e 26, 1865.] 
= on's Berkshire boar, Blair Athol, which was| 
Матю ist in ns section of those under 18 months old ; | ir 
e inc and Mr. Jo; oyce taking the share 
е ар showed in the white breeds, and w 
ссем м "his — oie taking m Gold Medal în т} 
ет m сөм the Carhead sw eq 
y pigs diese gi 
sion 9 уо к" 4 E vie Naper s pigs bêing 
б s er 0! . 
взе 3 f breeding sows over 18 months 
s al 
penari 
an 
been go 
өч ир Ше "Hone ч sections ; 
judges eaid from giving 2d priz 
the sections, owin want of merit, there 
m the same cause. 
r 
ge or вех in that department, o Mr. 
Моопеу'в Young Wel 
he best weight-carrying thoro ugh-bred s 
aken by Mr. ces ith's Rom a Sev әш 
by Liverpool 
judges :— 
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ОтнЕв BREEDS.—Messrs. Guthrie, Mowbray En Hilliard; | omme 
d Mr, | regards 
Савт HonsEs.— Major Borrowes, Bir P. 
Darker. 
Croker Cup.—Messrs. G. A. Boyd, Thurnell and W. H. 
Clarke. 
LucgsTER SugEP.—Messrs. Painter, ie erp РЕ Ge. CI 
Бновт-үоот, Кинде. —Мегатз. Duckham, Cur 
Th: 
Bwix&.— Messrs. Borthwick, Chaloner, T and Fisher. 
E enr vies and cap o 
Воттев AND CHkEsE.—Messrs, F 
Green. 
IurLEMENTS.—Messrs. Borthwick, Wade, and Finlay. 
Abridged from Irish Farmers! Gazette. 
M*Donald, 
p the Ce me Aem ve of ре пи jy the Marquis of 
ded, в said 
osed pou n the Ministers of the 
oue gr interest. e the | 
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hi ch, | 
AY eed | 
eit was 
oorr sn uu necessity o 
cattle о the country. | 
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to one? By one simple and 
beral outlay of public — in Irelai чым 
ks should be constructed at such ports 
, lfas [ч pel PE на 
ieved they were Ата elves ап arm of strength to 
EN ree to be opened, and harbours 
and ania Again, what would E 
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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
805 
‚ exhibited to-lay—yields the palm to по pari 
—-— Kingdom іп BShort-horns, It was s gray 
that the sheep were A 
ited 
were ited to-dav- 
the ot 
con- 
today which, 
Tone 
ed Quy 
be a correct 
cattle last year was 3,262,294, 
mà y- this year * number is 3,509,446, showing en increase of 
240,152. The mber of sheep has increased — = atit 
to 3, 683,443, Movit ап inerease of 316,502. The 
pigs has increased from 1,058,480 to 1,299, 01, an e 
yt the ofa show a dec 
tt 
8, 
matter which. is of the grea "e pm. 
cu ЛЕО of m Pres ола" of Flax. „Ороп 
that Government have bestowed great attention, and.h 
again this year showed they 
— ean by Сала money to send іш 
o different parts of the country. The vy of D hn 
diminished ав БОШ Багу, with 1864; but it still remains larger 
than in d e i 
ructors 
ltlast yea 
e 
pt not negligent of tbis important 
зета арі очар. has а 
purposes, w 
often say—* yi 
эзе 
ave long since adop 
irpoc myself foolishly Ae iatera 
considerable value for е) 
— available as food. My labourers 
ui Sd 
straw аа 2 
waste 
АГ believe that 
my 
* | Cabbage would have been bete: more extensively grown 
isease h 
. As no doubt every gen Ф n in 
I was waited upon by deputations ee шешшу 
ould be 
easure—a 
animal as well as dis n - 
Ae regards Hollan harged w а Боож. the 
the disease, I р е it я the fact iat there are Da еме М 
в по country 
onm healthy than Ho ch cattle, and there is 
нс 
ЖАРЫ excited i. 
to Clonmel r^ еме 
is deeply арчаи in the Seien gra of poiri їз Med Norfolk 
агада ctae of an icultural meeting held there, at vu. 
1 
When 
ir 
here are n 
Rom and 
— I 
mpor rted a whate' 
the po p bronghit into | mE of Diis doe does not, Т ете, 
ех — LE year. TO! 
calves 
eas 
re oa a Dutch beast—were 
beast Commissaria! 
"i 
say he has 
disease coming то 
think no alarm need 
ome Corresponden 
The Value of a Ton raw. on. dow't know 
ish | 8 
D ted by the contesetor be taken in recu d eem use only such small quantitie 
one Was | as will be absorb ed at once by the peni" it ma 
not remai Where 
Y Cabbage a large quantity of straw chaff, without which 
much of the err s is wasted. J, J. Mechi, Aug., 1865. 
icultur Statistics, Ireland, 1865. —The follow- 
Agri 
ing return shows, i in statute acres, the extent under 
Flax i 
returns obta 
police, who menie 
278, 143 acres; in ‚ 1865, Lx 
may — in — 7,580 acres 
1805, 
vins 
in 1858, 91,646; 859, 1 595 ; 
in 1861, 147, 96; $ Ча 11865, 150000, | in 1863, 214099; 
in 1864, 301,693 
return is published as 
ru 
iu -— es 
еф іп LM and 1865, Fus maio from 
у t monies MT — 
so. ^ Total extent of Flax gro 
008; in 1809 
H in 1865, 251,552. ing 
in previous years, in anticipation 
Gen eral Abstracts, which will show the 
by counties and provin ces; they w! 
for publieation in the course 
William D 
чад, utter 
the tels of the neck in greatest numbers. [he mos! 
eff соі al cure we have pmi k d d white preci 
th the 
be ri 
x the ensuing month, 
neral, 5, Henrietta 
and the number of live dem. 
саду 
Registrar. G 
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nent) 
ii | vermin, a visit to the hen house after dusk will tell you 
ifsuch be the case. restless 
Your birds will be 
and t 
e insects are very smal 
tita 
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coop pof 
the vade 2 P that 
adhere „to her. feat hers; indeed, w wher: 
<a 
in оп n the outer —Ó of the feathers. 
bad state, 
a little wee! 
of the 
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ТО @ф o 
аы cles of the ash 
the particles of t у 
Ж e fowls bave 
of a Ton of St 
the value of — sajd my ploughman to me to-day, 
and so са: re folks about it that = have considerable | 
difficulty in preserving ing mine free from damaging rains. 
Taking the cou w is looked upon as 
тот degere 
p iai farmyards to вор up ан 
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all, that which can — 
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rains w which have ж terly €— sas deca er : 
farmer's profit in the shape o! g ving him 
ios dift. asi w can be thatched for 64. n x 
44-4 to stand unrooted, and ме 
weather. 
nl 
ton, it ver; appear 5 ode 
— D le property to а 
rotted by the 
n 
pi iste а 
irme 
whether I realise з 5s, 10s., 155., or 20s. а ton of it makos 
14 
that DT iw r- n s crediabis 
than to-day, especially in Short- 
evident that Ireland— for none put Ton beasts 
I — —€— cultura у 
would offer a prize for а correc 
well € scientific estimate of x si 
kinds as food, as manure, or as litter. + 
by my own ганс, that straw (particularly Due 
Bulls 
Stratbal 
JUDGES.— wt 
Hall, ccm Cartm 
‚ W m Heath, Lincoln; 
E. PE: G. Drury, Но 
bove 3, and not exceeding 6 years old.—1st, Viscount 
, Strathallan Castle, Auchterarder, Scotland (Fosco); 
