180 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [FEBRUARY 6, 1864, 
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the the Royal Agricultural College, and nowhere else | knew vers ae that no one Surveyor could ever r hope ee arm labourer is seldom the best roadmaker. I am 
in Great Britain. What can hinder its success! | to supe 00 yet it needed | 27 many 
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minds; but I feel sure it must eventually give wh 
| that this only worked official should ride a aang? ^ the new Act is fairly and properly tried. ee 
two to death before such “I enclose my card, which Mr. Calthorp is weleome to; byg 
tty, | vie Jeras rdn myself An Old Parish Surveyor, Jan, 27, 1864 
- + 75 A UPS TO s 
T tt Calthor ien Mr. Blyth could or its imposs sibil 
to Mr. Fısmer Hon»s, announce the immediate | Tf the fori Surveyor were blown through the 
close of the subscription list. = us refer once | district by the Pneumatic Dispatch Company, he E THE DEVON BREED OF CATTLE, 
e lon; ublie- hi y. Un n 
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spitited man as most worthily justifying this | condescend to become the foremen of the Distri WT. a Aia vf ue d 
expression of the esteem we wis h Mr. FISHER | Surveyor, the Act can never be cheaply laici. or es Ue val Agricltaral t Col Nec divin link Pe ecember E the 
Honzss's na nd services are he a we apprehend there are not many Warden = ber J. T. Davy, Editor of the “ Devon Herd B 
One of the original rond mitts ee of Management, | act under the orders of a Surveyor, any m than "Ms rks of da Pure-bred Devo a udging from 
from which the English oe ab. c > s ie are guardians who would obey the nod rot their | the rude state of agriculture until, we wil say 
n i upon i i there Aas ssity be a class of | within the last 200 years, it is just possible that ^ 
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has worked more earnestly or r moro gpk een sub-surveyors or ge —— 
i : the roads. What will}, 
towards the splendid result which it now presents der M rt usque doie : will prove. Die Pent Mois ES - wed EM e o rr not o E 
Sub hei “ — — P patito rage poo 8 we have good roads in a with 2d. or pes simply pese their cattle for beef, id r^ that 
Epeka "epu, engen By Aces eens ROS p r's a we hope the experimen was principally consumed in their own imm 
addressed to the Secretary of the Fund, Farmers’ tried. “elsewhere before it is inflicted on our pind | neighbo bourhood. Owi hg to the difficulty of transit, ani 
Club, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London ire. istence of exhibiti 
a tells the Docking ratepayers how ME may mend | tne present century, they were hardly aware off the 
, | the old Hi lighw ay Act. His advice is UM value of their native breed. 
t that you should petition to return t 
to us E i “Milas cai grill old Act, 5 & 6 William TV with an additional clause, | Abiasa ja never kept by. ine T [^ ws 
i with a a reques r its p ublicat appointin, ng a suve or oyr each district with a salary of 201. | wild cattle in Chillingham Park are of a creamy white 
or 251. per yi onl e pb at rare intern 
IUSSEY, 0 pp te Farm Nethe eT- | any complaint. ‘that might t be made to him, and to eat pe Poh of these black muzzlea, and also of the white, of which I hay 
vis. Dorset, sowed the last week rh une på ac is ceedings Acus re the local magistrates, oma any road which | Sivsady spoken, be additional proofs, if any be wanting, ti 
with seed of his kx of Purp eA wedes : : i ti i cended from the wild 
E rm u ng t i d 
ina light, Willy uet a used 2 ewt. of bloo ood | sur urveyor be appointed with that duty, the farmers would | "The outline of a fat Devon MEI ariy appronc 
manure, with 16 loads of go vd farm-yar rà du ir perj al n put mys red ve goo ep deberi i gram; angular bony projections ar P vim ed to 
use ess and diser never found among the best bred ones, bot Shall a is lend 
acre, the land having been gh? y well manured A clause of this sort, if added to the old Highway | trom the tops of the shoulders to the e tail. The belly is log 
Act, would AMAT well. herein rina tadinaly: dir. io found by she:tmbent as the danke m wat 
; nt would be worse than | wide, and comes out prominently between the fore 
e roots being regular and of good size. Abou t| useless if ateges was t some publi officer to enforce extending down to within 2 or S inches of the knee ia 
the latter part of October a disease or decay in| them? “What is everybody's bu Ee eu ‘a folls of fat. The neok 
H ong ani in, increasing towards e shoulder, Wi 
several of the roots M bows. verona and we know that farmers, quite as much as country | 7: i enel Ett to moet it, where the neck vein forms a sortd 
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just by the neck and7gradually spreading over the | gentlemen, dislike to act as informers, though they | collar in front of the shoulder, connecting the fat of the 
wh This disease has n sho Jf in | have yo n Me cause to complain of bad bye-roads shoul er er with - oe o me ur i" fore quu 
every portion of the field, affecting roots here and | than ntry, who very seldom use them. Æ siquely th de chee fa su cow" Dek sass bi cae mie 
ere, more n one-fourth of the crop being | WV y lled ut with good le nd fat ; preservin a unb 
7 ; 1 i ine, ro a uniform covering of fat throughout 
ci Ra The bet? ug bap ri eh To above we add the following letter from Mr. part, commencing r^ the rump, over the pin bone, edge dl 
OUS Ord decay. Ius fom the atmosphere, Hastings, of Longam Hall to the Norwich Mercury. | long, ripe, sender wan Grosera think zotning atom 
tosh iie ow ates |r a nr wl fan qon Erde E 
t or his letter which a in your | hollowness behind them, and a consequent loss of fies 
remedying paper of last , Saturday, on {the cde of the,‘ New besides € tne T of vir Aap and viis 
. S8 Most 1 
Hig p pae ni x shoulders placed. obliquely, pn yt is found ia prac 
4 “ After having bee v n h difficult, an require a longer 
THE NEW HIGHWAY ACT IN NORFOLK dou teen Mié ran e had the m isl courage to make qocren the fore than the hind-quarters ; yet how often dm 
have been more fortunate in Norfolk in resist- ake into find men who are supposed to be judges disreganim, 
ing the introduction of this “ permissive” measure such a gratuitous public Ee of the mista E ved ram : aulty f iml 
s: i which he has fallen, as Mr. Calt y in the form 
r ti ur lk hbours, 
; : done, By saying that. he is now induced * enounce 
ssec ant aa maana d ege aid oniy a measure which he then thought Mighly p Mr. 
three in its far ind Set al ks ority | Calthorp clearly pect that he would not have others 
Tee crest wiped” adopted. it "The a pi utm suffer from the error into which he, in conjunction with 
when elected showed their sense of this treatment by Mes Koc Hi ghway A et^ oandot. be m 
any! -— g for Are Ea tan vehe eem d work Aene Sen E in the Docking sd px d 
know, but we dnilivitutd that one of the proposed cite ce i eee ew i Ne Sas dad pum eo: | to 
amendments of the Bill this session is to prevent the i 
Wi 1 f ‘hus i the. new Ache dead ama of so many et the ratepayers, it is quite 
letter, after ii. kas, pl cgo the. nimis to. impose | ° wh at the result would be if tested in other 
Li 
it om a refractory dtc ut in Nov thee is a Pe hoaoarble member for Wost Nori when 
7 y seconding the no ndes proposition for 
for years, for. Meu Unio; having 1 ers mw rescinding the Laie qe order for the adop f 
EX , Pesce “Bas the Act in Mitfo niu , said that he thought 
i to make some amend- 
was of all others the best for the experim scia dg pe 
tried i Aonik and as only da wem bu fioi" Surely, free of this, it would be better to 
Tialised the Quarter Sessions agaist the order, the |® aboli ix the new Act ete ether. Although, in my " yatni of 
t mi bus ered to have been adopted yc nd 
there by universal consent. With a good chai £ 
excellent cl and a thoroughly business-like a 
willing Board of Waywardens, the wit! 
ing extracts from a letter addressed to the ratepayers — 
of the Mitford and | Launditch MN by t ohn Calthorp, i6 oh idw ae qum à a am vem did ote eat xpected." 
D John Hastings, Longham Hall, Norfolk dd, 19, 1864, 
de have made a ibid ined and I hope 
successful stand against the gn vere of the New High. 
Act into your district. It most mistaken piece of| The following e ben er i Mr cs appeared in last 
was one of the five magistrates who signed the Monday's Mar 
Mir ae n MENTRE TENOR DNE V eae 
arent evil and sincerel; believing at thas Ume thatit rowa ce farmer; but my experience 
uce all the lotea at we hoped for; but — Ma 
men! 
which all breeders 
eat difference ot opinion 
whose judgment onde experience ns them to 
ete favourit s af course being the y animals ft 
h. 
Gold Medal Beast! 
year much as before. Now, red 
intended still furtber to improve or fees 
enounce ny Mey Sipu will no doubt be a 
may not be perfect in all i ts deta tails. 
Oa be ve. 
i his district has parishes ; 
a be done by the day, and as the farmers ys they have appointed a phe de 
pue JOT MRR NS obli; ie Dut that two ES in not do the wor! 3 f 
can poi e yers expect the dut; 
niet ara of | performed dual? aes he says, 
done by the day. 
