Jone 80, 1860. | THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL ee 611 
On the sod was smooth, even, and un- | ter to wages with those of the midland € t th 
Vote the Pedant and healthy ; on the other thas a stigma will be removed which ł t d h eae fo a pee a eae 
“oa eseen, here and there e, large masses — 5 = hg [usa bye ord of reproach. If cases of low wages occur eso The mistress told me, about six ht a agos 
ermined and wa | ie rts of our county, I hope they, will be drag ged the infant school had never been so f fall during her six 
pas to] leave their for mer resting-places Eae a oe to light rdeal of it residence at Whitchurch as it was at that tim, 
The value of beer should a included ini Mr. Fowler’s | Dur ing the Jas t eight y years Mrs. Michel has built’22 
Sop arpose es extending the system over the fo cs calc vala as it is given xtra work when pa cottages on Biavthl teas testimony 
Mr. Corning says that he has given faithful t trials, exits beyond the e hour, as at haymaking | to her endeavours to meet ‘their various clai. ims the 
by side, to Short-horns and Herefords, and has con- ene „Oor pikorik it is unusually hard, as at steam 
vinced- himself of the superiority of the latter, for ey Sails ing, < Mr. Jos seph Fowler, the erquatady: brother, 
withstanding our cold northern climate, for making| Mr. Fowl er’s remarks, however, on the subject of ye a Ee ree cottages built for him last year on a site 
flesh on less food, and for mse as workers. He has | labourers’ from me, as she ey tend | selected by himself, and contiguous to enie farm 
had at times 20 or 30 of each breed in his stables, and|to the suppos sition that the wholesale destruction of | buildings also recently erected. I frequently meet Mr. 
a the result is that he a na penpe ea ome is the | cottages at Whitchurch has had a prejudicial effect | Robert Fowler—we are near neighbours—he 
d part that cannot be taker ’ him. His onin its population. I trust the following remarks will | opportunities out of number of peeing to me on the 
isfy go% readers th iminution of jage: ject. Had he done so he 
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the breeder. ‘The cow stalls are separated by partitions | index a healthy social siate) has not arisen from any | most willingly rectified the evil as soon he 
ore GA u bile ili i satisfied me of its aero: His remarks 0 m Saturday 
aay a Sie = 
nae are ce a 0 ge m in er Bee 
condition, for he has bred not for the ‘butcher bnt for (which . Fowler supposes to be an krae yah hope he always finds me, accessible, mes I Gould per 
as had 
Hy gt ee vantage The manure is 
collect: ae bi hs nks, eing Sinta with water, | surveillance exercised over r the.c potkagers; within the last | is. decreasing (which I apr much doubt), it arises, not 
is carted by moans of Ain ona cart PAES six O, as to the admission of families without | from the destruction of cottages, but beca Kuda gees 
pir Unless close and constant Apani is = to | people are more rags 1, and find other and more 
extended tl st nt, a state of thing: s involving immoral it eir labour 
aoe ead, the eas oe sane nothing other than | vice, which I I overcome ty, would| Whitchurch or Whatcombe os In successfu' ully 
ue street sprinklers in pampan use in this and AE oon paee | carryi ing out my views pa ard to ameliorating sd 
es, Mr. Corning’s herd usu ally co mpr ises 20 hg adio jon oth er cause is the increased and increasing self- | condition of the poor I must pN freedor 
os young people, the meee of-a | The subject is a comprehensive one and must berg be 
ele in England is s about 652., a the eo superior education, a ed by access to comforts which, | viewed from the limited horizon of half a a it 
if importation (which include 157. anes Bi passage, the | until recently, have n beyond their reach, In fact | requires time to complete, and I venture to say, it is 
bene on “(eh hay, straw, and feed) are 207. to 257. | the young men are beginning to fin ia out what bac parts be and earnestly attended to on the What- 
the whole ent ng the animal he delivered at | upper classes have long ago discover —that it i set's nty 
AERA within 1007. The Ra Cardinal Wiseman, | advisable to delay marriage until they ave, edie a 
bred by Mr. mnithios and aris: O years old, has been | little money with ral lea’ 
a fine animalin his time. He has a a frame, but it | home fora season and engage themselves in A 
shows too plainly just now, for he is FEY thin and | beyond the narrow sphere of their parish. Imust plead Fome Correspondence. 
b i havi S tained situations for severa 
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cami 387, was bre by M r. Humphries, | of Lorain | | men within the Jas t eight years, all of whom are doing | for the publication ag the result of the examination of 
Coa: Ohio, and pro omises a) apima far better than if they ii remained at hom me. I ha ave | Grass seeds by M . B uckman and Mr. Bigge; the 
hibited t Syr at the | also got out three men (married), facts b htt aré ee: It 
State Fair, and the calf seemed so full of promiso t thak estates, who are earning it wages. Another has would, I think, be desirable we should know the esti. 
Mr. Corning pu urchased him. ee very sm r | just engaged him self ina distant part oun rass seeds ina Eradan 
wer od, cro filled, and drops w, wellinthe The Pram spe of. this ~~ of | well as the number of the seeds of weeds. When we 
flank, Grace, an aged cow of Lord Berwick’s breeding, is | laboure ‘owing t alteration being sot four millions of weed seeds 
| deep and roomy, and has a good flank. eis by Tom | of the a i woods, their skill i in ‘the use of the | in a bushel of Akep sip wa pe even a greater 
Ë Thumb (243), és -Pi _by the Count (251) een seen, anxious to know 
«Her dam w; ah are ae me best cow at Shrews- | where the labour market is less overstocked. “I cannot | what pA measta this Sie to ne Clon over. It would 
bury in sired some of Lord B.’s attach „any blame to » myself i in this respect. It. is our also, I a a useful if the aaa ta of the Clover 
best heifers. eee oe Aig seven years’ old, by , as well as the — e: weeds that show 
} Cardinal Wiseman, , ow t of sapere lst, 7 an imported | hand to any one who -solicits my assistance. Sure ely no | sufficient vitality to grow, were asc eiea aang ir wi 
=i eow. She is s ver She one would hinder the voluntary oe of son might be found advantageous to ie 
JTL) } winter villager from his native place where improvement o Hea Grasses themselv ba: or seed. Can anise ate foes 
K ship stuff, with S and pints but i he fe in t ea lomiin sid wealth are open to him. Tf the views o' eset the different repo could be detec ? roi 
> Hori ntlem: dise i kr pico. n be fi 
= is very lengt! and aas and nant weigh | a an are correct who -discu this part 
1 tbe “cad e ted cow, ‘C a subject the termination of the Jecture, I ‘that in Hyde j moba Bi a Daanin 
and Princess, with a calf by Bs her r side by Cardin i his understands any" at ea aaa of -his own |: 
man, and the young stock te | county and taki ing a ‘farm in A demand jis | 
} creditable. We can conclude our m notice of r Heres | always succeeded by a mers Nature hates yea PR N 
fords m fe ad a En one an by q As soon-as tl is assured th tag 
used . Smith in “he last 1 report to the Royal similar Beia to ‘those given soho Gori oa Mr. [soving wt at tinipid is 
Agric iaai. Society of England :— EEA ne MK: fae “Notice.” 
vacuum. ia -of prizes 
; Journal an increasing ‘number of competitors from de One man only has been turned out of the parish | the Dorchester mentee im two cows from Bril 
: sof the kingdom. This proves that the | since the year 1852, not on account of the destruction | were exhibited. ; not yet seen any of this 
value of = breed is becoming more appreciated. A | of his cottage but at the request of lis neighbours | breed but I shodi ioe glad to see a few experiments 
since they were ; cottages under my y competent + Judges, as weed they 
hands of the tenant farmers of their native erent control inad se come nvenience of the inmates | be found worth A Peter iy by any they mus t be more 
fo ie fallen in 1 
w g et 
Th f and will be rly use pi 
; Monmouth, or, Brecon, p aop, and parts of the | adjusted inthe cou rse of the: summer) ; one is occupied |; soe now cannot ‘keep cows arent be able to do 
ter, Warwick, Stafford, | b of mi in a few of this breed; for eanopens 
j Wilts, Herts, Dorset, Some: ae and Cornwall. There | carpenter Jately in is employ. also farnish another | j use they would seem to promise to be e of Ei one value— 
l are also some good herds in onih Wales and Scotland, | s his oane with a lago a ese of these pay how convenient it 
for which distriets isi bards of a ae thick | ent, but n the ‘rat se of; 4l per annum. ie. acon- | beef, as well as mutton. Perhaps a 
but mellow hides, wa > “the pari arish about one of four | West t Highlander would be of benefit iene on e aak 
; ren nde er them peculiarly Toe ee | supernume erary WI qualities ut I only the subject. 
: 1 Soci discharged, cotta iy. Mrs. Michel during the! If hardy, would they not be sought after by shipowners 
peep ai of this bred. “The entries were of | winter, he assigned as ‘reason for so doing that | te supply milk on board ship? I should suppose there 
aged bulls oung bulls, 13; bull calves, 14; cows: in| “several young men were coming on,” and, at his} would w a great oe in the expense of keep- 
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ifers i ilk, 8; q o n now |Inguir [’ 
oan, entries. ‘The prize bull, the pr operty of occupies. This does not look as if there is either a} cows, ae Times advertisement columns. The 
~ Mr. Price, ‘girthed 8 feet 7 a ge Another highly Pem labour or cottage room. If, however, there |:cow resembles ge Shetland cow. 
commended bull, _ by * ateman, zan hed | is any eccentricity in the normal orbit of our social| Wool, and the Manner of Weighing it.—There is no 
8 feet 9 inches. ‘The A in yit the firs s | sphere I must claim exemption from blame, or share it | biaa amongst buyers of wool, at least in the 
old bull ae the Short-horn a aye ain girth jwith Mr. Fowler and Mr. Fookes, who have control | county of Essex. ` It:should be an understood principle 
» bei emg 'S Finch. The show f He cian was said | over, at least, hal births, and |.with buyers and sellers of wool in what manne: it is 
tos roan oanien one, with the:excep- | marriages, therefore, of that i te cannot be rrene k eighe! ied. With some buyers both he price and t 
pa of oot ta a weet fa few miles fiom de Lord | b l i? den y that derang pie ieren of weighing.are made public others it 
0 have been of excellent eto aE aes Tnentioned and 3 hen the wool is 
Hig sof cart orres the seälesthe manner of giverise 
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ero te hee 
= cer ae respectable ae estate. mine ron ye iar 
wes t a | cottages on the Whateo ef 
congress of thèse wei aac ROE Ware Pa er to hi y small proportion of that number, | weighed ‘by the oa p ot 12 | $ 
T consid erage age d 
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DORSET COTTAGE IMPROVEMENT La gh Te eae a Ny end a ite tae >. Faitplag, 
o ores aa f t OE: a ab. 
epee ae relieving officer’s, nr policema no cater ch of Of labourers iety of Barley.—I was much sur, 
Blandford Farmers’ Club has been directed to the sub- | cotta es: Previous to the L 'pro-| cae : 
; E Whitek agricultural labourer by Mr. Robert Fowler, [vid oa hirteen families with commons ‘and , r | lp gear a 
A itchurch, the perusal of whose lecture to wh a Mr. Fowler wi am | 
pleasure. grat real state of the labourers’ ie = cites to wh ‘At this distance I can enumerate, off-hand, | the same day and on the same ki 
int i peer will be better understood, and the public | no less than eight Whitchurch young na pom pil 
F pade, aware that the air of Dorsetshire has not the Mi ichel’s employmen nt "Tom unfortunate 20 an a Maxch- the acila-edeareons meri. hedge 
ws nr i memory, but kinds are aas divided by a ridge, but the contrast is _ 
si el f a darker- 
than the 
heen supposed, but that they are as kind and tender | home and have no of refreshing’ 
ards their ira as those of other EEN and that | | T iy remind ‘Mr. DB antler “the ee es pe a ao the ie a pn is _— si geet cers A 
è labourers 0 uplands (at least) are on equal the only document to consult as zi 
