The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-10-30 00:00:00

ecncral XcWs.

2gricititurt.

ADCLTER %Titer tiP M - Mr. Fletaer, in his
work, " Scii 'stifle Far 11l ill made c 0.," Pty/I. A
In inufactitrer of an excellent artifietal manure cum-
idoiinal, the other day, to the author, that in his trade
it was hardly worth while to be honest ; for he found
tint the tuanurem pro ...al by taatoin other maker,.,
which lie knew from analyois to be vastly inferior to No
own, were just as reaittly boitglit fly the farmer* at the
ontne price. In ration of this, I will mention • fact
that cisme under nay observotion in a Yorkshire market.
I sw a mopectotile manufacturer 04 illlptirf.llllll.llllte.
WIIIIMI article I hail eNa 11l ill and knew to be getwitie,
~tier it to a former with wl he had done busine.ss for
etAitt or nine V. aro ; but the lotto:. objeeted, as be
thought the pri ••• tl:7 per ton) wet too Shortly
! after an agent Ilion a ouperpholthote for IA to r
ton. Ile tor: haul' bought of hint 7 tome. I procured
a sample from the bulk. analysed it, and found it emi-
t:du, a 1111 l other matter, 67.5:1 per ccut. of gypsum,
mortis in that market lOa. 41. per ton."
it 1.-mg Fa 3 DU, TI,. 11)030 author,
3 ieertilt, to this Lind of imp..it gives the coot of
the ti!vi rd in!-,rolicetto noed to it aloe a ton of 'lone of
the rutot eateitoively advertised of these hot to." which
•i r- antoont to ti I si. 14.1. .trtMe,:, lie
put .iitan at the ordiniiry wholes:Ai- market
price, hut, if purcha,eil iii lar,,e quantities, might be got
notch cheaper. 'rite it.e of the best rarreti cake io also
when it is by 1111 ineaits itunrobolde ii, inhrrior
ileteroiti 111 l is often liotveve,.. le 016 as it may.
t p.- lit L'ith to otford the We Of 110,Ie
1111 t the artide.. Itelepeinkntly of the slight
rol•itaring ait h toriteric alai dovouring with Ihtuorice.
col an kr, :,:iptt.c.l, toe., awl the inedieol etentemuils as
I'd f re set forth, the Mail; hulk of these nionufnetured
food,. CO:111.01Vd of the carob bean. Indian corn,
ond cal,. Theto form nine-tentlio ot
snit -.tatice ; :apt it is worthy of note, that
of these by for the must valuable. in point of both
price and feeding quality. is linsee I-cake, and this is
noc•I in the smalleot proportion. If, however, the
former ChM-OCA to pay three or four times as touch 11.24
the intrinsic value of no orticle, it it, of course, at ids
option to do so ; hat, inasmuch as the inain object of
farming is a remunerative profit. it pasoes my compre-
hension t • un•lerstand how that object (Ail he gained by
feeding sitiiiinis substonces that cost I £4ll t, 1::i0
tier ton. The itbove ingredient+, throwing aside all the
mettles.' AM! !INVOUrilig compounds, give upon analyois,
the following results :

Nitr (..r gc.ll.l.,nuin; substance.) .. 14.97
4.76
54.10
6:15
S.LJ

Stare s. •11.• S.
Indlg •• !' 'lt 4. 41, fibre
114/1,41 Mat Cr.

Equal to Nitrnzen

" tifitture the one repretenteil by the fore-
going analy,;• eould be wade by n mixture of burley-
weal, head', and Lak••• at lens than 01w-fourth of the
pnce cha;ge.l f r the hefore•inentionad entle Goal. An
to the sto mutating properties cont.dued an these foods,
I ant inillited to think thcir constant lureiA very titles.
%tunable, and very likely to be productive of barer.