They their action as manures is 
j 50s Tbe, of soot, pig 
s. of soot are p thay in the Magdeburg acre 
q vena the soil will rec e ental to the More 
of. yria), of really fering m atter, 20 lbs. of ace 
Potash, 73 Ibs, ‘of c tes of Tha: handia, > 
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he intends | 
S 
ting farthe r this- year. The 
He thus SRE a letter writen to me in 
ant! —T w ss Tare on aars in- 
not to 
experiments 
experimentin 
in’ humus, or"the“ lime will expel the ammonia of 
s | the soot: 
On Building-rubbish as Manure.—The rubbish of 
clay; lime, or stones, vem by the: E down or or | 
tage: 
o be si 
f old buildings, may be used to a 
‘i 
ena te ta a L’ Athée, by which a spirit of pure 
rae arch assailed. But let’ this 
pital p ia go byen speak of the Wheat-plant, and 
se at“ proper treatment”—by top-dressing or other- 
ise, which | might treble thie ee of our fields. ond 
a mänure, sed ira if yfai from buil ie 
T: 
case it will. contain saltpetre and’ ammoniacal salts, as 
either man or cattle ; because in dnt 
seasons, and I laa > year e race a sat: of J pants from from 
about 38 seeds, in one rae h distances, 
with. It shoul goo 
dressed, eithir with salt, lime, 
pay rep er attention, thes 
th ad a pro 
with damp seed, and it’ was in 
ares in my opinion, this was the only cau 
eed beg in a parine manner ; I add 
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a most crermm. | loam: 
decomposition ‘is goingon. Previous to ee Rovena 
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vhich aver: rage Trom 5 or 6 es 3 re ears from 
each seed. ook no a, e, all with aad fete 
f 10. weeks; 
+ 
on the field it must be well mixed, broken 
large ston 
mes ; it is rin ee 
14 sit 
drought 
sem 
remi the grain. However, the ears Mewes 
F 
d this nape i fom “thin 
there is one cire enc attending the 
m, which iti contains constitute its 
wing. But 
tillering of autumn-sown | Wheat, whi ch T have ve rarely 
seen noticed 
4} 
t hich is 
value, as w 
At times it may be 
be brought on a certain area. 
inary 
seasons,, Ta plant forms a ring or collar, stont 1 inch 
rigin 
with humic 
1 + 
nal winter roots, and from th ay _ 
or tillers. 
n which ‘case it must! be well } 
I 
to the tity I t for 
toa; phosphate of herd ‘int ulph 
make it str sig er aoe usual, aw all gre" i a ion 
colour i in the Bu this does not eee as it 
isthe rao rei Sie ndure E E r ha ardship 
th 
In | bui 
| pieces sod sift ted. 
produce the supernumerary ears Ipu allude to.. 
A still better manure eh th 
ildings ; because it consists 
e rubbish of 1 
of wood-ashes, coe nti | 
n 
th of March, men first-form 
ported by the few fibrous root 
ence, as these tra 
my practice for several years 
faint Wheat is not fit for seed—the difference i is very | 
ted 
So much for'a'sketch of the mode of farming which 
Mr. Biggs has devised ia himself, peee A with 
entsiderable success, ee othe er matters st mtn i 
burnt 
3 
ree 
man a lime, gypsum, as 
It is- to be bro into small p 
clay, & 
wind. n a tiller is pro- 
rom Ie wis fin fo &e., an 
lose some of i its ammonia. 
truded, a second series of roots em erge connected wit 
it and ‘these are more fleshy, and tap or p< ularly 
pir trange to say, in this backward 
re br also the common earth’ean be used 
r corrective of the soil ; hegre one ki 
ig einred. men ; for he does not ‘onl ly turn toa raooet 
contain substances which another is- deficient in, | 
| and vice versa. Iti te not seldonr t ds i 
farmers neglect nt despise, but he turns toa good: 
w 
|in at another’ 3 in vil case ‘such e eart rth m 
fh 
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means of being prre he aar s these men, put: 
fi 
still it requires, 
urrow-slice always i improves the condition of wae se f 
dence in in them, pays them the highest wages of “the reg of! the different sorts: of earth, pests alg 
trict, and ik are elevated | will poe T tter than to resort’ to’ a chemical analysis.— 
as high as ey r labourers, and higher Spre 
than they ever were before. But I have not’ room to ie Sp AE 
enter more Hate into thissubject at present.— Pilgrim ETome Correspondence. 
Electro Culture. —The experiment of Dr. _ Forster 
ON ate AS A MA I 
Tur’soot of oven at chimne Seep w may be pro- borate it seems rows of attention. bring planted 
cured in the vieinity of large towns, is among the most | an Onion-bed in ws, I erected the preas over one 
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seed ges is mrt within the wire 
need since so as to 
po ortion. On the 
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we know, by nals; that 100, 000 
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remove all doubt ; and H pede sent; of i LA E 
have examined it, i at e never known one di the 
superiority a the electrified square. EJ reed also 
wn ee four acres of ‘Barley by two parallelograms. I 
id, 
consist of— 
one coal, resin, and empyneumatie oil. 
’ 
0 acetate of ammonia, 
Tal however, 
t figures, long and narrow, are est 
ny benefit pow scheme may be 
the more in uce ed to venture on 
success, and that 
adapted for Hig Ser. be 
fo und to give. Iw 
| abortive ‘attempts. B inserted in the ground ntik sheets 
mec! 
some 
5,6 50 Aiie of lim 
14,660 Sp we ate of Times and a little carbonate of 
| te: im by. copper wire in the air. The silos sown ec 
ire grew with great he ci but not having made 
ja distinct patch I had’ no means 0 f comparison—in f fact, 
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magnesia, 
4,100 acetate of potash. 
— 
. 100,000 parts. 
pr slid parts of the ‘als for paze reason, i impae | 
B: em much carbonate of ammonia, sulphate of am.’ 
nia, and sulphate of potas be d, by which 
much increased. 
Soot of cı “ac is superior to that of wood, the former 
d, wh -Wéing less 
| than common thread ; and I found a fortnight "ying 
mnecti ing wire. If our hopes of the power of' electri- 
city pant ha realised, F still think = st waiter: 
a oly el 
spol n “ae pigeon-fancier, I had what 
T consider a much be ee wae than plucking — the 
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first instance, I plucked their wings, as 
mended ey your Aap ara but I found these ou 
mary quill-feathers were a 
and the pigeons were in nger of being caught by the 
cats, &e. I therefore tied five or six of km e — ea- 
thers with a waxed thread, as iable 
| season, his second pro 
t| but 
far more inert, ga 
s is the 
plants now (April), assume eee closely the "habits of 
s zing Yom. which å ot de 
taps T se 
velope to sets of roots, 
t once,  cenetinegs of White Suffolk 
Wheat, sown late in October,just. raised from the soil. 
Below wa, we have tie ely or winter fibres ; at 6, the ring 
or node, whence the, Ate 
thers Hoo i ii bois 1000 Ibs Ths. I cose and 
latter, hio er, must be very rich 
um 
well assume, that of the above sub- | Was quite lom enough to ot or ree to rea ed | 
salts of. ammonia and potash, gypsum, and | the place, as they never f ot. at this period of 1844, 
of lime will be the most Sepia, as A EAR, is | adopted.— T". G., Clithe rlier, this roo! inch. long, 
le see substances to posis any tangible The Pip or Gapesi— r I lost’ a fine young firm pee vigorous.. “The whole process however is one 
3 elgium they take fi very measure of | mad by this complaint ; tie rh sv ie ack in of se interest, and adds force to as observations 
E Šo ons to 1 measures of soot, e same wa; Y I asked a eiior er 
3 om oat aa acts mr its easily soluble rosea itisalways | t hin ng forit, he caught the cock and pulled oft the tip of - 
top manure, and itis aes therefore, | his tongue which was wh dead, therefore had 
ever the winter crops, or Sharrow ta with not strength to feed; he was very ‘but it saved | OYAT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND: 
som Rr ekly winter erop Een n eE ide ida wo sehen e A Gaiti] = ena Counert wai held a at the cues miend 
een, which. is dette to the ammo- | Reader,” I have oait to say that the machine is very ld e Right. H pencet; tit-tiie y3 
ts. It destroys almost immediately [1] the Moss | good for breaking o cake and stones; and does the rmo Hill, Hor: R H Chi MP. Colonel wore 5 
nnot b monia at | bones very well, only = “takes 80: e time to doa repens k MP. T Tors pe ‘J. Ri Barker. Esq, J. usten, 
om wiet g of the manure with | the price i s. Thave one or two lee ett, r. WERF > Pgs 
manure of soot over Clover» will yield a| Send “A Constant Reader” one, if he likes t 5| Bsa: Rev. T. Cator, ( Fe. > 
result, which is ad the m be and lives in one of the counties near G e Rael: Coda. H Coknan Esd w e 
m order that it may the efficiently, wet | Will an aan o whether bones sa sulphuric | ody oq), H Gibbs, Esq B bbe; Esq : BP on 
anted—in fry oe 3 t may even acid will with guano or dried soil? y Esq, wW F. Hobbs, Piy. R. Hodg! » os wee: 
h fea plants will then receive tbo conce: nated [Perfect 1 ‘nt whether the d and green-crown W. OH Hivett. Pea. Sted Toh K ee, 
~ we om but one Top ere years. urnips can be secured in the ona in small pits during | s" ip Pa, G: Kimtetèy, Boq., 3? Kinsey Esa.. 
: gas soll are of no con- | winter — "Swedes ¥ [They can kidera ns, but | R, Milward, Esq., E: S. Chandos Pole, mot Praca 
ges ss yi Ransome. essor 
i i ie previous to being used, is mixed | iWheat. —I have been “pleased s with the su ; stance of os Pg win The e 5 on oat ws 
it and cart Berd serine i roo laney, Esq., W. R. C? Stansfield, Esq. M:P., J. 
a for or “10 ¢ w mixed together and | Whent, at the present critical aud when its pro- | Turner, Eeg S. Wilbraliam, Esq: M.E, and F. ` Woods. 
ae added, the turo is = ter the lime | portionate y y ard, Esq: F. Ri Westwood; Esq., of A a y eeen se, 
E weeks; then i ote left hie in heaps | pe Soe Saks Bue tito: mp " Lymington, Hampshire, seni Ruthin Castle, Denbigh- 
in which th | a theory w Er ch, i eos apie oe A Easa lected a Governor, and the following gentle- 
| em 
mstrative evidence, "But 1 Hon. Robert <a Lodge, Stockbridge 
not seem to ad 
aay PDE I i my protest against that 
Arundell, 
Hants 
