist or Hoti condition f 60 substa: 
> of the me 
question. _ The nat st senson, cliin 
corn 
tenant, an extra ‘tows nce uh sigs b 
aie ubt not that the principle on 
“he of the manure in the same proportions as in 
An Ae 
veh tite system is finded will hereafter eee. tro- 
Nor we 
ig ectin, = 
quantity ot water porns pa the seatatiive: quality. 
firs 
Far more useful results would be obtained by 
irds of the Turnips to 
m the light soils. 13. The above allow. 
Ances are isde on Te asin sae that all the produce, 
except, corn, meat, e dairy, 
consum 
Miscellan 
Feeding of phe is Pasy Observation. 
$ “ame ed u n the fa arm $ and all allowances = 
made in equal proportions i in each year, for th 
periods over which they nd o 0 
ah ya . Such s; 
e most — for n duality of the 
j Wd apia e ought to be the land- 
perem | be not sion 5 pi ron ts a 
t the. 
Boussin —. vol. 2, p. 385 -—The identity of composi- ie 
rule. 12. An AE ought to be made pical ; as it now doe s Br itish cultivators pr ans the quantity of moisture contained, or in 
“fet fallows; namely, the working, ren | other wo s, by estimating the nutritive equivalents of 
i calculated, ar zi the crop of Turnips to be valued, ill t l bodi “ao 
T to I t I ae I his d bl ] equivalents thus obtained are often very near th 
farnished by direct psn ag and I a add that the 
data of eg have been sanctioned by experience, 
—M. foe! 
Sulpha ate of Lime, orGypsum.—This substance, mee” 
= enone of sulphuric pa and lime, is = 
abu indant quantitie s in a native state, bo th for 
“ei hate mg to E notion, that ji isa oe 
originate the substances which enter into their ong 
mended for the same purpose as as the muriate of lime,— 
viz., the fixing ammonia ; but is infinitely inferior for 
that purpose 
sation, but that they find them already formed in thei 
food. When e must 
S, gates, and drains. 
ear 
in 
before 
of October next precein g the beter 
then the ought to hav 
f 
cultural 
believing they would be for the 
andlo. na a ea tenant. Mr. Packe, 
is 
“tee nes urrence with the 
tes very ng discussion ennei upon the 
lons, which were CFn? agreed to unani- 
: a ordered to be entered on the minutes of the 
thet Food, that m 
conclude that ae Vegetable ths: tesnomintaed E COM ade 3 
pro ei are assimila Ae iL- oti Benth? by = — eee 4 being soit i in ae parts of ater, t to prin iiy 
Ith 14 | ape er, the gypsum must be fi divided, and mace- 
3 for a great Jeng a obvi 
ich t f bor ‘Tie food of herbi in agriculture = 
—— saga oe EE pe bono, ee ier | sages ek Sh ms supplying the bi Fong of lime, or, by 
4 n, affording the su necessary to 
tain four essential principles which by their union con- a yi enie eit of backs ng is ar ai the ees 
stitute their normal n ent, viz. :—l. An azotise tised fera, &e: The following ta ubih from “Sprengel’s 
substánce, ah as 5 n men, 'enseine, w gluten a ; this i ‘ ‘ie ws the ‘qos anue ity of lime a magnesia, 
robably the origin of fles! n oily ma er, or a 4 
En ph B hing to the natare of fat. 3. Som sulphurie aid Mosport a ii in 100, 000 parts in se 
substance of a ternary composition sugar, gum 
r starch. 4. Salts, E ‘poets of lime, Lime! aT noid. | oy 
agnesia, or i This complica of elemen ts, 
which sry s necessarily ania into Heiti i ait ig 96! ~69 50 406 
a plant fit for fo dder Justi ifies the general ‘notions put Barley . Te et TEE TRG 59 210. 
orth by rP f nutriment. s i Gata y . . . . | 86| 67 35 70 
able chemist showed milk to be the normal nutritious Potatoes : 331 32 54 40 
substance, ont that any proper system of 4 d must t Cabbag f; . . li822) 202 774 436 
artake more or less of its constituent qualities; that is, | Swedish Turnips . | 835| 282 | 890 | 408 
hat it must contain fheat straw. .. |240| 32 37 170 
saotiesd substance, an tunazotised principle, ad a fatty Barley do. . TT 76 118 160 
substance to r replace the case sugar, and butter. | Oat do . .. 115) 22 79 12 
The fon damental prineiple—that animals find their | Req Clowes. . |584l 70 94 138 
proper subs tane ce already which Set =<. . | 2851 133 123 167 
they rang nourished, may enlighten i nome mast = Turnips < | 27 22 4 73 
= ae ain mgo: mabe Te cat eae; Soy vag ona i The above ‘able may not be strictly accurate, but I 
ust clearly 
the same eight eA Thie prera quantity of 
thes se substances. The exact 2 gk abd u the pec an 
substances, such as gluten and albumen, is no Bio 
e | difficulty ; it requires much time a nd care. t if it is 
f food increases 
with my ow: nm practical observati tions respecting the 
hausting a of different crops on various soils. 
Cabba; agts re known to pe onp of the most —— 
ee from the al 
crops tha’ p a o; an ve table- 
that both it and Swedes requi ire a large amount tof ees 
in proportion as << increase, it is clear that t 
ver crop, on te 
pring 
1 
om ote 
The quantity. y of 
the Clov 
endowed vith this ZA es been so re 
+ f les 
tis an ac n Highlan gation pan 
re 
4 3: 
The apes of azote tag once known, it is easy = 
l rA contained 
cane as much 
itd given fo 
doe. 
tren 
sidered as „nutri 
matte Ts (are e not 
d| met with in any ate a 
hese poisonous m: 
of 
val (aan of ae 
ae tices to Correspon dents. 
ks which are those Tarts of bones best ad 
Bones—Queri: apteđ 
for knife handier. and where there is gegen’ for st gua and 
their price, and how d, ut 
whether hoofs and horns (those of sheep) are caer t worth a 
than bones ; their yalue, an — for them? Bone- 
oye 
du ast varor ‘from 45 to 55 Ibs, a 
are used for nutriment ; and i ndeed, when once a 
aia ag pest is admitted as an article of food for 
e ma; core the absence of any injurious 
poorer All table substances ao are mae 
a tropical climate wo 
ae the effect of 
> ; ji the soil, and 
: ways Pinion, held also ‘in this country by | an 
3 a confuted b by everyday ex erience— | 
Ay thoroughly. drained soil, while it will be | 
for the food of brace avimals,’as far as they 
melee ea eh " Theory of Horticulture.” 
MENT—Will “A Sub” who asked for the address 
of the author of a lately-published neocon on this 
subj oot m Bath, have the goodness to give us his name and 
ad 
boroi iraa Tho mas—Thanks : we prefer waiting for 
the results of the experiments now in progress, 
