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THE GMIDENEB, f CHRONICLE AND AGRIC ULE GAZETTE. 
[Avevsr 20, 1864. 
Galloways, . Ayrshires Suffolks, Devons. Herefords SL 
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seven rams were brought into the rin g 62 o 
cae D Uil disposed of, at an average of 117. each for 
those that were let, and upwards of 8/. each e lone | 
that were sold. 
Mr. J. AU 
is E only jon that mg me adn pestes x 
petty from a distan 1 that tl 
ih for 
en, Ma t sheep was hired 
ig 
gs commenced w 
ambs the seaso 
by Mr. W. 
horn 
As 
| S | tassios pede 
Mag eri sold e Me Mite: S "x. goo od d 
iddi of the 
eese producers—Short-horns, Ayrshire, 
dea TE tome however, upon the rere 
and the climate 
: z mapai 
Burroughes for BA 
1 
from which ee is made, 
g the ipis. of cow 
10r., . 58., 
one for 8L, three for upwards of 7L. each, and the 
ppoeed f 
shoda. Hrs iu 
as 
d M Es, o 
ambs brought 31 gs., 26 gs., 25 gs., 22 gs., and so on. ues 
mbs sold well, the ep een being purcha ased by Mr. 
Brine, ridge wy ire, for 30 gs. — Ot 
and severi lots brought 20 
Tn nd € 
poet at „prices ranging each from 6l. 15s. to 4/. 
Norwich ury. 
te 
von ne Dur ing the past week 
ram shows have been held. t Perk 
el Mr. G. W. Lan ved eon | 
+ gh 
tom Yorkshire and ne ighbo uripg c oun ation. . te al 67 
were brought into the ring, of which 62 were 
iiis disposed of at an average of 110. each for those 
let for the season, 
At Highfield use, Neanin 
Hou 
mper had a unusually large a Le aeu Wo 
hion area of 40 were 
had 
gs ^ 
EMEN | 
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per head. AIRY FARMING.—No. 
Mr. Sta 
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Som of 
[The Edw are extracts from the fourth Lecture of the 
series, lately delivered by J. T. Ha sit Esq., of Frocester 
Cor ourt, before the Royal igi College, Cirencester.] 
1. On the =i of | Sto ck throughout m 
country.—A g . par 
of our island uk bei 
makin 
, d. ‘the ese desde rg over 
iis on) fork pusher ed 73, most of “which 
are p e oci but t d to be 
1 
n ipt rearing 
s.—Mr. Franklin, Ascott, sold er eee fü 
» 
Sane atn Herefordshire, an x other Aii i g counties, and t e 
greater part of W. ornwall— tha t these 
districts have cat ttle is culia 
and that calv ves bred upon tober districts onld: in all 
obabilit 
Oxton RDSHIRE Down: 
D 
ase 
w older sheep, the average cen 67. 12s. 
e nmbs r Padus from 31, 5s. to 57. 15s., and averaged | ® 
a at Al. 
Dllity 
Again, that the c 
il 
t 
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er TR 
43 
Kerr, of Burford realised from 63 to ause of th 
10} guineas, and averaged — ve rs arises from 
Messrs. L; a d 6 Oxfor 
the propert, cubes ming, P Galdioots e, fan 
oe established niy i 30 years, and which took thres 
e German exhibition last year, besides 46 
hé el English shows. They fetched from 34 
ji € being bought by Messrs. Chambers, Nott, 
Halford. 
"hirty Oxfordshire Down ram lambs, the property |$ 
E 
uud wind 
e Down - 
i 
applie grazing, 
opas three two-tooth | 
ach. iem ~ 
Z- 
| milker 
fi 
gh bred ond horns, three 
—A sma "^ ne Ms head, 
E. atraight; aoe "lightly em e on, Sao 
a pas 
full and 
d, ouli 
ep. condoms, ch test, Hem, a zi 
hes or Ee) ess 
qe 
' A fall sizo 
of her quarters. ° The 
to A edr uth in 
cting the 
that. ows. are good milkers in p ex 
surface on the thigh and hinder part ge dd sive cove! 
reversed ‘hair; the ier upwards and the wider thea 
this surface of u pward growing hair extends the better 
cow as a milker. 
UNE OON and found this Y. 
ET 
that 
artie 
m 
I have examined a good 
= ete and Mr. Haxton, in his. book entitled “How t — 
hoose a good Milk Cow," datlarda that his own examination 
of many dairies rae Ld for the m om led d to the com - 
M. Guénon’s marks of a g ood milk aro rel 
hy. 
a Should have to purchase three bulls : these I 
ould choose from thorough- "Pré s Short- horns with good pei 
grees, taking care that we Si ms are famous as wipes 
ulls should well gro and masculine, but wi pe 
heads rather than often, v the cows exporieui i much less 
aoe y calving to small headed bulls. Great attention | 
shovla a be paid to their temper, as this is undoubtedly - 
heredi: 
After the first purchase the stock should be reared on the 
farm, those kept being carefully selected from the very best 
The purchase of bulls being continued until the 
stock ‘will supply — pe toa Ee. in the herd book, | 
when > -bred animals can be selected from fam: he um 
well known M peur d alibus. 
E: 
c 
ndary for to 
Mr. Joseph Gillett, of. Highway Farm. Maidenhead, for ‘which pubes Highlanders, Welsh Runts, Sap ss rds, 
pou. ns are muc h used, port 
The summer management of the cattle is thea 
sed for dairy es W 
predomina 
it is 
u 
crocs with them - Aud we seem to be 
ate. 
ught 2 ela that the 2 quality of the pasture should m 
described. 
3. Haymaking.—We should then seb apart at leat 
mowing from t 
ma. 
0 acres for 
ate e closely 
pe of. the animals to it—the richer the pasture and 
"E 
use, 
hest figure being 2 2} guin 
isposed of about 30 superior Oxfordshire 
bs. The highes 
t price was 18 g 
will give us fer t 150 tons of hay for the winter ; i 
: ook —The floc’ ee |e used with s 
ewes and theaves, 38 shearling rams, 25 ram 
102 ewe and wet! = lambs, the majority of re 
pe tan of highly im 
and the average abou 
Winchendon 
Lie milk for the 
q | Shape in which this%milk is used a great 
| measure the description of animal kept t 2x EMT it. 
The modes 
t, Sim "ioter k for our M towns. 
en For butter per fatti 
3d, Chiefly for cheese ird hs feed ing. 
1st. When milk for direct co nsu mption is the chief 
obje as 
n who kept larg 
dairies in the su 
now 
o | carried b ty 
London 
H dà 
Corsw: «CE superior Cotswold rams, the | obj 
property of Mr. Chri Apt Lord, fetched from M butter. 
6} to 144 guineas, avera; uch m 
find 
nfining ien ni attention to the best stock for 
use of xs on Lect that the Me 
o 
or London and our large towns used to be Ihave used t 
m 
fo 
Here quality or — in cream is 
tity, 
ence the old land — M 
ing season, — for the ok 
abou e do other} 
j ed o sis 
toristed over hay very f Rainy Ives 
therefore ae 9 a = possible in the beri o and ET d 
w begins to fall, otherwise e it ti 
e to the dairy farmer 
im jan 
Eighty frst-clace C um nee Api » e C RN more importance than qua the cow combined ins —— e 
-Class Cotswold ram jam ll ntity of milk ath pre returning a | Whic s , 
prae a small quantity g oed dispen 
of Messrs. T. & e Wes aes nein Il Farm, "Bletetqu larger quantity of butter, than another cow giving a cach, specially mo [ctae reis They consiet of of a 
ton, realised fro downwards, the average large of mil and wet and dry bulb thermometer, by a careful study o 
being 57. 11s. Professor Trail made an experiment as to the best | attention to which, mai many a load of good good h bay tom " $ 
e ale acca ram lambs, bred by Mr, J. F. breed of cows for producing butter, and found the | They wi Y e farmer ' 3 DSL hb ag S closely #8 3 
Mills, of Upton Farm, sold at an average of 37. Os. 5d. he | together, j n stapia oul fob bis sis and, EU 
3. d. | Ayrshires third; with the Kerrys should prebabh y be | for the coming sto hey also fore it 
uly 30, Mr. W. Smith, Bil e919 6 Ay h: is likely to otek Me say Eran HR " 
ae 4, Mr. Radfc d, Hall Farm, 20. 20.. E 10 1 0j — vse! Channel Island cows, but this again e einer ae pel eig ihe: an r to tako te 
$01 c GPENIHESESC E S rch ris are Toad creallent ns | aout ano hay aso chem male o © Rul 
Aug. 5, Mr. n St. wns, » e pastures orns are iem excellen e remember that no hay is so ¢ dus 
icai RADI Qoln Bt. LUE butter produces, a Be i che Dev Herefords the si AR on a r porne lab 
» MrT. ayer ton Mansell, 14 ,, 712 3 cases fare found extremely” use ; csefal. s Mr. Wn Away, and all the labour m the world would not 
» Mr. J. Barton, Kemble, 20 .. 8 16.0 Ruege , in his paper to the Royal Agricultural Society, | the ha When the Times c ined Lo 
» = x DN South Corny. 10 lambs 3 6 6 | gays: ave fou dairyman 8 king Here- | p lished, I believe it would lanat Topay the farmor e: 
pac 2 1 3 | fords best within his experience, his |? iral Pitaro cbe ie im, e cR imp ne. 
At Bia ester 35 Cotswold shearlings from the flock | neighbour favoured the beautifully symmetrical North » "consid wi Ale chara machin ine an immense boon t T5 
of Mr. Z2 of Troy Farm, Somerton, were a ns, whilst t d leclared that the best milk | farm t so much from enabling him to cut as from e 1 
fine lot uimals, the hi ghest making 187. 18s., and our farm a breed of Alderneys pipa Paaa: Tecommendation on 
the average being 7 
bred . Painter, of Ludwell 
soot, ere found LT for batter making, but when trie 
of 5. 6s. Td. Five. f cross- 
ns as chees they proved very inferior to the 
mand it 
d | pe. that 
were M at an average o | Ayrshi dE : d trying, b 
bred sh the property of Capt. Dewar, of Middleton 3d. Where c _is the chief object we want e kd emp! zen mey Aeaee id age; WI“ 
oper, event 7i 2s. UE engh quantity ae again, unfavourable weather followed, there was RO 
os te ET e following high averages will best | ^ Upon the s poorer | "Mod and in less genial climate the | ing them cutting down a larger bı h t Grass a8 w 
show the success with which Mr. Sexton maintains the |A hires hold: 4 nd, but enerally hron akoi hont |. Now with the mowing machine we cut the om 
— di ee E it, stopping when (cb weather sets. 
ehusasber ot bis me sold atan te nt England the Short- | the ability to cut down a large when i 
average of 67. 165. rey and tie same sdammber vien | je nee diphiuhig ov suits in a very short time. p 
lings at 7L 6s. 9d. mbs were let at a e are probably n sot far posite in placing the breeds | gto plan ra geen: is tiii] e m tr vers? ^ 
average of 57. d j 25 shearing at 7]. 12s.; and five of the country in the ee —! the ad of have i {cided be women rit the wà cR 
two-shear ra | merit taco ifien c = | gius so tedded to to lie sprend over th over pei 
R ,of Bui As mena! fords, -horns, | The next day the machines go thro 
rsordinary sale of Ham mp- | Devons, Highlanders, Trish Runts, reds Omas nyt ae do Ei iv isma 
en place in Adee 2d. As milk producers for our large towns—the large | rows, called in the Vale of Glouces coster si single 
let and sold | Yorkshire or Holdern pke - after mowing these hatches turned over 
inimi 3d. As butter Channel Islands, Kerrys, b women with rakes, on the third i 
