880 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAT. GAZEITE. [Avarsr 29, 1869, 
Vineleaf. Ultimately the steward placed the second | of stock rrr illustration, which is now ne 
L..- end on oid Bluebell, a cow ten yers old, byt manne, а p йай, of steam 
whose eyes, АГ апа p bespeak the vig ut of aue enl ече Lal ofr reaping machines gond | 
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class was a very creditable collection. and х ^ metn es d Y ihe Royal донт 
Section 6.— Heifers in calf or in milk, and calved in College as judges)— J дит considerable co , company of 
cracks an 
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{о forget that а thin layer will hold water on ii 
| he. ey ав completely as йр. 4 feet thick, and that ver 
little good can be produced d drainage - ho lan 
at all unless its texture mprove to permi 
some А} least of the m D^ ан г б а it, 
may be said, ратам that water descends thron; gh thi 
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with the competitors, The ri еч however, Жырга ting 
the lst prize very closely, and а capital matoh they Мт, є M received the Society's prize for the best 
айе, Ultimately the rst place was awarded to Mr, | illustration of steam ploughing, Hin apparatus was | men 
than k Goap 
Anderson, of Grace Dieu, Waterford, for Tada of on wil 
Avenal, which thus placed Mr, Barcroft's Lucia 2d.| Тһе ero ver y good mise of Short-horns n -e EE нае . 
Tbe Lady is even backed, symmetrical and compact, but Harofards, including m r than Ji =» T" ihe мене io ge rid of the : teg эйе ав 8 ly as 
her tail is not so well set on as that of Lucia. ormer breed. Mr. s LORD ible, and if we did not aim at improving the texture 
Section 7,—Heifers calyed in 1861, and now in milk | and Mr. Lane's Masrsry 3 "" Td in. en a ^ of the во! e st way of removing the 
or calf. The Rose of Suir takes the lst prize fog Mr, the class af older bulls; the for massive | off wet land is not ultimately and necessarily the best, 
Apc, in this section. She is too much с ered | and the grander е of t the pos p arly deep | The best system of drainage appears to 1n that 
with fat on the ribs; and i in d good in hi in which the m colates uniformly through the 
equally en fleshed, she RM D almost all the| i in the shoulder. Mr. коле takes the 3d prize in | entire body o he soil, and in its descent, * warps? 
lines of beauty in a Short- bor n. Mr. Barcroft comes in зун «1080. АН. Welland, M.P., is lst, and Messrs. | itself round tho particle of the A leaving behind it 
second with Mysie, whose fore end is d indeed, & үү. Her us 3d i A розви o class ef the fertilising matters 16 holds in solution, and i 
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Section 8.—Heifers calved on or after January 1, 1862, | Ro мои SE iie © зч 1st; Lord ае p? zd 
The E. ж y taken а rich red heifer, J/ood-| Mr. Stratton, commended. Three capital entries 
Bareroft?s уар little Maid of Rock-| of bull, cow, and calf for the prize offered 
moisture evenly through the soil. And though T 
that elay land cannot improved without drainage, I 
maintain at the same time ihat the improvement of. 
heavy clay is but half o nva steps are. 
taken to improve its texture. Regar ard b g had, then, 
cut, shallow. ы rains " a off s "- vata 
ones. This rs to eun M 
- ed ar of the TS pe 1, ot heavy 
eannot admit that it is vy sho Savy ду 
pae in second; and Mr, Jon Wt ANM eon by Mr. Bengough; result, in Mr. Stratton’s success 
nefer еду, Spensi ax uda ant ав first, with a second prize to Mr. Lane. 
Hei fer, calves, wer аге capiat elasses of cows and heifers, and hei 
Jan: A 1863. oubt the ji; of ыл» calves The best cow is shown by Mr, Lane, ы 
calves. But the Re score в shown form a capital lot, | the second E Mr. Langston, Тһе best heifer in calf 
and во {аг as we сав j judge from саев, promise we ell, is shown hy Mr. Taylor, of Chippi ing Norton; the h 
Tit of б lf bel 1 by Mr. W, Butler (commended at Worcester); 
to aud d bred by б Mr. ар: wins 186 priza; Captain | and the third b y Mr, John pm, 
Ball’s Pride o ihe South ranks 2ud; and Messrs, Р Мг. Hollanda prizes for Yearling Heifers go—lst, toj 
je з е eld, Allan Pollok, and Ball, are а highly | Mr. Logan, 9f Newport; А to Lord Radnor ; 3d, tc 
. Stratton; а ^: the Heifer Calves to— Tet, Мт, 11% 
T this show of Short- horns is one of the | Stratton; 2d, Mr. Garne, The majority of the stock 
best we have had fora long time at any of the Royal | is shown by tena nt, farmers, and по othing is a more 
Agricultu LE e s 80! umi 
names іп the'prize list; but wa are glad ta. ме а new п the superiority of the ordinary live stock in the 
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I cannot refrain from expressing my opinion. in favour 
of dreing from 8$ to 4 feet deep, and about 25 in 
араг 
* The application of c ма hony clay land DA 
— ^. ^ а chy ү are—(1) mixing with 
кез ав, 
uggest themselves for the 
exhibitor advancing at once to the front ri fields which опе ж as a consequence of thi 
e show of Sheep, Ar. the a Veg fonture at | |of ре: ed Short-horns—now as compared with 20 
the EE үөү НЫ „онат бет, il I yea 
dges no pret a аз 1 ies as has "Tho. Hereford are well shawn. Mr, Read, of Elk- 
{й ne of the m sense ways of over- 
ming ita extreme ere "The instances are, aswa 
practice of adding clay to n land has tended 
We believe, а ле are 
Каср few well authenticated ex ples of - 
que ре h gome. А the P^ enia. y 
er, A aenda over a lot of very n t tak в i the first б prize for „yearling bulls ; Mr. , Morris, of 
Exeter, fail ined dt tl r. Taylor, taae pu essays. We hav. нше. вееп г agis j 
uy QUEM. jn the Shearling | Class of rien ast year | of Ledbury, the first for bid in; я Dosis pi "e rem success on. ^ day "re in the of 
rick. His shee Xu. rather small, their points | J. Smith, Bradstock, Wigmore, Bennett, 
p and Hew tish 
ery едй, but Ehe feelin in favour of size in | are among the айга prise takara Mo. Jahn. атана, A ‚ү 06 L5 0 onde di ола to heavy olay- 
me has Мер feud of permanent ajvan t» E ч 
general in [veland will not serve | of Weston under P. Herefordshire, being parti- 
haa them ат Мг. en, of Blesin- | cul ularly otf. c не. 
g; his back Forty-two capital entries af Co tswold s sheep make a 
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m Bibury, Mr. Read, of Elketone, Mr, т 
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play of this noble breed ; Mr, Smith, of only | eight or. 10 years of a lea: эеле run 
Е fro; 
& of the dressing мая vary dium 
X the outlay н be rapida - e 
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pared with so some ү deneon coming н, duis Mt Mr, | Mr. Lane e, and others being SUCC 1. а ате 
load or ton 
‚ Ше outlay may be езент to provi dy 
во illad 
Gregory Watkins, Droitwich, and Mr, Thos. Marris, | very к classes d Ае» ДА and Shropshire | remunerative, In many places it will oni far үсүе 
moi be. 
Lincolnshire, take 2d and 3d puse respectively. These shee d Ба doa 
sheep are larger (han Mr. Turn nd oulc yw good s dm igs, s - eontainin, g abont 60 
that А was awarded гарт оп this account, In | entries, INI Y cod and Felle, the Rev, J. H. Ww" | 
the aged section for Leicester, Mr, Owen takes 19 | of Swindon, the Earl of Radnor, and the Royal Agr 
With a very fine twoshear; Mr. Longfield, | cultural College being succe ssful. 
for the мад that its application should nof 
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gency of hens, злу be resorted to for im е 
heavy. 
se circumstances torrefaction, Or tho 
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AN being 2d, Mr. Owen's sheep i i А ба. етед e Horse Ring tive at Ci t 
animal o size; Mr, Turner, of E r, дету ретт And the classes of vndis 
under, of Navan, another noted um E Pos and hunting horses were fairly filled. Mr. 
а good many Sirm. и al. to take а prize, | Holford, M, P. n "s of Beaufort, Messrs, Hanks 
In the sections т. Turner із — & Purd ful in tl 
fortunate, taking 1 f five beautifnl| Тһе Society and its visitors dined together—Aa large | 
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shearlings. These p are ml bnt very neat, Мг. | е зрапу g y 
Lo ME is D 2d with five growthy sheep; | ing, in a tent within the park, which sheltered them 
eir conditio n is пр. t his usual standard, | fi the heavy rain which fell all the aft 
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average—Mr, Mor eie " Шошан 1, takes 15 г : 
vule nice lambs, à pe pas d з piber Long- JAcbíclus, 
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та =; x бтр, Соат изи, uH Ms of the Феста] две итын of Nationa 
or aged {ойноо Пед rams, and his shearling ANLE cation in I eland, Second Edition, MeGlasha: a 
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ewes are mely good a fectly. Ае отв ;indeed| “There are three means by which these defects may 
Panos —— 
liming and 
light soils, 
was auetion 
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in this dioc ment the uniformity of the breed shows | be со: LP st. Drainage; 2d, Alt 
Ж of Pi iga wai fair as regards number, and “ Drainage i is the firs арі most essential step to be 
ford, may be said to be |the subject of drainage in another chapter it is only 
easi. 
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cessful ; bnt a point in this show deserving | necessary to observe here that eonflictin ions 
ice is when sows suckling Sis a 4, young LE as to 96 proper Ies з poison are 
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ing? is а ver ^ old praetice, and-one the most 
peer. Some contend: 
and ne" d ot -— ^ give hereafter. hos" 
Mr, e in under this head describes the operations | 
,on Tu 
sold; ies 1H. 17. 9d. Mr. Preece, 
в. Mays Sans, si Elford Park, near T: 
i mated that 300,000 ja of of sea, А 
вала romorpd from fe] heach of Youghal in the dub 
p carted eM i b— hes We Tris ro үр t up the per boat of 
that Р points have been impressed on 35 valuable | of the clay; ; 3d. Efficient tillage. We shall offer a few | 40 bod for ib оп uem ерес ч vile ia 
the tho country the gi i on si kimas pipe i 
а а б ое ы М was аз fne ан need be |taken in the improvement of shg ia, Ne disenss ан ones n ы ышы а ot this io. 
eficial 
аме зен erf dr Y 
able m ero] 
; in the sand 
clay land. ‘Paring and burne 
on which the 
We are of the latter opinion, най. | 
d to give а eoncise sketch of the theory: 
the mien 
а-а f the operation of paring 
of tillage, His remaining еһар!е 0? 
peaty soils, &e., are equally well don. — — 
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of Shrewsbury, 
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