Jeux 25, 1857.) THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 525 
a eas the Society’s funds. funds. The cattle and [live stock gene- very wl but it is so apa ico a to ‘fk t favour 
j NEL paseo ne hinstone, of Chuten | Tally proved the most interesting side —and the pens E ith our rs that I hardly dare refer to it; yet, it 
Class 1. oe ag eee x ultry attracted a great number of s tors. may ae remove some of the Tee to it if I 
Christeh’ H. C. Compton, of the Manor | may say of this that the Dorkin: breed came out in point out the possible advantage of planting rows of 
S. Cows in Milk.—. to y say 8 : $ ohi the rows of Potatoes 
Lyndhurst. eal er and thai e between 
<p Tal Pan aeh. Oakley ra “tere Captain Hornby and were well-known gaei yas were Since the loss of the Potatoes by the disease, the value 
Beckingham, ane laee, ŽL to L. P. Maton, of Maddington, | among the successful ex rs. i _ ge for meeue swine =e n discovered, and 
Sood on We must not omit ‘mention of the stands of seeds is now so much depended on as to be everywhere 
R ESTABLISHED BREEDS, aud plants by rea . Lawson and Messrs. Gibbs—both rieni not oniy in nan icii er iny t—and the practice 
(Kot suing the ‘Short ban Hereford, Dorot or Channel of koon justly ow ae W the judges. Mr. Law- has become gen n the brows of the Potato ridges, 
ands’ B 106 to Thomas R. B. Cart- son’s series of samples illustrative of the sorts of Wheat and it is not paver Gh’ that the Potato crop is deterio- 
gem kley, Northampton. grown in this country was particularly instructive and rated by it, and the Cabbages grow certainly very well 
Heifers in Milk or in Calf, r ar 4 years old —5l. to | good. in this way. I think it very probable in this way that 
Rer. Morton Shaw, of Rougham Rectory, near Bury St./ We have unfortunately no general menig of mem- a full crop of Potatoes as well as one of Cabbages ma 
Edmunds. HORSES at dinner to report on this as on p agar 2 a be obtained, Cabbages at 4 feet by 2 are known to pro- 
res Bland, Samuel Watts, ana | It is greatly to be lamented that t Nhe nly occaion duce a full crop. But as Cabbage is a perishable crop, 
Jopas: William Dic pa Ra , cn ae the year when members of the aed. T ms pao Wurzel, Swedes, and Rape may be also introduced. 
AGRICULTURAL HORSES GENERALL meet l. Ther This land thus pietii} drained would give Wheat. 
Class 1. Stallions for Agricultural Purposes, foaled on or |i ftl h It is true that during the more general prevalence of 
before the Ist of Teroy... piar Wi Naito nee rind p one tom the a yr re is 5 meed mildew among Potatoes the Wheat suffered so much 
Bury Farm, Stapleford, Cambri nae som ae by cacao of 17. to aid so grea from it that its culture was very much abandoned in 
; no Lt ural Purposes, in 1855.— as once a year bears fruit at the country Ireland, but within the last two or three years confi- 
y aot to Samuel C! Clade, o ba Linton, Cambridgeshire 101. | meetings oft the English Agricultural Society, but the dence in it has been gradually restored and now there 
4 of top ag oe Bars a fone ve Agricult wed ag Purposes.—207. to | thing would be more satisfactory and lasting if member- would be very little hesitation in growing it anywhere 
Samuel Wolton, jun., of Kesgrave, near pacer; 101. to ship Bere sated m something more than being like the did n not prejudice so generally exist in favour of Oats, 
Samuel ame of Great a gl aoe Colcheste: present at the meeting—mere spectators of The straw of Oats is also more in esteem both as fodder 
usands 
Cias $ WOY es A imetin r Agrieultural Purposes — so on a success as Salisbury has exhibited. an litter, as for dung it beck down more readily, 
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Class 1. Stallions foaled on or before the Ist of January, Home Correspondence. The Wheat might be followed by Vetches, Italian 
1855.15 to William Buller, jun., of Hanwell Fields, near | ginq77 Farms in Ireland.—Having thrown the cold Rye-grass, and Red Clover and Rye for spring and 
Class 2, Stallions foaled in the year 1855.—102, to Lord St. | wet clay lands, as indicated in a paper on this subject in summer feeding in the house or yard; the Rye 
ys iadohbourne, near Higham Ferrers. the Agricitiera} Gazette of the 16th of May, into lands succeeded by Swedes, the Vetches by transplanted Rape, 
a. a aane Rawlence, of Bul- | of draining breadths, the next thing for i eg gt is the following year a crop of Oats mi nt be en. A 
wie, Wilton, n Relat in tho yoat ve —Prize withheld. siesta of ppt tg not too widely departing from the great difficulty generally prevails in the latter part of 
Orden Hide sae stom: tillage of the country, but ng shall. rae April and earlier part of May in feeding cattle; the 
Class 1. Thoroughly | ie Stallions for getting Hunters.—30/. | carry 0 ai an ip vali system of cul Potatoes growth of Grass on these cold lands is very late and 
to Thomas Groves, of Plompton Hall, near Knaresborough ; 201. must ever be, till changes yet unthough ry of "a ‘the until June there is but little vegetation on them but 
to ams a Stall ii oo gitar pe lla r Thirsk. James | great groundwork of Irish culture, and will constitute Italian Rye-grass on such land afforded me a cutting 
s our Keal nay almost our only worked Eg crop, commencing Ami 18th when hay was 4l. or 5/. a toa. x 
een Brood. Mares fo = Breeding Sead —201. to Thomas | and San ore may be considered the sg e ove er What a loss it is to throw away pe Eo we on 
iota t s under any system we may adopt, and whether they transplanted Rape and Rye and Vetches. not 
Starky, herent ond at ses i Hackers tt re toJobn B. | break upon Grass or succeed a cereal. In the pod case keep Tit for your Potatoes? This was a common way- 
SHEEP. the common lazy bed is without ane Dent ais pted, side expression. No, my friends; they feed my cow, and 
Jupors: Thomas Twitchell, Charles Stokes, and William | but why ne bed? It is a tillage the most laborious, she makes me for my Potatoes as much manure as I 
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Class 1 Reine to W. Sanday, of Holme bree ok Da AO a, See $ l ! = 5 
j remem peren as 151 to ditto. y» E in a thin flake, over the whole ground and is thus winter. Now I have milk and also 
Class 2 Noting any other age.—251, to ditto; 151. to ditto. in immediate ya widely extended contact with manure for my Pota and my cow will in the sum- 
Class 3 Peis of 5 Shearling Ewes of thesame e fook. —201. to two layers of earth so upon a very grove _mer show her winter feeding, and my two crops of grai 
ditto ; 102. to ditto. extended surface of inorganic elements, at the e | will be as heavy as your three crops grown in succession. 
OY Sout Fg Ps hear ee Bgl ad Sa time that the clay with which it is covered is for spre |The Italian Rye-grass should not, to give an early 
Claes 1. 5 pinnae ira oe. Fok Totes Webbs of Bebra, weeks ex ect aerial action, then a second bite, be fed off after the grain crop is removed and 
near Cane Ps to Jonas Webb. stratum of earth (the beds pean cee p should be sown alone and the seed not spared, but then 
Some per oe y other Age.—25l. to Jonas Webb ; 151. to omaha ih n from the hs not to the pes ha (hen thickly cry elation veep not be peels with it, as 
] the active so and, where this is not deep, so the Clover wou hered by it. I prefer sowing 
to Hears 2 a ot re Sia x rides set sc Ss men ETS s undersoi isa lso , ihg the depth ot the | | them et y, the Clover will then ce! — Rye- 
Sadr Wootten SHEEP. active soil and exposing “dite ino rganic | wherefore write e readers of the Agri- 
(Not qualified t South-Down s.) renew its fertility and thus remains expel t r eal. | oe Gazette will scarcely benefit by mint I say, 
aca Mah Wen ling Ra en ae = At lie Adney, s of rar ae, K aa infiuence a the digging of the =- yud z all | and those who might benefit do not read. An example 
a Much Wenlock, Salop; 1 Je the e i efits of umbrag ring | before their eyes is vm one — nee When will 
of any thar Age. —251. to Samuel — of wills yE deep Faos pkai ten drink in in preiei | that tes shown them in our backward places where iti is 
— Hill, Much Wenlo ee Salop; 15l. to George Adney, the fallings of the air, rain, and dew bring to them. | most wanted? J. M. Goodi 
wd E Tens oF AtS i mo But we have rather to do with a cereal stubble and | The Black Grub—I do not remember to have noticed 
g Ewes of the same Flock.—20l, h è : 
to W. B. Can: f Chisledon, near Swindon; 10l. to W. R. | though the plan I am about recommend involves | in your Gazette any mention of a destructive pest whi. k 
Shittler, of Biahapatcas, near Salisbury. hand labour in the tillage of the strate it can be no, has appeared partially in this neighbourhood. It is a 
Lonc-Woo.tLep SHEEP. i objection to it on our small farms for whole Potato tato | small black grub, about } an inch long at its most 
opam « Xot qualified. to coinpets da Taiala on an aae iy a r arr eiia a va o active state, ps 
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2. Rams of any other age.—25! to Edward Handy, of | are 1 ahia m ppa cannot take place; the beds, if | hungry silkworms; the effects are 
Sii, near ae eee: 3 15l. to William Garne, | beds are pref ust be laid out by hand, all the | an otherwise promising crop is now "ing ploughed up 
Class 3, carling E fth fiock.—201. to | better, for the plough in these wet clays with our un- | of necessity. Can you suggest a I have 
William Garni Pons of 5 ee gs os e a certain and dripping climate cannot be used so profitably | omitted to add that a crop of ordinary matdi aigo 
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Juvaes : Henry eo 5. J. qe and B. Swaffeld. badly done by the ill-trained horses and the untrained | most healthy and vigorous growing state. 4 Chepstovian. 
eae} Boars of a large ole —10/. to John Harrison, jun., | ploughmen. Although without draining a flat tillage “a yeep ome Toes in Turnips.—If I remember right 
maar, ear koh Keighley Yorkshire, oseph Tuley, of True- may not be advisable, since the furrows of beds act as ae, mdence in or about the year 1811 on 
Class 2, B f a small breed.—10J. to George Mangles, of | drains, yet lr the open drains I have suggested so | this subject with the very Mr. ore bm of ber. Wht 
a na mene ee ae ra to Lieut.-Col,Charles dil yea er herm -= age as ho ae of ro Hall Er dresses Po ymi in pent no 
aha eee Aag tillage; I wo erefore, having wn out the | I was highly gra see hi wot ce again, 
Hewer, of Es en ma odes on Se er manure, open furrows successively across the lands with | I could not but be mee -e after the lapse of nearly 
“Calin Hea the spade, each fresh opening furnishing earth for filli a a cen’ oe the of = 
von’ Breeding “Sows of a small breed. —10. to H. |in the preceding one, depositing in each as opened me toes, o caiey is: as w call it it in Norfolk, than w 
Thomas of Bolton sn near Wigton, Cumberland; 5l man e In thus working I leave api rows mindy However desirable it may be to trace the 
Class 5. Pens of 3 Breeding Sow Pigs of a large breed, of the | two feet apart, which I find sufficient for the future ole of the mischief (with pee I efi with Mr. 
ions above 4 and e. 8 months old.—10l. to George | working and I believe for a production of D Spence and your correspondent “Carabas,” insects are 
Gene = men eg mc ae “ees Rabi ot aaran beoc, Of ths having A yaari ars Gay the disease appeared, | mainly connected), I Ta but kemi this minor 
litter, above 4 and under 8 months old.—10l. to R. H. | #bout to the aenea in say or z consideration, in ee with the fact “that we are 
Watson, of Bolton Park. acre the ae of 9 pay tak what clay | all, or may be, in possession of a eee at once safe, 
SPECIAL PRIZES. comes with the e, say the moiety of that pode simple and effectual, namely, a coat of marl, clay, or, : 
Given by the Local Committee“at Salisbury. ohi a eiis into the previously opened furrow, the | according to “ Carabas,” lime. What I told Mr. Spence — 
MPSHIRE DOWN SHEEP. other moiety being left, the gami between the rows in 1811 I can but t repeat in 1857 —whenever you Bar T 
B eee remaining uns lants are sufficient] b 
ak ay riing ne sth Me mn ai of Oak up to mark the rows I dig pope on fork the hitherto excites is, en a wants claying.” It is forthwith — 
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King, of Old Hayward Farm, near Hungerford. | thus partially spreading it among the ts, seldom | and the ae et ede no more, at least not for many e 
Ci Ps of £ Ram Lambe—-201. to John T. F. Fain, of | anything more is required as the ts very presently | years. So sure as effect follows cause, so sure is 
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a $ W. cover the ground and prevent the growth of weeds. | anbury cured by clay. But what is “diy Pan 
FP od of 5 Shearling E gi 201. to W. Browne Can- | The forking at this time takes place before the spread- | indefinite term, I grant, meaning mere brick- 
Waters of Bigot, near Swindon Wilis; 10. to Edward | ing out of the tuber cords and has the good effect of | earth in one county, an active calcareous sub- 
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of Dozul es, | com tively light to that of the lazy beds, and is con- from cheese; both, it is true, effervescing in acids, but 
sab Pot Bull "Depart at wit gras Ba soquetitly less expensive and quicker m over, and the | the former immensely more than the latter. If there- 
the Sparrow's Nest, near und is left in a cleaner state and, I believe, the | fore Lam told “You are confusing us with a multitude of 
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> -—We have to report an extra- | It has been ase sri m gwl authority to plant | “Get y inegar cruet, and w te bite will effervesce 
i crowded yard, which, the lord being | whole good sized apart in rows a | therein tha that take; the greater the e effervescence the less 
head, must result in a large addition to| 4 feet distances. Sade nese ieee tha would be wanted.” hns 30 or 40 loads of the white 
