Juse 29, 1881] , THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 607 
weighed about 14 ounces, and that was the produce ot a sheep 1004? But it would not tto anything like, sary to counteract the results | баі] must inevitably 
of five years old, and the wool ol was worth се franos. E that that sum. follow such a course of procedure 
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aee т Mh sad Es m читке. old, sud M weighed 20 is The Chairman suggested t ] We desire, indeed, to have improved s Stock— whether 
and the price was valued at 104. per lb. at that period (it is brought before the Council Мы со Loy tr. m Short-horn, Hereford, Devon, or peresen 7 
worth more ээн, Of course it was S the н-т Me |. Mr. Hobbs said he would take an opportunity of|to the farmer at reasonable prices, And this can 
56 npe € аы ка eui Nov Tani bringing. the = ei fore the Council. never be permanently the case, EN there is а 
wool, senta bale of. wool that weighed 3501bs., and this was Js or Wilson: Will this ——- Éxpress any prr argen dh ips courage 
oen by e pe .- gon in 47 „б оріп s to its desirability ү? If you c endi to | breede " ed irs о ^ o поз ap, aeir MM 
market value to Baron Barat Aiunt think. that such a representation would beldesirable, it | from e establishmen а. ose о 
с bam — ard чу Engi: codi mot suc col. ош; and i 2 wou ild stre engthen Мт, Но bbs's hands in bringing the ander, Sheldon, and others m ther r XM 
i believed that the tendency that was then rated, and ес ost and risk of i importing or themselves, The 
2 fin. i 1 sine e is for he Voregner to re up go - ар аны Mr. Hobbs moved, hat this meeting tender ^ 
uu жал е ool of a emer | thanks to Mr. Cair te Tie interesting Papir on the for all they can rais l for a year ог two 
large carry 1 
— То da mimo Sheep ошту iore, wool of i obtain different varieties E атой produced in this country, | соте; at it is now, Pak wat стн the time in 
some of our stock to cross with рек айг. ur бош е с considers that it would be desirable for the Society whi ch up should sims e them ~ selve A С 
ht or беп years has been adopting this polic hat мегу | to adopt means to bn a full representation of the | finan tagnation may elsewhere exis secure 
ie the Motis meri ењ Ба понту ай replace mre mm i various descriptions of wool at the Great Exhibition | vá farm stock of ET kind. And we sincerely 
to another e Leicester, which Ti E of 1862. к „if our frien : si tha $ qus makes Ар farther 
Dus DA baaria A M 1 эл аше deal m ^ , The motion was unanimously adopted. shipments E -— = that customers there 
Тем ашы нне атт eal o SEE MT ETE Е first have а compelition from our own 
ments for the best py EDI GAUmem | farmers, as ретеу M our importers have СЕЕ had 
va Mr. Bebon. bad crossed his Bonth- | erre DATE ооган 
downs with the Leicester. The e hogget then met бшк ав Ir TORNS. against at нонни 
breod, and 7 lbs. all Down—but the whole flock was 6 Їз. on the [We extract the following account of the Short- Узай sent 
meas e ses and he Hore MIR Ir enel posed: the nde Mr. Thorne, Бою ihe columns of the STATISTICS OF FARM LABOUR. 
, m » Country Gentleman. 58 
t b. 2 1b: d at least 10 lbs. more in the (Conclude vdd p. 584.) 
Eu. with the Ж.а. feeding, we certainly ought THE Thorndale Aoa of Short-horns to England, Labour on Me dion —(1.) My first instance is 
{о до во. Не tried to cross with the Cotswold the year before | to which we have heretofore allu a has now taken tota ali f hal TA тА in Gloucestershire, 
last, and he had them feeding one against the other; but the 1 E hav turned ж та Pha ап, wholly , 
Cotswolds 8 ly meg hat they would not рае, Samuel Thorne, Esq., having те » It consists of 260 a of a soil varying from a light 
м уи" ед ноет ЙМ ber, У his recent tour abroad вете od; since, at o k 
: : and shallow stony br vor over limestone rock to a some- 
airman : But you get it back in mutton. АДЕ, preparations to send out the following ийе | 
The 
Professor Wilson: We must not lose sight of the fact that | in door danéó vh gements completed by him Slap е) There i isa fixed. steam- -engin e of about 
wool cannot be made for ы апа that the amount of food with sev md leading English breeders during his x-horse power, 
Teqúired to make 1 he е... n 0.. 3 —- of meat. d they ‘accordingly sailed by the City of Seven horses did all Му мер work of the far: m during 
Fre E — € wont апа | absence, ап A S У. 2 18 y da d + me time I knew it; an all the root crops were 
said h 1 almost oce dee ur 18), m. me Бе | carried "um and only o Ésta part of the arable 
[any реле те, оа peoduee wool almost | of Du Galbraith, uere to Mr. T. The lit je om т 
includes ifer, viz, :— 
поба от IS. t on the - гањ d Da 
ne or wi wi con! 94 Dnk fT Sale T) 
Taless we house бог sheep and eed them в they do. We ELM Йй PN е з 
р by pi rran MN ms E кел M aol dale — | varying from 97, ui 107. а week during winter, to 147. 
folding viit the ammonia which certainly affects tho wool pr rd h^ Duchess I у and 15/. during spring and summer, and 207, to 407. 
as much with our Southdowns as with the merinos—we Me MU during harvest. Теп men during winter, 3 
shall be: ábil 36 that lustre which we desire with Thane Fi Oxford Maid of Ord do. 2 e 
long: et glutinas c South of England, wherever| UnPeriàlOxford ^ Oxford 13 2d Grand Duke 14 in summer, with as many s 2 x women and 
there are мло, бз of sheep that are accustomed to walk жагат, boys during the spring and su n, and 3 or 4 
dau ver à tract of poor land, and where the folding | 4th doe Maid of Oxford 9d Grand Duke during winter, were constantly employed. The wages 
rm m Ap eg Jo v3 Arso Охе BULL SOLD TO Go TO IRELAND, AND SHIPPED FROM | Were 4 р great extent paid by the piece: as much as 
а quality of wool nearly as fine. There is another pont that NEW-YORK, APRIL 19th. 2007. of 7001. were thus paid. On the hdi it 
requires great consideration, and that respecting the р-а of Thorndale теч аа үтүе — amo йз to nearly 54s. per acre, one of the largest 
p X "X — spring "n € year кеа опг f hall in ordinary arable farming which I have 
yw e look E 2 Yt M spare with great regret sigh -- Thorndale I herd and | known. т. The RT -сздашу эра. €: a а first- 
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should look to both. етеу iim would 
"better than fond ing the sheep in the sprin к мый of = e year with | the Short-horns of the c шу arable far is 6 
us fi erg x uis with Ба f, however, you begin is by no means “ ойша Ө to New woastle ; " for it| acres; and it pii n 21 work horses, бгу ад 4-4 for 
M - spring, and than take | jg у such blood m is now in demand in every 62 aeres, which, deducting 120 acres of Clover, is 
reni , Where breeders have often.  regrotted equal to one for ОЁ land 
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poverty, or almost E 1 exposure to bad | d daring bids, 
dissi: ай pm АКы RE т He I should — succeeded I the їп Potatoes, which has no doubt considerable 
wool if 3c did not ere, а d ы d e best MM Tn the reigning confusion | influence on the PEE, 
*han а Down flock would 20 years ago, when the animal [omi wl Rovere: —À have commanded the hands employed ;—1 overseer, 1ehepherd, 10 plough- 
was time. 
smaller than at the present the attention at нки which their merits and теп; а= of out- —— 
In reference to the Society taking action in con-|li d wait with no less confidence | workers 2 "ese , 5 h 
edgers an 
nection subject at the International н га | than pleasure the m our British friends shall pass | 35 lads and wom Besides these, 25 or 30 реор1е аге 
ing, Professor : | upon-their-breeding-end * bringing up." коа for 3 гәд 4 weeks at harvest, and 10 or 12 
great outlay, because most of those things would be| To have rophesied 10 done are kept on until the Potatoes are secured. 
given (0 па; and if we had to purchase, which it is| we should ытар: Ghoctianus to the мөк 2 g mac nant to dispense 
esirable to do, to be independent of the market, the | country would scarcely have rated as a pre-| with the labour of 30 or 40 people during harvest time, 
articles wonld always have a market value. I would|dietion of very mias piyee ты and yet those who | The labour of this farm must cost at least 12007. a-year, 
offerto undertake the matter without апу remunera-| watched the su ion of purchases made by Mr. | ог nearly 40s, per асге.—(3.) The following relates to а 
tion. Iam anxious to see it carried out out by somebody ; | Thorne, and his | "Чета combination of the Morris farm in Northumberland of 310 acres arable and 
and I think the only two departments which couldtake| herd with his own, were quite prepared for 110 acres pasture, most of which is a flat alluvial soil, 
it up E be thi ^ E or the Board of Trade. occurrence of the pre f the present event. lis is worthy of Lei partly light and partly good deep loam—all 
Mr. Hobbs: shall have our own exhibition. particular wo reasons: as affording| Turnip land. Fall p ed 8 to 9 inches 
р Wilson: It is по unless we have а | evidence in беюну of English breeders to ишы with two horses, and 12 inches with three horses, 
*omprehensive опе, representing breed, and | these Short-horns, of ineness of СР d is ploug to 
every cross breed, and giving all 4 the е information upon what they have heretofore sold to us, | 6} inches deep; агу: land for corn 5 inches. Eight 
fleece exhibited, as we did in France. There was | and as proving to other countries, and to other parts | horses are need r for every 78 acres of arable 
а large label, giving the «aan, n each breed, and we|of our own country, that as good Shori-horn stock |land, ax déducng ` $. scs of Clover, one for every 
divided them under three heads—short, in intermediate, may now be obtained here in our midst, as by going to | 63 acres of „Мо land. Оп this ка only seven 
and long. We gave the dif rent districts from which|the very district qe — 4 sprang. And this "—- and n women are employed regularly, and 
the breeds came, the average weight of the fleece, what | foreign wg will not, stop our farmers do ym seven women for a month extra 
[the wool was required for, the average € at the| not — p from the apparent 9 into кеш id dk The wages cannot exceed 5007. 
- time, and other particulars; and - labels were|they see P e fallen just now; and by preparin ipn ; ог about 32s. ап acre on the arable land.—(4.) 
thought so valuable, that M. Morny, who has charge of themselves to pay with жы liberality for what On a farm in Oxfordshire of 300 acres, 100 of which 
agriculture in rum requested to have them all. it has cost so ier enterprise and money i and the remainder gravel, clay, and ela: 
Mr. Gurdon Re Do you not think that some- | instance to import, out-bid the demands of breeders | loam, 25 acres bei g in Clover, 7 horses are існай. 
m of the same "kind wil will be done with our own | elsewhere, The history ot Short-horns in this country being a pair for every 57 acres of arable, or for еў 
? i i large loughed land. The vei labourers consists 
women, 
is a curious one, prices and qui mand havin 50 ot p 
Professor Wilson: No; I am sure not. os wili alternated nov and thon with а tme af comparat? pi Rer 
БЕ Ар pr A ETT 
of the whole, ыу for commercial | wid эе — А а j lone 1 regular 
э"; scarcely 1 ihat an 1 | | tol 
шн ЖЕЛИ If classed together, they will be | from us will be hesdod as posti, ЧАЙ, all interests | various periods, во aş to 
"ho valuable. — are comparatively swallowed up in the one great and | labour bill here must be 
У Wilson: And form a very interesting justly engrossing question that involves our national pur ап acre eras egens autori д 
whi clined to acre. 
Mr. б. Rebow: Could not a communication be think that “ we alread * improved blood 'enough | scribed as follows :— var 
„у эмым to the Commissioners, or to the Bened |. in saine ч d da Rut d and West," =- that эор р soil те : ough t allow Ж of Е кетед рі 
ciently retentive — stiff wor 
essor Wilson: жеў Commissioners could M rss coma җе чон ie а к auct бт. moist weather; quims are of a light ап 
touch vs The Board of Trade might attend to B: x forbear reminding them how Ven: e are who yet | shallower soil, sometimes occupying the slopes of the 
more probably hef. would rra m to us, as | pay any judicious x rema to the — La ач рг re there аге not more th 
than themselves s. | stock they in proportion =, 
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number who aetually their үз d or g. From 
ег робе to «ште body, К the drover and е з regularly as every year п» эзе, НЧ i ie poa is a p ШО 
M'Dougal: I certainly think the Society | comes round, ‚ and мыр only the “culls” at home to Ha png hee acres arable and 
EID stamp defect and deterioration, instead of improvement, 11 horses are require M. equal to um pair A. EY ҮТ? 
fessor Wilson: matter even if it costs 507. | upon coming generations. 18 there no effort 
neces- ' acres arable, or, deducting 100 acres of Clover, for every 
