of an improved sample. 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
It was astonishing the differ- 
On 
. | Mr. Hobbs 
| E eo A meet in 
pe 
far perhaps from the homestead and the shade of its 
St A Bet Why should not the landed prop na | ence this would make. Abridged from Tewkesbury 
if hi ye elf, or his agent, if it apes Record. 
mitt take the oceupant of the land i 
to be at once an ornament t to the , land, and a tre Societies. 
to the herd? I should eid Bp ve such suggestion 
too obvious a one to endered it necessary to ’ 
trouble you with an a the subject, ps “a L AGRICULTURAL OF EN 
I not seen considerable portions of more than A Mon mis Council was held o i Wanita ay, y, Tune, 
estate stripped straight ahead of their timber at the Lord Walsingham, President, in n the chair. Present 
any Marquis Camden, Earl Pow Lord aversbam, 
sciousness on the part of the directors of the raid “of Lord Leigh, Sir W. rid Sir E 
the Tn E mischief sy mae doing, : not by thei ir | Kerrison, Bart., M.P., the Hon. Colonel Hood, the Hon. 
clearings, but by their unmodifi HIR G.C r dish, M.P., the Hon. A. Vernon, Mr. Amos, 
mole way of ote es them E ile. Ray ond iti > MF: pen et, Mr. H. Barrow, 
of Milk.—At the Ay rshire Society’s Cat PEP: Cal dwell, M: rJ. Dra e, Mr. Frere, Mr. Bran- 
ang a nool feature Bar a competition for sb siin dreth Gibbs Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. Hol ys; Mr. Hum 
offered b; e Duke of Atholl for the best me berston, M.P., Mr. Lake, Mr. Lawes, Mr. Milward, Mr. 
cows; eig it > s competed, and they were kept} F. Neame, Professo imonds, Professor Sp Hey Mr 
together for five oa and carefully watch H. S. Thompson, M.P. ofessor Nimeni? r. Jonas 
milked. bert Wallace, Kioklandholn Street, | Webb, Mr. T. B. Western, Mr. ig htwick Mayor o of 
ivo. st in competition; Mr. William Reid, | Canterbury) Professor : 
Clune Rtreet, Quivox, second; Mr. Henry Bliston, Ayr,| Sir John Ratcliffe, Bart., „of. Wydrington, Bir- 
third; ag w He Ayr, fourth. peinghan, n was elected a Governor of the Society, 
following is a statement of the japa tities nd mi The following 
by teing in ows belonging to pla 
| Cathcart, Earl, 
Per = Cottage of | Jervis, the Hon. E. Swi ay Aston Park, Staffs, 
Cream. Baker, Anne, Gientin Hi ni 
Dewar, William, Middleton, Bicest tor 
Toa. 1b. voz, Prescott, William, Clarence Roehampton 
Den LGR aR el te 56055 12 Jones, John, Bryn Adda, Dolg 
2. 26 10 X 24 9 Fothergill, John, Nottingham 
s eile sa p * a ae ea Rev. John, Principal, R.A. College, Cirencester 
irs . s, W. R., Dolgelly 
Bar owing. Lael Blizard and Go Asali, of Hickman, Captain, Doliar Stre 
24 12 
rley Gr 
Tewkesbury, have for four years giv en prizes in order 
h Barley. 
h ple 
best, were submitt ed to three fie Ree afls 
acknowledged ma rare viz. 
mer Mr. 
ag 
two 
elegant silver cup ene e 15h, “acta the other a smaller 
he wW. 
e value 5l. was ants to Mr. 
Attwood, Conderion; a 3 aud the T to Mr. F. Ash- 
oc of Smith, 
ley sh 
of Dumbleton, Sette highly commended, and that of 
E. The ndjadication , Esq., kng DTE a ll, commended. 
which 
Brn Arimea and 50° landowners, farm 
sat down; i Taiata. Holland, BE 
py The | ork yea 
ere made: said Messrs. rd 
ess of improvement, a 
credit. _ Farmer: ers, in 
a dinner, 
ahis at the Black i ue rinto hish es, 
tradesmen, and om 
reet, Cirencester 
Wilson, Thomas, ie 20, aicaeetar| Street, Hyde Park 
Wedgwood, W. R., Heavitree Pa rk, Exe’ 
Stow, Arthur, Bredon, rewiceatrery 
ongst the immense number of lots 5 re e cio Captain, Monk’s Horton, Standford, Hythe 
Davis, Burslem 
Furnival, Stephen, Napeley Heath, Macclestone, Market 
yton 
ee tenes +, Middles 
we jn , Bedfon 
Dow John Clar 2, Gatwick “Mill Hil, “Billericay 
Biddell, "Wiliam, apa aya Hall, B ry St. Edmunds 
Jackson, Richard, Noctorum, Birke: sab 
t: ed 
ames 
Holm Sleigh, Ellerton Grange, N rt, Salo; 
i Rev. Joseph, Hurst G: 
arles Henry, Pe Cross 
pram 
Ashcroft, T 
s, J SY Effing ton, 
homas uarie Tiat Staffs, 
John Sutton, Hungerford House, Madeley, Staffs. 
illiam, Weymor uth 
on, Wi 
for election were anen h 
read. 
s.—Mr. Barnett presented the report of 
s Fix the 
Pham Committee, from which it os sll bi Bows 
© balan: 
B 
co 
of the 
[June 9, 1860. 
tickets at 10s. each which may 
Secretary. 
The following letter relating to the proposed Metro. 
politan Meeting of the Society in 1862 ra jar S; z 
“ Off 
‘may be obtained of the the 
noai Works, 
“Ma; 
a DI have the honour to ackno ‘ng 
of your s letter, dated the 9th inst., 
wish of the Soran of the Sone 
land to have their exhibitio 
My 
tr koas 
in the metropolis in 
1862, and inquiring whether x site in th = eae 
be mted for that purpose; and I hav ad o aq int bbur 
a in reply, that her Majesty has graciously consent es 
allow exhibition to be held in on me of the parks s in London, 
. | and "at the Again gA will be informed of the precise spot br: of 
the conditions upon which it is to be occupied, whenever it 
eerie for the Condi, to make their final e- 
eni “ant “Tam, my Lord, 
“You 
ction E s obedient servant, 
ALFRED AUSTIN, Secretary. pi 
bl d Walsingham.” 
the motion of the Hon. Col. Ft seconded 
Fisher bs, it was res olved t 
t on the day the 
ay to prepare their report to 
xi Meeting of the Society, the ad a of 
th h red 
Q 
i= 
+ 
to 
eneral Rules relating Ao 
hibitors, “ho any _comaequenty be allowed to 
be for any of the Society’s prizes. 
he motion o Mr. Milward, seconded by Mr. 
Br: salttroth Gibbs, the Hon. W. G. Ca Aerie was 
unanimously elected a Steward i Live Stock was. 
arranged that Professor Voelek Hs Comment uth wt 
to the Society, would deliver a eeu on  Oileake ” to 
the members at the Society’s honse on Wednesday, the 
18th inst., at half-pas' 
as read from Mr. J. ©. Morton, 
inclosing a detaile od prospects, received from Mr, 
Vande rp, ne 
page 535. ] 
The Council then adjourned. 
ATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND AGRICULTURAL, 
nual meeting of this pe ays od “sade at 
lass agri- 
THE 
Do réhedte, is now so nearly on eae 
cultural gatherings that pat of the 
country look with interest to a inet ts proceed- 
ings. It t is, indeed, but a limited sere of the island 
s climate, soil, and agriculture; 
TES em to select for their successive 
ra is possible, e 
altogether dissimilar. 
and it is 
shows districts 
If this had been their purpose in 
in the hands 
198. 4d. Th 
ipts | intentionally w 
what “nd acci ‘aatally been brought about 
he selection of the locality of Dorsetshire” in 
ha 
While Mr. Blizard could run round the corner of a | Messrs. Quilter, Ball & Co., and were found correct. | succession to that of Barnstaple. Whilst- the 
, consult with a friend about thing he | The amo eady received on-account of implement heres i: K >- aaa nE to the latter dis- 
might require, they (the farmers) would have on pae ng entries for vee C: bury | tri and distinctiv ve feat: eature, 
i It was then more expedient for them mted to l ` The been 
to meet together kier a Sik occasion offe offered than any | received iaiu who EPRI yose on _aceount of E keso rather femarkuble for its wants than 7 
essrs. Bliza iderable m still re ained i , and had ' 
in seeking to afford ti ity. They | overdue, for the hich th teach. The presen on the other hand, without 
had with great liberality given premiums for the best stringent means was ‘recommanidal. At the ahei n | any peculiar attraction in its of animals, is yet 
article that could be used in the ; but while , the Secretary pe directed to pre-fa truly agricultural locality, surrounded with large 
benefiting themselves, an ent advantage also| pare a complete list of Members of the Society for | far ied. soi h enough to 
lted to i mmunity, as they were 
‘Testu! ural c 
enabled to ascertain what siality of Barley was grown 
ould grow the best Bai 
POT in the Jo 
PRIZE Ess SAYS. —Mr. Thompson, MP., Chairman of 
l assistance, 
as been made during 
what sort of land w 
m the data 
r 
iven, ahd com orm a judg- 
robert as to the mode e the best end. 
‘Mr. G. Bli said, that was the fourth time their 
had given prizes for the bushels of 
There a which he d wish particularly | 
to direct their i the mam | 
ark 
tail Hg x motto “ MS Wi Kaaos is much commended. 
3 E € f 
MT rn er of some little 
They had heard him 
vor erly somaptain “pltterly grit wr the thres wea 
machines, and }the or tel ned their action had o 
the Barley. He a song > pa ctor in this respect, 
from the Judges of Essays :— 
I. John B, Spearing, of Moulsford, near Wallingford, 
Berks, the prize of 501. for the best report on the 
‘Agriculture of Berkshire. 
i Ale Bh of Temple, Mary Hill, Glasgow, the prize 
of 1 the best Essay on recent improvements in: 
ae fac mo 
The Essay on the Agriculture of Berkshire bait 
oori 
dairy ‘districts of the kingdom, as 
EN outlay i in travelling expenses, an and t 
of | nspection. The 
grant of 2007. for chemical inventnptiien dusting he 
obe. Las 
ö hid suggested the 
was recomme ves 
Lord ` Leigh, Chairm 
t of the — was somewhat enhan 
sine 
ma pcre a 
groun: g ft the 
right of theo 
ing to Blandford on the north-e 
side, and immediately adjoining the town. The a 
| question belongs to the town, and if re we: 
e auspices the 
md to the 
CANT Y Com rman 
| reported ‘the “favourable pro progress of the 2 arran owy 
or the e prodction of the best | for 
ment for threshi ng Barley; an d Mr. H. Butt had | 
| days. „The Local Committee having applied ed for 
= up W the Royal Agricul tural Society. byo | 
for the ploughing : snatch, it was recommended that t 
June 30, and that the 
allowed for the entry of ploug a 
the 
ever, was not the case. It was well t 
a een were well aware o£ fees 
aafe it. e effect on Md 
5 for when the grain « of Bai rle; is 
‘this preriied among a large namke of bushels, | Ge 
great loss was necessarily incurred. d 
could | have been — but with the s deluge o of 
eek t 
+ PEL 
delivered into 
the d ep re o'clock on the 
po of Wednesd 
oe could have ‘been more successful, and 
aE 
ered th 
Seitetery 
farmers would ind wl dheie account Sn’ giving a little more 
| secon: . Amos, that the Dinner 
time to pre bos ml „Barl feelin ed that 
they e eane ey, Mic pet a 
ded by Mr. take 
Porgy aee at 6 kee Tu oe the 10th Suly. a ere 
e Council would guarantee a proportion of the 
f 
| 
on tiaia Inte that ‘part ot ie oP it vet 
‘ger == veers 
pr Suen y singular 
appearance, pi ai mein bl ing the Tor a the 
Forest, on the borders of ae Oey by no apse 
few with their li ight dresses, as wild fow 
ificial nor so poor as to | 
prove verte for its T We know of no district pe 
er progress h the jy 
mewhat ie 
importance, pee better furnished ger railways 1 
for 
situation d 
