480 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. La 12 
describe the ssar, rovide useful employment for their poorer fellow. » by th thea 
lee of Peake notrition according tc to o their ier es. serade as an indiv. idual, lives too much for of the standing crops. Communic ing 
withou it con: sider- 
e processes 0 
own honors hig ee The 
tical farmers. highly appreciate the talent of ‘the 
chemist, and pe ie te tally i the valuable service he has 
sisin his powe: er the oe at his immediate neigh- 
In the agen a of the human animal the 
rendered in the science of agriculture; but when, hes rs. 
having proved the existence of ammonia in the at-| centre of —— is self ; 
here, he concludes that plants derive all their fa Yours con upon our fellow-creatures are dis- 
supply from that source, and when his i Sa terior view to our own luxuries and 
disciples broadly Aep that inorganic substances alone inereasing wealth, and ao for ha pako of those who 
are required to be applied to the land to restore the | carry out our “ambitious s projects. imple e fact is thus 
} indi ook beige 
n scarcely repress a contemptuous s smile when | their own interests, but to show a nee of 
relieve 
he Ss fooctliets that doug t heln he fally Gis yena the 
of ammonia, ungen a m oper r 
ga 
hat 3 its PITAR 
the de thi is, 
asserts aa t the ashes of a K e coni 
rodu 
h he esti- nit ¢; 
societies. of evn description, whose ae r Ay 
the w increase the comforts of all classes. 
te 
all farmer and labourer, by offering 
he 
. EEN 
tilising elements necessary 1o P ce a gge pata eq 
op Sint the exception n of carbon and and consed which 
compete for, witho 
terference of the “ high feeders” and “m onied men,” 
in many cases, f l 
assimilated fro m the atimoepbere, an 
severance, on which alone nhs moderate 
ashes when oliad to the soil would practi 
duce as good a crop, if used as manure, as would be 
raised if the aoe produce erted ey dung in 
no 
can pro- | farm 
a 
per 
and husbandmen depend. There can be no 
doubt ‘that 2 eee and patriotic men who superin- 
d the a of the „various agri icultural societies, 
i —the 
pele ory 
J 
Mant 
e pra 2 
cha Sakon would rh the “igh 
f 
of eee to oe the ee a tar trial. 
Wis) 
n rtain 
uence of n 
cessary qu antity of aera 
een an individual of high 
| an 
| ci pane for the butcher. 
exception to the usual saleable stock at market 
If it. is desirable to con- 
tinue over-feeding animals as a means of obtainin 
+ t 
ra the Righ : 
Hon. Lord Stanley, Her Ma sjest's Secretary, d 
State for the pionin] Depar ý 
desi ire to possess copies of that wo re 
a former Ten bed 
Edward Everett. From 
Excellency the Hon. 
Henry Colman, Esq. j 
. Specimens of draining tiles ae pipes, made jj 
"Mr. Dixon’s yard, at Witham nie SSeX, 
4, Specimens ef orname! ntal harness 
factured by Mr. James Ma: Ae of W 
5. Proposal for the construction of a machine for 
cles 
t 
ing it of stones. From Mr. Joseph. Wrightg 
Brompton, 
6. Specimen of earth oe ted from North Wal 
by the Rev icar of Llanbad 
ughe 
with a statement that it fae been formerly fol ch 
a considerable distance, and with s 
= t of the country, i in smal 
estimation as a manure 
Fro rley. 
fa kena of ites Mek Marl, and the surf: 
and sub-soils of a field in Norfolk, made by Di 
Agricultural | Improvement Soc 
eeting | 
that society wonld be held at Dallingsloe, ong 
scientific a pernan tte 
Mr. L 
+ 
&e., capablejof producing the reine quantity of fat, 
such let it } aior eoe time, mpartial investiga- 
paalis are maa? they show to. "the te a thon ye tion should A at orn ope of the 
cessity for some inorganic economy of. far ee penne st rage! the ascending 
t p and noting carefully at what point it would be 
well knows, th ity for. a good a fd AE t profitable fo slop poina in breeding and feeding, 
in th if be raised with | &e., accordin experience and ne saa 
any degree o! of sui a a :) knowledge. 1 peo t hat the energies of the 
Preserving Eog —A pint pi ron and a pint of salt, | with a small capital and a limited number o oe 
rata ith a biag S will preserve pgss f for any | under his management. may be called forth, it - 
anack, | gested to Agricultural Associations to introduce prizes 
and tri tried it last years io eggs w Arga + the | more within the „reach of the h roms cultivator 
end of six months as any roa be Siem the nest. | of the soil, viz. :—1. e be: til rm, not ex- 
=B, - ceeding acres ; showing a moek di ious rota- 
Medicago macu I think if thi f an atest n of acres un 
, plant were better res age al Lipa toon of cul- | the spade, 2. For the best EA okt mode of 
. spring feed. It is very ly, and is | saving manures, nied Be the farmer re ep of 
eaten le with avidity. I have seen large patches | foreign aid. 3. For the best plan of stall feeding 
of it in the. richest pastures, eaten close to the byt in cattle and shee eep frith ee most say x us te 
when the natural herbage | surrounding them has been | green crops raised e Jand), for the butcher. 
l i high 4 Fo ‘or the best 1 broad of arte oe oe pigs, requiring 
the Medicago could be got at. ‘When once it fads a | the lowe: ia n them for the market. Sou 
bl ° vil fae cur e friends- of 
tof] th 
adh, 2 ‘ae 
20 3 ago, 1 now is extended to Poran Pe ct 
robably fro 
agri 
labourer, which it is not ower ite to mention ; enough 
ore able men to advocate the | 
r 
earlier than any other — os 
seed in great abundance. —Lus 
J th 
Kohi Rabi. t J.S. 
mentioned the stalks of Kohl Rabi; 3 if ee s the true 
kind he will find it has waa any stalk at alh, only aj 
small str; traggling | tuft of lea 
v deserving ¢ of o oe whose fu ara 
| will not admit is their poe the ae — the 
| wealthy und large holders of land.—Fa/e 
and 
a onli forced ay Maw 
whi — Lus 
eral use.— 
” June 7, s suggests , 
means of f preventing | the ‘displacement of the ends 
SAUE 
BA AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 
weekly Couneil w was held at the Society’s House in 
Haare er on aan rae sio ae o si 
e ee 
asa 
of ipe-tiles, 
p 
fere of one into t 
e Hi e the Duke of RīcH 
P 
A live MP 
with a scoop of the size of intend 
„there will ttle risk 
3 inches in length (and' which could be made by the 
tile e at a very trifling expence), placed 
over [or under—which?] each joint, would 
ffectually he pipe displacement, and at 
the same time to k extraneous substances 
m insinuating themselves through the joints—«Lusor. 
Management of Grass Land.—I have a field, about 
ture, which contains such a gan ntity of 
mo i as harper to affect th be ve 
a portion of glebe that Í am am 
obliged to mow it ev ae year, or 
PI must buy hay. It 
has occurred to me, that by giving it a rotation of ara- 
ble crops, the land might be cleansed of the para 
but T have told by farmers that such would not be 
the . Is it so!—Clericus. [Undoubtedly. si 
weed be extirpated by perseverance in thoroug 
cultivation. If you pare and burn the land in autumn, 
= and reducing it to 
y sow ee AESA 
in 
z perfectly during baisa "cue ge cage sng 
to takea s ion of crops for the next two pe r three 
years, taking care always to consume all the 
Sowa to grain gos the land, and you may dan a it 
ielies.— All men 
t there is no re why 
Ps ot flourish in the 
ghy rovided g 
ustrious habits, 
i ent diameters, rt the o| dan 
other. If the pion of the drain be properly finished Hon. 
ed to be 
li 
emon, Bt., M.P. ; Si 
; Sir C. r 
A Ridley, Bee R. ~ Archbol, “et MP, ; Col, Ansien 
r F , Esq. 
Ritod. , Esq: 
y, Esq.; W. 
Col "MDouall ; 
F, W. Ethere dge, 
Bobbe; Esq. ; 
iC 
w is Sq. 5 
ean, Esq.; c. Etheredge, "Esq. ; 
Wi isher 
ornbury, Gloucestershire. 
, Argi t 
= 28, ‘Sackrile tet “uence 
en pie 
ovett, Jose Venables Belmont, O: S$. A 
Cope, William, A Shiffnal, Sal alop. = gran E 
Ausi a ustin, William am Hazle dine, Manor House, Woore, Drayton, 
Coyney, Charles, Coyney Hall, Loughton, Staffordshire, 
Hughes, John, Fennant, Wr mo Pin Sega 
Loomes, Edward, Whittlesey, Cai mbrid dgeshi 
Hastings, Joh n Ker , Hereford. 
coat Henry, The Elms, bong seeds Leicester, 
gaika ribanks, Dudley Coutts, Bushy Hall Farm, Watford, 
De wood: Henry, Kirtlington, Woodstock, 0 
Kenyon, Hon, Sega Pr: adoe, VOswest oe 
, Ewhurs' 
‘k, Llandilo- Arteni ea 
oaas follo foll lowing , communications were laid before the 
une 
+ Plans achine recently in- 
vented hey Mn Rider a sae at Adelaide, for 
30th of Se ptember next, for which all stock 
conveyed, by way of Duk 
free of expense, m the steam-boat and canal co 
aa 
. A letter from Mr, Fuller, M.P. siim whieh J 
stated th at the e grubs ‘destroying the Turnip 
ubmitted to th 
crane-fly. 
Pogo them but that of 
ate Ai were by ge 2 K a n expense, — 
unic cation m Mr. som on 
Raymond Barker 
end of his in nd 
he 
ing in animals, 
il, A ccioeent by Mr. 
result obtained by a fi 
ndi 
are had all the 
bt the inferior epii of females from 
they Ha yest ne 
12. The following communication from Mr. 
ume, = Parkgate, Cheshire : 3 
Experiment by Mr. Morton oe Dr. Lyon Playfas 
o Five sheep were ate in the open air, bet 
Ge 
the 18th of Nov. Sage and fhe 9th of March, 18 
consuming i of me and 1912 lbs 
Sw tir rg Turnip. Fa n the time 231 
ON Five sheep were housed and fed in the 
he same period, consuming 75% gallons = 0 t 
of Swedish Turnips, putting up 1m 
of meat 
ordingly in favour of house 
ra es Tbs of meat “being gamed, 1026 lbs. of 
saved, and the whole eserved. 
one of the member: the Society. i: 
i ae Hillyard rom specimens of ee 
ted Gold of Pleasure Flax, and a tro 
weed in his neighbour’s crops, to which it bori 
ong resemblance, ; 
1b. ie Fisher Hobbs, Mr. penie t, M.P., Sir 
mayne, Mr. 8 
Cher 
ing ng foie ents | 
ot Plax; and Mr. 
on pater 
6. Mr. Raymond Barker report 
made by the General Mage aa comm 
ears, o 
ment on the occu 
18, The Rev. J oseph panied Te 
19. A letter from the ere 
Michael’s, in the 
go The j 
with the 
ordered to be se: 
20. A pe to reprint. a collection of 4 
tracts on agric man subjects. 
The Council then adjourned to to Wednesday 
of July. 
