THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. J4 
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RMERS OF GREAT BRITAIN are re- be forced upon us as one cf the most importantf ot adopt a similar — 
the pamphlet on “GYPSUM, AS A | the farmer's resources. „The fi ambien are some f| m4 Ta as that his bsorb half of the 
RE ;” describing its various important uses for Agri- rain that falls in his yards. Tf thie he th k 
purposes, with full and pan fiie mae PS er appli- ` g ra gS 
ntaining an account of n of its t is imposs sible to foresee the extent to whi g 
garprising ¢ e enii pany part of the Aingdom, the fertility of this country may hereafter be broug, and pers ee off from hi his rainy the rain in that falls on 
“on receipt of a post-paid application (containing Three Penny | by a better appreciation of those home manuri,|p)e him. If it be n for the beneftt-of his sh 
" Stamps), addressed to NEWTON , Hull. pe we (at present far behind the practice df t | ind for te more a gy sh aa ot wig pres — 
Vt i oe FORA T inese, or our ener nen sap neighbours) allow to >| manure, to 
5 spread ma over me whole of his yards, he 
“The Agricultural Gazette, |d; or wiatis even wor, to escape, into aug wot alow soma, ong the alo 
; Tivers to th inte i ore 
4 suri Serap air ; ; and pur s no r comeet and s se it on hk The waste which woul: 
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1845. with the im oe Pag 3 then gik =a Aed the hesp. The i ugh the 
MEETINGS FOR THE TWO FOLLOWING WEEKS. ling than that, at th this, of the yard would be inconsiderable, 
gamen F b Aerjeultra Sociegy of England, artificial manures is so on ciairrard paon th and nothing in comparison with that of the rain over 
Waosssoat,  — we -Aarions tural peira Be land dung of wild fowl has been fetched 5,000 miles, at oof Rook ee pant of tes way into Fg tank ; it would 
E EPR A EAU resin readily sold at 147. und 157. ao ope the aisg Ji e Ag o ajsa apas punine o a 
Nov. S Grove Ferry | : ae meaty ee oe uld a meg ime ha> } flat, with a gentle i inclination towards fhe tank ; 
ee but as th 0! 
; o Crop.— We have been favoured with the | the flow into the Thames, pote the e i mne Gain be necessary for him to cut a pt i the 
following queries, Sehed by the Royar Acri- of Londo: “4 ff has be een shown that more than pose of carrying ous the surplus water. I think 
L MPROVEMENT SOCIETY OF ĪRELAND, and erful solid m manure, @ this } plan i is better rag that of a roof over the 
hasten to lay them before- our English readers, ually ; whilst by a a e e heap is preserved in a moist state by the 
i in the hope that they may be able to furnish us coni ivano; i aas copie ed from the e process on te lubl that may be washed out of 
with cohen tosome ofthem. We also call espe- Continent, I showed some years back, in my effois the. gece, not be lost, but will be retained in the 
? tion to the Leader on the Horticultural | as managing director of the „Tham mes Improvemet | ha | tank ; and any ltl rain that i: ae ae vend the ibe ot a 
Comp: a trifling chare 
the disease whereas crop shown itself t ight boii ntercepted, and Anei t anno e; rE | vie ipo in. rendering the ame = “th Jese tie, 
vhat extent, i in d mediate district ? to the great taeraa of the river = of te sib aie piss Ase Wate Theory, pg 
hat different localities, ant to what extent or atmosphere, rendere pay available for agi- | 
acres have your inquiries been directed? | cultural purposes to Tank. 
at are its characte — marks, both in its in- 1 PEP ppsa | è 
l 'advänéed state Lit aided : 
wW at description 4 land appears to have been growing it. ‘ By care cally ceri iee oa Lä 
fi and very accurate gauging, o aE thbert Jo n- aaa TEES STEELS | bh 
and i arati son, in his. valuable work the ‘ Fertilises a 
kind of Potali is most affected, and was | p- 223, ‘it has been aieneeained that the princoal Stablo an e s 
e any, and what variety in the distinctiv ve features | London sewers convey daily into the aies ea aaa 
| 115,608 tons of mixed drainage ; consisting onan 2 
Does a d what difference appear in the average composition, of one part of solid, or 1e- : 
oa the e periods at which the crop were planted chanically suspended matters, and 25 p ko- Remy 
scimelite: “iick lutely fluid. But if we only allow one part in30 
ae ie airt ari kri 5 a tine er any, an ihat of this immense mass to be composed of solid ub- 
À E akini of iaia oriei stances, then we have the large quantity of sore 
8. the period at which the manure was actually than Aro 98 e n sa a mer — a oe 
Bpplied to the t vi u river, from London alone: might not the | 
t effect # ate i naha ean aa farmers of England effect if this mass of fertiking 
estimate the proportion of injury done to | matter was preserv ed at a reasonable rate for heir | sig a 
crop, up to the time of your inquiry use ? iene tons of this ‘80 lid manure Erlek 10 
0. What effect has been produced by leaving the ‘one? uld render e of 
ty the land, cory also by the removal of it ? the poorest cultivated, or even common or zt ath 
ted | land, allow, for the sake of accuracy, that 
for en the erops after removal from tke ground | 90 tons Sks recuired, even then 3800 tons 20| The dotted lines (a) represent the open channels for anes. 
rife isc the pati T into meal, starch, &¢.,| sive a daily allowance of manure sufficient fo: 190 | plus rain. The fondle mee ty the a Angs. over te orna Grains. 
: 12. Detail any fi r facts that may have come under | #¢Pes of land ; and if we give 300 days on yhich line @) the open shane, cuteying. ts overfiow from the 
wn personal meri amei n, respecting the disease this manure was collected, that would afford an | manure heap into the covered drain at c. za 
Piceri n? 5 annual supply for 57,000 x is in | Another correspondent writes pean speak- 
y acres. Can Ip 
; a ee ot a st lig Is it not lamentable the management of manure 
T ig not with the market price, but with the fertilising matter for such a breadth of land, should | ae ph pena of the 23 200 enitn faeu 
e an y 
n ; = i 
n these pages. The former, because | culation I allow nothing for the absolutely fluid my mi ind that the erent was not quite rrr tat 
por ae lepem the welfare of all the three classes | portion of the drainage—I am now speaking of its | and that it might be got rid of by some such plan he 
the agricult atter, be- | mechanically diffused matters : added to hiap the following very simple one : Sup 
pose 
when co farmer will re eadil alloy w that, when 1 of the yard, they rapera a 
ae test and ee nt a sail erti odtetive, | few feet clear of it, so that a drain might be laid from 
e, as the subject of re- that some time ela apses aa even rakes most natu- | the o “ the a of en sat sete side of the 
a pam hist, M ; wW. i rally barren soils require again replenishing with pe this we will call the liquid-manure $ 
5 by n for ideas Read any other manure than that which their own crops | À! nother drain should win E me SE from 
s uce,” * it need not Sa supposed supply, by the assistance of th she f ock of the the liquid-manure drain, a o 
t we to follow th thora hi : | farm; so that, fact, in each an year $ PNA > i exe a 
on of Sir R. Perr’s tariff and free trade is exhi- | 57,000 acres of land might be recovered fron the | of the fola gelesen aa airain Se a | 
S as e of the low s of 1843 and vee ae ser ‘ought into | cultivation by the solid | acted slide valve ; en aba shilar ake one 
Ve shall merely examine ‘ee tical por- We d | in the waste drain, abo "i foot from its i Ja ; 
Gere ary oe ork ke i Sigs pai sa my| We radar to see that a rag, rte has ` sa the manure drain. t the side of the tank and 
en armed, under high Lavigreg a Age asma neers 
ources of t a taking some steps tow: e hin is | be cons seime whose ür should be 
Pee! ancl ees may 5 DE be diminished enormous waste in future. We have no ost that | bottom of the drain, it may be aliah 18 aaniu deep 
his acreable e proce uce incre: i give henever, indeed | eens the See —— —- 
be more active, ee pets pice hen su sufficiently intersected by rail iver 4 re ; ; 
nE his cultivation deeper. His |3" and application of town sewerage w be ee great 
nt of manure may be rendered more engineering operation of the day. _ 
greater hardiness and more aptitude to | MANAGEMENT OF M ANURE. 
eget upon his live stock. The| T} i 
may be improved in all their Gazette asks for information as to how he is to em 
e properties; they may be rendered more t falls on his farm 
, earlier, hardier, and more nutritious. His i the hope 
a Management may 5 a m im, I beg to acq 
4h, acquaintance with the habits and capabilities | Ì 
e feeds the pa he culti- 
> an acquain with the 
rows, would be 
in an aaa at the profit- | t 
c sewerage, 
above the liquid in the tank ; 
