50 



1851.J 



THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



The Gold Medal for the best pen of Pigs in Classes 19, *2l>, or 

 *1 to Mr. John Coate, of Hammoon, near Blandford. 



1 EXTRA STOCK. 



A Silver Medal for the best beast in extra stock, to Mr. 

 William Heath, of Ludham-hail, Norwich (this animal was too 

 nearj for Class *)• 



A Silver Medal for the hestlonz-vroolled sheep, to Mr. Lawrence 

 WUlmore, of Whetstone, near Leicester. 



A Silver Medal for the best short-woolled sheep, to Mr. 

 William Sainsburj, West Lavington, near Devizes. 



A Silver Medal for the best cross-bred sheep, to Mr. John 

 Hitcbman, of Little Milton, Wheatly. 



A Silver Medal for the best pig, to No. 263, viz., to Mr. 

 William Culliford, of ffayling Island, Havant, Hants. 



COMMENDATIONS. 



Class 2.— The judges commend Mr. Richard Stratton's ox ; 

 Sir C.E.Isbam'sox. They highly commend Mr. A. Betsley'sox. 



Class".— The judges commend Mr. R. Healy's heifer ; Mr. 

 Joseph Phillip*' heifer ; Mr. Isaac Mblet's heifer. They highly 

 commend Mr. W. M. Gibos' heifer. J 



Class 15.— Highly commanded: Mr. John Williams' pen of 

 Sonthdown wethers; Messrs. W. and T. Arkcoll's pen of South- 

 down wethers. Commended : Lord Walsingham's pen of South- 

 down wethers ; Mr. J. R. Overman's pen of Southdow n wethers. 



Class 16.— Commended: the Duke of Richmond's pen of 

 Sonthdown wethers. 



Class 19.— Commended : Mr. William Goodson's pen of pigs • 

 Sir John Conroy's pen of pigs ; Mr. S. Marjoribank's pen of 

 pigs. 



Class 20.- 



ofpigs; Mr. Stewart Marjoribank's pen of pigs; Mr. Thomas 

 King's pen of pigs. 



Judges of cattle and long-woolled sheep—Messrs. James 

 Quartley, Henry Chamberlain, Thomas Greetham. 



Judges of cross-bred sheep (^hort-wools) and pigs— Messrs. 

 Edward Pope, John Ford, jun., John Farncombe. 



Stewards of cattle and long-wool sheep— Messrs. George 

 Turner, John Buckley, William Loft. 



Stewards of cro-s-bred sheep (short- wools) and 

 Messrs. Jonas Webb, James Burgess, J. Saxby. 



2d, 



., . , AT Clam XI.~l)tvos Cowi. 



K M^Ikl^ T u\ RUh L BoQ ' lht Earl of ATle^ird.. 

 bl. Mr. Abraham Umber, Weston Hall, Leamington Spa. 

 Class XII.— Devon Heifiss 



trj fi*K ThA r - L h u Da8 5rW B^lotoo. near Co.*u- 

 HallT Norfolk * ° D ' the Btrl ° f Lei <**». Holkham 



in? «„S L a"i Xir J:- Lo! * a 'Hom!f Cows ok Hiifem. 

 Blackford uf'iw ^^ /*. bre€der Mr Rich * rd Glbb % 

 — ^d, bl. Capt. Inge, Thorpe Cunstamine, near Tamworth. 



EXTRA CLASSES. 

 . Class XIV.— OxsifOE Steim. 



lJl ?KK e * l0 l' l he *V* ht "ow*™* Lord Leigb, Stone- 

 leigh Abbey, Kenilworth. _ 2d, 51. Mr. Richard Spraggett 

 Southam, near Warwick. v ■««*. 



^ Commended. - Mr. William Thomas Cox, Spondon, near 



. . Class XV.— Cows. 



q i priZe iir 10 ^ ifc William Timms, Grandbirough, near 

 Southam , Warwickshire. Silrer Medal to Mr. Cartwright. as 

 worth 6 Matthew Ingle, Wiggmton, near Tarn- 



Highlj commended.— Mr. Henry Brown, Derby. 



Commended.— Ihe Right Honourable Lord Hatherton. Ted 

 desley Park. ' 



CL4SSXVI.— IlEiFEES. 



1st prize, i0l. f and Silver Medal as breeder. Mr. A. I'mbers 



Thejudges highly commend Sir John Conroy's pen ^ V°?t H . a11, Leamin ^ ton Spa.— 2d, bl. The !Ri*ht Hon. the 

 q». -„ .. » m^^Li^w, -e _i__ .... «* F Earl of Leicester, Holkham Hall, Norfolk. 



Yeld, the Broome, near Leominster. 



Highly commended. 

 Breeder nnknnwn. 

 Class XVII , 



i 



Silver Medal.- Mr. 

 Burton. upon-T rent. 

 Class XXX ill'-. 



Moeei Carcw 



rtgbt, S uto ton am, near 



Ludlatn. Hradforo Y 0lk sh^ 2 r^0 d rhe £j WS ** m 



Mr Wuiu^r p «^frtoa, Gibraltar Soep 

 Mr. WiilUm Eaton, Copley Wood, Halifax; 



Silver Medals. 

 Works, Leeds. 

 Yorkshire. 



Miscellaneous- 



A Digging Machine— George 



Chamberlain to the Earl of Stair, for imp^vementa 

 machinery for digging, tilling, or working land.- Pat 



dated March 24, 1851. 



the machine. 



Pigs 



BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND COUNTIES 



EXHIBITION OF FAT CATTLE, &c. 



We shall make a further reference to the character of 

 this exhibition next week. Meanwhile, we may say that 

 it was this year a great improvement upon last. The 

 cattle shown were generally superior, some of the classes 

 excellent ; the pigs were, as last year, very good, the 

 sheep were a more numerous and better show than last 

 year, and the exhibition of poultry was, there can be no 

 doubt, unparalleled. Four thousand head of poultry 

 never before entered the lists on one occasion, and never 

 before did birds of such excellent quality compete with 

 one another. Many thousand persons, no doubt, availed 

 themselves upon the Tuesday, of what was called the 

 * private * view ! — for both on that and the following 

 days, the great hall was crowded. We shall hereafter 

 be able to make a detailed comparison of the two shows 

 of this week — at Birmingham and Smithfield respec- 

 tively. Meanwhile, we have only room to add the prize 

 list of the former. 



PRIZE LIST.-FAT CATTLE. 

 Judges.— Mr. John Booth, Killerby, near Catterick, York- 

 shire ; Mr. Edward Price, Court House, Pembridge, Leomin- 

 ster; and Mr. Valentine Barford, Foxcote, near Towcester. 



Class I. — Herefords : Oxen or Steers. 



1st prize, 101., and the Gold Medal, aad Extra Prize of 151., 



for the best ox or steer of any breed, His Royal Highness 



Prince Albert. Medal to Mr. Stedman, as breeder.— 2d, W« 



The Executors of the late Sir Francis Lawley. Bart., Middieton 

 Hall. 



Highly commended. — Mr. Henry Chamberlain, Desford, near 

 Leicester, 



Commended.— The Right Hon. Lord Hatherton, Teddesley 

 Park. 



Class II. — Herefords: Steers. 



1st prize, bl. t and silver Medal, as Breeder. The Right Hon. 

 Lord Hatherton, Teddesley Park. 



Class III. — Herefords : Cows. 



1st prize, 101., and the Gold Medal, and EsTa Prize of 152., 

 for the best cow or heifer of any breed. Mr. William Vaughan, 

 Cbolstrey, near Leominster. SSitver Medal to the Rev. Henry 

 BHssett, as Breeder.— 2d, bl. Mr. Edmund Herbert, Powick, 

 near Worcester. 



Highly commended.— Mr. William Rogers, Martley Court, 

 near Worcester. The class generally commended. 



Class IV. — Herefords : Heifers. 



1st prize, 101. Mr. John Walker, Holmer near Hereford. 

 Silver Medal to Mr. Thomas Morris, as breeder.— 2d, bl. Mr. 

 Henry Hill, Stableford, near Bridgnorth. 



Highly commended.— Mr. John Walker, Knightwick, near 

 Worcester. 



Claps V.— Short-Horns: Oxen or Steers. 



1st prize, lot. Mr. Richard Spraggett, Southam, nesr War- 

 wick. Silver Medal to Mr. James Richards, as breeder. — 

 2d, bl. W. de Capel Brooke, Esq., Geddington Grange, North- 

 amptonshire. 



Highly commended. — Mr. Samuel Wallis, Barton Seagrave, 



near Kettering ; Mr. John Worsey, jun., Lower Clopton, near 



Stratford-upon-Avon. 



Commended.— Mr. William Cox, Brailsford, near Derby. 



Class VI.— Short-Horns : Steers. 



1st prize, 5J.— .Mr. Thomas Palver, Brou^hton, Northampton- 

 shire. 



Commended.— Mr. John nenry Lees, Bacon's End, Coleshill 



Class VIL— Short-Horns : Cows. 



1st, prize, 10i.,— Mr. Robert Heman, Moreton-in-the-Marsb. 

 —2d, bl. Mr. Samuel Wiley, Bransby, near York. 



Highly commended. — Cbarleg Towneley, Esq., Towneley 

 Park, near Burnley, Lancashire. 



Commended.— Captain Dilke, Maxstoke Castle, Coleshill. — 

 Mr. James Dormer, Ashow, near Kenilworth. Age, 4 years 

 and 4 months.— Mr. W. T. Cox, Spondon, near Derby. 



Class VIII.— Short-Horns : Heifers. 

 1st pr'ze, 10?., and Silver Medal, as breeder. Tbe Rig'a 

 Honourable Viscount Hill, Hawkstone, near Shrewsbury. — 

 2d » U. Mr. William Woodward. Breedon's Norton, # near 



Tewkesbury. 

 Highly commended. — Mr. William Fletcher, Ra^rran- 



thw;ute, near Mansfield, 



Commended. — The Right Honourable tbe Earl Howe, GopsaU, 

 I-eieesrershire ; Mr, Joseph L. Hassall, Fackington, near 

 A8tiby-de-ia-Zoucb. 



Class IX.— Devon Oxen or Steers. 



First prize. 101 , and Silver Me lal, as breeder, the Right Hon. 

 curable the Earl of Leicester, Holkham Hail, Norf »lk.— 2d, U. t 

 Jne Right Honourable the Earl of Leicester, Holkham Hall, 



Horfolif, 



Highly commenced.— The Right Honourable the Earl of 

 Aylesford, Fackington, nf»ar Coventry. 



^ , Class X.— Devon Steers, 



4 n ze of BL The Right Hon, tbe Eftd of Ajletford. Packing 

 1 on, near Coventry. ' 



3d, bl. Mr. Thomas 



— ... — -_- - B 



Mr. Abraham Hopkins, Yardlsy. 



-Scotch or Welsh Oxiw om Stieis. 



1st prize, lor Capt. Musgrove, M.lvertoo Hill, near Leaming- 

 ton, Sliver Medal to Mr. Campbell ai br.-eder.-2d, 51. Mr. 

 Joseph D.Rob, Catton, near Thirsk. The whole cUm com- 

 mended. 



Class XVITI.— Scotch oe Welch Hiirtms. 

 .Prize, 51. Mr. John Pickthall, Mint House, msr Kendal, 

 Westmoreland. 



Class XIX. 



SIT RE P. 



Leicestebs.— (Fat Wethers, not exceeding 22 



months old.) 

 1st prize, 8L, and Silver Medal, as breeder. The Most Noble 

 the Marquis of Exeter, K.GK, Bur^hley-houne, near Stamford. 

 —2d, bl Mr. George Walms'^y, Ruds'on, near Bridlington. 

 Class XX.— Leicestebs.— (F*t Wethers, not exceeding 34 



m«mths old.) 

 1st prize, W., and Silver Medal, as breeder, and Silver Medsl. 

 as exhib'tor of the best pen of Long-woolled Sheep in Classes 

 19, 2 », 21, and 22. Mr. John Henrj Lees, Bacon's-end, Coles- 

 hill.— -2d, bl , to the same. 



Commended.— Mr. Robert ITolloway, Yardley. 

 Class XXI— Long. Woolled Sheep, not being Liicistem.— 



(Fat Wehers, not exceeding 22 months old ) 

 1st prize. 81., and Silver Medal, as breeder. Mr. William 

 Coldico^t, Over Norton, Oxmrd-liire.-2d. «., to the same. 

 Class XXII. — Long-Woolled >beep, not bbint. Leicestebs. — 



(Fat Wetber«, not exceeding 34 months o-d.) 

 1st prize, 81., and Silver Mtdal, as breeder. Exhibitor and 



imparted to th* 

 cjuiaing them to 



upon, after they 



the down stroke, 

 are raiaed to m 



Gutiirie, of Applebr^ 



in 



mg land.— Patent 

 t, . , mi _- -- [Reported in the MrcKanic*' 

 Magazine]. The machinery which forma the aul ct of 

 this patent m intended to facilitate the operations of 

 digging ami working land, by Uie application tUereto «T 

 steam power. The machine i* oomjio^d f a atronr 

 rectanguUr wooden framework mounted on four wheeb, 

 which are made wide in the tm to prevent their sink- 

 ing mtotbt ground, and to facilitate the travelling of 



The motiv. powi r for working the prap# 

 movement or dicing ^^^ ig j^^, ff ^ § ir » of 



steam cylinders, supported by ti» framing which mt?« 

 also to supply the power for propelling th aachine. 

 I he diggers are formed with three prongs each, and 

 they may be of such a number, arrange -d i< 1 y side 

 a« to extend arrow the whole width of the i chine. 

 in addition to the downward mottoa 



grapes by a crank, for the. purpose of 

 enter the ground, they are also acted 

 hav. passed through the first half of 



by a second crank, by which they 



horizontal position, i-arrying with them the portion of 

 the earth immediately in front and within the scope of 

 their action. Ah soon as the grapes have arm • d in thie 

 horizontal position, the shaft on which thejare mounted 

 is cause. I, by means of n slide working n a sj ral or 

 screw f coarse pitch cut on that shaft, to make a semi* 



revolution on its axis, so as to throw off the earth which 

 had been supported on the grapes, which are then 

 returned to th. ir original position, and carried back 

 ready for op. rating on a fresh piece of ground, over 

 which the machine will by this time have Wen moved. 

 The patentee does not confine' himself to the employment 

 of cranks for effecting the movements of the grapes, as 

 other means, capable of producing a similar motion 

 k„o^„. ve u k ♦ n o , u *, . „. approximating closely to that of the spade in hand- 



oreeder: Mr. Robert Bemao, Moreton-in-the-Marnb. G oucei- ,i;,,,.; n » »««., u- « j««*^ i r *\ • . % % 



tershire.-'id, W„ Mr. Ricbard Spragg.tt, Southam, nca r d ^g'ng, may I- adopted for the purpose ; instead, also,. 

 Warwick. ot the above-mentioned arrangement of the grapes, they 



may be fixed to a revolving shaft, and the earth may be 



removed from them, by causing them in their re rotation 



to come in contact with suitable stops. Jt may be 

 necessary in some cases, in order to facilitate the action 

 of the grapes, to make a series of cuts in the land 

 previous to the grapes coming into operation ; and this 

 may be effected by attaching to the front of the machine 

 a series of circular cutters fixed on a revolving shaft, 

 and brought into action as the machine is propelled for- 

 ward. Claims. — 1. The general arrangement of the 

 grapes, forks, or spades, for digging and working land. 

 2. The system or mode of turning the grapes or digging 

 apparatus by a screw and traversing slide. J, The 

 application and use of guides for giving direction to tbe 

 grapes. 4. The system or mode of digging or working 

 land by causing the grape or digging apparatus to turn, 

 or partially revolve, when loaded with earth. From the 

 Architect 9 Oct. 11. 



Cultivation and Cutting of Straw for Plaitimg.— The 





Class XXIII.— Pure-Beed Southdowss— (Fat Wctheri, 



not exceeding 22 month* old.) 



1st prize, 81. , and Silver Medal, as breeder, and Silver Medal, 



as exhibitor of the best pen of Short-wo illed Sheep in Classes 



23, 2*, 25, and 26. Mr. John Williams, Buckland, Farrinjrdon, 



Berks.— 2d bl.. to the 'tame. The class genem \\y commended. 



Class XXIV.— Pore Bred Southdown*. — (Fat Wethers, 



not exceeding 34 months old ) 

 1st prize. 81 , and Silver Medal, as breeder. Darwin Galton, 

 Esq., Edstnne Hall, near Stratford upon-Aeron. 



Class XXV. 



Shropshire, and other short- woolled 



(Fat 



Wejji 



era. not ex- 



Mr. John 

 2d, bl. t Mr. 



Sheep, not being Southdown*. - 



ceediog 22 months old ) 



lRt prize, H , and Silver Medal, as breeder. 

 Benjamin Twitchell. Welby, near Northampton. - 

 James Williams, Culmtngton. near Ludlow. 



Commended.— Mr. James Williams; the Right Honourable 

 the Esrl of Aylesford ; James Foster, E«q., Kinver Hill Farm, 



near Stourbridge. 



Class XXVI.— '• Shropshire," and other short woolled 



-(Fat Wethers, not exceed. 







Sheep, not being Soothdowns,- 

 ing 34 months old). 



1st prize, 81., and silver Medal as breeder. The Right Hon. the 

 Earl of Aylesford.— 2d, bl. t Mr. Michael Qoodall, Evelith Manor, 



CLA^rAvn.-CROss bred SHEEP.-(Fat Wethers, not exceed- £* **** for Pj aitin * is F™ n ? n **™ h f? i,S of 



tag 22 months old.) Hertfordshire, and in thr« neighbourhood of fet. Aiban>» 



1st prize, 82., and Silver Medal as breeder, and Silver Medal as The straw grown on the richest Boil in Ireland should 



?*Mr^ be selected for plaiting. The straw must be cut a little 



-2d, bl. t Mr. William Gillett, Southle^h! before it is quite ripe, 



and the greatest care must bo 

 taken not to crush or break the straw while it is being 

 cut and bound. When cut it is bound into small sheaves, 

 and left standing up on the field for two or three days, 

 or until it is thoroughly dry. The best straw for bonnet# 

 is the white wheaten straw. The head of the straw 

 containing the grain is then cut off or slashed. In 

 England the grain is boiled in milk and given to tbe 

 reapers and girls, or else stored for feeding poultry. The 

 straw is then housed for cutting, for the straw is more 

 valuable than the grain. This proceas requires care 

 and experience, in order not to break the straw, and 

 also to cut it the lengths without waste. Four or five 

 hands are generally employed in cutting, and are placed 

 before a bench with drawers in it, which receive the 

 straw as it is cut. On each straw there are three knot* 



Highly commended. — Mr. Charles Randell, Chadbury, near 

 Evesham. 



Commended. — The Rijzht Hon. the Earl of Leicester ; Mr. 

 Benjamin Twitchell, Welby, near Northampton. 

 Class XX VIII. — Cbob*. brkd^iieep.— • (Fat Wethers, not exceed- 

 ing 34 months old.) 



Is* prize, 8(., and Silver Medal as breeder. The Ritfht flon. 

 the Bar! Howe, Gopsall, Leicestershire.— 2d, U. % Mr. Abraham 

 Nurse, Athby Parva, near Lutterworth. 



An excellent collection of Roo'i, grown hy Lord Hatherton, 

 the Earl of Aylesf»rd, Mr. Bretherton, Mr. Wiggan, Mr. E. 

 SouthalJ, and Mr. G. Peters, and exhibited by Mr. T. Bur- 

 bidge, were inspected by tbe J iges of Ca*tle and Sheep, and 

 highly commended by them. The collection included very fins 

 specimens of Mangold Wurzel, Swedes, Cabbages, Kohl Rabi, 

 green topped Turnips, <fcc. 



net. 



Judges.— Mr. William Wetbrell, Kirk Bridge, near Dar. 

 lingron ; Mr. B. Swaffield, Chatsworth, Derbyshire ; Mr. 



? l,t ^J?« He§ S! t! ^ Warl ^by House, near -Brig* .Yorkshire. I or j oint t] t knot be j fe j, caseg ^ finegt ^d 

 Mr. William Rollings worth accompanied the Judges in the J * .. . ' . i ?i rru * A « j A ^ 



capacity of ref ree as to the ages of the Pigs. consequently the most valuable. The first hand at the 



Class XXIX.— Fat Pios.— (Not exceeding 10 months old). bench cuts off the top close above the first knot, and 

 1st prize, lu?., and Silver Medal, as Breeder. James Taylor, drops it into the drawer, while she is passing the 



m q ^i^i%n n« 1, T?!^,wnrTh nsbaril, "" 2<! ' »* ww ^ • remainder of the straw to the second hand, who cuts off 



Mrs. Martha Emuss, Tlartdswortn. . . ' , t _ 



Commended— Mr. Edward Lowe, Comberford Mil!, Tamworth. the next pipe at the second joint, and SO on until the 



Mr. William Burbidge, Bromsgrove-street, Birmingham. Mr. whole straw is cut into fine lengths, and each length 



Henry Oldham, LeamingU*. _„ f t, a M * deposited in aseparate drawer. By adopting this course, 



Class XXX. — Fat Pigs.— (N T ot erceeding 15 months old.) r t • y r e» » 



First prize, 102, and a Silver Medal, as hreeder. Mr. Thomas a great deal of time, trouble, and waste * ill be saved. 



When cut the straw is called "pip* straw/' and is tied 

 up in bundles of 50, 100, and 200, and bound with 



i 



Stndholme Wtlkins, Peddemoor Hall, nesr -utton Coldfield.— 

 2d, 51. Mr. W 1). (follHter, Ilampstead Mill, near Birmingham, 



Class XXXI.— Fat Pros.— (Exceedin: 15 month? old.) 

 First prize, bl. f and Silver Medal, as breeder. Exhibitor and 

 breeder, Mr. Arthur E'erks, Kingsbury, Warwick shire.— 2d, Si. 

 Mr. Thorn is Beaumont -hilock. II »*e, Leicestershire. 



Highlj commended.— Mr. Edward Lowe, Comberford Mill, 

 near Tamworth ; Mr. William Hopkins Neiton Inn, Deri- 

 tend, Birmingham. 



Commended —Mr. Jamos Baldwin, Ring's Norton. 



Class XXXii.— Rreedixq Piqs, of a Laroe Bbeeo. 



(Not exceeding sev*n months old ) 



1st prize, \0l . and silver Meiil. fkn breeder. Mr. Arthur 



Perks, Kinvcsbury, Warwickshire.— 2d, ol> Mr. Qeorge Orahan*. 

 Yardley, Worces'.orehire, 



! 



different sized gads of straw to denote tbe various sizes 

 and quality. The top or first cut is used for "rice straw Tf 

 and tine " Dunstable plait," and is worth from id. to Ad. 

 a. bundle, of 200 straws. The second and third cuts are 

 used for " whole straw," " cord edge," and u split straw/* 

 and are worth from 3d. to 5rf. per bundle. The lower 

 or bottom cuts are the coarsest and are generally dyed 

 various colours and used in u mixed plait." These when 

 dyed realize from 2d. to Ad. per bundle of 200 straws. 

 In this process of preparing the straw, the small farmers 



