Marcu 16, eri THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 247 
ссек of the atmosphere. The weekly yield was as 7 the best set of observations 
follow jin each of mà eight ией ча into which Scotland is 
ted ents a pint pt of milk s found 
weigh 29. m so that the conversion ay Bou 
Daily. | divided b the Ке istrar- Gene ral. 
t datos nces into quarts became а simple arithmetical Е e bus. i c AE А g ro » 
Aug. o e mas | be made to popularise - science of meteorology in 
considered very m th p a| е - Н T i jas 02 -4—58.705 —-7=1,0792 |its practical bearings upon every-day life, and prion. 
believe ve it is thought so " T go over the x: d sity | › 27 Верь °5 ) | larly upon agricultural pursuits, in the same way as, 
b: pen ps. Ё it. I : us Lascia more совр а М yes m | Верь. to 1 15 sl | а large extent, the science of chemistry, in its fida 
mremen my precious чы » M mM -+ 45 875 Сүтү 95 4 247.8125 —-7= 0.83085 К. these. subject В, had been pum He did 
h eing Eg in the o cer ^od and from the 1 i ir rious| » 1 Set: e = A | no theorist either in regard to 
ects of pouring it frequently from one vessel into lol d p D. "- E csl was run orden emp gloria аг 6 
Another. » » 15 .. 31.675 5), 116.895-;-4-=90.20095-:-7 = 4.17232 masa which happened to him self while i in India, 
experie ча x „not cor "Ae to one cow, but » i pM >- 1 ) | as showing, more by way о 
with * Lady," who presented us with her um > 80 Nov 20. else, what peat be pan Љу attending to simple 
э pretty heifer, on the ГО of March, 185— | Nov. to 1 16.575 || тү 995.4 17.80025-1-7 9 2.54975 тун ntary law was ally understood d 
f her milk until the evening of he | » 18 › 1 t 0 tatoes could бА x successfully grown at o rdin 
Bowing x but. y" "i" that our days may include e| " | De. 3 .. 13.995 иона in India оп ассо of the nn beat t of 
oning and evening, we begin our statement "| [m to 10 .. 95 44.025-2-411.00025-7 —1.57232 | the climate. There was, vicia a spot in lat. 18°, 
Ма а of milk given in the morning o , 1 » H ке и abor it 4000 feet „above the level of tho see, р 
sog no. Ue о шаку 5 7067 14 excellen 
> gas .. 4.025 quarts э z -—— quality, and he (the Marquis) was mem by t 
ME LE ож eM Жз „ s кте an that he could not raise Potatoes at a шы 
» % e dta b ^ Thus in the second М period of 21 weeks, alter calving» | level. He ый а piece of ground only about 10 feet 
. lam WO ы we find a diminution чүйлү c d: 18.0425 | above the level of the sea, and of the worst ossible 
rx .. 4925 „ | quarts in а month ; in the second month a fu mi- | quality. then pulverised a small portion e soil, 
» лм . 52 ., nution of 10.9245 quarts ; and in the " third, fourth, and planted his Potatoes, and sunk e pits one at each 
16 i: z ФЕ. z fifth a further diminution of 13.60625, 11.4, and 6.8 | side, which he got filled with every evening. 
T M. 6.175 „ quarts respectively. dding together the quantities | The water evaporated before Ве" next night, а and the 
17, А.М. 5.55 m given in the 42 weeks we have 2026.095 quarts, bei ing | 
EE : 53 " а weekly — 5 ot 50.621325 quarts; а daily average | climate, and grew beautifully. When they were ready, 
$ RM. E T of'7. smir D the gentleman, brought, down his Potato oes, an nd at a 
26.095 quarte we mus add rts party of 36 
[ имти m f March 11, s hat the whole handed round, when the company to а 1 cided 
[ Daily average, 64.3 quartet. wt — e or L eia дй mr A p from the time of calving until the that those grown at the low D by him i (he ете 
“ду” h .12 quarts, which, at 2d. per quar vd Marquis) were the vie It was also sed that 
ре э» — out to Let This. was at the | would x worth 162. - 3i. Wheat | could not be grown in "India b ut Xr raining 
d of the ninth week after calvi uring these| But w not convert milk into money th p g d, just did at Yester, he 
e woeks Fees were trifling oro Й in the Sos өм | locality, Зетот we s butter үр! чөе] К. | had grown as fine Wheat as obala = produced in this 
: mr recorded, "— with the variations | * Lady's? milk is rich, and 8.875 quarts yield 11b. of| country. All that he attended to was to sow — - 
b Em — but it will с а to | butter, во t (hat only about six —€— before. the end of the 
e w the aggrega quantity gi bare instead | 2030.12 quarts give *2983 Ibs. butter, at 1s. .. —.. 11 8 9 on, so that it should not be sufficiently ноб 
f each dar, коме 2 ред We have | The butter milk, if sold, would realise — ..  -. 3 7 8 фо have the vet washed off during the rainy season. 
hen fro: Manure mado ini APRA epa I E- 7 -i б 0 He believed that he could not have done that if he 
March 12 to 18 ш 16 weeks before calving ле Чынлы Жы ыг Кк paid some little attention to meteorology. 
а 9 7 o sor din His lordship next referred nt snow-storm in 
w ДЯ 0 TIE с» wy e er eo 06 £17 18 5 | this country, and stated that having been ж hy cepi 
April 2, 8 .. eon ei Oi a Би r2 has в o cost? E^ о reader, on the 17th, he heard of no dep iis ba 
в б uw cH te weekly, for nine weeks after 9 hen ressipn TO- 
^» 16,92 ye еттй meter here, and went home without the slightest antici- 
599, H Б 72.4 == Mew. "E pem 10d.x9 = £310 6 pation of the extraordinary fall of snow which took 
, s» АРИМ -æ 0 70425, Aa чыр. =й эЧ. 4 0 0 ри on Ње night of the 18th. e ba did 
E uie iud. 900.. ,, Tn I9 Wecku befbte сїй dis 1, however, considerably on the 18th, but only about 
quantity . 599. — "d d M Ad. me * t. isis др 12 hours before the snow-storm commenced— i 
Weekly average 599.1 -- 0 = 66.56, ог Фен. Inte fare rost and sanua diminution of ене: of $4 to collect their flocks and place them im safety 
But 
ie, P wa go that the следу in his on 
| ollected Mex floc ой, and had them all safe 
» РЕЂЕ бра 250, Be eho lons à storm. d he afterwards found opt 
This circumstances. Н 
pompam and ел mg are charged at the e à 
ашал phaare atits actual eost in quheiscetén. 
121211 
tis а һа} 
ag oft in ». v quanti d ч the 
le 
first E beri 
э the cow hou 
mig next state ооа akea ina period o 
cause ее difference in Ar esc s given in | the 
— August 5, ів | Гез 
jet. and the others upon the weather which 
tions, dee а-да айр the locali irn 9 he m a. ia had had for the iced gave it few E^ some of the older 
that before 
May 20, and hos 
e MM given was from— Is x canh ^ ^ cU charged is hea in —" d Dux api uid "ir й have B. T heavy 
» a E ms & Mem а uds A hona against t e толей collecting t mx ES before the barometer 
st TA : ^ ndi 171. 18s. = as ebore, may обер. АД less than o | fresa mens men were Ма enabled, without m scientifio ap- 
"LE E E balance of 57. 5s. 6d. If, on the ier y paratus, but simply Dr кое DECEM the skyand 
поб: усы. Кер& n T his employer have a cow or not, then the | theatm сары КЧ Sie ох самте snowsstorm 
5I. 5s. be cle: and so much in reduction | of the present winterin sufficient iQ sre елуге! ves 
RI кыа of. йен и | 
n е а ges or vantages o would otherwise have been exp 
-keeping, each must therefore form his own € ese natural observations ought to attract 4 
ch greater amount of attention PA Gay Dd X 
— taking for his help, but not his guidance, such | m 
m vum es and as Dr. Arthur Mitchell, as well as 
р reliable accounts as t we have now presu ed 
801,45 quarts in 12 wks. | to t to the public. T. 
К Еши ишш; portum 
аз during the 
| re X — 
SCOTTISH METEORO goes qd he hoped they would receive ай all 
Тнк half-yearly meeting d a is Associatio assistance from their country friends in 
e last month in the new bati of the "High- 
4 c ie Balfour A roceeded, at t of 
POE average 66.69; or daily а little more | 1? Agricultural Society Ж р the request o 
E был 9} quarts. Siy аар. in the chair, ЖШН Менә ot А om Ss; Per on he а-ы 
1 t that notwithstanding man Lain « a subject which had а i 
ons, the quantity given ашу was very vni among Сөн Гун p n -— Mona or of "paa on ди ад | gardeners ала y Болои 5 
w ving. he | %8 
was 6 queris on subject of "meteorological sep- The observations | from са great ur pat m d 
argest quantity at one time markings of 
Ње 28th of April, an the smallest was 3.6 quarts rcm here M ыр the | thermorete ht be seen рага! 
оп the la. of M. hich Society's stations, азд 4 at most other places, аге with » in Ua ogi parative 
ay, which show a daily average оѓ Үү каа Etui і details ымыр published i in oe: ame pesenr 
with blackened. In the former и ре 
Comparing this decimal fraction .6 with ith that deter- ments indicate a much more rover ime amount ori hoak тейи aired Бур plan ta аз diferent times, 
above, viz. .5425, the former shows y | lower, than if exposed to р рна t the varying temperature of the soil, and the loss of 
above the S en of .0575, Desa multi lied 4 of tko wu. In &ho ja Ce | heat occasioned radia and evaporation, and 
Т giv y ter case, owing as the e Р : 
es a total excess of EIAS sits. ur eed effect of Жү colour in both absorbing and radiating | Ге re un Тете paper by Mr. M'Nab, 
small proves es the accuracy of the es of heat and of cold are shown, which of the Royal тома еп, qus gh, Кети the 
this timetbe mulis aln br * do not truly represent. тл, o of thé 4 on shrubs and trees immediately after 
From noe niae e va vnd sphere. The object of the Marquis af Tweeddale’ › | the unprecedented frost of the 23d, 24th, and 25th 
м р баай did e m ere KSERA late on 
we state nearly to the tem kure oL tho айг, by ex 1 |the -eveni с December, with а ve 
mometers to the infiuence of the r by p нар ber: иен c of m lasting for some time, ei 
and thus to supply better data than exist at present by а quiet fall of snow, ich 
for showing the n оаа ohoh Aokin | ат ену Я the night. At daylight on 
mine the эс уота of ordina T "S er the morning of the 19th December, the snow was 
Dg tC ches in Y th all over the garden. On the morn- 
ор, i 
: о. туч а ed уен condiüon of the of the | Pating "the а quan mi drom "tbe y d taken, РТ aded à up "the jin ing o we 20 of opea t 5 E MAS 
ора A ores patter ouni, wi ouis. exosedod tha estimated quan ntity | ROW had fallen. For 10 days the snow lay more or 
etang tered 2-5tb 88 heavy on all the shrubs, many being weighed down 
