ayin DBs. T 1000 TF Ta bore Spies 12 inches | is excited among th 
saries P Fong 1 pe 1000813 g them 50 A ad ‘of the measures of tlie Society. 
ii and bulkier than there wats occasion 
ing* g and’ in ctttting te drains. 
of I f 
m 
pent ought not to cost toio than 8s. per 0. | Socie ety, and that ‘ome in the 
THE AGRICULTURAL eae 
[Ave. 16, 
i he is! und ‘in the icini nity, particulierly froma 
Pulo nett 
Parlis ag = Kéddah me eaaa, 5 procured tn 
the north 
h the removal of earth by the cr se — 
Karras ia Peonio nséd to’ deep drainage, it 
be readily perceived to be fáir Wages ; for instance, t The 
10- inehes deep. In the Ürün not A so much is | 
removed, tke stifness and d the 
quanti 
bs is the absurd custom of using large pipes and čut- 
tig brow ad trene ches that hids hitherto made karen re 
p _in silty, boggy, or treacherous 
inter and nea E sit be bie manure. sôs i t ippon . 
as the extensive Flax s spin ners in ~ av lasek eta, kind are, however, a to gat ae purpo n 
and Preston have proof, of “the: results from the labours | which is more gene vizi, that of dt wae sa n. 
he Society teachtlte farmers pint | pet? Sn the home -mantatne of gunp a e 
5 perae and manage’t he tatit maki ra of saltpetre is 
we not eale culate | on their cooing forward ‘fo! give: more nore | rog zative, the infring a” ge ‘of which i iš, mes toi the: 
on. Pian Celt Mal yan code; a capital crime. The = oan 
neighbourhood? I-ean say with confidence we may | of ‘very infe erior Nf cription, and t 
do so, for peah I was a buyer of Flax in the Irish | quantity 
soils, 7 
ity to the pipes is os and admirable. The smal 
eho mec = a rE large 
nd 
s to forit a collar over them and we 
areren ena ig laterally, vertically, or downward, 
itt i ited working int 
and the silt is € prevent în ó the joints 
aon ng ils inel-pipe drains; id at 33 feet 
is about the maximum distance at 4 feet 
lo paes nae exeded 300 cnet in length ; if the field 
be longer, somewhat larger p stiould be added. 
uch 7 drains may be re 
owk on looser mom | from 50 to 60'feeti—I. J. Med 
4, 4, iiálenTidtate 
ADULTERATION OF ‘LINSEED CAKE. 
way it was oneal br market, compared wi 
Duteh and Belgian Flax, whieh i is always’ wel: 
marke t for the many _ extensiv ve houses in oe trade, half of that ma 
h Flax was, that it one —— from i to 6 dollars per “pieul). 
anufactured in Be ngal ge hich fetches s in 
_Manur == Ey Burong, or guano properly 
theswall 
ith tl 
l dressed. | which makes the saiia nests and feeds upon insects. It 
owever, 
ght br 
a 
e, by the 
, | Soci ety hav 
et | their mode of paer ebrii that English ( 
give a preference to the Irish Flax, Aida we e hear “put 
but very few complaints, for they now fin q 
w wich undigested remains of “hoes 
rev. and o 
or 
the fibre | offensive smell, With a watery solution of carbonate 
ed ; 
er 
ailing), an 
Tess ‘strong taste of saltpetre, but oie 
ammonia is devel tope but to judg tè by the 
much superior to Russian, ag I know, fro 
employ 
up till _— from 1500 t 2000 w envers in constant 
faixit smell, but i in Sa quantity. By exposure ‘to’ the: 
ten 
nperature of 75° to’ 80°), ittate 
that yar yao Irish Flax were stroni 
than Mose from Dutch or Russia‘; and 
ples I have seen of British = Ido 
gër and bette tracts moisture in a considerable d cer “sii we a the 
from the anh. fact of the manure rome obtained frö wallow, 
not hesitate to w Hose nents form an ar ticle of considerable importance 
it i well.ag 
rch, 
J 
1 
Ler me occupy a leisure hour in endeavouring to 
that: aré to be ici by oursel ves growing the plant, to 
lebted for the i Tele ge a eee sents 
called Li -cake; Pa 
m Seyi night rapes adulteration in in vs article 
Agree rier observations will sati 
that 
the oo of the depots may be inferred. Sael dans 
isfy the British of tl 
tandlords and farmers 
port of the Flax spinners in this country, i 
interest of the Trish’ farmers in the nort 
society similar to that which has done so much for the 
rocky islands Jining. the coast oft ig et 
yg 
orth, cndhe slig "hie 
if they. form a 
h of Treland, I chîpelag 
on Peninsula, and terminating i in as aie an Ar- 
a 
where 
Loved be on adla T in which the farmer is-mo 
be imposed 
es ei on than another that article i is Lin. 
Crear z3 
combines to ereite i a ev vate 
tl wou suffer Y ‘be lost, if | w 
i 
s 
Rind 
confidew t ig 10001. 0 
ma a $0 rich i in nutritive matter as it isusually stated 
to previ ous 
to its being manufactured, parties nd employed to eect 
seeds a 
various PETRA EA seeds, and all sorts 
gathered peel eE wich ae be all as with the kone 
pure seed, and undergo th il ing |; 
not: 
pp ens that sand is introduced by those Continental): 
$ eta tad comet es 
on tars often found o a to hear that» GUANO Pipe io ’) 
00 tons; value near 2,000,000/. 
his has been i tae ‘for 
tits week! 
MALASAN 
{BY Dr. Cawron, Civil Surgeon, Prince: 
left i è viniti of so many articles: causes ; 2a Ai pA = 
. Those gentlemen that aoaia Eas | 
= : : the keeping and fattening of stook, | Pi in i mfy eames i ate Malayan Tan 
an judge how am Tone a on this subject. Expe- avg, ion Ti Wi ras” piit netevery” cabot: 
ane amet befire te Chee 
Ipswich Flax Improvement Sele ‘who weighed and | 
ee a bullocks on m bpn ahs akes, paue Sar: a nd fed coatora B 
n home-gro and found, when they were 
r market, E date a camide saving had been 
pa fo: 
effected in favour of home-grown seed feeding, 
e a 
appropriated sows es soe se iat i 
more substantial good to the farmers ais labanen in| Pro an in mariages the'manure must suffer arith but 
this country than ten times the amount laid out in| the results of its OR in the Malayan Peninsula 
exhibitions, however pleasing stich a be.—J. H. ane biia ce of his n ? Island are such as to prove its 
Dickson, 6; De Beauvoir Square, London, 21st July The s from which it,is taken exet in the 
—I observe in the Sunday Times that itis s retch- 
| posed the Flax pe in Treland this i ill beist ae 
FED eRe inhabit many of the Malayan Taiana in hee 
pa 
tides to render pee 
“Me 
Wates tsianid] le an Sex pia 
section of thé | localities, which hitherto have supplied the agricul- 
i of Wales’ Island with birds’ manure 
7 a ee R 
uano applicable, even ‘thou neh i it was suffered to 
ert Pulo — one o 
of the Lantavy 
island near the mouth of leo 
Dain Pe 
neuro; inót far from Mergui. Av ery extensive depôt 
ted-is obtained | from ‘birds; ‘for bats tre: ‘ported by the ri Peng to —" in Pulo Posie eg an sad 
r, but f 
ST L£ AF, +h aly 
y "iie Mahiys'to- 
t ee are distinguished by separate names 
Ty Baro nure is included in the general denomination of 
urong. 
Paf 
f th it has na eri 
Loft iffer abo 
eet 2 cake ; some say that as the oil.acts +t 
â purgative itshould be all i pressed from the 
i and | others will have it that the p ure seed is prefer- 
ME 
the different sa a diris E bats man 
been pias to. The dents of the first-mentioned 
islan ds, par = he been apaiia solely as known to 
the Prince of Wales? Island, 
t 
Büt? Manure. —The e ternal spreasanee so: greatly 
that i 
mpe ated ip nuri 
cor ed ing ra = 1000 coyańs, or ess 2000 and 3000 tons: 
ac 
ead va the ‘inhabitants of tlie 
Mr. Crawfur 
Indian Archi. eH the e 
id by a writer in- one of the co untry j journals, 
oer * The oiland the fibre serve two cect |o 
alone ae 
erent p neither could serve 
sma the vegetable fibre simply, it would obtain iia 
ea 
would never get fat; give it oil alone stem 
so tee : Rami - ack ; grant it 
would for a time be too relaxing, bu ‘inate y would | the poor ams 
bya in more request, dressings will be applied oe vite upland’ | m 
apte 
arks on the husbandry of = "Indian re Mr. ble I by 
Ie 2 2 4 eae 
Crawford pe upon this hea 
ss of irrigation almost apres th 
- only form fat, and ly 1 a soe 
that the feede 
trust i 
ils, and the refinements of agricultur 
use ‘of other | ana! ysis. 
The criterion by which the ained chemi 
me t, m to be neglect ctëd. e of the quantity and fix the pors k both kinds, & 
of the Indian islanders ever apply any kind of ces a ‘small apr Ae to the tip ó of he tongan 
manuré directly to the land. ocess o se ns e; when test of nitre they 
the Riċe-lauds are exhausted and the and this simple 
e will app roxi- 
Malaye denominate the bat» “ Kiawah” 
to answe seman uTrposes, 
appears answer p P Vins rtilio 
sometim 
dry cake, nor think a foreign article oqual it ONES om 
wn grown seed,” 
from our o 
re, 
more nearly in 
| submersion.” ” Though no renk 
land, 
proof sAn rs should not only grow, but prepare 
their o ad's tan atoning quality of Flax) 
seed i: x scat o to be superior aana AI tae ie ; 
and t f proved will leave a much 
b > 
re pursued ari toa-cer- 
In reaping 
applie d direct ctly: name 
the Tiere i 
under the 
fe Ty Kiawah.” This ba son nå probably 
er) inhabits er mae localitie 8 ‘ab, 
of bats’ manure i ulo 
sa large de dep nP s 
hile d to Prineé 
tly be importe ree 
prineipal 
of the'straw is left on the e ground, and i 
stubble (the village) eattle are turned, 
hausted. cae = soit: period 
land i is permitted to ie fallow, 
into vs ample of Wales Island ; el as this kind has been 
val 
n, the ohud aan iy itih E ireas 
this it ust be added, t 
fed ia’ ot beitan 
great benefit they will ry and the 
PE = iy sone person of Flax in “this |e 
in your Gazette | of 
urer’s statement shows that | Rice and Tobacco, birds’ m 
ibg, ia whole of ‘the: remaini 
systemati 
onesie réfuse d on 
| wed be presumed t 
ith is 
is, 
e an ar agricltori, 7. History of the Indian Ar rchipolage, 
res) Vv 
ra 354. 
df manure is very limited, — h the 
stubbl 
ca y Darat om the ground, a the: car- 
land as 
t experience has ratified: a util 
until i qualities ie BY air 
toca which the | nure, it is now in little demand among agri 
ustan ntly | and K Seden a albit occurs mixed with H 
anure, obtained r feomrwfrugivorows’ba 9 es 
wo ported to have beet ttied without beneficial © 
The bat is eommiotily denominated the “fy pe 
Gaei “ Kluwáng” of the Meuluys (Pteropus pabio Hors 
ey pe wei which inhabits low jungles: Perhaps one oti 
dar, nies:is that fr istand of Gal 
a. manare: It] lum, in the Of from 
cultivation of 
separated: 
sea. 
ity) Peninsula re eee mit coat 
through vm Straits of Callunt je at all times 
Throughout th e Malayan Peninsula the: application: most — spectacle. Fhe trees, 
present wi withere ops a? 
esse 
les in length, i. 
yerdant om 
t 
