ODAMS

James (son of a land steward). b. Wavenden, Bucks. 6 May 1815; apprentice to a chemist at North amp ton; chemist and druggist Rye street, Bishops Stortford from 1837; one of the first to advocate use of artificial manure; a isted to send seeds to French farmers after Franco-German war 1871; erected cattle markets, on 10 acres, near Victoria dock, London, for foreign cattle to prevent contagion to English stock 1866; patented a manure made from blood and formed a company to manufacture it, called the Blood manure and nitro-phosphate co., of which he was managing director 1851; author of Why have a foreign cattle market on the Thames, and where 1866; Racks and troughs, remarks on transmi ion of cattle by rail 1873. d. The Grange, Bishops Stortford, Herts 6 Feb. 1881. bur. Bishops Stortford cemetery 11 Feb. Live stock journal 11 Feb. 1881 pp. 119–20; The Farmer 14 Feb. 1881 p. 253; I.L.N. 26 Feb. 1881 p. 216 portrait .