582 
THE <r GAZETTE. 
ats 23, 
mae 
lessness. 
the humble = - aaou owners 
ent of 
My fi 
but littie on to lay out 
think few will we 
iffer as me when 
a farm ~ nts 
th paren 
ne to the disadvantage of sound know- 
s see 
E tho land to 
nad their trade, hower er a8 | these i 
e doe: 
1a: 
ieh is Sasiia the case, w 
all system 
ihe amen o 
each 
P 
ie 
is let high, 
. Pro 
» the 
will sometimes overt t i 
but su 
burnt earth, or 
Buron 
se — to the latter plan 
e 
ed), and my usu: ion is about eight of, 
Ange man or roe Re to one | 
The kie peciecally 
The qui ity given depends | ve ve 
ch Sk 
rocure pe 
dok 
} 
nied 
| tain a 
; upon diffe seals specime 
arge = these men ii 1 they conned; in all, how 
m | there was fou e 
es 
ntor’s paper ; and found 
arts 
rts of ammoniacal vt jens 
O parts of 
_ 
Q 
[=] 
s iefly of si 
of phosphates ‘of lime, and 35 parts of water 
us varied slightly in the “proportion 2 
very lar 
asi of n 
T 
ntity ati feae Tarda Mr 
The : 
rogen. „animal matte 
nica qua 
ane 
urong, 
o to th 
pr nor e 
e 
poer rtions used by the e | was 
7 
“duffe velit from | the “anigesead remains of an ts, mer various it 
wie 
anure is still principally 
) Forges A. Bro 
f bird’s manure Prin 
“the 
seni 5 an 
rs. 
lugor, Nov. 25, 1844. (Si g: ve 
Prics.—The importation 
he i bet and has’ hitherto been ih 
iij i Mr. ong. ss 
ore was 2 
usects 
as insoluble in water, contained but little nitzagi 
little Jiable 
t the whole of the nitrogen which o 
t we 
sPiSseb o2,4 22 ma 
ordi N 
path nee j jake to the w ell- known desi 
he in 
our ji ve years, nearly 
sag a pergi paid im 1840, 
l 2. per coyan © or = gante 
3 
»P 
feu 5 drs. (12. 13s. 9 
Le. 3d to 13s. 6d. Oatliog per t 
ee 
wag i I 
cco: 
atemen nt of Dr. Van Ma pty ene digo Sino); 
he price in Peru of 238 Ibs. 
My from 5s. to 8s. 
erling, which is about 4 Hh 7s. per ton of 
in impre 
her gt 
be ‘regula ated 
s 
t 
20 ewt. 
2i. 
Should, sree Mab arated meee ereate a de- 
he Malayan ano, the price will greatly } be 
capital, unle 
to ruin both himself and his 
MALAYAN GUANO C 
(Continued fro: 
Application 
Niue = agric as 
=) be ageing bpp 
B gru oor 
iriboa) plan ntati ons and fruit 
of Ty Buron ng. = — Ti 
ave oai ea the birds’ 
roduced of Wales’ 
eem ex xtended to Nu ae Clove, ma 
landlord.— Falcon. 
TY BURONG.”) 
cely 10 yea 
anere was agg i in- 
5 
% 
f- the si 
applicatio; 
d si Vin { so (Eper 
angen 
rt 
| in favour of the la alturist 
offers the aie meaty “advanta of e The 
annexed ‘Table of the pre oan. “io eight , from 
o 
ay agp 
With | w roth while to scene it to a great dis 
ge pro 
1} ga 
Maidstone Farmers’ 
ie rms in October last, inci on 
pa 
maturity. bags Deve » pas 
in n to 
a 
oe 
nm of wat 
a — 
43. s 
A Spanish tia 
334 Ibs. 
allon ; a pecul, 1 
; a coyan, 800 gantons ; 
A VISIT TO MR. HEWITT DAVIS'S FARMS, | 
[Fro om the ““ Maids stone Gazet ite:”] 
Ciub, who krai tgp Me Davis 
des 
mbers to see his cro a 
ther 
s per 
Prince of Wales’ Island to dieen: ports, will "afford 
some estimate of the rates at which the commodity 
may be shippe ed. 
Ea ree ne cost added to 
From Prince of Freight <x! ton. aen aeni gue 
Wales Island to |——————— 
“| 
-| 
Í 
England and Sydney. 
Calcutta and Madras. 
mbay . 
Hong. Kon 
oe is concern rned, bu 
hat on’ thus manur tg D 
th e application, to 
_in Prince of Wale 
ceharine matter, 
oes planters ass le 
ie fine in ic agen 
d have — re dis- 
Dg ~ 
e abov Saint che ‘added all minor Dana on 
_ The gees ae localities, where the guano is found, 
sible du vin ng ; the N. E. nen 
hi h to Prince o 
this brane! cg 
s Island, ae in Provine 
A 
Wales’ ‘island a that Les are prepared to meet 
ae thie kind 
, and have, as yet, pu unctually exe- 
Shou ld, however, the resi sults of 
| 
Sy! 
e, 
which abou 
Although this course 
er om i 
gi having excited daii publie A era y has 
n deemed desirabl ake 
t 
The Maaa Se must always be the nature of thes 
of | and the cos 
he the 
stated in the former report, ainia of be cach-gral 
and bl: Si wit. 
ED a 
tive, yet the previous repor 
sirable to one, a Mk 
to Mr: 
avis himself 
mate of the een of crops, the fi 
On entering, Spring Pi 
opm 
oil, w ith, as” 
t of such crops. 
e very great inferiority of t 
ack san hard subsoil of white sand}i 
ng ‘eae 
oe paises 
of 
. Brown, of —— ar owner nat the 
noi an mirs of desirable jea 
tance beyond ‘the 
raits, ee ih ee depéts, and a réport of their 
in the heuer garden 
som 
e parts of the field more se 
or.a gravel walk, than a eultivated s 
is 
_thecetre, bs been t foup d ne 
d “burn 
vans 
eo 
pi y be necessary. been drained, subsoiled, and is now ao ghed by th 
reasing quantities of Ty u 4 Like-| ` 0t namda il of the Priace of aoa plough, once in ever y course, to the depth ¢ 
rio w, a mes estates in Provin ellesley,| Wales’ Island may, generally speaking, be’ said to be nehes. _ Mr. _ Dav vis’s rotation, quantities 
is, thi Resident Councillor of Prince | light. That of the Valley is alluvial ; near the coast, ing iw 
y of experiment, tried some | the surface is a light vegetable mould, abo ùt 4 inches Ist year .. Rye and Tares, for ‘green-meat fend feeding-off wil 
e Government House on the | in A th resting upon the sand, t à me April May, June, and July, and fo 
ie rs hill (2,460 ft. ee the level of the sea), and | ing ir d richness, 4s “country rises to- = Mangold We Wurzel ; 
rep ny f the hills. Beds of whitish clay are in- cs With a liberal dressing of 
s Manure, ad th e soil of the h ists of » Cala es yard dung. 
an guano, p, destroys ee It has, disintegrated gra no forating with the decomposed | s4 yea unis 
mix it with what i is | i er pedis a er rust varying i in ie and fre- 3a pae ` Babaria tommi du Ose 
nt ear The Beans have Turnips drilled 
D wide Se Pe 4th do. .. Beans or Peas [fe tween the a and which 
pe Sci and ied? manure, the | the cost of which may be estimated at 20 ce ite” Of '&| 5th do. . into feed imBepty ad Ooh 
urse he guided by a thorough K dollar, or about 102., for a rather small c art-| The ginntties and petieds‘at which he sows aré 
Paar oft aos 
eultivatio 
-M sth 
trees, been in 
manner “of ser i it, 7 all =f = the e proportion is 
different in differen 
this layer 
, unmixes 
uring has been contin 
e experiment, I 
— gr £ "i Glugor, EPS I have 
DAS, 
g gi 
E entl manare fa 
eattle 
ad +h 
t is not only much less effic 
2 of } 
The ced followed in the cultivation s | 
ill be perceived b; 
wn, Bag. 6 
ox catia kindly sw 
ete bp 
still 
I first tr ied it 
of 
d the | w 
bulky than birds’ manure. The 
tatter quality be comes 
a ma atte er of consideration where Tabour is 
expensive, 
particu 
larly up-hill. A coolie will ang a ba 
hether the contents are light or heavy, no 
ities but a bask ofal, In the caltivation of ‘hill. 
plantations, inaccessible to cattle, Mr. Forbes Brown 
a considera “oe saving of hands, owing 
sae on his os säd, 
Mat 
tees the less er cof consequent greater saa 
(ed 
Rye *. - 1} bushels.. in August and September. | & 
Tares .. 14 in3 sovibe: Aug. Sept. &™% 
Mang. Wurzel .. 6ibs. .. 
des I quart 
Turnips ..-- 1.3, 
Cabbages .. -- 1 every3 ft 
Oats cS T pecs 
aa ak e 
-3 x 
Peas Re 
Beans 
of the birds’ manu Mr. Davis sRye ata Parés fo r green-fee din 
part; all ~ i eS i 
eir native allot are less exclusive fi in inches ; his pulse a at 27 ine 
the miai a manure, and in addition to the latter eda and 1 Cabbages on the ” “iy 2 
birds’ bap i employ also night-soil, urine, fish- The iece of Wheat on entering 
merit and the residue of the fluid in hi ch fish is | farm was on a piece of BEL, heath land, of abe 
salt ted, and shells of shell- fish. at he Chinese will will. mii recent broke en up, w pe 
ingly 
the night- “soil, A Strange Gaata eaprice has 
encouraging, and eyer since the sam 
PoE in = “ plantations 3 
e, Hay 
weed to give the 
tself spg k, vih bern 
n the 
nE Mg eae imate 
sigs five, ber I should thi meng ir 
that the 
difference ought 
ure (the ie 
can be easily 
e ea Sr stated drought, 
analysed the specimens of Ty arae. Saen accompa- d 
g ng, for which the we airt 
Five of these f e Chinese refuse to renovate, and the oy was estimated, was deemed a 
alleged reason is the supposition hat European medi. Th ge of the crops 
cines ge pally co of ercury, and the night-soil | Spring Park farm, was ‘en 
therefore would “ purge the trees.” But to a sixth hos- | to 4 qrs. per acre ; eys, 
| pital (a I lunatic asylum), ab have no objection, as it is Eri ; ; Beans, 44 grs. ; and it wäsa 
ring fools | to mo t of the members, that such 
re Night soil i is rpe y used vege tem, on the very 1 
tables ; te vine: z fea ure ea spice ; | 1 Mr Davis cultivates. The ie A 
eng sin the salting process for Cocoa-nuts; and son apparently greater 
shel of shell- -fish for Onions and Water Melos 3 but “as year (as ‘stated in the last 
anee of the stubb bbles.) comers 
t| The Malays, in different parts o of the pe mre use | were exami ed, whew the number 
is hen pow wdered ealcinated bones in = Bese of Rice ; | apr t ge as follows = 
t, however, asa a ure, but a ed wedy va- | Oats, from 10 to 205 and Parley, 
tive against the attac of edia or which purpose a | ears the crops were 
cot dig ones of this is powder is in ver the paddy- fields | | the plants were very uniform 
rrigatio udgment having been en in A 
| into the land rather a 
| plants than its capacity could mattie: 
