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Avevst 18, 1860. } THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZ E TTE, 763 
y materials employed in the manufacture contain a | we therefore give atable s showing the values per is he cannot 
eek paar qua: auty = carbonate of lime or chalk, | adopted by different analysts :— . T pote reckon nity eae Fyne take ge ie pa 
which by the aetio m | specimens of the same manure by the same manufac- 
sulphate. | ‘his p particulari the ease with coprolites, r 3i 4 g turer you will find that it differs very much in its com- 
be the consequence is that it is far from uncommon B12 )3 $ é ition; but ifyou take 1 quantity from different 
um two or three times.as large as th E 3 3 S 3 d mix them all together, you get a general 
biphosphate. > z m 4 average which, being the m fhe of one PAn NARE j 
Valuation of Manures. —The commercial value of z F, z will turn out to be toler: rably. uniform. sampl 
dso. oleo ‘0 \¢0 0-190 0 | 60 0| therefore diff rent 
tions of composition, Thusa coprolite containing sheet Erone » phosphates 7 odio 0}8 o|7 0} 7 0| bag 
60 per cent. of phosphates sells for 3h ve. 5 A e Soluble phopnates 5 guanos i t 8 f A 4 a i R EA be ot et ty farmer is to 
brings Soom Be p: k a other words the phosphates in | Al o> pre te i 1 o K 5 a H > ° L rd bea y 
uch early twice the price they would | Sulphate of 2 0) 1.6 11.0) 104 2 0 as ion of f these AR] manures, and ee 
E in aiei Rart y th e same w: a our inquiry was e: a : | = ee Eeri 2.0 bd 4 Hip Ky we AEP . Sepeanent ngan kaem, will hoy how 
the price of bone ash, we find the value of the phos- | Organic matter 1 0 1 0/1. otad 010 bins ma hia apinaa if they do not take 
phates inter mediate between that of coprolit nd The ablica lie ti F simple ine ee roper f arriving at the eir coms 
| pr a application of these y 4 
and will be readily uadesstoo d by a a few examples Tet posit ion, A redne pues ‘for instance, of 107. per cent. in 
Es Phat e of division of the s | a ak ppose a sample of superphospha stes oita the value of these ures is equivalent to a sum of 
which its different co consitaents ar are © avait ia ae a 7 400,0002.; and y also readily understand how 
plant, the foes with w be applied to the iie matter . z. 14.11 easy it would be fo adu terate an article some 10 or 8 
soil, &e, In meena ai me g the SE anaapa 4 of lime equivalent 40 14.88 goluble ct per cent., and the Pl never be,observed. 
are of actual ory ee insoluble peowphe sd 7 5 cope kh ig 3 ee Iiei 
soluble ae hates, al ite rot lime, nitric aci oe 
nitrate of soda), potash, soda, and organic matter. eer Sus ENOR ‘ot Reviews. 
costly. Potash also sells at a high price, Pat it is rarely 200 o5 The Pig. By W. Youatt. ilar arged and re-written by 
poo ip Strela d manpres sufficient to influenc ‘Acie eS op ted Hate el panen, edor of Psi “ Ilustrated edition of 
their The alkali —_ pont thay found i rt 2. avey’s Horse Taming,” outle al 
Srbi fod on manures is soda, In order to obtain a fair a ika rot tons of aeh onstan Fugit ete th the| . This, though with’an old title, is a 
value for each of these substances, it is necessary 10 | onure, and the -value is calculated in the followi: ing | 7 parcngas substantial aud complete u on yf pes ig 
aseertain the commercial prices eac! seat ap te 3 T ia ane ts topic ip ppo which more than any other will interest 
anes mages can in and it TEE AEA jos a te agriculturists, the rn of an allotment 
sometimes to arrive * it by an on jnireet he 14 88 g e paosphas ait oe ga ies Fri v much as cag of 1000 acres, and Mr, 
ron +: xg manner which will b wards a 15. phates at TL. fo. ite hihi oy , Secure anata on of readers 
The question we haye to solve is aga price $0.43 vs Ipbate of limo at 1. do. ” in his preface :— is scarcely an ation i 
pa nees in a pure oer and Fo led ming sal eae niak: bas, tk bas Ae s ae — that on since Mr, Youths ten te the br Sof pigs 
we shall consider each in a, raray a 5 Fyn in this countr, reconstructed 
pre Rape ae Ae GERERE Cd Remo E 
proies gro vt pow. uen e is n aver- 5 allwor have ma im 
po vgn ie Lg peta an peers) j. Pi psa Lia n guano calculated in the same manner ihe" breading ot a ‘ho ee co fang A 
Tn this state ei te ; io ar tnonnely yo, bec 53.10 Tons of organic matter, at 10s per ton... £30 | profit When, therefore, I undertook the task of 
al that the same bo ; mor py Ses K insoluble Pore a 7L do, 161 preparing a j A shen of ‘ Youatt’s Pig,’ I began b, 
aatis bar the ying ayajl itself of rot th m, » a4 snd the alkalino ee edidconsing 4 or ot grany nestions gen A Je Pumaroon iene 
ne on a lanys gai e 7 x w amo ry —_ ‘armers’ Club ar 
y tare of poe So ged Loe mage A O per wo “a ost ne BOL i par a 3 si jae a fai ety ia i Sorel, and to all the principal 
poe neh in this form are np ariet g at ‘62, gr A Value Of 109 tons», «1908 Dos greene and ee Sg Teal ae Mo eres 
Salle “bowie may be adopted yo: hatic guanos, | or at the rate of 132. 18s. per ton, It appears, there- E ian ually engaged pay all sy and feeding swine, which 
ond vies dad that a ton of Siorphoopoatas is | fore, that, as apa with other manures, Per uvin an | it has been my endeavour to condense and present 
ai =o Mae phage, p ever, that this « of the w. I gr Ly Red. the w original 
eee ee ee 3 a mation to the price, eoi in sting it cen many two are in ret E = ning twelve ie a 
10 0 at] enpecialip-in more scarcely six, page a 
t accessibilit exit me "We are bound ahem damp, 4, has been om th dition, wit 
a ay ste the TETA apah guencs Keike p at th ght a x 
at this price, although as ammonincal such as | “Ample, anid of| ‘The work is well illustrated, “Tho new illnstra- 
Peruvian, they are sold at a lower rate, but for all tions ino taken from the best specimens that 
other manures of w bich ie and bone ash form the | in this ae such | could be obtained of the worth cultivating; 
basis, 7/. per ton may be as a fair rate Ammonia | ® <a As he may consider me under the circum- | j¢ are not entirely nes it is hoped 
is found in commerce oe tae sulphate of | Stane t of tl bat milowanoo” willbe made fo the Cociendo 
i i at from Tar the wa otographing a pig. ‘My boar,’ writes 
preg tegen he resont ally e bo pan tbs re into account. Thus, “i if eee r two | an jeie Kesk rot breeder, ‘seems to Bast no regard for 
of iripaeiby (6 or 6 per cent,) the price of soni in | asiptes ky EE e AEE AEAT. his personal , and will neither lie nor stand 
this forr yet Gay A calculating when requi: ‘Phe illustrations ed the 
priee o er that Poredna oie rir rere ced Ta first edition show what the breeds were at that time,’ 
ing are the values of ammonia =| One of the best features in th is its 
n famm Pap EE 3 OE. 11.88 | abundant collection of the reports of Mr. Sidney's 
a ni 4 P ARRIER mague mea a ele 
ap PE, ‘gn | from their reports on ng. 
Pie nt. at parton sa i ro CM eo] “A Yorkshire and feeder weiter:—‘T am a 
pee fh ye aliy adapo. Sai for ab ee “3 farmer, and I EERS Tin" and J hav tock 
12. per ton, and always tn that pays like them; but 1 1} found a earring 
Organic in, n Caria fikr difference in thie feeding fost yng of the different 
and I shall adopt the lower estimate. Alkaline salts, = 100.00' 100.00 | breeds, and I ea nob astonished at far ereveroying pigs 
consisting chiefly of soda, are taken ton; and | Ammonia .. z paren will not pay. oped S a few eass a great 
potash at from to 307., ag former the price] if the values mann ue = change in the & éds, as it will not pay 4 the times 
_ bee it can ed eT Kelp. Nitrate of soda aoaia to Ag int rast "iid down, N to keep an unprofitable a of any breed. I have 
oe IW. per =m or if allowance] worth Fh. per ton, and No.2 112., but ay the beon selling some York Cumberlands, 2 “stone of 
be Pande for acon és, the price of the pur ure salt i isi value of ‘the last is by no weed so high, poti s| 14 lbs. at od. the pound without offal, and a 9d. with 
Nout T Frm earn diffienity att th that the conversion of the ane of the ror offal, for porkers; and ave seen some orks of 
ates only, their a aren eeina Sa advantage in a manurjal point ot a 
wring the i ead yor lias been : po i best results ri obtained when able | I very much ‘doubt whetber either the lange Yorkshize 
tion oe the value wf plate osphates. I find pad pe phates into a soluble form is not attended with com- j nearly y 50 stone sold at 6s. with the offal. i tn ire 
wer soluble phos; i 
compotion à 
ante pee isa 
rtion is left. insoluble. E ot int oit A fact or the Berkshire n mae are 
i like. No. ers mae ars ; 
conridered as Faine. he pam 
ti stores, 
i by Decem 
. The | have often bad them 
wnd | are always saleable in the ae aka ayina ik Market 
