[January 14, 1860, 
haved thus :—— 
82 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND aha bbi GAZETTE, ; 
Early sown fields, on a well prepared winter fallow, | sheep fed (1) d (2) In the ine of prices for valuing g manures in gene, i 
ane, sown in June, have in many instances resulted in | that “the Sunes of one of “those eae were #0 use, we have Bint 
failure. But where sown after seeds, immediately | startling that Mr. C. W. Spooner, Jun nduced t Ammonia ast £60 per tan, BE jemi 
pasen” age k the Warwick meeting, some good crops | express his belief that some mistake ha bee com- Biphosphe of nes S r able. 
t with. Those sown in ‘August, ‘after Peas, | mitted by Mr. Hamilton. The latter has adopted a Pomak the | 
isd as usual, The Green Globe and Lin- highly commendable course; at a own personal ex Thacher Parca ray en ppose ae me is the m d apar 
eaten ea: Red sta nd the winter well with 1 us, or are e the Ep and ro ie ave been repeated. | alone hidh ie vatnable ken Y manure, The y the 
eanally suitable for accord- +. Baie enters (see Agricultural Gazette, Nov. 5) | GE olleaké for manare world Ke The 
g to the date of sowing. Ye r -fleshed varieties are fato a careful calculation to show that thai total quan als 
little cared for,—experience showing them to be of less | tity of nitrogen in the dung of the wether fed an er cent. < Perton ii 
value in the aatdlaad ” cou ahta" than in the moister | concentrate GA “fe eding exceeded the total auantity o Mise : aol fig z $ 5 o = 
PR beyond the Tweed. nitrog he Oats and food consu imed | DoR S sie S 20 0A 
arrots.—An increasingly large breadth is planted | by the Stal te inte he says Mr. Spooner, “ that | ṣi l toana other mineral iar ) zo ee 
year after year, and there are few who regret their| the wether on which Mr. Hamilton experim ente say. ; i = 
cultivation. When judiciously treated, you will get at | received daily 14 lb of oilcake, sod 4 lb. of Fin s, while . . x 10 = 
least as heavy a return per acre as of Swedes; and oe the ewe re eceived te but Accepting, then, 
value, either for sale or consumption, is far greater. | the analysis quoted by him, the "i lb. of PEIR SA - tál. 10s. per 
Besides which, they have fewer enemies to contend tained 5 533 grains, and the 3 lb. of Oats 77 grains I deduct ns m pie the sole gee value of o 
with ; and, if good seed is used, it i lements assimilated by the animal we shall findi 6t0' 
f ten the fault of the grower i full top is not In this Aee eats it is presumed that Mr. Hamil- | value of the excrements produced from a ton of oilcake Wi 
obtained. -We have sold them here at 247. p t vether in rst experiment KAGA sa ing This in the case of Mr. Hamilton’s sheep m: may 
oe grounds. the prisdlinsei popprta tiog s the labour of but B lb. cake and 3 1b. Oats, whereas it was in limi 1 tl 
ising and f. 
Altri ng 
them o These 
ai a 
Tai but fs or general field pale we re prefer t the White z Tn charges & in his paper at the a u. 
Belg ian Im d Seed. Of these we have repeatedly | Mr. Spoon rs calculati is “suppose ow a 
grown ove a8 atin and could sell | uniform quantity of aike and Oats aiei daily 
seven tons per anib S 
ton. Sy is well to 
r the “ahs? whereas Mr. Haniliton aistnety states 
uch nd 4 lb, 
give plenty of seed (8lbs. per “ acre) a nd sow by the he gave oilcake as they could eat, 
middle £ April, i in TOWS 14 ine ches apart, with the Oats per og 
t The analysis of the Oat crop by Boussingault, quoted 
the seed. A, np ‘inch early winter furrow, where the 
soil will stan 
ae Mr. Ha p gives the per-centage of nitrogen (and 
Acco rding to the copy of Bou ss in- 
the period of fa tening at ir whieh | 
Value of Manure produced by Fatting Sheep from aton of 
Per 100 tons, 
300 
1. Original manurial value of seeing, 
work will tery be EEY lessened. 
A 
+ 
the ites ei husk) — Beheak og. 
ains = 100 
disposal,* 
19° 
quoted for F Mangels ithe prie per acre of the crop 
just lifted a 
White ne gian (imported seed) 264 tons per acre. 
pain is per 
nitr rogenised constituents ary 
fre rom ia 22 Bo ae the conclusion 
Stored up in the system 5p. cent. 
pvt rei He see jon and per 
ion§ ” 
Deduct r 12 A 36 
2. aea W value of manurial matter .. 125.36 
Stored i t > 3 per cent. .. 3.76 
3 Gaiaa hg pe of organic matter . 40.50 
Stored u system, 10 per cent. “Quan: 
ay. net i tk respiration not yer known; 
say that one half is 20,25 
Ex xpended altoget 
Or in other words the value of ‘the indre 
Green Tas Yellow Belgian ,, 234 tons per acre. 
vit 
Kohl Rabi. well with | 
ar: 
the former ti f 
igs. We sow at "the same time and treat in t 
way as for Carrots, and have ob me fine ee 
he Guernsey variety, fully 13 tons weight per a 
stock do not much fo: Crimson Beet, on the 
other hand, te large, good, nasa “welt aod It bo 
tage be more generally g especially if | as 
with advan 
the price was viene nika shilinge per a Yor 
— and should rs less than 
8lbs. — is a avy item. cro oD ons per acre, 
The same objection} as to cost of seeding pss Sood 
be pn Rabi. Few —_— means YO this distr 
sufficient co d of libdur to E 
cence! a large "breadth from a seed-bed ; | 
T Slled 
—Pigs do 
w for stores, and bole for Sige re 
s of 
cre. | ave 
at t+ nely 
analysis m iad è by. Bous ingault several | years igo — 
sent the composition of Mr. 
ees 
age. con 
while a mean o 
different countries gives 29, 
compounds t but be this we do not lay Müd pres s, 
wet contain more than 26 per cent. of 
protein Aemini 
With 
first exper: 
the as, Mr. Spooner’s suggestions 
pow yery 
ut we should pathos seek sae 
ee accoun! bmi for the results 
ieee ilton navies us Ne re 
e, and few scientific men will ga estion Dr. Apjohn’s 
reof—they reqnire quite as much seed. At Walton | abilit ity or accuracy as an. analyst. ow we submit for bis stock. I always ha neon 
Hall, in Spin county, the eintelligont manager, Mr. "Cob that the facts we have stated go some distance in re- | #"4 loss I sustained t the first. long severe win 
has been in the of ra the | conciling the ex cperi riment i in sre ith: our previous | © took: me a by. spree after I became ie farm ; 
tralsplanitig ales rhich saves Shree fourths of the knowledge ; fi January, 3 we 
seed and obtains the heaviest plants. The weig = ot carefully considered in pi ng to Ses ion on this | ê all ve troved by the severe frost and fo rain bp 
lange green Kohl Rabi, sown on Ma: ay 16, we find t Tn tho first once he oileake and per throngh Dee 
all these cireumstanees, however, the result of extre 
imen nt i 
acy. Mr. Ham 
rts. ‘his pi part of the experiment with the greatest | 
from every oilcake given to fattening sl 
about 47. B. By ; 
Home Correspondence 
er Food in Severe Se 
hare ; 
may be the DERAS ocension for paap tee. ho 
ways cause farmers to make repara! 
emes of weather 
whey 
This carmot be rega: rded asa 
Oats were not daily webiliod out to the sheep in the 
first taken by ent ; „but an average daily consumption 
ha: 
5 
cus saccharatus.— 
Pe u its rere qualities for summer fi 
s being referred t 
early two months Moni 
ely. Haate T, with the mth 
uly it flc tenia luxuriantly, every tw Weatys -four 
s shi isible increase. Comm 
in the last week of the month, and then ‘onwards to the 
of Septem All animals too 
Ti set off ‘growing free 
of a 
es and ra 
© di 
ole, it E ar es regar y| 
valuable addition” for eg growth, eapecially for | al 
r the winter Vetches a 
> a x Bowi ick, in Sutt 
petit eur’s Guide for 
MR. HAMILTON’S SHEEP-F FEEDING. 
bject of sheep 
we | Oats a Con 
es merit 
aird was as 
enced cutting | i 
laybl che food in the sam me is 4s. "6d. 
y Anean 50 that the evra ae 
iding 
. arge e quantity of cake and d no 
of d was 
ae byt the 
+ mnd on o one aay hay may e t twice as much 
on another; 2dly, the quality of the. urine may vary 
very considerably according to the health of the 
nen an the state of the kidn 
l 
of the solid. Seas ete the 
euler! in one month equals 1s. Ta ., while the value 
the 
e possibly expect any 
mber that it is the: nitrogen 
ne (w with the exception of a little phosphate o! 
which i is a 
is passage i four serious o Snes — 
e have pen wa which require e to be n 
a. 
1). Th the wether in a firs 
of as fiel 
x Eha seed ai 
f lime 
| your 
Ibe who’ ally. wi ith ok for so mei atk 
me that I have since always 
winter food 
superior nutritious qualities, PS) atts ) 
always hee getting a crop e 
amoun: fi 
Ba ats 
the Nott Ohi China 
ould seem that, notw 
about 50 A 
me useful in 
atus. 
respecting 
(Bi ices es aratus ny te 
ing the prii in Ast of 
plant i is not likely to becom 
eee is altogether omitted, 
- The experiment went on from ae of 1 pol t 
of more 
Mr. Hamili r Dr.. O e 
= eee 
instance of 
It. will be in. the obs abo 
658, 
g reco ion of the reader (see 
pp. 568, » of last ros volume e tl hat $ 
Hamilton- ced to call | in ies aid of chemical 
ysis to” the relative value of the manure of 
hie 
CENA i ‘consu 
upwa rds of tie ileake (1} Ib. per aon), 
ity. | pe 
as 151 be mor nae = 
e 
om 
Be 
nformed that it is 
ieee a oa (with | ts exception m3 es little phos- 
the 
r. | phate of lime) which is valuable as m 
Agricultural Society, Vol. XIII. 
{Morea s >on opeedia of Agriculture, art. Oilcake. 
mt Though th e phosphate of 
ors the available state in ba Faas int 
d especially in the tite ek Ee i ee 
“htt, — omitted to take into 
nitrogen passed 
respiration, ake: — 
