388 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
receiv ~ Reading, ~ Warwick, and selection for exhibition. If, for instance, the yearling THRESHING MACHINES in great 
Oxford epiti Come "decidea that the pete meeting | Shorthorn cigs were thinned down to 50 or 60 they are “exhibited. Considering: that 
should be h consideration | ould fi respecta able collection, but at present | opinion that exists on the merits of 
that the ee. ofr jis city oi ‘into the f inferior animals ar ch should not | there isa large number of them, 
agreement with the sey T ot the Society by the |b pying sp g several Sr em Atease “Have y 
next monthly — aki nd of June Lest il apti ree partie re 
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ue Bannon Is ad Pakker, enn au ihe ecg Best one-shear Ram.—Ist prize, ra, George Thunder, Navan, | machines, "There is A growing feelin per 
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Gibbs, a committee was appointed to revise the printed | “Best paa 4 shear ar beer 3l., George Thunder. orizontal shaker; but from the trial 
eries pt them to t five Ewes.—Ist, 2l., L. Thompson, ae the patent rotary shaker (Brinsmeag’s 
the present requirements of the Society, consisting o est five Hoggets, never “pater lm zi W. 2 wen. we a highly it. ee of the 
. Ra i dreth Gibbs, H W. ONG-WOOLLED, not quali as Leicesters. machines is considerable; Ransom 
G Cavendish, MP.” Mr p amar es Barnett, Cotswold of admirable poi Jets SL, Thomas Beale Brown, for | Aiii of humble means we think EA 
Mr: Mikes Hobbe and Mr. Milward. Best two-shear Ram -—lst, the same. xall’s “two-horse patent portabl 
or JourNAL.—Mr. Jonas having moved ered — of any age.—ist, 3l., Edmund Ruck, Wiltshire, gear ; i. are ne and of which w. 
the goer pier of the best course to pursue he the | fr Hoopet R lipped.—Ist, 27., Thomas Beale | Wards o' ave been sold.” 
future Editorship of the Journal, Mr. Thompson, Mr. mikre eet Taas reurs a -i Irish manufacturers ap a a considerable 
Dyke Acland, and Mr. Wren Hoskyns favoured the} Five Ewe Hoggets n "Shon etiped—lat, 21., Edmund Ruck. yeaah net : mila of Allen & Miteket 
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anei oth One-shear Ram.—Ist, aa W. E Talib: Dunboyne, for hnd-threahing machine ection of machines, from te 
ir Joint- Editorship provisionally until some eT | Midland Down ram. aan upwa ey Í 
arrangement should be made. On the motion of Ram of any age. — 1st, 21, E n. A. H. King, Harman, AE e powe h oe ae sells for 36% 
Raymon Pirker, seconded by Sir John Shelley, Bart., Ballymahon, for a Shropshire Down ram. a 2-horse power one 1s offered for 287. Mp 
` M.P., it was carried, that the Joint-Edito: ene astada d| arte fo aa palie Downs’ clipped.—Ist, 2}, P. Broughton, | of Dublin, exhibits fixed and portable a mi 
to expend a sum not exceeding 3007. p um, for | Four Ewes with Lambs.—1st, 2l., C. W. Hamilton, Midland Nantes EA w ue gr offers wa 
such aid as they might requi Down: ere is a rache ich preve 
LECTURE.—. Tir Ticuna ro reported from the Journal Five. ewe Hoggets, never clipped.—Ist, 2l., C. W. Hamilton, => by the sudden monies ready 
cogent! their recommendation that Professor Hen E TE E its | be well to remark that al ikan i 
One-shear Ram.—Ist, 2L, Lord Clermont. inteni ded to be d awe by val — ve 
We eekly Council on Wolnesdsy the Two-shear Ram.—Ist, 2l., Lord Conyngham skeleton drum is almost exclusively used; and whe, 
members a t the nyng! 
26th of May, at half-past 12 o’clock, on some subject sic nan in Of et Fon ago ist Lord Clermont. | 
siad Wi th Vegi ahl ae ology. The Mayor of| Best five Eures Estik Led: Con yngham. Dritis.—Messrs. Garrett ate drills for (1) com sa | 
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cemaniadcatio n offer from Mr. Moffat | On the whole the show of shoop fa rpassed in excellence | (2) for sowing seed roe a in an 
to oliver a lecture at the “Ches ester h the Pots on | Atmos- any ee | psa es poe we re "Hamilton tom deserves eae = Coon apart ; also their drill for i 
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mprovement in the tials oF" of English mee s of se seed a ° nd inanar on the drill at any 
was referred to the Journal Com dente apart We miss r. Hornsby’s admirable machine 
DISTRIBUTION OF J ma mri the motion of Mr.| In this section there is a very fine collection of animals. The | from the exhibition. At Salisbury (1856) it won the fire 
Milward, „seconded by . Jonas Webb, the Co oun ncil | white and black breeds are well represented. The prizes, too, prize; and its merits would be appreciated by Ind 
ea Ailing La , William agriculturists, who think highly of “drills” ot 
in arrear of stein had a claim to receive the Seve Waterford (Berke), od, ee apo Ratner’, Arden, | Of universal drills is exorbitant; and the priceof th 
enforced, for do. corn-drilling machine, is still very high, aor 
SPURIOUS GUANO. —Sir John V. B. Johnstone, Bart., | Boars between 12 months and 2 years.—Ist, 5l. m- | siderable reduction has been br = 1857. The 
rman — the following report from the Chemical ene (Berk a prices of fog etts in t N= 
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Com De "Collins, Navan ( Ban)” De As seh n dil Fave oe ete for nine a Se ;() 
pets Voelcker has submitted analyses of Cotton-ca ake, c ng Sow. ST Sh Capel F. A Adey, y. Gan ardiff’ “Bea idg, ge; | Priz mn drill ll farms, seven row; 
containing a larger proportion of on friar, flesh fo orming (Berks 3 2d,21., oe ci tanley M‘ tock, Ran wet T 
matter than Linseed-cake; and als ous specimens Three Breedin Pigs of the same litter. "1st, A. D. Chagneau, of pelts (England), +o MI MA the frorn andl 
of factitious guanos perfectly oiala genuine | Athlone (Berks.); 2d, Dr. Radcliffe, „Rathfarnham, ae Gey ) w ` re at Waterford 
eruvian guano in colour and smell, containing only | (Berks.); a splendid group, which ca very c n Mr.| last year. It is a Iinirably apd to 
from eae i to be’ ee of genuine Peruvian | Chagneau’s. Dr E Wi Apa not Mr. Fisher s 
guano, e so exhibited to tho ¢ Connmietis speci- Litter not exceeding five months.—Ist, 3l., . Collins; 2 
mens of guano se Kooria Mooria and the Falkland | J. C. Matse, Navan. > ? me tubes for the = ee le of tin tube fore 
Islands, as well as from Ichaboe ; all inferior to the War Panoga e grain? Allen & Mitchell, Dublin, also exhibit very 
extent yA onou to ge sof be best egg Boars ya 12 months.—ist, Lord i Lurgan Aa and = drilling machines. 
0. e suggestion of the Committee Prof. | Yorksh.); 2d, A. L. ison, Freshpark (Cumberlan: Garrett, Howard 
has undertaken to prepare a short report = Boars over 12 months, but not exceeding two years.—Ist, 5l., th, bai OES are exhibited by tt, mi 
ese specimens, to be sabenitted to the members of | John Peart, Fleas Dublin (Cumberland) ; 2d, 3l., Mr. Boyle, | Others. essrs. Garrett, so “tar 
ie Society at the next Weekly Cou: lasnevin (Yorksh.). t 
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+ Hobbs reported |, Boars exceeding two Be ee rae (Combare represented as “ adapted. for hoeing oa maa 
HESTER TING.—Mr. Fish 
from the Chester Committee the ra progress of | "9; 73 Ry sting le ag a, Comal » Oldcastle, f the expense of 
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the arrangements for the ensuin Country Meeting, to (Cumberland and Yorks. j withont doubt tie: pomp symmetrical | and much more etl than is usual, [onto 
be held in that city in tlio third weak of July next. — - | Animal in the show ; 23, Ms. Boyle, Glasne rin Aamar remark that our report ience is not borne out 
Steam Cvntivators.—Sir. Archibald gece LLN r nig Ast, C. L. Ellison (Cumberland) ; > | by the numberless Engish farmers who bear witness to 
Bart., as Senior Stew: bey of Implements for the Ches th i thi in . 
Meeting, having bs abo ted the i ance ob an| The EMENTS ee machines are at once varied | 37. La works very well bathe the drills of greet 
efficient trial of aa Cultivators at the Chester and extensive. It is y on the fallow crops. The expandi arrow appended to it 
Meeting, the following reablations on the motion of Mr. | tendency of t li for" tats ing the = to “the surface is, in many 
pson, seconded, Mr. Miles, M.P., was carried tch manufacturers bites gel in Dulin with- | instances, exceedin 
unanimously :—“ That a committee be appointed con- | out any inducement being held out to them by the] The Provexs exited presented litany fais 
sisting of the Implement Committee. with the addition | Society. There is neither r prize nor certificate of merit; | of — How e's ploughs re 
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and to endea to se n efficient trial of steam | judgment in discerning what is is good and bad. And it| wheel plough of Messrs. Howard, which for 
ploughs or onitinatingy” “pahloss ents at the Chester | must be admitted that until „the Roya Dublin saat | drau Pag has not been excelled. Our own experienc i 
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Povrrry.—On the motion of $S confidence, a trial of i possesses other advantages than ease of -_ 
Archibald a Macdonald, Bart. seconded by os Fisher kaida don more chen than good. oa owever, | such as covering in the stubbles and manure, 
Hobbs, Mr. Acii , of Drinkstone Park, |a lane of this kind can roe EEE the TONAN for entitle it to be more extensively used on large zA 
Suffolk, was xoanimensly appointed Steward of “Poult ee | ost assuredly, if ee, est of implements be useful and in conjunction with the common plough. ü 
for the Chester meeting, in England or aana it must be equally if not more | Graha: am, Dublin, exhibits six excellent ploughs: 
VICE Peeni —On the motion of Mr. essential in Trelan e 
seconded by Mr. Torr, his Grace the Duke of Baten nd collection of imple- | with this implement. Allen & Mitchell a te 
ly elected one of the Vice-Presidents of | ments and soir pay ie ‘Shon ugh the leading | several ploughs of merit, and wi pets giad be 
> in the place of the late Lord Braybrooke, | English firms are well represented. This is not to be | co ying the AE of monld-board a 
MEMBER or Counctr.—On the motion of Mr. Torr, wondered at; for the makers would n: peg seek to] of t a ics of the ploughs of 
seconded by the Hon. A. Leslie Melville, Mr. Hatton, | mature fo r mi èl We will con- | Ran 
of Gate Burton, Lincolnshire, was elected one of the | cisely pass in review the sever: al clas: —All manufacturers now recognise tÈ gn 
General Members of Council, in the place of the late Sma E Eneres.—It must be admitted that the real zig- on setae of bar. . Howard pe 
Mr. Stephen Mills. orking farmers of Trelan d hay not, for want of|in this most i mportant implement ; the latter © 
Goati ian ti Societ aden f the invaluable | curv: rs, which, it is ys ‘plans a 
of Arts on supply of Gutta Fon sore its employ- aid of stea engines; but it is equally certain, | strength. In securing the tines different pan 
ment in mg anufacture of agricultural tubing, was | and oni gratifying, Mom there is in = country adopted. In Ransome’s a little key runs 
aby to to the Implement Committee, a possess es. | crown of the tine, and immediately resting (oy : 
@ Mac mer Suggestions for the So The asee Teo firm p Ransome & Co. exhibit a | Howard uses under the nut a thin pin of a 
hing mashita al on | 7-horse power ine which works smoot! ly. The) turned up as a ‘ guard” on one idot the nut. 
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Clarke, and also en to the Implement Cistinittes. price places it the reach of the great| has wort, alr a kind of fi nut is 
Adj ourned to May 1 | bulk of fa Messrs. ett & Son exhibit | the real nut, which maintains 
ae the 8-horse power engine which obtained the prize | And Mr. Sheridan, Dublin, has adop ied a 1 
D ent 28.—We satis e our | at Waterford, price 2357. Clayton & Shuttleworth, totally different. Under the belief that © di 
report need in eek’s Paper. The 3d prize | Barrett & oe &e., exhibit their excellent engines. | point in the prar usually made is wifo 
od Yearling Shorthorn 1 bulis should have been there | Two and 3-horse power engines are exhibit ted by various | enters the bar, Haka the tine of ye the 
ahh Mr. R. Fetherstone makers, sy form one of the most nov. rs and in the| thickness and shape throughout, and bolts mi } 
mag Boyl oM odel Far: pn is obtained ge Boe prize, a whole exhibition. Hitherto the farmer moderate bar. The bars cross bars are stiahol es 
pe Ne fr e ror ae rayina | muls, independent of te Ht. aiid 
erries there was a most varied collection—from “the | PUTPOS®S W. which his will and judgment would direct. are fast adva ncing in the should. 
Di tho ridiculous.” We cannot widertadd wey men We have now, for the first time, Lamar to this Trish fan acne; ik not as rapidly as they et | for 
Stone w bber has been most advan Jt e 
oned animals as ari tobe pple in = $ 
t Kerry Heifer pa in ome ilver Medal, felt, and of ree e complaint that steam engines the ‘plough i in autumn and pnd few af the 
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pulent farmer. “ca &lm bour, and 
, Hon. R. G. Talbot, Ashby exhibit a tw trl a-half-horse — opening up up ey om oy Maver were not as N 
v Shia Bia ee +l engine, the price a went which Bache Hse y | heay r3 as we expected; | 
à lst prize for of piae iae aa driving ga 1 threshing ma jones chat light o or say neon grabber a SB 
Wen would megest to exhibitors to be more careful in | © eng : interest evinced in ee small Fe = there very large = 
