654 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Jury 14, 1860, | 
ploughmen on easier land, which was turned over | | the benefits likely to accrue to the locality where it was | it was | rather backward status of the ag god tute ofthe aofa 
in good style, presenting a great contrast in many | he rakes Ma! : ) 
M ye or S g 5 y There are four things which the Society ought to South-Eastern allway, gives to WOR ering forthe 
fi id first tried. expect from the local agriculture: 1st. ee of | coming to admire our progress so disappointing a 
` | the peo ye 2d, Implements 3d, Anim ; 4th, Pro- | fasar of our boasted agricultural excellence. If such f 
pew As these points are noticed at pas in the sult can be realised, aa Royal Society, notnittang 
rse of this report, we will vei s its sacrifice of m sng and se prestige, wil 
very large Aaa of Sond hand cattle, and of Irede the attendance of visitor S Coihorbat ary Slow neh have clai ons of its 
— haiie an: aiii and re will be hene veforth famous for their naik y, and e suppo wae and frien 
other short-woo. sheep are not only of hig de o the unha 
average merit, but contain animals of extraordi- | Society. During the two first te , scarcely a man | seat “of its exhibition, the Society has ed ted contend 
ry excellence. The bull exhibited by Colonel af Kent was to be seen; it was or uy the third day, | against ype difficulty, the peculiar bearings of 
TowneELEY, “ Roy rfly,” for which with |v rhich was th the alleged 1 merit | somewhat puzzling matter to comprehend 
P , , 9 5 sna aa warmed | aad Sonsegjaently to erpa We mean the d efection 
x : : : rnestnes It had bee 
es Se EN o the Show- ei with a pK ood e tness, t makers. m Teper 
certainly is a_ ag: sap rage fine oe canbe eat to dispel the at earep impress apn enn dine so ge ia aide had produced y 
cased by their vious absence. In the imple- | sensible e as to the | r entries in the 
El perte a mm tr, and beau nent depa eina ye county of Kent has exhibite A | implement classes. This impression was evidently a 
The heifers (twins !) exhibited by Captain Gux teat hardly more than t a ‘Kentish ‘Ploug zh, _ = mistaken one, for nothing could be more obvious than 
and taking the first and second prizes in their m ee ~ l'he oes of those great stands, teeming with the 
class are maryels of beauty—first class specimens | could furnish wa s si Saa “sarah sere o "shep, cele ed produce fe gigantic works, which formed 
of the Duchess family, probably the best strain of | of which wewi ill content ourse elve with saying that, ar e [conspicuous a feature in former shows. The implement 
Short-horn blood we have. The aee aa and | the Kentish plough, i may iblý fnstified by sh eds * Canterbury were well filled, it is a the trial 
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Devons, present in considerable numbers con |c he fi jas teeming with life and acti 
sidering their distance fi e 
Pani m ~ © co ty i who] c leag gue,” d had persisted 
their weight and earl sot Kent has angels an object of logitinate P pride, in | in L every r their efforts and 
ee and the latter i Ey — of form and | which it stands unrivalled. 
indeed the staple production of Kentish agriculture, | the eye ot old sad constant ee Ten at the Soci s 
our characteristic o breed, Among = ple p age y cit’ 
and this barrage leaving so little room for that | Shows miss t plainly told of a 
oma xhibited was ~ little Brittany co iting fr cat a falli x No ae Ser sas He 1 
about ‘chia so much more is now said ise Waters y 9 p RAOR Si u Arr Serp „complica ed fatig. a ot, only was tion shorter length of of 
eari ts cag = Aa classes ae nativen may be ass signed toa certain extent as the scantily fned than at former exhibitions, the imple- 
‘a E e Se maiS use of that neglect in which the breeding of 1 i betw 
EERE POSER | dha cattle has fallen with the Kent: gn farmers. t is plain on the one hand that the Society cannot 
0 sheep we shall only say here that ith the exception of pom D, and of these do iem the re of the great firms, if it has still 
Leicesters were shown from the flocks of Lieut but a meagre show appear t eart the furtherance of agricultural progress, of 
Colonel Incr and Messrs. Sanpay, BOR opinion T Bek i agrivattare has been which mechanical skill is so important an element, 
Spencer, WILEY, G. TURNER, Cressw LL, a perfectly rep ed. The citizens of the old city especially now that hand-labour threatens to fail us 
Kinepon, and that Mr. SANDAY oe et off | manifested sik yai to do honour to the o sei altogether ; and on the other hand it is equally certain 
the prizes for rams and the first prize for and although grumbling l abo iron ob: serv | that should they paika in their s secession, the great 
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Jonas WEBB he in lik 5 with the ating saana d, yet w t that ter to shake their position to its 
: in Birendra daii atha this is by n ans an extra Nate i a z tnd very a es boih 3 a falling off of their Avon and 
ee Agric nltural Society’s Sapa a The d “ia hea her a men a i goden opportunity 0 eet 
pe a compete, going to Mess re en Tauera Lord tion of the quaint old streets, the ontward Haani op o them, of „whi ch many Neg 
Seva rà] je a e“ pa sig eee ae percepti ee and above all the d ligl tfi di 
18 tings PR the Babraham RE the we have rent, count that there were seven 
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prizes for rams; those for ewes, for which he 
exhibited being — he for the year for} when sepa near to ae essentially pid occasion most successful ever held in point “of nale 
60 guineas each. st refer to other ee | that caused them to be decked again with flags and | eeders of the Se w uf 
for detailed desertion Fe the other classes of | banners as of old, and Tastly the pen old cathedral, | se flock 
fey hag The as been no lack of saa that ancient history of En n on stones, | exce sept 
ae Sook, ns the Show, and the a nding amidst its ruined abun, ‘aut akey i ts | show, Kik the ir al breed of Romney Mars! 
Society has been fortunate in falling upon stirring memories aud pious associations ;—all these ‘ 
ty | p on in ry eee el apogee ter of local interest contri- et : 
buted to make Canterbury a centre of great atten- gen near Ashford, ever 
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n to ity a E as ge ie agriculturists of | the ery beautiful animals it contained. © 
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anxiety to see what ‘the other counties of England had | most  pettéok animal we pared ek 
ETAD AREO hee | brought down was Mr. astwooď’s cow m x 
. their inter est àf nob their | admiration. "Generally on Gunter’s twin Duchess heirs, and h mehess 
hindered any direct competi wg ur com second to Mr. Am Ps splendid heifer, Woe 
Pough vith kyr f local Ta If to the the award of the judges, the receipts from visitors| Rose. There was also Mr. gi ‘Booth util com 
me side add an extremely | dull and stupid amount to dine Rrra’ On Monday os Arini en Queen Mab; ie Stewart Marjoribanke? pame 
FA n PBs ealised from the sam . On ee Ae Harkawa ay, and many othe; T mag= 
d reat success of other sa Nig S | the Tuesday, V aing the attendants was a akti | more y their gene e ellence must pere 
of gt hos apea and. their ultimate influence S aaiae yet it fell far: short of what it has been in pie a Ree puzzled ie Fa ju = a e bopa ae 
on the somewha' E b other places. Monday was only | express our of that class than Mer 
of the distein, we shall find a oat Š senior iun 1272 arnt ae y, 5866; Wednesday, 20,8! A among the 15 an which it pace pee red" 
credit and advantage arising out of this the 294 Thursday b prea equi rally productive, then the | scarce sly one one that w nota conan Se ny a 
annual ga iee SRS R RE AR a receipts at Canterbury will have been about | I the fe of the om 
tural Societ ee gricu one-half what they were at i Cheater, sweepin pete of vies Webb for ‘he Soath 
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THE an the other Epe E the Kentish Show such e for the native breed vs sheep. After 
THe or art AGRICULTURAL MEETING. __|as the much reduced number of entries in the cattle | can be no question about @ position which those 
vax’ ote venerable town of Canterbury has this | and implement classes, the inferior stamp of the horse breeders esi attained. 
anas i e scene of an kaha and mighty | department, and the breaking down of the Kentish} We have spoken nig Ngo gly of the Horse a 
e k oe as her time-worn walls have not plough, it would be both an error of judgment and an | tion. Our judgment is unfortunatel borne out, Mt 
— ae ues the almost f ongotten time when the | injustice to a that the Canterbury Show was a| only by the pee spear nce of the inferior animali 
murdered Archbishop attracted from all | failure. There are indeed to be noticed many valuable | exhibited, but also by the report of the vet veterinary ay Be 
vers ot progress if not of 1 aes a that was ever Lz show that a large number of gory noni w 
the Soci started into e and we fainted aida disdire And pleinisbes, Waving, © 
Arie E ious hereditary ten tendency. — h 
to excite in this 
~ as exhibite pelle oF We'p “shows | by ae ; <i orehensior is 
j nery is at last satis factority Bolt ed, fact, that good. 
henti ‘flew’ Stand ar i iy Sly of E En x lan unmistakable manner „indicated to the farmer which i | eaten of instead of being the pore aad if it be tra? 
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finances or increase the éclat of her Poterit cai caree’ | practical use. + that most of the stallions that z travel” hpa dropi 
petites searcely have alighted upon a more worth 7| resulted again in fir nile establishing F mana bt ih 
hereon to exert her progressive influence, and | the prond and well- tliat: iti irate ar kii 
5 > posi ion to which the erie ricer tne sound hi 
bestow the benefit of tin instructive examples. The former t trials of Ches and Wa rw ck had raised it. act ira sa "ls bo ving a mysté 
t evil, 
counties where the Society had hitherto held her We may 
annual assiz zes have con ntributed to the Show all those Besi d and Sow ves Sarg which in. point of | is remedied ed by a ah ee inspectio 
points which, from thoi et petor general age SE oe never ese anrgegees if ever ae re "hetter 3 it vil be meds of 
mate, or market hey are | equalled. We allude al e final and) the h of horses. an : 
particulary x Tenowned ; sand in almost every defe: p$ of 6 ia d it pa return bere 
ay of local prizes hold by th tt T ki d- | aft 
y e utter breakin awn on an old- 
conspicuous relief ‘their native pie A- exclnc or | ftw Eei g t were, i et ess was a public dinner at Canterbury, pek 3 
may 
celebrity. This i indeed ma: 
AAA aie 2 gk symbol that obstinate | standing former resolutions mage by the 
to be hoped that the powerfl | which a thousand 
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tion. M interest of society, and hra ya | where the Show was held, with spacious 
| influence of this "Exhibition Jet its shortco uasan] eui; enuine o o exċited 
upon the 
was made as 
