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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



it* bote extent, 

 and for Colling, 



•beep, 



water 



agn 



Mr 



Jttrril in but 



bad not be- n for Bakiwiu. 



«* living a lifetime to the improvement of the 



d the other to the Unj cement of the Teee- 



re-i of cattle not only would ahe-p and 



cattle not have been hat they are, bu ttish 



generally would not have attaii: I its 

 preeem po a as the food supply of n re than 



.0 mill os. Amateurs as well as farmers ma 

 therefore all feel well disposed towards agricultural 



en thus *« 



The present value of the fehort-horn breed the 



result of an enthusiasm commencing with the Coir 

 iaH6S t but exte I now over the ou * of hundred 

 of herds — man as good as ti .rs. And the preserva- 

 on of the present value of the breed depem on 



perpetuat a of this feeling. That it still as 

 strong as er there ^abundantevidence. Mr. Towne- 

 liy might I, or might send his herdamf- 



witneas U I ; anl as amusing illustration of it in 

 another juarter was given to us the other day 1 

 Mr. Bnurroi As the editor of the short- horn 

 herd book. Mr. Strafford receiver, of course, the 

 earliest intelligence regarding every varying phase 

 of tbe short- h m breed. He is, as it were, the focn 

 where one best can estimate the character ami 

 force of that particular branch of agricultural enthu- 

 siasm which that breed exhibits. When in I 

 company the other evening, the following note 

 arrive'! from the intellig steward on the Earl'i 

 Court Estate, tkompton, the property of Mr. 

 Guktek. Mr. K iwlm had cht e of the IWt- 

 worth her'l for several years, at may be allowed 

 the feel of satisfaction which dictated the follow- 

 ing intimation :— 



M The Stfiwsni '| C *•, Earl f § ( urt, F»b. 1. 1856. 



w DtAa Sir I have much pleasure in announcing the 



birth of a roan row calf, last night, from the Tort- 



Worth PuhseS. FJ h the infant 1 h<r<irace the 

 mother are \ t -gressii favourably, I am, 3*ei Sir, 



• \ mrs truly, James Knowlh' 1 



This calf is from Duel 



ian'heTi n ' «k° rt nummary of the 



lief points which they exhibit : 



" 



1851 



April U 



Masks and Pabth -ulabs 



April 1 



April 27 



Number Sold. 



I 



o = — 



£3 * -i: 



00 



— "Hi: 



2 S3 



- - 



May 3 



May Si 



f tine 7 



July 14 



July 18 



Aug. 24 



67, sold a yearling at the 

 Tort worth sal ; and itssire is fourth Duke 



of Oxford, 1 1 1— a bull sold by I rd IH* I to Mr. 



fUmswTttr, of Coraham, got by Grand Dak the thou- 

 sand guinea bull sent to America by Mr. Holurn, of 

 Lancaster. The Ham of the fourth Duke, namely, 

 Oxford 6th, is also in America. In fact, nearly all 

 of the Duchess blood are on the other side of the 

 Atlantic. Mr. Gunter and Mr. Bolder are the 

 principal own< of the Duchess family in England. 

 Mr. Uunter has in his posse ion Duchess 67 

 bought a yearling at the Tortworth s*le for 3 

 guineas, and her calf referred to in the note 

 above — one of the most vigorous young quadru- 

 peds that ever puzzled those who condemn u Ind- 

 ia breeding. He has Duchess 70, purch ed a calf 

 at Tort worth for 810 guineas ; and he has Duchess | 

 6JL purchased by Mr. Tano.ukray at the Tortworth 

 aale r 1:S* , and since sold by him to Mr. Guntkr 

 for 626/. The calf from Duchess 67, by the fourth 

 Duk«a of Oxfor nitea in herself the blood of the 

 be* families of the short-horn breed, and the satis- 

 faction expr t m the note that we have published, 

 will be perfectly understood and sympathised with 

 on both sides of the Atlantic !— Mr Bolder owns 

 two heife , by the Grand Duke, from the fourth 

 Duke of \ orks dam, Duchess 51 ; and he also pos- 

 sesses Grand Duke 2d, a very promising young bull, 

 son of Duchess I . sold at Tortworth for 600 guineas. 

 It may illustrate the high market value of il bloo 

 to state that 500 guineas were offered for this young 

 bnll when a calf of a few months old. 



We must not forget, however, that the short-horn 



breed includes many other families and herds of 



pure descent The prices ret ved at the sales 



durir the past year have not eq led those of 



the previous -ear, partly because American com- 



petition— to which many heavj prices given have 



nndoubt been due— has been directed chiefly to 



animals of the Oxford and the Duchess blood, but 



also because a second Tortworth sale has not 



happened during the past 12 months and is not 



likely to occur again, even though we understand 



Mr. Tanqukrat's fine herd at Hendon i » n to 



be disposed of. The only sale of Duchess blood, of 



which we have heard, has been in the case of 



l>ochess » ; and there the price (52 .) has been 



ndependent of competition; American influence 



ton* be pleaded in explanation. This is the 



highest pne en during the year. The following 



axe other prices that have been received, and if 



the exceptional character of Lord Ditch's sale be 



laken to exclude it from consideration, it may be 



concluded, we think, that the value of the breed has 



Hot fallen m general estimation. 



Application for information on the sales of the 

 past year wa ule to M r. W ethkrkll, of Durham ; 

 and Messrs. ( I imf ft Son, of Dublin and to Mr 

 Stkaff rd ; and from the last-named gentleman we 

 have received particulars of 1 7 sales—? 

 ones of any conseqnence in 1854 -conducted by him 



Sept. 5 



Sept. 6 

 Sept. 20 



Sept. l' I 



Sept. 27 

 Sept. 28 



Oct. IS 

 Oct.l 



. Cartirrlght, of Aynhoe, Northamp- 



tonsil ire ... 



Among the price* were 56, 57. 59 * uweaa 



; 40, *8,4l f-T bull calves. 

 Mr ilkinson, Len « •••. ••• 



166 guineas were given for Phcenix, 130 

 for Zea 90 for WiMtfoa Lady, 90 for 

 her daughter Roan Lady, 110 guineas 

 for Lavender 3d ; and among the bulls. 

 Bpl I fctch 110 go* Monarch 

 75gns. An t of sale about 3000 gn 

 Sir J Lubb'»ck, K»;iit 



Sold for6iX) guineas! Pric went very 

 low. Several have since been sent to 

 Australia; at of course higher figure 

 Mr. Adkin^Stratr d-on-Avmi ... 



Ai ant of sale, 1500?. General (a bull) 



fetched 70 guineas, and several cow 

 reached sums between 401. and 60i. 

 Twenty pure bred animals of Mr. 

 (.oode's were sold after this sale on 



ie same day. 

 Mr. Grant huff, Aberdeenshire ... 

 The amount of the sale was about 200u/. 

 Several high prices were attained; 



Jinny l,ind, 7 y-ars old, fetched I 

 guiit Ns8 Bates and Miss Bab 



8d, ti4i ami T5 guineas; Para Gold, 

 91 guineas; sad Manganese f J0; 

 Monikaand Iris. 95 each; and Lady 



Love for 110 guineas. Several bulls 

 I pri over 40 and fiO gnint 



Mr. F«wkes,0l Farahy Hall, Yorkshire, 



annual sale 



Amount 527/., a very high average for 



bulls. 



r C. K nigh Hey, Northamptonshire 



Ai nut, Will. The prices, though many 



them ranged above 50 guineas, [ 



were coi dere<i l»w. 



Mr. Champion, Retford, Notts. 



Realised between 14 Of. ami 1 . Th«- 



prices r ed, for cows and heifers, be- 

 t 40Z, and 1001. ; one fetched 130/. 



Two ot the bulls fetched 52 andOOgs. 



Mr. Kirkham, of Uagnaby, Lincolnshire 



The amount was near 3000/. Many of 

 the cows realised pric tween 501. 



and 70/.; one fetr d 160 guineas. 

 Aiu<>ng the bulls and calves, 65, 72, 

 and 100 guineas were obtained. 

 Mr. I'. Iden, of Lancaster, sold for 415/. ... 

 50, 90, ami 100 guineas were obtained. 



Mr. Carr, of Settle, soid a few on the 



same day. 

 Mr. Dickenson, Ulverston, sold for 7002. 



4GL, 51 ami 001, were reached. 

 Mr. Ladds, Huntingdon, sold for 1700?. ... 

 One hull fetched 105?.; tl highest cow 

 was 60 guineas. 



Mr. Abbey, Wellington -,'h 



Hardly realised 1000 guineas : one year- 

 ling calf sold tor 35 guineas. 



Lord Monck, county Wicklow 



Sold for 800/. 

 Mr. Topham, Dowestown, Co. Meath '... 

 Sold for 1850/. The highest price was 

 110?. for a cow; and 10 or 12 other 

 ranged between 40/. and 60/. 

 Tr. Dickenson, Willesden 



Sold for 12001. 

 .Lord I ter, Stamford 



I Sold for 700/. 



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Mr. Hall Maxwell reports most favouraWToTiC 

 success of the effort which has during the past ye^ 

 been made, and does full justice to the cordiality 

 and activity with which he has been almost univer % 

 sally assisted. 



" The Scotch farmers, as a body, at once recogni^ 

 the importance and utility of the measure, and «&. 

 deavoured to support and forward it by readily anj 

 faithfully affording the information required from theru* 

 and it is due to the small minority by whom the poljJ 

 of the inquiry may have been questioned, or its objects 

 misapprehended, to state, that they, in general, waived 

 their objections, and abstained from interfering with the 

 success of a measure approved of by the bulk of their 

 fellow farmers. The exceptional instances of poai6y e 

 opposition and refusal have been extremely rare, andbj 

 but few of these have I experienced any difficulty ^ 

 obtaining authentic information from other sources ; the 

 schedules still unreturned or unaccounted for do not 

 amount to one-fifth of one per cent of the number 

 issued," 



We give below the main facts, namely, first, the 

 extent in crops within the 32 counties of Scotland; 

 second, the number of stock ; and lastly, the gro« 



produce of the country. 



1. Acreage of the several Crops in Scotland,-— When, 

 168,216 ; Barley, 207,507 ; Oats, 932,994 ; Rye, 380»; 

 Bere or Bigir, 18,118 ; Beans, 37,702 ; Peas, 6169*; 

 Vetches, 13,442^ ; Turnips, 433,9151 ; Potatoes, 

 143,032J ; Mangold, 1946| ; Carrots, 1218 ; Cabbage, 

 13954; Flax, 66704 ; Turnip seed, 1429£ ; Bare 

 fallow, 26,128| ; Grass in the rotation of the farm, 

 1,427,790^ ; Permanent pasture, 1,207,101 J ; Irrigated 

 meadows, 69,256^ ; Sheep walks, 6,530,8 42 1 ; Houses, 

 roads, fences, &c, 130,538| ; Waste, 830,7 30 J ; Woods, 

 413,391; Total, 12,613,3451. [This is not the whole 

 extent, chiefly owing to the tact that highland and stock 

 farmers do not know the extent of their occupations.] 



2. Number of Stock.— Horses, 156,595 ; Milk cows, 

 292,365 ; Other cattle, 438,334 ; Calves, 205,172; 

 Ewes, gimmers, and ewe hogs, 3,360,289 ; Tups, wethers, 

 and wether hogs, 1,426,946 ; Swine, 163,683. 



3. Gross Produce of Scotland, in bushels. — Wheat, 

 4,848,499 ; Barley, 7,639,601 ; Oats, 33,854,319; 

 Bere or Bigg, 537,250 ; Beans, 1,080,921 ; Turnips, 

 6,372,189 tons ; Potatoes, 523,383 tons. 



The average produce per acre in each county, 

 and in each district of each county, is stated in 

 detail ; and a reference is made to the produce of 

 the year relatively to the average produce of pas: 

 years, to which we shall have further opportunity 

 of alluding. We heartily congratulate Mr. Hall 

 Maxwell on the completion of his arduous labours. 

 They have resulted in a thorough pioneering of the 

 route for further exploration and accomplishment, 

 and this, with the independent and undoubted 

 value of the results obtained, is of the greatest 

 possible advantage to the success of the effort that 

 will be made to obt iin annual returns at a muci 

 earlier period than the month of February of the 

 agricultural produce of the country. 



Here, then, are 155 bulls and bull calves, and 

 537 cows sold for about 22,000/. This has, in fact, 

 been an average year as to number and as to prices, 

 and the number and the value are sufficient to 

 indicate the national importance of the short-horn 

 stock. Neither the one nor the other are of course 

 the complete index which we should like to have. 

 Private sales doubtless exceed in number, and we 

 have seen, in the case of Duchess 69, that they 

 sometimes exceed in prices given those submitted to 

 and reached at public auction. The interests of 

 breeders, after all, depend more upon the former 

 than the latter ; and the more numerous the herds, 

 the more general the Interest in the breed, the 

 better are the interests served, whether of the 

 country generally or of the owners of the stock. 



The value of a record of pedigrees becomes of 

 course more obvious as the number of herds and 

 animals increases ; and we are glad to hear that 



Ir. Strafford is preparing a new volume of the 



Herd Hook' 5 for publication. He is receiving 

 pedigrees from all quarters ;— from II. R. H. Prince 

 Albert, and from many a tenant farmer, as well as 

 from the great breeders, Lords Bf.iiners, Hill, and 

 Fkvf.ksham, Sir C. Knightlky, Messrs. Ambler, 

 Combe, Cruickshanks, Fawkks, Tanqukray, Towne- 

 lby Torr, and Jonas Webb, and many other well- 

 known names. No one is better qualified to re- 

 ceive and classify and conduct a publication of this 

 kind, for no one probably in the country knows .so 

 thoroughly the herds and individuals of the short- 

 horn blood. It is out of the knowledge of the editor 

 that the public confidence in this publication has 

 arisen. And Mr. Strafford's acquaintance with 

 his subject has been tested long enough to make 



ne sure that the new volume will be a full and 

 truthful record of the principal additions to the 

 breed since the appearance of the last. 



The Report of the Highland Society to the Board 

 of Trade on the Agricultural Statistics of Scot- 

 Iland for the year 1854, has at length been published. 



STATISTICS OF CATTLE FEEDING. 



(Continued from p. 75.) 



I now proceed to describe the performances of mj 

 15 milch cows on hand, in December, 1854, of which! 

 have already supplied some particulars. — Nos. lj -; 

 and 12, bought as strippers, giving 7 to 8 quarts ptf 

 day. No. 1 bought recently. 



No. 2. July 11th, 9 cwt. 2 qr. ; milk, 8 qts per day. Nov. 28ft> 

 11 cwt. 1 qr. ; milk, 8qts per day ; gain in 20 weeks 196 m 



No. 12, Sep. 5th, 8 cwt.; milk, 8 qts per day. Nov ;j£ 

 8cwts3 qr. 20 lb ; milk, 6 qts per day; gain in 12 weeks M"* 



Nos. 7, 11, and 15 are in calf, in different stages, w 

 these I may state that they improve perceptibly in C0D- 

 dition and consequently in value, 



Nos. 4, 5, and 13 have recently calved, with an average 

 yield of milk of about 15 qts. per day; they are m 

 maintaining their weight. Nos. 3, 6, 8, 9, 10 and l* 

 liave been in hand since calving. From the leng ta 

 time they have been under treatment, 33 weeks on tt» 

 average, their performance appears to merit P ar ^, •. 

 attention, as showing: more clearly the effects of tn« 

 - • - B J "jbruaryW 



calved six to eight weeks ; those weighed on 

 May, four to six weeks previously to th^r 



food. 



The three weighed on the 21st of February 1 * 



six to pioht wppL-9 • thnao wpicrhprl on the ^^ , 



firs* 



weighing 



in for 8&i weeks, being 4| lbs. per week each, 156 • ^ 



( It will be observed that daring the first nan ^ 

 time the cows would about maintain their weig ♦ ^ 

 that the gain will have accrued during the latte . 

 being nearly 0J lbs. per week, with an average yi ^ 

 about eight qts. per day each. Their yield of m' ' t; 

 have probably averaged 10 qts. per day each thro ^ ^ 

 it is, however, quite safe to estimate it at nme q ^ 



day. 



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