son 17, 1860.) THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 249 
j. suffer diluti = on oa land, and the statement of the Ba Bh c m the 9 po pi aa an of the Chemica] Committee the 
case decisively in figures evidently sera = recon- Th 3 SONS TE TOARRE: TOE IOP ren 
> a Co eat : ul sidanition. Shirley Hibberd, Stoke Newingt En eae of Field pies noes on Whe 
e Irri ou a: is- | 
y a Tiptree Profs a ad nea of A dama week, in pte i The Actiòn of Simple Saline Compounds on the Peil, 
be taken in your le s eted horse-keep. The return was Societies. i> The Bee ing Value and pu fom of Mangel Pulp. 
S a An ang the whole farm after eiga mts eS Pi Voeteker, a £ rea T 1 T 1860. “ee 
ry Be pr fa EAN without diminishing tts sie AT X COUNCIL held o n ie 14th in ar Lord i 
ing a ahots The interest on ant’s ana this s year Walsingham, President, in the ‘chair, the report of the} socrery or Arts: Mar ch 9.—Town Sewage.—Mr. 
k (L mean crop of 1859) Aetea be Ti per e siia aot coud eh ta Bs t for the year.1859 was presented Lawes, who presided at this meeting when Mr. 
4. ‘live in rent free, which is by 4 age Mechi nas a paper on chis subject, demurred 
to t years. I repeat that tho Gentine ot hat: Mir: oat 
than that of past y A tion, and beyond all, REPORT sy DR. VOELCKER, AND CHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS wha Alderman Mechi t was true 
profit hinges mainly on _ S ee with. gor si hae i AND ANALYTICAL WoRK CARRIED OUT IN 1859. the t he had erehe k that 10,000 tons of sewage 
tbe arsa of meat made Jt and frequent crops of| , AT the request of oe Chemical Committee of the vt he should be used POr BETS ss but at the time he did that, it 
food. iW plies of manure, and that Agricultural Society, I have undertaken the followin aad be distribu 
corn for ar without nae supplies nanie aidea D investigations :— over enormous tracts of Jand—some 2,000,000 of 
manure can Arn so we ell 23 psy, mm CEE 1. Expe! rei “ ` aih changes which liquid manure under- | a only 30 or 40 tons per acre. 
a : $ as +t that ti 
feeding pare s with por pu i FA of a a B: idual o Ex ai wak ‘ant top-disesings for Wh mi -ra Ha al a, he advocated the ae 
food, Mr. Law t tisfy ev. a cna: Thad ATY zy i Bai ae ; tion of the large quantity” pe, mat which hi 
value of certain foods must sa y e y aa unitabis £ Field Experiments and Swedish Turnips. stated nsidered it must 
ing out 1 ton of ae or 8 ee of Wheat t Te The investigations relating to the experiments on the changes | be used in n large quantiti ies over hkz 
way of getting a 4 which liquid manure mo gt in contact with cnet hs tee | — been frightened into at iden — rng land of this 
is h 
e ; | > Roy w is a ing y exhausted, and even 
loss e auboi and present Gatereatiog points which render a | Baron Liebig lately Grete letters to that effect in 
on make, and I will tell you how much corn you continuation of similar experiments very desirable. The Barley | the Times. If he (the chairman) thought such a result 
ae z d by the | was happening, h + thi t i 
kiy sell off your farm. You are also wrong in assert- | experiments unfortunately were completely apol En e| h 
ing that the fertilising of land end pean? sky ravages of E ia Besi pis is Í pa | a question of pounds, shilling s, and pence, but that if 
sewage or liquid manure BR ues Z published in the Journal for 1859 a paper on Anbury and the | the land had deteriorated in the way arae | it must 
Professor Voelcker a this in bi antog by d Te Tarnips, a no other 3 paper pn the edi +. Bat he did not 
i iqui s Co ition of a Man el kept for Two Years, anda : r : 
mixing fos mr a pean pags ats maak ree Oise Poor ig haben A of the Chinese Sugarcane | think there were any grounds for saying that the land 
theepfolding, ditu 7, h foldi g lsa hum eam) Various visits to different agric was deteriorated. It showed weakness in the argument 
— does not that Sheepfolding carry OD A| tural districts gave me an opportunity sing information when they were sent to Virgi inia, and other places, | for 
? The power of soils to absorb, instantaneo! ars on Deva matters, Rare: which it is Seok Tem = man | examples of-exhaustéd soil, 
large irge quantities ofA fuidised manures are eaiurmiods. On | st faites relating to agricultural improvements 1|0f land had been carried on this ee from the 
making up my balance- sheet f for 1859 (of which you | Svecrss | Say especialy ti ing Sees Gail aee which I earliest ages, and y 
shall have a copy) the result is derived from visits to Scotlan Tonn a Ee | PRS ETRE EREE E EG ee 
tical work done in ra 1859 for Mem 
Rent... _ .. £357 ine K of En oe = ty gd ant aute á a e SLetters of mtes years ago he had himself entertained the en 
Farmer's profit.: 255, and a house to live in rent free. | inquiry relating to chemical agricultural matters have been | that the soil could be exhausted; but at that time he 
ce = very numerous, and have take: p much of my time. As far g ch 
£612 ne it is Boy my — I Porn rs —— fronal pe most exh astin ng o grow a su ion -of Wheii 
3 reas Siik aa > ccessi 
J. J. Mechi, Tiptree, Maroh 12. and as fly ax possible, Tt affords nd m easuro to z without e d For 20 mimi he had diae 
e mem 
ir. Mechi’s use of the word “ i regret | Toport og: thea plan re 
to see ey favour with Mr. Mechi bier nglish | lity of oilcakes, bone-dust, and Peruvi nano, at the moderate 
Silis aali so accurate and well esi G a use of the cbatge of 6s. each per áth ple: Iti is eatlatactory to report that the pds “atent ‘capable of be soil. He : 
verb “avail,” which is, as far as I am | uite | comparatively few cases of adulterated guanos ho oped tha his paper woul discussed as a com- 
4 ht under my ty of 
peculiar and quite unauthorised. T last week’s Apri. -5 hesphate of lime and Turnip manuresin neo qu has been 
cultural Gazette he is r ted as saying bg a meetin, oily ORS in 1859. Fraudutently propardd rtificials and soil, as to ich he felt sure there were no grounds for 
of the Society of Arts “avail of the services ;” and | very inferior superphosphates are not near! seeeiuanais ive apprehen 
ee pg Bg ai anara vung aow MacRae aatis rete, se | sa Georgo osh iy on tha serene cf tea OTE A 
` i a S m: ž r. Hawkesley on the strength of the London se 
aoe a similar use of the word. Now elieve | superphosphates a 5e. obtained in almost every locality at periak that the various wate! srpa supplied London daily 
ll the s a | lower prices than they can be prepared by the farmer himself, | with 80,000,000 gallons of water. It was consumed as follows : 
al 
| 
| epar 
ve | even if no allowance is ands for ex omen of labour and trouble. About 25 per pe or. 0 million gallons in various househ 
a at | perenne | The improvement in the trade oi ficial manures is very | uses, drunk by animals, evaporated, used for watering roads and 
ne A marked indeed, and due no doubt = great measure vA the | for manufacturing purposes ; this amount disappeared entirely, 
v J use fob nt “Wha inferior aun thu eae toate About 60 per 
i ‘England r, laboratory. 2 ‘manures are now the excep- ‘it had been used for the various household and 
Mech 3 pore to talk of “ availing of high prices,” purposes, Near 
vailing of a dry season,” and omitting “ themselves ° p million 
i any Feonnection with the verb without at least a itted to me for e am dan a arl go po kig of every 
ployment of it tara a a aa i Slaughter homses, | gas works, manufactories, and various other 
nion requires ko ponr 
| cakes submi character est fertilising 
pee word of protest. While on the suhject of the use clone ae roan by A phr E ron cakes. —_ a - per cent., or 12 et Apna ant of water, 
I 
T 
7 American Li t through the water-closets abou 
of words, will you allow me to ask whether it he: and -— by gon mm ue se with brab, ce 9,750,000 Ibs., or 4352 tons, of excreta fin the bast pos 
an os e press, or eet you pre it ce hav amperage, and various GTA chog for assimilation with the soil. For the few years, during 
been “sie? in Prof. Daubeny’s own Mi en in the Tanoka basta es being made of inferior E re the hot months in summer, the intolerable stench from the. 
ela ttoseyteal obtained Somes mixture of oily seeds sper Ramey Rape, | over =< aston ap meee oi mass of water equal’ 
yea sie a your readers last week, he speaks of | Gold of Pleasure, Hemp-seet. &c. All these cakes are aa GPI to 6,335,000,000 cubie feet. Now erie the hot ‘months in 
tead sani Sanatory”. or American cake. Several cases of | summer, the of sewage discharged into the Thames 
otexceed ve 
Ww d oilcake 
x nåness, m o! to heal Porat ce of numerous of weeds, the f bis of brea 
Pray permit an invalid before pee ora vent his | botanical Eai ter er of which could not be “Gotingulsbed In apid iera AJ E RI A aR ES eae 
perulousness on the misuse of the significant word | one instance, I was enabled to detect in an oilcake which had | We. Shepherd then referred to the effects of irriga 
« + » e - . 
avocation,” which he observes to be creeping into the with the exception of green German tool with gre care and tion vith sewage water at Ashburton, Malvern, Mans 
speech even of good scholars and cultivated men. It| contains Mustard, and should be Se see tary and fie atford. On this last case the Earl of Essex had 
constan Sookandi ia m itk rejected lor food if found to Bocloty partionlee | Wri mann with regard to his land :— 
Opposite, “‘ vocation.” , ocation ” means in bu; of Ra hich is lai g the winter, from October to January, or longer, I 
usual “calling” or “occupation” of a man; et gt tl PE a of Indian ake oF simply as Rape jie emer nan for hay, two a per neg 
n 
even saw Lord Joh 
“ action for ing 
king of as: giving up their = A 5 tons per acri kept 34 bullocks all 
ed by 
-cake, was sustained successfully at tho The Year be re last I 
e bee ye with as muth as aniar y eoii ap oe seven acres. 
j $ Indian 
os aay _ ual = exactly the con-| Wells’ Assizes. ‘The cake which killed the as sub- 
mth sag 5 aan Bitar prrago ties Cf MEM i San un doubt bad tom m= ia Wahoo aiye e we ani 
YO) 10n 0} us whic no dou! one 
Mechi misia E sin ince the trial-at Wells I have examined a good tl 2 aa f is to the value of reg Ref s for Wheat. crops; 
hart ete oo ‘roid at the | many other saraila A so-called Taaa Ra oo we OSY of | She Barl of Essex ees x oa ae oe ri s 
th: und perfect! olesome and almos' ear, having heard ii sewage was ni 
of the 7%, M mopar red the hadmi pact $ Eai AA sò much of ihia poniga aoa good for Whack, arked out twoadj 
way which L thinks of ret iga irritating seed that I could not but advise to reject cakes field. No. 1 received 60,00Q, gallons—270 tons. 
was a of ogi — urposes. Cotton-seed cakes have been more received 5 x a 
: EEEE aT of | quenti a aa ee E No. 1 53 bushels, worth at 6s. - BIS 16 0 
» sheep per acre, t is tte by 26 inches or iy Be state co uae ode tiene Pate ge meet 5 
z alysis- Eis of these cakes was found to po =- 
fl, equal to 2626 tons “The e f | me tor ano creased demand for Cotton-cake has| D ii a a ng aap 
39 tons, 
ite 
resident ir tenarculy receives as wa =i lately rendered. the | American. decorticsted Cofton-cake UAE i a, E e A I e 
and as rainfall a ns,” ter supply | D3 newhat ‘On ‘in E aA. oust b-onused- Dig, tes Ue of Straw, 4$ loads .. x Piet Wa, a, Se 
the mnch abused town manure is 16 times stronger Gotton-cake made of the bode apai gel tion Sa 
ta that on which eer: of Englan @ depens,” A ee een pirra i bone-dust, for im somo samples Profit per acre sewage Grass 
ge Teasoning be sound, it fats that when | of nitrate of soda analysed by me a in ee Fosita much as | The Earl had ee = Rye ( 
land it subject to | 2° [ 
es 
* . t all, and r to ai such an i i f view i rth nothing. In 
imwunity, the whole year’ supply must enjoy sop manurial point of view is a A fe = 
nat effort, analyses, which 1 | has, been appliod, ex cuttings, from 
Stiga Bm be wholly absorbed by the | seus s el a ateata wr bat penta ay | ME. S, Sidney mid Mr Mechi had carey avoided 
aa evidently had in his mind the pien erotici Poratory. ms fen perme bara ving ANAI quoting any facts, except his own extraordinary profits, 
of manare by the two he contrided with a | chine ac. have Doon referred (0 me fr analysis. The ia sapport of his sewage "T aa 
Parison the manh of g and in such a com- ‘a ore e on ot iey attention, and led to much | certainly had creat a sensation. No doubt Mr. Mechi be- 
Advantage of the two sheep at a dis peer sr gloom wrt on the part of loved i but he (Mr. Sidney) feit bound to tall the Society 
: But. practically town interested in this matter. beg to | that, at a very numerous meeting of the Central Farmers’ 
