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gular stones—decomposition imm p” re E ay act “on some sous m 3 or even 4 the same weight of 
Feleterious gases are abun dantly disengaged. aie would, | co ‘ apnesia in thems from carbonates coca are eae wy 2 te seer used dry, „The extent 
erefore, | nti 
= may concern, th n the principle of rendering stable- constituents of some soils,” and yet w rill denounce Lie- that, cid are reat tos > fek: of bones and st. 
floors imperv moisture should wre r be lost sight | bi ig as unworthy of credit” when he ass S erts tha n 12 st of bones and 4, or, at 
of ; without perane this desideratum the most in- aiima su s ikas ric aci st, 6 st. of = a is spate the experiments 
sry convert in prove to be ms proper quanti ETARE In fact, by hi 7 
genious scheme s for rentijaion must be eet ified ! So the material constituents of bor 
toa a sulphate or or te eee cen and | error, « D: » ‘doubles the quantity of bones, 
s the we ight eiae ids ; and, in the same rae 
rapidly do the aommene nt parts of urine assume the | phosphate of line. in 
form, that it ae surprised m: manr t fe fot on ex- nee ese e phosphoric acid w P 
amining an imperfect floor, that percolation has ex-} mor essible and more useful. : h the of the applionsiony an 
tended to so small a depth, | but the true explanation of “Ww. E. Ww.” also doubts the evidence upon which | Shiinishes he sayi ke E This, howe as hi 
this — paar -dropped | the case is based ; and in support of it ventures an ar- | object; and “ D.” culates very ete np h 
«Mr. M‘William’s experiments,” says he, | porene that — assertion will pan current for 
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prin Aiton, which, “ike yeast to the wort, d un t 
diately induces a similar c condition in the atoms urs the drilled, while those w ith sulphuric acid are n cirenmas stane wae 
i pen which as- | the furrows.” “In Mr. Hannam’s, 16 bushels Po b bones in |a ngal ‘at eire statements may pass eons at ight for 
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mia cane the entire a ent. The i Baiat. were drilled with the seed; in all the other case Thi omote trutl 
ave freq found, on going | the solutions they are ge event. Hae, Eaa S A iy is what the advocates of the ean have aske 
at I | there is no comparison- ¢ culate’ a meet the ques- | for, and what the subject deserves ; and we have x 
pe not breathe | without coughing, and my eyes lachry- on.” “The Duke se Cinema experi ae $ he | right either to doubt a oe without ae have argus 
een hanging under continues, “do not give the information and that | ments to urge agains r to deny i t on false dat 
oo Now. , the products of ienne contributed | ‘ most probably’ one portion was sown and the o othe T in Until, therefore, * WE. LW ” is prep $ 
Dut in an inferior degree to ne state of vitiation. I} the ridge, e ubt the avis ; 
repeat again that it is inipossibn to preserve e purit, not mention how the application w was made, but most dence ` ae va a adduced, he will not pa in 3 
pen while its floor continues | probably it w as made in t will mt D. m ” make the world | believe theta ’ 
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into. a "stable in the morning, Je apraiar 
I, ther afore, cannot t too strongly | as much.” 
e arge this act upon ote attention of every 0 dite my This is a most amusing method of stag evidence. he makes za own pman coincide more with rae: pe 
ae ables objectionable and _unwholeso Because Mr. M‘William ee Mr. Hannam are in | Seruta t 
ondition ; 8 an will be satis sfact nl to ‘aioe that the error, the Duke of Richmond and Mr. Ge aides are very 
s by whic h the desired i prore ent may be effected mo Oa the Tenik, and i consequently all the other experi- AR 
involves neither difficulty nor expe ast be This > the sort of induction| Phosphate: of Li ime.—Th posed. of 4 
he centre of the carey l stall be removed s, and aside ‘the mass of facts — of pig: age acid aad. L 3 lime, is one of 
2 feet in breadth, and 5 feet i gth, measuring from hi lluded to i apers — s (as we have seen before) of bones, marl, 
the cro t ndstone perpen | What have ve probabilities and possibilit ities to do with d in-these substances as a manure. 
ient | circumstances where pro bor oe re ‘can be obtained ? | b th t that 
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Posy rant inner or sxe bevelled tosuch | Moreover, these same parties ose trials are ques- early. en p me 
as that when the tw ught together | tioned, have made | several other “tials Two distinct like apatite, &e, ” to advantage as manures. 
e ntral ie ter formed like an d Mr. | which I 
iny inch in bre at the surface, and | M‘William. he errors in one trial to disqualify = successful as to confirm me in my opinion on 
e i e, which the testimony rot the other! Decidedly not. Grant ubject. Tha ld nabs ell tome asa me ; 
ast be filled with cement or piteh—a slight | that “ W. E. W’s’ ’ objections to these particular cases | PUT® , is also ely to be doubte 
ard and backward inclina tion must be given to| are well founded, a hoes evidence, which is unques- Soda (Carbonate of a da: his salt, consisting of 
P +4 ra 4 | tion ong to bear ou t all tha t has been | 58. 7 parts of soda an d 4l, 3 of o arbonic acid, i is ma 
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upom pa shall be rapidly conducted towards the hind ad. 
rs, and from thence conveyed. on the surface z which “ WwW E W.” does not question are erroneous, | 8&4 shore, t contrivances for preparing i 
int ioe “fo und To does question can be eee to be | from common a No pure salt is neede d for 
tank, or reservoir, where it may be al = required correct, By referring l. iv., p. 165, 
as manure, I find the making aca as | Journal of Agriculture,” “ y _W. » will ‘ind “that of soda) may be at once applied to the round any 0 
I have shortly deseribed would cost fo Tinton ai peab | the p of Mr. M‘William ’s applications were made in | doings the. E P Be Bil ae with some other nut 
10s. per stall—10 feet for each stall, and 10 feet for that i ridges, s, unde perf ti esult will be the greai 
e Saa e floor immediately behind = tal opposite and "similarly, p. 167, that Mr. Geddes’ trials were | 1 g sda f salt et 
stall. A most su rticle I know ae be fur- | made i in drills at t 28 inches l be formed. in the 
Sons, o t He aber ha = been eaa see any is a popeo po ebil pae ri 
ags But, as the salt is very soluble in water, no more e than 6 
to 70 ‘Ibs. are to be used per acre, and if the soil be 
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cellent quality of their sandstone, a the Tih ad- | case, in whose trial the whole of the plot was rid 
vantages their ingenious and powerful stone-cutting | and ‘the manures put in the ride, the liquid by hand, 
machine id giy ves to their establishment a peculiar claim | and the bones by a drill. Vid “ Transactions Hi ghland cient in humus, 
to prefe: ciety,” March 1844. pply 
T shall D conchide ae Bsa already too extended Duke of Richmond’s trial, in which all the mi ted into humate of soda, or a l 
pc: ayn by ass a: renga i may adopt | were a sik in drills 27 ihah sin (“Journal Royal | | akent to ok ners If, therefore, the ashes of a 
such s srrangemen as I have proposed, ies Agricultural Society,” vol. v. p- 2 ants be used for manure, even of t tis only so much is 
they will hia ve no reason skar their iE: s to| So much, then, or the facts upon which our friends | ys es Be that the soil will not obtain thereby n 
the recon outlay w which these improvements wor vould doubts are bas ed. Not one of his assertion ns are hor rne | than 60 to 70 me of the sa 
you out 5 +! dI 
require, 3 c k But ven- smaller quanti ities will produce a 
odin ab isper in their lug, b tion that h has newer _ Seen the orini | good. ran a wil ivi better to use at one time b 
s ablins nae vexation ;” of the repeat the dose. The carboni 
because all that is to be don ne is to give their noble | farv wrong in guessing th at the onl aly d ilica, on wA 
Mr. Hannam’s pape: oe action | account it mi ht, be also _nseful to the Cer 
va a ee aeg one year,as the following statement ~ application ” of the TE r whic $ f- that earth, 
be ae er y demonstrate. ce emits voids more than 3lbs. | summary of the results of the various experienta ik | always least.on those soils which are rich in, silts n 
amm 180s. es per annum=21 lbs. Ren mon salt, because, in these apantang s the pla 
onia=! guano, 10s. So that he ac like ea| Your bag Ag Nets “D.” is one, as he says, “ who have a ount tofs oda. 
eS a = fr a 5 5a k e he will i o be observed, ‘that it will adva 
o give state anything he as not t oroughly examined the etation (like the ee of rotash of woo i 
poo rr E of ea and | truth of. He etapni not to the theory or the evidence | a nd of the coal lofi humus and the vege 
stables, and mod des by which stale ould be ren supplied to’| but to the practical value of the application. He is | table matters in the soil. Soda is not dear, but, addi- 
i bow 3 vitinled Kom natural eni ou moved w. pirn astonished, indeed bipi Pape pa ups S up his p see any- tionai cement are yet w wanted to! ua — i 5 
bg hief that nce it particularly furthers the gro 
appears me so obvious, that i Pec mye no ae down. i raid, ‘ema that é oD? tegen | ef Buckw : 
A s proper orte 5 rey in spite of his calculatin li- h).—The above salt, © 
aoe on aaeneteee =m ill hesitate for a moment | ties h = ew nh ork ieee wh Po oe e 68.2 pota 
tas Fre T — — e the saroe of | near a akin to fiction. | : e-know,.a cons pe bi part at wood-ashes. It 
Until this is gon = it SE lale to atk abe abont iquids. that the cost and labour of the as a that mat ijas a ashes owe their manurl 
; n y venti- | preparation swallow up the saving ; ; and i in order to pērties; and. a easily: | “og poneke er 
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your Stable Floors |! !—W. gee reat Y Lothian 
te oy -| converts a common compost-couch and shovel—or at | t ils a fc t in oes with the 
Pe: Edinburgh, ! "oth June, 1845. the most, = the — form be preferred, the hier Se itis all a superior 
and water-cart—into a costly apparatu: us | ts have fully proved. A 
with parties who may = more minte information | which must be specially gaged —< a the same pakse soils saan nda A j“ re a as it h 
ea 5 s e- that can. be ver, t table matters, 
Bubject.—W. G. D. easily swallow wed. ae i id the pos of sh : us and | me a TIT sail Y 
SS T ASAD a sees AEA u es whi ise from the action of the | bto t ., the humate of potash. Na 
vom ON “nie Me i? on manure, in ie oe ime others, as Bose agent. in | sp not to o plenis, vizo to aaar ia it hi tigisi 
UR correspond 0" and a means of. overcoming | t is of a rat 
Fiore — di wa ihe merits of the discovery of f|the attacks of “enemies, or the unfavourable cir ae ora foe Tue feces of combination 
truth ore $ ave psi Aiea ot waa e the F SERAN of si ae or season. ‘ The experiment,” says he, pa place in the $ 
e prai ted in this: that 1 t 
á; en tae al eaution in rma þe- | weight of porcine oe 1 ton of eh beer =a sendy a ven ‘are iv is clear th tat 
Anrh = a te te are of Sore == bones a the | the Turnip crop to 2 quarters used dry,” and conse-| but little eman: can be e On soils a 
Moabts'are PP’ vl s I beg to remind him | quently he is astonished that ‘such a result should for a | in humus, I have used 60 t io yi is Are Lente 
onc era are that it ok a ae be considered important. What, kaihoe yane and seas found the result mo! 
i pie er pe eco 5 mat to po e | the worth of “ D. 3” opinion when it is upon. a| like soda, is always used as a top 
neoini hal x t prg ult. i ins) n 
Eoee to inken e siia tru k h of Tiebie It is inaccurate both by omission and perv. adain of e apegan piesne 
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Saiar of g by tad: Be the bone is far- the bones, Nite Mani: Ta Pith Ps ae hake mee pripao davanene nnn’ 
and perversion, because, instead. of onia.—Solid carbonat: te of: amm 
t Publie credit for an extraor er of bo < A ief Ame inn 
Sma 1 quart nes, rd its weight (24 stone) of acid d EBA, 5 parts te of carbonic acid, 3 A 
E a that they mi agree| | being necessary, the experiments -have p a ed that | osm os 15. F of water, is (as we have 
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