THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICOLT URAL GAZETIE. 
[May 5, 1860, 
ebm Brought forward £1910 0 Ojof the last three, that ral Gazette of R 31, were obtained in the labo. 
og eeo of corn, viz., 4l 19s. regarded a s hypotheti HN istration <a introduced arpas of Dr. J. Forbes Watson of be his ic a and 
Pp y „£1104 0 0 that the Watson has kind dly au ne 
Expense of the cattle c $ crop, cattle, and merely to inde ate the prac i beari of that Gites ort Kis ahont The o quote 
ota marila. Jepa 4 pte the rate dah 18s which at the outset was to be the real PEM k 
x = 2 Titro 
10 per cent. brott ati tbe "capital, now question put in issue oly, What is the he Nitrogen. ote, 
reduced to 35197., as explained below 35118 0 _ to the f r of manuring his corn crops wit ands 
1794 11 4| home-m m dung? Assuming Table II. to Lay vo ree pe ie 
P sews 8 | pre ne e G let this an ee ie is The upline eit ry tible PAES P vane 
The reduction of bapi ital arises pyle abou Le ener ET UN UGY Corny aut ti and of F the corresponding nite: 
Table III., No. 6, it is shown that Ma aeeeuble for et h uae amounts in aggreg ota different sa: amples of 
sum which attaches to the corn division of the | Wit ome ma nure amounts Dates:— 
‘farm is bt to ery large no of 700}. yearly, or ERR 
Hen tia th “3 tiie Eda sad 6937. 14s. 3d, But then D, A must og for Nitro or protein, 
Caib cate rou ee es ee eine coc | a te t be forgotten that the designed object gen compounds 
In like manner in Table III., ` No. 7, the acreable for that Table we re given, Was TERET per cent. per cent. 
a WARTS ee ~~ a ing in aoe of any. Conclusive | Oe eed ae ine song ae 
Ww S, n By 
on 160 acres PaaS pra tet are here mast ed to b ority, but rather as affording a formula, | 2, Dates counting 50 per ib., analysed 
under grain crops), give 2163 0 | vehi oh when applied ie the results a br oa tence = cig ae PR 0.275 173 
esi 
Total reduced capital .; °... . £3519 0 0 Sk ultimately give us a reliable ver aS Ib.» analysed at male m DE 0.281 i 
4. Datesfrom Bombay, analys 
Tons. Watson’s Laboratory 0.320* 2.00% 
By the prior calculations it was shown that the green crops = = aera pas 
furnished 42 iaoa” per acre wh available manure to the ON THE AMOUNT OF NITROGEN, AND THE Ti te sa ed og 
reals, and hence (the extent under green crops in a CORRESPONDING EO eee he OR | PATO SIRT ; 
fase crn ts being 200 ere she Sony PROTEIN COMPOUNDS, IN DATES. Dr, Voelcker, hand, a 
(Table ÍL) was 950 By Dr. J. H. GILBERT, F.C.S Total initia 
In we mean instance the breadth supposed to be under Nitrogen 3 
ae ore is only 160 acres, and w it, therefore, the A. ricultural sane tte of Mar a partia per cent, gr aha 
IN 
780 | Laboratory, was nae o; 
i n 
ch 31, al 
es, made in the Rothamsted 
tho: 
ai. as efit conferred on the other, i.e., the corn > 
ent, is As 36 he ae er %6 pe m my aut rity. The amount | Egyptian Dates counting 52 per 10:91 
i f that in the stones) wa 
er this supposed fiv of nitrogen (exclusive o! p From aderito na adduced, I m quite dis- 
i = Loo cent. nitrogenous com- 
, then, yt question nea s ta itsélf whether, sA “tt was al: d that the Tonite of an So na me giri in the rie > ba it 
e one hand, this lessened quantity of a analysis of Dates made in another laboratory had been K h 
fertiliser which has itself been w wholly derived from ommunicate e, that e the amount | Rothamsted or in the laboratory of Dr. Watson, It js 
. e a fe or, o pest rri z a g pen ge Ao in the 9 ds was found to be about only necessary to add on this alee ae! bw the 
foregoing extra pro 5l. in procur 2 per cent. But, in fadir robable $ 
the substantiv esh addition of a aneous | in an arti nto on noni composition and feeding value of centage of nitrogenous seine i in Dates ae 
man 7 p the farm in best Dates, Professor g zkio results of the ana'yses of the four samples as giv 
T. ext illustration will a suppose abc lecker’ l 
e produ ce and, _expens 
10.91 per cent pr! sitvopeaioor' or protei in lisri 
me, 
as to S probable comparative a of the fruit in 
Heels these results with those given by 
Dr. Vo — s :—“ Having found, in send mawe 
ed 
eight t nitrogenised matters 
uch n ates, 
E a E wai as follow. which L ‘with others considered of an inferior desertion, 
BLE ‘we Sakae X ` s Some 
et f Barley, at 6/. 13s. per acre £443 6 è Agri- 
, gee cane a = mo 17 0 | cultural ‘ieee for March 31. 
pe of these crops, 267 tons, at lls. 8d. .. om Ea <4. seems only due, aie to the readers of the 
———_| Gazette, to provide some additional and more 
2158 3 8| bh statements, calculated to aid them in 
Til vine: of the 2664 hice pirea makin; ng their choi ice Eai the very conflicting. 
, at 4l. 128. per acre £122 12 0 brought before them as to the | 
e and ther of thaoatio probable amount of ni trogenons, matters which they 
Ql. Ga. pie bora on 1334 acres’ .. 981 10 4 may e prov stock, in purchasing a 
10 per rom on the capital, now using the fruit in question as a feeding material. 
reduced to 3314/.,asexplained below 331 8 0 he inferior. Dates analysed in the Rothamsted 
Extra profit over and above 10 per c o be 
on, wholly or in part, in sapilying 
s manures to the grain crops 
1839 10 4 
Dates 
£318 18 4 
Laboratory were pen broken and nnn) together. 
| They were sold retail at 4d. per Ib.; the price of dessert | 
The proportion of capital necessary for the corn rocure xt the time; but ught that ‘as on 
department in this rotation (viz. 5l. 19s. 4d. inferior qualities weré likely ise in as stock food, | 
3 . £1511 0 0 the prem ri sucha sample was rather n aaga ej 
Do. for th ttl . ja p 
En O 0, Ca am 131 ios öd, ia go tha an o therw Two det taf tna tine of nitrogen 
ade, t f which agreed MiS lonely with pons | 
3314 0 0 pn other. w 
“able pens * ina en run Be ; % They er eE 
‘al 
oe Mae itrogen. protein compounds. 
Saving of capital under a six-covrse ... £523 0 0 ORAA E 
= ; per cent. per cent. 
Tons, | Experiment 1 0.218 vé is s 1.81 
The proportion of home-made manure available to the Experiment, 2 0,222 +. e 140 
| “ Experimental Tesbarches on the 
| and ay Kavienineg of Cattle Pena 
April 26,18! - 
. 
Dr. Voelcker further etd H his article to the 
want of Gasni evidence o the relative Ma 
of starch and sugar as constitit food. I m 
mention, tente for the information of the re: siden ers 
of the Agricultural Gazette, that they will find an 
count of some " divect experiments made by Mr. 
Tawë s and myself with pigs—“ On the piping of 
Starch and Food,” in the “ Report of the British 
pin 0 
ithe ig Ga 
giei has Sieh bites 
and malt with milch cows, the feel ki whi oe ill be 
found in his work published in tte and entitled, 
Food = f Animals 
8, 
5 anata oe, THE FOSCOTE FLOCK. 
13801. 
Ten per cent. on capital, now reduced 
by the to rA pirog vel Ka of the = 
meses say, 2000 200 0 0£1740 0 0 
ea a; 0:0 
| ado} 
EG leave most fully to coincide with me fa hc 
you for able disti oth es 
between boae Weenie asa 
the butcher, and. 1 the s bateher on md 
as a 
the clear and 
fally. cree. your sepre- 
r pra 
| the fallacy of it © AE that I need not reopen 
d 
Nitrogenous or 
nder a six-course, v 3 tons 5 per each a acre of -30 the question; but when you proceed to adduce my 
cattle crops (1334 acres) 632 Sineo ‘el publication pas Sa Voelcker’s results, two | flock as bearing on the subject, the assertions show 
D ESER ajo other samples of Dates have been purchased, AN titres such mperfect ntance with its history à 
mha e de terrainotions of nitro; ve been made in each. | the principles that = e penen the iii ngemis 
One of these samples cost, retail, 8d. per Ib. The m ta of it, I must offer some explanations. To re 
monetary eon consequences Pot dimiising U the breadth Sov pretty sounds but comparatively small. the memory of thie’ reader, I will transcribe the passage. 
aan ii crops and increasing nig 50 per Ib,—those analysed in Dr. Voelekess “He [Mr. Spoo cites the Leicester flock of Mr. 
egree = "a sin a, The vex next Table exhibita aS Boalt nearly = save, Pao: 52 per! Ls Valentine Barford, 6 Foscote, near Towcester, as ae - a 
8p vel; Tos raiti Sr ig Noles s of n t tl Pia; 
Scone beer altogether DF m means Ae ur second sample, hes fi sheip from the days of Bakewell i pin n 1788 
course consisting of bare fallow 5 2, Wheat a apace aa ne ia ys has bred entirely 
3, Beans; 4, Barley. wi gt A of oa ae 
Produce of 100 Wheat. at acre £910 0 m breding from nearest 
ee R eee al Cer bt at 
f arley, a E ea any of their fecu which i is m0 osed to result 
Straw 300 tons, at 10s. : a jaune m pa m in-and-in : reeding. But it is a sistas to note 
29 s as a 
Ex aa ses of cultivating 200 acres of aap ey = ird s manne of v vhat were called by | neglects the advantages ted fo Ha $ M fellow- 
‘a at of 00 ened = sake kaa l ° the d deer The best T rife Dates.” pis were much | preeders of Lei sheep for t3 rving 
a ENT ‘oad Goat of working bey EF seth ome se oF 2 Aea on i pantie ny urity i descent tate a particu ee ne that of aoe 
ow to the amount of 155 X origin -eredi 
(being at the rate of 30s. 6c ase sre: the determinations of mitrogen were as tee iste ahaha a Surely T tors ke der 
a acre fallowed), is included under 
from the at 
ue that half ue of caged 
Nitrogen. protein compounds. 
per cent. per cent. 
|E Experiment .. 0.286 1.80 
Experiment 2 . +. 0.278 1.75 
| Experiment 3 -s -- 0.278 1.75 
o these cbar ars 4 az now rad that the Dare 
tom had be en “communica cated to om 
a, it has to be remarked | 
lret | R 
true in Pong sound in and I 
they have no heredit ee Toi i disease, 
breedin, 
h 
ea irati 
calculated 
| stones ; and if 
a aaa 
sease, HESE in 
g does not induce de _preciaage and therefore I 
ave no lation | in con mi them. In fact, I think 
eve that tbose per centages are 
upon t the fe mE Be ae the fruit exclusive of the 
ge his be je Sean per cent. upon the whole 
rui includin; e weight Stones, would agree very 
closely with ng t in the pi r aaan at Rothamsted. 
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