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While he was absent his clerk took it upon himself, without 

 authority, to put up a Turkish bath, at a cost of £26, and 

 he believed that one had been inspected by Mr. Ball. He 

 was certainly much surprised when he saw a report signed 

 by Mr. Ball, for he had not been aware that any one had 

 been sent to inspect the bath, nor wa? the steward present, 

 nor any one authorized by him (Mr. Jefferyes) to go there. 

 Dr. Baxter went there with those two gentlemen, and made 

 inquiries from an ignorant man about the details; and 

 they were told this, that, and the other thing. There was 

 one part of the report which he (Mr. Jefferyes) was sur- 

 prised how those gentlemen were able to swallow — namely, 

 that a cow which was in the bath sick would be well next 

 day and would be turned out (laughter). His experience of 

 the Turkish bath for three or four montlis was this : he had 

 several cows attacked with distemper during that time. Four 

 or five of those recovered without going near the bath ; 

 three or four died in the bath, and he had not a single re- 

 covery in the bath ; consequently it was impossible to call it 

 a remedy for the lung distemper. Mr. Forrest, a tenant of 

 his, likewise sent two of his cattle into the bath, and both 

 died ; they were both young heifers, and the disease was 

 taken at the outset, so that every fair-play was given. He 

 did not, therefore, think that the Turkish bath was at all a 

 remedy for pleuro-pneumonia ; it was a perfect sham. If 

 he had all his cows ill with the distemper, and a Turkish 

 bath was within the distance of the post, he would not send 

 one there. 



SALE OF STOCK AT THE CORK SHOW.— Several 

 sales took place amongst the shorthorns, Messrs. Ganlj', Sons, 

 and Parker having the bulk of the private commissions, for 

 which they are so well fitted ffom their long connection with 

 shorthorn breeders ; whilst Mr. Marsh, of Cork, the respect- 

 able nominee of the local committee, conducted the auction. 



We have already mentioned some of the principal sales — 

 namely. Lord Talbot de Malahide's Clydesdale to Lord Fitz- 

 william, and Mr. Welsted's Waterloo Pat to Mr. Christy. 

 Mr. Welsted also sold Chaplet to the Marquis of Waterford 

 for 105 guineas : and his lordship also purchated Mr. Cros- 

 bie's Golden Vein for 120 guineas, the intention being to run 

 Chaplet and Golden Vein, as a pair, against Captain Ball's 

 pair, for the challenge cup at the coming Waterford Show, the 

 Captain having been the winner of the same at the two last 

 shows. We hope hia lordship will have them brought out in 

 good style, for he has good stuff to work on, and rare stuff to 

 meet ; and this he can only do by more skill being displayed 

 in the retention of their quality than was evinced in the case 

 of his pair of two-year-old Cork prize heifers. At the auction, 

 Mr. Anderson's eight-year-old cow Princess, bred by Mr. 

 Welsted, was purchased by Mr. Crosbie for 51 guineas Mr. 

 Oliver's six-year-old cow Diana, bred by Hon. A. F. Nugent, 

 by Mr. Welsted, for 40 guineas ; Mr. Payne's four-year-old 

 bull Professor Anderson, bred by Captain Ball, by Mr. Duke, 

 Cork, for 29 guineas ; Mr. Waldo's cow Garland, seven years 

 old, bred by Mr. Welsted, for 49 guineas ; a Kerry bull calf, 

 about four months old, bred by Sir Richard Musgrove, for 8 

 guineas ; and Mr. Meade's prize Kerry heifer for 12 guineas, 

 besides a number of animals at various prices. A good many 

 were withdrawn from the auction after being put up for sale, 

 amongst which were Mr. Tod's bulls Tweed and Statesman, 

 Mr. Broderick's Saladin, Mr. Jackson's Narcissus, Mr. 

 Massy's Vulcan, Mr. Campion's Thunderbolt, Lord Water- 

 ford's Lord Darnley, Mr. Campion's heifer Estella, and Cap* 

 tain Ball's heifer Florence, &c., &c. The sale was continued 

 on Saturday, contrary to the usual practice ; and some sheep 

 and pigs were disposed of on that day, at which time Mr. H. 

 Purdon, Enfield, became the purchaser of one of the prize 

 rams. We believe also that Mr. Crosbie, Ardfert, has become 

 the owner of Rosette. — Irish Farmers'" Gazette. 



NORTHUMBERLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



MEETING AT ALNWICK. 



The anniversary of this Society, on Thursday, Aug. 9, 

 was beyond all doubt, both in point of attendance and 

 quality of stock, the best that it ever held. In fact, at 

 scarcely any other agricultural meeting do the county 

 gentlemen gather in such array ; and a splendid ball 

 which was given by His Grace the Duke of Northum- 

 berland, at the Town Hall on the evening before, gave 

 them a still better pretext for closing their ranks. The 

 wet of Wednesday presented but a sorry prospect for 

 the cattle festival, but the sun shone gaily on the show 

 morning, and brought out the holiday folk like bees. 

 The Shorthorn awards were looked forward to by the 

 cognoscenti with no little interest, as it was known that 

 Mr. Gunter's victorious Duchess lot were en routefrom 

 Ulverston, and that Mr. Douglas was arming from 

 Athelstaneford with all his cracks, to stand up against 

 them for the honour of the North. Statesman, the 

 winner of the Royal Irish, and Master Annandale, the 

 winner at the Highland Society, met in the aged bull 

 class, and victory declared itself in favour of the 

 white. We have certainly seen him far more bloom- 

 ing, though perhaps he handles all the better for it. He 

 WHS sold for £'37 at the hammer at the Border, 

 Union meeting at Cornhill this spring ; and hence his 

 two victories more than covei- his purchase money, pro- 

 vided he is qualified to claim them. Master Annandale 

 was rather under the mark for exhibition, and is simply 

 a fair useful bull, but deficient in his ribbing up. 

 Prince Talleyrand, who got the third prize, his a fine 

 flesh, and has been most admirably trained ; but his 

 middle is rather slack and narrow, and not likely to im- 

 prove with age. The decision in the yearling bull class 



was not at all liked, and both Reformer and Great 

 Eastern were passed over in favour of Mr. Atkinson's 

 two bulls. Mr. Douglas had three representatives in 

 the cow class — Rose of Athelstane, Lady of Athelstane, 

 and Rose of Sharon ; and came first and second with 

 the first two. Rose of Athelstane — who was in a capital 

 state of preservation — won this prize at Cornhill three 

 years ago. In the two-year-old heifer class the 

 spectators were gratified by seeing Duchess 77th and 

 Maid of Athelstane out side by side for a consider- 

 able time; and then the judges brought out Cla- 

 rionet and the white Duchess twin, as if to amuse 

 themselves by comparing notes with their learned 

 brothers at Dumfries. Eventually the award was 

 given in favour of Duchess 77th, and as it is not 

 etiquette to give commendations here, Wood Rose (who 

 has suffered not a little from her travels), Clarionet, 

 and the twins, for the first time in their public career, 

 were left unnoticed. In the yearling heifer class, Mr. 

 Douglas showed five ; and, as at Dumfries, Queen of 

 Athelstane (own sister to Maid of Athelstane) was first, 

 and Rose of Cashmere, from Rose of Sharon, second. 



The Leicesters were a remarkably good lot ; and Mr. 

 Borton supported his Pontefract prestige with his aged 

 sheep, while Mr. Chrisp was equally successlul with his 

 shearlings. There were also some very useful pens of 

 ewes and gimmers of this breed ; and Messrs. Elliot and 

 TurnbuU (who had to bow to Mr. Bridon, of Woodlaw, 

 at Dumfries) had it all their own way here, with some 

 very hardy, purebred Cheviots. The pigs were ex- 

 cellent, and created almost more interest than we ever 

 remember ; and the show of horses was also large, 



