THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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drains. It has been mg broly Dog eal eneh of. his green crops ; and such means as 
filtration of from them 
| tunately, however, there is muci 
h to be 
water would abstract debit side also; sheep fed ed in sheds under an 
- metallie prop be provided only by the proper |I have liable to lameness—thj 
; ‘pipes. Epon in in an occasional Crean magi in | scary under shelter, are dcr ubtedly efficient: in | doubtless acquire from th ness and softn 
course of ti ton, and are ‘such as pa! tread on—they want something rough 
ý A con- | dry to k on to grind down the natural 8 
in the maj ty of soils. yí stances too sone ne struction of the shea, veapremntea above, is intelligible hoof. ert the suggestions of 
he supply ti cui from springs, indeed it is not i ove effectual for 
pay be more than a small pipe ean 
siege to employ a pip. pipe, 
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Thein moot 
my purp 
“attention fit _—> 
matter—: 
experience: for Ss benefit 
in sh 
_ from the ‘clouds on a given space in a given time. 
The whole system of deep a in heavy land is | 
“tab on its eracking by contraction. These cracks, 
which take = een first, by qvepouniion, and then by per- 
t sheep 
they do Pai in ag field, 
faster ; 
ose to write a ong article as simply to call the 
b: ‘mr 
rested in the 
cee a this 
to farnish you 
e 
Notw i 
of — M. 
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about 4-5ths of shel 
and yer they make mutton 
h to the credit of the practice: unfor- | 
and t 
g 
d by the greater valu 
—John Morton, Whitfield, 
“i ‘iu this I haa to be eaten 
of the ung so manufactured. 
moted i ot two ways—by leaving the FIXATION OF AMMONIA Pe GYPSUM. 
le afte the are placed [T oih roger 
: oe 8 open s as ta as possi ter the pi pes are p RERNE RA í s i nfr pi ury ae ok ee 
to! aa ib: - . 
we 2 dry summer. " Bling heavy land solid in wet} E i oye i6 : REE a a a 
ay B, dun; 20: 2 5 e “a s 
s Jë ye š k ya én x $ 
m ppa Se ates. i 16 5 26 j 7 segs aa i 
E dank wp: OGERE Aare? [18 864: : AE all Se Tip 
A Js. Ibs. Tbs. ° ae 
i ust go on imp: F, sites 3395 16... 271 1700. A rene eee. weaned r. ae 
te year, aided by worms and a y i 
ok would strongly n Soa every ,agielaal im- z ae v3 E 2502 1830 `.. : : - E H a f k 
rg dung 3578 1611 sÅ - ` . . . we Fy P ; 
: ogee dep aA aaloede wey 2409 * . 
“Soil, to th I feet f, dung 3500 2148 — 1900 j Sah SE E pa . = 
as we would as the quality o apa Poche “ . . E 
_ pense is bus trifling, bat the saving or gain would t A: is J, dung éyp. 3745 2085 x y ; Lbs 
as earth, of | = s 9 3 a z 
K,mothing 2529 2809 1599 2943 2270 17 P Cas, AA į 
p $ = = = 
L, gyp. dung 2416 2685 1353 2178 3804 2430 2464 2944 4380 3229 1931 .. os .. .. 
~ T f 
M, $ gyp- dung 2412 2255 3822 2295 PE y we. es oe .. r oe 
a dung 2528 ` 2738 1599 2249 -—— 2450 2185 2530 4186 3087 1592 ind os .. 
$ + 
0, a mi 2792 EE a T a : FE tine eb ey H 
lo papo = gia Fd A eo 
le lad y; Ea ics ; > a 
I have b I d i should seem > that hy application 
the gypsum experiment grad che to he farmers of the result Rik “hig m 
anes ne 1843. The results have been reduced to a| done (K 3), whilst the application of half e ual 
ndard, exhib bitin the naga obtained per | (at P 3) materially increased the effect; 
t n more extensive, it bie t the gypsumed dung absolutely bea the 
ni would deve been „worth 
while i _have „entere 
d th 
Wa 
X 
D have stated the meas 
e relative 
uantities of seed sown, manure applied, &e. ; and 
sos goed 
f ding, aiaei ith the dunghill prises 
L 8), one-half the i apeay 0 whi eu r favora 
Šie an N 6 the 3). In No. 5, a d given, at 
5, “pte rama under 
unt of p 
es 
13, ae , (which 
returned to me), ina 
from an 
| A 6, that 
same indiv 
for example, K 7 Faa that rA 
which nothing w 
t15 tas yi en 16 lbs. of dag p3 rai 
| from another acre to which nothir 
idu al 
in a vertical ‘column to the pace and the numerals 
which refer to the sched > 
a 
4 
done, : ey 
ts, have henare 
ment of “nothing done ;” 
'urther neglected to state 
ee 
W. a $ = 2 X 
K 
N 
who returned me “sche No. 6. 
ill , and 
Wii SHOW that 
return the ‘com mparative 
> wok tect Nos. 12 and 13 have 
experi c 
pe 
2 OJE 
i 
dulgi 
forbear, on the 
ead to farther suggestions 
Pedr be performed for prom 
connection of science with 
the measure f 
i the two last 
Home Correspon 
D) that siih? ng real the be ales tea tof u ai ion AN A 
d I) the resultis wis | my several letters I have solicited the 
dung, once against it, and in Royal Agveultara a of England 
SD _ nging to one experiment, and yt m 
2: 
ce 
With the placed ng my | PEO 
in favour of 
1 e gyp- oF tit erial to 
dung. th heen and perhaps the a would the: rele no pias Ne 
ults for which most practical men will look i h may possibly be introduced 
Table, will be th sn have by the | omitting the consideration of certain cireumstan 
be avoided.—J. S. Henslow, Hitcham, July 31. 
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