THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE, 



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Two-year-old colt or filly, for road purposes — Mr. R. Seed, 

 Garston. £8; Mr. J. S. Wood, Manchester, £4. 



Yearling colt or filly, for road purposes — Mr. J. Munn, £5 ; 

 Mr. Neild, Worsley, £3. 



Thoroughbred stallion— Mr. J.Cockshott, AddiDgham,£10. 



CHEESE. 



To be made on the exhibitor's farm in Lancashire or 

 Cheshire, or within the limits of the society, namely, 35 miles 

 round Warrington, the cheeses exhibited to be four in 

 number. 



Four cheeses not lesa than 501bs. weight each, first prize 

 15l., George Jackson, Old Withiiigton, near CouKleton ; second 

 prize 10/., William Palin, Stapleford Hall, Chester ; third 

 prize 51 , H. B. Briscoe, Littleton Old Hall, Chester. 



Four cheeses not less tliau 251b3. weight each, first prize 10/., 

 P. A. Wood, Over, near Winaford ; second prize 5/ , Elizabeth 

 Stockton, Mobberly ; third prize 3/., W. Acton, Appleton, 

 near Warrington. 



BUTTER. 



To the exhibitor (being also the producer, residing in Lan- 

 cashire or Cheshire, or within the limits of the society, viz., 

 35 miles round Warrington), of the best sample of butter, not 

 less than Slbs. weight, made up in half-pounds. 



First prize 3^, James Butterworth, Pilsworth, near Bury ; 

 second prize 21., Mary Partington, Whittle-in-Keep, near 

 Middleton; third prize 1/., John Rigley, Whitley, nearNorth- 

 vpich. 



The following prizes were also given by the society, as an- 

 nounced by the Secretary at the Special Meeting. 



BEST CULTIVATED FARMS. 

 Tenant and occupier of not less than 150 acres, 12/., Mr. 

 William Boyes, Speke, near Liverpool ; ditto, of not less than 

 60, or more than 100 acres, 5/., Mr. Henry Gibbons, Toxteth 

 Park, near Liverpool ; ditto of not less than 150 acres, 71., Mr. 

 John Lathbiiry, Toxteth Farm, near Liverpool ; ditto of not 

 less than 100, or more than 150 acres, 51., Mr. Nicholas 

 Twigge, Halewood, near Liverpool ; ditto of not less than 60 

 or more than 100 acres, 41., Mr. R. R. Ledger, Grove House, 

 West Derby j ditto of not less than 25, or more than 60 acres, 



3/., Mr. James Caldwell, Kirkby, near Prescot ; ditto of the 

 best managed dairy or f^razing farm of not less than 150 

 acres, 10/., Mr. Thomas Wild, Weaverham Wood near North- 

 wich. 



DRAINING. 



Owner of an estate draining for his tenantry, in the year 

 ending 12th May, 1858, the largest quantity of land, in pro- 

 portion to the area of the estate, on the best system, the So- 

 ciety's silver medal, Mr. Robert Barbour, Bolesworth Castle, 

 neas Chester. Tenanted occupier of not less than 150 acres, 

 draining the greatest quantity, £8, Mr. James Warburton, 

 liewsey Hall Farm, Warrington, ditto of not less than 70, 

 or more than 100 acres, draining tlie greatest quantity, £4, 

 Mr. John Aspiuall, Kenyon, near Manchester; ditto of not 

 less than 23 or more than 40 acres, draiuiug the greatest 

 quantity, £2, Mr. Thomas Smith, The Lodge, Sandiway, near 

 Northwich. 



SUBSOILING. 



Tenant and occupier subsoil ploughing the greatest quan- 

 tity, not leas than 4 acres, £3, Mr. Robert Bitch, Stand House 

 Farm, Netherton, 



LAYING DOWN LAND TO GRASS. 

 Owner and occupier laying down the greatest quantity, the 

 Society's silver medal, Mr. R Watt, Speke, near Liverpool, 

 Tenant and occDpier of not less than 150 acres, laying down 

 the greatest quantity, not less than 15 acres, in proportion to 

 the extent of arable land, £5, Mrs. Ann Edwards, Sutton 

 Grange, Speke; ditto of not less than 100, or more than 150 

 acres, laying down the greatest quantity, not less than 10 

 acres, £4, Mr. William Atherton, jun., Speke ; ditto of not 

 less than 50, or more than 100 acres, laying down the greatest 

 quantity, not less than 7 acres, £3, Mr. James Ashton, Speke. 



MARLING. 

 Tenant and occupier of not less than 50, or more than 100 

 acres, mailing not less than 5 acres, £2, Mr. Edward White- 

 head, Blackley, near Manchester. 



TANKS AND LIQUID MANURE. 

 Owner and occupier constructing the best tank, £3, Mr. 

 Thomas Smith, the Lodge, Sandiway, near Northwich. 



SALE OF MR. OVERMAN'S SOUTH-DOWNS, 



The county of Norfolk was, on 3rd Aug., the scene of one 

 of the most interesting agricultural gatherings which have 

 taken place in the eastern district during the present season 

 — in fact, an eminent breeder, with whom we had the 

 pleasure of some conversation on the occasion, spoke of it as 

 the meeting. The event was no other than the dispersion 

 by auction of the famed Southdown flock of Mr. Henry 

 Overman, of Weasenham, to which that gentleman has de- 

 voted some forty years' close attention. The attendance at- 

 tracted by a proceeding of such interest to agriculturists 

 was as numerous as could have been anticipated ; while the 

 presence of gentlemen from Suffolk, Essex, Lincolnshire, 

 Shropshire, Dorsetshire, Nottinghamshire, &c., proved that 

 the attention e.xcited extended for beyond the limits of 

 Norfolk. In fact, the number of buyers anJ lookers-on 

 who clustered round the ring, in which the future destina- 

 tion of Mr. Overman's beautiful animals was decided, was 

 greater than at the important letting at Babraham, which 

 has acquired a world-wide celebrity. But the Babraham 

 meeting is an annual institution, while such a sale as Mr. 

 Overman's was a rare event, to witness which every one 

 interested in sheep breeding would naturally make an effort. 



Weaseuhara is a parish about si-v miles from the neigh- 

 bouring market town of Fakenham, and is comprised in the 

 agriculturally-classic Ilolkham district, on which the genius 

 and energy of the late Lord Leicester— better known as 



Coke of Holkham— conferred such lasting benefits. Con- 

 veyances from the Fakenham station of the Eastern Counties 

 Railway bore most of the distant visitors six miles through 

 a country which elicited many encomiums, to the scene from 

 which Mr. Overman has so olten gone forth "conquering 

 and to conquer." The sale took place in one of the fields 

 near the farm buildings, and the sheep were arranged in 

 pens according to their several classes ; while before a car- 

 riage, which served as a rostrum for the auctioneer— Mr, 

 Strafford, of Euston-square, who plays so many similar parts 

 throughout the country — a ring was formed, into which each 

 lot was called and discussed seriatim. The total number of 

 sheep and Limbs on the ground was 749, the numbers in the 

 various classes being as follows : 190 shearling ewes, 87 four- 

 toothed ewes, 195 si.x- toothed or full-mouthed ewes, 180 

 ewe lambs, 21 shearling rams, 22 two, three, and four-shear 

 rams, and 41 ram lambs. 



The company began to assemble soon after ten o'clock, 

 and poured in steadily till one, when an adjournment took 

 place in the direction of the marquee, in which a substantial 

 luncheon was prepared with the utmost hospitality for all 

 comers. Between 200 and 300 gentlemen sat down to three 

 lines of well-supplied tables, running the entire length of 

 the tent. The chair was occupied by Mr. Anthony 

 liamond, of Westacre, who was supported on one side by 

 Mr. John Hudson, of Castleacre, and on the other by Mr, 



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