_38.—1845.] THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 649 
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2 hat are we then to do? erg ary sir Silica has not been taken into ac- 
i taining it, and w. € yses a perfect knowledge of the mineral and organic consti- 
attention soe often been directed to the question, | count, as i upplied. | tuents of Lerin and thatwedo not ze pen arany one 
E rding to our experienes and the present Baer ashi f the — of leone and the | may ascertain by com of chemists 
of ecience, Sipora —— t not be composed which of the folloviog plants, co: on that head. ee 
am cold replace TA genuine guano effects, and a See 
one 
Beans 
ries of e „ex eximents, oint | Potasas Tea] (Vicia faba). |if rhs 
r I could not, bya se <P mieni | Alkaline Phosphates ......| ints] "anes | (Vina : the send Seen 
Phosphate of Aarme k 
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sical properties. 
bares ane guano, tke the mireral water, branta 
ture, ma; Ar iffe 
Een ons Taa long be een ack nowle edged. Such a What = : jai i es he has i ted the execution of them, a 
ure Tappi to all descriptions of merit shoal is wanting of the 100i in the above analyses is mpetent Timin ence, to Messrs. of 
wn 3 to Professor Liebig, earthy and mae eal, or loss. From these re: researches it appears, Diveroli 
Saline phosphates , the alkalia a sulphate, prot of that for stalks and vre es we require other ia 
common salt, salts of lime, especially gypsum, than for seeds. The former contain no alkaline phos There is much very useful information in this 
= is of ammonia. The proportion, however, in phates, but they eae for their development and phlet which these gentlemen are circulating as an 
paoe Sain growth a i rich h supply of alkaline carbo: onate sul- ertisemen f their connection with P. 
fag the crop it is to be soe to; for—and this is phates rofessor L 
| : C i a aes rs are to trust to wat i 
9.00 | 38.02 28.46 know not to ri they should give more of their confi- 
ce than to him e has i 
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which, however, ery rich in | he sho oe not test its accurac 
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fe pos few years, {jones must bs ed obvious tha of king X eee meen ey te Soult E : sying ma 
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che! mists will be orci ra re years to come the supplies only phonphate s, and dete e wantens, the not mean to cas gr nf rae spon tee eee 
parie hy am another, alkaline carbonates, „his soil will become gradually | unquestionable — but there may be variable ciret 
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aline Carbonates ......| 22.38| 12.43| 4.34) 31.6 -0 i aking 
nateof Time... a... e|. 39.50] 47.81| 43.68| 41.61} 6.9 | he wi get no more grain, constituents of the fectly economical one. Ability to ado 
phate of Li 6.43| 5.15) 5.73) 1.180| 40.8 | manure, if they are supplied alone, have this is great de- | in th of — B 
phate of Magnesia. 6.66) 4.37 7.82/ 0.91/ .. | fect, that by them the soil is im poverished in other 
paeen r} | 12.40) 1018| .. | 225 8.84 | equally important substances. No one of itself 
ie ae qually important 
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traw of Ashes | for P f stalks and i 
Pota-| Clo- | of fs ormation of seed can be expected. If he supplies 
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A 0.28) 4.63} 2.8) 2.27) 3.06 eory of artificial manuring see o be hei both in any 
Baot Don fantast $ but it is questionable i if a per ot i vile a can a ai icular soil and in the air. It would be wasteful to 
ph, of Alumina, &e. a A +: es oe 137 yet be founded upon it. What we E saie to enable this, is | supply them with all they want independently of these. 
Miscellaneous. rea Tenant's ape te. 
Feeding of Animals PN eoustat ii. Pe ni by > an the Sarthe Table of nutritive e quivalent: 
, the results as far as known obtained by p y of water contained i in ae several kinds of food ments.—Thet 
proportion of has axe. ale indic cated. W the th ances in the north of 
ent, I should be inclined to give them ae preference, on account of ip great difficulty i in practice of arriving at accurate results, e | Lincolnshire to 
ivalent of Mangold Wurzel was found to be 400 on pty aig 44 Ibs. into > the daily allowance ; 500 would have been obtained as fan tenants for a 
ivalent, had we yerga 55 Ibs. of the roots for 11 Ibs. of h affected | improvements are as Š 
this substitution. Direct experiment is, in my opinion, i eon but a to control within sufficiently wide limits, the ‘maine of ane Bone-dust— 
ical analysis, EQUIVALENTS OF THE NUTRITIVE VALUE OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF FOOD. 
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Names or Dirrerent Kinps oF Foon.’ rq 2/83 |B ei/sisi3le E E E 2 E Zi 5 
; Egigociecs Pole | hes FrsimisjZiz 3 
$186 F i223 a G = x 5 3 
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r natural Meadow-hay. ............ s120 1,34| 1,15 00| 100} 100| 100| 100| 100| 100) 100| 100| 100| 100| 100, 100 0 
avery choice qua ality ... -| 14,0; 1,50) 1,30 
emgage d picked... 2.1... 18,8; 2,40) 2,00 ++ | 100 
plato the more woody stems ..... 14,0) 2,44) 2,10 
Clov. 16,6; 1,66| 1,38 j ++] ++ | 90) 90) 90) 90; 90) 90) 100) 90) .. . | 90 
x of the second year cut si) 10,1} 1,70} 1,54 90! 100 ce ee fee | ce f OOL ce ts | Sec] 200) 
Green, . Ses Meas a e | eee Cer A 
r Wheat-stra traw (Alsace, 1841)... I 26,0} 0,36} 0,27 SA aNG oor 
mom theater alore pela 8,5) 0,53} 0,49) 2 
vo par fe tesescesccescconses! 5,3) 0,43 re 
inclu 8] tke foe, woeee! 9, 1,42 y 
esr tbac) hs at 187| 0,30| 0,24 350) 175) .. | .- iy aE pela ge 
oo (Paris 12,6, 0,50) 0,42) 2. 
ys .. 21,0) 0,36! 0,30 90; 200/175.. | -- | 190] ssk: s. | oe | 400) 182 
is i 11,0} 0,30) 0,25 200| 175] .. | -+| 150) .. .. | oe | 400) 154 
Weighs odei edeten AO PR L | 150| 200, 90 e] ve | oe | 143 
straw 2... 19,0} 0 0,78) 1 
Wwhea TAIE lILej o, 0,48) 2 
SWAT | 92 1,01 
a AA ORIA 1,14 
30) 0,55 2 
4,50 Se 
2,94) 0, 
2,70} 0,37 
55,0) 3,25) 1,45 
-|625| 2/29! 0,86 
-|57,4| 2,16! 0,92 
53,6} 1,56) 0,72 
92,3) 3,70} 0,28 
910| 1,83) 0,17| 67 350) 
++ /92,5} 1,70, 0,13 
: 87,8| 170| 0,21 «+ | 400 
ISMN eas en nes z Di Pa re = 
1939 o tichokes, 792| 160) 0,33 3. | 280 
Taian Torte 75,5| 2,20) 0,42) 27: 
i percents Kel a <= 
Preserved in pits...” ""* dee Goa eae oe 
of Cider-pres, -press sina ween ry 45 059 
} of Su i dried nE T EE E ot 0,63 0:38 
E aemaenioesernaes ise Say be 
tte seee PER 50 a 
dried . .... 86| 4,201 3,84 
a e). 5o su eo 
: oes gol 440] £ 
So . 18,0) 200 = f 59 l erop € 
1836 ( i bese ice «| 12, 40 : 
"aca ge See as e ArT 2,02 : i 
Sheets 130 246 would 
Semen ,0 20 to 
; RH EE 40] so | t2 Put 
nes ing with sods or T} 
four years. This 
ance, I believe, 
(Alsace) Jana’. 2.221) 166 S18 this mode of d 
a am ii nll Aisac] =e 2360 now not mue 
p itary s mils The tenant is als 
sown the 
provided 
of 
stocked after the Ist of 
, and have not 
been unfairl beri 
When 
> ploughed up for Wheat : 
€ ¥. J. B. | the autumn previous to 
