

1851.1 



THE AGRICULTURAL CAZETTE 



401 



t advantage io another H«»val park (cheers) ; ami 



?ou will nave been glad to hear i».«i - ,...^»^ v... ^..«- 

 'ctiltv m»v be in deciding upon the superiority of the 

 work! of "industry and art sent to the Crystal Palace by 

 thedifferent nations of the earth, the British agricultural 

 implements are acknowledged by common consent t 



stand th 

 now use 



me to enjoy, in proposing to you as a toast * Prosperity 

 to the Royal Agricultural Society.' (Loud cheers.) To 

 its exhibitions, the means of comparison which they 

 have afforded, and the emulation which they have 

 stimulated, we owe to a great extent the progress which 

 British agriculture has made of late. (Cheers.) To this 

 society belongs the honour to have been one of the first 

 to appreciate the value of such exhibitions, and to have, 

 from the beginning, liberally and fearlessly admitted all 

 competitors without restriction. I drink, ' Prosperity 

 to the Royal Agricultural Society.' M His Royal High- 

 Dee resumed his seat amidst loud applause. 



Lord Portman, who rose to propose " Agriculture, 

 Manufacture, and Commerce/' did so in a very able, 

 argumentative, and amusing speech, showing, with 

 much clearness and ability, the connection between the 

 different subjects of the toast he proposed. He was 

 intrusted with a toast that was in effect " the earth and 

 all that therein is." The glass they drank from, the knife 

 thev used, the plate which held their food, were all made 

 by the manufacturer from material supplied by the mer- 

 iiant, who had brought for their use the products of 

 different portions of the globe. To those who had come 



there by rail he needed not to speak of the utility of iron, 



nor to agriculturists was it necessary to speak of the uses 

 of glass ; there was, however, in another Royal park a 



n of iron and glass, which was new not only 

 in its uses, but which had taught them all to live in 

 unison, in harmony, and peace. Our daily life testified 

 to the fact that commerce was the link which bound the 

 capitalist and artist to the raw material ; that manu- 

 facture was the work of civilised and intellectual man ; 

 that a culture was the perpetuity of the work assigned 

 to man by the Almighty will. All in that unity they 

 admired— all in that unity they respected ; but he felt, 

 as he believed they all did, as the child loved his mother 

 best of all, so they all loved the earth. (Great cheering.) 

 They loved it as their first love ; they loved it as the 

 source whence they sprang, and they regarded it, after 

 the cares and sorrows of the world were over, as their 

 last homes. (Cheers.) He gave them " Agriculture, 

 * rnmerce, and Manufactures, and long might they 

 flourish together." (Loud cheers.) 



Mr. Evelyn Denjson gave * the Sister Societies of 

 Agriculture." Standing as he did, surrounded by visitors 

 from many of our district societies, and by many dis- 

 tinguished foreigners, he might urge the toast on the 

 ground of courtesy, and becoming hospitality ; but he 

 would press it on wider considerations, in the certain 

 conviction that we might do a great deal of good to each 

 other in meetings such as that. Could it be doubted that 

 in a business so purely practical, experiments accurately 

 made, and results carefully noted, must be of general 

 advantage ? (Hear, hear.) If lie wished for an instance 

 of toe benefit of a wide range of observation, and of the 

 stimulating influence of this society, he would name the 

 case of the guano trade. Ten years ago, the article of 

 guano was unknown for practical purposes in this 



the 



as possible depemhn from it Th s character was also 

 intrude i by some brt lers amongst II- refords. The 

 celebrated Purslow bull, the property of the Hay woods, 

 of Chftnn-on-Teeme, had this character. Mr. YVal 

 of Burton, had also adopted it, and from him Mr. Price 

 had a bull or two. Mr. R. Tomkins and other Hereford 

 breeders had not been affected by this fashion, and Mr. 

 Price when he became acquainted with Mr. Tomkins's 

 stock, relinquished it, preferring, and upon 'sounder prin- 

 ciples, that character which better indicated the male 

 animal, a considerable degree of throatiness not being 

 objected to. This character belonged to Wellington, the 

 first bull, and I think the only one, bought by Mr. Price 

 of Mr. B. Tomkins. This bull was very dark in colour, 

 with face and bosom both mottled and speckled ; his 

 dam, too, bought afterwards by Mr. Price (but did not 

 breed with him), was also of the same colour. The cows 

 bought by Mr. J. Price of Mr. B. Tomkins were the fol- 

 lowing : — First, a large cow with speckled face, giving a 

 blue appearance to it, with what may be termed an arched 

 forehead or Roman nose, tips of horn blackish, body of 

 lightish brown dappled, under part of body and legs 

 inclining to blackness, white along her back, and well 

 formed, but on rather high legs. Secondly, a cow com- 

 monly called the mark-nosed cow, a red cow with mottle 

 face, square made, and on short legs, rich quality of 

 flesh, with a soft and thick pile of hair moderately curled. 

 This cow was unfortunate to Mr. Price as a breeder, the 

 only produce I recollect out of her being the mark -faced 

 bull, alias Pion, at his sale. Thirdly, a large yellow cow 

 with white face, rather long-beaded, and not carrying 

 much flesh ; she was the dam of Voltaire, by one of Mr. 

 Tomkins's bulls. Pigeon, by far the most remarkable 

 cow he had of Mr. Tomkins — and her own character as 

 well as that of her descendants will well warrant me in 

 terming her the best— was a large cow, rather on high 

 legs, sojnewhat shallow in the bosom, with very fine bone, 

 neck rather light, head good, but horn short ; her colour 

 a speckled grey, the red parts being dark, growing still 

 darker about her legs ; hair rather short but soft, quality 

 of flesh excellent, back and hind quarters great, except- 

 ing thighs, which were rather light, but with good twist ; 

 her constitution hardy, and she was a regular and suc- 

 cessful breeder. About the same time also Mr. Price 

 had another cow from Mr. B. Tomkins, which was called 

 the rough cow, from her coat being much curled ; she 

 was a middle-sized cow, nothing remarkable in form, her 

 colour dark red with white back, and she had the reputa- 

 tion of being of a family that were good ox breeders. 

 Mr. Price had a bull from this cow, called the rough bull, 

 alias Original ; but he did not long retain any of his 

 stock. There were sisters to him by other Tomkins's 

 bulls, the most noted of which was No. 14. Two more 

 cows Mr. Price subsequently obtained from Mr. B. 

 Tomkins, — a half sister to No. 25, and a daughter of Mr. 

 Tomkins's famous slit- teat cow, No. 21 ; the former of 

 these was a small cow but of very true form, dark colour 

 with white along her back ; she was the dam of Lord 

 Talbot's Woodcock, sire of Mr. Price's Woodcock 

 Pigeon. I am not aware that Mr. Price had any more 

 cows from Mr. B. Tomkins ; but he afterwards obtained 



bulls, the most remarkable being Dan OC 

 Woodstock, both out of the same cow, a red one with 

 mottle face. 



" Mr. Price, it may be worthy of remark, obtained 

 celebrity for his stock without having recourse to the 

 pampering system : indeed his bulls w* re generally in a 

 lean state, and, notwithstanding that, in good request. 

 The example given in this work of his bull Young 

 Trueboy was taken when in lean condition, but two 

 years afterwards (the present year 1849), and after a 

 few months* indulgence, he took the premium for the 

 best bull at the Worcester Agricultural Meeting (Mr 

 Blocksidge sole judge), though at the time 11 years old.'* 



METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.-Jr/wE 



(Continued from p. 429.) 



Jclt. 



Date. 



June 30 

 July 1 



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10.30 p.m. 

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II a.m 

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Night 

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B Nfl, Stili, gentle. 

 Evening, calm and rerr close. 

 ENE., gentle; p ¥. SE., do. 



Distant thunder all day. 

 [a.m. WNW. Ifoderwt* 

 Noon, p m., N. Stiff breese. 

 Very heavy thunder alt dav ; 



storm at 5 p.m. travelling 



hum east to west. 

 Strong northerly breeze all 



day, barometer s teach 



Overcast. 

 Gentle .V freeae. Dull. 



29.91 



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Cloudy. 

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NXB. Gentle; 

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bright anl 



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29.99 

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29.88 



Wind 8SW. a n rUf Mnd 



gentle. Bright clear dav • 

 barometer meady. 

 Barometer steady ; gentle 

 breeze, with heavy *btt« 

 masses passing constantly. 



S\ ind veering as follows : 

 7.40 a.m. NNE., 10 50 N. t 



1.20 pm. NW., 4.50 WNW. 

 7.10 W. 



IW, Gentle; bright and 



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country. The work of a German professor, noticing 

 great deposits on the coast of Peru, was translated into 

 an early number of their " Journal of Agriculture." 

 Lord Stanley — the Earl of Derby (great cheering) 

 spoke of it at the Liverpool meeting. A mono* the 

 many things which the voice of Lord Stanley* had 

 effected, it gave its first impetus to the guano trade 

 — a trade which now employed 100,000 tons of 

 British shipping, and which produced a revenue of 

 above half a million to the Governor of Peru from 

 which (be it said) the British bondholder was paid his 

 dividend, for which above 1,000,000/. sterling was paid 

 every year in this country; with what results— with 

 what increased verdure to our fields and fertility to our 

 crops, they knew better than he could tell them. Again, 

 the important discovery of dissolving bones by sulphuric 

 acid was made by a German chemist ; and following up 

 this discovery there was present among them to-day 

 from across the Atlantic a gentleman, then in his eye, 

 who had announced the discovery of a mineral stratum 

 m the state of New York, rich in the same compound 

 as that of bones, and which, he was informed, couid be 

 brought to our shores at such a price as to place it 

 within the reach of every farmer. 





The Herd Boole of Hereford Cattle. By T. C. Ey ton, Esq. 



Vol. II., Part 2. Messrs. Longman and Co. ' 

 while a considerable portion of our space is this week 

 devoted to the discussion of topics connected with the 

 different British breeds of cattle, it may not be out of 

 Pjace to call the attention of the reader to Mr. Eyton's 

 ettorts at preserving and making known the pedigrees of 

 Hereford stock. The present number of the series, which 

 *U* eventually form a good Herd-book of tiiat breed 

 gives the pedigrees of 80 bulls: and it contains an 

 Wenoix, from which we extract four passages by Mr 

 2 el K descriptive from memory of the stock of .one of 

 p* mo9t eminent of Hereford breeders, Mr John 



two cows of his blood, — one called Damsel, from Mr. T. 

 Tomkins's, and another from Mr. Tomkins, of Wom- 

 bridge ; the former the dam of Woodman, and the latter 

 the dam of Diana. He also bought a few Tomkins bred 

 of Mr. James Price, among those was the dam of Peg 

 Murphy. 



" Mr. Price began early to consider, and never lost 

 sight of, the improvement of form, and his crosses were 

 always made, immediately or remotely, with that object 

 in view. His pedigrees will also show that he did not | 

 scruple occasionally to breed from near affinities ; and 

 though a practice not to be recommended for general 

 adoption, may sometimes be beneficially resorted to, to 

 render more permanent a particular quality; but it is 

 seldom attended with success, unless the animals brought 

 together are exempt from any striking deficiencies, 

 which would be more aggravated by the same faults 

 existing in both parents. 



" I can make the assertion very confidently that Mr. 

 Price never introduced into his herd any other blood 

 with the view to a cross after he possessed the above- 

 mentioned individuals, which constitute the foundation of 

 his subsequent stock. 



" At his great sale in 1806, I bought in for Mr. Price 

 the following lots : 



Lot 25.- 



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14 



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7.35 a.m. 



10.40 p.m. 



7.10 a.m. 

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30.02 



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-UOr.M. liriak Wsw.breeift 

 ftprutig up. 



4 till night, W., almost calm. 



▲ m. WNW. brisk ; lar K e 



walla masses and bright 



blu«' sky. 

 p.m. NW. 



NW. Gentle; large white 

 masse* and bright blue Bay. 



H >W. to SSW. Moderate. 

 Do. Clouds and sunshine. 

 NNW. Stiff breeze; 



6 pm. heavy shower for 



4 of an hour. 

 p.m. NW. 



Gentle NW. breeze. Bright 

 sunn j day. 



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30.06 



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29. 



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29.55 



29.4 1 



29.60 



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 10.45 



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29.65 



29.73 



P.M. wind sprung up btinkly 

 at S. Skjf overcast ; baro- 

 ireter falling. 



Even ng, W$W. Gentle. 



Noon, WSW. Brisk; sunny 

 day. 



Evening, W. Calm almost, 



Krisk breeze S. 



Evening, SE., with some 



showers. Night, blowing 



very hard. 



a.m. WSW., p.m. W. Stiff 

 breeze, sunny; barometer 

 risi ug steadily. 



Brisk breeze westerly. 



Dark clouds ia eastern 

 horizon. 



Lot 66. 

 Lot 98. 



Lot 60. 



■Pijreon, (bought of Mr. B. Tomkins), No. 6 of his pedi- 

 Kree catalogue. 



•No. 25, (No other name given to her). 



No 61. A 3-year-old heiter, by Wellington, dam No 



21, bought by Mr. Price of Mr. Tomkins when a 

 yearling. 



•No. 19. a cow bv Original, dam, No. 9, sister to Dia- 

 mond. Tina cow had across ot Gloucester, but Mr 

 Price did not continue to breed from her. 



Bull-calf, Leopard, dam. No. *4, grand-dam, No. 21 

 out of Mr. B. Tomkins's Loveiy. 



• lhts storm travelled over France eastward ; and as the 

 eentre ot it was to the south of us, the air was heated before U 

 reached us. Being in the left hand semicircle on the 2d we 

 hl . d ™ thunder clouds travelling the reverse way of the storm 



t I his must have been a current at a considerable distanc* 

 to the westward which not only cooled the air, but drove awaar 



the damp which had overclouded the sky during the pre- 

 ceding days. & F 



X This storm came from the SW., and travelled over Fram v 

 eastward, until it overtook storm •, and ihen curved uortu- 

 ward, the wind hacking with us, according to the established 

 law, we bung in its left band hemisphere. 



§ A storm coming from the westward, passinir 

 to the eastward. 



V Do. do. 



U A storm coming from the Bermudas 

 England to the eastward. ' 



Dorcheater, July 17th. 



( To be continued.) 



over England 



and crossing. 

 F. P. B. H. 



When Mr. John Pri< 

 character of bull most 



* The above were bought in at the sale by my 

 the following prices 



Pigeon 

 No. 25 



No. 19 



No. 61 



Bull-Calf 



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Miscellaneous 



Self-cleansing Diamond 



Wheel 



+ u , PriCe ' 5n t,,e bree<lin S of Toby Pigeon, seems 

 to have left out entirely the blood of several of the cows 

 obtained from Mr. B. Tomkins. One I would more 



„ . - , . - „ Grubber^ 



Registered for Mr. John Tennant,* Shields, MonHov 

 Ayrshire.— Tim remarkably effective implement com- 

 prehends a superior grubbing action, for disintegrating 

 and cleansing land— simplicity and strength of parts— 

 the retention of the lubricating oil upon the spindle of 

 the adjusting pilot wheel— and the prevention of the- 

 entry of sand into the wheel bearings. The four 

 figures of our engravings 

 elevation of the grubber 

 ng. 3, a transverse sectk 

 on a larger scale : 



bearing 



; and fig. 4, a longitudinal section of 



j>ilot wheel spindle also on a larger 



A, is the main Inogitudinal beam, morticed at 



soniP nt that hl™,i i ,. ♦ »~ i"~j ,"~; r. i? T rece ' ve the two tine bars, or transverse trams, 



Tom^k,ns ! s wl cl ^ 7 T? ( ^ scended V™ 1 * *« D E ' F °™ of these teeth, F, are carried upon these 



» hv wi ™ Z bPed by H£ 'T*J^ b ° th I tW ° bars > the h««>s ^ the teeth being morticed for 

 ^ot oy sovereign, and from one of these he bred several adjustment upon the bars, their positions beinc fixed bv 



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