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512 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Jose 11, 1689. 
— — 3 at which guano ness t ano , ness to 1 rec eive. any furth 
F s phosphate of of time, | Md m cin * eee y further particulars he might wags Wish fy 
Sere may be sald Ui cunt the Eti y" epe ton | ditus according to the foregoing scale of v * . Smythies, of Auck 
at eee si 3 ^ Hua eule whichis te le èr e ier ose e sed an — ag to the Cou 
i 
$ 
as 2 5 New 
round apa nei .. ether 
CONDE S M ^ 75 7 10 0 „ " nd that, of guano. The grea were in possession ‘of any remedy t 
d And in bolled bonca h - E super erphorphates omitting, wise) against a small ri ge Lye he stated 
I have satisfied oif. iy direct Are that of course, sophisticated articles, which belong to no over the face of the country in swar rms durin À passes 
pe ena bes phosphates in which are valued | known genus, and can be referred to va Arendt 2 7 1 N all vege tation 8 hot dry 
chemists at thl It uncommon thing to fin d manures veni munication om Mr. reenw ood, of 
duction of the erop o which they enen ely Ap: whieh the farmer purchases ammonia A the rate of | Brecon, was read relative to an insect tht had 
plied, while ground bones are most efficacious manures. |1607, per ton correspond- | stroyed his Mangel Warzel Med ss hat a 
ow ing figure. yes not worth more tan 21. or aed seen du urin ng the ie ie hat in b ` E 
i lv advert + 1 been eli 
li ected very un. 
i e . 2 — prt “manures; but Per f le at from ime pof im Lor ners stated that]. ly 
thei ron phosphates P not recie and 5 who has an interest i in the Ert nd bad found the Man 5 pte on his Io orig 
as the Worm not so dissolved is 8 at 7l. ent of e should len d his aid i in stem mming | | eaten all over when about an inch hi gh by E 
8l. a I submit that little relia can 
* rif viera the: bas — tion in the minds of those Professor Simonds stated that his M. 
be oth in the” „present mode g in pro; dm ing 1 know am 13 blishment in this | been wer by an undergroun id d rab. een ui 
to sell Peruvian guano whic h oes not | 2 the insects to be forwar ded" to E 
inso| insolub ea ph verde Muir v sad be gach a ety ro that substance from the Messrs. Gibbs. | entomologist, for ex xamination, an d; also so desi int the 
Ik 
I think it will soon appear that the rule adopted i in re- " 
Lo. val Gi faki ) phosphate of | of Oyster and. other PRS are "€ and after ee that the Society would be obliged by mel 
hemists who value (insoluble) p 
* 
2 now of a concern in 
any farther 
Ir" ein 
e at 75 a ton say tha at the soluble ha 5 pho: aeg ative M. ps h ad vuffaréd: S agnis ae 
2 orth four or 280. per "Ther lative ance of dak 8 mim the ae hi oe e mixture 2 thos shore named, and in case an ny successful euch, 
3 ee of the mere Us oe two 8 is et follows :— s to dissipate the little ammonia contained in the|had bon f application. by an account of its — 
f app. 
e Wn i oa Bi- phosphate. limited pra of guano added. I see manure vendors ede 
bs. . 
at present selling superphosphate 9 to analyses copies of the pe 
Phosphoric acid. 46.15 d e two years ago. nd a advertising | of the a Cottage [memo Society,” R Me | 
V " | phospho-Peruvian guano, and ern ape that | Street, Mes | 
Es their sample contains a quantity of ammonia Baron o Colt, of the Bavarian Legation, trans. 
Supposing that a ton u 7 * tatna dad copro- equal to 15 per cent. of pee eaphate 1 Sat. mitted "pla: of the 5 and Almanae of the 
hich is calculat o mislea e 
De ey iw. f biphosphate from t $ A liec dun . — een » that quantity of sulphate is “The thanks of the Council: viti ordered for the above 
oducing a. m een t chere fli only equal to about 3 per cent. of ammonia. I see, i as also for the ai. of the Stat 
aha i f th l acid f 100 lbs. of |! t a ma e advertised under tlie tical Societ ety, the Transactions of t n 
— — 45 Is, dave e in i Na we AL name of British Economical Manito i in these terms— | Society, and ^g American Geogra hien and Statistical 
; h “11 to 14 ewt. of it dcr aere, though costing only 15s. | Society, which were placed on the tahle. 
employ 1008 of real acid, which is supplied by 1236 lbs. to ide has Dei und 1to3cwt.P : ano” Te Covell st then adjourned to the 9 
Seid aei : T equal to 3 ewt. Peruvian gu: ij e weekly 
m liquid acid, which, a peas s wont 246 ff T (w rhich, t retail R i ce, would cost ab out 2L). Surely, no | on Wednes — né — 
cnm à 58 0 
— and to er dic the arce, wa are informed that Barn AND West OF ENGLAND. —Inaadition to thors 
3 75 me Lt 3 0 more (than 14 to 14 ewt. As acre) must not be used ited 
We get ines fli | 
m 
: — that a saving of 75 per cent. may be effected by the at their very su ccessful annual meetin 
miste. (por ton: : DM io pus o B e of —— — ad is ba eked by thousands of | we now give an extract from the report of the Council 
23 Ibs, of biphosphate 0 testi nials. the Society, some of the statistics of the 
Of in other words, Y ees 8 fraud, I submit tl hibition will be fo 
sulphuric aci wa OUR M C ded Ems 157. es 8 Ist. deal with men of w The Ge neral ] Meeting of the Members of the 89. 
ton. | kuo wn pr obity—men who ax a stake in the ees ciety took pla ace last m J. Rinse D 
Eu. Eno that f which, say to lose. President, in the chair. 
ce oto i E s. d. te To send a sample of the manure which he pur-| Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, pres a Femke for 
Kr new x „ „ 0 [chases to a chemist for analysis, and ascertain by the 502, for distribution as extra pri 
MC x: acid, wo — P successful exhibitors of cattle and pa 
Ate italy E Sg ey 3d. Tao Ei farmer should, in my opinion, always was received with acclamation, and a vot 
Wa pits N gypsum, worth.. 1 3 0 manufacture his own manure, and Sa » imously p . The report of the Council 
Pi erm Tek o ure a | then read decia the i the 
or about n —" large, shallow i f mci governors, = life members, and 75 
If those mox ens be corr I am at a loss to | bones being the c be capes — baie; moisten them with | other members, since pu m g 
1 € Aeon value en PA of lime a t ng water, 'after which add one- | exhibitors of stock at t 5 meeting; 
280. . per ton. And I do urgently i weight of brown sulphuric acid, which — of animals was: 177, sh 
the stie ot par chemical | friends to this part of e | costs sia. que r Ib. ias * will be more effectual if 55, p The number of exhibit 
2 7 pow SES rete and ac e first mixed together, but it is | impl ts was 108, and 1080 articles were efterel. 
now explain for the safer $5; roce ed a ES oT Dave directed as a very violent In the io riated to machinery in motion 
iHe fev ^ practical farmer, how hem may, with actior Ra e whe en and vitriol are mixed the: ere a * 18 e Dy The sted 
0} £P I i 
a first-class ch. ist), ascertain the value of a manure. ^ | da ays, rm mass should be 1 und stirred; ry! 5 
The following | is the table of prices adopted up to the|the work of Solution ceases, frog s may T died — ot reporting that the pl Dicha comprised on 
present time; and any substance not 3 in the with fine dry mould. most beautiful 5 of the works of art to be 
aie wd Bes be Meet overlooked in the calculation. A lligent do who can command skill | found in Ts The Council are 
Pis perton. |and every qs rug cience on out, and 1 who | moe te rib puce 
0 10 is is content wi uneration 
56 0 9 and capital, su 
700 than the mere farmer ; t seems to me e 
X H : desirable to teach the small farmer, w 
20 0 0 me a prey to fraud, how he Say make his own 
1 10. 0 superphosphate. 
3 rresponden 
»|. Thick or Thin Sowing.—I am about "i flag” gm 
osphate, — of a etd of Wheat Ed with 43 pecks o s 3 
Had I sown 2 bushels it 
The 
be le b multiply t ingredient | cultivation, » and cleanliness. A thi i 
M ia prion per to a, and sso the produc idl | net re ere thick sowi sio crie d: i anata aie te locality and » 
100 gives the price per t is sowing large quantities on highly farmed] From the interest excited in the b 
18 Catt he mii of Qe ius e If I were to catechise a farmer jedem X a n ind: at the meeting, its effects n 
average composition seed 
ian n heb. do you get for one bushel of | doubt tend permanently to improve the agricul” 
of 8 AR nobleman Told me to-day he got the neighbourhood. Alt ep gree 
2 to 2} for one. I replied that my crops which he was | Could not expec! ers 
compost Price per Value of | looking at would most probably yield 40 for one. oa 
tone 100 tons. | Oats and Wheat we need not be iss 
ress 7 co. pie Just yet. His land was 
1652 56 0 6 924 ne province as St. Petersb 
Organi ~ mati and E. 52.05 | 010 0 5 Mes uo * icey consequently th 
Potash 3.50 20 0 0 70 — iain. good crop of weeds. J. J. M 
Insoluble j phosphate | 22.78 7 161 
Phosphoric acid in alka- 
salts 334. equiva- 
line sal 
lent to biph 465 28 0 0 140 
lime .. m P: ^ | 
= 
| Societies. 
imc War RICULTURAL OF ENGLA: 
£1321 
Or to Wk te i perton E. y Couch held cld Wednesday, June Sih, 8th, best show men 
ER rustee, 
—— present, te: EM ht e pris 
of the anomaly is simply this—that you the chair, ili seme as its disadvantages. It no doubt 
va quantity of — paar from * use didates is directs atten a 
Phate, and only part enn irit partiy n phos- " „R. Wainwright read. nventions; but at the weiten ied cru 
in gen — estimated; but Mr, Way found this | * satin d that E he had 8 nne | that eaat a 4215 oec m iri Fee "lad 
uncil expressed t tbe willing- | E is not due, and 
g praise where it 
