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wo 7 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
icultural societies — 
to them—viz., of giving rise to] many agri 
for as we: shall esent] see, 
ts : nd mainta: 1 animal heat.” large roots, which ma: tbe p- 
analysed; 
has invariably f root crops, yn a 2 
i Mang 2 In this statement Dr. APsoHN enunciates a and comparatively worthless for feeding tery 
larger the amount of solid matter which they eM * | doctrine decus borne out qs experience nor|but which may have been grown on a hot bed (e 
As this point has mot been observed, nearly all the attested by science. On the contrary the recent | we have seen them grown for exhibition), ang (e 
lyses of root crops hitherto published are Sopa |r esea carches of Dr. GILBERT show that the non- ten times their value. A system so aid : Cost 
Wo! ih B s met constituents of food exercise higher sim ain shi should at once ^» abolished, at 
ian ha 
Prof. sort, ml cle have ascribed 
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: em, r. APJOHN fur i 
by he ‘chemist of the Jeo | estimating the feeding properties of roots the point — 
IE of Ireland; more recently by Dr. W. K. to be principally attended to is the amount "e T ASTE x B i 
siology have revived? the subject, and as we have depend Us ul $ 1 5 ier ing (Concluded from. p, 451.) 
é : , ependance upo is elemen a . Your c imm: * Clitheroe,” 
ourselves experimented in the same direction W | feeding value is however no longer taught by scien- Ea are indebted- TO ROMS appart v whom y 
ma’ briefly advert to his results. tific men. Te the late report of Messrs. LAWES and | y, recipes for making cream cheeses, gives Very good 
n carrying out a series of analyses on Sug ai Gin LBERT, it appears that „by far the larger propor- for preventing the taste of Turnips in butter by the 
Beet, Mr SuLiivan invariably peo that the | tion of the sii increase ws the so- . — ning application of scalding water. It has often 
smaller the root the greater the per centage of animals is re y fat itself ; and m r, it is | matter of surprise with me that the system, adopted j 
sugar it contained. Dr. Avvo de ot Trin inity | probable that, at least in great ark the fat Devonshire, of scalding the milk has not become more 
College, Dublin, repeated Mr. SULLIYAN'S experi- formed in the body is normally derived from starch | general in other parts of the ie and as some of 
ments, and though in some respects the results and other non-nitr ogenised constituents of the i readers may not be awar of the manner in which 
differed; they agreed in the fact —€— N fod ; and ned 8 11 E. rds as may be 
iated—that the smn r roots contained the larger i t t of i e milk 
ie —— — e such a ery large amount of nitrogen compared Eit E Ei the cw is sun aa u MA 
with that —— Pm tained in the increase of the Rick for this panied - : 
The fo ME Table, compiled from Me SUL hoe al, it can hardi surprising that, contrary tice * Pee rg eeper and narrower 
van’s-paper in the ** Atlantis” for July, 185 5, and to the usually snd opinions — comparative — 10 25 ub Mud When tt "n ud T 
embodying his’ recent remarks, is conclave on Ea od us for 12 or v „when it is placed on 
, value ood -stufts mue SEVA of the kitchen range, or some such. suae plies, 
this point:— nearly er easur — . dies amo emt. of digestible where it is scalded, but not suffered to boil (m 
White Silesian Beet. | Mangel Wurzel. ES — simil € p tog = a than which cane ib would b spoiled) ; os it is re. 
TE Wai aeai y f the digestible and assimilable nitro- | moved to the dairy, where it remains for 12 hours or 
a | mM. — i genous compoun M ? So that the E he — so, when it is skimmed. The process of 
by Dr. Arronx has been directly co rted iby - = formed by putting the cream b tub and 
in 11. * 91 12.84 the as — e 0 essrs. ge ene 2 
t 12.32 6 là 13.08 Gir ERT. .Wea re therefore fairly entitled to make it i eb up as usual, As in RI 
2 :09 1-5 14.80 N cM of course the utmost Ge 18 requisite as 
14.32 1 43 16.96 1. That even grunting that large roots contained a the dairy-maid. The advantages I hold to be 
16.92 little more nitrogen than small roots, we are not th of a churn: is avoided +: e e QE 
bep Mas tified in under-estimating th tance of the | sooner i r i 
jus ec er-estimating — — di e | sooner made; a smaller quantity mi be ed 
in A according | requisite, than can be made by the churn; and lastly, 
Ta tis. ease Mr, nne has determined te | to Mr. SULLIVAN, are far more abundant in small than | i ds free from any unpleasant taste. I have triedit 
total quantity Ea matter in in the roots, w hilein in (large vedi. cg n 
hi through all seasons, and whether through the füll of 
his earlier investiga . That it is not proved that large roots contain ; his ti hen we 
i the leaf in autumn or at this time, when we are using 
tions cut through. oribus part of ther ots. “Tt m ivre acid or nitrogenous compounds than the hybrid Turnip (with the greens on), I find-no 
— "the. 3 tage o of 53 e unpleasant taste. The longest time I have known 
varies very 
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That taking ai circumstances into account small | butter to be “coming” by this process was 20 
r. SULLIVAN hes weight for weight, contain more solid matter, and but it is generally made deina - few 2 
TUE 8 5 — more iN for feeding purposes ‘than by the —.— 11 
: three hou 
Percentage of sugar. ron what practical conclusions can be drawn 12. Tt i is probable the “ . of. Kat 
E butter, ; 
a | from these deductions? Are we to advise farmers | cure the — rt of h 
. 12875 | ots weighing only a le of|keep his co 
«d aca lbs.. = s: A ese- questions, let us —— — — 
: remark: that every law established science | decayed is eaten by the "s 
Dr. Apyoun pushes his inquiry a little far- cannot be practically res There" may be | disagreeable flavour N its 
ther than the determination of the percentage difficulty of a mechanical or artistic nature to the cream and butter. 
of sugar and solid matter in the roots, Thus art the utilising of a sagan fact. And this also examine his pe “and see that ec ; 
he C toma the percentage of qu azotised | is the case with the application of Mr. SULLIYAN's erh —— arane 
wee rre (2), of ash, dis- able researches.. In the present state of agricul- of in 5 ; 
Me de part soluble from that insoluble 
2 
tinguis shin, tur t t dr 
“in water; and (3), x mount of phosphoric acid F ealise a source of bad butter in the winter 
in the ash ofeach T iis t. Dr. APJOHN deduced from Lan —— aig os — 1 gif — . E f 5 = Be Er 15 ree 
is own researches the conclusion that in the case | horse hoe is ve per ‘uable adjunet; ba o freezing, or, it may happen, , 
t we could n not temperature has to be raised some 30° or 
of eee € Beets the . and je the chich i the b of a s stem the eie sound of the“ batter, is coming f. 
2 small roots. Buf in the sam e para- vatio 8 {good eal an 3 44 T th chim: add to this neglect or kn 
rin which he announces this deduction he re- udis: Tebot s for questioning the i DEUS 0 of (m nagement the cream of stale milohed coms u 
Be that = H relation is only in| those who grow excessively large roo by — 5 wiat eed bb: — surprise ise if = bote sweet 
he Beet, for : es are some- ding to expecta Rieder — 
times not in cones and ith it." Now, it is 2 em e er Kat ning is obtained. cores — . pe oe 25 preventie 11 is 
Sumit Brol this kind could be which rime our own p nts we are inclin bom pude e mig dow cannot de xin 
we did, not ald ma * — to consider yo cua — — e iam oe resi — b "ederent ated erde Mert I] parts’ 
mer eet, and the conclusion Wanted Ty . of the smell, if the cream is mism putteri 
ed — can therefore hardly be accepted, by system of tillage 0. biongittoa n Bas high N of — churning he a not expect pleas be 
reg eee in roots, we find an. D Ama every is t ida 
ee in e peter of cases there Fase oi emnt da t UCM conclusions = e 
: of it in small th: e | 
1: ok a farm under a fai 
him; See ee . by climate f for Misa Wurz el, we are bound d 2 
Observes, if we eonäne our attention to the tn acreable weight of produce has | ceed 
Beets the phosphorie acid appears to be di obtained when the drills are 28 tiehes apart) - 
abundant in the larger than i ET more and the plants thinned hn. 10 to a hes | 
Pf pay m In the smaller speci- asunder: in these drills; We do - =e 
analyses of $ pariis M A Ret 3 m pim me wer, |: 
sj, and out of imo Dem heal gives t the e phs- space of 23 feet between the rows and 15 inches 
phorie aeid in one small roo "iis between the plants will probably be more general. le and 
ae [o pc lf, however, instead of i "€ = in benting tho butter in 
tion” to the Beets, while here were 17 en land’ thus inches vide € —— e width to 3 feet, | in which p ee Pa PE 
out of every nine, we |of' i pto^ ing 
nearly all of — 7 Se was a larger percentage | WOuld lose a very large number of roots per acre, contact with the water, it may be 
of phosphoric acid in the smaller Toota P stg [md bear a Mr. SULLIVAN’s researches in mind | or two, afterwards withdrawn, 
these circumstances. we submit that no law has ba: a to our stock would probably | water. The erc be 
been established by Dr. Arzoux as to the With these le fuels: before — er —: 
ative f nitrogenised compounds and IL fee cómibm h us there seems good | drops to a pound of but 
ge and small r pom And ning the em adopted by| 14, Wild r 
) acid in large 
even if he bad ee any such * might ,.-. To avoid lengthened tables we only give one Showing the | kneaded wi 
fresh 4 
still.dispute his further deduction He a — plante may b be thinned in drills 28 inches | He states, ; that by thi u treatment be wal made Be 
(p. 344, vol. L, Journal t oye) 1 Agricultural Distance of nt in Dre ae ee uc as fresh and pure in sour e rio a : 
Soeiety of Irelan m: a m s, Mangels 8 iche 2 da ie this resales to tit utyrie cali i 
! sim i 10 5 ds » which — rancid odour — — 2 
b 10k „ = ~ Sk ono EE. soluble in fresh milk, and is then 
HM 55 be ue. pe Tine 15. There ru v very ge 
12„ũ„ e Wc M | that they give a bad taste to 
