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was one of those affections with mineral and organic matter to produce any kind of disease. almosk. | Mditxhedsiibi therin or > lime, 
appexy." А termed, was ases which gave rise to them | That water contained 235 grains of solid matter to 1 gallon. | je hre reopen although. v: able eo fus 
regard to Forexample, the blood was likely to become | composed of various medicinal ode must necessarily affect y 8 E xw fla 
were various. by the inhalation of any noxious material апа | the whole constitution of animals. Не did not feel surprised hat has been said regarding atmospheric influences, 
contaminated Vis i f lifo hz eut зһог | їп the least that animals supplied ur such water should will be seen that treading of land, by е or 
mg the inhalation of noxious vàpo y persons had | become subject ы, serious disease. -— water was taken from | otherwise, especially when wet, will induce the disease, 
уя this d hich was designated ''splenic шюр, and w: apperentiy clea pokig эг water, but it was d that > dated Guided ill b tl t field 
supposed й the changes originally wrought on the blood were | nevertheless f uL t contained н nitric acid 1 grain to 1 |40 puddied endrigs will be the part o 
popleXy. inhalation of ordinary malaria. is opinion | imperial gallon, and 19 s of organic matter, a large portion | most liable to its attacks. 4th, It is also evident that 
Le degree of countenance support from the | of sulphate 4 soda, sulphate of lime, sulphate of magnesia, | the frequent repetition of Turnip erops will not produce 
се that thé malady generally showed itself during muc den edere of B Eae arer а ion | disease, if the soil remain sufficiently rich in mineral 
а wit 
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сонаи а and that, 
ose э 
фе sammer months 15 g whi saturated wi oisture, | duced separately. Such medicinal at, fr their. deficiency, the 
quant shoro was a tof under-drainage, and con- | found in Somersetshire. single tumbler of some of th rop - Turnips on poor soil may be attacked. 5th, If 
-—— from the operation of the sun's rays upon the decayed | waters taken in the mornin etd suffücient to produce ард fiel on ce Show traces of the disease, it naturally 
sequent r deleterious gas was given off. But opposed to decided regm $ Im The no question that in the | e ij iya Zub "n Ў 
Г. ned was the саве of animals that were taken on certain lias district. the; waters endik to produce disease— i 
of а farm, which pastures were likethe other pastures, whether Eois phe. videos or other disease, he was | are supplied , future crops will conti be di 
le ted from them by ordinary di P tpe 4 ипар to вау; pus d t aliah walor оо ould not be drunk hes h. isease prevails more extensively on s 
o pastures on two farms, consisting of about | impunity was perfectly clear. Wit! ct to the water in the J 
а ob eno аво had shown itself, and he could not [uns о the farm it was impregnated w. ith the drainings from worked on the fifth t on M sixth shift, — 
E m Mar cause in operation to show that malaria and was esirable for cattle, for organic matters | there be in da: n ау ий corn erops or only two. 
with the matter. Then, taking a more = cro or less injurious both to and beast. The ditch | Га M pinus o gri crops 1n 
manisi vie i looking’ at the attacks of the disease іп other | water, and water appárently foul, had been proved to be the | the rota І accoun рөө t} n fdi th 
districts, he found itoccurring in winter amongst animals pre- | purest description of water. The well water from Tintin Hall 1 n d (tt G ЕЙ of "two) 
pared for the butcher, and which had n fed largely | was a es water, which he void x not recommend to be used | ‘0086г ant iod ( £1 Бау in Grass, ins 
РЕ = Wurzel oilcake, &с.‚ and kept in circum-| permanently. When he received а sample it had no fctid | during which the soil has to prepare mineral food. by 
stances favoural the continuance of health. Another | smell, but when it was corked up it evelo: sul- | disi isintegrati on; but in the case where there are two 
of mischief to the blood w: be that arising from the phuretted hydrogen in considerable quantities, arising not во | рч т ns 
uction of materials in the shape of food or water | much from organic matter as the aon. of the bee of he soil, thes 
detrimental to the making of pure blood. Many diseases of | lim enr в ulphates. e disease seemed to prevail in | cereals have И the ammonia in the в 
this kind might be traced directly to the food; but on of Bomorsetahire plants hanog little power " рата h it с the 
the case to whic! referring he could not m (s —Not so much on the lias clays as on the | atmos osph ere. The soil, after ke P: ,is much 
ag to Jaxily him in saying that poisonous matter : » 
d the 
entered into the órganis the animal; that it had and prevailing on the Наз clay | poorer in ammonia than sitat o 
M fermentive action on the blood, and consequently led | the pec frequently remained unripe, aud in rd condition less chance o ANS "e е which is the chief 
to the fatality oí sa 1. кечет» — doy metn берт сда — т wo — while сеа indirect сап the dis M UR the combustible and 
examined the her an es ese particular fields e herbage on ows where the splenic apo 
had failed to delet any direct poison which had been carried | for the purpose of ascertaining whether the un poplexy соп ndition mineral cons stitu v" are nearer the relative OE dp 
into the organ ri ihe animal Water entered ely into | of the Grasses had anything to do with the disorder. for producing a healthy gro ih, нат. ugi р iaps 
ihe composition of the blood. ere were no less than 784 | regard to herbage, there was а remark e: difference сима m. crop. kiy Lime -— to cl on ^ op two 
parts of in 10 Pirts of blood. Water held in solution a | sound pastures and scouring lands. Peats always кеен years before tt (^ vens nt 
of materials and gases, ch detriment might be| sound herbage; clays which were "we ai drained, and whi bá an vigér cn -— cation of mae is 
ее 7 blood by this fluid producing certain changes in | required to be AM to the air and well $ а EARRAS ee of an applica 
its character and composition which might be fatal to the life m ony only у was the ste -ploug were — similar to cis ring. The lime niers ма 
eftheanimal In the particular case to which he fer- | rich. They w in a sense o iency o minerals in the soil available for plants, an: its 
he pete the мде ih the district strongly impre d | there was plenty of mineral and plant food in the вой, but it means, & farm = юч en - 3 ma nd. А z 
with sulphuretted hydrogen; but he had no reason se,| was all locked up—so much so that the herbage did not get » b ^ 1 ЕВЫ 
except in the one partie eld, that the animal could | ripe. re was а great chemical difference between the com- years, as fs & quantity of minera consti uents 
na Ves so impregnated, because the dise: h E position е the үтү ripe v ap of ры " um nd the unri as, without it, һе could do in twice the time. T 
of the river Yeo, where the water was ap pistures from 2 о scouring clays. It wo Parks dd inerals in the 
rently of the t kind. Neve less throughout that dis. ascertain w ppa r difference existed in the re of wl ld be pte nu у M ibi pply ta "x are in som: 
trict, farms where the dis as well as| the soils where the splenic a occurred. pet renny sorl were almost inex е 1 гэ as they 
im ted with sulphuretted h 
e i this rere ya case to К шы Кар Шр that w: curio 
or rather the want of water, might induce this disease. He 
was consul: c 
a А growth of гея i vs з most cel a ters to p 
was in 
- | eattle on йе. ий er that the E tibt 
dows seoure 
Colonel es question amongst farm 
whether the water "that T reale Кош а p into which 
cH drainage of the yard ran not detrimental to 
ЕА 
— water w 
minerals are natui ally 
ry de 3 n "Abende nshire soils, that 
esie "i e lite "effect after the first application із 
exhausted—it cannot make available what is not. ther ere 
я for 
iso vr but I оз im 
As Pied uires 
material effect on the soil, it should Mcr А be applied 
year or two before the Turnip cr 8th, дует 
|ы каше; m informed A на he h 
-S s ng more A. to produce 
"This 
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ch Jess than a 
An interesting 
€— deu was concerned in the| Pr 
of ; tke blood: an аі небе m of the wate 
were justified in still looking upon ecti 
in prefer 
In: 
Simonds, Professor Buckman, and Dr, Voelcker, for their able 
and instructive lectures. 
M seconded the motion, which was carried 
E arked that when the information given by 
these gentl omon was published, it could scarcely fail to e 
the d of the = апа occu piers of land. ір distri: 
resembling those to which reference had bee 
hi 
permanently but for a ышы of sn во that whether they 
релде it arable or converted it into EUR the p! — bad 
grasses should be superse: seded by а more of grass. 
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rapid growth of the young siint (i caused mh. ; whilst 
fr resh manure does not , begin to take effect till the 
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E агеја x ^s paper is followed. ^. one on "T k and 
? in which 
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by | of T en tios nr tlie 
past qua aries pades ар | the наб of the J м р of 
SgritiMire pios i is above the average merit of the 
Journal in and Des 
The f kerta hlag Society иле 
son, of Kirk 
Mr. Wilso: pu 
of Tweedside, he questio 
Leicester or f "xit. st crossing the Сейгш wi 
Leicester? and that they are 
siok, the dee узо Moy 
present to the Leiceste anda; mp being 
the ed of the уон Mens of the Mit. Dr. 
derson contribut gps og еей arkable cargoes of 
ch he shows by а 
sos that Peruvian guano is far 
ац 
oy from Bakewell's 
importat Peruvian 
number of recent а 
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toe dise: S, 
its | Auchlossan, Aberdee: x He obj theory 
which aecounts for it as the result o т ied д к», 
and his is theory is, that the finger-and-toe 
M i caused b y an E eh equa 
AM supply o 
soil, as compared with the 
the soil a mosphere, 
"Ts 
of 4i up to no 18 
A— — pe 
neral co: 
combustible "олина s (от partioularly ammonia) |i 
ppl ied by t From t - 
Eight or ten analyses 
the sand varies from 
cent, and. the lar ge чыча, 
жее р" “тч y "uanoes Persius er 
— less than 21 ad бэт per cent d in. The 
n like manner, varied from 11 to 17 per cent, 
has hitherto panpata ro 
are given 9n of. d Srt maps: 
ma De А 
lst, ta soil ma 
supply of br sufficient to produce a healthy and 
even large crop, but that “ йкы 8 and-toe? may result 
id u- d eds 
and the animal fell gs 
cause of death 
mn E Fu wi animal ws frantió, 
ot com 
treatment of the disease, no bridal 
деу! cm хан ся ан туи des 
у, that 
"n юг That. ki id e gr сеи 
cel t 
S D р 
n read the | are the 
The йн. € Дер 
cO areae ipe о еа theory for whic! 
been ЧДУ, pee bg hai. а sh, That hie ced а 
more liable to the disease than 
this vai 
nia; y erop, very 
ite immani К у) - uld be “applied; The 
phenomena o stated by Mr. 
h fi 
атк ie "rt et 
imstances under 
t of his examination 
ag growth is 
ing cause of the disease, it а 
тап ; that vef е" 
aracteristics of rty, 
within tig boo ; 
Owing pon it exhibit all t the cha 
Dr, principally to the дёйпаро, аге phe: 
d at P^ thev are 
"ағ supply 
had analys 4 different kinds 
ufüciently impregnated with "ME in ути whilst in Me elays the 
must call attention hereafter. 
ny ше —— ” as pe: 
фар ;the wet and cold. weather 
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the next and following m 
n eoe. must — i tho sugh we need not anticipa 
Barley and Oats ех - — appear? ін 
though È the чуй on bare land se suffering from an 
of moisture, We аге in the ы of haymaking, and 
23 гене the process is, the weather alternating from wind 
