858 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, [Smereuser 22,1860, 
Secretary o ry 0 of the Association, that a gre at majority | psc sth „of Peruvian guano, which is what you appear to ay Fi are turned in the vats, when the business 
sa comer rey A A The conclusion of the whole matter is that 30s. | fhe servants breakfast at So autot Toning: 
en 4 y ae per ton have been repaid to all the pak na of| comfort of the Sabbath das i sae T . ‘eed the 
aniformity of ualit This season, however, their guano out of the “Alice Counce;” and th ht to be) i : michel 
expérience Ear beds ient. A Waid of tha Sata committee of the Association, to m the sub- 
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of the “t Alice Counce,” nigel Spa gr from the | Jt had on mee vitted, “thot “ho Aegre eat | 
Clyde to ‘Ayr, and ‘sold to the far ‘the dis- | DRENNAN, their convener, their conviction tha 
et hag to Hay F very inferior | this ease should convince farmers of the pr 
aa een prove Gi oi ray : priety of obtaining the assistance of the eben a a ame nary satay ree it oh 
q ORR aie oraka 1 the sub- | more frequently than they have hitherto done. estahhiahitienta aay: iat i la "akin 
a r. imit hint chants in Ayr| With all the circumspection of Messrs. Gress, it | and Mond y morning: y evening 
: chased iom, Messes, Caos, Glasgow ab ee seems that they may be deceived. We believe | He aide: «With regard ri the Fig 
2 siete that the facts brought to light ste: pening = Sunday heese-making, ion n traly sa fe: ) 
made at all. On ais the business of the 
the four follow? 
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om Peru ; at the 270 tons o guano were 
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transhipped at Port Glasgow, and conveyed in 4 E aa E re ny di 
. $ 5 3 5 the estimation of the agricultural public, their | g nn- 5 Mei i > 
lighters to Ayr about the end of January last ; that | previous iy] high reputation a fo Ka reotitu deof c ARE =a house between the six working days and the 
the o was deli armer that time | Bat in s aj aE 1o | Sabb ch e 
f: rt 
cs a end ste earl abe at first from the | ion eet oa E ps Beia "300 tt a of Por a ie sther ho nd the rest of the hous Cope 
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; ; i takes, Science affords a cheap 
t had in th. An yses ES i x H U _|Su ss oe mor cay to milk the ¢o 1B 
of samples of = cargo made by Professor AN- effective security to farmers in making their de (opportunity of ietending a piat i of E onion 
DERSON ‘for country gentlemen and farmers | °7°° ae a day,’ 
in the county shove d the guano to co ntain from consist in obtaining analyses from respectable 
_ 10 to nearly 14 per of ammonia, and from 9 chomi N 2 By Parson 7. bate > SS EX. 
to nearly 18 Fe dit. prj Additional ipida ii We hear Bon han 
y ea i that the} Ly my notes on the agriculture of the Stussex cof 
were then drawn in the most careful manner. } g bring the new | took occasion it ra Ey ae ate ean wate 
os now, — a look into a 
season 
Each was taken from portions of several bags; | Sweet So: orghum to maturity. het needs a 
they were sealed up in tin on the spot ; and dupli- like. lat of 1859 to ensure its reaching either set of matters and abject which may b to 
cates of the samples were taken to be ready for quantity or quality of produce. The juice of the |an intermediate position Ak, Stated and wad 
sending to different chemists, if it should appear | plant is bitter while the shoots a are young ; but | nature, between the true aboriginal denizens of the soil 
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“ciel > do so. Four of the samples were sent | wh d 
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to Pro follows |w en ripene ital Pebe as partaking of this — swe may have a ia 
r ANDERSON, ad and the gust, AA a month after- 
ing are “his analyses of them : | wà rds he found near 6t per hs of sugar in its — ripen, para pe eh pE Abeni A bat 
No. 1. | No. 2. | No. 8. | No. 4. here: . Itine telk a le ith EIN than rae be hedge-rows ; in no district hive I wae be, or worse 
13,42 | 13.9 12.42 | 11.98 whi gonad = itn ih it s hibi Sar qe Bees hedges, a fact accounted for from the circumstance that 
Organic ağar and ammo- Rs ns ee eee w Thu wih. Tide = nied Ff : «it 1b1ts. follow «rl the soil is admirably adapted for the growth of the usual | 
pacama minar RAEE |: AERP To ge Parer eri or four yea rs hi ad fin o. EE hi plant ass ed for this purpose, namely, the White- 
n a L E | e ne crops of thls | thorn (Cratægus ox ~ ber a eH Pras when newly 
eeen ew | 18,48 | 10,88)] 7.23 | 18.07 | Mew forate' plant, tal t ree ye a Tinos 
Tats t Tekod mo ioo | 22 established a d Wir y valuable for Feeding stock | | young ri results ; they ns here, too , planted with 
Ammonia... | 1267 | 12.97 | 1446 | ‘1088 | in August and September, for my horses annually | more than usual care, and ae is generally done, 
Phosphorio acid in alkaline fattened on it, although, strange to ‘ey, orses | and this with the view of up an impermeable 
A EO re oh aa z > belonging to some of my neighbours, who culti- | fence by constant clipping, whieh 4 is often done twice a 
y anera; ss ZL | vated it ex ressly for them, would scarcely eat it, | Yet without that system of plashing which is 
_ Dr. rT says :—““ In setting upon these | and an old powy here actually and truly always | °sewhere so gen oat 
aples, it is scarce me to remark | turn “up his nose at it, gri ing with dis t Stell, good as ung hedges in }- 
that they are all futettor to y e av verage of good} “T observed last summer, during the ool, a tation is. soni rife sis of nize 7 
Peruvian guano, as they all o ontain a a quantity of moist weather we had in Au gust, tha: t it hee ‘tas ae int ee long seta rat Saas their — 
en t unh if it did not like such weather, an R a 2 a d confined to 
rare value, N 3i th b t of PERY 8s ’ pect at first only here and there, and co l 
within 14; o: 3 is (he best of the four, and it i is | j 80 I iti thy: that cE would es iu a wet, | the hedge-row, but gradually sending o ae 
Nos similar es they might | I hed y bee a oil x 1} bedi ds i, a wik Gar Gus ie Gee ant ae we e 
almost have taken from oaie: Dar ah prepared soil, ad- | with that cross the dite 
th , joining some which has hithérto produced very Blackthorn, Woodbine, pepe) and weeds, meet over 
ey would have been still closer ‘had not No. 1 | large crops, on the 20t ; many, man _— ed hedge es 
oo eee small stones about the size of a| weeks I paid reed but could not find a plant. | across—and it is most 3 ali Ean while 
an, which have raised the proportion of sand. | A At last, early in July, a few stragglers made their | greselt pains are 2 taker clip all this to tire 
Their value is from 22, to 27, 5s. under the average. ‘ i mass large pe h we base! ‘enough to bear 
N afak Enas l g SARA, whi ich are now looking yer and s yin 
i Si . = ; dy aad i erior, as it contains ckly hes high. Itis, I hear, | "2° OP a pen bee hae ya (ten to oe 
per cent. of sand, and less than 11 of ammonia, alti An al aS the Conti t, ; | peri 2 keep out. the roe is Li a 
igiri St taste bebi kenteld an worth equal failure on the Continen _ where it Sia tous PoR retalnaege 
orth fully 37. 10s. | has hitherto been cultivated extensi vely. ore ee properties rey 
less than the average. e 
__ Towards the . end of his letter Dr. ANDERSON 
so the 
which if such stuff was kept within due oa oe 
imported with the sand in it, and, should Sunday is\a Shee pete ry parr gt an. T It that = ore Fronmidable barn ditch, y : 
i: sti da fẹ e! 4 
this s opinion be confirmed, ma prove am natie is, however, di ficult of accomplishment on, farms, is not an aka a A, sk wet 
an ay we to the fi mers He adds that | ; aking suffiċient ‘distinction between the fi x to mark 
the Pireo ce is to sell Peruvian guano without |? e first f view it is curious i a 
Fn sis, on the ground that its soup Bh aR wad the other days of the ow That the thing | dn tee rl ith sade of clays 
orm as to render ~ unnecessary ; but that the | X47 be done, however, we assurance of | ak piima eres sápa aluvia by 
facts now brought out will cause some alteration | O27 on cae nt, Mr. reed of ete Hall, | which it is yee ee ered up, the re bce of 
in this ie - | Ta miea heshire, who is known as a leading the Wadges -row W ploti of lantan aiot, tas thus the 
- Mr, MM reporting the e case to | Tae a armer in ria county. The followi ee is | following plants were not at all observed, and if prè 
Mess A. penri states that the Ghevitabts the routine of operations in his dairy from — 
x of the examination is that the day until Ser ae : Rhamnus catharticus, Buckth ra Bas 
“ Alice Counce” has been gd a “The cows as saal arë milked at 5 A.M. on i anna von ag Spindle Tree 
- ‘what i long been mgA ed as verage | Saturday, and the milk is put into vessels to Riy aider Rot 4 
ality of Peruvian guano. And it En ä a Cae remain until the evening, the milk of Friday Du ecg do, E 
reflection to the agricultural a aS, a pwe evening also having Eppe i a ay nipped oe > i 
inferior guano may have at other tim remains i g tin pars undisturbed until it is babl hed, ps ok by ~~ hich, of course, 
their hands hed oa its Gastity poor, boon fsted wanted. It added the former with the! the Tim T R TAA pnia Briars, _ 
by analysis. Mes s. GIBBS reply a a billow ek oe s vaii produce, thus making three | Brambles TUDASA, a0 we have seen nowhere else, 
“We n one During the day the dairy servants complete masses 
“Alice 1 Coupee,” tae g loyed in turning cheese, cleaning the| - yonia dioi te y 
airy oflices, and maki rywhere comfortable Tamus communis, Black do. F 
for the Sunday. ng is commenced an hour Convolvulus sepium, Great Bindweed. E 
surface | earlier on Saturday afternoon, say 4 o'clock, and| Beneath the hedges grow the usual mass by Seb 
ior: | the milk is all prepared by half-past 5 o'clock, | every deseription—Thistles, 7 
tyof| When the process of cheese-making mences, | nd others, but to do the e Sussex fariner jas 8 
with | By 11 p.m. the business of the day is over, the |°f the country have iin for i 
tensils being all in their places and the dairy | °l/y kept from any on t amount of he. my mo 
kitchen washed down. On Sunday morning the |P tth Neste re clipped with great catty 
here similar | cows are milked at the usual time, and the milkers | pad not aati whole h “ih te the anana vetween the hea? 
generally ee a little assistance from th ne and the crop is carefully cleared of pe its filth, anô 
before you as | men, ani who have no particular ear passage alt round the field. 
ie this there we cone tion on that day; after milking, the chen Of of. iis ths account, pect the circumstance thet 
in the previous evening and any others which may absence of lime may always be marked bya 
