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THE AGRICULTURAL sas ea thda 
[Jury 19 
pe that the results 
together at the pavilion, under the presidency of the 
Duke of Richmond ; but the hour at which the post 
Jeaves Shrewsbury is so early that we have found it 
impossible 
_to report the "proceeding i in sufficient time | 
E: 
oo ee aa eam ag cen oer 
interesting. Among the marls, s, for example, one from | 
near ry was foun d to contain as much 
cent. organie etie a T 
B aag yaluable as 
some which 
to 
Of 
aratively an for. a Sabo purposes, have been 
may | to some 
I by no means bai ub jue 
su 
| knowledge by this nade of —— 
is still too imperfect 
para 
found to be i eerie Me — al for the 
draulic 
Eg 
Sort @ F El 
f the Dealthy bse 
on 
of that of diseased Pota a nae 
Spon therefore, 
Goats 
cm of hydra! CE 
Ji 
Tar half-yearly meeting of this A ion was held 
on Jay 11, in the Museum of the High bland aed ag 
cultural Seei Lord Melville having been 
of which will be stated on a future occasion. 2. In 
branch of my de aaa that of visit- 
D 
y rapidly which 
confidence can be pla While these investigations 3 
ced. 4 
are go ing on, the erefore, we Bales milk patiently for the | j 
Pe: 
ety. 
mously called to the chair, _ Coventry, the aiia 
and 
f Seo tla: nd—I hav 
o e Association 
ya ama following | i 
© f 
iM 
rseverance will make it out 
report :— course of smee the 
| Dundee, 
sucoessively a at E Linlithgow, at Colina in Tite, ot at] 
at t Mc ontrose, and at 
t, but wae ge and conj dris are pabaya 3 
al sate Ae be a One of my assistants is now 
g some cw sent oe Mr, 
rs Assoc 
oma had last the honour of reporting to the sub- 
rs in January, has not been marked by anything 
d the pleasure of 
at 
meeti: ng numerous s pā arti 
very T asikie, The — m — has been going on | 
deed, m e has been done i in 
I hav by 
of intelligent and t Aimi ctieal 
essing: upon tl m the 
men, and of explaining and impre 
Ea, 
® 
7 
B 
g 
E otatoes to E 
Fleming. T waet intrusted to another the (cxamina 4 
fon of theste the pre- 
ent season at ve stages of their i 
ot be 
of 
ry than 
have been given, as ae in va- 
d more are to wens = Einen 
elsewh The sub- | 
ave join ined u us, among w whom Lord 
eserves to be fea si mentioned for - his 
subseribing 10d for 
hie bei 
Before con- 
e objects of the Association to diffuse. 
g t ane sax intl 
eindin = e report, it is proper t to adv ert to a 
gro pecs This 4 
completed in ap than a couple of © 
years , but it will not fail, I think, to lead rg important | 
Sees, both theoretical ap practical.—] 3 
, Ge — 
estion: 
ations aid me the honour to submit to my are tore 
tion. The first of these, referring to the practica 
inconvenience of _applyin ng liquid manure at all seasons 
of the year, 
en, your obedient serv; 
naan targi, July 7, Tam pet W. Jonnsrox, 7 
“ Itis most Aor to the committee to’ be able’ 
to state, that one of their E nemben ie whom they have 
obli igations, has i ja- i 
e + h 4h 
or bru 
to this” liquid by which its fi 
J 
d 
pers prar din ii gg by ¢ 
ES Pere a Siege 
2 
essor J ohnston 
mor a mont 
“me I 
d is the result of an 
harcoa 
after use. The manure sold under the name of Urate 
bear 
termining some opin in te. — co e 
and t 
l pna has also been employed for a 
respect- 
able and intelligent aera ists — preety differed, 
be much enhan 
the. more important parts of i 
er the committee trust that their ia ds. 
#1 1 
rrangem 
body, co canis hare een ‘alowed to be thro 
of im such of our own phe not get their 
ransactions. T. ber of these 
a 
can be 
and hope to speed ps you on`a 
F 
ST ENS 
utur 
Some progress has been made in overcoming t 
= ST re 
iffi- 
ttl The ri question 
attention to the refuse of our differ 
iactiaioe: as paisid ys in many aee; to 0 prove v "valuable 
manures. Vari tan ave been ned i 
the sappesmaten in reference to this question. adie 
others, I may m n the slag of the i iron furnaces, an 
my 
an object. 
t 
Some minor matters remain to’ be noti 
ngements have been made for two public ire 
at Dumfries, on the 7th and 9th of Octo! 
a part. T 
the centage 
in | the wa: 
$ 
® | proceedings o of the Association, now in the press 
refuse of certain blea chworks, in which a Thà arge per 
of soda wàs found mixed with much lime ; and 
ter in which Barle ey has been steeped for the e pur- 
ee regular c 
cannot be profitab 
+h Q4+h Oatoh 
malting. 
S 
1 
P 
N $ 1 +} 4 
in regard 
“To the Committee 7 the: A Apoera Chin 
Association. fwersanenc at a first six months of nan 
Tl th 
| moons he be aes betore ee members of t 
oing s0; expense and pı 
to vegetation. ~ The details 
was ar the use 
sulphu 
ing general statement of m my 
officer of the Association. 
ise Ta list 2— 
ga 
the of hoi i 
ioe Fe wit a the pa ordinary lam ee in Du 
friesshire and Galloway ; and Com e value 
grains, Turnips, and pics ake in feeding genes qui 
tities, qualities, used s ngl 
at present engage th ition of the tenant farmer, I 
ve written a lon oe peo m which is printed in the 
but still it deserves „mention, 
hav 
second part ot rg < Proceedings.” Upon th 
which formed the saith E he 
memati 
mse and perhaps influenced by our exam iby 
unde rstood, they contemplate getting ap, =f 
seale, an 
p give à 
pan S myself. I shall not fail, 
o this question = oo demas e to 
7 
Yaar committee has been 
applied to, an i wall ay 
give 
which it is entitles In refere 
why Turnip-tops, as. is stated d ag ‘of mo 
ve value e as ae manure when left upon | the | land ‘than when 
farii a result that the arnt at Php ‘con- 
of leave 
the’ soporte 
motion, wiih w 
pa geer as p 
9 fee a ee 
weig rh t 
S bulbs. Though this result rae not th 
try, was propose 
sored to, which was oan E by 
The meeting then adjourned. 
Indal x dt 
to which, indeed, practical men are not agreed is 
? Chu 
| general benefit whieh is ‘found to attend the eunttice: of 
ig | restoring the Turnip-tops to the soil, aud with the kind 
The 
fe the As 
country. To accomplish so: 
have hen ba. k toadd 
of whom all 
and ak in promoting 
Of the above ayaa wi 
= fe ashes of Longe 
Peace not members of ssoi 
but at the request, and to meet the wishes, of the | man 
practical farme rs of the cou untry, whose pecun 
, | its importation ena 
subjeet of. th a 
substance 
should serve the purpose 
ixth questio very of a 
cake, bak 
hi a question o 
To | 
o eae produce, ox or manufacture, hes 
oil thus render | habit 
Farmers bs. 
n Tner unana the Depths Karis 
g are remat: 
excused for an naredit 
i ped 30 inches. 
_ oo 
n do it 
ipe-tiles, 30 1 
of the Associa 
prepari 
s | experiments ou 
the effe i 
these pip 
suficient The o, petal on w. 
gard to the depth is or : can 
I know only thi 
prear water draw: i off at 3 feet. 
i iy 
make my fand. It is ie just like de 
purse, and filling it up atthe same ti 
th 
ects 
of oil- a will oeew By 
pidan of ‘the -sohes of plants, 
ks of various kinds, ka been made under 
my own direction, with with the view eertain 
` importan retical — peo. with fhe science 
aroan This not iafe- 
“to 
ledge yo 
results of these investigations 
-practical character, [ ‘Tope Be 
Among so great a 
hardly fail to be some 
ae 
importance to zai other, while it is in agree- differen 
xpressed as f the Association, 
with money. 
oak o P pena Hi eri eme Lae 3 prac- 
you ean go pris = = deep end for z 
~ ly to arrive at 
regard t quistione of this nature. I 
woul forthe rer ei. to another question whi : 
has at differen es ‘been 
‘hrought under my notice b 
bers 3 a ne Association : I allude to to the 
disease ia the to.erep. The eanse amd e 
this disease are aike a and3men’s iaid waned 
bnie, in the hope that re- 
might be able to Ter 
m 
ierat end fwith 
therefore myself, 
with our nanan 
— cert. =e too great a an z 
I goso pay 
ar edes iea the ent ud 
and “te fork, which last has la 
| introduced in 
t exhausting 
“ “tow deal ante 
hie is to their 
Society has also preen a premium p a 
lyteaki investigation, in regard to — roosanect in 
| the other day in rae and w 
