32.—1845.] 
THE eo GAZETTE. 
ho Dnt} 
553 
of por barre mye 
_< That no castrated or spayed 
soils, and h h it In the 
Jay 0 EE rare at the Country Shows ut the 
ty ’—be ri inde i 
pii at the Monthly Council in 
«That t my "bye rine which requires the 
por as of all the ey of any lorye year, 
different i soils. 
£fth anl a 
these assertions 
i y "a t to be depended pon. 1 iper I bo 
ieve there are e properly 
second. The en ap psat in the first two colum 
—1-5th of a per cent., or one ees in 500: Ibs, of soil— 
red fr on ope silicate yrs not been added. to them. 
be Is the use o ve silicate of potash or “ert jere. not to 
_ Mirwoop, at the Monthly € Council in’ Decem- 
t as the sales by auction have |} cist not 
ory, it will be better to appoi 
ai aif 
tioneer.” 
Communications.—From the Marquis of Norr 
qox, informing the President that the Royal Agra. 
Jamaica had offered a prize of oe 
of that islan 
p aeaa raw 
y genas ł ere no ces under 
ay prove table fa e pe man € 
ow niche an acre of soil will cont Th e questions Phe no tanding what has 
rop of co u econ Lig Os a from that acre. A squat egi saidi in the preceding feces, it would be prema- 
yard of s oil 70 ture to answe he negative, hich contain 
ap e 2lbs . of silica sebsbis thousands of pon of potash and in a state of 
in ate which amounts to 06,700 1 be in ana cre ! The ch emical combina’ tion, from which plan obtain it 
are yet nee more productive by 
5 per cent. of ash, of which pei than one-half usually the ev a few ewts. pe 
consists of silica, and a cro 
300 P take these numbers 
0 Ibs. r imperial a acre. | 
wood-a 
is hes he plants nal obtain alkaline 
withont delay. It may be so, rman with 1 pond 
off „by 2 crop of straw amounts to 75 Ibs. per acre; 
„There is a one legitimate purpose, however, for 
plants can take up, ts as above to 6700lbs. Or 
pin silica will ‘alone pits the IREA of 900 crops of 
n. The soil in the fifth column contains four a 
From Mr. ta gist aume on ri, Germina.- | , 
sais. the Preservation of Corn, Hay, and 
Clover stacks’ from spo ontaneous combustion, and the 
as s much, or oe wo uld provide silica for 3600 crops 
a silicate should be added to the soil—it is to 
supply silica to the plant. : We ought not na add 
eates for the purpose of supplying al r earthy 
matter, vte some question of economy ideta. 
We use » because it 
o free it eae siliceous sand, a 
to add potash in 
Pp 
ly one evidence, theefre, that tl the dition 
t 
with pee e of 
Lancas T om TBn sas P goes p Sood to 
ving P “transfusion Syring es for passing feds or 
cid, a large por- 
on ye ilic: Wi in nig white flocks, will — yeaa 
of a silicate has done good to o 
have given more silica, and ott ora 
mii the solut will contain n alumina, 
and per’ thap 0S potash and soda, v 
ed more a a to the straw, That the cro 
it is mo 
iving, or eeu 
portion of the silica a 
This | 
will not ‘be a proo 
other liquids into the jug gular „vein, with a view to 
of 
that should. any of the members of the el 
par, sheep, calves, ors or — bitten by rabid 
dogs, and apprehensions be entertained from their 
ymptoms that canine ‘madness 
enor: 
s would ensue, they | would 
half 9 its pen by mi In the form of silicates i in- 
sult ious the a the potash or the 
soda it contains, and the use of these alone might have 
soluble in muriatic acid, therefore, 
ntity of silica. There can be no doubt | 
d to him at the ot Veterinary College, Lon- 
lon, when he would yare hs all expenses of 
5 
p and appropriating that portion of the silica of ra 
soil which i is soluble i in water, bu titm may be do ubted b; 
s grown upon a mossy soil are soft and dull im 
es en and I have found such straw to be defi- 
cient in silica Wheat win 
soil, and i 
uch conveyance, 
? 
that which acids leave undissolved, is capable of sup- 
plying the wants of our growing crops. I will not offer 
as 
rop of Bar 
to “fall down under the Peat a the Th 
is too feeble in all these it has t been 
chemists and physiologists to believe | that both the 
of silicates prt as pa evil. Lampadius 
found the » growth of Wheat aad Rye to be greatly pro- 
ents made to the Society, 
of Alpaca wool, from Capt. 
Stanley (Carr, and a China p „of la arge dimensions 
Hi. 
in acids ae really a source of mineral aoan ea to 
ap] 
the plan An appeal to experiment will be much 
more stistctory io to the practical man. legman 
d 1 Polsto * took fine white quartz sand, burned it 
lubl tash, but the 
alkali mi ight t be rien cause of the e 
other eee 
j oo, meeting, by M: essrs. Ros and Co., ot the | 
Coalbrook Dale China Works. , For all which the 
raerea, 
` The House Committee boe received authority to | 
3 ete the requisite rep: cie | 
during the autumn, ag seabh Pith the teno the 
Tease, and the Finance Committee make the usual 
igements for leave of absence to the Secretary, and 
nesday the 5th of |T 
| lowing 
then 
% it for 16 hours i in strong nitro-mu: uriatic aci id, a nd 
Everyt! hing soluble 
ashed it with distilled water. 
of soda, a at my sugg gestion, to sies corn crop last year, 
nted the results from 
being ob pr 
It is sti still open question, then, whether or not we 
have it in our power, at our Pleasure, to stren; ngthe: n the 
benk thus removed, s f different kinds, Barley, 
Oats, Pe ais Clover, and Tobacco w E 
sown red with of stilled water. They al 
rew and came to ss height. The ash 
left by separate ponies of the — and plants, when 
full grown, was determin saa nalysed. In the fol- 
table I ha 
1| apply the soluble silicates to all soils—whether there are 
which they may with adage 
‘ir age 
th There are on 
ene in so fa 
desi 
iga ak B ea sie plants had evel mote they h 
ere w 
Pct T E | a instead pally pronouncing upon dou 
ICULTURAL CHEMISTRY ASSOCIATION. SILICA IN TAE ASH: p SMCA a Epona ene 
p Silicate of Soda as a peanas —I have adverted aa Ee RR IY FE had likely ai “to rang Tae Pita I py a 
> the propriety of mixing s potash or soda | i 
a guano or s ee a, eae. applying them to tika A ie farmers era will take up. Silieate o G f soda may now be h = ‘hd 
land. As of thes e silicates i is at present pacity ple 0.034 0.355 10 un Ra ball, of Caii kas es a kokia on toh: i 
on recommended 5 piem ay bop csi i 18 0.064 0.354 5t | hope ane wiil jer tapes e To eliminate th 
— y are really necessary to the Bu ckwheat 18 0.004 0.075 - i 7 of the soda from the oe ane sre 
sie - if ' a portion of soil, *purned, i in ae to des Vetch 10 0.013 0.135 10 
, be then boiled in distilled ea gg erie 3 009 0.091 10 i ion 
mari =a a length of time, and the filtered solution be | Tobaeco . 0.001 0.549 500 cate. Thus: 
seri PRE OS Seth | lewt. of Silicate |1 f Carb 
to a e hes a Sar at nt Thus it appears that, from quartz sand, after it has Nothing | a Te | TE br rec 
te but variable quantity of saline matter will re- bese, dped 2 ns — plani me we extinct wk lt CONN 
o of silica will usually be foun a. well as of inorganic nourishment, | 1 ¢ ‘a Soda n Nothing. | Lewt. of Silicate. 
erefore, contain some silica i a siete to gat = in the ssa ve ‘Table, I have not eo The j 
y be taken up b er. sand in Which the plauts had grown was found, upon One cwt. of Silicate. 1 ewt. of Carbonate. heme 
er boiling with water, the soil be digested for analysis, cont ain 97.9 per cent, of pure silica, the 
with conce es chen po lime, magnesia, alumina, Not only should observations be m to the 
it is perfectly colourl and par of iron, From this experiment, therefore, of growth ass to ‘the pp oder 
ith hes mi gets a ci oe peniaga a we are justified in concling that plants a are capable of of the “straw, but an average sample of each of the 
. n, alumina, and lime, and be then | 2¢composi Sg and extracting silica e D iw 
to , an appreciable quantity of silica | “tes in the soil which vd not attac ied ing whether any more silica oe ‘really Helse 
found in the e Matter which remains r if | Much are cr may they p poni stay appropriate | by the one ig y Such 
d solution be at once evaporat ryness, and | the constituents of thos e o yw a year or ro, settle the 
wi me ilic: è will z din insolu- | being decom ioe and d by acids! Nor is it point, and will £ ree the psn man cessity 
disso ! 
in virtue of any mysterious a ver that this Sanes | 
the ni 
of relying ; upon, or - being guided by, the mere psi 
ity of Scie‘ vinta a gar itis po ein a ERS aye p ibaa AE aption of ap ion talhe AI, — 
se iow i, oto owing table, the last ne but | 5 re fraet ory silicates. "the seer i the soil is ere OF : ae ae 
our different soils the decaying v FLAX IMPRO ER 
age oe nn t soils analysed ia my ter e oe table matter of the soil produces it, and the roots 5 of _ Aw adjourned meeting of A 
Auchen Sama 82 | White 23d of July, committee, ap- 
gate | Tall 23 min, _Stendbreht | is sufficient to explain how the on can obtain food ren to consider the best means of guarding 
$ EG ke from such anmone materials. the future occurrence of those frauds in sowing 
sex} © E> Top | Bottom | It is an important conclusion, ro for practical | seed which had peen so prevalent ae pay n- 
++) 14.15 s yeiai "that the silica, which is necessary to the mended that the following ent t in 
4.27 | 8.43 | 6.64 26.86 118.57 ans coh ease and hay ero e; abounds so mick th anon: — mprovement Society, 
ag 9-06 | 0.94 | 0.49 | 0.20 | 1.41 | 0.46 nearly all our oe ina pe ig hich the roots of | anxious to guard the farmers of Ireland against such 
-4| 0.02 | 0.02 pi e ne or a, take it up. It satisfies frauds as have arg i of late in the sale of 
e po 0.09 | 0.1L | 0.07 points :—a. As to been oceasioned to 
} 0.60 | 5.14 | 9, e pagel Gea the 3 a porte their shied b. That, in a . persons getting old or mix si of new 
= r 08 | 1.08 | 2.44 | 2.90 ié y to add silica in ei and as and man: co vented 
-12 | 1.05 | 0.25 | 2.32 | 2.96 | 1.47 aaa ad to the soil, and orase that—e.— hai | fro ve given the subject their most earnest 
merce } 0.26 | 0.78 | 0.45 | 1.02 | 0.70 | 1.86 assertions of those | who sa: y that t guano oo should | pie 3 and hope the following direc- 
} 019 | 0.16 | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.81 | 0.42 ne if an gga w prevent similar im- 
E reserse es |J 82.98 180.29 |80. ; ascribe certain eged aA these manures to the itions in future of the frauds have 
= 39 [383.31 [60.47 |67.24 scribe certain alleged fures of these manures fot aen aie mies of s naa —men of little ong 
100.48 oo * Ueber die U: Bestundtherle der PHanzen- | > possessed of limited capital, and from?wh 
“65 {98.93 [99.29 [99,46 | 98.92 | Braunschweig. 1842. ing, OF P FO NAOT S 
