102 i THE GARDENERS’ vee Anp AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, [FEBRUARY 4, 1880, 
nitrate of soda and sulphate of ammonia had the pream “equal to it ; on Wheat, sulpl eae struction connected with the employment 
advantage over those done with guano; and when- | of ammonia is ch wal superior to it ; on Oats columns and be ams in t nclosing k pps. we o 
ever I have applied 2 ewt. coy ne ote a acre | there is aot Eni difference it g par rien 
to Grass, the effect of it on rop of | of soda “er Grass nitrate of soda is better.” ing or building. 
en e could always be P riein poehi A by the $ “I believ hat if it were ee to pepe In Fig. 1 d cattle courts and ep 
mportation t nitrate of soda, and at a cheaper | or shippon, a a a Tarnip court, bd feeding passage, cee kat 
% third set of experiments had Potatoes for their ù 
subject. The gain was pretty general in one ¢ th epi h 
sulphate of potash and superphosphate with pot | eRe E F — e r= 
nipas of soda alone being a skp ; it was very rare k 1 
another case, being obtained only in the instance k 
of guano , _ Rape- -cake, jee T ‘pabacplioephate with a | 
p Ha 
Four sets of experiments on Turnips are next a ; a i 
deseribed, ‘and the following table states their = T° Be = k 
cS No. Sy s 
pad a | e Boe oe 3 3 i 
ao o o - 
ž A S n a 
o | ae ae a Guano. i fi 
| 2 
> o o r» a 
Boom hon e megh > x a 
io ee): eo eS 3 Superphosphate,. p are, 
S B a 
wo m w bo El F ; $ 
7 F £: Ra 
se | Sp es aes h = 
& ASSER S £ Ses j 
m m » a | and Sulphate of | 4 
o hs a g — mia, Tes = A 
2 eh E a 1 ; 
o o w% og f d 
Ta Tate, it would be one of the greatest boons ik ing sheds with Turnip trou ghs, ddd 
ee ure Y | could be rendered to agricattire, ‘Tho apply of Taree ee goga, The zage 
a pie are g i is said to be unlimited, and the cost Sn consist obtain by ame resting pon tha pillars Pii es: 
© ~ © © 4} ammonia, mixed i chiefly in the labour of preparing and transporting alge or boarding ne facta: a a a zi 
s 1 e sea-coast. Now co pote of doing | mae he d alanis per ety. 
= e wg g i i 1 ns , and the expense lessened, : scale to which thedrawin cate ‘attached Thea 
: a uction in the price of guano must soon follow, | 9: piers yhere the building i 
baa & A aea eh g the de mand for it would quickly fall off. Asi it ee at tee cone fates at tp height on ae 
& ate is, i to be hollow throughout, the inte 
Sette Sh eS eee A peoportin to other manures in the ensuing year | “7m {opt bottom and 8 inches in diameter. Pia 
= In he 
y 5 tol | than there used to be formerly. For my own oak ago ood base on ‘which to rest rest tt them, ‘ot only U that cg 
woo ue hes some years „back, nearly jad «x the artificial sena p ee to that but that a 
are manures T boug y year consisted of guano, | blows payee S ip igatunt Guan, 5 
EHR Sg : | but this year = four-Hfths ofi see consisted of f : Ee nee 
x Superphosphate | | other manures, and only one-fifth of guan + 4 ree 
Se E Di a i 3 
à 2 TORR ia have received a note from “Mr. ©. ©. Baz 
recite imati agay cting our late article on Dodder, z e i 
—“ This is the first time | intimating that w n are in error in supposing g that 
that I have tried skarin ook mixed with sul- | the Clover Dodder is of Asiatic origin. I f 
phate of ammonia on T s. Ihave often made | PSS! sible that he may right in this respect, _ 1S N 
experiments with it mixed with o, and have | though it is not certain it, is Devonshire pl SS eS eee l 
always found that I could grow a greater weight | on Bokhara pai scuta approxi Se | e E] = Bie 
with the two combined than with either of them | ata, is the same with the scares oo SS See 
singly: but his year the trials we: der- | 0n Khelat Trefoil or Lucerne, w re | eee 
taken with the view of finding a substitute for had ~ in Ga rdener: rs jase 18, P. PTTL = a = 
guano, I could not.use it in that manner; so I h d in ho 7 e ee ep 
recourse to e of — and nitrate of | CUSCUTA, and which he pee idered pr ions — ie RTE E rete Te 
soda as the only other means command fo: ps Clover Dodder. Mr. BABINGT -mee po a 
supply ying the amount of ammonia thes previi however, has ascertained that Cuscuta Tripoli mat a a 
found necessary for raising a full crop f | Published by Drcxson in 1800, and that ea al 
=p Sm clay soils. I have Ast found tut and this, — 
though on light soils I could sometimes grow as | added to the a is Mr. Bowi has been longl paidi 
good a with bones alone or other manures | familiar with the is quite enough to carts backing up to Turnip sheds, dung court, &e., In F 
composed of phosphates, as with guano ; | account for its presence amongst Me. Soe gh fion fo drawing m ochun he part a a al Be 
= er I alt i ot. supply of | 20 digenous, bien haying ae x e latter xil ill be best pees 
eems absolutely necess for the ary more remote origin The questi aa ee ee ee ee 
Sag growt of ip on av BR ; and identi ce e Dr. ian eat Mr tiom as to the to to fho foundation a; or i ce be et inte ae aa 
ses eee ie permena ti this year were plants there fore, so far as the agricultural | 7, cut out on theup ee tia tai : 
A=] S 
made on clay so A: = = in ae attached = the species is concern a Stag or eroa. o which hia into the hallow part 
em, so tried the farmer may expect to h of the column dd. It adds 
salt to fot Dutch or French origin tuei Se i SS ee bes 
care iderably beyond the lin 
cami rately, and sift it before it comes g 2 of column,” as ¢ ¢ beyond fi 
VW uso . No T EnA ag pa : E 
By anon aly, w eee ee eet ee 
i ; varying necessity, as if he were led to believe that Indian = and also the upper surface 
ra t 27, 10s. in| Seed alone was affected, he would take no pains | tisora tt- ae 
another. And it must be borne in mind that the | about seed of European growth.* M. J. B. peri 2: perfect bearing between the i 
Turnip crop was in that year around Kelso, “one s AE o oeii taa sad 
of the worst that has been grown for many years In Tie Va T on which it rests. f? 
f The ied will be on the whole, to whic miatu = peaky E use of iron in the| t-f Be a can ens ruei fi 
OVE is led will be satisfac ric uildings ” we too ess be eae ape E rece 
readers, He says :— Sry Sent a Oe st rapid review ofthe ding pee Fics ite tan | 2 WY LJ ebeit renot ir, Boa 
“The dondtasion: to to be d wrought iron, and presented | Fig. 8... en tee 
Š e drawn from the preced- | eee s as to the best : SA a of i TA ~ a a aeg fixed immevably was found to = 
Wo now provod to give practical | moves ota ne na far 
4 z osing three long pillars of equal diameter 
unity occurs to and len to it: d, the 
7 acento give remarka on such points | ed ea an’ lr, 
| we have not yet touched upon, would be asi, 2, and 3, ie be ee 
—Az enabling us to exemplify the points of oon- | ewslied in the dgran a ig 0 Huei 
*A My nt amiri ater r iant E ree i ative ngths. Again the im of J 
| Ser. ‘06 16, ot © approrimata in Annals of Natural History, E iay Lsa tesa another aod 
odgkinson’s experiments ; = a ewe get 
