The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-06-28

seriously TO Rothanstcd TO scientific agri.
culture. The result Is known far ind wide,
as there arc few capable ot reading the
English tongue who are unaware that for
at least forty years Sir John has been the
most valued contributor, to the journals OF
the Royal Agricultural Society, 10 the re-.
ports for tile British Association for the
Advancement Of Science, 10 the journal
OF the Chemical Society, to The Lire Stock
Journal, Thu. Agricultural Gaietis, and many
other cognate publications. EF,
X ave are told by contemporary that
Lord Dacre was the first to point out 10 Sir
John Lawcs the variable action OF bones
In different coils which led to numerous
experiments, aud us result, It WIS found
that the neutral phosphates OF lime were
rendered soluble by sulphuric acid, and
the mixture thus matle was applied to root
crops Tho discovery led to tic establish.
ment oflarge works near London for the
manufacture Of superphosphate OF lime,
the manure with which the name OF Sir
John Lawes will always be associated. and
which has been Of untold advantage to his
native country In 1913 he WINS Joined by
DR.. J. n. Gilbert, an expert In practical
chemistry, and 1t will be seen from the nc.
count OF tho annual visit recently paid to
Woburn abbey by Mr. Dent, the President,
by Mr.. II NJ. jenkins, y the Sec.
rotary. and by several other mem.
beers Of the Royal Agricultural So.
ciety, that the two friends, who became
partners In 1872, have remained together
until to-day. Six years have elapsed since
the Duke Of Bradford, with sagacious mt.
nitlcencc, gave up the Crawley Mill farm,
near Woburn, TO the Royal Agricultural
society in order that they might there
make experiments In feeding stock and In
ascertaining the value OF measures Here,
no less than ut Rothalnsted, Sir John
Lawes and DR.. Gilbert have had an oppor.
tunity Of bringing their laboratory discov.
cries to the test Of practice and OF COM
pairing their experiences with those Of Dr..
Voclckcr, who has long acted us analytical
chemist to the distinguished body over
which the Duke of Richmond will DO the
next successor. 1t Is needless for US to re-.
peat the universal opinion expressed by
agriculurists that no man ever yet dc.
served more richly the compliment paid to
him by the government than the indie.
IatSlDIe eSperluleAtullSt VINO lliS
made the name Of Ratlamsted famous
all over the world. Utterly impossible, in.
deed, would it be to calculate the cxpendi
ture in time, labor, thought, and money
laid out by him during the lust hnf.century
upon his favOritc pursuit Researches into
the exhaustion OF soils and the causes Of IL;
experiments US 10 crops, and as TO the origin
Of, and the means Of supplying nitrogen 10
plants; investigations into the best methods
Of converting cattle, pigs, and sheep into
mcat.producing machines; penetrating in.
quiries into rainfall and systems oil drain
age; close observation OF botanical pro.
cesses; analytical chemistry, in fact, applied
to agriculture in u thousand different ways
and forms-these and many other cognute
labors, OF which the world las had the
benefit in essays, pamphlets, and letters,
admirably clear in Language aud lucid in
exposition, make up the useful and honora.
bic life Of Sir John Bennett Lawes, and
abundantly explain the universal sense OF
his fellow-countrymen us to the great i'm.
portance OF science as the handmade OF
agriculture. Us 1879 -Eg