THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 









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 and Yarborough, and. due honi 



oil a little f.a- the reception i 





were done to k! | roposed. Mr. 





which 







' been! ff show of Horses 



















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that part where the surface had not been removed. !: 



have to kindly undertaken the arduous ta-k of 

 g the b i\v-var.l to themselves, \A u tiioj i r 



settled data to act upon. Ti ■ iir, t inemium of ,Vj/. it 



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belonging to Mr. Parkinson, as will be se. n on refer 





warded to Mr.J.B- 



. ; bull, No. 4, belon 

 -ton, Daventry, o 







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In Class 11. the priz was awarded 





















but it is difficult 



to judge between bea.-N wh- n ti, -i 



e is such a dis- 



panty ia their ages. This bull * 









young one, of 1 year and 2 months, N 

 Booth's, of Warlaby. The casual obs 



rver might prefer 



the larger and fatter animal, but the 







to Mr. Linton, of Sheriff Hutton, nea 



r York; a 1 yea? 







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Passing on to Class III. f ,r Cows 1 





we witnessed many good beasts ; 





by the Judges was No. 43, a cow 





months, belonging to Mr. It. Booth, of" Warlaby, a 



and points. We pal 



ing, of good shape 

 No. 47? the Duke 



•".w, the pet of the si 



ow-yard at Derby 



(she obtained the ; 



t yearling heifer) 





belongs to her. She has not made 





in other respects we anticipated. TI 









N ■■■-'.!. l i Southampton's old- loo 









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"for Heifers in 



} ears old. The 1st prize was 



id Booth's, 2 years 



and 3 mouths old 



; to the last Class— for the best yearling 



This Class was the b 



Farm Memoranda. 



The proportion of both ingredients is very minute, 

 form*-. 

 Lot I., 4 acres I rood 38 poles, is situated in a den, 

 [or deep valley] ljing N. and S., having somewhat raised 

 banks or sides ; and is thus well sheltered. The length 

 of the den is about 900 yards, and the average breadth 

 30 yards, or thereby. Previous to the ground being 



ran through the den, in a winding course. The ground, 



grain, and the 



on the other parts of the farm. The soil, generally, 

 except the mossy part, is alluvial in some places, and at 

 y. The operations for irrigation com- 

 menced in June 1843. The mossy hillocks were 

 reduced, so as to render the ground pretl 

 such of the other parts of the den as requh 

 had that operation performed. Very little of the 

 ground required draining ; and, so far as it did, that 



one stream, by a ditch cut to . 



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originally ran through that lot, was then, in m 



it practicable to lay down therefrom trough 

 courses along the highest parte or ridges, to 

 water from the burn, so as to spread it ovei «-. .. 

 surface, for the purpose of irrigation, aud which was 



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e Grass to ripen, and 1 





toTddtotleq^j 



the roots for after years. The cutting of die w* 

 commenced on 14th June, 1844, and generally*^ 

 season An exact account was kept, and day bj aj 

 noted down in a book, of every cart-load as cul , 



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» 2X2 ToZ 1 ST. lo?S ^ »-*£ 



.d of the Grass was takeu abou ^fr 



. and weighed ; and the same car 

 turned into hay and weighed as ^'^n***? 



^ iVe^iw'ily was thus •J^^jfj 



£rSwnSt»r , in^ 1 £h. rf «55 



tabour. In the end of October 1 »«. ^ J** 

 water-courses were cleared out, at an r ^ & 



!0 ntinued so till the ^ d . oi ^ the &&£f 

 imall patches where 'J^ c 'i os e covered, ^^ 

 !ured e in 0ll cleaning° the T^^^le ,*«*J JI 

 SwleTedtorTfew^^ **S.y3 

 parts of the meadow ™* *'teta«. (" jjjg 

 noTaM SZS^f 9 ££&* 



