THE AGRICULTURAL Lice be 
390 
Sele za 
drilled Jun 
em Fe ‘follow ws, vide © Es say on gwen 
follo ovie peenei d see &e., 80 | 
ers issolved es, : and is 
cinta fae in is Journ Ay of the oral Aenealviea 
Paeys vol. v. page 460 :— 
ral 
T Manote and | Produce | Cost 
| per Acre. |p. Acre. 
Quantity. Application. 
tical advantages which are said to belong to the 
feii ie w ao the objections which have been | 
sajog 
urged a 
BONES AS A MANURE 
Your correspondent, “ W. «wl ertainly mis- 
represented my view of the action ‘of ores. The only 
sente ence I have written, that I can recall, that at all 
(o) 
T! 
d 
portio on. 
as 
thers to which it ne been app ied. 
Whenever this 
iiey is übyvi ous and simple. Boñ 5 
i i a few rotations, ES its phis supplioat 
5, the i 
bal ; 
1343 et. Ib.| £ s. d. 
Bone-dust 16 bush.|Drilled with seed 3 4/113 0 
( Diluted with water, 
pig to 50 times 
ight of th 
| 
2, 
J 
8 bush. 
168 Ibs, 
604 ibs, 
Bone-dust 
Sul. “vag 
Wate: 
paman 
91/115 0 
1 
| 2 
a) 
Ae then seed 
ridge, ploughed 
up. 
Bone-d 8 bush. | 
Mur. acid 268 Ibs. Died & applied 177 1/119 6 
epee & cra giite 
s above 
ne 
Ee 
Peculiarities. —The Aibu acid plots “ started of 
X- 
p very 
ERU in advance of every o 
hoe zeng time full 
cept the muri acid, whi ch fo llow ved them up 
i 
y. 
with the lead, T mri continued to increase, oe dl k 
the * Quarterly Journal of Agricu culture,” vol. x. p. 383 
(1839-40) ; Bd there it t certainly refer rs to the constant 
f farm-yard dung, 
more to the 
ti pi on 
and e hidè these circumstances refe: be 
bones ceasing to beas valuable, and ¢ s good 
rops, tha a directly agent effect ‘te can 
which, indeed, I do not think they 
? Ma 
acid, and | la 
í = 
ixtur We transcribe the passage 
alluded to; did as the sig article, so far as this 
oncerned, 
ses much interest, we | I 
by so 
mia 
fous and e 
e 
po: ortant matters contained in 
me g , of whic: farm-yard dun r, 
ways be found the most valuable, y this pre. 
aution, nthe land Will be revived, and bone- -manure may 
e again applied with the confident assurance of id 
onted success.’ 
ON pini via ag AND SHELT 
THE eee h Mr. Me chi has 80 widely cire 
ted amongs' pie sb ists cia 
oaitions, Fash an onslaught on some of the principi eg 
cience, such a eootiient Sesion of much that 
experience have grafted o r prac 
5 
am induced to 
AnA first, the in Ins spea! ig 
on mal WAN rate I have aveady had ‘repeated occa- 
rem: at these all times the most 
pela ky both A pA of e containing a large 
quantity of azote ase and likewise ot their 
detail ; 
ti 
idly cavil at novelty. 
may no 
but, on the othe er band, the older te farm 
ider ed ; 
i “have no S proaltestion for 
ime- -hallowed errors of our Foveithers. 
iti long; and th 
hare of confiderioeg 
rmer the woi 
t seem to war a lar ange 
ther refore, 
and y we are therefo 
wie ike plants, on the plot with 
searcely be se At hoeing time “ the 
able feature irs ‘the de me lead taken >> the ' dissolved | 
bones.” In “September the plants on the dE ey? pred. 
the e presence of 38 per cent. of suc = ubstances must of 
tself render bones y useful as manures. But, 
moreover, the pecùliar kind of animal matter in this 
instance, increases still more their p fering effects ; 
compelled to decline i 
and take the more poate: course of Semanding ull 
and satisfa aR proof of 
i 
all that is advanced b 
cultur 
bones appeared to stop growing in n the ron 
aġnie ane bu lh than the othe 
culiarities noted by the 
— (evar Koh Jour. Agr; vol. v; 
A 
DES. Peculiarities.—“ Sulphuric acid 
ors pades appear ance first”—“ sr rapidity of growth 
ued t maintained, — syi came to hoeing 
fatt ty matters, such as oceùr in bone, possesses s the 
of 
perty o 
mentati m e ‘Test ult “of which is, 
takes place very rapidly, whenever 
under any thin bg ed bet ger eae ee the i im- 
portant consequences of yee are the follow aig 
pred Va nim: men matke rs of b will e nter 
tatio 
l 
into put 
3 
with $ idus regard to ou 
ndiv wks h 
È using the brains that. nature 
l the 
ees 
r. Mechi’ s Era ERA TN that t is good, aa i 
eatly to be commen nded ; but 
views 
ess decision 
facti ive fer n sor 
rapidly after 
10 10 day befor 7 before the dung i at no previous w th m 
and bones.” “The superiority of the a a acid was | 2, That from this p property. S preparation i Pepured judgment il an i ate 1 “Luekily it requi 
visible ay lded to | both ti d lar argo capital to rry, his reċom 
R GA sorts too rapidly.’” ffect. sak the i ae given for acq 
Mr, Fr ho Sa P ve Heap, —“ Plants fro sah oy sada ae = abel i oy aie matters i th onlin Eie; an s representation of the 
keeping the and are a heavier crop to-day | which this ten ndency is much less poverinl,’ the form r | profits to the landowner (come 4 per cent.), was nob í 
E ade oh not ooking quite s0 Seri in the acis upon atter in such a manner, ntrefac. utlay, or we might havi 
havi ge Re peste ae y.” n goes on much mo: Eee in the ‘eile mass, : sa ria n ae risk t 
i hota) in the sam anner ast excite the ees What margin t 
ant that ite ahi eros brairded well P aad ae the & wan ata = spiritous fermentation in all fia i ti r depre: of ani r for the c 
of the 0 oon al ar Seneca he = s pi 5 \ | undergoing hapa ay hed ; but whi hemselve ition t 1 
Lectures S PRED ix to Johnston’s would have required rae: tine to fet i rite or | husban ey Four per cent. is but small reward f 
By Mr. Pt ssh BET: T pian would never | tats ferm And d 3d, skill and enterprise, and for capital spent on propag 
saat into en Teat el those y 
ni 
x. Waasrarr (in Journal of Royal a al 
Society), Peculiarities.—« There is no dece 
l sented y 
Mr. Mechi has candidly acknowledged his po ioi 
E bone bare in z 
than to the jiad any pro cess 5 by 
TS 
advantages than the small cost of the liquid, viz., the 
rag startin ng Bey OEE deat gi Bi plants, which | have 
all o come e hoe 9 or 10 days 
F thay fio e iiA 
f a part of these ingredients, 
lessens, in a very great degree, their value to the 
farmer, 
4 Soan much w the animal m of bone; now let u 
se ect. its e Ane EEA render ‘it 
We e see 
what espe 
valabio i in the Rig sage iA ea A aa 
t conta’ mpo 
not 8 take the trouble to prove A A ; hi 
en up 
execution. 
cause e litt 
+, 
and ad vocates others the most op De 
In p bei ing o the 
water produces itl let as tae ampe x 
vapor: n takes place ; but the Jand be 
k 
“4 
je air, 
__ Since oa wal were. ste, 2 Mr. se VA a that i six Geng unds, one 
which is ‘well k to f ct beneficially, viz. ‘he 
his hero E aod of lim ; a 
Mr. it may be neglected al a get èr; ; of the five others, four 
te Haaman ako ee in the ea to his | have already ted of, viz. carbonate of lime 
ay on the Act of Dissolved Bones, a Tphate óf ine. a n f: Bodit za 
of sg ot of Shields, A We Hiva re tes o BAE E sry 
pien > , Ayr, who] w therefore, to say a few words concerning 
olyed, and sed with suc ess, 26 bushels of the aiani phosphate of lime.. This 
bones in Aai 3 200 els in 1843; and 600 | substance evidently acts as a specifie re; or 
bushels in is conclusion is t d not | in other words, will be beneficial | adding 
yar 
“ha t 
en eae covered, the dissolving of bones 
Sh have been Ase! considered an invaluable 
ficial conte eRe E ii It mae he 
tact, and render: 
ë ir cgay 3 but in 
lous. What we want in draining is to o pre 
substance which is essential to their 
for chemical | analysis | has Mee that, next to ri car- 
dumage, but piep are m any V 
not here 
able saline matt er—for 
in conformity wi 
estate, Ai meu he acti’ tivated piant Mame Barley, 
need be 
havalvee greater expense than what is 5i 
It m e inj 
effect this will Ti Rie Crean 
o fas 
may: 
; what use would it be for t 
ilis : 
which we may mention those b do SA a A = aeons eae 
Ds Vian ai , ena OURT ; and, i y F prd and | plants, contain this t in considerable quantities, and, | genial shower to “convey tilisers to the eart 
informed by Mr. Pusey that the. ore trials VEM at R o all thes These epera - a pene e ely ee them a a pt to e 
A | ; o 
weber or ne te at e Sea on the bone ey rel less than five valuable a = o conch Te Paia 
š » tuliy confirm previous | manures, and that AS Sarg ce is of the b - | ta 
investigations, and settle several oon points of'| sible kind. mstance, hoveves of be pre fight ts is rue on . I have not ro the 
interest in the practical use of the ure. s, | considerable i onegan, whe mint bp dena è in mind | of Mr. Parke’s paper; but taking for grante ted that h 
sie other con ces it is ech a that 8, 4, in ey: dela to bone a ts Mat is, that if repeated has quoted the oy ‘orelble parts a it, I must say £ 
and 2 bushels are similarly augmented in efect; aliy] same land for a of years, it will gradu- ar see little or mag to soep 
but that 4 or r6 bus he Is are a sale mean to a . Bone- trongly è xpressed. oS kpe 
il manure, as already stated, owes its i t usly drained to ENE depth, aa 
well—that half the" weight of thé bone has hit eee theresa ist its carey constituents cd 
been taken ast pag of acid, but th t Tite he er fox er Rtn Hn erage inal agen Yo panes 
one-third k onan i i poe EEA hoi nt. With regard to t the first | livered from two ro A draio san 
d that 
of 
cifically nogan many crops, ‘it must be remembered that 
| in; 
g had the } 
ing 
er was, “ that pria 
exten pt from t : var “yards 
fe to 
nes the | ESNA a But even if it w: 
(which fd ne not seem likely to outa t oe 
n 
d brent’ of water), there is seep, ahd Ht © 
the acid may 1 w ii tho an „Specific substances are required in Hoon 4 
ee ft first used. quantities, and hence iai use ofi e en | 
Mr. Poskr drew attention i would, in time, produce a useless accumulation of these 
other interesting communications, announcing | 8tbstances, and, consequently, would lose its effects in 
of trials with the mixture, have been | this respect. And 2d, as i al matter owes its 
ouncil; and many suggestions offered | © stele powers iot only a be sh itive pro- 
pre} cosa =~ application of the ea, DEt likewise stihirettly to i n upon the 
e our space at us to to | of cess sity, bes pre kon viously —— in the teil it must, 
: ii kar i ae Lo ecessity, be in t! is respect a 
K pan Eea of the | 
| poorer by its constant use, and the 
a J 
sant ta Eho 
the depth o of Ar tareis “ome must evidently ze 
other, and other things being equal, the 
