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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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Home Correspondence. 
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Wireworm.—In common with, I believe, many | by exhib 
itors of implements and stock, were referred to 
others, I have suffered this season from the ravages of | the Stewards of the Yard, with a request that they 
the wireworm to an extent quite unparalleled in my 
experience. They attack every crop as soon as it begins 
to germinate, and continue their depredations with un- 
usual perseverance. For instance, in a field of Oats on 
would report the result of their examination of these 
papers to the Council at their monthly meeting in 
November or December. 
Mr. Braypretu Ginps, Director of the Yard at the 
which they had levied very liberal contributions during | Neweastle Meeting, reported the circumstances con- 
the latter part of the spring, I find they are still destroy- | nected with the two accidents that had occurred on that 
ing the plants, at an age when they are generally con- | occasion; and Mr. SHELLEY, as one of the Stewards of 
sidered to be out of reach of further injury. 
The rooks | the Yard, informed the Council that every means that 
found out the presence of the enemy by the withered care and caution could devise in the trial of the imple- 
appearance of the inner blades, and commenced pulling | ments, and that the most stringent maintenance of the 
up each plant that seemed to promise a wireworm en- | pules of the yard would be likely to ensure in reference 
sconeed in the stem ; so far good, but when they had to the conduct of persons in charge of the animals, 
disposed of all the withered plants they fell to indis- would be employed to guard against the occurrence of 
criminately at the sound ones, and if I had not had | similar accidents in future. 
them warned off the premises, they would soon have | 
Mr. Daring, of Hetton House, called the attention 
cleared the field of everything growing on its surface. of the Council to the merits possessed in his opinion by 
I have a field of Mangold Wurzel which was doing the Drill exhibited at the Newcastle Meeting by Mr. 
pretty well, as the plants quickly attained a size to defy 
Geddes, of Dumfries, and purchased for introduction 
the wireworms, which attacked them, however, vigor- into South Wales by Mr. Hodges, of Brecon.—Mr. 
ously. Our friends the rooks there again rather over- Crayton, of London, and Mr. Comins, of South Molton, 
did the business, for within two days they plucked up |, 4dressed communications to the Council on the subject 
of the respective award of prizes at Newcastle in the 
classes of ti hi nd l-pul : both 
of which were referred to the Stewards of the Imple- 
fully one-third of the plants in their search. They 
meant, no doubt, well, but I found their alliance rather 
too expensive on those terms. The wireworms are 
doing great injury also to my Turnip crop, destroying ment Department for examination, and a report to the 
the young plant before it appears above ground in many Comel at- tei November. ok Decomben monii 
instances. In “ 
Number for 30th May last, you express a hope that ar 
DOT O Mts meeting.—Mr, Crozer, of Wallsend called the attention 
of the Council to the merits which in his. opinion the 
** Andover Correspondent ” will state where he gets his water-apparatus and tree-lifter, to which he invited 
X jomatN 3 i "^ 
soda ash, and the price ; I do not see that you have re- 
verted to the subject since then. Have you acquired 
any further information on that score, or as to its effi- 
ciency? Are you aware that a wireworm will live a 
, possessed resp or pro- 
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moting? the vegetation and growth of Turnips in dry 
seasons, and for securing a ball of earth entire in the 
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of large shrubs, ever- 
whole day in a strong solution of soda, and when libe- 
dland Railway to Neweastle, made to the Council | 
rated walk off as fresh as ever? Is the soda ash more 
likely to disagree with him than the pure soda ?—Ver- 
[Your * pure soda " is, we suppose, the car- 
Further informa- 
mifuge. 
bonate of soda, not the caustic soda. 
tion respecting soda ash has been given at p. 382.] 
Potatoes.—I procured some Potato-sets from Aber- 
deen, where the disease was scarcely known last year, 
and these have been the first and most affected of any 
I find that in the neighbourhood of Aber- 
deen the disease is making alarming progress this year. 
Curious that the Potatoes after removal for such a dis- 
tance, and to such adifferent soil, should become as dis- 
eased as those left behind. The sets from my own Po- 
tatoes, which were very much diseased last year, are 
this year. 
looking green and healthy yet.—J. Atkinson, Carlisle. 
*,* The publication of a lengthened report on the appearance 
of the crops will, we hope, be admitted as a suficient excuse by 
yh icati e thus 
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delayed. 
Societies. 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY or ENGLAND. 
Raincock, H. D., Croydon, Surrey 
Cooke, Thomas, Newport, Monmouthshire 
Dixon, John, Knells, Carlisle 
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greens, and trees. 
On the motion of Mr. SuELLEY, seconded by Colonel 
CRALLONER, the recommendation of the Judges of Im- 
plements at the Newcastle Meeting, that the Gold 
Medal of the Society be awarded to Mr. William 
Crosskill, of the Beverly Iron-works, for his Clod- 
crusher, “which since the formation of the Society had 
been constantly exhibited, continuously improved, but 
never surpassed, and of which the excellence is univer- 
sally admitted," was i adopted and confi d 
NonrHAMPTON MzETING,— Mr. SHELLEY obtained 
leave for a postponement of the motion on the appoint- 
ment of Judges for Implements; of which he had given 
notice for that day, until the monthly council in Novem- 
ber or December, when he intended to move the fol. 
lowing resolution :—“ That in future the recommendation 
by a member of the Society, of any person to act as a 
Judge at the eountry meetings of the Society, should be 
countersigned by some member of the Council, who 
might be referred to in the selection of the Judges,” 
Mr. Hirnzyanp gave notice of his intention to move on 
Thursday the 10th of December next, the date for 
finally deciding on the prizes for the Northampton 
Meeting, the adoption of certain prizes in the classes of 
cattle and sheep, as well as of some effectual means to 
disqualify for exhibition any animals so fat as to be in- 
capable of performing the functions of breeding stock, 
Mr. HILLYARD also proposed, “that at no future 
shows shall any notice of sale of any cattle or sheep be 
stuck up till after the Judges shall have made their 
awards," 
German ÁGRICULTURE,—Sir Tuomas DYKE ACLAND, 
Bart., M.P., having called the attention of the Council 
to the circumstance, that the great meeting of German 
Agriculturi n: 
Bourne, John, Hildenstone Hall, Stone, o 
Lawson, Sir Wm., Bart., Brough Hall, Catterick, Yorkshire 
Ivens, Thomas, Lutterworth, Leicestershire 
Grainger, Richard, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 
Wilson, Robert, Yarmouth, Yorkshire 
Streatfield, Richard S., Rocks, Uckfield, Sussex 
mer, Arthur Rice, Chiselhurst, Kent. 
Backhouse, Edmund, Darlington, Durham 
Foljambe, George Savile, Osberton House, Worksop, Notts, 
. Weatherall, Joseph, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham 
* Elis, Wm., L.L.D., Caistor, Lincolnshire 
Pinchin, David Rice, Box, 
Matthew, Nathaniel, Nern, Tremadoc, Carnarvon 
Selby, James, Otford Castle, Sevenoaks, Kent 
Bunny, Edward Brice, Speenhill, Newbury, Berks 
Lee, Richard, Grove Hall, Ferrybridge, Yorkshire 
Wollaston, y-Magna, Atherstone 
ine House, Bury, Lancashire 
g oresters was this year to be held 
at Gratz in Styria, under the patronage of the Emperor 
of Austria and the immediate presidency of the Arch- 
duke John, proceeded to detail to the Council the kindred 
objects of the German association, and the active interest 
taken by his Imperial Highness in every question and 
operation connected with practical agriculture and 
the improvement of the condition of the peasantry, 
within the range of the Austrian Dominions, and con- 
cluded by proposing to the Council that the Archduke 
should be requested to allow his name to be placed on 
the list of the honorary members of the Society, and 
that a copy of the Soeiety's Journal should be pre- 
sented to His Imperial Highness, as the President of 
the German ‘Association ; a motion which was seconded 
by Colonel CHALLONER, and carried unanimously.—Sir 
T. Actanp expressed the gratification it would give 
him, as requested by the Council, to be the bearer of 
this resolution during the present month to the Arch- 
duke, who, he could assure the Council, would, on his 
part, feel gratified by the compliment paid to him and 
the Association over which he presided; while, on the 
the other hand, His Imperial Highness, as the head of 
report ‘thereon at the first Council Meeting in Novem- 
mb. 
ber ne 
At the suggestion of Mr. Saw, Professor SEWELL 
expressed his willingness on the part of the Royal 
Veterinary College, to report to the Council at their 
next Meeting the number of Lectures delivered on 
Cattle Pathology, and the number of pupils who had 
attended them. He also took that opportunity of 
stating the suecess with which pupils qualified in the 
knowledge of diseases, both of the horse and of cattle 
generally, were now sent forth from the College to 
every part of the United Kingdom and it dependencies 
—o America, the West Indies, Australia, and India. 
RABID ANIMALS. — Professor SEWELL renewed his ap- 
plication to the members of the Society, stating that he 
intended to devote the period of his professional recess 
during the present autumn to a practi inquiry into 
the most successful means by which the virus of rabid 
animals may be counteracted, and the fearful results of 
hydrophobia obviated. He accordingly requested the 
co-operation of the members in carrying out this ine 
quiry,and would himself willingly pay every expense 
conneeted with the sending up to the Royal Vete- 
rinary College, in London, from any part of the 
country, of such sheep, lambs, or calves,” as 
may unfortunately have been bitten by rabid dogs 
during the late unusual hot weather, or should becom- 
liable to a similar infliction at any future time. He 
mentioned small ruminating animals only, as being 
more easily managed when labouring under the worst 
or most violent symptoms of the disease, than horses, 
cows, or bulloeks, which, under such circumstances, are 
not only almost ble, but highly d $ 
and when such were intended to be sent to him, he 
would feel favoured by a previous notice by letter: 
The animals thus requested might be conveyed in the 
ordinary railway trucks or cars, or sent by canal boats. 
By the latter mode, Professor Sewell had received a 
heifer from Worcester a few years ago; sheep and 
lambs have been sentin covered carts, but the most 
rapid conveyance is preferable. A sheep or two might 
be put into crates used for earthenware, and the ex- 
pense of engaging an entire car be thus obviated, while 
the animals would be less annoying to the railway 
agents, Should the disease commence on the journey 
the animals should be tied by the legs, and be well 
littered with straw. Net muzzles might be worn or 
sent along with the animals, in order to be in readiness. 
Professor Sewell has, however, never had any fear o! 
rabies being produced by the bite of any animals but 
those of a carnivorous kind, including swine as such, 
Of all the numerous cases of canine madness he had 
Seen in horses and other animals, he had not observed 
a single instance in which they were'unable or unwilling 
to drink water freely. He had always found the disease 
commence (with a single exception) from the third to 
the sixth week after the bite had been inflicted. If, 
therefore, it should not manifest itself in the stock sent 
to him by that time, he would return the animals to their 
respective owners free of expense. He trusted that his 
request might not be considered an irregular one, as he 
was anxious to effect an immediate communication with 
the members, and to lose as little time as possible in 
obtaining objects for his intended research. 
MiseguLANEOUS Communications. — The following 
Communieations were received with thanks, and re- 
ferred to the Journal Committee :— 
. From Mr. Hillyard: on dipping Lambs for the purpose of 
destroying ticks on them, 
2. From Colonel Moody: recommending the son of Mr. 
Sowerby (the naturalist), of Great Russell-strect, as a proper 
person to be sent out to the Falkland Islands for the purpose 
of making a collection of genuine Tussac Grass seed, and ac- 
quiring on the spot a knowledge of its cultivation, as suggested 
byViscount Palmerston,and recommended by Governor Moody. 
3, From od well, of Alderton Hall: a further report on 
the Cultivation of Italian Rye-grass. 
. Fre Warner, of Cornhill: specimens of Wheat, 
with an account of the Cultivation, 
5, From Mr. Edwards, of Roby Hall: heads of Barley self- 
sown, mixed with Italian Rye-grass. 
6. From Mr. Churchill, of Cheltenham : specimen of Black 
Barley, and result of produce, 
de Moim Mr. Wratislaw, of Rugby : specimens of the Bohe- 
mian Turnip, and description of its peculiarities. 
8. From Lord Kenyon: on suggestions and advice for prac- 
12. From Mr. Kerr, of Dunse, Berwickshire: Papers and 
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| stock, and the current cash balance in the hands of the | the Austrian Mountaineers, and the friend. of every n 
bankers, at 2573/.— Colonel CHALLONER stated that the | peasant farmer throughout his domains, as the head of | Plans connected with his system of Thorough Drainage, 
financial condition of the Society had never assumed a | the mines of that kingdom, the founder of a museum, | „13; : n, 
more satisfactory character than it did at the present| and the promoter at Gratz of a collection of everything | counts, presented by him on.a former oceasion to the Council, 
connected with agriculture, would confer an illustrious 14. From Mr. € ds 
in reference to every detail connected with the accounts, | name on the list of the honorary members of the a cid into the correctness of his views. 
| the arrears were gradually becoming diminished, and| Society, and be the able means of carrying out the Publication of Illustrative Drawings of Prize Implements 
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| . Steps already in progress to prevent a recurrence of| objects of the Society in reference to an acquaintance . From Dr, Hodges, of Down: Report on the Composition 
i their accumulation, ^ He had also the satisfaction of | with the agriculture of that part of the continent, and Agricultural Value of Kelp. Tth weather 
| stating that the Country Meeting of this year would not} — Diskasms AMONGST CATTLE AND Sig. On: dmm DOLAR iss Atkinson, of Harraby: Account of the 
| entail on the Society the necessity of selling out stock | tion of Mr. Fisuzr Hoses, seconded by Mr. Saaw, it| 18. From 
From Mr. Raymond Barker: specimens of Mummy 
from its funds to meet any unusual excess of expendi- | was resolved, “That diseases amongst cattle and sheep | Wheat, grown by him at in 
f ture over receipts on the balance-sheet of the Newcastle having increased within the last two or three years to| The Council then adjourned over the Autumn Re- 
| account. i an alarming extent in various parts of the kingdom, the | cess to the 4th of November, granting to the pd 
NrwcasrtE Merrine.— The various complaints of | Council request the attention of the’ Veterinary Com- | and to the other officers of the Society the accustome! 
alleged injury, delay, and overcharge on the lines of | mittee tothe subject, and hope they will be enabled'to | vacations within that'period. ; 
