THE ee GAZETTE. 
[Sepr. 6, 
614 
othe next to collect var sound. In the Chronicle almost weekly t is not from the tha 
p +e „lat a iuba are made of ps of Potatoes, h as from rain, All water that me bee 
average aa nee esculent v vegeta bles, p f time holds a 
seit n eles T is best for our climate and 
seaso We are yet in as state of utter ignorance 
parative merits 
cultivation on these. a sa ee ves er pero case is 
in © jar pow 
in regard to ‘ine itive, 1 nor r the effects of | enti 
ee 
t oxygen is A ained so 
an correspondent, Mr. Goodiff, 
is, an 
O accou tire me to ex- 
posed 
large at of 
air in dobution:s S sand: the air so held i solut os is found 
to contain 35 per cent. of oxygen, int tead of 21 per 
ortion contained in atm 
Oxy 
‘ai e, when w mand | plain it, by supposing that the g ds o; ter olubilt of ox 
at : edge p n we have se neh y r > e mate: arth are e absorbed b y the | than the two other constituen f the poss 
of a agriculture is to kara the "angost stomata of i under surface of the lea of plant s. | nitrogen and carbonic a gas, he oxygen so di 
# « ‘The manure, ” he says, “cannot enter t ia ol ” and, ors Š, Wk e a Pee the decomposing ele 
to explain e: eee and h 
tea el ot entirely th ad pers of ce won pr action of manure applied on the lies of the favourable “for “pid pest a with the athe 
matter contained in it ; of one ki nd of Whe: at | grou und, A better and more intelligible s0 pawi ia the rogen It t possible, perhaps, wholly to pre- 
may contain twice as muc kaea e ma H) be TA n the laws that re but in the paa E 
ind. Why should not Alafon su bject composit n of animal ands ege table mater, ‘according process it is not lost, but combines yi = ne only 
he A 
this 
u sen Chemistry Associa- 
might, with th 
as air sie he are e aåmitted or exclu 
Man nure is loo ke du upon s being rich in fertilising 
formed acids to form sulphate or nitrate 
It is thu s th at rain so ben efici ally 
} 
abundant evidence of the escape of ammonia. | ‘This 
vents the wasteful putrefnetve pr ocess, and pac 4 
ie we oug 
fh ydrogen a formation of 
having found them 
e onan ne wees “ hapan ne A other. - ingre- 
t ingredients, which, as TA are formed, are. gras 
or carried by the erain n into the soil. AND hes is 
Is t Kone 
made to yie ld the greatest Bes urns. 
bad varieties, when by the help of pea ard ti Dest 
hibit 
and escape in the form of volatile compounds. ‘The 
ful process ? I will return to the peery as Scorned 
may be: found, is to ex a low state o of pere 
Potato crops.— Ory 
There i ps a degre in its nascent state (that i is, when it is first generated), f 
ing what is best, and i in adhe: ering to pers is ‘plain bes i it will dissolve a great variety of foira and being | ON THE MANUFACTURE OF. DR AINING-TILES. 
worst, of t no small pd pavadiag all manufactures, | of very light specific gravity, soon escapes into the aS ‘ontinued from p. 601). 4 
and which it is extremely d tor root t out. „Thi his f atmosphere, It is there that, utrefactive de: the consideration of the plans ing 
amer i H applicable to the great position, so much of the valuable part of manure- -heaps | use Shs “making « draining tile I need not describe the 
ò individuals, “They ha e been going on is lost 5 ‘and so many devices are employed to fi th sole. mad +t to 
pa shows, » when it is nae that i mers ‘ammonia, va The fumes of a dung-heap are not only | rest upon in all pr ore executed drainages. 
knew as well ray (Aig beast properly a. quarter | was teful, re poisonous to animal life; and when | are, however, two o three coe of tiles be 
of a century applied to econ ig in a concentrated form, are often | (1). The length 12} inches; height, 43 inch 
Human pias tn pa food as will keep them in | found to be yikes the delicate spongioles. Hence, | 33 inches inside, or in the bore ; weight abp 
health, and to have a gives amount of nourishment i in| in soils into whi h rich manures are dug i in large q uan- | the sole made of caja maneneary to sustain i 
i bout 24 lbs., so th: 0:ft.. of those tiles, pt 1,00 
-the nne thing. Itis hard on a poor man to pay fo: for The of the m are still unger- s to accompany eee weigh at least,4 tons 5 
pound of meat, ai _ find the se of it bone and fat, going t en putrefactive process, and poison oe ha nts. | The cost of making by hand and of burning those tiles 
owhieh he does ss want. Ttise ly hard for him to | In ex perimen on Vines, conducted aceording to | and soles—the cost of prod th t, La re 
pay for a loaf er ihan is but 12 or 13 per cent. | Mr. ot s plan, ‘t is probable that the failure ch hend, under average circumstances , be laid at ak han 
-of real food, i Ea if the agrieultu ral bodies did their arisen from t the inju udicious manner inv which the food 32s. . per rl 3000 feet for the tiles and the soles. Ify 
ety, = might, for the same price, have a loaf dout — of 8 yards eon 800 feet of ti 
us. By attending t to the poate Gi Ky vegetab large quantity with the compost, and the plant is poi- | and ab feet of soles are ived. a ‘ew year 
ah used. as n food, and £ aimi, soned rh a hish it aana, assimilate. ago Gien - aea enormous size a eight re deemet 
and whieh the chem a sh ig a — The r pr eju udic that ł plon pg S sxia isted in praata a re Rhine: ds a siak; tik ‘pefure ual 
in the same bulk of matter, rise double ae Phat an n heig inches ‘if 
peg ity of nutriment ; so that to Past ke « greater bulk, py be dape ed by sounder view: et 4 mi 3 uneei i 
is. now done, opens VC , when it is in our power to its origin in an experiment wr * H. Dap who peih: fet of these bem and ¢ one. thousand soles # 
make the lan = nae and is bulk we make it rde the effect of stable-dung upon lan 7 them, weigh from 24 to 24 tons. Inci 
5 syaa doubly nu his is evidently mstances parallel to ibed, 1,000 
f the a CARS a doubl ble population. | plots of ground were trenched, and an en quay of oss tiles, and a ,000. ft. of soles for them, cannol 
sage of what use are premiums for samples set = dung, fresh rin the stable—of 1 the same dung, in | appreh 
corn t me Wheat jo be of site Sc appeara e usual state m position — a similar quan- T have used ‘these small tiles for some years past 1 
weig aye rs of Aro -rotted jer oe tively | all , excepting that I have agreeing 
king, meas Limp rrier r drains 
f bal 
per ie ‘og a in the Patent procesa Hea 
Chem 
racters are not to be depend ical analysis [ma 
is the pi test on which w et aly; and pR it is not 
resorted to 
more in 
dug into the. thrée Bet, When the erops were 
it was found t oT Lgesaalse the rotten 
cm 
the larger. sizes for the main or ear 
this moment, many. of the 
as being, 
aN large; kep the pron oao 
anrea with th Wa dung 
aaa bs 
Whati those parties will say to the “fact, gr so o far 
inga 
be gig mh he hich vould ascertain ` ane set 
e Wh I 
om positio 
Saas gi "founded the 
lai praster “of slowing manure to remain in the 
e d i 
(and consequently unne ecessarily hea 
sarily costly), I know not ; but of oat 
of all t eats known ; and, a tion of the es: arm-yard, o “ n heaps, a sufficient length of | is PREN affording incontestible evidence ; and, I be 
þest— ae is, of geal mes yield ae pase aporet bs me to p are by decomposition for the fo od of I may say that the time is fast coming when par 
nutritive matter, as ming their suitablen af ee soils w 
rious soils and c i what kind of manure in which racine decomposition had denned most refine the old large bana draining-tiles and soled 
renders them most produc Were the ttisł ngredients, aSa iON We a gift—certainly in where they would be 
t } li The f the jected to many miles of carriage. 
ing samp les of Wheat to be sown i n a field as nearly | Experiment ao fresh siblemanyge poea led toa (3) There: have lately c come into use a min nu 
caus 
Fao i 2 nee so a pi pa ai as pia then the 
whole, under similar circum 
TRENE we eh AA compared, after their habits of 
stances, for rm 
rong conclusion as to the 
“of decomposition had not tee een allowed to take 
place, namely, the putrefactive ; and the other iors to 
which T will now arc Sy namely, the. oxygenous form, 
he 
h had Ben ngid. ys known talent of its Bes 
e might th 
peicunpe | under the | soil, 
seems to have demonstrated that pipes “of one 
diam ae are Tmt iy large. Here rphs +e 
pipes, 12 „inches, long and t inch in diame 
about 9 pa 
nth 
be me 
esults of se reborn whi ch 
time of a Caem may b 
d a fre: je coal not 
duced to an pecs par wire mough for 
sy of the pe a the crop _oosequnt fet. 
d the fresh manure been laid upon the e gro und, 
paa posit ion, 
Made unde 
those I ie Soa she 
7s. perà Some parties say 
Ag w Mas 
pro fuel 
at 5s. Od. or 6s. 
J am informed “basi T Ke, they n 
r 1000. 
sc ot ‘kind, y have ensued, Sas ‘the al 
qua a e soil, 
i siren ki 
y before the 
e are some other pipes oe en is of other 
with a machine of << contri 
ne elay: OF 
Ther 
I aysal make, 
pipes o of | 
es best ; and the deficiencies 
those soils | in which the pak piin of grain deaan “trv, 
may he disco vered, Such in investigations will do more 
of | appreciated. 
z: Si) 
ki a decom 
f n first made, and 
dry Ran ig thick. ‘Along ‘wih these l-inch 
one 
eae 
position of all animal and v 
inside, 
eae is bur 
> 
hat 
| and vegetable 
S a greater affinity. fər the nascent rete fasg nts than 
, because they bear directly on the chief obj 
the largest Dr: 
has. Ti bies for eo ammonia, or its sl 
If nitro; = 
to be attained ab sericultnral kill 
tion of n n a given bulk of grain of any kind. 
emistry is in everybody’s mouth; ay 
ha aes teil applications of that science are yet to 
S. Mackenzie, Rosebank, Roslin 
oO 
EFFECT OF AIR AND a ON MANURE, 
= arks fromthe pen of Mr. Goodiff, 
ont 
y Aug. 23. 
a the esse 
tial ye era with 
former 
ae 
The 
2 inch, ee" i have ado on aes hitherto th 
Shem to oge ether in the d mie oe ing t the 
sie is ee will cost 
ch costs 6s. oF 75-5 50 
of ane 1 am — 
‘Ibs. or 18 ew t, per 
jea a 2 
t Oa ps Pitt when Aiah 
3 instead of sulphuretted hydro- 
oe being formed it will eombine with oxygen in pre- 
renee to hydrogen, and pnighonie acid is f 
The acids - formed Se om bine hua ie alkaline or 
thy „bas , and are pres rved for re food for | a 
a ert kilas, but 
for capital, "royalty, 
L this plan of laying a sa 
using the linch pipes by t 
nd risking HAAG 
he best 
“The pigano of tp-dresing by 3 
ae soil is-said to be supp 
k 
does no 
rties by exposure to, air 
manure is Pm y 
lied wath | oe 
w, it rests with the preparer of manure, whe- 
mical ee cdl fertilinng, pono 
| The ani mofa and rain favour ae i ur: 
y vel no nite _ to pe Ai a ager aaauiy of food i ia A pine Pi ys 
oo Ee be. procured inthe 
wasteful process, 
ue | of manure 
of japas ia e and other gaseous ype gy 
hi 
‘It must add 5s. 
o- | duction. There is, 
better than 
pipes before us, 
which is a very py ar 
s. per l 
2 inches in diameter 
in the drain your cess 
