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Society were preparing, as a further present to the 

 Society, a series of samples of this celebrated soil (to 

 which reference has been made by Sir Roderick 



125), taken in different 

 different beds in which 



III., 

 three 



to four feet thick, 

 soil from each of 

 of depth, and a 



each), 

 these 



state- 



Murchison, Journal 

 localities, from the 

 it occurred (of from one 

 with an analysis of the 

 divisions, a memorandum 



ment of produce resulting in the several crops. 

 These beds of earth constituted a natural stock of most 

 fertile soil, replete with nutritive element, and requiring 

 no manure — the action of the air on the stirred surface- 

 soil calling into active operation the latent energies of 

 this invaluable gift of Nature. It was on this account 

 that their agricultural implements in Russia were so few 

 and unvarying, but at the same time so perfectly 

 efficient. That map also showed the occurrence through- 

 out Russia of other geological circumstances, namely, of 

 clay, sand, loam, peat, and salt ; of morasses beyond the 

 limits of grain- cultivation ; and of rocky districts still 

 further removed from agricultural localities. He also 

 remarked on the second map, in illustration of the objects 

 for which the atlas had been drawn up for the information 

 of the Society, that it defined the limits of the cultivation 

 of particular plants ; showing, in the south, to what 

 extent, northward, Maize might be grown ; next, to what 

 limit Vine cultivation extended ; then the region for the 

 growth of the Cucurbitse or Gourd-family ; higher up, 

 the range of Rye cultivation ; after that, the growth of 

 Spring-wheat ; and, most northward, the Barley districts. 

 On each of the maps in succession, similar details of 

 great agricultural interest were given ; but as they were 

 written in the Russian language, so little studied in Eng- 

 land, the Chev. de Masslow kindly expressed his intention 

 of forwarding to the Society an English translation of 

 these annotations ; and also, should it be the wish of the 

 Council, it would give him great pleasure to publish the 

 Moscow Transactions in the English language > as well as 

 in the Russian, German, and French. He then referred 

 to the specimens of silk grown at Moscow, and laid 

 before the Council, which he thought not unworthy of 

 the attention of the Society ; as the cultivation of the 

 Mulberry tree in 56° north latitude resolved the ques- 

 tion of its capability of being cultivated for the growth 

 of silk, in all the southern districts of Russia, where its 

 production admitted of the greatest extension. When 

 the further presents he had mentioned should reach 

 the Society, along with 300 plants collected by his 

 friend, M. Annenkoff, in the neighbourhood of Moscow, 

 he trusted the Council would receive them also in the 

 same kind spirit as they did those he then laid before them, 

 and * as a proof of the desire of the Imperial Society of 

 Rural Economy at Moscow to enter into friendly rela- 

 tions with the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 

 both having the same noble scope of promoting the 

 knowledge and practice of agriculture, for the mutual 

 well-being of both nations and humanity." 



The Council having unanimously agreed to accept 

 these valuable presents, with their warmest thanks, Mr 

 Raymond Barker, Vice-President, in the chair, commu- 

 nicated this resolution to the Chevalier de Massloff 

 personally, at the sitting of the Council, at which he had 

 favoured them with his attendance. 



the landowners and occupiers, breeders and exhibitors 

 of stock, at the meetings of the Yorkshire Agricultural 

 Society, as a mark of their esteem, and of the sense they 

 entertain of his unwearied exertions to promote the 

 interest of agriculture. 5th of August, 1851." Mr. 

 Milburn returned thanks in an appropriate speech. 



Implements. — Having given so full a description of the 

 machines and implements exhibited in the Crystal 

 Palace, it is unnecessary here to particularise further 

 than to say that the successful competitors on 

 the present occasion are in most instances to be 

 found at their stands in the Great Exhibition. We 

 may observe, however, as a noticeable matter that 

 the steam engine of Mr. Hornsby, which obtained 

 the prize, is an improvement upon his engine which 

 took the highest prize at the trials made by the 

 juries of the Royal Exhibition. This engine we have 

 the authority of Mr. Amos, the engineer of the Society 

 for saying, in its trials at the Yorkshire meeting, per- 

 formed the same work as Mr. Hornsby's prize engine 

 now in the Crystal Palace, with a saving of 7 per cent, 

 of fuel. We may observe, too, that Mr. Busby, the 

 winner of the great medal for ploughs at the Royal 

 Exhibition, did not put his ploughs in competition for 

 the Yorkshire Society's prizes, and although they were 

 exhibited, they were not tried against those to whom 

 the prizes have been awarded. 



The following is the award of prizes for implements — 



Phizes for Implements.— Ploughs.— 9 inches deep : 1st prize, 

 51 , to Mr. Binka, Catterick ; 2d, 21., to Mr. Barker, Dunning- 

 toD, near York. 7 inches deep: 1st prize, 51, to Mr. John 



arker, of Dunnington. York ; 2d, 2Z.,to Mr. Binks, Catterick. 

 5 inches : 1st prize, 51., to Mr. Barker, Dunnington ; 2d, 21., 

 to Mr. Teale, Leeds. Mr. Crosskill, of Beverley, 21., for Wil- 

 liams's harrows. Mr. Hornshv, of Grantham, 5L, for drill for 

 general use. Mr. Crosskill, 51, for Garrett's horse-hoe. Mr. 

 Bellerby, of York, 21, for Norwegian harrow. Mr. Kearsley, 

 of Ripon, U. t for scarifier. Mr. Kirkwood, of Tranent, East 



^;ize, 51 to George Walmsl 

 him. (4 entries.) Best 



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101., to George WaiSTlwR^ 5 . shear «ng i ° ' n < ton - Ww 

 (♦entries.) Best pe™ of5 ,h«'v °' Bridl '4 n V' , «Wi 



George Walmeley^adston tt 8 gimme " '" *? * ^ 

 George Simpson, Martor , Vm •' n8t0n ' ** Zl "*' l £h 

 commended- wi. Abrahanf Ra ,ngt ?> ^ bVhl? : ?<t 

 (7 entries.) aftam< Bar netby-l e . Wold hi J 



SOUTHDOWN SHEEP.-Bf.gt <W^ '"Woi^ 



?" "—«"». »»«*£ &fi& St 



Pigs.— Best boar 





» ooonouse (Jarr, Leeds, for Youn? Fhn, ?• li. 1I10ni «Wi«b 

 Black Ebor, by Old Napoleon.^ S^^fH 1 

 breed, in pig or milk : 1st prize, «.. to G F T B «* **-+* 



»ey ; *a, io uonn Walker, Bridlington n\ • "' 

 Ho».M. r Be8t stallion for hunt t rf:°Ht &' 



1st prize, 

 for Prote 



U Emilius (1C entries. I Best stamTf '° r lb «*<K 

 , 101 to John StilboJe, BUh"&?*>: 

 ictionlst, b., f. 1849, s. Master GeorwH f 

 2,1, St, to John Stockdale Skerne, W& V». *?"«■} 

 f .1848, s Engineer, d. by Sheriff Caff 1 emS^ 

 stallion for roadsters: 1st prize, 10i„ to J I t ' J ?* 

 tonby Pockllngton, for Sir Charles, ch*, f 18U VS?'"* 



Performer, 



. Yor ksh.re Agricultural.— The 14th annual meet- 

 w g ? I s im P ortant Society took place on Tuesday and 

 Wednesday, the 5th and 6th inst., at Bridlington. 

 Whether we look to the territorial extent of Yorkshire 

 or its character as a breeding county, distinguished 

 alike for several descriptions of stock— short-horns, 

 Leicester sheep, horses, and pigs, the County Society's 

 meeting is entitled to a high position amongst the exhi- 

 bitions of the year. The fact, however, of the York- 

 shire Society's premiums being open to competitions 

 for stock from any part of England makes its meetings 

 of national rather than local interest, as unquestionably 

 the best animals that have been exhibited at the Royal 

 Agricultural show are again met with here, and found 

 in the lists with other stock of local celebrity that has 

 l bee \ exln '^ elsewhere. On this occasion, the 

 meeting being held ,n a locality where the sheep and 

 lurn.p husbandry of Yorkshire is seen to the best ad- 

 vantage, the expectations which were entertained of a 

 highly successful meetin 



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Forclfe 6 ! 1 ^ 111 ^ aCt £ d ^ J Ud S eS ° n thiS OCCBBion. 



For Cuttle Mr W» Hunt, Wortley Mall, Sheffield. Mr. 



Lothian, Zl., for drag; 21., for sub-pulveriser. Mr. Bellerby, 

 Silver Medal, for the various improvements in his cart. Mr. 

 C, D. Young, of Edinburgh, Medal, for his improved churn ; 

 and U., for cheese- press, and for his cheap and portable rick- 

 stand. Mr. MeyneU, Northallerton, 11 , for his improved 

 cradle/fork, rakes, hoes, &c. Mr. Summers, of Wold Newton, 

 ■21. , for his horse-hoe. Mr. Bushby, of Newton-le- Willows, 51 , 

 for one-horse cart. Hill and Co./ Dudley, 51. , for iron gates, 

 &c. Mr. Crosskill, U., for liquid-manure cart ; 21., for Smith*. 

 horse-rake ; 3Z , for waggons. Mr. Richmond, Salford, Man- 

 Chester, Zl., for steaminz apparatus. Mr. Crosskill, 11 for his 

 root-waaher. Mr. Graham, U , for washing-machine. Mr. 

 Hornsby, 51., for dressing-machine. Stanley and Co., of Peter, 

 borough, 21. , for Linseed Mill. Mr. Richmond, 21., for com. 

 bruiser. Messrs. Clayton and Shuttleworth, of Lincoln, 10'., 

 for b-st threshing-machine, and Silver Medal for their grind- 

 ing-machine. Messrs. Hornsby and Son, 152., for their steam- 

 engine and Turnip-cutter. 



Wednesday — The show of stock on this day fully 

 answered the most sanguine expectations, and the ar- 

 rangements, with one exception, were highly satisfac- 

 tory. We allude to the new mode of taking all the 

 prize animals into one ring during the afternoon, and 

 reading the award there. This plan was a decided 

 failure. By drawing the attention of the whole of the 

 spectators to one point, the inconvenience and crushing 

 became very annoying to the spectator. It was not pos- 

 sible for one-tenth of the people present to get a view 

 from the outer edge of the ring, and consequently it was 

 soon broken into, and the arena became a scene of in- 

 extricable confusion. In fact, the whole interest of the 

 yard was centred in a ring of 50 yards in diameter, and 

 when the whole of the prize animals were brought into 

 it, it was in vain to attempt anything like a careful 

 inspection of any one amongst the incongruous crowd of 



horses, sheep, pigs,and cattle ; while th ose parties who were 

 taking a methodical inspection of the several lots were 

 disappointed in finding, long ere thev had gone through 

 the whole of the stock, that the prize animals of t? 

 several classes were taken from their proper stands into 

 this arena of winners, where it was impossible to get a 

 view of them, much less to compare them with the 

 unsuccessful competitors. We annex the list of the 

 prizes awarded : 



Short-hohned CATTLE.-Best bull, 1st prize. 252., to T. 

 Wetherell, Kirkbndge, Darlington, for Earl of Scarborough • 

 £o\ m. t to Charles Towneley, Towneley-park, Burnley, for The 

 Squire. (14 entries.) Commended— Robert Cantlev's Eclipse 

 Best yearling bull, 1st prize, 201., to Charles Towneiev. 

 Towneley-park Burnley, for Garrick; 2d. 52., to Benjamin 

 Wilson Brawirh, for The Squire. (12 entries.) Best bull ca'f 

 upwards of six months old, 1st prize, 101., to Wm. Smith, West 



T> ei L' l a o et ?, as £ n « for Matad <>re (5 entries.) Commended 

 -Richard Booth's British Boy. Best cow of any age, in calf 

 or milk, 1st prize, 152., to Charles Town.ley, To*nelev-park, 

 Burnley for Alice; 2d, 52., to Richard Booth, Warlaby 



IZ I??. 1 VI °%i° r Cherry Bl ™»°m. (16 entries.) Richard 

 Booth s Plum Blossom, named in consequence of an objection 

 being taken to one of the others. Best three-year-old-cow, in 



Kill hi ™ m t' an K h S Tl .?^ ha , d a calf ' lst P rize ' 10 *-> ^ John 



,t l?'p Ia ? naby ' S?? ,b ?' for Son *stress. (8 entries.) Com- 

 mended-Benjamin Wilson's Seriousness. Best tiro-year-old 



heifer, in calt, 1st prize, 102., to C. Towneley, Townelev-nark 

 Burnley, for Butterfly ; 2d, 52., to Charle, Towneley; 



Gaylad ; 2d, 32 , io J^e^^B^^ LJ] £ 



Hercules, f. 1848, s. Crackwaggon. (U enS 'rT'* 



and foal for hunting. 1st priSf, 12 , \o "MwSlS 



House, Hedon ; mare by Sancho, d. by Boradino \ n2 



Camillas. (Sentries.) Best mare and foal for Zllhh, & 



prize, 52., to Wm. Bateson, Brigham, Driffield • bar mir. f 



1838, s. Highthorns, d. by Paragon, foal by Ketreiver bwd h, 



him. Commended— R. Mathison's b. Peg, f. 1834 a \dmlil 



d. by Peerless; bred by M. Monkmao. (5 entries ] b2 



roadster mare and foal: lst prize, 52., to William Jackm 



Gar too, Driffield, for ch. m., f. 1837, s. Merry Le^ 7S 



Dreadnought, (9 entries.) Best mare and foal anicaituj 



purposes : lst prize, 52., to J. Simpson, Field Home. 



Hunmanby, Scarborough, for Depper, f. 1830, s. Sirap-JS 



Bob, d. by Tinker, foal by Little John. (12 entries.) Bat 



three-year-old hunting gelding, 52., to T. Gofton, Thirt 



leby, Malton, for a br. g. by Delirium, d. by Tancred. 



(9 entries.) Be9t three-year-old hunting filly, 52., to Edw 



Walker, West Newton, Hull, for a b. f. by Scro&iw,' 



d. by Sir Launcelot. (5 entries.) Best three-year-old co 



gelding, 52., to George Walmsley, Rudston, Bridlington, for i 



b. g. by Brutandorf. (5 entries.) Best three-year-old coaching 



filly, 52., to John Smith, Marton Lodge, Bridlington, for a 



b. f. by Brutandorf, d, by Prince Albert. (8 entries.) Best 



two-year-old coaching gelding, 52., to John Jackson, Mol«. 



crofc Grange, Beverley, for a b. g. by Cato, dam by Turk. (I 



entries.) Best two-year-old coaching filly, 52., to John Smith, 



Marton Lodge, Bridlington, for Nancy, by Venture, d. bj Kinf 



George. (5 entries.) Best three-year-old hackney gelding, ft, 



to R. B'.itterill, Garton Field House, Driffield, for a b. g. by 



Emelian, d. by Merrylegs. (5 entries.) Best three-year-oid 



cob gelding or filly, not exceeding H\ hands high, 52 , to 



George Scott. Market Weighton, for a br. by Fireaway. (1 



entries.) Best three-year-old agricultural gelding, 51 , to 



George Simpson, Marton, Bridlington, for a blk.g. by Blick 



Bob, d. by Little John. (3 entries.) Best three-year.old agri. 



cultural filly, 52., to Isaiah Burdass, Timing, Bridlington, for 



Depper, by Little John. (I entry.) Best pair of horses, a 



either sex, for agricultural purposes, worked during m 



season, 52, to John Simpson, Field House Hunmanby, Sea 



borough. (5 entries.) Best Relding or mare for agricultnral 



purposes, 52., to John Varley Hunmanby, Bridlicytoi 



The fo 'lowing frizes were the gift of the BurUngton Local 

 Committee :-Best hunting gelding, upwards of four years OA 

 to have b*en hunted during the season, the Society i«w 

 Medal, to Henry Owston, Killerby Grange, Scarborough^- 

 ch. g., f. 1846, ». Sadhr, d. by Old President. C^me«W- 

 Bo'terill Johnson, Frodingham Bridge, Driffield, for a ^ 

 f. 18*7. «. Kmilian, d. by Sandbeck. (14 entries.) Best bong 

 mare, upwards of four years old, to have been nunteaaur^ 

 the tea-oil, the Society's Silver Medal, to H«nrj0wtoMw. 

 lerby Grange, Scarborough, for a br. ra. f f. lo*'»»»^ ' 

 d. bv Old P real dent, (4 entries.) . rf ^- 



PorjLTai : Best 3 Dorking, male and 2 : female >f WJJ 

 155, to R.J. Bentley, Eastwood House, Rotherbam. £ 

 tries.) Best 3 Spanish, male and 2 females : lst P r » ze Q 3 

 M. A. Irvine, Brompton, Pickering. Best &g»™^5|. 

 females : 1-t prize, 15s., to John Woodbouse, BemptoMJ 

 lington. Best 3 gold or silver pheasan-s, maleana. « 



lstprize.15f.to John Furby, B ridlin * ton ; n# B J"jobnBaee?, 

 of any kind, male and 2 females : lst prize, 10s., to«/oj 



Bramstoo, Bridlington. Commended : C. ^°^' " oi \uj 

 and Dr. Pierson, Bridlington Q-iay. Best 6 cdic*^ 

 breed: lst prize, 105.. to W. Jordan, Caythorpe, WJ^ 

 Beet Spanish cock : lst prize. 55., to K. J. Beniie -I' ( y oe a. 

 Home, Rotherham. Best Malay cock : 1st prize, ^^^ 

 tries.) Best game cock: 1st prize, 55., to job B . 10lt| a 

 Bempton, Bridlington. Best 3 green geese . lstP ^^ 



Bridlington. Best 3 w > W 



f^ 



On Tuesday, the implement yard was opened to the 



ES? Tn th 1 ?. Council din »er took place S the public 

 rooms at Bndhn, ton Quay. Lord Londesborough, t e 

 President for 185L occupied the chair. His lordship 

 was suppor ed on h M , „g ht hand b Lord „ , J 



on his left by Sir John V. B JoWt™ ^ u- 1 



sion M, H 7 S. Tho mpS on 1^^ « t the°S 



with :: ''iT^T^'^'^^Mwai? 

 Which was lullon-ed by a discussion. W e purpose to 



give a full report of this discussion in another column 

 After dinner Lord Londesborough presented T?Z 

 menial to Mr. Mi.burn, the Seore^rl ^^Zed 

 of a handsome dinner, tea, and coffee ^^^21 

 nchly chased salver, bearing the following inscription 

 * Presented to Matthew Marmaduke Milburn E 8 r D y 



We*tKa»en, Market Rasen, for Cotta K e Pride. (14 entries ) 

 f„5 & ^"'^nded-Benjamin Wilson's Beau^ o Irtth 

 * n4W " n - 8 « n » t >» , e Infanta. Best heifer calf, upwards Jf'ix 



sag » s^btvsssf^ wi,8 °"- 1:L ^ 



entries.) Best fat ox of any age. 1st triw M .Ilk. «• ( 



Field House, Hunmaob/sc^borough.' % entries? nXfVl 

 cow or heifer of an, age, let prize, «. ( , Samuel ^ ! lev 

 Brandsby, York, for Velina. (9 entries ) s ' dn, uei «>'ey, 



Lono.woolled SHEEr.-Best shearling ram lst nrize 2(17 

 « Joh »1 Ta ^ lor ' Burnham, Barton-npon! Ilumber CTw to 

 Wm. Abraham, of Barnetby-le- Wold, Bri.g " Sentrie* ) Be« 

 ram of any age, 1st prize 1«)«., to John Borton.Bartonl.twet 

 Malton, for a two-shear, bred by him • 2d V mZZ e 1 . ' 

 shenr, bred by him. (27 en trie/) Bow nen ofS iwe. Ut*r 1?°' 

 IW., to Robert Dawson, Sewerby Field Bridlin^on"^] ?f .n 

 VV.lliam Simpson, of Kirby Orindal^.h ' S feJmere. Ge„'r K e 



Walmsley, Rud f ton, Bridlington, named In conTequence of Tn 

 I objection. ,6 entries., Beet pen of 5 Amlto^ri&f, 1st 



W. Jordan, Claythorne, Bridling 



2 females : lst prize, 10s. f to J oh 



3 your.pr ducks : lst prize, 10*., to my. ";'" _', e ot {«W; 

 wick, Driffield. Be* pair of >oung turkey* bb» m] 

 lst prize, 105., to the ilev. T. Simpson, *}"****'*; $& Em» 

 of Guinea fowl*, male or female : 1st P""'/";'' ri ze, l^ 9 

 Creyke. Best 8 fancy pigeons of any kind, is fo^tvp. 

 S. Taylor, Bridlington 6 jacobins; 2d,^ B* ->™ Br idltfT 

 Commended: John Bower, Barmston, ^ r -f. ier 



ton, and George Auton, High Petergate, lorK. ^ 



Extra Sio«.-Four of the f ci ^^f ff fJ n 1or extra ^ 

 their second class Silver Medals will be gw» nf fheir s pe^ 

 which may be deemed by the judges 

 commend ttiun 



mal' 





(12 entries, 



be deemed r-y weju»8 c J> W n f animal ;^ 

 ion ; two of each description ot^ flf * 



cattle, sheep, pigs, and horses, the WW*** Tbirs k, for* 

 Society Cat'ie": First, B. Wil»on,Bra^ita, ^ P ^ 

 Lady of Brawith ; second. John Kob i";^ree agede^ 

 G^rtre Simpson. Marton, Bridlington, { f'%%J on , 9# 

 a two-shear we- her; second^ Robert ^rowe^F ^f» 



tfciBcpn i uiey, .amucuiess ti«/u..v, --- « . - v now tt4 j^» 



white; Sally 9th, sow, white. (1 [ *^ tor BriUU^jg; 

 Richard Stockdale, Skearne, Driffi eld, tor m u&» 



horse; second, R. J. Bentley, East.iood Bous 

 for a hunting colt. (17 entries.) ^ c ofi- 



Tiik Show op Hobses must, on the f| ^ ^ QT 



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are not very rare animals. 







The agric 



