Jer 6, 1861.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 631 
herbsge, and weedy herb respectivel 1 intri Є; уаз easily s and his sons were 
follow rh f ъд E " | ie wenn dock, en been year oria year improv ul second at body ha: in нчы following yonr year. — 
11: [1.1514 Is T ner s secret among матча йно : " —À of t AT d have occurred where 
ay'sCatalogue— will M Strafford and Carter Jonas | the м 4, їп 
.| 36. 72| то | put the exclusive possession of it np to public competi- | undecorated by T оа ейге, has, on. bein 
d wr. MOLDE 26. 58 30 2 18 tion ? n the iuter ry, any one may have it for again, "been put e place he held in n 
Legumincus herhage ..  ..  ..| 5| 2) 23| 0| 4 |nothing—has, PN already had it any time these|estimation. Thus a gm named Perfection figures. 
о поа ac ог ПЗУ] $| 8| 1| 1|40years. Unlike his predoceseo с Robert Bakewell, the] largely in Фе Catalsgue. Му. Webb hod. mifi 
Yos Ud oaa d aad 1 Webb is the most | 120 К for him, Не was s at Shrewsbury 
[100 | 100 | 109 | 100 | 100 genial айа communicative of men; P5 his * secret," | and v assed over у ар Judges E: —— the 
———————— | and the employment and results of %, are the constant rize p jm half- -— ^ or r 
_Zotal produco per acre in Ibs. _..126011802812796106524507 topic of his. э escalier n with his agricultural visitors. а refu! vr is. half. -bre E afterwards 
This table is extracted from - LAWES' report, | The secret is, indeed, no new thing; but by itself it пев b Webb for 40 r. Lugar offered 
omitting the decimals. Taking 1 and E - wc avails but little. It is the eye which detects every |him 150 ; guineas for * x Dorfection," vid чайн; ће 
sent ће natural M of the Е | b of young partridges nestled under the roadside | refused. He was afterwards shown ewcastle, 
bad and good ordin ment г | fence as you drive rapidly between the station and эзен | took the first prize in his class. уэде, e Exeter, Mr. 
seewhat а difference is produne om «pbi iatis y inking and conversing of quite other thing Webb's sheep had unaccountably neglected by 
special manures. Leguminous that айни Sight of тъ А weed observable = мі изе are e but they were shown again a5 Windsor, 
from 4 or 5 to 23 оо е the gen vct ios Po eme dn T and nter obo is nut э hey and their immediate produce five 
listeni: 
weeds were reduced from 16 or 1703 ut cent. ; ng лоб Cua din : aaen a mie 
leaf was increased from 18 or 20 to 53 per ў & of extraordinary acuteness, as for shearling ewes. And the * Rejected” of меча 
de т "Y а гуч ончу „Тће last line of yield, though the decision of the Agricultural Society | the confidence of the breeder in his own Г" аз 
e table 1s ed to s OW the influence of these and i = judges be repeatedly against it—these are what | against that of those appointed by the Society. At 
manures on the quantity of the produce. The | has i the “secret” in Mr. - Webb's hands | Chelmsford, also, where the first prize sheep was one of" 
figures give the weight in lbs. per acre of the producir: б such extraordinary resu Mr. Overman’s, the second — was a sheep of 
three years. The increase d "that zi —— a in| Mr, We cs b's, bat the бе еер with which he declared to 
d t noticed. The Family runi: 7 this un« 
ury and 
age uring 
may not be, generally has not been, enough to рау and i in » may ad disease ; was 
for the cost of the treatment, but that does the other, that ** Cm in and i roduces поо ed чөй were shown next year at Salis 
affect the value of the experiment. The farmer animals capable of transmitting with extraordinary | took ка prizes there. 
soon finds out at what rate of applieation manures certainty the characters they have inherited; and needless to run матау the list „4 мБ Kay 
will | repay t thei eir cost, and in the meantime he has everybody knows that a good sheep has a good — peer ney a to be'seen not only e prizes 
of ul мала pe egs of "a the prizes 
It is not however — у that knows how to ier | н to the Due of Richmond, - Mr. -—— and 
eredi MACH A окан Saepe the last, of Бе CE and avoid TX without | to other Southdown breeders-—to Mr. Humphries and 
: t osing the secon ot only М Б “ i bsec mda own —1 “even 
"Ое may be рше: ру da sp ES cag Pe mere mir mi ym ч 
5 pread its influence far and wide. At t aris show, 
а reference to the admirabl organised allotment КАО in operation n now for n nearly 40 y ears Fa Webb A эн а] the prizes which ` he shows. 
| allotment clubs ied hich Mr. Cm rem ane through Babraham they have má arr for; and a the heirlooms of his — will be 
ere established. Their and d extraordinary influence on flocks of short-woolled | a eile. silver 
аге most graphically described in No. 1|sheep all over Тарап and, and Europe and America. It|him by Н.М. the Emperor of the TA as an 
is no t i 
which we must refer our readers. e objèct of|career аз a breeder of Southdown , His original Several of the sheep named in the port ау have 
the “Friar Bacon," to whom, according to this | #оеК was acquired by purchase of ti t of the- 
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account of '* The Poor Man and his Beer," the |rams he эш obtain from i different quarters, | Royal Agricultural Society where e pata dis- 
credit of their su — is due, was to help the people |3 ong which may be named the floc! zs of Mr. ‚ Ellman tinction ; | Windsor, e$; Shre wsbur ury, North- 
to “a little self-governing, and a һам ме "1 Glynde, Mr. Saxby, and Lord Gag » Yo rk, the Тәзе bishop 
, by TE them the way t rad ea rk in the present Ба of the 
gs and advising them; but never ating for thus been provided of retaining ho pe fioc k. Among the sires of the flock, however, are 
inte t “ ап à above all, never ео of ea between the sexes. Following | others whose influence has been equally good, such ав 
" , ier rule of em, e case of all wild gregarious | — “ Rej ected ” of Exeter; “ Fancy Boy," passed over 
b; tho jani iss of « Mol or boe vigou n ead aave | ab Glou 
ladies o n y ore near te e ban Sed ich Mr. 
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| o£ recording pedigrees with a view. to the pesava the o. which particular sheep of the Babraham flock. 
пень e late half-yearly meeting o of t "oy = ans mitt зан amt uired| have reached. Їп several instances 500L has been 
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at the s tus time as to the show of stock | ү di ii: e Gio йез та ла ram ы, Tin о m Mem экз ушшин ы 
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of Е Perth, to hold a n. with which Мт. Webb himaclf has had to deil-amd the | ham that there is no end to а Southdown eie, or 
— for the purpose of Foro, сайи lding | doub т луч ic uper я the un lard of су inde in For th ds ber teer ay em there 
be hereafter dard o istory class 
оз-шн clusive E the им їп = history of the Southdown breed. uh Gii a peur of mes 
н г. Webb entirely gives up M breeding | form 
оо He E e£ f the > Hungerford | for the future, confining his tastes that way у exolusively | м gronn е od tiala, i er there 
oreasing am of the | hereafter to Short-horn cattle, the labour of recording| We = t: however, tire our readers with too long 
Зада апі Wiltshire e was the | pedigrees and relationships bein ng in that case ta bn off | Бн esent. "They will find on the ground next 
subjedt " 27те and the need of some dis- f| his hands, as it is for all other herds, by Mr. Strafford, Wednesda 6 deri rr the premier flock of the 
posin m over the county expenditure being md Herd Book йау records the extension of the | English Southdown br T № a in the opinion of 
vested in the rate- рауга and the expediency of | Pree ock f sh f wh 
providing for the form : n of а financial ced "m Since the comm encement of ге чине ичен. its present century ean boas esten dera 
coun Ё two or more delegates vith other Besides his ability as a Southdown breeder, Mr 
from each ийа unpa: ей, any years previous to the W named ; amd 
ймя Gr Lot Guardians in ао або first СУА УЕ аа, ы "E ETC Men 
[жге с ue eccle э bcne › ^m England were the Жн. QO venis bui 
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THE BABRAHAM FLOCK. «ig l 
cases not onl inst al h- | Rom 
imer c-u m flock which is to downs, but against all other breeds of sheep whatever; | fally at 
national calam upon by many as a|and shearhogs weighing 42 lbs. a fro Society, 
“ Where are d" to for flock, proved at once the precocity and the weight of | Leeds. Purchasers of such stock from 
ена o ашу К irst- Our rams?" This is еј the „эшай” Southdown breed. At Mr. | and from Australia, аз well as from first-class herds in 
Rn hae A M depen breeder of emet be sheep were over ъу the judges, but | England, are his customers; and the hi of the 
extent de ile cis 1 Jal ек mediately afterwards аё Saffron Walden | growth and present status of the herd may well occupy 
sm vd isa amal u rs vehen Баат [5 ios half-a-dozen shearling ийи 5ч Шеше | the attention of our readers апо еър 
Е т. Jonas | thus over, were exhibited, with a cha a But it is not only the fl herd nae 
Webb Ышы P done," Неге is а flock which has he superiori "e - land whieh attracts velter to "Tubus е еу will n 
a century. We q undred ce which ained itd find tł 
s "Veil à t since Mr. | At the Cambridge show -— Webb м ерй vus in к ры for umm and successful cultivation, 
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2 » ears ago, wh 
of a lot or two; nor has of old mond was rom London 
brought to Babraham зї older таша the Duke of rebat dy (including the ) will atop at Whitdesford 
be агарат since then, nor for a dozen years сев, but tho таш then shown by Mr. Webb was Зул, ire бусы n d аа 
e, weight, vigour, quality | shown by him again seii jest V6 ddrerpool, where ho provided, 
