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is plaia that the ova of these flukes is imbibed by the 

 animals, and in the Cyclopcedia it is stated that " the 

 most reasonable theory as to their production is, that 

 they are taken into the system in the form of minute 

 eggs, which are deposited on the grass on those spots 

 exposed to the joint influence of sun and water, and, 

 reaching their proper nidus, are there hatched into 

 animal life." 



As to remedial measures, they are seldom eff'tctive ; 

 the best thing is to adopt those of a preventive kind : 

 a total change of food, and, if possible, of a dry nutritive 

 kind, such as hay, cut chaff, meal of any kind, but par- 

 ticularly of wheat, beans, peas, barley, oats, and Indian 

 corn, and, if the disease is established, the best feeding 

 stuff's that can be obtained ; and as soon as symptoms 

 of decline are shown, send them to market. Salt is, 

 in all cases, highly spoken of, and is the best purifier. 

 Nothing can be easier than to give a plentiful supply of 

 this condiment. A covered trough should be placed in 

 each field, without fail, to be constantly supplied; so 

 that each animal can help himself. Diuretics are highly 

 spoken of ; but who can give constant doses to a large 

 flock of sheep ? Decoctions of elder, broom, burnet, 

 melilot, willow, bark, &c., &c,, are highly spoken 

 of ; but I fear none of these would long avail, 

 even if they were regularly administered. Nothing 



will equal a change of keeping and dry lairage as 

 preventives. I should recommend early mowing 

 and speedy stocking of the meadows as one de- 

 sirable course. To graze exclusively with cattle every 

 suspected pasture, would be right ; and to take the 

 sheep to the cattle pastures might prove well ; at all 

 events sheep must be taken from all low and wet un- 

 drained pasturage, and put on higher and sounder land. 

 Swampy, rushy, and springy soils are almost certain to 

 produce rot in a season like the present. Every pasture 

 known as rotting pastures should be wholly discarded ; 

 undrained commons and the like. All sheep are alike 

 subject to it, there is no distinction ; and all other animals 

 are subject to its eft'ects in some degree. It is often 

 fatal to hares and rabbits, but horses, cattle, and pigs 

 are seldom destroyed by it. The great and substantial 

 remedy, after all, is in high keeping : give plenty of 

 corn and cake, so that the predisposilion to encourage 

 and propagate the ova shall even be wanting in the 

 animal economy. It may be a struggle with the 

 thriving animal to withstand the attacks of these 

 little imbibed pests, but he is unquestionably well 

 prepared for the attack, and the great probability, from 

 what is stated above, is that he will ultimately conquer, 

 and thus prove this keeping a profitable investment to 

 his owner. Keep all stock in good condition ! ! ! 



NORTH LONSDALE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



MEETING AT ULVERSTONE. 



The tact and spirit, with which this meeting is con- 

 ducted, is fast placing it among one of the most im- 

 portant agricultural gatherings in the North of England. 

 Nine or ten smaller challenge cups of from 20 guineas 

 to 10 guineas value are annually competed for at it by 

 horses, cattle, and sheep, in addition to the one hun- 

 dred guinea one, which has twice in succession been 

 adjudged to Duchess 77th, and certainly bids fair to 

 pass away in 1861, to Captain Gunter and his heirs 

 tor ever. The show was held in a park adjacent to 

 the town of Ul version, and Messrs. Douglas and 

 Thompson undertook the judging of the stock, while 

 the horses were submitted to Messrs. Bartholomew and 

 Cotterill. Neither Royal Butterfly nor Young Ben put 

 in an appearance in the first class for Shorthorn bulls ; 

 and hence Fairy King, the property of Mr. Boulton, of 

 Park-house, Low Furness, and a very useful thick- 

 fleshed animal, had no difficulty in winning this prize, 

 and carrying off both the general and local bull chal- 

 lenge cups to boot. The Duke of Devonshire, who 

 sent his beasts direct from the pasture to the show yard, 

 gained the yearling bull prize with his Knightley, of the 

 Fawsley and Bolden blood, Captain Spencer coming 

 second with his Skyrocket, a son of Marmaduke and 

 Leila, which was in-calf at the time he purchased her 

 for 170 guineas at Mr. Harvey Combe's sale. The 

 Holker Herd was first, with its' well-haired and promis- 

 ing Statesman's Daughter, in the heifer-calf class, and 

 second to Lady Pigot's 2nd Duchess of Glos'ter in the 

 cow class, with the sweet-looking Coral, a very cheap 

 purchase at Mr. Adkins's sale. Dr. Dickenson's 

 Polyxena was beaten by Captain Spencer's Miss Kitty 

 of his own Young Ben blood, for the first yearling heifer 

 premium, and Comfort from the Holker Herd, and of 

 Mr. Wetherell'g breeding, was highly commended. The 



three Gunter Duchesses were, however, the great fea- 

 ture of the day, as they stood side by side, and con- 

 fronted Stanley Rose and Empress of Hindostan. 

 Duchess 77th gallantly held her own against them both 

 as well as her half-sister, and for the third time out of 

 four this season, the white twin was preferred to the 

 roan. Twenty-four Shorthorns were entered for the 

 Great Challenge Cup, but Oxford 15th did not come to 

 the ground, and the judges had merely to confirm the 

 first in her class, by handing over thecup to Duchess 77th. 

 The trio were railed off forthwith to Alnwick, while 

 John Ward and her Ladyship's " lot" parted company 

 with them at Carnforth, en route for Middlesboro'. 



Schulofif did not oppose the event for either the 

 thorough-bred stallion prize or the challenge cup, and 

 the same honours in the cart and coaching stallion de- 

 partments fell upon young Blythe, the property of Mr. 

 Anthony Dalzell, the celebrated coursing judge, and 

 Young Merrylegs a dark chesnut from the Craven dis- 

 trict. Mr. George Drewry, land steward to his Grace 

 the Duke of Devonshire, received the honours of the 

 Hunter Challenge Cup for his very neat bay mare 

 Fanny, whose ideas of jumping, although limited at 

 first, improved most marvellously after one or two 

 essays. This gentleman also won the prize for the best 

 Leicester ram, against a somewhat weak field. In fact, 

 the Leicesters were not to compare with the South- 

 downs, of which the Duke of Devonshire showed some 

 very good specimens, and carried off the challenge cup 

 with them for the best pen of four shearling ewes and 

 one ram of any breed. The pig entries were small, but 

 the meeting altogether was a remarkable success, and 

 will add another right worthy chapter to the " Pleasures 

 of Memory," among the staunch breeders in this quiet 

 district. 



