6.—1845.] 
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443 
constituents of putresc ast year, there thi 
arn ‘excrements and offal. There is, at times, an oppor of Turni ips. : j pow 
tanity to to use the salt by itself ås a manure, as iti o be _ In every trial eth “ie een Sone eee i Turnips came of nitrogen from th a aa re, My sn ae 
Bad very er cans ee formed, J =| dy eb) Seana ite ar om Seon mr upon Wheat satisfy me that it does no t possess this 
nly not pure, which, however, does not matter lower Ternip-seed (indeed, all 1h [Boll i raae tae net oF rogi pruned Be oe 
certain y not pure, tie = eee aera is put into fsoil is great, inorganic substances may enable the 
e: the see Just ‘covered | Wheat to assimi] i 
ties. On account of its quick e evaporation, it is’ ean oil sufficient.—Pilstone, near Chepstow, | haustion which raed ares be i rant) ble 
epee the woh cee aka nadd he cf Se GE ENEN YOR a Aan should be induced to alter the high opinion 
more humic’ acid, therefore, the soil contains, the less aoe Co re hel coerce e ii P Ba be jue importance of ammoni tien 
nen eam gl or ate oe ee my o Sate after ir Mage England to ob- 
l p l i ir. he syst oMowed and the deficiencies in our 
ats een —_ ron Jeb 8 2 ae ne tna ¥ m N vhost tate es that trough the whole of my experi- soils. “The on y to arrive at a correct knowledge 
epee tn js fears, ie a p s he does not se have. once pelea potass, | of what a soil is in-want of is by 
Mena! «acted yet, am “hg ps Asani Spr 9 soda, lime, magnesia, o or pe phorie acid, must t have | tinued through a series of years, and b by an examination 
lege) greatest use for —Sprenge ae over t 1 to h he calls manure. ‘There is not a farm 
a If he refer t o No. will find ‘all England who has ot been informed be Rn 
+ oe aman =e em will 18, h 
ay SULPHURIC ACID AND BONES | For TURNIPS. che inorganie pe co! eiettos in the’ 
l we hire By R. W. Purcnas. Turn tee the 
> have we. Field, No. 1.—Svil, sandy loam Hpo old r d- | I kno soil i Piot deficient. 
ed s I consider that 
“onal so completely worn out by the late tenant, that soit can ‘be called a good Turnip ha 
soil in whic! 
sh, or the 
ception of some chlorides, in which 
id no 
very 
Barra 
w travel about the 
few pounds of phosphoric acid and a 
nable him to tos uce a good crop of 
ppens to have a n for br ram 
chemist (a great tiber of whom n 
country), that a 
i foo will e 
Tf he hap 
Weel 
i bese uys 
ds. th A and bones, and’ the acre with dung, © r. c. ibs. ball; 3 as, in this case, a much | arger r propo ortion’ of |i re i ar and when his experiment ry ed he wil he will 
fits ins re only per acre 0 5 20 d to produ uce an equal weight of Tur- Roe p be told that oa Wheat ‘aah Go contains a yy 
| helen „acre manured with 160 bushels of nip, and'the Tar; y not added 
F pime th wa: 8 14 32) ing its ro sorb carbon and nitrogen from the | other he value 
o wili fits Beas acre manured Sit 160 bushels of atmospher ar panni the decrease in prod in my of different guano is no cares criterion of th êi nee rta 
er. ete, 2 bushels fine bone-du st, an second year’s crop, due to the want of organic matter, | Of ammonia compared with phosphates—Peruy st pani 
; brown acid (oil of vitriol) costing 1, and not to any defi y in mineral matter. eti- | Contains, on an average, double the we eight of ieee 
= eated a tion of these experiments will’ show how far p- | Contained in the Ichaboe, alf the quantity of phos- 
; elow A 5 68 | position is'correct à fine Turnip'svil the roots per- | phates, ‘The high price of the Peruvian cannot 
is 2 ‘On T d; h 20 O-yards of dung $ ll 48 form, in a great m , the function of ‘the leaf ; ang | be'considered as caused ing a mo ly, but 
bones; 2 field li h 108 bushels p the phosphates and alkalies, which, in a y soil, a ly because it is rich’ i ogen. Bones, which 
aa 842, consumed info n in soi loyed tain half the weight of phosphate of lime, do not 
E Fuld N, 0, 2.— Sail, stone-brash, upon old in producing ‘bulb. è importance of bringing ‘the comm higher price than Rape-cak ich contains 
tel smndstone, limed 1841, land to à fine ‘tilth for t Turnip shi cannot be too | 80 little 3 and the latter is’ consid best manure 
5 bushels of coal- much insisted on, as the amount of organic matter | for co: e; before long, to } public 
ashes, and 15 of istal dust, ärilled in which the Turnip assimilates“from th e in de- | Some experiments which will, in some meas ‘onfirm 
with amen 
SO ure, 
ave | my opinions ; 3 in the meantime, Tam led by mye xperi- 
me vie enormous “and 
man 
with 80 ‘ths. of ibon aKa noticed that land near : hich ad melus sion s —l. Th at the Soils 
er teal of fine Kone: dust dissolved n mied rendered ‘heavy by the beoe rses and cart m 
‘With 500 gallo me saturated with ‘the ining of the dung, pro- ah che los of ammonia carried off in the grain, 2. That 
A water-cart over th i due very small bulb, bone ough’ th culture of Clo And aie Turnips is my 
5 bushels ] atid re of char- the light cane of Norfolk, | the power they possess of © and n 
arbon 
ust drilled in fe the seed 11 48 | Turnips, weighing idl x = e gro a the leaf o f| gen from the atmosphere oie a supplied as ‘pee 
A. Swedes (Skirving’s) were planted o sda which does not-weigh as many otinces. Lie ebig, 2 That oome acid c 
the first ne Second weeks in July, at 24 Senn Ane first series of his “ tise. ge V4, Sih “that th d available fi production of seein mth sono 
l ete d to 9 inches, horse hand:-houd ae fields of Great“ Bri are in a sta rogressive | Accompan nied by am onia. wes, Rothamsted. 
E ; Pulled, topped, tailed, os weighed, Janua: exhaustion, by the oath val of phosphates, as is prove ed What causes a Plant to run to. Seed ?- -x observi 
Tth, 1845. iE a the rapid ek tetinion of e oar Turnips— | your Paper of the Cabt 
i the brown ‘sulphuric cid, plants which ‘contain the least amount of phosphates 3” | plants of one of your correspon anes 5, meth were put 
per lb. from Mr, Teak Gibbe Bel a and, in the 'third ‘edition of his # Chemisty Appie to in in Novae, had gone to seed ; ne ithe ay if iy 
fine onedust. lent qu ff , Kon Agricu culture,” page 213, he erie me “that t I ther 
eet if only the soil conta’ ain a suffici 
supply of ‘mineral 
‘ood. 7” Inm f 
bushels oi — š 
| flower 
} — and what fertilisers may ar er appli ied wi 
Repo rter, Taitea. by rhint Kees pa which ths val 
, | Observe that the su 
ve 
t the 
ety, 
as not to encourage b blossoming, you will wien a 
faved ur, 
hirt 
"i absolutely d ay, weigh about 1590 Ibs.; accordin 
ly. | singaulty th e grain o: 
Y | whi i 
ed in vacuo, ae weigh | 
according to Boussingault, one w! 
t also on -yo our obedient servant, 
ing are gm 
eir bulk pr yarar rather 
but in tronical 
ing 3.2 of ph 
would contain A ahont” 6 Ibs, oof 
acid—making 24}1bs. of phosphoric acid 
removed by a crop of Wheat. ` The difference between 
ots | pa and 45 is very gr 
o- grou 
about thee | 
ing ie old hy hogsheadso dé tubs: ree rea 
e field t 
than thei 
p ates also, and pero. the r presa 
of the sugar cane, the very same evil is a e ined s) 
The ra of the West Indian Plante obtai 
and use, the bulk and substance of thie ede they 
prow 5 and hence Pea like ourselves, are injured b y 
lb varies so much on di 
che give an than yix but it aj 
Turnipe requires more sei acid than ac 
appears that a cro: op o 
TOP o 
foi 
bouring farmer had one earboy pr aon last 
to produce blosso: 
the question we have ‘piel as erra to this pata 
sed ‘dried mud: from a hotse-pond to 
Wheat. | _ The quantity o of 
__ Fertilizers.—1 will gie ariasi a ingu ular instsnce of 
gas or apo Mar acci- 
enabled me to witness. This a her similar 
ongeeoe eries 
3 Wiel 
weed! te f green crops 3 restore rien to fertility t T It i 
+ 
On & 
7 | cultivation of ‘Clover and Turnips is to be attributed 
These plants. 
were phosphoric acid; are capable 
m the atmospher 
gen! misiri on the la nd a lar arge amount 
of co ollecting 1 
large quantities of carbon and | coun 
passed was arid, and but 
partially cultivat sal But o on this plain Me om was 
an This led 
ae taken up by t 
and ‘hve 
of: dactised’ on is yg ted t 
—— e of lime, whether 
fo llow wing graine 
dung, 
me to inquire of some labourers, s, who were weedin ng a 
rich field of Wheat, of such extraordinary growth as 
a 
as, the par h 
beating 15 imed | ca ashy be employed to ‘produ ce grain cro ps throu gh | I 
e- part limed, | 
= medium of a green ‘crop. When bonaria i in’ the 
mus 
have néver Been before or “since, the quality of the 
manure that was used to treet such strength and 
treet produ ucti ion of Ay 
e ace 
en. 
sails at E TA 
nitr The 
ssary to Akin r al the pibid 
phate “available will dy, I believe, in Ps different | 
will it be less than two 
bhalg: 
ed); was used with half 
grain c 
F 
one of f phosphoric acid. - We 
ts | prised m uch ‘as the 
see by this | of the eorn, r that only aii falls from: the ene.” 
in thos by m 
the penne of ë bie joie nar re om ANd acting Pe a lever mg 
lift the sent tne. a pool vo move The = ly pon 
ardness ine 
d sprinkled over ya ho roge } , I was directed to observe the 
S up; t tile the further inqui was direc 0 0 
mitered. S Ps the ashes were then drilled late tly i mported in’ the shape of gtano can re made | mow ne of a: ppan i sil, nod pp rant i 
'ailable for ss ares roduction of corn. In Peruvian neighbouring hi and ‘whieh were ‘encraste 
E Tuch h se ocean’ sab il ing | guia the pro oka monia to phosphoric acid is | wi ith p thick exudatio 
; the future I i = im reo ae ae 8 ater ridging) ) | about 12 to TO. 3 in in Tehal joe guano it is not more than | necessary to gee it ‘well the wash was ‘afterwards 
liquid state, Shall a adopt w sing Poona ich: fi 5jto 14 sfin bone the proportion is 5 to 28. ‘If a sub- | evaporated, a residuum Se ae ly 
A R intend th: ure in p pest could d'be discovered te obtained at a low price | impregnated ws itre. -Consequ » the gas or 
2 120 Ibe. wei year to put 4 bushel i as guano is in phosphates, the im- | vapour from the ovens greatly impregnated with 
; land about ler acre ot over’ the ie ie 5 bone-dust»and se" quantities of pl hesphates tek Shick have been placed | this salt, which spreading ‘and’ settling on the plain, 
3 Reerring. tpg ATES (wi rand: auha cher n Turn = in pa soil in’ the’ shape of bones, would be rendered | served as the most powerful come ae can be bei 
oe where ae direct! available for the rowth of corn. The e prin pean ima, ined. Ups Tapti the oy ues in whic 
e `water:ea 
= skew wice ov: 4 by om on e ‘there had been baked, I observed the 
