518 
Now, aer E albumen i 
oxygen, nitrogen, sulphur, 
is composed of carbon, hydro- 
and _phosphorus ; the the, following ois what 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
, | business 
was a spectator and listener, expr esse 
Norton, who’ w: ssed, 
I had myself thought, that 
[Jury 26, 
of the day commenced. This is an 
consideration, and sho uld, I think, be era misd 
15 per eont, It will be near enough to ) say that 301 lbs. | 
1011h 
intelligent and “leas preju udiced company of practical 
They were not en aop the immediate co bnm 1 | 0 
„of them whose fa 
is sufficient to form, by a union with its other elements, 
at such agricultural meetings. Mr. Bru 
sided | at the dinner, which being off ve 
as pec 
hood of Colinsburg b, 
el the di 3 
t 66 lbs. of albu i KENA y been for 
asi proportion of dry nein en in 952 tbs. of Ripon | which lies between the Eden pe me ran ev o: person ine left the room, the hihan being the 
deducting the starch and wisi which w ould, of course,| Among oa topies to which ou d to = $ ny most of the farmers were alread. 
be from other’ sow i ses k idto ‘tis | was oie of fe eding with different ‘kinds of Tesi, and their-way ho 
albumen. Nothing, then, ean be clear than ‘that with or without t You know ite ig es richness of the land imt hig 
the increase of Wheaten the 19th 0 eso the 18th expe- cows, ab found the opinion here t to be; that white Parnips district. if be sa s, howeve er, under two nataral disad- 
riment, was due to i tion of a ilk th vantage any parts it is wet, and requires drain- 
epee t he plant; oe = the sa as much, but: all allowed that yellow Turnips gave a) ag to k , or more uniformly, produetive. T 
te, assii late, and convert t ) ron in the subsoil, especi- 
pas opik ae h larg quantity is not ears so JenpaRGs ally of t } land, whié rest upon th Š 
tai: h the leaves f 
hoa ait, 
Y 
> 
P r$ Tn the ther a sipieitenent 10, the sam 
of reasoning 
contain is comparatively triflin ig. 
4 
m vap: Tis iron is is ed 
a unfrequently contains -a very T per centage of 
they 
I asked some questions ron en acento aen Al 
that the Turnips gave more milk when the tops “were 
given along with them. This also must arise from some 
In soils which are Pon d from desrag | 
trap, it sinks oris washed down by. Pp ie rains, and 
en places: ‘collects in the under ‘soil T havo pie 
save eause than the quantity of water = contain, 
since, siang to experiments made in my labo- 
f this 
Batoh as firs t 
upon n the home farm 
a inches of ‘black o 
s dotted with red o; 
of Balearres. 
ratory, t 
we — cent. of water. 
s0 that ‘the ese of milk dh t de epend upon 
seamen may be moni Rape-cake is a 
earbon a inisin. The oil which it contains has 
79 per cent. o of’earbon ‘in its~ cons son Ea Borman atom 
of oil is capable of ‘supplying t the: earbon `m y for 
f which about stipe per nn 
is ‘contained in the ‘Tu urnip bulb ; and here the pam e 
was much greater than v whe ere the same amount of in 
rganic ñ ial with erganie was applied. No 
id be str fion onea 9 do take 
f the top 
the |i 
sand not merely upon | ma 
af 
r 15 in 
ochrey spots, and hie this ocensionaliy the whole is 4 
wet and ochrey mass. The 
th earbon and- n 
i "e were reel we cola ia find iti in wo fact that the | 
heaviest bulbs in the mo of r OE were those | 
mm 
A difference of opinion p ar asto = use in’ the 
feeding of growi ng ‘and fattening stock. Ianvinelined 
ould mention some very curious facts in regard 
quite as aea sai S na T picked wi two — 
1 you perem t So rath Th he roð 
ja or Rape-cake were 
Asset in the list was that-in | 
y a 
experiments . pro eyond a doubt ‘that 
carefully Pe sy to pgp mical diyeni of 
TIERA of the soil, and senior to the latter a com- 
inat 
5 of wich 
the soil is rganic 
norganic—is 
the basis al a et sytem of ierant chem 
4. They 
tha 
consti 
to be applied to the roots is much 
more matter in these ta bles of extreme! interes t a nd 
with one or 
who pronoanced them'to be goo ood fi 
with pisan sitar ia — at a “or re nary 
stock, 
the erops not Hiren doen droop and Fail = 
ad 
tie noxious matter. _ The | cheapest, a Po th y 3 
ly-available. 
Om o far“as they have 
e how practieally interesting they y “are, 
ard to Swe 
‘ater. 
1° A ton of bulbs contains 1970 Ibs. and 270 p 
Aton of leaves rapid) Te ~ and 340 Ibs. 
gone, 
from. me following facts inr 
> fand 4l hho. hil} 
ue. T 
required in collecting the data.can only be “appreciated 
by those who are accustomed to the routine of scientific 
vestigation of this 
7 Ibs. of ash. 
n ef res roe gives 33 lbs. of ash. 
29 
to 
_ Or the aes weight | for goms „take from the: soil 
“These experi- | by t 
weight, one: fourth (o 
But of the means of eee at least w Me He. ad 
part of Tite has ‘hitherto been deficient. vas with — 
isfaction, therefore, th ât Tvi isited i ee work 
ma ensive scale ; and, as the clay is of excellent 
quality—as Etheredge’s machine leaves nothing to be i 
Soinen pada to the workman of -the til 
the ose to sell their tiles at the 
Prepmerars prop. 
cheapest possible i. many years will not elapse b 
the n pai 
sharaaier, 
F hope. Mr.-Birditt w 
Chemistry is still in its areae pe era ose ra 
whomsoever advanced, must ee the strict test of 
sound and careful experiment before their truth can be 
established. He 
| into 
ach of. the abd in these è pro por- 
sa siai engai Shape sana of whieh Ke ash con- 
sists, „But ‘fur 
a 
rt of Fife becomes still. more dis- 
tingished psi its productiveness and good farmii 
than it has hitherto bee en, In de ed, whi le impa 
ity are striving with their ' neighbou 
poe to fall behind in the universal progress 
e oe Tara a » those ex ge 
— whieh a a erable expenditure of sie re wires 
e mon ve hitherto: principally been -under- | —chiefly the hos; hate of. sae of thie as youre- 
taken y those who f bal abl Boone zF N r cae 
yancement of cultural prosperity, and in in many 
in by those a have no interest whatever i gaa ton of bulbs contains-3 to 6 lbs, of phosphates. 
the subject Pes ond that of- promoting ‘the interests of | © A ‘a9 of — — 10 Ibs. of phos paee 
ce. Mr. ePi perhaps, knows — athank-| So-tha only does.a given weight of leaves ex- 
t endeavou uri ing to establish 't I f reater degree than an 
My mits do not permit m ie to do more thana 
aia di E 
tribution of a part of ‘his land, around Colins surg 
small allotments to the poorer inhabitants, an 
amou ae s na = com ag rative a ee 
has means of’ diffusi among 
n facts of those for whose bene itis intended. 
equal ae of bulbs 
animal | more of aoe. ST from which the 
practical chemist, who will, I 
bon 
nee the reason why Iam inlined 
to. concur. in opinion | with those of the Fife farm 
the di es 
ad Foor to a sittin + 3 and, e pa 
Anes! who is not a acquainted with its atoa 
where it noa “been ong introdue ed, Bean uni ont 
why evil-res 
b 
of- the nc by undertaking ¢ or- E superin 
aii experiments. Mu ch usefal 
sreg 
+ 
ean 
tops-a nourishing food. for one stoek, And as milk 
one ‘yee requires for 
confess f om aaa see e wiy it should meet nore opposi 
enlighten nantry. Iw was told 
a friend of ours, vl 
supply of these Sata itis no 
inere = ss of m one pee the Heo may 
ing 
Wt 
er eta mn ‘and: ‘bone-dust. 
2 ai = the south of Se otland, w 
had pu ely announeed shat tl 
1 
of an 
oi 
ae 
faith in 
dowe aot have a the ‘best t authority a series ofe 
Of course, every ee Bi man knows tg it any toed 
ae oben t: 
of the ake a oa n certain statements 
as Turnip-to apes are sometimes said to 
on it may ‘prove injurious when given in too large 
erefore, 
„j to give: usme 
eee 
J 
1 
from 
rik e> giere Se may “have to} produce his 
ad to it; but 
ould oy piatka a labourer w 
Fiott A ha rd measure this is apte 
kin car to ot a 
to have no fraction of strength = ~ = rány A4 
Koa 2 sb rmed—and 
childve e deba 
ping 
effeet'in an imprope! pare 
ann to reip tops, another opinion enter- 
by some of the ife farmers attracted 
bo It i is said © sa if the 
left jins the field, and only ‘the 
reais 
Tegar 
T sheep. I do 
= an ‘the exact. amo 
yal Aguibdinast: 
aed for his:essay. W 
chemist to decide the questio 
the. compoun: 
Society gives’a prize to Mr. 
hy pes eta their own 
as am 
dperaere ? | experience- 
bears 
itis correet—nor in ‘reference to what kind of sheep. 
I shall make further ‘inquiries, ee erefore, before:I ven- 
‘ture to offer apt be Re awning of the alleged faet 
whseh at 
eral; in faet, why 
Royal eck ee Society 
do something t Why. permit dhcouthlen nee to be lost in 
os Esco 
‘T shall etabls you ms pi only one other fi fact, observed 
in the south-east coast of Fife, which, 
w 
Geos 
out this Selatan 408 aan kind of soils | 
ohusign, in the laee pas Jow 
Lo 
| 6X) “gan of the ope: 
way in w oper : jave m it best’ 
‘ough ‘manner. 
is to drain itin at 
he 
pre l to each other at ice “dis 
have found in praetice to be suitable eg 
sition, however, m ge dicta t be of much’ practica 
pe aceon “Wheh ‘seaweed is haid on nes sn aecnoenstieg 
autumn, and:ploughed in at ra the os Of 25; 
andl the Turnips afters sa 
a 
eal value 
the drains from.2} feet to 3: feet i 
rte a The pore of the material 
of the drain to be preserve 
i 
capable of doing so much good, to be damaged, 
lee esting known of Asia Chemisty. all that is 
already wmo iC R 
gri 
AGRICULTURE | OF FIFESHIRE. 
ete pas at. Balcarres-a-nu 
Giover 
paaie is epy that sal 
as Sea-ware 
t| characté 
most biei 
other situations Gas 
purpose. 
contain: a ‘specific 
the easiness of: the c 
the 
t often re 
re of an ae winter? 
e pleasure of ad- 
gen are t the best for z that 
mvt 
ears ago The “expense raining 
E acl m aparani at aae 
ve 
those drains aro ace 
ing T 
jarge audience “of practi men in Colins- 
tuce, » of Kenne 
in the’chair. It-was 
ht ee kow dn 
d the hour of 
iit toe rear iat halt past 9. 9, By which menns T was | and wherever they were 
re the proper silt, an open for 
{enabled to dismiss m 
present t I made 
the'Bast of Fife | and did not find cae spot- 
an inspection vay T 
ned i 
I had the drains opened td g 
for the water. 
free from 
