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698 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL ee uus 28, 1860. 
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if indeed al was really | and well chosen spot, and was blessed with weather | duced, and the hty we sed in th 
= with, we the Pit Annero te mA and cool, which during the histor hs the | tiendly contest, We have e e e ventured to 
gures :—Miss Warlaby E ery alt, bought | Society has never yet been exceeded. Dian ssing | recommend a cross for the Kentish sheep, ang 
by Mr. Warno for 3720. 15s. ; Bon: s, six- | however those circumstances over bina bes ts ve|we are also bold e ough to advise s bet stronger 
-öld ; - = it bow: ht no contr ‘ol, let us endeayour i or Be 
Yue iai for Bon d, te yee x ped To begin kira the stock, we | will no H be most happy to afford some suitable 
à a ily imagine ~ from pos 
ow e naht by Me 7B. Tox ge months se may eas ly ag! Bi d ypes i mngenionts “with r regard to refreslititents 
The e following i is a tabular statement of the results | by its operations, but fevtiontarty poe ‘ae former | were very yet at both shows, but particulzrly so 
of the sale : use, the show of stock at Canter sy was con-|at Canterbury. The large dinner, however, was 
Hioatieed drgrga far more spirited at at Dorchester fepe at > niter’ 
oe Lt SRE Sa pot at Dorchester, ven exce t Canter- | Both Soc itia were fortunate in having energetic 
7 heifers a ORE Ne as Lab] the yard. Tt that of Candela X 
"7 keit = es Sore bet 16 ek a ort-horns in world than was la “i backed by the e long sway and the strong purse of the 
Bball $ oe E A. "a 18 brought together in Kent, r ganap aa better | wealthier Society, is like the master of 20 legions, 
orga YT le EDS | animals exhibited than — Queen |somewhat despotic and exclusive, that of Dor 
ay Queen, a calf tne months old, from si Mab, and the Duchesses. ie neve ns snd the| chester, Garrsatpr-like, knows how to apply 
Waor. named above, was purchased by ‘Mr. | Hereforda wero ‘ae good a e Bath as at the|the resources at its command to the utmost 
Dagia for 200 guinods: pis nal Show. In sheep, on Lalseatats, the South- advantage, and is supported by a band of 
The following pons on the sale are from the willing hearts witht whom. it is a ala 
Trish Farmers’ Gaz FEE ty, sheer entire ce the latter meeting. whilst as regards the Cots- pleasure and advantage to cooper It is to 
catalogue tho greater the nu mber of ‘‘Bo crosses | wold and the short-wools the difference was | this friendly feeling pr active though voluntary 
which the pedigrees exhibited, ui so muc h was s the | not so satis The Bomaeg Marsh sheep were | effort that much of the success of the Bath and 
ae e values of cay Ge : eet umerous at the Tate , bat were inferior to West. of = rep Sooiety i i its ; of a we think if 
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; the prices — knedo with all convenient pa | "F its CA pero. a still prs! ip iain of 
cout ne unting to 9201. 5s,; although zan The pigs were better and into umerous at tha success would attend its career. 
Wi by completed on the day of sale her eighth | Canterbury Show, and with one ex bato this we 
year. High as those prices may aged to some, | also the case with the horses. a — latter A 
s being value of | ns form of the most 
SCAB IN SHEEP. 
I WOULD wish to bring under your notice some come 
sheep, 
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the animals, and certainly yg ro! Waray or | attracti t 
ve as well as aot 
an Anchor would have been a decided bargain, | objects of the exhibition, and this * elass, viz., the scab, which show 
those who understand Wink to ae with such except for two-year-old colts, is altogether | | prejudice toa gress arith both in in Eagla and also in 
GE — if another 100 guineas had been| omitted at the meetings of thee: Paik kné and. In October iat Le ay: a bie and some 
to each of th ; | 
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the annual hire of à Warlaby bull, 3461, 10s. an| 
as the annual hire of a Warlaby bull, 3467. 10s. as | meeting. The ion we have 
the price of a yearling bull of RICHARD Boorn’s| that tthe 
3 : pales; idh although not so good at di hem seabbed, the other 20 ver 
sled and mar Bowe cannot be aa Dorchester as at Barnstaple or Cardiff, were yet | anya pe See aen ‘eethon: = Tke Fe 
wa sane: he gA Queen, Mr. BARNES | a considerably better class there than at Canter- | took the nine from the man having charge of them in 
ee AS os she might. Je bary, Indeed the latter with regard to numbers | the market. The poh in simm ape 2 started 
bs which n Mise War aby, and she belongs to a | were alto gether a failure. The horse: classes, | for home yes the =e When he had gone 
May Qn as been and is the glory of Westland. although on the whole much naa to those | & distance oad, the constable overtook him on 
ay Queen has, therefore, only gone home, and of the Dorchester meeting, were yet very pe: the beoi bang desing the 20 sheep, for which 487. 
we are glad that Mr. Barnes was allowed to get | below those shown at Warwick; Chester, Chelms- | bad been refused, thoj were all destroyed. The owner, 
her at the money—a fact we ganay Aage ford, or Salisbury. There w of poultry | Mr. Va ee was fined 207. and a could get no redress.” 
ete at Canter whilst at bs ste Serve th He was summoned before ne of the magistrates of. 
ot the matter pa r iio yae ae es mg lige ee Cid ek for the preven= 
caer eye eas ___| tion of the vol tntenta h (variola rine) in 
of the yard to apply to scabbed 
and w mr ac ay ee 
1s, mo bei ; sheep. o) 
breeders: We don’t grud ge ont pen d sro a Aas of Canterbu’ which “result th e weather no Sabpacticy the dab in Ki is the 38th George i 
our good things ; far really in such k oase as this E re nr riafly sere hog whilst the steam | cap. 65, which does not prevent, and was never intended 
it. ie of. tit whanent conseqne i. t padi Soe ploughing be executed on rt muc. ae scale, | to prevent, sine sale of ae a sheep, but ching 
the h mde arts eg a Ireland that | most successful features of the late meeting, ñot- } commons, and other open and utenclosed places, 
as much as possible in withstanding the absence of Howarps’ Smrrn’s|scabbed sheep, and so aE the disease. Me. 
apparatus, which did its work so well at Dor- Copland consulted Professo: one e to thé non- 
Durtné the e past and t ths the oes! where i Anodes ot the errowndigy ny distelot flowing’ ie Spain ich all to ti ees m 
fees months there h ot T 1e questions pu 
net Soe = the South of England two ys thos as in gt ed Sanie br T advantageous display | 
ultüral teeth ti which are We have mentioned the various aia know whether it was intended by 
of 
the illustration +“ the stimulant of our Seen | | Papertoniey. which the Royal Agricult are eetii cabana ot outa be shen A 4 b> 
by Fb: pe ihe tue a were remarkable, | possessed, but what was there throughout the large | Ans, The Aot was not jùpanded to apply to any disease save 
machi ry and valuable stock thus pas costly | amount of shedding at Canterbury that tea TAR memo ah disorder of the like nature,” “ox 
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A a -pox cease iA in siai, —— ee ee 
interésted in the culture of i soil. Without | the eye at Dorchester on i entering ‘the yard, jong cementing’? and it 
mee or rahe race and described by one of the plans as ‘dra 2. Is the scab in sheep “a disorder of thé like nature” with 
| repari owever, e sorder Known or descr! as e shee OX, 0! 
ments or pecuniary grants, a large was | up in battle array; prepared, h » te Oxeclte the disorder k described as the sheep-pox, of the 
annually = in prizes, hoy a still pom * <=}... | Variola ovina, mentioned in the.act? and if not, in what respect 
the 8 ex xhibiting so a pa —_ “not to thrash our nem but to ane. Senb i oes mpegs of the lik hesh 
es u ns. in sheep is not i ture t 
y iis = self-su character of our ngr or des Cc nn Tene o! eeto ibat ure as he oma 
es so justly stg S ot 2x at Cante which depends upon the presence of atari ór mites on the 
them. The kin ; dred exhibitions of many othe is entirely local, and, althoug ea ca loss o: p contia 
of tae the quality of the flesh ; a pie —- tiy rae mr 
their Sae Merer and if the ji constitutional disease ectious, 
sy are suj “ane: Temendh rd de wellknown fems al world during the | fed.—(With reference we oats of ig anial ait for 
tg the ground. Ours, on the other hand, | Inst quartor of © asnan iti paner i 
me ground. Q m the : ? ofa Ibis : n $ oni = Variola Orin de 
in the hearts and feelings of ag panni - “not the scab sheep, and dos 
pat cot te EES, ap af este af: t anit a 
C turista, and upheld by thousands of staunch | s strengthened with our strength ;” but it should not | , 4%. Sea is = di Dot Syne occurrence among sheep. 
supporters, possess a vitality which having been badly kept, and exposed to wet and 
ch no Tooal be forgotten they have become raen ae 1 of ons i pe 
injury or temporary disaster can de wage sitar stage ater pace? if Tong-wooled oe ate 
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cae injure. Thus, the late meeting of the mongst the pita begs a a ree of| unvalitie Rie ao Animil to another da ends upon the se 
Fong est of E ngland Societ, Ti travelling from sheep to sheep. Tt admits both of a perfect 
y at Dore Sear a Dorchester Show be ; 
l , tioned the | ready cure; the lon ‘a. the disease has nied: the more 
he e ri seemed i array a ,| very successful di p gs Pe è oe it is to eradicate 
panied by a power to dispose d have beeran 
for the aaa ve ems ‘tt should pee ‘not be | effectnal means of extending hg disease to to other shs 
3 | virus of that disease being located in the 
ed 4 eee the same áni ean differ mi ore Bole sch pt tens than 
