gepreirer 15, 1860.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 839 
Tom those which were the subject of Mr. Bentley’s | quality as producers of the best quality of beef | ty Mr. Fullarton (now of Ardestie), was got by t y the 
ize, m which will, I hope, produce a show of plans | they are unri valled. Highland Society’s Dundee prize bull, “ Old Panmure,” 
next yea 2 eter s rae as interesting and OW Strick as| LWW ANOTHER fine week bas a harvest [in 18t. g P ie brllo AA Jija è by tho aee a 
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a sta, A oe ihe operations ager A and everywhere al pea a sg bea easts which Aag then seen the daylight. _He has left 
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add that a first-rate competition may be} Great Warthiert, No orth- Eastern, Sing and jag coat alee la’ Maina Jot Teall’ chien 
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expected in Caste ol Ps rae at the pre A Leeds is meot- North- Western Railways, we have seen the work of | almost an unlimited supply of aly rd ha Sor USA 
ing next year. e ming. is the list carrying corn satisfactorily proceeding. The general | that Mr. Bowie’s breeder’s medals are a gant in them- 
that have been offere £ s. d| opinion among valuers in Yorkshire is that Wheat | selves, He has been repeatedly beaten with stock of 
4, For the best plan of a do uble cottage, has been considerably injured, and must have | his own breeding—a fact which speaks instructively as 
orams not less than 3 bedrooms in a ered a m the gears ae late and cold | to the difference between re d and 
at the cost not to exceed 220/. the mmer, ile Oats a: arley are generally getting the same up into the highest show order, so as 
Raa to SA great cron: Considering the | to attract the attention of f judges and visitors. But he 
crop on the ground, and the process af harvesting | n to complain, for at Paris, as well 
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as two di as nearer home, he has ob inen i a full sre of showyard 
inl honours. By the way, ‘he “ Angus doddi took the 
Eie the best. plan of a sable cottage json sade Tea. igs i some baria a 7 ur | tastes of the Parisian sightseers amazing a 3 
the cost not to exceed 1207. 25 0 0 correspondents—that the Wheat is on the whole a | porns! Sans horns!” said a French 1 be poe oa 
4 The best plan of a pair of “cottages, somewhat inferior crop, in great risk at the end of | lovingly and playfully kaá Mr. ait Co mbi’ ail in 
z ot S101, design; the aes not to August of being harvested in wretched condition, | the head with her l. But horns rns, the 
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N.B . The Prizes of 102. an ant AA 3 the best and thr ough oy the Clovery ‘and otherwise certain to |“ beware ” for other ears 403 
ou best design for cottages of irregular plan, are eae coarse and poor =~ aa that Oats and f ipe ‘herd, including all ages, 
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jis about 70 ; of these 30 are cows, or COWS and in-calf 
| heifers. All.are in a pe tif ny natural and healthy 
| ec condition—m any of each separate class bein atone 
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t d floor of Concluded from p. 819.) e lot-as could well be, all nearly in butcher’s oes; ; 
the one za an pacake phate in bh other; or to|__ ONE or two notes more respecting Mr. Bowie’s farm. and l few of em but vist already showed a few wl white 
eottages with one of the bedrooms over a patsy sunk | irs in the middle of the tail (a distinctive. feature 
in the ground, aud entered part way Ato be which is d duly ae as“ “Bovis coat of arms”), 
‘Coxpirtons oF COMPETITION. —It is int ended that the plans | Crop, as ai & as a oot Hepavition N for Wheat. | us A whi meee: fick ins inside vee hock also appeared to ant i 
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And ‘estimates will be made for cottages to be built of bricks 
of the ee — a ra ow E heapness of a i A ees adth of about t40 impe erial acres looked i a as ves disc gh a ams isa! 
the price fixed being the maximam price'allowed Itis hoped highest mi of cleanliness, and by rec ceiving the This ou heifer E s largely pi P. 
- thst the re cosb o! arane ejes will be considerabl, constant working to which we referred in a former derated, aie about t sania out of each 15 bemg bull 
al we tags gers ~~ mes oe R woe e e a Or et the land had a garden-like freshness about it. calves. There a gd pe ingularl, aitractive in the 
Meee eee E ao will be required. ‘The specttica- f course their meee and culture demands some S Off et blac 
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: nitor kers; but'the |sheep, chine excellent, and -girth equal to a well-bar- 
a desirable “addition. An elev: tion ‘of each of the PR receive one: choj oppin ‘ily. of A milk, and the | relled Devon. In short, they ‘have very much of the 
src nay be show eee a rea a ively r freedom of the bothy ane ae bargai rvo cut of the Devon vate them. In 
plans, pn fia arak iyrant moo be on t 5 meret ‘of 3 of an | have hitherto been grow Mr. ‘Bowie ‘but we had some cases Aers is a tendency to c ess at the 
to thefoot. ‘The plans must be to the Secretary on | MUch pleasure in early pring r tting in of the tail, and the pelvis praza pia" so well 
or before the 15th of ngs 1860. ficient seed for five Scotch a , the v variety being of | up as is desirable. 
the truest English grown one he we id ot ae Mr. Bowie is now using “Young Panmure,” got by 
a2 'Ow Frida nd genuine or of ‘his countrymen x wou not ta 4 | Mr. MeCombie’s prize bull “ Hauton,” and there are 
seal Or me i ek ake se et en gc ete 
tebe athe Medal ‘ay, a e proper depth for a | [Ende he ia But “ “ Young Panmure,” ” notwithstanding 
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horn herd 
and the Serre at Caistor b te “fence 
The former quite ranks sts Gat LES ok moar se malt 
of the val he brea ame bie 
ealised were 120 ¢ eee ay tary | 
mtiful, jt bought by ME Torn; 270 ens for | fall, a 
‘Tay Lou sih B yee fal, Z ” bought vy Ar. “Cath "Ye nam 
uinea: Eri er sph: | ean, “Hi said he, “1 
Mar » bought by Or. GREET These | eh in ep “The ‘held where they were to'be sown 
E | was as fi a kind of ti lth:as you could wish to see, i 
So of , one fants, “gien Miiko the ada ons. once plong E” Jo y dan! 
A a ’ of Miloote, from “ Bylph by Bir deep autumn furrow. Befo wi f ing him over at the same time 
r5 tee in taaition to this -merit | potatoes sold at 221. aes acre me aie on i the ground. Of T. Bowiek, 
‘several erosses latterly of Booth’s blood in them ; Miiat k nae is usually sown per Seoteh | N.B. Since these remarks were penned “Young 
avi hi since the Milcote*sale” roved | acre, a pair ho ov a | Panmure ” has taken the chief bull prize at the Si T 
the c estimation of their value i an extraor- wre for co aari a the Er wn t; anar p sype: meeting of the Angus Agricultural Association. 
‘dinary way at ` ALONER’S in Ir ce oe as he well remarked, “ was also aaj to be nae beast of either sex in 
Independently of these, however, pattie was very ji t.” In one field where shee alas were See p the yard. H apiet a o be of x ioe a gs 
Ronen maintained throughout t tet pd ees age i mr 3 ar : open seed used pk blood vino r He be ‘Lada rod val sca 
‘80 femal sh acre, there was a bus! res sown at |b in his veins, tracing bac in a few awe 
5 wpe i — both age “ee oe — so that in the event of “blight,” which | to Mr. ging ip ld << ws ae 
common on the sandy clay, some | No. Li in 1 the Poll erd «Youn m” was 
4 wei owned y Mr. Drxox’s va protucs “might ‘be available, Both Beans and Tares | bred by Mr M Combis, of Tilyfoar, in 1667, his sire 
i l the Grass fields, especially | being “ Hauton” y ‘Mr. Bowie ; grandsire 
the evrope price of -as nearly -as EE 307. | those of the first year, showed a fine full bottom, and Pat” (29) which was got by No. 1 above referred to. 
‘apiece, “Holly,” the 4 year Bia cow ‘mentioned | free from weedy admixture. The TETI ee 16s.|Thus we see that the purest blood, and the longest 
aa our former account of the herd as being the per Scotch acre, or thereby, viz, 8 lbs. R a Clover, prices are pretty closely associated, as well in this asin 
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price of 70 guineas given by Rye-grass; and as th a ure , lon, 
it” =D ia received a tinaliti dose of 2 ewt. per a than any tet r. Watson has the credit of having 
mange oi remind sour readers of the'sale o vian ston which was telling well pehare EA the sold, neatly 30 ars ago, a bull for 100 guineas, and a 
pare d of No rth Devon ‘cattle nya ess of the weather. "| ot of breeding “heifers for some ay. each, A a 
as Ages g of hi n Al a useful character farm of which Mr. Bowie was g 
of i, chet > included a h: orse-rake of the saw det constru nection ; an p possession, in the early part of 1857, the cows a0 4 
near oul ih is to TES plage at Ba me East [othian horse-hoe, specially aaa for the eradi- I: pone 401, to 671 pe head, and the būll * Sinod 
feag mae gears won GO prizos cation of Wild Mus ee ve n crops; a Grass | Bearer”. (229). w -for the T ur herd, at 
i PFIZES | seed perth machi wit logis rick stands well | one a x the ; 
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tot ond est of England S Society, om the | finished, and t to sav them from the weathers 
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Stank» © any stranger toutes bull 
as any stranger could desire ; but t! | machinės. A good supply nearly every |'bull “Toe 
ri Ae tape o ; Sane field an seqiation wh _ any, both, in a Kogland peng i h ig t 
inguished on the list of our "chief | Scotland, w a gla ze i op aA ROE saw him was-7 feet 
Devon cattle. ef breeders o very com lige = at erected by the tenant-at an eee atate from i. paint t of the shoulder 
the prize ani sale ia t s | OX! o x t 10: inches. 
“CBéetwing, ” we ines a ee eons oe Segue labourers are also upon the farm, but at a | me ariken ein the tail 5 fee ; 
‘Dore rehester, "and Cante terbury, and Cork see tebe ees -e Pan gk oy well and -worthily.; dimensions are ae. The head we thought was 
Prinos Frederiek L” which was firstat hester, | carried ont r and tet tive” eolinae Ahris | hardly so masculine pearance’ —— Sonat sh 
ae i anp e Devons ot: prany the} | breed i in general, and ‘bars n ap ee oa pa toet full thighs and twist tue See 
tý Cey avıng a traceabdie and pe ie s 
t ‘authentic history, in the island ; and for ‘their | male side. Mr. cart pis peace w, “ Queen,” Wood a points that mark him as a specimen of the bovine 
