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THE GARDENERS. CHRONICLE AND AGTIGVLTURAL GAZETTE. 
„DECEMBER 12, 1363, 
under which the many hundred agricultural societies | 
of this nar ^ can A arranged, that I can hope to 
illustrate my subjec 
1. Proceeding from the ranks of the tenant farmer 
e either side of him, there i is first the strictly farmers 
would b йт» ti 
| The Societ of А 
he Mechanicy рст 
| pcr ight thus be 
. There is 
e, howe ever, I 
Л meeting for P 
tolius. Ei were once very much mor e numer 
refer. Апа, “confining myself te to the Royal Agricultural 
Society of England, although I do not think it neces. 
ar | 
flocks, 
cial жалел іп у p SP 
proved ed especially o of the more ‘secluded o a 
b 
w^ 
improvemen rers end Societies, as they are 
mplem 
than they are now. Onlya isa have survived ков La boi of impro us 
the ноз of twenty years when a great many | called, are scattered EY thickly over Engand ; rou convitioéd E T am КЗ the eui зайт 
фео. in activity. They have p Mens ionably be of their prizes for skill in the ploughman, shepherd, pear that it has Ed in A these ways. 
great service in publishing. agricultural information, in | hedger, and prae and s on, ha ave unquestionably quo e but do slight but is definite and dos) 
the direct introduction of improved practice into their led to useful ri and greater t g illustration of the kind of good whieh in о 
respective E TS s, and in establishing better а, of the Ness labourer. "There is many a of the ‚ simply ben cause it is just do 
— ym oim aed that = е way that I purpose to confine the rest of my 
r disc mmy rally sti 
and their Boc Mors pecia. to mem- ск не "thus тарнай ivi xb. fur| In a very yea res esting report by Mr. Jefferson, of 
pem are sure of being read by those to whom they thered agricultural progres Whitehaven, on the proceedings of the West Cumber- 
nse mass of r бо. Er xl and Agric era еу he says, * Thanks to the 
are addressed. I have an immen 
through man from a 
these clubs, 8 there is no better т agrioultoral quud 
more useful one, if only & means were de- 
arranging 
тз’ бы, in London distin- 
great practionl value of its monthly 
I do not know n it claims 
ап убор more than ВА сеп{га1 It would, 
howev ver, be of ‚куч miral with rofes service, T йет, if it 
3 
z P800 а give many examples of this, - lm 
mo тту on to the third and most im heel of 
Toral Agricultural Society holding their meeting at 
Carl з 1 believe that exhibition was instrume ntal i in 
all, iicluding all those societies which act 
|the aanual show of homo and — жамыга! in 
competition for p awarded by the Socie e 
judges They ik e of Urt nks, as to the e bn ofd 
trict to which they are confined and the funds they |1 
administer, 
E end КЕ service to agricultural progress. They a 
their 
social relations, x mea Bed 
1 
work wi 
1 түп 
Бе he English 
жарыга Society t0 the prize syste d 
and to the iiffodtide 
theri of all class 
tutions, and its library 
all the local societies or ES its secretary w 
m, by whom an =й кашыгы of seleoted | 
т pared, to e ich m e prominent | 
E 
erest in view ; and, puófenüenilly, they iiio the 
E т guide the judgment of oce. rer — bit | 
stock implements - them onfer | 
k 
P 
be give 
officer in this way would ten d to the per-, 
of Y E ct et: They are very, 
онаа, añ s has been owing to | 
their An тоа! ch: 
These tutions ге с only kept their members | 
y! =. -- oduced new practice, 
yshire Farm она 
ed so long ago did thriving still, was, 1 [ belie 
call Е eral atten -— e the value of per 
phosphate as a manure. ng before this (I, 
believe early in this (€ it bad dipited o» x its 
members to visit i rfoik bring back 
information for eei en of the body. The T 
armers cia, у к the adoption of similar m 
de 
means, due, in great 
of it that 
Ishall now confine myself. The following are the 
bmx 
e 
m e state E pe her and of the crops upon iti is not 
even if itwere, t jud 
А 2 
ial rank and afford ебати: opportu | 
| nities. Tie — rivalry whieh they excite is 
as powerful engine in the, arm t rely 
| local a ^ itis in those of greater pret 
and there are in every locality now во many herds, 
| апа floc ndi and manuufactories, which send out spe 
nes 
iuadequate, iid I believe thas ihe. Sod ociety 
mens of first-class merit, that these lo 
ja also servicea able i in the second way | I named, by giving 
woila both guide and stimulate manufac cturers better 
mrs 
Cir guidance. 
That these local- societies, SPAR with their 
дунйе and local prizes, have always been 
in stimulating the farmers of the district, 
po res b igh also as affording examples of first 
class ex e ot in every ORNA of their show, is 
measure, to the influence of the greater 
ence of localities respecting this, that, and the other 
machine, than it does at present, by submitting all, in 
a sort i-a semble barg half- b = zen n уэде on one 
.|spot. Then, again, the award о onfers too 
great, i too abru rupt, s estha. "d 
implet. "whose work cannot be exp 
ih locali 
"often most useful ded these societies. The 
"cents of corn exchanges— the — E market 
rrange: ements, and the establishment of n 
e made merit in all Te 
was 
ntro. 
| departmenta “enoni bu when it 
| Кине societies are now 
i а рі:у that the Ted 
up the Toca ба it is 
societies should « disappear in this w 
There is an 
ppa H 
d b ortum Lr nis бе ешр ше 
Баси Mi ^ the owhere. "There never 
ple of this than аб 
ornsby's man e furrow slice 
1. й 
1 а 
5 
exer ted on exhibitor and spec: 
y 
tighter home, and left a MP < pes dei the others. 
mple of the great service done th us, I wi 
quote a report ffo from Mr. Wilson, of Edington Mains, re- 
garding z the Union Farmers А Club, а Society embracing 
“Its head-quarters ire " Kelso ; it is of long standing, and | 
has had M the whole а uscfal €— I "erg — 7 
refer to the aem see of Leiceste W of s 
years 
е es 
It has {е Pu 
rams are for thé 
re Cheviot e 
rst, second, or thi m the Ch. ба 
Ж sses are a truly valuable kind of ah sheep, Th itis with 
them that the arable farms of Scotland are now chiefly stocked 
| pany is 
Чы tio 
g |h thus spent 
"e master and servant by the annual holiday 
together. And where these societies erp 
char 
Its work gratified the eye—the judges ОГАШ it 
best—and their decision was Y altoget 
advan tage „given for the mere shade of "i "а ей supe- 
сев of judges of well-known acter fro: 
на dy 
e, their decisions are not only of 
erm ary 
some etim mes felt b 
dem 
nty Рая рг ад societies е Matters 
shows. 
d a sufficient co 
together to induce the сосна of) 
The c 
енін grown, geeni ing "e of them а c ап 
sand pounds in priz E елед 
РЕ Ра 
рие pee ot only of the locality, bu 
to expose t their 
es, W hether 
ffe 
A: се 
Most of deni county soc meet annually in 
| successive towns „within their к?б and the whole 
the of animal in d, an ings 
the е е of а far more powerful s stimulus to ex 
utmost а гар „саге than any system of prizes trt Selected. 
"This ia only one illustration of a whole siue ot pubs. 
lic services rendered by local clubs. 
- themse 
жааай pa A at their meetings. - 
Quivox Paran Club, in poss aud the 
Farmers Club in Cheshire, and the Maidstone i Clas | 
(Kent) have ета adopted the useful plan оѓ) 
i to visi and loc ities. 
ent localities in m. 88 provincial | 
h and West of а 
ег to bear on differ 
ker qua Yorkshire and the 
En; 
as s largo as е адо; 
No dou 
ЧЕХ ey € at wich" — thus the feling. E aiy P 
ppoin as 
a distan nee, | | 
e Society or not. | 
: scopic differences. which may exist, 
rned, partic 
tition, A AONNE T do nát ion thore are T O petia 
tillage farmers who will say that it matters 
| per acre per annum w hether Hornsby’s, or Ho 
| ог Ransomes' plough is мос бе. the implemen 
| the form. Yet, still yea r year E 
every Тоог year Pu ico kt ughs are 
ва 
"yet to ^e for thcoming, or as if three men, p 
may be, could in a few hours' trial, fish micro- 
, The whole pert 
within iis latter of, 
р 
есі, а usus of directing the w 
pn ar 
frm that can tempt the еи ploughman ю its 
service wins y- 
than мы however, to A extent of its а e the 
disti awarded at 
ese shows are excessively 
МӘ 
DET 
| gro rown Чора 
| Берег pes a phim aad i influence. T refer to it 
dpi because it has soonest of any of these great | w 
its show to the very ry award of 
= annual | 
are fu information, I may ne 
M the longest lived and d still su 
similar Mp гер, І ж mention St 
goes ll Е зо Вр ffo. 
A аа the "ws and mo 
lately еф tod Clubs, which have Mes 
. attained his way, I would name the 
y tes ers" Club | in Glouees kershire. | 
i 
lk, suc 
th 
cise with a any good eot either the dos or гае 
stimulating gend which prizes have hi x erto e 
cised. The Bath aud West of England give no prises, $ 
but mere ely конна and opportunity to exhibitors of im- 
the mene of this department of 
in any way diminished. 
UE (e which pd stock e 
machines of e 
R the mal Im ws | 
to buyers of all co 
reports from the officers of these T nee дез which it 
йз аыр to epitomise, but I hope 
hereafter. ba 
e would, as 
be [ап he 
office, such " ol Central ciens! 15; years doin t 
d by 
cultural force оё gw "hae satin 
се аласа аз {һе 
та 
12 ог 
den 
giren by ub might be be, xen vu vhi е every individual society ' thi- class for ней! improvements to whi 
which the agri- |у 
is pr 
e grea bu 
ud th d 
nev 
NT do pens P mme до 
reasons why I think that the prize system for imple- - 
excessive _ 
