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764 THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
55 Leicester. shearling ram, of as pure blood and in some four firsts, and one second, 
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Highland v Agricultural Societ, "Mo eting at | This animal stood second at . Leeds, ап d was. sired for ле section in which Mr. Wain 
Perth — In your re port of the above Ж up gus енор peces by the spirited breeder of Nava! B 3 e ud sow ме (VIIL) in whi 
f ploughs. Will you allow us | is entered in the catalogue as having been bred "by the Mr. Glynn " à very fine Berkshire, 
to state that we declined to compete for any of the | exhibitor, but that is a mistake, as he was bred by Mr.| Young Sow т. Wainman's LT 
Society's prizes, or perhaps our names would pn andy. Не wins for Mr. . Th hunde ег оп this occasion Wo ins ракой ергш ary 1860, is Pa 
appeared as usual on the prize list. James and Frederick i irst prze and t с ng p, value 502., Bek congratulate Mr. Waina оп бъ | 
Howard. mo est ten ng ram in He в put inel 
Our Last Wheat Crop.—The corn calculation for the | Ev Mr r. Owen’s zealous a d ge ан shepherd, ciu dole joints, and diminished the los e 
harvest year (August to August) being now ended, it whose zeai for the success of "his master's sheep eq equals | Most of the visitors te pen 486 enjo 
appears by it that the money value of the Wheat crop | that of the master himself, saw nothing wrong in being | the diminutive snou and head, 
i i а second (аз ће зу was) to such a well-ribbed, well- | lucky occupant. Mr. Blakisto 
set, and well bred shearling, Mr. Marris, of Liucoln- proud of his second prize in Such 
shire, who exhibited several animals in о сь the Young Boar class, Lord (J| 
higher than a high commen n, Mr. | Cumberland boar played a capita] 
bns of на having taken perdre ind "third man's First Fiddle, whose progeny are of 
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than was the average money value of the crops of 
кан - 5 Ww the di minish ed value to the 
wers of crop 1860, as compar 
the five preceding дош is to the extent of 60s. per 
acre. Corn Rent Registry, P. Cowan, Tavistock, Devon, пау as the а 
August 10. d the Aged Ram Class Mr. Owen's two-shear| And in Section VIL, Aged Bo 
Somersetshire.—*'*'The present appearance of {Һе | Leicester was placed, im: a splendid firs& he made. | Education pone. “ Captain? m 
crops," Mid-Somerset, August 6, is— Wheat, average The fi ckle fortune of our „sh 10ws has been singularly | second to Mr. man's * * Bronghton» 
crop; straw, spotted їп places;  Oats, l. A royal medallist | of pur Windeór pres refleci 
average; out-mowing general; Peas- look w ell, many |att ublin meeting, he was sent to the Cork оа show the Windsor blood. be eu 
eut; Beans, average; atoes, disease virulent on s Ho not without hopes of success. The ргеѕій din 2 u 
heavy clay, worse than la st year; Swedes and Turnips rs there di d not thi nk him wo ori thy o of any т notice. CIRENCESTER COLLEGE: T me 
ood ; Mangels ck early hay made егу well, much of |" this DINNER 
the late hay spoiled; Apples, not MN be urth of a a crop |18 pue as good an Irish bred Leicester as there is in 
in this part of Somerset shire; 57. а His chest is capacious and his back is sd 
old hay in this part of So e Re p wili be | and even. Mr. Marris got second prize in this section, 
general next week. H. L., Keinton, Somersetshir. | and Mr. Owen third. In the section devoted to pens of | 
"he Potato Disease.— Last week (Jul 31st) Тї: five shearling ewes Mr. Marris was first, Mr. Owen | also 
spected with a friend upwards of 100 allotment gardens | second. М.Р. 
for the purpose of determining prizes for cultivation | Та next section, pens of five grown ewes, Mr. Owe 
and produce for a wie) iety in this neigh- | first ; second, Lord Bangor; недей, "Sir F. Hi Crick 
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bourhood. The Potato disease had then shown itself, | gate, Bart. In section “ pens of five ewe lambs,” C. P. 
somewhat later tban Inst year, but eoe, je 8 fatal апе М. Р, was fir st. ‚ОЁ the ош сое sheep n not | Wer 
а result, and M then it has been daily and rapidly | qualified as I some good Cotswolds | report that the Society is fl 
spre ading, an n field cultivation coming mde m AERE eie Ma се of ‘Nenagh, exhibited the | 10сг ist of 
notice it "appears equal destructive, In his section. Mr. Page, a sheep dealer, | the Society, viz., 
g oil, I have who 27 posee driving a trade with Irish | annually and re 
a field of five acres, cultivated upon the leri of fock owners, showed a few good ‘Lincolns. ш the aee exper 
which I gavea detailed account in the Mr. Scott Skirving, of Drem N.B l it hly appreciated. It was announced Ë 
Gazette of last year, to which your readers 1 may refer. | all his own way, having carried off all the prizes in шк meeting of 1862 would be held iere 
Up to this day my field — in full vigour of|four sections into which the class was divided, amou = 
growth, and promises a тоба rop, and if this fine ing | to 327. Why is E that all Ireland 'exhibite à M y 
sunny weather continues, I thin h ve entries 2229 
not an entire freedom from us ER: calamity, but a p e Wells: The Relat 
great proportion of me Potatoes. Ihave abandoned | Among the short-woolled shoop not qualified ав zu 
the old varieties, Shaw's, Regents, &c., and havereplaced | Southdowns we AS ДА d to notice very excellen 
them with seed from Scotland, Ireland, and Lancashire. | Shropshires. Mr. В eve shearling Shropshire | 
M Tro Sii i f кч called | ram, which. won the first prize in his se 5 and the 
ear. I hai .90-bushels of -Cork Cup, 50L, as the Tt shearling of all the | хеерег. 
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en th ected. . Improved varieties of Wheat | and his pen For five ihe s m 
and other T owe their origin to careful observation | Broughton’ s coming in second. А : с í 
к Нету Деу Dorwar Witham.. | The Pigs at Belfast formed the best collection whip | 276. to his property. The following was the hd. 
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on sheep i lt you sr Paper of July 29. Ihave long wish iet, B "This, to unten of tho Royal Trish |in 
to have a flock of жаны sheep, but have been 
ucceeding. This i wn 
very s in ing h|tion. Among th Ko Shorthorn a had ашр1 
y wi c qd epe in = sheep pos had the Ed oii ix RE roads; 
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having good rough pasture for the e ewi Ў e = Iam MEME uA Pg fancier could in the vum at Belfast 
e poin pere at shall it be i i ; 
D a Down floc 2) ) cross-bred ditto to breed from the ime bero er eee: 
mstances, Now, Cattle its all 
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фо а, cr fh sheep T may go anda guod i Fed ver төш a goed Байын |ui a 
ordin care and rest чег ini — М ч pom ene these к to the 1st section, Young ава АА m ао 
зау уоп can advise me of your own тп knowledge : as tothis; ; 7 Mrs Becker, er, of Waterford, won 1st prize witha| Mr. -—— contended that even 
if not can gain the information for me. Assumin "of Yo : 
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against this No. 2, w Чо to: : к ig. iS de 
land 8 in regard to each oia Tf yo + sdvise | in — gems aa ea with ће to express his 
iw of No. pe I get et 1 gi balf- d еса, ata comprehend on which p iate xoa a aa so in 
t price, at any ondent. 
should be glad if this fud Бош ger to a dis- | {жыен aie Mec re mo doubt tloy ney у TI vise | posted зр te d 
cussion of the important subject to which it refers. J NE : 
even pgs e that one of м е used, b 34 
stated in the s „ an opera lus, 'still the |J ‚ їп summing up, said this was 
сс с ger eee adjudication remains fallacious. o ET iin o£ th 
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mas C Ug iere Ker OW AT Brr-|1st and 2nd prizo pigs are Berkshire лл - 
А ur remarks on Ње Cat es | belongs to X Glenn, of ъа 
Ете € week the 1 following report of the Sheep and Lord С сано Both are onderry, е Te ta be tural E ы other 
M ЗАНЫ] months "i; the other 19, e isa Ende about; secondly, to i 
—16 struck us as not a little re- beast, whose every limb is we]] se Ж, to incite the bs 
I и e that the sheep classes at this Great National| Та Section. IIL, Young Me. ded Clermont also | p t of such farme 
intelli Viren заа сла во little interest to the | stands 1st with a Berkshire; Mr. Young of Ballymena la moving " machin не and to induce 
Mr. Ме Owen's течет ш, th h verde ei friend, T with vare of the same race, and of rare width | to mit the crime of arson 
zx ki а куам more highly | an quality along the. bäck; Mr, Wainman -bei ng | satisfied that the defendant publish 
ан Боха "рі hc: best | highly commendel for his Yorkshire, Kate Coverly, | werenotsatisfied that the defendan 
= пейђег In nr сеа rd Lurgan won first | thenthere 
pains to шы зе Roi Pese mpi E einig ac handsome Cumberland (white) against | the defendan 
secon ongi Mr. . £|th 
Meath seemed disappointed at md In the small breed болы Me. оа таары. libel.. General] Generally speaking, i 
his noble | carried off the lion'é Shàre of the prizes, three out of|of a written instrument waa satu M у 
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