648 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Sepr. 20, 
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igh, from unfavourable circumstances, in a state of vest rong washed, so that a particle of dirt | and nitrate of soda. A comparison of night 
= ate The oe herbage of such soil ig n them ; they should igen be finely grated | sog oo is as follows : soile 
iage is of a yellow cast ; with a ia d grater a tub of water, - = by na apr al soil yields £ Ibs. 7 oz. of potash. 
en common P abhle on ‘co land di ll stirred about t ie” Miguel “ae Tbs 10 0E. 
ka ing of the same weak look, and its gra | mash as Po To sett from their celis. The ag should Do. hight so do. 36 tbs: 15 m, soda. 
d b lack of it Do. nightsoil do. fr Sey Phosphor 
peskia ban adry- I Tia my a great deal o fall m, whilst the lighter skin and The ec aoe 0, do. 9 ge zio acit 
difference is d f this kind be will ete pa eae them, and may be poured off dino (leavin air ane “of “tar = árd m and 
= a nevertheless its spontaneous productions are | with the wate he mass 0 b 3 this ai g E t ingre dag PREK: to 
ases similar. Deep ploughing, or pho 2463 hus- | settling of the particles £ should be washed eee or three s bogie ETES, n fc ar mes Bc baat ch per ton 
ban a eal to brown loam e degree, | times more, by pouring water upon it and stirring it k; id fer aing matter 
ey, rate its effects on vegetation ror even a os | about, and again leaving it to settle as before After ae ractice confirms this—we have in our farm as 
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day on its texture, without having a erea of | k d 
Still, if h effect warm room, af 
it will cat once appear ae that dee loughin pra ip after the aad been remo y 
spade husbandry, a and a mixture of p aad Po be kept: for an Ly ength of time, and when wanted, used 
i to gah ta The ton in | like Whe eat t flour for maki ing puddings, &c. a LES 
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Stig asked, is it e sally durable + a] Rt 
ied in th quany. e: say more so—farm 
dey 5 508 e may ed It sai ils a and manure, it is Taisia. yields more gaseous ingre- 
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can poy do hom guano, ‘On the groun nd we tried 
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farm- yard m ure, the cr ps e equal, 
Be Potato The next oi S which was ‘Wheat, ‘he ‘part =e 
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becomes pulverised ; in consequence, also, more ex- perfect method may be described, by “whicl 
to tilled with guano produced ae best crop 
posed os ion. The beneficial effects in a purest state, in whieh it is| 
of spade husbandry and deep ploughing are only of frequently sold for Arrow-root, and b ariety of 
short duration, whereas draining, being applied, im- other names as a delicate food for — Selon, for 
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I Sh prices o guano vary—say Peruvian 10), 
fertility of loams generally will be by their herbage, Arrow.root” is as follows :—a. Thoroughly wash the per ton, Ichaboe 7/, 10s. ; brat : Pas d fiers d is not such 
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on as examples, and w ith which I presume most|4@- Place the pulp on a hair sieve, pour ter over it, w 
eople are Bes hie pom Sorrel plant | stirring it about well, till the water ceases to pass ea? apts ae ining worms pany pe rin s fig: 
Rumex ace Hosa), i gouk broad-leaved Dock eranen with a milky prpeesnnes ; e. The p lp left on e, a ‘ T thi ne gah Sioul 4 RERE an BAE 
R btusif l p the commo kime Thistle | the sieve may be wn away, water put 
aan oy me APEA ona | Maile to settle ; f. When the parece of starch have all we Farrer, of Oulton, | said he applied guano last 
able aene f growing in brown apo without | Settled, the water should be poured off, and fresh water 2 
free drainage—even iak they be plants primitive to to aa 5 Bah whole stirred up afre ah. and. allowed 4o sown ; 5 but when I shorted it in cok it pE five 
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settle . These ee ney be peatee ane 
the spot, will, Aad rtheless 5 
health ; aa n is “ys be observed t food land, under | °F ve times, w 
bad manag d impoverished nes will I produce character ae ation and will have become white | Paps the kiwi in the aefebbonsiie f gai for Tura oa of. i a 
the same Dally effects on all plants. —Orford as snow, whilst the water rfectly ik pete erg beak Sale deed OF iko. 3 f 
= h. The prepared flour must be thoro oughly aed, and | lows :—I p veh si aT by 
Farmers’ Clubs. mea be keni a any length of timein jars or casks wae Ta ein en et pig, f arm n yard, a uh 
LEIGH.— The Potat af op.—Ata ng of this When a dish a xe tatoes is abont to be obtain ed 
Club, held on Friday, Sept. crs the lane k failure from a inside p pa of s uch as only partially | tto ee elas | cand ep a he tp, Thom ten i 
ger Po fate crop formed the principal subject of dis ao since 5 ; but now the guano has outgrown them. 
ted, a nd whatever on can be extracts Sy from 
e me pi B migh ht beadded to the boiled Pota a tied guano iz te Gres bone saat on plat 
toes that have io ially injured, and lso f bah tle m “be lost of the whole amount ot h by 2 
g oan e gi ag al = which t anoa would ha ave con binip d if he mS Hislop.—I have not used it ex 
food may b ed | from, h. ld oth had ae sa _ In many cases may re 
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te shoul pipii he ressing th | till enough has been ie to make it better _ : spite ope 
tk ca Cees crus ty eap m g e opinions wh ile Pgh omplete the preteen. du In times of scarcity Cauliflowers. re bite dota the grubs on C 
tain that = Fae ia Aal ol to the may for persons to be made aware of the 
fi pa a oe an pr fact that xcllent a We Arrow-root ma; n e pro- | t° = such execution on geet Singh 
most of the varieties of the Pasio. 2. Wherever z the | cure aion in wild p n the Isle of Portland, | "t: Polat dareis th weilt a used gt here 
leaves and stems are dead, it is advisable to dig up the | Some tbe it of preparing it from is aa eight k: “ er acre Thad í 
crop as speedily as possible; and to selec ce best | the lates, of the plant e pel a called “ agg pf eae a re archer Retro ‘ 
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tubers (to be kept a from ereire for seed Po- Lae udAcs eres treated i Like > that of well Barley the next year I ybserved a wa: 
crid j with ere fees oft WwW 
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when sets will be wanted, unless precautions are pretty | + ot to. ets : n Grass last year. very 
generally adopted for A d he best. 3. The Potatoes YIMA the fresh fh tuber abounds. This sort et Arrow shows eleariy : its Dnanelal effects.— The members, 
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care than usual. They should be kep as dry as pos- sm 8d. the ‘pa 4, It was Fees that local T ti m Sem m = Thap in the op 
e ma examined at oe pi whether any of | © anies or societies might be cet to buy up the ie Fi SF farmerin eleri luxuriant ¢ 
ps o decay, and all yar should be decaying Toso and to employ “some of the poor to| othe cheapest and most imi ortant substitute for farm 
setastiately watt E The spotted d decaying | prepar : Rs: — neg be sold s little or no d me instances being found to produce 
Polines phoma be carefully picked out “from — loss. a aie tland, when the store pea manure, it ball the cost.” sil 
= to be Emami in store for or winter and Po rae are found A ‘be “frozen, to extract the starch eae ee L 
a aroe arke nger from a single ng Rebielos. i 
—Guano as a Manu siner agentes An Address to the Agriculturists of Great 
same heap, lest it should tend to rot all amore t, care | of this Club en August 15, H. Bri igen, É A etei : explaining ike Pr intiples and Use of his Aritifi 
ra A en to the store Potatoes in layers, | diseussion “ ‘On the beneficial effects of ‘Gene a as Manures. By Professor Justus Liebig Mus 
with sand or pay earth between them, and so that each Manure,” bega: I shall make a few and Co., is Lajas song aT of the Manure 
Potato may be prevented from touching its neighbours. observations, w whi es Ih iscussio: Tw the aber ana of spa 
A a be advantageously dug around the| Farm-yard manure is fs ath he be th best manure. d began k met with violent of 
store ; the whole were thatched it would tend to | but this is certain, that that kin of manure is best sition from the members of the faculty, as be eing i 
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keep very dry. It will be advisable to delay the | which has most of the nutritive 
i y pein of food fi 
gam = tp vii toc oe Asc the oe in it. Now, let us compare the analyzation of | in a certai in conditio, sine qua RUT ra as 
$ F progress | manure and pees vital hi ch alone ave them any er 
of deca: vital power, whi g 
1 e ee spotted Pota tatoes may be stopped (at A Aeey of manure yaur 2 H ts of potash, d Saty ‘wh 
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to the Aaa pg Niet gata oars wai — age ool Dt Da Sianare do, Lo = 0 02 sods. ‘car onstrated mer peg z unde: 
oist ground. 7. o. guano do. s.150z. do. ee ‘ted in them. It has suc 
caving parts are pared of or ct oui the rest of the Meh Samia N i cmb em ‘exactly in the sme pro 
Potato is pe wholesome. D idle Do. manure do. 1lb. 4oz. sulphuric acid. t only equal to the nat 
a W e are sieatey at of Do. guano do. 93Ibs. 80z. do. ffective. Only from that time 
aa, 5 f re ie ig ey be ape since | Po: giao. = È the pe re induced to certain effects on the 
a state of pu 7 ey may ely given to pigs: $ T hs Jements the waters, 
but they would bei impro roved by ban g scalded, with the | F. hi will be seen that one ton of guano con- eae Met Smo Tight of a 
x 9. It seems to be a providen- | 7 = as ak potash as thirty tons of manure. clement, or more’of that ; nay, to apply, ins tead 
tial arrangemen ent that as yet Sees pakei pr (ose of apar S — about as much soda as 19 | wa rs themselves, the the one active aeae ee 
tion of the Potato is very Title. injured ; anure. One of guano contains peeraa Miry yha ce, the swith iodin: indurations 
tubers which have become partially decayed miy ap- pawia ‘phosphoric mor pe 55 tons of manure. One ton | struma. It is w = known, that at this ; moment 
pear to be wholly unfit for food, the nutritious p of guano ins about as much pae acid as “20 xtensive mai of are “agi 
tion of the Potato consists of delicate white sara o ee tons of erag One ton of somo — as lan . t Berlin, at ae at Vie e” 
starch-like matter, which are inclosed in little cells. | much chlorine as 45 tons of The. shoves ipae $ ph with w whioh D De I e 
When the cells are broken the grains fall out, and col- to be a valuable manure ee principal ferilizing in in- | mences a cha on artificial m 
lecting together form a beautifully white flour. It is) gredients in bones are phospho ric acid and li Now, and the a plication, of the fact T has peer 4 
Sine, x the Potato; re om the rest of the |a ton of raw bones gives 580 lbs. of phosphoric recat, A E very ORY is i 
substance of the Potato; and if a few persons in dif-| ton of guano gives 283 lbs. of phosphoric acid. So that Ei À 7 93, “that 
fag wn ote oT a tenting m a wg a 
own amoung the poor, a vast amount of bones give no potas sh, soda, sulphuric acid, or chlorine ; | fach binge whieh, in England, 
Mholeome food may i a — them, which | in Seis lime they are — eq Rape dust pae mpy nares, w Guano, that Lite : 
: i o perisi rom an experi- | tains no potash, soda, 0 Fup ac acid ; Pe = t if the hich, in a judicious &pp 
ana been tried during ar past week, it ap- |land peek on ontain these rape be an in- femenin b the testimon 
where 12 Ibs. of — ean be extracted from | efficient or ae 1 manure, pen ar ape above telligent farmers, cannot be supplied. for 
P can be procured from ingredients are concerned. There are only four | peri cause h stores 1m 
è so far skeg ill do to be applied alone, viz.: yard | þe shortly exha i a 
10. To obtain the fiour se arate | manure, h d urine i i ot e = 
=P y sie night soil, « and The following | tries = it is found, we cann 
the Potatoes should be blosa, bones npo die5 EEEE includes the urine wi 
