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THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



tlic farewell festival in February, they clung to the 

 hope that the ])artiiig was not to be. We care not 

 to dwell on this sad wrench and its causes. There 

 have been lioart-buruings enough, and the division 

 of the country has indeed been purchased at a bitter 

 price. Dorsetshire has not, however, failed to show 

 its gratitude. In 1827 it presented its Squire, at a 

 cost of eleven hundred and fifty guineas, with a vase 

 and shield, as a meet acknowledgment of his chivalry; 

 audthii-ty years later it celebrated his jubilee, by the 

 presentation of two canc\e\iihr?iinihere>/aissa>ice style. 

 The picture, to which the greater portion of the 

 £1800 then collected was devoted, was not finished 

 till many months after, and then it merely came to 

 grace the farewell banquet. 



From none on this occasion did the cheers come 

 more heartily, or was the expression of sympathy 

 more manifest, than with the farmers of the county. 

 It is, indeed, as a good landlord and excellent coun- 

 try gentleman that we here give our greeting to Mr. 

 Farquharson. Although the chase may have been 

 his first love, he has ever shown an innate and last- 

 ing inclination for agricultural pursuits. He farms 

 himself still, we believe, between two and three 

 thousand acres of land in the best possible style. 

 The character of his flock has long been famous, and 

 he ranks as a successful exhibitor at our agricultural 

 meetings. He is of course a member of the Royal 

 Agricultural Society, and with such-like support the 

 cause will ever prosper. 



PLATE II. 

 A HEREFORD PRIZE OX. 



THE PROrERTY OF MR. JOHN SHAW, OF HUNSBURY HILL, NORTHAMPTON. 



This capital beast was bred by Mr. Richard 

 Shirley, of Bawcott, Munslow, Shropshire. 



At the Leicestershire Agricultural Society's Show, 

 in December, 1856, he took the first prize of 15 sovs. 



At the Rugby and Dunchurch Show, in Novem- 

 ber, 1857, be took another first prize of 15 sovs,, 

 open to all England. 



At the Birmingham and Midland Counties Show, 

 December, 1857, he took the first prize of 10 sovs. 

 as the best of his class, the extra prize of 20 sovs. 

 as the best of all the Herefords, and the gold 

 MEDAL as the best ox in the yard. Mr. Shirley 

 also received a Silver Medal as his breeder. 



At the Smithfield Club Show, the week follow- 

 ing, he took the first prize of 25 sovs., Mr. Shirley 



having another Silver Medal. The ox was pur- 

 chased here by Mr. Gutheridge, of High-street, 

 Poplar. 



This was a magnificent beast, of immense length 

 and depth, with all the good points of the Here- 

 ford beautifully developed. He had a wonderfully 

 fine head, with good back and fore-quarter; was 

 very heavy, and of excellent quality. Indeed, had 

 it not been for a little dip in the back, he might 

 have been passed as perfect. His feeder, Mr. 

 Shaw, is a new man as an exhibitor, at least of 

 cattle; his entries at the more important meetings 

 having so far been confined to the sheep classes. 

 It is needless to say this Hereford did every credit 

 both to his judgment and management. 



DRESSINGS FOR THE TURNIPCROP. 



BY CUTHBERT W. JOIIKSON, ESQ., F.R.S. 



The different manures employed for the turnip 

 crop are of annually increasing interest. Consi- 

 derable pubhc discussions have recently been held 

 upon a theme so important to the stock farmer. 

 When this paper comes before the agriculturist, 

 turnip sowing will be about to commence in most 

 portions of our island, and few are the farmers so 

 happily situated as not to be benefited by the ap- 

 plication of artificial dressings. At such a season, 

 then, it will surely be attended with benefit if we 



inquire into the comparative merits of some of the 

 manures which are urged upon the farmer's atten- 

 tion for the use of his root crops. 



In the first place, then, let us refresh our memories 

 by examining the mineral matters which the turnip 

 crop requires for its healthy growth ; what the 

 perfect plant invariably contains ; what it absorbs 

 from, and gradually exhausts the soil of. This 

 analysis was, some little time since, made by Way 

 {Jour. Roy. Ag. Soc. vol. viii., p. 1 99.) He has 



