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No. 5. Calf out ofa two years old Durham and 

 Devon heiler, seven weeks old; live weight 197, 

 dead 122, or about 12| to 20. 



No. 6. Eou<):ht calfj six we,eks and five days 

 old; live weight 185, dead 103, or about llf to 

 20. 



No. 7. Bull calf out ofa yearling heifer, third 

 cross of the Durham bull on Devon cow; live 

 weight ISl, dead 116, or 12^- to 20. 



Live weight on the 4th of January, 1834, 181 

 Ditto 30th of November, 1833, 78 



Increase in 35 days, 103 



This calf was forty days old, and never had any 

 milk except his dam's, who gave more than he 

 could take till he was five weeks old. 



No. 8. Bull calf out of a Durham and De\'on 

 cow, five weeks and three days old; live weight 

 218 lbs. dead 135, or about 12^ to 20. 



Live weight, the 4th of March, 1834, 218 



Ditto 25th January, " 100 



Increase in 38 days, 118 



This calf never had any milk except his dam's, 

 who gave much more milk than he could take up 

 to the day he was slaughtered. He was killed b}^ 

 Mr. Booker, of Campden, and Avas considered to 

 be the best, heaviest, and fattest calf of liLs age 

 ever killed there. 



Sheep. 



No. 1. In April, before shearing, live weight 

 172, dead 89; about 10| to 20. 



No. 2. In January, live weight 178, dead 97; 

 about 11 to 20. 



No. 3. In March before shearing, live weight 

 174, dead 91; about lOJ to 20. 



No. 4. In August, live weight 162, dead 92; 

 about Hi to 20. 



No. 5. In March, before shearing, live weight 

 147, dead 78; about 11 to 20. . 



No. 6. In March, before shearing, live weight 

 193, dead 99; about 10| to 20, 



Yours truly, 



C. H. BOLTOIV. 



UR. BLAMIRE S EXTEKSIVE SALE OF STOCK, 



From the New Fanner's Journal. 



The recent sale of stock, &c. belonging to VV. 

 Blamire, Esq. M, P., was the largest sale that 

 ever took place in the county of Cumberland, and 

 was also the most numerously attended. Early 

 in the day the roads in almost all directions lead- 

 ing to Gaitsgill were thronged with people making 

 towards the sale, which commenced between ten 

 and eleven o'clock. There were, it is computed, 

 upwards of 3000 persons present, many of them 

 from a considerable distance. The arrangements 

 were so well contrived, and every thing conducted 

 with so much regularly, that not the slightest con- 

 fusion took place. A ring, of about thirty yards 

 diameter, was strongly done about with posts and 

 double rails. Behind which, at the distance of 

 about six feet, were two rows of planks, one a lit- 

 tle elevated above the other, the lower about a 

 foot from the ground, and which were densely 



crowded irom end to end. The space between 

 the planks and rails was also occupied by a great 

 number standing on the ground. A large quanti- 

 t)- of substantial viands was prepared for the re- 

 freshment of the -company, of which all might 

 partake that were inclined. Legs of veal, hams, 

 rounds of beef, &c. &c. disappeared in rapid suc- 

 cession, and in the vanquishing of which some 

 performed prodigies of valor. Provision was made 

 for a large attendance, but so much was the influx 

 greater than expected that there was far from suf- 

 ficient on the first day. On the second day the at- 

 tendance was comparatively small, and, of course, 

 they tared the better. Tlie cattle were in a field 

 adjoining, which was connected with the ring by a 

 space strongly fenced ofl" on each side, along 

 which the cattle were conducted, and admitted 

 into the ring according to the number in the cata- 

 logue. As soon as the auctioneer had knocked 

 down one lot it was immediately driven out by 

 tm opening in the opposite side, and another 

 brought in, so that the sale of the second was 

 commenced almost before the other had quitted 

 the ring. Tlie auctioneer (M. Armstrong, to whom 

 great credit is due for the manner in which he 

 performed his part of the business,) was thus kept 

 perpetually employed, and the sale Avent on with 

 great rapidity. The sale, like all public auctions, 

 was various, some lots being much dearer than 

 others, but, upon the Avhole, it was considered 

 high. The price of the fat cattle ranged from £9 

 to" £22. Two fat Highland bullocks attracted 

 particular attention, and were knocked down at 

 £ 63. The price of the calving heifers varied 

 from ten to twenty guineas. Lots 52, 74, and 113, 

 none of which Avere A^ery strong heifers, Avere 

 sold, the first for £ 19 5s., the second for £21 5s., 

 and the third for £ 20. The advance upon stock 

 of all kinds could not average less than 20 per 

 cent. Many articles Avhich Avere purchased Avith- 

 in the last few Aveeks AA-ere sold at an incredible 

 advance. A number of sheep, which Avere pur- 

 chased Avithin a lew days of the sale for 23s. 6d. 

 sold at the auction for 33s. 6d.; and coavs Avhich 

 Avere bought for about £ 14, sold for 20 guineas. 

 Two fat Sutherland bullocks, Avhich had been va- 

 lued at £20 to £21 each, sold for £31 10s. each. 

 Even the lean stock, (much of Avhich was in very 

 poor condition,) sold at incredible prices. There 

 Ave re about 300 head of cattle in all; but we un- 

 derstand not a few of the goods sold belonged to 

 neio;hboring farmers. 



NEAV BIETHOD OF DESTROYING RATS. 



M. Tenard lately read a note to the Academy of 

 Sciences, in Paris, in which he recommends the 

 foUoAving as a sim})le and effectual method of de- 

 stroying rats. If there be several of their holes, 

 begin by closing them up; those in their most fre- 

 quented routs Avill soon be reopened, and in this 

 Avay their chief resorts Avill be discoA^ered. Intro- 

 duce into one of the apertures, (agaui closing the 

 others,) the mouth of a glass retort, and make it 

 air tight Avith common luting. Sulphuret of iron 

 is then to be introduced into the apparatus by the 

 tubulure, and diluted sulphuric acid poured cau- 

 tiously upon it. Sulphuretted hydrogen is evolved, 

 Avhich, entering by the hole, penetrates all the 

 cre\ices into Avhich the rats may retire, and speed- 

 ily destroys them. — Gazette Medkale. 



