THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
626 f a the shee a 5 
than of eF s e; the sheep stow. 
of the seed of natural and the so-called “ artificial er tiel seia be fas throngh i animals Sep Me lee i 
Grasses,” and the inquiries connected with them labo gza the lt Lane’s i ae n sey a ividnalige. 
had more immediate reference :— plis e salt; but as long as farmers will buy — or inb, walued breed. Mr. 5 displayed 
1st. To the numbers of weeds present in a given | ness of the res reun pe the full grown Y was 
quantity of each. cheap s failures in their seed erop, | ṣ. Hag vide chest, lengthy g 
2d. To the kind nature of such weed áo lone will the ey have fa pea Garne closely followed. Mr. Hewer’ 
3d. Tothe Soman fee eds; and 4thl pom tio pei press weeding g work, difficult | to get over, 1n p ae oa rer: ceva etha ~ 
ofa bry quantity of each of the Grasses ; facts | paring for detected in | q; der of Cotswold, 
whic e first briefly se set forth in the following: | apt k admintaros r can pe ee af greet than i ae ae 3 
PRA — sm 
= a ep e Pp zt) | bane haye fally proved, eit A ough the form, Southdowns) w ae exh sms 
PERO T O n wom gl | colour, and size of weeds, it must be admitted, are | The Shropshire ne advancing at 
decad S Bee ge F| | sual observer like those e |The Oxford Downs ar 
2 ® EE = [often to the ca anew but 
aigos © fgg JS Sj z | crop itself ; zika SAA ree EE poitaalon wilt soon ensue from the 
: 8 gza 3 J b Bs 5 B | ivision of sheep, 
RRISE SBF gs dpi sl | | bsp hich they | Wonld it not be b 
a = re; S S | } + a De: tter to style 
: E a ?: E z: : | | pon ‘tall events Ha ee Yas pro j- | sheep, or E which would em 
FOS a = | | Be and his saa cnpteas be ak a ge e est. C, 
Bee: be gg - ial is tly ali f this matter | (land Downs, and may t E 
z Di Pri 23 : x pires ya t South Country Downs. Mr. um 
=| = z 4 | 4 | bot o lead him h to seel jec a mN , before West Country Down is adm 
H paR p er pS Ble gh |S fthis matter. ‘pos of his breed. ri ne’s Shropshire 
S gers eyg EB Stee |? i excellent. Mrs. Baker’s Shropshire ua 
Op ora WR AROS BE S | ka TS negative property p3 repr not cok but wili in montis» isa deep ne been ee ae 
Ta | SI a iki bility entail expense upon him for a life- | Oyf ei Down ram (4 years 3 months) w 
= come u a Bw ais servedly highly commended. 
5 5833 X =: 2 8 = | a "As respects the. agape to ine m us 
E TE A I 8 5 Bi ctr od tae ually p in 
3 Gs a, p The h b Ten 
Bes. ig | ba Seas amples, viz, e Bin omus mollis, Soft 130 entries i in the ate [2 in te i 
` ed ee. PET) Lin Bro Lop-grass. ee, us lanatus, Meadow- in 
Beret, Popa. Oe bes or Lop y Such a number should, al 
ga FER EEE nee Bea p= | soft eae s. Of these the eee is usually present in pigs; me Or tO 
= TA RBIS RE ATE 7 _ = |Rye-grass seed, with which it is an enemy for the smaller shows, There 
Ro, SHES mown ad |Z 7 | following reasons. least a large quantity 
F ped z T, Bes Eg 3 by} 5 1. The wei ight of a singi seed is about four | which did no honour to the 
E re ge noy g Seg re | times thai i a iyen -grass s pap of the natural subdivision of Yo: 
Shed ERE EEE BEEPS a ate ke 2. the only distinctio was iu 
$ FE ge: §2 ogg Be a 3, oe — a ane al "ie leaves are | breeds. The consequence is that the awards 
inet q 
& eo 4d Sa! 
i P BSE ee 3 53): larger than that of the Rye-gra ractical value. The valuable Berkshire 
e eS. oo 28 z3 mÈ d | is an annual whose seeds — ements teega sgi san ole ot t i 
a = 2 GO = 8 a 5 al 
a4 RR r -< g 38 nats the pest t the second nt of the p hidege A ekon tim- obtained the lion’s share of award 
We Veeds, - — The 5. Its aek, reater than that ceeded the larger breeds 
the quan tity of t the 
and erat y th ~ raced oa 465 a 
s ing 12 lbs. to an acre would gi 
e yard of groun m 
i to erop the soil; and if we consider that 
k t a slow and shy growing plat, 
the weeds we hay in this par 
come sora) as noi 
of ‘in the 
ntly to produce two crops 
year, we need scarcely wonder that ei land 
a of Clover | panicle containing 
a computation made from 
s | specimens gathered this day. 
romus mollis, Soft Brome Gra 
each locusta 
m a “Perennial Rye-grass.—Each | 
panicle 20 locus six seeds to each oe 
five panicles to = 600 seeds to each 
Pert. = 
= - that could be desired. Mr, ker’s |; 
la ady Havelock (2 years 2 months) has ; 
as well as length (being upwards. of 7 fect), Colt 
Towneléy also had some excellent Piss. 
his year-old white or Matty, a most exquisitely 
proportioned creatur i 
— 
£12 ht 
(Continued From g 6 
although € 
ry} 
pe animals exhibit cae 
that of York, bae t 
so often be pronounced as ‘¢ sick ;” for Dete Xx 3 panicles to each os = 450. pre | those at Salisbury, but th 
iniae is no denying the eondition to which | to pele were some ve e p 
designation has ` been et our recent - The “Bromus mollis as well as the Holcus | Mans T, a are ho 
observations h d us h actio 
of a os aga a in oan condition for a| These six reasons for not growing Lop, &¢., in ree. d the b best fore 
eeds, to say nothin Idaf tl +} b- | requisite: 
ae EEN in a soil from rir S on t the i and as |j to tell +} In 
; resul t of Swen rming, have been the cause of | own tek e, and pro Sie to our next i pam | Fao 
i fuss 
ar more wa: 
eè Grasses proper, it will be 
though only mixed 
e 
h b o; 
anging from 18 to more than 40 lbs. Thi , though 
ue for tra most to the variety and good 
of the eed is ertheless. to a v 
i 
e presen 
te r kinds 
e iir lear are the best, in “that le individual 
a = more Sate and also bec: cau 
re 
chesnut pat belonging to the same owner, and g 
the prize horse, which seas pees for the sire, 
young horse was equal to more weight, 
was undeni able. 
interesting and important 
class, on which th 
between the t 
jon arose in’ 
merg 
gm enira 
eazoñaliy pyi cluded is one of the belongin 
Ww s- | points in whisk see g gravity should m sari speaking, belon: 
trati in a estimating the v: wever Nos rior oo 
‘Grasses grow a yee gi wis r ica xy Sil rat ay pa illustrate aaa hes * 
wou rer the soil, as t mes t © greater article on the natural history of weed kin 
o entirely smother the sickly int a a Teas 
of those that are better, so that a THE CHESTER bear ate RAL MEETING. ae r 
gather from kao that for “seeds” w. we should not| WE continue our r aie hg e live stock exhibited. | ani hic 
A sow sof | than any otber 
kind. Where these are riage with pi We grieved to s compa ARRA poor saie of | hon) A calcul 
lopers they may very properly called weeds, bit | saige at Chester it. tee not high; q = 
this leads us to our next point, namely to par. Mr. Pawlett t exhibited so | any rate fr 
2dly, kinds of Weeds. ee at our so did Mr. Creswell and others, CA Inge’s Tah | to havar tage 
show that the Cloveris =e with a pr er E I ch two good ewes well up bei a 
e of which have seeds] haat i and i Wiley also i two or three beau- | not compete 
s: e missed wit h regret Me 3 hb 
diffealt other php oc name and stock on this occasion, sl 
“3 aa ‘I y sepa- è The Southdowns Pearn respectably, notwithstand- | bred, calculated 
J = es, may yet | ing absence oi “a the a t breeders. There | and chargers, 
oroughly were no such prin as i be gi 
n: such smail plants as r. Rigden 14 tied 
> - me- and di idea the pri tt I 
S Persicarias, reà amongst them—the former aro aah Westminster 
í n to distinguish | Rigden’s prize sh g ram was al that co 
eves, mt we shall soon have Fmt The (2d prize) pen of d to 
mar. 
Then pe = 
would n 
mae o ER 
pestis to bee why of Richm 
P, perfect ribe fal 
á | uae ereny wa 
st all 
(ive) ree te Age fin 
tained an 
