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"m t ach "small-boned sheep, as the judges would be sd on th? 
j e. "small Silver might have been gi ven as a second | Howard, Hormsby, and Ransome in а proximi y toe ^ principie nh 1 ты o E T de 3 Em EX 
plan pre * Young Rory," a very nice animal. other. As mi ght have been expected they excitec uu TX. 
ең We фоне) in it very absurd to be enter | from practical men. nore breed in it а oberen Д Under any system there 
Oh { iserable specimens of this weg as have өы es There. are 65 exhibitors in this department. €— a distinct type v large and of small sheep, and ап 
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f Profes ] bited on this occasion ; such a practice must tend very | the judges would not take the intermediate sheep, wanted 
uch to préjudice strangers аса t the breed. HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL: March 23.— The ү Ее 07 Me did not Uhibk hers t to о ими М д» gE predilec- 
" Variety of Leicester Sheep рай ege dea Scotland. | c: c. Leicester sheep any "ird than pigs, which were at 
A lliam O Blessinton, | Mr. Hall € Secre f the S y, Said that | present classified. He thought it was a pity to pass over this 
Teo Shear Rama- s Mr rx z gu. some time ago it w арене edt o the Бога of directors | | invidious that t they should propose A select men e vou 
Three H v е чн clipped.—1s st, Mr. Owen, Bles- € sue E 1 n cest er sheep i into | ignore the Dishley sheep, which were the foundation of t 
sinton ; 2d, Mr. Thunder, Navan, e large-boneüd variety whic Smp 
Five тоног Buen, Me. ТЕНЕ, EH, Nats, county Borders, and the sm: e iN ahy. and at the | pt. E HEN Dgton, be stie eved tha t Cu liy, w Aek -s 
e Lelcesker Ewe Hoggets.—lst, © Owen, Blessinton. annual shows to give separate premiums for each of country t ups fou flock of е bid M one DNE 
Five Long-wooled Ewe Hoggets never clipped.—1st, Mr. these varieties, The directors entertain ed s vm doubts | 1767, and f ad el ei bred the Border sheep. Baksweilt 
= — аа. Ram.—Mr. Hamilton, Hamwood, of the pr oposal, but мн vem sheep were "brneshesded уы not white-headed, as they should 
Опе Shear Shropshire .—Mr. Hami , Ham 
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Dunboyne, and Ои, Tottenham, Woodstock, Newtown, | by them, when at the meeting i T s naki ngar 94 pA „ж E Ee e belie de dvor tid а че вара! 
Mount Kennedy, w: 2...4, commended, ments for the show in 1862, to tak the sense ЁЗ the | breeders Ag Бакене Ареал to the white-headed sheep on 
Two Shear Shro —lst, Mr. Hamilton, Hamwood meeting at Kelso upon the point. Unfortanately, the | пй — and it w ever do йү Шеш dw to be the 
m Rams.—1st, Mr. Broughton, Cher- | meeting was held during the heavy snow-storm, and it | 2 е А. descend n o Беота, bres "sa сесі. 
Three Shropshire Hamilton, highly recommended. x not so м attended as it otherwise would have rien ЖЫ Ut н 1 o f 9000 
Sine Mj у recommended for mother lt was put to the vote whether the рон sold at Kelso, perhaps барыр 40 or 50 were sold for the purpose 
p Fre ebrei Ewes.— Mr. Hamilton, Hamwood, em of m merely having a set of e miums without | of breeding. Leicesters from—the most of р m for 
hire Ewe Hoggets, never clipped..—Ist, Mr. subdivision should be wed to, or whether there Sess АЛ. Жее А он "им monl, and. bolt, жай 
Hamilton, F йды Dunboyne. Same, lot, highly | should be — sets of — s for fuo distinct varie- | of purity must be very perfect in form. At е show in Kelso 
ur =» nd ties of breeds of sheep. At first the vote was 16 for the | the shearling lamb that carried the prize was not a large but а 
< Wie woolled — —Lord Clermont, Ravensdale present practice, and 15 for the division, but on re- | Ка -sized в ч реф тест [e zot asido aizo 
Past, orte ves ist, Mr. Wheeler Chapman, Moy- | taking the vote the result was the reverse, 15 voting for 5. and d tels hei hansomest yoi 'completest sheep, following th 
gadd. dp ‚ Маупоо! Mr; Өй -Ateb ani. r4 the L9 терй фу, and 16 for a division. general pra: of the Hi e Society, which had hitherto 
E ur mp Wollel Fat Weller la. Ого. бй. До» r, the divi o close, that " this subject | been to disre ard size unléss се combined with 
mended. 
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perties. He thought "they А.А о maintain the Mes ~ 
ad "bee uL хө for dise scussion to-day, the directors Deemium td but оме die might be offered for 
rt-Woolled Fat Wedders.—Mr. Broughton, Cherry- Ше ht the opportunity a good one of asking а the best des cription Tq eep, irrespective breed, for 
he | crossing w 
Mr. 
Five Short- 
n tbis point as to t 
Five Cheviot Fat Wedders.—Lord Clermont, Ravensdale uris H the me eting po р BoborT, Ora iglockhart, said that, notwithstanding all 
Park, no T icit Bio zig Sika eie ud сана they y had heard, he bgd no faith т in there being two 
Age or Breed. ‚ Roxburghshire, then read a paper eties of pure Leicester shee те was, 
свату Кез» м. Garnett, commended for ы "ot us pass the diferent си of sheep commonly те» міну бербен the south- md ntry sheep and the Border 
Mr. Naper, Lougherew, obtained the Broughton Prize MP. dist nguished as the large and small boned Leicesters, а sheep; but that might have arisen from the circumstances in. 
s for the best Pen of Five fat cross-bred Sheep : | their adaptation A от Scotch а. He noticed the origin | which they had been reared, as they all knew that soil and 
=й апа 8һгорвһїге ps ofthe breed of Leicesters in England by ЖЕ, m ehm нф Mon d climate ok ve "dob улке ое 7“ ud v 
i of any animal. o dou t e, as en said, that 
six months f, А-Ы зы 12 months о1й.—1в% | who were iated with Mr. Bakewell in їл, T the new th We of pigs; mt мат: тмд one instance in 
Mr. ї Backas, aeo е лч elson, а Decus Leicester found their into Scotlan After quo! sing which two n i 
Mr. Jameson, Mon nybrook; Lord Clermont, | Mr. Cully’s description of the proper form oa Leicester ram, | one as belonging to the small iiie a ul the other to the lar; 
Ravensdale Park те Mr. Usher said he held that r description ' to be. а very faithful one. That was a distinction without a difference, and so it 
Boars exceeding 12 and not ex —— onths old.— | picture of the —Ó count Е; з I e present day, | might turn out in to Leicester sheep if they made two 
1st prize, Lord Clermont, Ravensdale rkshire breed). | where he had ad abs re of the south classes of thêm.: They might have been E ibiting sheep from 
Бок "m 24 montbs old. —1st c4 KL h Radcliff, | country breed. Ho eld. tha re the south ‘country breed was | the same rams as small si 
LL.D., Z.C., Lodge, rm t MESE reed; 2d, | inferior in many PUE to the north country breed, and after | had 
Mar arquis o of Waterford, Curraghm T ns number of erm as from сосот, to show that ае re À Ms pande. фев they ventured u 
BREEDI^ NG 8 BOW n ai. ена -W n WO vai 
reed been injured when it was crossed with the south 
let prize, Dr. Pu jun., Hampstead House, Glasnevin | 0! had wi 
(реше tren) В. Murray, Sandycove (Berkshire | country breed, Мг. Usher concluded Ar дор ws :—In short, the 
Mr. Henderson, Elm Villa, Car |firms the same opinion—that the north coun 
cime ihood of со 
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The Сна: ак aid be thought he was nU, a 
stating that it it to be tl 
m | meeting that deni юш only be one class of Ted 
sheep as hitherto. 
Сима тепада). their greate” h 
г — - 6 suited to our north han the other, that they attain 
Donnybrook under proper та v nt to рез е ч 8 m — 
pese di M and wool, and have at least an equal aptitude to fatten. а 
ры IR xd c A. Ши — z the Border Union Society, convened a few weeks — Clubs. 
. HITE BRE aout the lat o premiums tt thé аы мн. Ба Накта Гот LT: d the Feeding of Sheep in 
о! remiums a е 1, ап осте! 
Boars 6 6 months old and за пене 12 months.—1st prize | proposed to be held at үзү Же 52, Fade * aou. which | Eards.—Mr. on, of Chatteris, read a paper 
im ose presen: пі 
wnlow viz., that | on this subject, of es we hope to o give a full re ort 
Cler nsdale Par sje AE ES SUR UE Sei Un зеб WIL Yi AD до MÀ 6 А а 
a» у nsda! от the о e the mo 
pm and "anch Lord d Legen. Brownlow away with the dissatisfaction which so much provailed among Parage арага н да yards for five the perm Daring te 
анали pris Lord Clermont, PAG ee Cox Kt pete Es lot of Scot had, exte me Re аа itshould 
рер т Park рее {Орамны ы кел ; 2d, Mr. Henderson, p" P ma pn Vel detimete > another ther lot eni just received from 
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st prize, Mr. L. W. Naper, ldeastle (small 
уза за, A small breed). Et л Мг. 
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фы» теа; n same E received the support of a majority 
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atter taste or УЖ a: С arrati Чап of е 
Ъееп {һе тоге порта with its teres es 
Y breed) ; E Р 
M a (Midalesex T ny ; Mr.|ble The more I have thought on the subject, however, I 
L. доз 0f Pigs ро ence have 
feme t Let exhibitors classify - mixe may, of 
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been ex- 
pected. The ground was ` an intolerable rarely if ever had the grace to return the compliment. 
puddle. E trust the deputation у, exhibitors who| MR. Тномлѕ Сосквопх, Sisterpath, wrote —I have по 
waited оп Dr. чеин had оао erperienee In ано 2f Unit ry f 
x ence in the at class о! 
to the › Will have the effect of preventing the sheep. I have for the о most юе pait Dél from (be 
recurrence. о a Vai a nuisance. € re breed for vario One "x on for doing so is, 
We cannot a attempt in the space and time at our | that in brooding ай узт ue this high shelterless situation 
: give an outline of this — 2 c has елт a в afori feet i "nis сч — ot Ж, вед), with а great 
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been eminently «айин» and as successful as dp enne f € ges, CLER 
stances permit, We had most of the leading Englisl ish | adverse seasons, such as 1860. The principal reason, however, 
re and Shuttleworth | for my breeding from the largest of the pure breed is, that they 
exhibited a few arti cles, including the 4 H. P. Р ortable almost invariably bring the MM price in the market. I 
: hi eral occasions t l kind, but 
team. ing Machi resort to t r breed wa 
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straw during the day. When they first co t 
and indeed E ntil Us dd of Feb CT E when xy e фал; 
to lengthen, we give them а larger quantity of fuod; ey 
ok сз e bedding d Mea its where le have a 
r good heap to run to them 
init, chaff, hay, and straw and feed ро sere Dieci 
D30m8 € ll breed a-day e Ее ош а few Mangels twice or thrios 
collection of Implements an hines; a well con- Eu а Whole І think that a good sized sheep, well clad | ®Э-ЧАУ› but not іп ies sufficiently. 
structed ble Blast тр Жу апа утны а чануу А, amd veniet rre Fotland. — ене 
^ H. P., fitted. wi i Ве tory е Tp E —— E A: one es of 
e were were glad i re ices! “the New akewi 
and Self l - к = Patent Rotatory hat with the view of increasing thé sito it has crossed 
-cleaning Seréen, which is favourably occasionally 1а ng woolled varieties of 
known in this qn and which we "^ will soon | sheep, which T has been thought might be safely done with- R h t into detail їшї 
E in Irel out materially o With the tendency to early maturity Mr. Huston then went into details of the original 
ble cost, ex of artificial food and atten lance, tlie 
resent value of the sheep thus treated, and deduced 
yards last year 
W, 
. рег acre on the 
15 aeres of Mangels med ! He px сич 
He hes brought Uu. WW лын ES x nei 
es. He has brought out the old 47, 10s. Chaff | diminish the flocks of Leicesters, ог аё all events, 
Quiter in a mucli improved condition, e the | interfere with due attention being continued to be given to tbe arret - sheep t thus fe fed, as follow: 
man means for i e cut as in the larger D. Suns, Nds M that Mv. Usber' ir y These à are. едм the food and making tle 
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machines, We were glad to see the rival Ploughs of | select only Scotch j ngham, snid Sera re ar, to ignoring iy manure that 100 bullocks Would cOnsüme and make. E 
vcnit f 600 at 
