Apert 23, 1859. THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 369 
his autumn. The plo ugh ing was well done, | from the severity of t “the voyage. 1 oyage. Mr. Black (bro rother-in-law to | 2d, Thomas Rutherfoo: rd, 9L. Section 89—Best boar, exceeding 
— this an it had been plou gh ed before, and required | 3 Mr. ir Barred), € — Omagh, 5 — — Ta c ps wr Sige months old, Lord Clermont, 8L; 24. 
arry ent, &c., and I can se! adcliffe, 3l. 2 ceedi 
reat power, often as much as 8 ewt. to a furrow. I a an give n 4 R. 5 — LD. obert C — 
I. D., OF. rt " 
we » "eje ache 2 S JA — i ^ 
" are required to do James the Rose,’ and can afford certificate from the herdsman | a litter within 6 entis É z 12 
yorses from 13 to 10, Le E m — woik of ie eli was the case. I believe this 3 will be satis- oa, 2l. 8 92 3 
pex eng i E un ary 200 : siia of pastur factory to you, and Ln) Es obliged by your forwarding me the 
ic] inc u es ne ar ly 2 Te — m. enus de Medici’ has not qualified herself. Mr. son, 27. Section 93— 
he farm, W 150 Black will be at the Royal Dublin spring show, and you can old, accam e ert ap * Pd sibi rir d tenis 
him there, I fen not be presen nt.—Y ours truly, Wilson, 2 1 e 
DM q." ura Dovcras." ses. ass XXIX.—White Breeds.— Section 94—Best bo 
and for my root crop and summer tillage by steam. Resolved— “Th at the secretary.do e to Mr. Jam nths, d not exceeding 12 months old, Lord Lionas, 3.7 
With such a system as Mr. mith advocates much of Dos 1 y n ^ jo» i L. E a, C. I. Elison, 9l. Section 95—Best boar, e exceeding 12, and 
my land must still have been poached by horses, which | Slas, xpress the regret o e 2 at as net ocn 24 months old, Joseph Wilkinson, 5i. ; 2d; J. H. 
y ofte tal r. J. D.s he eifer did not p: roduce a liv ye on aes uired | Peart, 3l. Section 96—Best boar, exceeding 24 months old, R. 
this tenacious soil it akes a season to recover, M ar, g 0 
on y héshthé atate tho rain by t pier Pattison, 5“.; 92d, Joseph Wilkinson, 3l. Section 97—Best 
of v ate, 4 be pai E 5 dien E eeding sow in pig, or UN DU had a litter within six months, 
; Ho 1 
th 
hay 
- "hbour, and last week pat Sart cultivating t — "ur 
hbour, 
' 5 bi gs 
ts hit ber? VAS ltiva- Rovan DUBLIN SPRING CATTLE Snow. — The Pollok, 31.; 2d, Duke of Leinster, 21. Section 99—Best litter of 
my strength 3 EDI. Abel e following is the list of Prizes at the Show. of ne pigs, ES * Dues 9 5 Best iat pi by tiie sow, 
interest, I venture to trouble vou — 55 this or Society during t the pes eck, taken from the report in or breed, J. b. Me Lange Medal Medal; à, Tho M mas Fi deat erioord, 
i r Swindon, the Irish tore small Medal. 
ane mers Gaz 
a I send you an ear of Rye napra S Ag The Farmers’ Gazette 48 nge Cup is awarded to At the pm meéting when the above prize list was 
Ir s very dp. Min aced I cus SEL Mes ihe | pde Burnley, England, for Short-horned | rea — phas onnel made the following yes on 
eifer ** Rosett e effects o tition on th ultura 
m s cm mber. N., Parkham, North Devon, ae 2 STOCK. " — ie odit Dur ition on the agricultural progress 
AAE C —SHORT-HORN “ 
um arm ed p a ue eta ean ue 
- Tem ime the Harvest Field. — w days’ 
ee I Cap itself 4 "de hospitalit y eu a gen- 
r connected with the railway in which he was most interested; 
denan n Bedfo fde hire, a county . — and landed — pales —— 3) but he was sure the Midland Company ps furnish a still 
proprietor, wl vho Js a3 get, 91. Sectio 1 TE E ed in — Souther and W — po^ 48,000 conor 2 
ighbourhood 856, esie at; (2) Jaffra roft, In 1850, when the Tine was open te Cori 108,000 ; and im 
? rt of the een cin, of their eee in malt ais 8 rior o 1886 a) Lord Talbot do 1858, 332,000. he ie thought, showed some of the 
_ liquor ins instead o . There were athered ether i 2 satisfactory results uf i e agricul shows; and they owed 
35 g: | tog Best of x f al bulls, Lo nd 8 a deep edu of gratitude to the Royal Dublin Society for the 
Sessions, a — ee in the army, a neighbouring in 1858, ru ie "Ambler, Halifax, 3l; (2)| * " ied 3 ee of 
 dergyman, besides some visitors from a distance, one a Lee N 8 Medal, Section 6— id ^ Hl Chana all 7 e on the advantages of re- 
well-known London minister, and four farmers from how, se roit ET — eee asses in . — * 
mrious parts of the country, who, having tried the to do f mie 
È 1 W us in parlia- 
p innovation themselves, were invited to meet eet My notion 1 7 are yon going S do for our- 
heir brother farmers in this ray fo for discussion selves.’ poe — ky in the House of Commons a mal 
After sant i x question for the th € and I thought that one 
evening was introduced by our host's saying that he 
hoped this would not be considere n 
temperance meeting, bu avea friendly Pit tai of Wel: 
conversation on the advantages, in a business point Best cow of any aj è in 
of view merely, of abandoning the use of malt 23 n * 
liquors in harvest, or at all e EI em | prize mile rows, Henry 1 the Gold Modal. 
as part — t for labour done. Then a Glou r- Drv: — — MISCELLANEOUS PURE 
shire farmer, a tried and trusty — of this — — Hc 3 Heron —Section 11—Best bull, — in 1856, 
Allan Pollo 
Eur opinion that not only were AR e he nus HI Desone sd Best bull, calved in 1856, 
"m ch as est-man ; a Earl of Charlemont, 31. go — 21—Best "heifer, — in 
— giving milk or in calf, Charles Toole, Bray, Large Medal | 
ection 22—Best cow of any age, in f or Yo. had a live | 
bra that che. 8 of the brett geld id the Rom vae Moda MNT em Do bt i e 
Cram — a ams. —Section 23— Best bull of any age, 
unless all intoxicating beverages were abandoned, and | C. ^ Ellison, 8 e M Section 26—Best heifer, calved snb 
this statement he by n fae ts, argu- in 1856, giving milk or in calf, Aum] pues Mad Medal. 5 There h * 
ente, and anecdotes of his own ex ce. His Section 21B nest Ee a Y ing 2 dat xen od agiva which the attention of the House Bre 
‘was that the men should be paid in money only, J. Elison, Large Medal az, |a Linge proportion of the crim 8 VT 
provide with such b as tion Best bull maser pees af inv pation by a remi What were 
they chose; his own men used cocoa S AT An | Lord Talbot de Malahide, Large Medal-- Bet | tho peces o that district? Th 
imated discussion “follow "d heifer, calved in 1858, Lord Talbot. de Fares M. miserable two-acre vem and the habitat 
animat ussion ed, q were asked, | Section 30—Best heifer, c valved in 1857, in calf, or producing 4 emos o£ all thie e 
objections started and replied s prebéd removed, | live calf witbin 12 months subsequent to : s . ie Court of Chancery and. its 
and the evidence of the other farmers from a distance | Allan Pollok, Large ge Medal. Section 31— 238 3 these thi 
ndidly considered, but in the language of the police di S: g or in. call, i move * 
rge 
or having had a live calf i ¡moi p! finals 
the date of the show, Lord Talbot de M. edal. 
cited, Class 
introduced picos to o tis ve ph “circumstances * = 
‘case, as vise the men are working a great distance | 
be advantageously 1 
Em ^ res wn homes it is an advantage to have w of any age, in calf, or 
vincti similar provided for them by iin LX inonkhe procoding «h e date of tm 
3 veton, LS Medal. 
rs ur on the t, or at the least to hav i derneys. est bull of any age, | WaS asked by Sir am 
4 facility: afforded for obtaining hot water. I rt Collins, Son . Section na eer iB psig things X “connection anyt 5 a gentlem 
to the finance of the subject, it appeared that by the ight ing , Large Medal. | Like a true Iris — I RT the principa wine —.—— 1 dus 
k cnet plan a saving of from Sd. to 1s. 2d. a day | James B. Ken ne led cg '$ to cela attention to—nan mory of a nobleman who 
might which it was agreed the men ough iv ithin onths attend l hink we c 
| opr 4 
to Noire the full benefit of. The most important 
testimo mony, 8 as that given by two of the 
E 2d ey h 
mont, Large Medal 
1857, — calf, or producing a ive 
E 8 sübsequen EN to the 1o, Uat of ai sag m 
$: H : a 46— eifer, 
— admit : " heir work as efficiently without vedik T: ing vk, 6 r in T a Sir Edward M‘Donnel, 
beer as with it, saving more money for the use of their | Large Medal. Section 47—Best cow of any age, in calf, or 
E EM provi re ni to thei 3 had a live calf within 12 months preceding the date o 
€ more qe à wi rthy embers of the show, Sir Edward M‘Do: ae Large Medal. 
P SHE 
sus way, we again sur rounded a well- spread William Owen, siint Sesh 2d, mi me on. "Section 63 
Leiden : parat imp h g | —Best 2-shear ram, or ram of any other age, not exceeding | y of d t o 
fous. D en ees in favour of this new doctrine on t yers, William Os dd Meet Be age daly ap uprards 9 of 60 Tabourors Not rel ying upon 
| E Rr d 5 k — gl ped — = 5 Owen, we i i > e animals at the os show sin England — oe and 
Ei that, for the first year at least, sone special | Riall. tion 63—Best 5 ewe hoggets, ne clipped, W. William m 
(em ( qualified to Mey mm as 
Xie — ven | m 
— that d 
= pare acts ce a 82 or interest to your | T. B. Browne 
EL T S py auus others to “go and id 
the memory of the 
“Bole. 
— Secti 
rams, never clipped, P. en a 
2 Baia with their iambs y ope — ES * W. 
5 ee . pae 2 855 Best 5 ewe hogge! lipped, P. Brough- 
: y E 
Societies, Class XXVI.—Cheviots. Section . 19 — Best l-shear ram, Lord 
À Clermont, 2l. ; best 2 2-5 — ram ram of any cuc ad age, not 
Eres Improvement OF IRELAND: April ans 80 £ years, Fe Clermont, n 28, Marquis of Sauls 
The following letter was r nt. : 
tion S1—Best 3 hogget rams, never cli 
Perla in 1859, or in lam 
h — N 
4 4 never cli 
aum 
ead :— 
Athelstaneford, March 
Wie heifer I ee ge ente vi which 
. Ov "lh eR old class, also the e E y, chemi 
Y E vr sold by me mud Mr. Barret, of of E i ysiology, bot meteorology, hydrosta- 
led from Lond CE ATE. Tow XII. Broeds.—Section Se Best bonr, 6 “mechanics, Bats, Mind he concludes with a 
along with a number of others died on the passage, month nd not exceeding 12 months od, 
