1164 THE GARDENERS: CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. (DEcemsrr 3, 1864. — — 
to faraih. "them - e whenever you y progress which th f late | feat e Show. A rem din fine oollection o of 
reason to suppose * > dor a pee fide E erts ra sal | years made :— n is ented bya a deep and m e well-fed a 
be happy to show them the estate and ac a exhibited bys EDN Derby, possessing veils rful loi. and | 
Irish Landlord, | 1859. | 1860. | 1861. | 1862. | 1863. 189. |rib and NU * pate tebe is pe ial exception n to the . 
ino s] | i3 |Eeneral character o e dat’ T ich contains man | 
lleno Co orrespon v ce cn gea pr 104 | 131 | M9 | Jos | good animals. The polled classes of Aberdeen cattle, . 
The h t bm eae Lo HE [e vu 72 70 3 91 |not so well filled as regards numbers, contain many 
he Cattle elon t expression my onest | Roots..| 87 | 118 196 116 124 109 | large and symmetrical and well-fed animals, exhili 
conviction in plain vd is indicative. want of} Corn ..| pio di ad 15 57 60 y 8 Mr. M Gomt bi du t X. he animate, Coan 
intelligence, as Mr. Blun dell wishes Yn ha believe, I Poultry.| 1342 | 1135 | 1997 | 1364 | 1505 | 1677 y Mr. ombie, WHO takes tio, Tec nus ad. pM 
mm Willing to join imme wish WM o the vala te o f | Pigeons. 214 | 168 220 299 275 290 Mr. Martin and others The prize lists in these and 
his Squashes.for au agricultura Total..| 1877 | 2055 | 2038 | 2309 | 9482 i 
In the first place there can be n wh about i SEIN Tam ET ` The anion jia lasses aro ^ y vem A erra as been 
having sent out seed, a fractio: = of which oan The extraordinary liberality of the Prize List, um ox ayaa uei dc e ei Pe amas 
natbl. Miish é:total wank: of ceimtieny tang She | offers no less than 7957. for cattle, 2997. for sheep, 1 2j | the lst and 2d prizes for Leicester wethers. Long. 
least of it, but it is almost incredible that so large a [for pigs, 717. for corn and roots, and 693 l. for poultry |" eep not Leicesters are represented by York. 
Proportion <of bad séeds could: have been produced | | and pigeons, ensures a largo competition. And b esides shire Leicesters(?) and Oxfordshire Cotswolds; Mr 
nixsdlgi;. Howeten, is: bus: been: 2 itre tiated AAE the systematic 1st, 2d, and 3 Riley, of Beverley, taking the 1st prize, and Messrs, 
thing new, and by the coinage of a dtweard lg da acm EUER a e Association—t ae e| West and Faulkner, of Burford and Bletchington, 
i gua pr oet 5 resident, on Guilds, xs | taking 2d and 3d. T e a good 
o" hs seriis classes are beautiful, as usual. There 
believe that we m pae bv dene varieties of peculiar 
value, whereas my o firms which piska the posi aio es of CADRE OR ves 
n they are nothing more ae ast 
th arieties of ommon feuis. If sc so, Mr. Blundell | large indee Take the following resumé of the offers | inte i — - — ws 
can lay no claim to paternity, unless this is conferred | in the Cattle ‘Classes MN. e, as they Bi scribed i in ihe than "he Marsi of Lor Ba SUN which carry 
upon him by the simple growth of them wo or | i en | everything eee ee pros 
ee years upon a garden farm in the south of Hamp- | Partly by the eke and partly by individuals, imber pod. are heavier à ethos P M rem 
: among them, i silve of the | eep are also exceedingly good. 
shire ere, eyen 0 M 8 acre have been d m,|. The Shropshire sheep fill large and excellent classes. 
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produced under the most favourable circumstances of | V. value of man: ied ted it: ; Lo rd W aa nghai 
climate, soil, and high. cultivation, it would be no roof | the P resident, for ; of any breed or x dnd 
of their suitableness for general purposes; and I have | 38°, fed and ‘bred by the f 151, | abundantly ; 3 possessing woreover & hardy constitution, 
t given by the "Earl of jw j^ the best Short-horn | 894 being in = hands of energetic and intelligent 
| brealentta —no wonder that this breed is no longe 
no hesitation in sayi hat until our climate is so 
o grow Pine Apples and other | red and fed by the exhibitor; a 25 guinea silver oa 
tropical fruits to roger in the open a it will be Offered by the hotel and innkeepers of Birmingham, merely Shropshire, bat i is found in almost every county 
totally unsuited as agric cultura " crop for ordinary for the best ga in the cattle classes; four extra in England, The Ist prize sheep are exhibited by Mr. 
eusnion in “a E - 3 | prizes. of 251. h, for the best Her efor d, best Devon, | Smith, of ation Madlock. _We e understand that they 
would req nir A fruit- houses by pin mile to keep it, and | best Short: horn, tnd » Scot; and t o gold medals, | are selected from a comparatively small flock, of whi 
Would. not prove: half, equal. to Veg ota ble Marrow in value 2 À t | early one half the produce are yearly sold as rams 
CLE rates pi possess any | cow or Tae. T uj ASA P in the "Exhibition, t the lan "eapite , o and, M.P.; d Goienak RH Dah 
H 1 six last-named prizes being given, as usual, by the ther well-known names, are among 
Lo ove Me ga C One "rie "Gardens, ront ea A e thu EU sod "that if a 1 Sho rt-horn, "bred exhibitors. Oxfordshire D and (elei i he Fi 
Walsh’s Gorse Crusher.—On the ult. you repro- and fed hess 
need anda sh hà mi ht carry off, in addi tion to the e CLA F Pigs are of varying merit, The 
F for Thor inh ‘Thich there Gazette x leer bon | 182. prize oF m. emi Lord k $5 TA [omes a the Berks hires are Bern ably well 
g Lord , Aylesford's 152., the Hotel. -keepers? 25 guineas, represented. The class of fi ve breeding pigs of the 
i | With P has never been surpassed. 
port | 20%, making up the dre tota of 1281, which, The com potis a very clos tha raan ja aro given ai 
E especially {fit chañ the prize list below. a A the pen dis- 
| Sho ould constitute a liberal reward for the pains | quali ified by I Professor Gamgee—three fat pigs ‘declared 
of March looking more like 14 or 
and “gall bestowed on the animal’s culture. It is ; 
seldom, hoverer, that honours eb ign quite to 15 monies old EE convicted, on the evidence of the 
č E hig magnitude on oe competitor, though it is an gengit tio i Fa Xo they, are d o 
us n zd : | in Recta them to reach close upon th igs, those of the Countess o 
i oe ; Tm SE t to be. It s [vine so etd chester, oie iid: A A, N. Hood, Mr. Melville Cart- 
a aa: ^ Sti. Ye : ‘In fact Mr. Phillips Hereford ox, which receives the | Wri A Wise and others, B^ be named. The 
O| Gold Medal as a the best onin tha yard, the Silver Cup | d “ht shown Si Gene d M Mr. 
as the best animal in the cattle classes—the Ist prize | Morland, Mr t Wain Aa aro ong the be 
in its class, and the prize as ie best Hereford, thus Ae Breeding Pigs ‘of a keg breed a Bot » good wn 
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The Rr EED has distinguished itself by |2 and jas again Major -General Hood, Mr. Morland, ur 
date and e achin | carryin of bo oth ae nes in which it comes m Sexton, Mr. Wainman, and Mr. Stearn may be nam 
exclusively "for "this Ns desaription of growtb. | eóm m petis with other breeds, The par ox and t 4 
dun after the trial alluded to, in a lotter “pabished by best heifer Mor c Herefords this yea TI ll the Galleries where t] ts and e : 
Mr. Townsend, the grea authori ity in The older oxen number seven—a ye and well | are exhibited is as is ig Soe as eae aes ther. 
who was present, he says .— ^ It is Lo d only implement bred and well- fed celal Mr. wpe -— with which | of the past summer does n o hay d cied d 
T have seen, which reduces the hard coarse Furze ju a he declares to have closed his — - or | growth of the specimen Turnips, V abbigoe, Ra 
m exhibition, is a grand, massive, ^ we el b Wur: ut, it is true here, as over Qe a 1 
m justice to „myself, and. in fairness to the public, which no Hereford Melde could wish fora a pem agricultural f eld, that agrieultural maxima are 
—À of the merits of his stock. He was bred by reos worthless as to any 2 a which they exert 
Mr. Rawlings, of Stoke, near Tenbury. Ls on Shrews- average agricultural experience, 
bury’s ; Ba pie ` - : a thi ick-fleshed well-fed “There. ba E Eu: pr ek à 
T i animal. e whole class is a capital il hibit r. Robi erbyshire. — 
‘ime on agricultural su » xs In x beg DEA je breed. His be E t prizo por average 55 lb. each, and the 
Paper I am reques o say where the Furze pied se The younger o more numerous class, is hardly | six w — he takes the 2d prize, average $01. — 
s to be had in England. In reply, I have to ay that | UP to the merit of it its s seniors. iem ncn Ist prize api met vien ould Tike to know the en history of 
t is not to be had for sale in England at present. steer g quality | these individual. plants. Th e collections of Long and 
There is no stock on hand, and it is only to x Poit by |? esh, Mr. Pit u^ à mm is =e great width and | Globe Mangels, Swedes, and Carrots d paler 1 
ommunieating with me or vith my a agents Messrs, | thickness of flesh over the back and loin; somewhat | for the 10-Guinea Cup offered b Grifün, i 
Edmondson, beri amc AP Dub os, | light i c tlie thigh. Ten seen Cows represent the| manure manufacturers, are firs ua The "Ist prize 
M‘Kenzie, Camden den. Quay, COE. PS Wah. "Stedalf; breed in the class which contains what — official | goes to Pare! Moore, of Warwick, who has now taken it — 
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jndgmont is the best female in all the cattle classes. | three ively. collections of Mangel - 
r. Stedmai e cowis a ert pcnc patchy fed fed Wars s very good. Mr. Hali, of Westbury, Wilts, 
ERIS E NU TORT T animal, The Hereford Heifers of the prett successful with a remarkably fine paint te of 
ss . &otieties. classes in Tg pics Mr. Baker, eb Ped s tenen Swedes and Carrots for Proctor’s 
MIDLAND COUNTIES AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. aSa PNE Vi which ea z e un pit EE mi prize; 
BinwiNGHAM.—'The 16th annual| well matched company Mr. 
Show of the Midland Counties’ Association excels all its — ‘and = oe "ANewvight’s = 3d are two very well so 
h is significant of 
predecessors in the numbers, and in some Classes comparisons. Swedes go to Ireland, whic! int € 
excellence exhibited. Although no very extr: A "The SHORT: HORN Classes ae a numerously filled | ence of our climate, especially influential in a year like 
specimens of any f the breeds illustrated are shown, | tk No "bin xà compete in | the pas z 
oti e | the] four classes. The eo. pes — 13 animals, he collections of Corn are both numerous and 
Sir W. De Capel Brooke's 1st prize is a massive good. The Prize List suni MTS all the information E 
n|red and white well-made ‘beast, "iekly. om red had a history E 
first-rate quality of flesh. The yo i t lot 
many good animals, is hea ded e Mr. Pulver s Short- The Implement ‘department ioa; ploughs, Turnip | 
x bred and | cutters, ro! and corn crushers, shown 
by Messrs. E “of — ch; ont and bsc by 
of Rugby; dd. harrow, S 
wn by Mess rs, Mapplebeck & Mes oo 
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horn,ox, which happening to be the best o: 
fed by the same exhibitor, comes in im an extra prize 
of 25 guineas offered by the President. The Cow Mr. Ba 
elass contains 10 pedo, of which the Ist, 2d, | and mills, 
prize animals bred in Glo ucestershire, Birmingham; ploughs an harrows, shown by M 
the Ist and 3d b “Stratton, the 2d by Mr.} Howard, of Hodí ford ; cake pad dd 
bres 4s ~ Short-horn heifers are a remarkably | and pulpers, shown by Mr. Bentall of Maldon; carts, - 
Duke of Sutherland, a by Ball, of Northampton; corn crushers by, 
of As! vacca e-la-Zouch, and Earl Spencer, being Turner, of Ipswich; root pulper, ts t Corbett | 
pre ach 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Wellington ; rotary harrows, ao 
The ba lic Classes are sont 4 ek ae more bes apparatus, &c., Ashby, of , Stamford ; disc 
12 shown in all the of which | pulper, washing machine, &c, sho by Messrs. 
b a anything very aere c for poe sar either | Hornsby, of Grantham; roller, cake 
| the butcher’s or the breeder’s eye American grist mill by Amies & I 
The West Hie: NNNM. Über. ar are the principal! borough; 10-horse power steam eng! 
