A Treatise Shewing the Intimate Connection That Subsists Between Agriculture An
A Treatise Shewing the Intimate Connection That Subsists Between Agriculture An
Archibald Cochrane Dundonald
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Previous to this expla- 0_ nation, I2 a A TREATISE ON THE CONNECTION OF nation, it is proper to state some further circumstances, more fully to impress on the mind of the farmer the effect which salt or sea water has in promoting the more full putrefa&ion of dung and vegetable matters. It is well known, that ships built of unseasoned tim- bers are at first very unhealthy. The exhalation of the vegetable juices of the fresh wood is not the sole cause. It is principally to be ascribed to the putr...escent hepatic gas; generated by the mixture of the vegetable juices with the vitriolic neutral salts contained in sea water, forming what is called bilge water. The smell of it is no less offensive, than its effe&s are prejudicial to the health of the ship's company. When a new vessel hap- pens to be tight, and to make little water, it is the prac- tice with all intelligent seamen, to sweeten the vessel's hold and limbers, by daily letting in and pumping out a sufficient quantity of water. Certain gasses, which are injurious to the health of ani- mals, are favourable to the growth of plants: hepatic air is one of them ; and as hepatic air is formed in vessels i holds AGRICULTURE WITH CHEMISTRY.
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