THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE 



177 



November 12th 1857, to November 12tb, 185?, 



at 23. 6d. a head. .. .. .. £75 



Loss from the 600 ewes from the same cause, but 

 to a greater extent, from November 12, 1858, 

 to November 12, 1839, at Ss. 6d. a head. . . 105 



Loss from the removal of 300 ewea from the 

 farm, rendered neceasnry by their winter food 

 being destroyed hy rabbits duiiag the summer 

 of 1859, at 53. ahead .. .. .. 75 



Loss by 800 hogs for their keep ofif the farm, 

 their bad clip of wool, and their depreciation 

 in value, caued hy rabbit?, at 3s. 6d. a head, 

 from August, 1857, to June, 1858, when they 

 were removed to a part of the farm not 

 infested by rabbits .. .. .. 143 



Loss by 810 hogs, ou account of hired keep, by 

 a depreciation in the weight and value of 

 their wool, and by a depreciation in their value 

 when clipped, from August, 1858, to June, 

 1859, when they were removed to ground free 

 from rabbits, at 5i. a head ., ., 202 10 



Loss by the winter keep of 280 hogs, thtir usual 

 keep on the farm being destroyed by rabbits 

 during last summer through, up to May, will 

 cojt at 83. a head .. ., .. 112 



Loss on the hay ground for two years, caused by 



rabbits .. .. .. .. 20 



Total .. .. £732 10 



Mr. Hogg, after taking a few days for consideration, awarded 



£90 to Mr. Smith as damages, the expense of the arbitration 



(£i4) to be paid equally by the parties interested, — Berwick 



Warder. 



IMPORTANT TO FARMERS & GRAZIERS. 



At the Shirehall, in this town, before W. B. Lloyd, 

 Esq., and Sir V. R. Corbet, William Lloyd, of Old Heath 

 Gate, appeared on a snmnious charging him with deraiud- 

 iiig toll from Mr. Maltbew Williauis, of Uffiu^ton, oa the 

 Sri of November last, after Mr. Williams had claimed ex- 

 emption. Mr. Sfjrott having stated the case, called Mr. 

 Williams, wbo stated that he is a farmer, resiling atUffiiif;- 

 tou, and tbat he held land near to the Old Heaih tiirupike- 

 gate, and at Coton-hill. He had sheep in the land at Old 

 Heath. Ou the2ud of November he gave orders for a chai jic 

 ofpisture, and on the 3rd his man took the sheep. Mr. 

 Williams saw defendant at the gate, who demanded toll for 

 the eighty-five sheep ; but as they were going to laud in his 

 occupation near Croas-hill he claimed exemntiou accordingly. 

 As defendant persisted in being paid, Mr. Williams paid him 

 at the rate of 5d. a score; and, having had adeal of un- 

 pleasantness with defendant, and, until the matter was 

 Bettled, was likely to have more, he siin;moned him to see 

 whether he really was liable to pay toll for cattle, on 

 change of pasture, or not. After a few irrelevant questions 

 put to Mr. Williams by defendant, he produced the private 

 Act of the Preston Brockhurst road {59ch Geo. III.), ac- 

 cording to which, he stated, Mr. Williams was certainly 

 liable to toll, on the ground that the sheep had been driven 

 through other parishes than that in which Mr. Williams 

 resided. Upon the clause on which Mr. Williams claimed 

 exempiion being pointed out to the magistrates, they un- 

 derstood the set to say that "any horse or cattle going to 

 cr returning frnm water or pasture, or going to or 

 returning from being shod or farried," were evidently 

 exempt from toll if tney pacsed through twenty parishes; 

 but that, under the Public Turnpike Act, they were liable 

 to toll if driven for above two miles along such road. Mr. 

 W. B. Lloyd said he knew that, when he himself held land 

 in the neighbourhood of the Old Heath, he had cattle re- 

 gularly driven from his farm, and which had to pass through 

 the same gate and through several parishes, but never paid 

 any toll lor them. After some few further remarks from 

 delendant, he was told that he had evidently committed 

 the offence he was charged with, and was fined £1 including 

 costs. Distress warrant to issue, and, in default of suffi- 

 cient distress, to go to gaol for three iami^a,—Shreiaiury 

 Chronicle, 



TITHE COMMUTATION : SEPTENNIAL 

 AVERAGES. 



Sir, — As many of your readers may feel anxious to 

 know the result of the corn averages for the seven years 

 to Christmas, 1859, published by authority in the 

 London Gazette of this evening, viz., 



Wheat. . . . 7s. 4id. per imperial bushel 

 Barley.... 4s. G^d, ,, 



Oats 3s. lid. „ 



I besr to state for their information that eacli £"100 of 

 tithe rent-charge will, for the year I860, amount to 

 ^''110 17s, Bjd., which is nearly 2 per cent, ubove the 

 last year's value, which was itself ihe highest of the 

 23 preceding years. The value for 1855 was only 

 i£'89 15s. 8|d., or 21 per cent, beloio the value for the 

 current year. 



The following statement from my " Annual Tithe 

 Commutation Tables" will show the worth of £100 of 

 tithe rent-charge for each year since the passing of the 

 Tithe Commutation^ Act, viz. : 



For THE Year £ s. d. 



1837 98 13 9f 



1838 97 7 11 



1839 95 7 9 



1840 , 98 15 OJ 



1841 102 12 bi 



1842 , 105 8 2f 



1843 ..: , 105 12 2i 



1844 104 3 5t 



1845 1(13 17 lU 



1846 102 17 8J 



1847 99 18 lOi 



1848 102 1 



1849 IdO 3 7i 



1850 98 IG 10 



1851 ....... 96 11 4f 



1852 93 16 Hi 



1853 91 13 5f 



18.o4 9'> 19 5 



1855 89 15 Sf 



1856 9:i 18 H 



1857 99 13 7i 



1853 105 16 3,^ 



1859 108 19 6i 



1860 110 17 8^ 



24)2,397 19 9 



General average for 24 years.. ^£99 18 3f 

 I am, sir, your most obedient servant, 



Charles M. Wilich, Actuary 

 University Life, A-surance Society. 

 25, Suffolk- sir eet. Pall Mall East, S.W., 

 January Gth, 1860. 



GOD SPEED THE PLOUGH. 



God speed the plough-share ! tell me not 



Disgrace attends the toil 

 Of those who pl^egh the dark green sod, 



Or till the fruitful soil. 

 Why should the honest ploughman shrink 



From minglng in the van 

 Of learning and of wisdom ? since 



'Tis mind that makes the man. 



God speed the ploujh-share, and the hands 



That till the fruitful earth, 

 For there is in this world so wide 



No gem like honest worth, 

 And thon-;h the hands are dark with toil 



And flushed the manly brow, 

 It matters not, (or God will bless 



The labours of the plough, 



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