‚ 6, 1862.] тв GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. a45 
f crops sown by the farmer, who did tion, He “ Why, you see, Sir Robert, we farmers have a | 1001. to each. Ithank you ve tefully for the patient 
гра great staple, like that of hat noi Rek 3 ploughs breeds weeds.” Iam happy to say attention with which a ту e Е: те, а І 
a the necessaries of life, but, on the that, 'alchough agriculturein this country is not always spoken | have been speaking on a subject which bas n nothing but 
е introduction of a rd variety o ot c rops, | of in complimentary terms, even in the year 1847 we were not | its intrinsic importance to recommend it. Icallon you now 
d below in the pete e neutralize s that state of primitive ignorance. I wish to call the atten- | to drink, with the same cordiality with which I propose it, 
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nfdence to the list of medie given at the by the writes s of great towns. Itis now about 20 years ago | Society." Pardon me for adding what I had forgot to men- 
ora proof of his assertion. There they found |since I pressed са — 3 vc qned upon thea а но си H ^ "s a more алама statement by the gentle- 
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ind of produce, 80 as to experience no Age inconveni- | very fine, and also very true, but all he has said amounts to | shall be happy to give to the gentlemen ie the e 
ае when rent-day came nord It was to the increased | this, * Muck is лече ЫЙ If that be true, although, no doubt, [ The pamphlet by Mr. Menzies was reviewed in our 
i il an men who make d i 
and the in sowing, and if this Society had done| money, it is no reason why we should make ducks and columns some months ago. It із "published by Shaw 
than bring the tarmei of three counties | drakes of our muck—why we should not mereiy waste t is | & Sons, Fetter Lane. ] 
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а year 
А5 wh € ns whic n! 1 
of, the results of which were before them, | promote the agricultural production of the land. It is a subject. 
14 have accomplished a MM useful B ES which i is attended with very great difficulty, but itis beginning tbí 
сей a most be ai m n ion. Lonly wish to 
they done much. 1 caus ect was not overlooked b; rs li f Ha А егез 
knitted together still more closely the various | ago ; and, if Is оша ы be unduly trespassing on your time, and Ornament ni Plants, с, pp. 22. 
b. enn ARS to ех William кал, Esq. F.H.S., Director 
of la in the ара ог moral condition of per as come under my own observation. It may attach perhaps. of the Botanic Garden. Р Printed at the Observer 
rists ofthiscountry wh ni bh had notelthororiginaad сд interest to the observations I am about to make | — Office, Grenfell Street, Adelaid 
the full, frank, and free discussions whic! en ou that the elty, if novelty there is in the 
ese agricnitural meetings. Whetherthey looked | discovery and application of the t RAM. belongs n not to me, nor This pamphlet reports an isst interesting 
condition ofthe cottagers, theincreasedcomfort | to any man now living, but exclusively to the practical | address read before the Adelaide Seen prd Hire. 
heir moral and sere кош orto | knowledge and experimental observation of his -E on the 13th of last Ma, 
оушеп& of a more sk: labourthanformerly |lamented Royal Highness the Prince Consort. He acclimatisa tion societies tal 
the consequent advancement of =e culture as a science, | applied his eminently practical mind to this subject, id ni hi thei it jus tly r 
dej saw alike the results of the Эйе o* йа such аз | among others, and had made various experiments upon |1Gea on w ке their r name is founded :— 
fe present, He meno -— e силиб Xn : e the — of one of niare I have - the o — * The ing of the word M eis is 
" he stated that his Ташу conviction was that | of seeing, an деш the important effects produce y evide: 
Санде Farmers’ Club .conducive to the best |it uponthe herbage Os borne, u the Isle of Wight. That to v iy | the process of жк Pars, ipi tsi "s cr 
шей of the community A iius. Я hich I am 5-2% кад y your attention is an experiment 
| $ which has been recently carried on according to the plan of brought f from a decani climate it may D шй 
| his Royal Highness, оп а small scale certainly, at Wellington | dom cating, uralisin. ng, but not strictly acclima- 
Sans Шлгазитне Aerccurcnas Ат Ралутон,— | Goge, E ost dpt eal yoy int ie gern ee иш, 
The weather has been disastrous on the principal day large laundry 1 for dol the ө washing of the whole establish- | Іа this тее sense it is rather doubtful if such a 
И the meeting, and the large show, including 1000 | me n this So unimportant fact, because it | thing as acclimatisation exists. Dr. J. Hooker and 
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.  qiries of implements, inspected amid great |! important io them. In l this way a ча таба атр ао ther scholars of ii ice m that such cannot 
| Ww . The following is the number of the live | tot for the production of vegetables and tho oultivation of of | take place, and that all our efforts but show us what 
| Wk —Short-horned bulls, 47 ; milch cows and | flowers, there is nothing so good аз the applicati psuds|animals and plants are too tender to accommodate 
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hei! ; le of any breed, 85; horses, 128; L^. ^ V ров «лып "Ru paro е. ы ароз | tl босиб new cir tances, and what others are 
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| л; " vx т 143. АП diem спе eto fa a Бе overflowing of om liquid manure rom those | Ор Учур of of deought ot аа py of Sabita. 7 A the 
cesspools. Following the an of the nsort Г, 
"за br the Society’s prizes. . In addition to | we putes de this liquid a short distance from the ar 
them, special Guild prizes were offered, for which the rom. pips о $ ME peius тн нүш зү СЕЕ Among the instances then quoted is tha tof Gynerium 
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Implements, 54; Short- | ing that if the liquid is introduced at the top of the | 2776" nieum, which was killed tiroughont England by the 
м horses, 44; sheep, 18; pigs, 11; cheese and filtering bed the solid matter in it would in a short time form | severe winter o — 61 
total cake and prevent the continuance of the process of filtration. "< Thus pro an тай Henderso well-known 
"Te Dinner eld in a large ро in i Chapel Walks, The p Piani тае M ева n OANE E oed nurseryman near ar London, says, * that iti в, а adapted 
which was ш эл е сап „Сот е la id for [ae] iie , by its fa^ force, the с еш: part made its way ri ы climate of Britain. It is true that better and 
Vill The bir s рени through the bed, leaving the solid part at the bottom. lar food may do MEM ing, per 
еб а Hon. the Earl of ba The. weather | The id Y eg or of threo, ar oria s M cet Da оро. Th each hijs more—in rendering an animal better adapted to 
penetrated the roofing and the dinner was eaten under | Sacer gradually forced its way th sadi i пей bogeoll The | опг wants, more robust, Ден more docile, of better 
b. Kod and through that to tne upper опе. It then Mot flesh, of во! fter „fleece ; bu t this із not acclimatisation. 
The Chairman, The Earl of DERBY, proposed the | division separating the larger filtering bed from rage lod 
toast of the edm * Success to the ni ya North | 3nd dropped to the bottom of the second bed, in which it ros ач 
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: s: h в or trays of burned bogsoilasin the first | | “~ 
lancaslire Agricultural Society." "ait rdship said :— inse, As. Даве t the л «ирада Che manda was these societies. The wo! -— она vend be 
Ait I do not E. the pre mber m imple- | removed, a fresh tray was substituted. The original | more English, and naturaiisation or adaptation more 
ments and steck exhibited to-day, or e preine amount paid | expense oft de enin k and pipes leading from it was qm orrect. 
ft admission, this I do know, that I am enabled to contrast | In the course of nine months, during which the Collegi м. 
Ally enough the present meeting tu ie first meeting of | has. been open, we have collected from the bogsoil Sn „ы Mr. Ега is proceeds to enumerate an characterise 
üe Royal North Lancashire Agricultural Society which .I|the frames an amount equal to 96 tons of the best manure, | the bin ir" ge it were desirable to introduce into 
3ieuded—T believe the first of its institution—15 equal, at 8s. а ton, to 381. a year, ог опе third in the first year | Australia, His remarks on t d rather to 
ак i ju not trouble you with x d r3 ago, in of | of the whole expense of - ren р. established. That, how- 
would just mention that ever, was an object, attained by the way. princip j 5 К 
пой of admissi ionto the «ntion that dila a aed was to obtain the liquid manure for the purposes of irrigation. | introduction of that animal which have been enter- 
нат. I and I am told that, notwithstanding Toavs zaone of tae роп at де рар. when w : lo Jr ained, The author says :— 
were interposed by the state of t c the land we gave 10l. an acre for елар of it “ 
етесіз to day are expec I lo i5 wipe ably ica seme and were told that s had given twice as * * For m AO part, 1 ve not imagine that 5 shall 
ач T But when I say that the receipts in 1847 were only | Worth. It із of the worst description of Bestia iin y tod ot Уди пу й 
Way, I Я. а. ееш old me аы of the Society | Worthless rne pona man of gravel, eid Hep y і tici f ti 
А show d for | water. with swamp, and some e 
tie lect tha! Уч "ЗМ that cconsion. n tle NOW s Mni He is adeep brick clay, which, when reclaimed, will be At any rate, еден; шг Ara м зе e x о its 
ж елрппгооа of Lancas The stock | the more valuable portion. This land had never produced breedin c e el e ea our 
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which there h April to Кор; cutting i ne great draw ainly is, t А as food it is 
Жай юта as е Shorthorn”, Тым. з ihe atata wiit | зок fr The nest Balf ум, and no тор Ebat ая бш wis inferior to mutton. 1 speak hore of the alpaca; the 
lie pris exhibition of stock in the year 1847, and I leave | less than 1 foot in height. Та addition to this, from the moil T s peak pier 
"Who have had an opportunity of seein to-day | have described we supplied the College with Potatoes and so llama and Mee же айы inferior. 'The llama 
this country, 1,5 the progress which agriculture has made in | of the finest vegetables I ever saw EM my life. I ought to has lo ool, t na has like 
that witii d e "E in stock alone, but in every respect mention that the only expenditure attending the burning of | beaver skin, for whieh it E S beon su bstituted; but the 
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ect upon the feedi tables than on arable land. To show youthatIam| Тһе following excellent prei again is u- 
aa Шоп any Other description à produtos, к not talking for the sake of talking, Т will c conclude de my observa: | sively Australian, 
p I have been ae tions о! dia 1 I may here be allowed to say a word or two 
Doma кыне number of Lei : he contrary, da there herr ie А it shing Chis вее e "(ior sud such А it wil pe) relative to cropping the vci of uid. fit and 
i im quá veg yalue, would be a NECS to ready to offer to give a premium of ma n or | most valuable object. or an acclimatisation society to 
Me раде proces із ny Point in which agriculture bas tot tio frat rre cep which shall have Successfully — by which | pursue, Travellers into tbe central deserts speak — 
tended — of and woody 
and sci le utilise the entire li id sewage of a district 
[fames Stalking to me about tho for an example a less than 4000 i habit Maris, in i districts | of objects fit for human food ; they allude to no fruits, 
He said he чүс рсы upon one , within the North r^ or the M Manchester Liverpool | no roots, no — no palatable e esculent vege ege m 
miris tha mal prize, E ould give an iron icultural Society, if 1 should live so long, and should be во | ie reasonable to suppose that some success would a 
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