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THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



although it might have been more explicit on the quautity of 

 water. 



First place 15 lbs. of flour near the fire to warm. 



Take 5 lbs. of good potatoes, those of a mealy kind being 

 preferable; peel aad boil them as if for the table, mash them, 

 and then mix with them as much cold water as will allow all 

 except small lumps to pass through a coarse sieve into the 

 flour, which will be now ready to receive them. Add yeast, 

 &e., and mix for bread in the usual way. 



" This plan I have followed for some years, finding that 

 bread made according to it is much superior to that made of 

 flour only, and on this ground alone I would recommend its 

 adoption, even if potatoes were the same price as flour; but, 

 in addition to that, taking the present high price of flour, and 

 a moderately low price of potatoes, there may be a saving of 

 over 20 per cent., which is also an object worth attending to 

 by those of limited means." 



3. — East India Rice Bread. 



The mode of increase with Carolina or American rice was 

 quoted in our first No., and I have known it practised here 

 with entire success; only that the bread, aweet as if slightly 

 sugared, tempted the palate as well as the appetite. With 

 East India Rice this is less likely, while it is cheaper and 

 rather more productive. 



For 14 lbs. of flour take I^Wa. of good East India rice (it 

 may be tried by boiling 2 ozs. in a pint of water for half an 

 hour; when cold it should be quite a firm substance, and 

 weigh 12 0Z3.). Great difference exists in rice for this purpose : 



I generally find the cheapest the best, broken preferable to 

 entire grains ; but it must be well sifted from dust, as the dust 

 of East India Rice is apt to be unpleasant, Boil the IJlbs. 

 of rice in ten quarts of soft water, for at least thirty minutes, 

 keep stirring (or to save that trouble, boil it over steam or 

 boiling water, which will prevent its burning to the bottom) ; 

 then pulp it through a coarse horse hair sieve : it ought, when 

 cold, to weigh 7J lbs. Then mix it with the flour, and make 

 bread in the usual way, using 2 ozi. of yeast powder. It will 

 produce, when baked, according to the quality of the flour, 

 from 26 lbs. to 23 lbs. of bread at the following cost : 



8. d. 



Flour (14 lbs.) ... 2 9 



Rice(Hlbs.) ... 2 



Yeast powder ... 1 



Baking ... 03 



3 3 



This bread is very white, and keeps good for upwards of a 

 week. 



Rice is often used in bread in the same way as flour, or 

 maize flour, which is a great waste. It does not produce such 

 bread, and rice flour is expensive. Buying it unground and 

 pulping it saves this expense, while increasing and improving 

 the produce. 



4. — Maize (or Indian Corn) Bread. 



The methods of making this are so various, and the results 

 so important, as to deserve a letter to themselves ; which 

 I hope will be our next. I. Prideaux. 



NORTHAMPTON AGRICULTURAL SHOW. 



The town of Oundlewas thronged onThursday, Sept. 18, with 

 visitors to the show. Poultry were this year exiubited with 

 the cattle. The meeting was most sucoeasful, many of the 

 classes being well filled. The heifers were very superior. The 

 cows were not so good in quabty. There was also some cx- 

 cellebt competition in tlie ciisssea for horses. Tiie sheep pens 

 were not wtU filled, but there were some fine specimens. The 

 show of poultry was large and excellent, particularly in Dork- 

 ings, Cochins, and Spanish ; and the Aylesbury ducks were of 

 first-rate quality. Amongst the numerous company on the 

 gronnr), iucluding hundreds of ladies, were the Earl of We^t- 

 mnre'aud, Lady Rose Fane, Lady Adelaide Capel, Stafford 

 O'Brien, Esq, and family, &c. 



The following is a list of the prizes : — 

 CATTLE. 

 Judges : Mr. C. Smith, of Burley-on4he-Hill. 



Mr. C. Howard, of Biddenham, Beds. 

 Mr. Joseph Druce, of Eyiifham, Oxon. 



Best fat ox or steer, first prize of £5 to \V. De. Capel 

 Brooke, Esq., of Geddington Grange; second prize of £3 to 

 B. E. Bf nneit, Esq., of Marston Trus'sell. 



Best fat steer, first prize of £5 toEnrl Spencer, of Althorp; 

 second priZe of £.j to Mr. S. Wallis, of Barton. 



Best bull of any sga, first prize of £7 to Mr. W. A. Elston, 

 of Biobrooke; second prize of £i to Lord Spencer. 



Best bull under two years old, the pr.ze of £5 to W. Harri- 

 son, Esq , of Ciipstone. 



Best cow of any breed, first prize of £5 to Mr. Jos. Robin- 

 son, of Cliftcn, near Newport Pagnell, Bucks; second prize 

 of £3 to Mr. L. Cowley, of Ledgers A-hby, near Daventry. 



Best heifer of any breed, first prize of £5 to Earl Spencer ; 

 second prize o £3 to F. W. Sartoris, Esq., of Kushdeu. 



Best heifer of any breed, first prize of £3 to Mr. Jos. 

 Rol)insin; second prize of £2 to T. R. B. Cartwright, Esq., 

 of Ayuhoe. 



Tj the ca.tager for the best cow or heifer, first prize of £2 

 to Mr. Thomas Brown ; second prize of £1 to Mr. John Esam. 

 SHKEP. 

 Judges : (Same as for the Cattle.) 



For the best pen of six loog-woolled ewes, first prize of ^5 

 to Mr. L. Cowley, of Ledgers Ashby ; second prize of £3 to 

 Mr. A. C. Keep, of Wellingborough. 



For the best p^u of six long-wooUed theaves, first prig' of 

 £5 to Mr. De Capel Brooke ; second prize of £3 to Mr. John 

 Shaw, of Huntsbury IIill. 



For the best pen of five long-woolled shear-hogs, tie prize 

 of £5 to Mr. Shaw. 



For the best pen of six cross-bred tbeaves, the prize of £5 to 

 Mr. A. C Keep. 



For the best pen of five cross-bred shear-hogs, the prize of 

 £5 to Mr. A. C. Keep. 



To the exhibiter of the best shearling lorg-wcolled tup, the 

 prize of £7 to Mr. John Shaw. 



To the exhibiter of the best long-TOoIled tup of any age, 

 the prize of £7 to Mr. John Shaw. 



HORSES AND PIGS. 

 Judges: Mr. W. Drake, Holket, Northampton. 

 Mr. J. Elliott, Heathencofp, Towcester. 

 Mr. J. Langham, Biggin Grange, nearOundle. 



HORSfeS. 



To the owner of the bcit stalhon for agricultural purposes 

 that has been nsed in the county the last year, the prize of 

 £10 to Mr. John Manning, of Orliugbnry. 



To the owner of the best mare and foal for agacnltural pur- 

 poses, the prize of £5 to Lord St. John, of Melchboiirne. 



To the owner of the best cart geldinsf, undtr three years 

 old, the prize of £5 to Mr. Rowland Wood, of Clapton. 



To the owner of the best cart filly, nnJer three years old, 

 the prize of £5 to Mr. Waliis, of Overstone Gransc. 



To ihe owner of the best colt or filly, under five years old, 

 adapted for riding purposes, the prize of £5 to Mr. H. S. 

 Cooper, of H^rkiton 



To the own r of the best mare and foal adapted for riding 

 purposes, the prize of £5 to Mr. H. S. Cooper. 



PIGS. 



To the exhibiter of the best boar of any breed, the prize of 

 £2 to Mr. W. Elston, of Bugbrooke. 



To the exhibiter of the best breeding or suckling sow of any 

 breed, the prize of £2 to W. H. Harrison, Esq. 



To the exhibiter of the best boar of a small breel, the prize 

 of £5 to Mr. Ja«. Marriott, of Floore. 



For the best sow of a small breed, the prize of ^2 (given 

 by Lord Henley) to Mr. J. Marriott. 



