Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-01-07

land, but neglects. from want of knowledge or
means, to replace the earthly matter of the grain,
the land will be exhausted of those constituents
which are necessary for the production of wheat.
In order to keep land in fit state to produce
this crop, Il compensation for every ingredient
of which it has been deprived must be restored
TO it iu proper proportion. In order to know
the proportion essential to the growth of every
particular crop, recourse must be had TO chemi-
cal analyses of the soil, the crops, and the man.
ure that should be applied to the soil.
One Of the earthly constituents of wheat enters
so largely into the composition Of many other
crops, that the amount taken from the soil
every year is very great, and constitutes con-
siderable proportion of the total amount con-
tanned in ordinary land SO that the loss ex-
cites attention and arouses the efforts of intelli-
gent farmers to repair it. We allude to phos-
phoric acid Now, chemical analyses have
shown that in the bones of animals great part
Of this material, which has been drawn from the
land in the growth Of vegetables, is to be found
stored up in form suitable to its restoration
70 the sell Hence the value of dissolved bones,
bone dust, crushed bones, superphosphate, etc.
and hence the value of gusno, which contains
the flesh and bones of fishes dissolved by passing
through the intestines Of sea-birds, and con-
ueQsea lulp q very sllall paCt u1 ueOou poollluu
and the pressure of immense accumulation Of
similar materill.-U esierH Rural
BRIusH AGRICULTURAL RE1uRxs.-Our
English exchanges report that the Board
of Trade have published their returns Of the
agricultural statistics Of the United Kingdom,
from which We learn that the extent Of land
under wheat in Great Britain, this season, was
/ 3,635,G30 acres in 1858, 3,652.115 acres :;
and in 1861 3,361,116 acres, representing an
agreeable increase this year over last Of 1906.
and an increase of 81 .0ji acres between 1867
and 1869 The barley crop Of the present season
occupied a larger breadth than during the pre-
ceding years, but diminution from that Of
1867. The returns are barley, in 1863, >
2jG, il in 1865, 2.l5l ,23i and in 1867,
2,lj0, lG4 acres The largest increase is in po-
tatoes, there being this year So per cent over
the acreage Of 1858, and l9l over that Of 1861
The more general cultivation Of the potato Is
doubtless due to It's being one Of the most pro-
itable crops Of the farm. when the tubers are
comparatively free from disease As regards live
stock II Is TO be regretted that there is this year
a decrease in the number Of both sheep and pigs
-CGnrd1 Farmer.
Wuay DO BEES GATHER HoyEy FROM Buck
MHhAi-- ut money rum NACh"lt4l ltetluults
thick maple molasses and is sometimes granu-
lated Ia the comb 50 that it may be cut through
with a knife. without running, like a cake of
OF soft maple sugar. Bees can gather it only
when the flowers are moist in the morning Of
a fair day, after "a heavy dew, lees begin to
work it as soon as the moisture has dried off
enough 10 prevent drabblng their bodies; and
by 10 clock the roar Of bees may be heard at
some distance from the field, and i sometimes
as loud as the noise made in swarming In
favorable season, a! this time Of day, d c1ntiEu-
Gus line Of bees may be seen going 10 and from
the field to the hive blind man might trace
It by tine sound. At . o'clock, an army Of busy
workers are sal among the flowers, but, if the
sun continues to hiue, their numbers begin to
diminish, and an hour later. few can be seen.
At two o'cock al have left TIE field. When the
flowers are moistenei by slight showers or misty
weather, and are not too wet, they sometimes
continue their lshors through the day, but do
not work on !, 50 busiiy as In the forenoon.
when lie wc-tler is f.ir.-C5r. y z. Home
stead.