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HISTOKY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



miums annually offered for the encouragement 

 of agriculture and industry, lists of members 

 and subscribers, and directions for the field cul- 

 ture for the early Lancashire Dwarf Potato. 



"Such is the heading in view of establishing 

 an Agricultural Society in Herefordshire. 



"The advantages which have already arisen 

 to the public from the establishment of Agri- 

 cultural Societies in the various parts of the 

 kingdom, first gave use to the idea of a similar 

 institution in the county of Hereford. The 

 alacrity of persons of fortune, and of many of 

 the most respectable land-holders, in support 

 of the measure, affords a well-grounded confi- 

 dence that the exertions of this Society will not 

 be ineffectual. 



"To point out the utility of such an institu- 

 tion it can only be necessary to state what are 

 the principal objects of its attention; these are 

 to excite by premiums and otherwise, a general 

 spirit of emulation amongst breeders and prac- 

 tical farmers. 



"To encourage industry and fidelity among 

 servants employed in husbandry. 



"To reward laborers who shall bring up, or 

 have already brought up, the greatest number 

 of legitimate children, without any or with the 



smallest relief from their respective parishes. 



"To promote the knowledge of agriculture 

 by encouraging experiments on those subjects 

 which are of the most importance to it, and by 

 distributing rewards to such persons as shall 

 produce the best and most abundant crops of 

 grain and grass, in proportion to the quality 

 of land they occupy. 



"To encourage the improvement of waste and 

 other lands by enclosing, draining and manur- 

 ing in the most cheap and effectual manner. 



"To ascertain from actual experiment that 

 course of crops on either light or heavy soils, 

 which shall prove most profitable, and leave the 

 lands in the best state. 



"To make generally known in this county the 

 most successful modes of husbandry adopted in 

 others. 



"To promote all improvements in the sev- 

 eral implements now used by the farmer here, 

 and to introduce such new ones as experience 

 has proven to be valuable elsewhere. 



"To improve the breed of horses of the cart 

 kind and to carry our cattle and sheep to the 

 greatest point of perfection. 



"To ascertain and make public the best 

 means of raising and protecting orchards, of 



CHAMPION HEREFORD OX, SMITHFIELD, 1837, AT 4 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS, 



(Bred by J, Hewer.) 



