pines e 3 fine grain, which CE in qa pec 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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m" especially by Чөн, lying to the north of it. 
s, however, the samples in the New South Wales 
eol ection a believe, excelled i in quality by those 
climate, so her gr 
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shows | 
> [serbe Jarge case of | 
Wheats, Da анай and Oats has just ie erected in the 
Victoria collection on which agricultural visi itors will 
mg seas— 
t of mugh ty 
for the cradle ye Fertile continents b pesos by 
wmm in o which ай the distressed 
selves an nd 
uman,’ 
рош country 
is already becoming. super- 
4 nations have since that ti me 
Ibs. 
un [s бен samples of а 
of her dE which | ber: 
he 
Wheat 
555 
nearly at the rate nop пке that of 3000, 
6000, and 9000 tons per a 
The 10е field had been A aai а СРК 
amoun 1861, by the zd 
vious teilt 
sto ck u 2p to ut b eud of pel and the applice- 
Sew; 
t 
| did not commence until April 1. "Unfortunately, the 
amount of Sewage obtaina ible in this fie M ww 
is one numbered 26, which weighed по less tha 
69 lbs. 4 oz. in the colony, and Which now weighs 
Itis a 7344 brem grain. There are, 
fine cream- coloured, я 
ied Whe — пуши ng th 
of Da rle 
bushel. 
Tartar rian Oat wei ghs по less - " e: 4 oz. pe 
ann 
actually grown TEE 
by i iem its fruits, Canada 
and кшй more у industry may d. already so desi 
the А shown in great profusi ion and i 
ёа 
taml пі machinery fm ofthe New Sonthi Wales and Canadian 
lections are worthy о 
e 
rA colony at ze end of 1 
that owing 
al 1796 the whole of n: live stock in the colony, 
se ET horses, 227 cattle. 
ck have Msn ig the 
gens I feeding on the 
| grasses of Kattalik f: the end of 1860, as 
sien in the following table: 
ony. Home - 
951497 - 
69,288 
23,504 
49,399 
21,034 
Cattle. 
2,408,586 
ur 534 
2,890 
Sheep. 
..| 6,119,163 
as 5, 194,127 
Queensland .. ..| 9,449,350 
— B m 2 824,811 28, 265 
pem um ..| 1,700,920 83,366 
New South Wales 
Victoria .. . 
1 1 ached by any variety, 
is, we should i imagine, Ы mech ein in the 
case of ped rian Oats. 
Eas South кырр Colony is also very rich in 
mples of grain; there is, for instance, a sample Red 
the harvest of эе, eut in Jannary of this y 
which weighed in the colony 68 lbs. loz. per bushel, 
and pA or 12 other bushel samples of grain varying |; 
from 64 to 67 lbs. 
The West Australian Colony exhibits Wheats and 
Maize, and ад а fine collection of woods, at it 
is for its wools aud i. alpaca that itis more especially 
remarkable. 'The wools from all e i Aus pas с 
nies are, after E , tho rep resentativ of its est 
Agricultural w T gin 
the English | aen looks on specimens represent ing 
quar which his climate forbids his ever hoping to 
TOWN SEWAGE. 
the portion allotted to be cut 
s of ecuring enough for the 
QuaAwTITMES OF SEWAGE APPLIED, AND OF GRE 
den OBTAINED, PER ACRE, IN EACH OF THE Two 
IE 
The following Table (I) shows the quantities of 
sewage to be ap 
differént p на 
up to the he last сийе of the Gn; the 
quantities pesi ped 
ess е ; the produce of ea ien per acre; and the 
of mee obtained for — 1000 tons of 
ы а 
TABLE SHOWING m AMOUNT OF SEWAGE APPLIED, AND OF 
GREEN GRASS OBTAINED, PER ACRE, 
T | SEWAGE, | PRODUCE. 
Quantiti 
actually | d Total 
applied to | Green Grass 
ks" x e | per Aere. Tm 
s pplied.* 
[Report of experiments on the application of Town Sewage to 
Grass lands, conducted at Rugby, X ri] the season of 1861, 
by order of the Royal Sewage ssion.] 
Ат Rugby, the whole of the available sewage of the 
юта is DUM by G. H. Walker, Esq., and, after being 
distributed 1 by means 
.. 19,888,381 | 8, з, 641! 314,722 
“ The ow е [or vU n March 31, 
iv n ut Souno of | Su 
eg 
rather above ihe average of South Australia. Sens 
in seasons of extreme drought the colony has 
raised eat more than onehalf the каа 
› its і ашир 
p^ e bee 
tati 
bread stuff (including. rice) for the enc of the 
population. The кы on of Wheat in 1860-61 was 
е of 45 b of the Le gt 
on 
ead may be тес 
T 8 bushels, des the quantity required for 
E ize is grown largely as food for horses, pigs, and 
New South Wales. and Qu ее ensla nd are the 
f| These arrangem 
poses of ther 
e imo T tho Australian 
the prodaction of this valuable cereal 
uction is rather r over 30 bushels pe 
rted to V. 
No less than 559,226 1 hipped 
s last year, of the estimated ete f 92, 4507. 
uch Seth ав of late years been best owed o 
the рано of Ше Vi the manufacture of 
wine, There wi acres, b 
g 
99,791 gall 
mm or at tha rate of "abou t 160g go per poa UN 
mixed arable dodo la nd, p^ chiefly th e la 
hydrants being "ied at intervals «9 E me nen f c 
surface distribu uy on, either by h 
ts being well | adapted "for t АБА por 
А от! ion d^ 
the kindn йур th 
е Wa Јкег and J. 
pe Esqrs., been able to "ode upon ае 
15a of Grass land in Ma eighbourhood of Rugby, | 
КОКА ith sewage as above déreribed. k consisted 
of two fields, g S bo 5 and the o 
10 
: 
through 
Cam 
he of в pp 
of. land dud be accurately ga 
too, when full, samples ot the sewage w 
stato d inte: tervals, s, for 
composition. 
The pracen objects to be attained in the experi- 
ments, 
e taken 
r of abou 
which a tank of | oca capacity To 
fixed e differ "- pre 
а ү red to; the di 
seimlly порна up Ph the time of the 
t| the fac 
the determination ot its chemical pud 
тт. ewt.qr.lb. тв ст, qr.1b, 
None | эй 657 
Plot 2 (4 cuttings) | 1872 14 "T 3 10 OEC 
ee (4 cuttings) 4788 27 0 90| 3 14 0 25 
lot 4 b quium) 6713 32 1 0 111 3 10 0 28 
Plot 1 (2 cuttings) | 
Half. of 10- 10-acro Field. —Produce re gives to Milking Cows. — 
8 18 0 
15 16 8 
22 15 2 
26 13 3 
Plot 1 (2 cuttings) 26 
Plot 2 (4 cuttings, а) l| 4 
Plot 3 К cuttings, 95| 4 
Plot 4 (4 cuttings) 21 3 
None 
1503 
3145 
4678 
i 
8 
6 
ооо 
ag 
acts, 
-— 
cutti and 
hat the dates cd 1 and on the re 1А tive 
ics died according to amount =: Ae d and the 
sequent progress of the Grass 
Жанек; it appears probable that ( the Poe d ы 
produ ce would under deis circumstances 
of f sewage чш кас 
1 Җ m 2r the amount of increase of produce 
yie ms bg y Sifierent quan Rin of sewage of known 
com 
T ble method of e 
espe the idis is, whether it оша | 
be employed in the dias dee oras һау, whet! 
for vet уа uction d milk and butter, or of 
meat whether t should be consumed alone 
"The аА without sewage was, іп eac уз field, equal 
to еме orar 2 tons of hay per acre. It was rather 
the less igher re piked 13 10-асге field ; фарма 
ine o he fiot that the had there been fed 
| dow os in March, pev lees the 
experi 3:5 
E EXPERIMENTS WITH OXEN.—Ten 
Hereford c oxen n wore tied up in a shed ; two to be fed 
@ 
ic 
5 
В Б 
© 
„В А 
in 
g 
ch 
Q 
e 
4. 
Ж vim 
plication of the sewage of towns, in the manner 
t advan vantageous us both to urban and rural 
intere sts. 
e portions should be 
indiscrim ‘nately 
m 
fora p weeks ; namely, from 
t | September 16.. They had then, бе à farther period of 
four weeks, in addition to the Grass, 4 lbs. of oilcake. 
per head per 
Tueg following Table Д өн to the period during 
hich the oxen had G e; and it shows tho 
ве е 
nr v with sewage as follo "E — d lied. and thi 
“The wines noma to nee и en of riu tons x sewage кы annum Mex -— " ctually anms, the I E ie t 
a kae а here as to their soyani and th a ELM P f 9000 Ж татф оп each plot; the average amounts y un- 
elves»? RUM va The remainder pe aesa daily с ы m sober of eria terre oar each 
“ы S фе оной пара aro bant ш the 5 bed bs teg синои stato toten Re тў ld час ох; number ot pounds of i 
acres. was to be given, in e green te, to fa n QS 
М p рень, 12 exhibitors, Whea ; that of a ondin o Lo consumed în live weight the рг uos. ot edich ыб y ks B yos 
shown by eight exhibitors; x very fine sample by ме gem by akon rests. puer. that v y^ third to be pou p € indus sud ERA ае 
8.8. {иман of Bathurst, and three samples shown to һа; t live weil "dota ined e consumption of the 
by Messrs, лог of E Eas of 1861, m ay [e p» "вей тае bond out for the purpose in small f mount of in of produce yielded from 1000 tons 
hips si The Wheat i iso of two surface dra ins, в by Mr. Bickford, according | ор sewage appli 
р qum d the m y үд. XII: x the Journal of 
4 Шш бгз eot the Ro MR the fourth cuttings were 
re ta bu - 
wine are also shown by Ser South Wales, 
* In the acre field, in which 
taken in October mem November, the mos " od 
a Agricultural 
Tn the 5-acre field, the produce 2 to be | x 
aen vo to Ше оар E: SPP The НЕ of |< 
ME GR land 70 bushels per not infrequently 
mE epe vineyards of France is com 
S B ii. lied. i RO ы зү азау applied on 
рац plots up to the time of the cutting 
Grass on each, was, upon the whole, pretty | rec 
ейи Бүгү plot. " 
u^ Ie: 10: е? ras, ta the fth о 
not taken К late in 
of 
but as they consisted 
from each та qoid the growth would be 
Жону a few суа during et montb, the quantities of sewage are 
Teckoned only wp to the end of No ovember, 
