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THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



THE CLEVELAND SOCIETY'S CATTLE 



SHOW AT MIDDLESBRO'. 



The Clcvelaud Agricultural Society bad a two days' show 

 at Middlesbro', this year, viz., ou the 13 th and 14th Aug. The 

 foUowiug were the parties who obtaiaed prizes for horses : — 



JUDGES. 



Cleveland Bay, Coach, and Draught Horsbs. 

 Mr. Richard Hodgson, Langton Giauge, Northallerton; 

 Mr. Thomas Stamper, Palsgrave, Scarbro' ; and Mr. William 

 Earle, Uckerby Grange, Catterick. 



Hunters and Roadsters. 

 Mr. Joseph Atkinson, Roseden, Wooler; Mr. Robert Har- 

 rison, Lindrick, Ripon ; and Mr. John Preston, Suttou-on- 

 Derwent, York. 



HORSES. 



Cleveland Bays. 

 Best brood mare £5, and the society's silver medal, to Mr. 

 John Dodsworth, Seamer. 



Second £2, to Mr. Robert Easby, Ormesby. 



Colt foal £2, to Mr. John Dodsworth, Seamer. 



Tilly foal £2, to Mr. T. J. Peart, Great Ayrton. 



Yearling filly £2, to Mr. John Dodsworth. 



Two-year-old filly £2, to Mr. Parriogton. 



Three-year-old filly £2, to Mr. Christopher White, Whitby. 



Coach Horses. 



Best brood mare £5, to Mr. J. Jackson, Lackenby, Redcar. 



Second, £2, to Mr. Thomas Rickiuson, Seamer. 



Coaching foal, colt, or filly £2, to Mr. J. Jackson, Lackenby. 



Yearling colt £2, to Mr. Robert Kay, Portrack. 



Two-year-old coaching colt £2, to Mr. J. G. Grace, Stock- 

 burn, Darlington. 



Three-year-old coaching gelding £2, to Mr. John Robinson, 

 Rudby. 



Coaching filly, not more than three years old £2, to Mr. 

 John Reed, Park Hill, Coxhoe. 



Hunters. 



Best brood mare £5, to Mr. John Mewburn, Fellbriga 

 House, Redcar. 



Second £2, to Mr. Robt. Mewburn, Ingleby Barwick. 



Hunting foal, colt or filly £2, to Mr. R. Mewburn, Ingleby 

 Barwick. 



Two-year-old hunting gelding £2, to Mr. T. Parrington, 

 Lazenby. 



Two-year-old hunting filly £2, to Mr. Nathaniel Stouehouse, 

 Skelton Mill. 



Three-year-old hunting colt £2, to Mr. J. B. Booth, Kil- 

 lerby Hall, Catterick. 



Tbree-year-old hunting filly £2, to Mr, W. Robinson, 

 Windy Hill, Rudby, 



Four-year-old hunting colt £2, to Mr. J. T. Robinson, 

 Leckby, Topcliffe. 



Four-year-old hunting filly £2, to Mr. R. King, Gisbro'. 



Roadsters. 



Best brood mare £3, to H. W. F. Bolckow, Esq., Marton 

 Hall. 



Second £1, to Mr. J. Jackson, Lackenby. 



Roadster foal £2, to Mr. Thos. Wood, Skelton. 



Roadster gelding not more than five years old £2, to Mr. 

 J, Jackson, Lackenby. 



Roadster filly not more than five years old £2, to Mr. Thos. 

 Parrington, Lazenby. 



Pony under 14| hands high £2, to Mr. Peter Sturdy, 

 Ingleby Mill. 



Pony uuder 13 hands high £2, to Mr. W. Cass, Acklam. 



Draught Horses. 



Best brood mare £5, to Mrs. John Kitching, Whorlton. 



Second £2, to Mrs. John Kitching, Whorlton. 



Draught foal, colt, or filly £2, to Mr. J. M. Hutchinson, 

 Tibbersley, Stockton. 



Yearling draught colt or filly £2, to Mr. W. Goldsbrough, 

 Maltby. 



Two-year-old draught colt or filly £2, to Mr. Robinson 

 Watson, Maltby. 



Special Premium. 



Best hunter, from four to nine years old, warranted sound, 

 and qualified to carry 12 stone with hounds, £20, to Mr. 

 Thos. Garbutt, Yarm. 



Second, two-thirds of the sweepstakes of 10s. each, to Mr, 

 A. Friedericksen, Roseville, Wolviston. 



Third, one-third of the sweepstakes of lOs. each, to Mr. C. 

 E. Maynard, Harsley Hall. 



ON MANGEL WURZEL FOR SUMMER 

 FEEDING. 



Sir, — The utility of mangel wurzel is yet scarcely appre- 

 ciated : it will soon become the most valuable adjunct to the 

 farm, of any known vegetable, ashy proper management it may 

 be available throughout the entire year. My attention has been 

 dlrt*ted to its use for summer foddering of cattle, and I there- 

 fore had it left closer together in the rows than is usual ; and 

 as this season has become remarkable for drought, and conse- 

 quent deficiency of cattle food, and having a large number of 

 cows and neat stock, I have at length determined upon 

 drawing the mangel wurzel for immediate use, which is cut up 

 with the tops and mixed with cut chafif; and my cows are 

 yielding a plentiful supply of milk, which is daily forwarded to 

 the London market. 



I have usually fed them upon grains, which cost 2s. 8d. per 

 quarter, or 4d. per bushel; but the improved method of brew- 

 ing has become so perfect of late, that in point of quality they 

 are little better than moistened sawdust. It became then a mat- 

 ter of calculation which are the cheapest — the mangel wurzel 

 or the grains ; and this morning I had an experiment made, and 

 the weight accurately ascertained. One rod in length and six 

 rows in width produced in all 84 roots, which weighed with 

 the tops 27 stone 12 lbs., equivalent to 27 tons 12cwt. per 

 statute acre, of which the roots weighed 19 stone 10 lbs., and 

 the tops 8 stone 2 lbs. per rod, or the same in tons and cwts. 

 per acre. I therefore obtain from each acre, by drawing one- 

 half the roots, 13 tons 13 cwt. of excellent food, leaving a 

 moiety of the roots for a winter crop, and which will, doubt- 

 less, become nearly equal in weight with the others by the 

 end of October. 



I have no hesitation in stating that the piece of mangel in 

 question is the finest I have seen this season ; and that portion 

 experimented upon is the long-oiange variety, and which I 

 think best adapted for summer use, as the roots grow faster in 

 the first portion of the year. It then becomes a question of 

 value only, as compared with other substances, whether I con- 

 tinue to use them ; and estimating them as a saleable article at 

 123. 6d. per ton, or 7|d. per cwt., or 3|d per bushel of 561b3., 

 grains weighing about 46 lbs. per bushel, the latter are in my 

 estimation, vastly inferior to the mangel wurzel for any pur- 

 poses of feeding. 



To some of your readers this application of the plant may 

 become highly beneficial at the present moment, and I make 

 this communication to convince them that if they are growers 

 of this valuable root, then they have plenty of green food at 

 command, and which, if absolutely required, cannot be brought 

 to a more profitable account. 



I am now so thoroughly convinced of the utility of this root 

 for summer feeding, that I shall direct especial attention to its 

 future cultivation for that purpose, and thereby establish the 

 fact that it really is what its name expresses it to be " The 

 Root of Scarcity." 



I am. Sir, your obedient servant, 



Writtle, Aug. 14, 1857. Robert Baker. 



