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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Max 31, 1969, 
^ ]ooks well; Oats and Barley have 4^ d well, and have а 
healthy look; Beans that were into S ground in 
February ha ; Grass was 
idum LI think the appearance of the 
EE there are a few ск damaged 
ave been patched. Upon the whole it is 
for some time. The Barley Lp von 
strong and shows well for a crop. 
SOMERSETSHIRE : Bridgewater.—The Wheat in the bi armed 
and dry lands isa iod plant and is looking well, po^ mot 80 
luxuriant asI have seen but in the 
bad farme 
КАЕ їп | general "e pn very strong. Asto 
Ома, pob n » late, edt oome cu В well 
relooking very promising. 
best mixed soils) the Wheat very poor indeed, with 
— an exception. Altho n the plant was not thin in 
ter and spring it never tillered and m p as usual, 
bd pos Каша а very poor crop. Barley, 
which was late, looks well, and I can 
no reason to doubt wil bo a good уе: crop. Peas gen 
rally look poorly; layers very bad, such of them as have 
been fed have pect or mox little cA and ar се ho е which 
is а bad prospec 
ais Мт. Frere, Mr. Raym 
T both the early and late sown, гапа wants warm weather 
much. What have seen of Wilts, I think the Wheat м 
be! ats very promi ising, but 
eas 
late harvest e 
n re the P 80 late, that әј quantities have 
o late as last week, Young Grass is very good 
к 
WORCESTERSHIRE : Evesham, e Elms, “ е. 
Ihave mislaid your note, but in answer to your questions I 
beg y that Wheat on the best soils is look 
ad. Barley comes up very yellow and unhealthy in appear- 
се. The Beans, О: н» Vetches, Clover, and Gr: crops 
are univers: za. 2А ЫЛА Apples апа Plums that 
promised зо fortnight ba SE Sed very muc! 
Potatoes, 
iud БИР 
мүге destroyed pota "The Moch are being 
very late. Henry Hw m 
YORKSHIRE: Pontefract.—The growing crops 
remarkably well, KE, promise an abundant 
but what it may be at harvest I cannot tell. 
pa ne, and Wheat will shoot soon if the weather 
„ Taylor, Durrington. 
y all kinds loo! 
rop at present, 
The weather 
continues. 
e 
ROYAL 
The Wee S Codi Mg" d the quet took 
place on УА ay last at the Rooms, Hanover 
Banara X » Lord W ALSINGHAM in the chair. Amo; gt ^ 
gentlemen present were Sir J. Johnstone, Mr. D 
M.P.; Sir E. Kerrison, M.P.; Professor ойс, 
ond Barker, Mr. Bla ckburn, 
& 
I cannot Lu saying I never recollect 
Whea! eavy land afrer such а w 
G. Good 
SURREY.—As far as my observation goes, the Wheat looks as 
well or better than it at does at this period of the 
y very forward. The spring crops 
(not before LEY) of E ind looi 
jate M M 
радо 
arle 
very healthy, pea xA h 
Sussex : Midhurst. .—The Wheat ‘стор bz this nei Же оса | pè 
Ж? latter had 
de weather sot i in; it left the 
and will bea 
been 
vy soils in record. Very little 
was done sonir hy 6or PT "ils p^ the la last d days of February. 
The Turnip fallows UR --24 backward. I hear to-day of their 
g Grass for hay 2 or 3 miles from 
ты pou 
— 
usual; kin; 
best Barley land in шанюй T but Pre the strong soi 
land is ЕН set andis getting of a whitish те ellow colour, 
vig I Е ust bea short с: Bean 
crop. Peas look well upon light 
Бетон on the strong. William Lio the ap lveston Hül. 
my 
neighbourhood, I can 
uti акр 8 the Wheat was 
in the tho ast d СЕД it ы brightened up 
considerably, but it thisn eiai, Bek urhood is not famous for its 
comes now. I cannot give any reason for corn 
abouts looking bad, but that it is strictly а dairy со 
I T" Norfolk fashion n, and my Wbeat, o: 
d well mucked 
Le emu е 
е ud 2: is better, althou; 
especiall y pred ans, Peas, an: 
494 has been either re 
E 
А pretty we 
has ted the 
field e m 
healthy. Barley - Re 
re much Ра E m Ж йр, 
m 
apo the properties 
be 
е 
t 
E Шо On the who 
А ттр 
agricul 
g 
A worthless matter at all. 
vera d elected, after 
which Dr. VOELCKER proceeded to give а lecture upon 
of 
TowN SEWAGE AS А MANURE.—The learned Pro- 
fessor commenced by observing ЭВА We 
th: h d sewers, which of course Асау: а large 
quantity of mentitious matter, and Mr. Lawes, in an able 
Paper Ынна ө sometimeago, ean 
asto the amount of 
state 0: 
rec i 
» за OS] оне sadid, 
i io 
уда чы S een e tho pde 
pha most valuable 
phos 
was Моро 
Lawes M rU tions the amount of nitrogen 
Ee 
xd likewise the average 
рое “т London s ae "ou d in addition to this they had 
vantages of various analyses that uM. куе made, ex 
lished in Dr. Hoffm and Mr. Witt 
reports to the Government, while others mid 
god t ade by Dr 
DA UE Ct m gallon m the sewers, rl 79 o night, 
giving average e day and night togethe ra P t hat 
aking 24 24 of the analyses, he found that 15 yielded an average 
of 66, ута лид ег 9 of 123 grains of solid matter per 
im 
yere gallon ng the character of the larger quantity. of solid 
ИР whic ое rred on stormy and mp days, and КЕЧЕ 
of so) 
it might t be ph that town 
contained on an avi of solid matter in 
1000 pa parta. What then was the О ЕНЕР i4 that solid ipm tter? 
еззга, 
of which 6. 7 — Aesopi 
; those ed ems 
of solid matter pe рне. thovgh 
хь the of London would be Worth 
orar He must, however, 
t ne the calculation of the 
m 
Whish v 
p e COMNIE AIOR reae. the amount of water osont in 
е, which was exceedingly large, it was air to 
pde. i the dry matter of sewage, of Уй але one-third 
valuable, the other two-thirds being worthless for ird only vis 
purposes, with a material like guano, which contained scarcely 
entirely арид 
the peri above given the 
e ammonia у em erm o atb 56l. per ton; phosphate of 
and potash, 311, ton, In sewage 6-7ths of 
existed and yl 7th in a 
tons of se 
rt 
same. — 
iod q^ 
8d. per ton, Mos 
he average give Aem kii (Dr. 
sr believed it to m ГА found zi a 
r its 
; for its potash 178., at За. 
per 1Ь.; and for its phosp! orie aċid 35. 2d., at 2d. per Ib. By 
this e HM sewage wouid be wort 
for its fertilising pro; 13d., or not quite 8d. per 
1000 gallons. They must however observ 
be very fallacious to Sand the cond! 9 that it would 
fertilising materials in a ton MES that because the 
o th y 
anure, which (27 oy would 
y where wanted, and ieh p them 
r with thei: 
fairly established in the soil, the apparatus 6211008 
slisidesplant food was as formed, 
that existed in i 
o 
e 1 period, th: the more deve on the 
tu — : thi 1j сасе manures lik. 
phosphate or guano are of much greater use than those 
n otherwise rich i in mm food. did not contain a sufficien 
quantity of it in a pre state to t thi 
а young plant such as rni Whertements of 
or degree 
ед 
y could ot irato EM bie p more 
where the whole of the plant food bad to be su 
manures as well as town sewage could be ve о ан 
applied fo eneral enrichment of the soil, The l 
angels, or 
had to 1, ч 
ај a muci 
in t e case of ions 
cod r the same reason they must ni 
a still r quan a liquid, which, like sewage, con- 
Бка but ittis fertig matter, and which must be puton 
a portion of the soil where it was not wanted. In se 
ha rod thefertilising elements hadat 
value ood farmyard manure. In 
caleula! 
the land, pes I thoy LE due of it through the 
€ above natural produce. 
up scena 
according 
of little or no pe gos haray дук. етуу 
eas on light poor — fer Als tha ue of sewage T or 
sank wi! With the amount of fertilising matters that were applied 
An interesting discussion took place on the conclusion 
of m Lecture. 
In reply toSir J. Johnsto 
asylum with which he was 
the establishment had T ретт by such means, 
Hon. Baronet stated that the gardener had 
rte were finer, but а Voelker said the ad 
derived must have pan КЧ rs Pa Tub apes 
Sf ташу s A 
ether 
course 
more profitable to producers to The 
mantity, h it was 21850094 ру 
t; to Dr. Vi 1 
Lord WarsrNGHAM moved a vote of ti hanks (0. given, 
for the e y ablo d interesting lecture e 
treated o ects of great importance to 
had pss the means of 
заан оп о his mind as to the 
of which uch had Such д 
- "i be tod ар : wt b ire л 
е value of different descri 
a а nt desc a. of трае s ад, bs frangit wirod 
гүш Аун DAN nces ers, ал, aio 
that the anodlation in a deep о 
