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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



[July 



5. To the owner of the best YearMnp Heifer, Seren Sons., 

 awarded to Mr. John Hume, of Beau Repard, St. Helier. 

 Jersey, for his pure Jersey vearlinp Heifer, 1 year, 



1 month, and 10 days old, bred by Major Undgehani, of 



St. Laurens. Jersey. 



CATTl.K OF ANY BREED, OR CROSS; 

 Not qualified to comprte in the foregoing classes. 

 Class I.-To the owr er of the best Bull calved previously to 

 the 1st of January, 1842, Thirty Sovs., awarded to Mr. W. 

 Brine, of Tolpuddle, near Durc-ester. for his pure loner- 

 horned Bull, 4 years and 5 months old, bred by the late Mr. 

 Thomas W)att, of Hanwell Park, near Banbury. 

 To the owner of the second best ditto, Fifteen Sors., awarded 

 to Mr. Thomas Jenner. of CowdrayPark Farm, Hetwortb, 

 Sussex, for his pure Sussex Bull, 3 years and 4 months old, 



bred by himself. , «.«_*._# T — 



2. To the owner of the best Bull calved since the 1st of Jan., 

 1842, and more than one year old, Twenty Sovs., awarded 

 to Mr. Thomas Dowden, of Mitcheldever, Audover Road. 

 Hints, for his Hereford and Durham Bull, 2 years and 



2 months old, bred by himself. 

 3 To the owner of the best Cow in milk, Fifteen Sors., 



' awarded to the Hon. M. W. B. Nugent, of Hicham Urarure, 

 Hinckley, Leicestershire, for his pure Leicester or long- 

 horned Cow, 10 years and 2 months old, bred by Mr. Ball, 

 of Smowford Lodge, Long Ickingtcn, Southam, War- 



4. To the owner of the best in-calf Heifer, not exceeding three 

 years old, Fifteen Sors., awarded to the Hon. M. W. B. 

 Nugent, of Higham Grange, Hinckley, Leictstershire, for 

 his pure Leicester or long- horned in-calf Heifer, 3_ycars 

 and 11 days old, bred by himself. " 



5. To the owner of the best Yearling Heifer, Ten Sons., 

 awarded to Mr. VV. J. Calhoun, of Binderton, near Cheshire, 

 for his short- horned and Hereford yearling Heifer, 1 year 



and 2 months old. 



HORSES. 



Class I.— To the owner of the best Stallion for Agricultural 

 Purposes, of four years old and upward*, Thirty Sons., 

 awarded to Mr. Thomas Catlin, of Butley, Woodbiidge, 

 Suffolk, for his Cart Stallion, 4 years old, bred by himself. 

 To the owner of the second best ditto ditto, Twenty Sovs., 

 awarded to the Right Hon. the Earl of St. Germans, 

 St. Germans, Cornwall, for his aged Cart Stallion. 



2. To the owner of the best two years old ditto, foaled since 

 the 1st of Jan.. 1842, Fifteen Sovs , awarded to the Right 

 Hon. Lord St. John, of Melchbourne, Kimbolton, for his 

 Cart Stallion. 2 years and 2 weeks old, bred by his lordship. 



3. To the owner of the best Mare and Foal for agricultural 

 purposes. Twenty Sovs.. awarded to Mr. VV. Fowle, of 

 Market Lavingtoii, Devizes, Wilt*, for his Cart Mare and 

 Foal; sire of foal belonged to Mr. H. Ings, Penzelwood, 



Somerset. * 



To the owner of the second best ditto, Ten Sovs., awarded to 

 Mr. G. W. Roberts, of King's Walden, Hitchen, Herts, for 

 his Cart Mare and Foal ; mare bred by himself: sire of foal 

 belonged to Mr. Hayden, of Arrington, Cambridge. 



4. To the owner of the best two-years-old Filly for agricul- 

 tural purposes, Ten Sors., awarded to Mr. W. Fowle, of 

 Market Lavington. Devizes, for his 2 -year-old filly, bred by 

 Mr. R. Daintree, of Hemmingford Abbotts, near St. Ives, 



Hunts. 



5. To the owner of the best Thorough-bred Stallion, which 

 shall have served mares at a price not exceeding three 

 guineas, (and with a groom's fee of not more than five 

 shillings,) in the season of 1844, Thirty Sovs., awarded to 

 Mr. R.Curtis, of Basingstoke, f«-r histhorougii-bred stallion, 

 8 years old ; was got by Langar, dam by Cervantes, out of 



Muruana, by Selim. 



SHEEP. 



Frizes for Improving the Breed in Sheep : 1844. 



Leickstkhs. 

 Class 1 . To the owner of the best Shearling Ram, Thirty Sovs , 

 awarded to Mr. J. G. Watkins, of Woodfield Ombersley, 

 Stourport, Worcestershire, for his pure Leicester Ram, 17 



months old, bred by himself. 

 To the owner of the second best ditto, Fifteen Sovs:, awarded 

 to Mr. T. K. Pawlett, of Bceston, Biggleswade, Beds, for his 

 Leicester Ram, 15 months old, bred by himself. 



2. To the owner of the best Rnm of any other age. Thirty 

 Sovs., awarded to Mr. T. E. Pawlett, of Beeston, Biggles- 

 wade, Beds, for his Leicester Ram, 28 months old, bred by 



himself. 

 To the owner of the second best ditto. Fifteen Sovs., awarded 

 to Mr. T. E. Pawlett, of Beeston, Biggleswade, Beds, tor 

 his Leicester Ram, 40 months old, bred by himself. 



3. To the owner of the best pen of five shearling Ewes, Ten 

 Sovs., awarded to Mr. J. G. Watkins, of Woodfield, O m- 

 bersley. Stourport, for his pen of five pure Leicester Shear- 

 ling Ewes, bred by himself. 



To the owner of the second best ditto ditto, Five Sovs.. awarded 

 to Mr. John Beasley, of Chapel Brampton, Northampton, 

 for his pen of five improved Leicester Shearling 5 Ewes, lG 

 months old, bred by himself. 



SOUTHDOWM SlIKEP. 



Class 1. To the owner of the best Shearling Ram, Thirty Sow., 

 awarded to Mr. Jonas Webb, of Babraham, Cambridge, for 

 his Southdown Ham, 16 months eld, bred by himself. 

 To the owner of the second best ditto. Fifteen Sovs., awarded 

 to his Grace the Duke of Richmond, of Goodwood, Chi- 

 chester, Sussex, for his Southdown Ram, 16 months eld, 



bred by his Grace. 



2. To the owner ot the best Ram of any other age, Thirty Sovs., 

 awarded to Mr. J. Beaven, Jim., of Gore Farm, Market 

 Lavington, for his Southdown Ram, 52 months old, bred by 



himself. 

 To the owner of the second best ditto, Fifteen Sovs., awarded 

 to Mr. T. Ellman, of Beddingham. Lewes. Sussex, for his 

 Southdown Rani, 27 months old, bred by himself. 



3. To the owner of the best pen of Five Shearling Ewes, Ten 

 Sors., awarded to His Grace the Duke of Richmond, of 

 Goodwood, Chichester, for his pen of five Southdown Shear- 

 ling Ewes, 16 months old, bred by his Grace. 



To the owner of the *econd best ditto ditto, Five Sovs., 



awarded to Mr. D. Barclay, M.P., of Eastwick Park, Lea- 



therhead, Surrey, for his pen of five Southdown Shearling 



Ewes, 17 months old, bred by himseif. 



LONG-WOOLLED SHEEP: 



Not qualified to compete as Leicesters. 



Class I. — To the owner of the best Shearling Ram, Thirty 



Sovs., awarded to Mr. C. Large, of Broadwell, Burford, 



Oxon, for his new Oxfordshire Ram, 16 months old, bred by 

 himself. 



To the owner of the second best ditto, Fifteen Sovs., awarded 

 to Mr. C Large, of Broadwell, Burfoid, Oxon, for his new 

 Oxfordshire Ram, 16 months old, bred by himself. 

 2. To the owner of the best Ram of any other age, Thirty 

 Sovs., awarded to Mr. E. Handy, of Sevenhampton, Ando- 

 verslord. Gloucestershire, for his improved Cotswold Ram, 

 40 months old, bred by himself. 

 To the owner of the second be-t ditto. Fifteen Sovs., awarded 

 to Mr. E. Handy, of Sevenhampton, Andoverstord, Glou- 

 cestershire, for his improved Cotswold Ram, 40 months old, 

 bred by himself. 

 3. To the owner of the best pen of five Shearling Ewes, Ten 

 Sovs., awarded to Mr. E. Smith, of Charlbury, Oxon, lor his 

 pen of new Oxfordshire Long-woolled Ewes, 16 months old, 

 bred by himself. 

 To the owner of the second best ditto ditto, Five Sovs. § 

 awarded to Mr. James Linton, of Henningford Abbotts, 

 St. Ivep, Hunts, for his pen of five Lincoln and Leicester 

 Ewes, 16 months old, breJ by liimsel/. 







SHORT-WOOLLED SHEEP: 

 Not qual'fied to compete us South Downs. 

 Class I.— To the owner of the best Shearling Ram, Twenty 

 Sovs. Prize withheld for want of merit. 



2 To the owner of the best Ram of any other age. Twenty 

 ' Sovs , awarded to Mr. Thomas Huttnn, of Upton Gray, Odi- 



ham, Hants, for his Hampshire Down Ram, 29 months old, 



bred by himself. 



3 To the owner of the best pen of Five Shearling Ewes, Ten 

 Sovs., awarded to Mr. W. Humphrey, of Chaddleworth, 

 Newbury. Berks, for his pen of five Berkshire Short- 

 woolled Ewes, 18 months old, bred by himself. 



PlGS. 



Class 1.— To the owner of the best Boar of a large breed. Ten 

 Sovs., awarded to Lieut.-Colonel Thornhill. of New Paik, 

 Lyndhurst, Hants, for his Boar, 36 weeks old, bred by Mr. 

 W. P. Thornhill. of Stanton, Bakewell, Derbyshire. 

 To tnc owner of the 2d best ditto ditto, Five Sovs , awarded 

 to Mr. Pusey, MP., of Pusey, Faringrion, Berks, for his 

 Berkshire Boar, 8 years and 1 month old, bred by Mr. J. 



Harris, of Hinton. 



2. To the owner of the best Boar of a small breed, Ten Sovs.. 

 awarded to Mr. W. F. Hobbs, of Mark*-hall, Kelvedon, 

 Essex, for his improved Essex Boar, 10 months old, bred 



by himself. 

 To the owner of the 2d best ditto ditto, Five Sovs., awarded 

 to the Rev. W. Hocken, of St. Endallion, near Camelford, 

 Cornwall, for his improved Essex Boar, 27 weeks and 

 3 riavs old. bred by himself. 



3. To the owner of the best breeding Sow of a large breed, 

 Ten Sovs., awarded to Mr. P. Pusey, M.P., of Pusey, 

 Faringdon, Berks, for his Berkshire Sow, 1 year and 

 8 months old, bred by Mr. J. Blandy, of Kingston, Berks. 



4. To the owner of the best breeding Sow of a small breed, 

 Ten Sovs., awarded to Mr. A. P. Falconer, of Beacon 

 Hordle, Christchnrch, Hants, for his Yorkshire Sow, 

 1 1 months and 3 weeks old, bred by Mr. J. W. Nutt, York. 



5. To the owner of the best pen of three breeding Sow-Figs, 

 of the same litter, above four and under nine months old, 

 Ten Sovs., awarded to Mr. Joseph House, of Bestwall, near 

 Wareham, Dorset, for his pen of three Dorsetshire Sow- 

 Pigs, 34 weeks old, bred by himself. 



Shortly after reading the above award, the company 



separated. 



A Public Meeting for the purpose of establishing an 

 Agricultural College was held this day at the Freemasons' 

 Hall, at 2 o'clock. The attendance was not numerous, 

 as most of the agricultural visitors were engaged at the 

 implement-yard. What, however, the meeting lacked 

 in point of "numbers was made up by the great respecta- 

 bility of the parties present, among whom were the 

 Duke of Richmond, Lord Ducie, Mr. Pusey, M.P. ; 

 Mr. Escott, M. P., Oxford; Mr. Goddard, Drs. Buck- 

 land, Daubeny, and Play fair The chair was taken by 



Mr. Pusey, who stated the object of the meeting, and 

 pointed out the advantage that would accrue to the agri- 

 culturist from the establishing such a College. The pro- 

 ject had been taken up by many of the leading agricul- 

 turists, not only in the immediate district in which it was 

 intended to establish the College, but in other counties. 

 Lord Bathurst had, in addition to providing a suitable 

 farm of 400 acres, on which the College and other 

 buildings were to be erected, advanced 2000/. in further- 

 ance of the object.— The Duke of Richmond, in pro- 

 posing the first resolution, said that he had declined to 

 take shares in the proposed Society, upon the principle 

 that every shareholder should have time to attend to the 

 details of the Society to which be had put his name, so 

 that by so doing he might not mislead others to add their 

 names, upon the faith of seeing his name, and thereby 

 supposing that he would attend to its practical opera- 

 tions. Ue would avoid that evil, as he was aware that 

 his many other avocations would prevent htm from giv- 

 ing sufficient attention to the details. He, however, so 

 highly approved of the Society, that although he could not 

 become a subscriber for the reason he had stated, yet 

 he most gladly gave a donation to promote its establish- 

 ment. He would not have the Committee be too san- 

 guine of making any profit from the farm. He was a 

 farmer himself, and he was aware that farming was not so 

 profitable as most other pursuits. He was of opinion 

 that Schools of Agriculture were much wanted in the 

 country, and he had great pleasure in proposing the first 

 resolution (which was seconded by Dr. Play fair): — "That 

 Schools of Agriculture are much wanted in this country, 

 in which a knowledge of the sciences now admitted 

 to be essential to the successful pursuit of Agriculture may 

 be learned, in connection with the practical working of a 

 farm on the most approved principles." — Mr. Escott pro- 

 posed the second resolution, and said that he gladly 

 availed himself of joining a meeting that had so important 

 an object in view. He, in common with many other 

 persons, had long deplored the want of a proper esta- 

 blishment for the education of the agricultural population 

 in pursuits adapted to their after life. A most important 

 fact was developed and published by the agriculturists 

 themselves, as the wish to establish a College originated 

 from a Farmers' Club. The object of the meeting had 

 his most cordial support, and he moved the following 

 resolution (which was seconded by Mr. N. Goddard): — 

 "That the plan for the establishment of an Agricultural 

 College near Cirencester, explained by the deputies 

 attending that meeting, i3 calculated to effect that 

 desirable object." — The next resolution was to have 

 been proposed by Lord Spencer, but the Duke of 

 Richmond explained to the meeting that that noble- 

 man was unavoidably absent, in consequence of being 

 in attendance on his Royal Highness the Duke of 

 Cambridge, who was inspecting the Show-yard. In the 

 absence of Lord Spencer, Dr. Buckland proposed, and 

 Mr. Eyle seconded the resolution, "That this meeting 

 warmly recommends the agricultural community to give 

 every support and encouragement to the establishment 

 of the College, which they regard as the first step in the 

 right direction for training up the rising generation of 

 farncers upon a sound foundation ; and they would espe- 

 cially urge on farmers generally the importance of 

 securing to their children, intended for the same occu- 

 pation, the great advantages to be derived from the kiud 



of education provided by such an institution."— The 

 Duke of Richmond proposed, and Dr. Daubeny seconded 

 a vote of thanks to Mr. Pusey for the service he had 

 rendered to the agriculturists generally, and for his con- 

 duct in the chair. — Mr. Pusey briefly replied, and con- 

 gratulated the meeting upon the object they had in 

 contemplation being fully carried out, when they saw the 

 noblemen present, and the member for the University of 

 Oxford, as well as two of the distinguished professors, 

 come forward to take them by the hand. 





On Thursday the Cattle Yards were opened at six 

 o'clock in the morning, and very soon began to fill. 

 Towards noon there must have been many thousands 

 within them. It is unnecessary to say much respecting 

 the character of this Exhibition. There was an excellent 

 show of Hereford and Devon cattle, which mustered in 

 much greater numbers than the Short-horns. The show 

 of South Downs among the sheep was also much the 

 finest part of the Exhibition under this head. There 

 was a good show of pigs ; some of the Essex breed, ex- 

 hibited by Mr. F. Hobbs, of Kelvedon, were extraordi- 

 narily fat. It is impossible to speak too highly of 

 the general arrangements of the Show Yard, for which 

 the Society is indebted to Mr. B. Gibbs. Notwith- 

 standing the immense number of people within the Yard, 

 and the immense number of cattle and sheep, &c, re- 

 quiring food and attendance, everything proceeded 

 without the least jar or confusion. Admirably arranged 

 catalogues were to be had, containing a reference to 

 everything in the Yard, so that a visitor could easily and 

 without waste of time find what he wished to examine. 



The Dinner of the Members of the Society took place 

 in the evening, in the Pavilion erected for the purpose. 

 The chair was taken by Lord Spencer at 4 p. m. ; from 

 1200 to 1400 gentlemen must have been present. We 

 are unavoidably compelled to give our readers, in this 

 No. of the Gazette, but a meagre report of the proceed- 

 ings at this interesting meeting. We select for report, 

 the speeches connected with one of the many toasts of 

 the evening— the motto of the Society, " Practice with 

 Science," which was proposed by Lord Portman, and 

 responded to by Dr. Play fair, in the absence of Prof. 

 Daubeny. His lordship, in the course of his speech, 

 illustrated the importance to agriculture, of well-con- 

 ducted experiments, and the difficulty, though accurately 

 performed, of deducing correct inferences from thean. 

 Of what use would it be to farmers then present, were 

 he to detail to them experiments he had performed, 

 connected with most important branches of agriculture, 

 if he withheld information upon which, no less than upon 

 the special forces he might have put in action, their re- 

 sults had depended ?— he alluded to information on his 

 soil, climate, his accessibility to manure, his supply of 

 labour, &c. In responding to this toast, Dr. Playfair 

 observed, that it was a sign of the present time, that in 

 agriculture, as had been the case in medicine, people 

 were beginning to trace out causes, and not merely look 

 at their effects. Let us hope that in agriculture, as has 

 been the case in medicine, the most beneficial results may 

 flow from this system. He stated that the efforts of 

 scientific men in this cause, had been productive of good 

 within the still short period of the Society's existence. 

 One instance of this was the success of their endeavour 

 to bring guano into notice as a fertilising manure. At 

 the time of the Liverpool Meeting, a single ship-load 

 had been imported, with much anxiety as to the result, 

 on the part of those interested in the speculation. Now, 

 00,000 tons of shipping were abroad to supply the de- 

 mand for this article alone. Dr. Playfair then gave a 

 curious instance of the manner in which the dicta o* 

 scientific men, being wrongly apprehended by the un- 

 learned, become injurious instead of beneficial. An 

 article was sold some time ago under the name of Dr. 

 Daubeny's sulphate of ammonia, which, on examination, 

 was found to be wholly innocent of any trace*) ammo- 

 niacal salts. The Professor had recommended the mix- 

 ture of gvpsum with gas-water, the natural effect or wi en 

 is to produce a solution of sulphate ot ammonia, ; and 

 cau,e a deposit of carbonate of lime The ignorant 

 manufacturer had retained the chalk, selling it as 

 sulphate of ammonia, and .thrown away the waie 

 containing all the ammoniacal salt that was present. 

 It was as if the dairyman, in the manufacture ot 

 cheese, had kept the whey and thrown away the 

 curd. Dr. Playfair then remarked on the enormous 

 adulteration of which many manures * ere B "^ d 

 tible, without betraying it externally ; and he state 

 that the cause of many of the contradictory result* 

 obtained from the use of manure might be ^ tiace 

 to this fact-that manures of different kinds and inten 

 sities were thus frequently sold under a common^ ame, 

 while in point of fact they were as different fro m on 

 another as possible. We shall P™ b *^ 

 ditional length the proceedings ot this meeting in 



^Towards evening on this day the weather which 1 hid 

 been warm and clear throughout the week, chang 

 Rain, however, did not fall till fine weather, so tar 

 the exhibitions and proceedings of the Society were co 

 cerned, was no longer in the least required. 



FARMERS' CLUBS. . 



Bromsgrove.-M the annual meeting ot 

 Mr. Smith, of Deanston, delivered an ™f™f™ t] P ^ 

 tical lecture on Thorough-Draining. »*' __ tfaat 



served that water on !™ d J^*',* beneath, and 

 which was caused by springs from th ea , ^ 



that which fell from the clouds in t ie sn »pe o ^ ^ 

 he had found from experience that it was 



water should be drained away a certain deptn 





