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THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



Mr. E. R. Landor, of Evelith IManor, Stafford— 13 rams, 

 at an average of 12 guineas each. 



Mr. Evan Bowen, of Ensdon House — 60 rams, at an 

 average of nearly ,£'4 each. 



Messrs. C. Chandler, Meredith, and Bickerton — 90 ewes, 

 from 3 to 3J guineas eacli. 



Amongst the buyers and takers were Mr. J. Coxon, of 

 Freeford, Lichfield, one at 73 guineas ; Mr. W. P. Bowen, 

 of Shrawardine Castle, one at i'i guineas ; Mr. Henrj', 

 Smith, of Sutton Maddock, one at 53 guineas ; Lord Ayles- 

 ford, one at 43 guineas and other sums ; Colonel Pennant, 

 one at 31 guineas ; Mr. Pi. Lee, of Brompton, one at 22 

 guineas each ; Mr. Jones, Norton, at 26 guineas ; Mr. Ed- 

 ward Stanier, at 31 guineas ; E. W. Hamilton, of Hamwood 

 Hall, Ireland (the gentleman who last year gave Mr. Preece 

 100 guineas for Mr. Coxon's R.A.S.E. ipiize ram), one of 

 Mr. Evans's for 53 guineas, and for which he was after- 

 wards offered 80 guineas in the sale-yard ; Mr. Coxon, of 

 Freeford, one at 25 guineas ; Mr. C. Pi. Keeling, of Yewti-ee 

 Farm, Penkridge, one at 25 guineas ; Mr. Plimley, one at 

 21 guineas ; Mr. Peake, on Lord Hatherton's estate, one at 

 21 guineas; Mr. Davies, one at 21 guineas; the Duke of 

 Sutherland, one at 20 guineas; Mr. Taylor, one at 24 

 guineas; Mr. W. G. Preece, for himself, the ram "Old 

 Shropshire" for 20 guineas, and two for the Rev. A. G. 

 Cornwall, of Ashcroft House, Gloucester, at the prices of 23 

 and 24 guineas respectively ; Mr. James Hand, of Ludlow, 

 one at 33 guineas; Mr. Kempster, of Eyton, one at 20 

 guineas ; and Mr. Meire, of Berrington, one of Mr. Shel- 

 don's, at 40 guineas. 



MR. JAMES RAWLENCE'S RAM LAMBS AND 

 RAMS.— Tuesday, Aug. 7, the sale and letting by Mr. Ewer 

 of 100 ram lambs and 12 rams, the property of Mr. James 

 Rawlence, took place on a piece of land adjoining the South 

 Western Railway Station, at Salisbury. The sale was con- 

 ducted with Mr. Ewer's well-known ability and good humour, 

 and the business commenced with the letting of 14 ram lambs, 

 singly, the highest price reached being 31 guineas, which was 

 given by Alfred Morrison, Esq , of Fonthill, who took several 

 ether high-priced rams. Then followed the sale of lambs, in 

 pairs, the highest price beiug £42, which was also given by 

 Mr. Morrison. Another splendid pair of lambs were sold to 

 Mr. Spencer, of Barton Stacey, Hants, for £38. Captain 

 Harbiu, near Yeovil, Mr. Shittler, of Elston, Mr. Davis, of 

 North Waltham, and Mr. W. Long, of Amesbury, purchased 

 several of the highest lots in this class. We may here remark 

 that among these lambs only seven pairs were sold under 10 

 guineas per pair. The next business was the sale and letting 

 of 12 rams, which averaged fair prices. No, ] , a six-tooth 

 ram, was let for the season to Mr. Shittler, of Elston, for 25 

 guineas. The sale and letting of the lambs and the 12 rams 

 averaged £8 93. 6d. per head. The arrangements of Mr. 

 Ewer gave great satisfaction. 



ME. GAENES'S COTSWOLD RAMS.— The annual 

 letting and sale of Mr, W, Games' Cotswold rams took 

 place at Kilkenny Farm, Bibury, on Friday, the 10th of 

 August, when a very numerous company assembled. The 

 sheep were large-sized, with remarkable good necks, beau- 

 tiful symmetry and quality, with great quantity and good 

 quality of wool. The sheep were all bare shorn with the 

 exception of eight. Three two-shear were let at the follow- 

 ing prices, for the season, to the undermentioned gentle- 

 men : Messrs, H. Lane 11 guineas, Haines 19, Bateman 

 16, Four shearlings let for the season ; To Messrs, Cook 

 10^ guineas, Nicholson 16, W. Hewer 27, and J. Lane 45. 

 Shearlings sold : To Messrs, Porter 60 guineas, Walters 41* 

 Oakley 14, Walters 30, Bradstock 20, Fowler 28, Mace 13 

 Hewer 15, Mills 23, Long 15^ Eead 11, Payne 9, Nicholson 

 7i, James 20, Cousins 26, R. Hewer 22, E, Game 25 

 Stephens 14|, Nicholls 21, J. Game 16, Nicholls 8i Yeo- 

 man s 7^, Nicholson 22, Stone 22, Seeker 11, Taylor 33 

 Wakefield 22, Lane 17^ Edginton 11, Mace 1<3, Nicholls 

 in^'J- ^^""^ .^''*' Hart lOi, Palmer 8|, Palmer 7i, Bennett 

 of'STJ'Sd'"''"'''^^' ^'"■"^'^^^ 8^-making an average 



THE WALSOKEN RAMS.-This gathering came off on 

 Wednesday, Aug. 15. From 120 to 130 gentlmen attended 

 fr9m the surrounding counties-R. Young, Esq., Mayw of 

 Wubech m tAe chair. Among the co.S)any W Noticed 

 Cooper, from Suffolk; Sartoris, Northamptonshire; PratJ 



Spencer Allaby ; Griffin, Kemp, Lincolnshire ; BrowDJoy and 

 Topham, Huntingdonshire ; Hudson, Castleacre ; Coles and 

 King, Cambridge ; Wharton, Norfolk, 75 sheep were offered. 

 The greater part were let by auction ; and afterwards £22 waa 

 obtained for the best shearling, and £22 lOi. for the old sheep. 

 The average was nearly £9. Several of the sheep made over 

 £20. Much interest and competition took place to obtain 

 the favourite sheep. We understand Mr. Oltard did not 

 offer the whole, retaining four for the use of his friends who 

 could not be present. The price of wool and mutton now is 

 a subject of deep interest to the public as well aa the 

 breeders. 



THE COTSWOLD RAM SALES.— The prices of the 

 various sales held since our last report have been fully 

 equal to former years. Yesterday, Mr. Ancock sold for 

 Mr. John Barton, of Coin St. Aldwyns, when an average of 

 £11 8b. was obtained for forty-five sheep. On Monday, Mr. 

 Villar offered for Mr. John Lane, of the Barton Mill, to a 

 very numerous and highly respectable company, estimated at 

 800, about fifty sheep, which produced an average of £10 lOs. 

 4d. On Tuesday, Mr. C. F. Moore sold for Mr. Charles 

 Barton of Fyfield, when, after a most spirited sale, the 

 average was found to be £5 3s. 6d. On Wednesday Mr. 

 Cother sold for Mr. Ruck, of Castle Hill, about sixty sheep, 

 which made an average of £8 2s. 6d. On the same day, at 

 Ewen, Mr. C. F. Moore had a capital sale, for Mr. John 

 Howell, whose sheep were very superior, and produced an 

 average of £12 8s. 4d. On Thursday, at Coates, Mr. Henry 

 Howell, whose sale is almost the last of the season, had a 

 first-rate trade. His sheep were generally considered to be 

 superior to any he had ever previously exhibited, and, under 

 the hammer of Mr. C. Moore, produced an average or £14 

 lOs. 2d. 



MR. HUGH AYLMER'S LEICESTER RAM LET- 

 TING. — The annual letting of Mr. Hugh Aylmet'a long-woo 

 rams from his celebrated flock took place on Thursday, Aug. 7, 

 at the Abbey Farm, West Dereham, and was attended by even a 

 larger company than usual ; a proof that the reputation which 

 the West Dereham flock has enjoyed for so long a period is 

 still maintained without diminution. Not many years ago no 

 small portion of the West Dereham Abbey farm was a wet 

 unhealthy fen, undrained, and comparatively unproductive. 

 Now 



" Disorder yields to order- 

 Fair the place," 

 and pastures and arable containing in themselves the elements 

 of fatness, have become, by the conjoint exertions of the land- 

 lord in some degreCj and the skill, enterpriz?, perseverance, 

 outlay, and judgment of the tenant, clothed, net only with 

 wavy corn and rich grass, but tenanted by what judges ott 

 Thursday declared to be animals unrivalled for their beauty, 

 size, symmetry, and excellence of fleece. The Leicester ram 

 show and letting which the name of Aylmer, father and sou, 

 originated and have carried on now for fifty years— these 

 years in themselves carrying a charact«r with them— has 

 never, we believe, either in attendance or iu their leading fea- 

 ture, been of so important a character as in this year of 1860. 

 Nor has it been ever so universally admitted by its visitors 

 to have exhibited so complete and perfect and uniform a num- 

 ber of animals as the 220 Leicester rams, which, as lambs, 

 shearhngs, and two-shear sheep, covered the homestead pas- 

 ture of Mr. Hugh Aylmer. Although Leicester rams were the 

 main object of the day, there were other descriptions of ani- 

 mals, which showed that Mr. Aylmer did not confine his ex- 

 perience to sheep alone, but that excellence and perfection in 

 everything he undertook was his honourable object. The com- 

 petition from the commencemen|t was well kept up, and only 

 one two-shear sheep was passed. Of the lambs let, 20 averaged 

 £7 15s. 3d., 60 averaged £6 lOs. 5d., and 100 averaged £5 

 16s. lOd., the highest price being £17. With reference to the 

 shearhngs, 20 averaged £12 7s., 40 averaged £10s. 9«. 6d., 

 60 averaged £9 13s. 5d., and 80 averaged £9 Ss., the highest 

 price being £30, and the lowest £6 lOs. Thirty-nine o'.d sheep 

 were lei, at £6 13s. each, the highest price being £17. The 

 whole of the 220 sheep were let in the short space of two hours 

 and five minutes. Five of the sheep were sold for the purpose 

 of being sent to Australia, and 60 sheep were hired bj private 

 flOBtract after the lettmg was concluded. 



MR. BENNETT'S SHEEP SALE.— The letting and (b!q 



