. 
AND AGRIC ULTURAL GAZETTE. [Srrrexsm 15; 1860, 
, tation of six or seven years, but it i 
d, the written led as to number this year | a rova years, but it is not adh 
tat th the ne. ulin ig oy ae re the ar T hae |b as a oe Liverpool. Some of reer were ar aoe with any particular — ; wiser nk = to mae 
i ing; f; ow 1S 
the chall cup. With the exception t Gray, ng; and as a whole t 
a Udd: Milenge eup; W were ee There was a| said to be the best which the Society has ever had. om | 0 
plough on his gee and on me person took a ‘knife and | 10-acre field in which the ys has Sa held w: 
of t 
it to dry a 
a The particular alana of the place cent % 
its Jive stock and Gre ASS fields than in its am 
re, p, 80 , 
a c 
the beam, and there crowded with spectators, and 
sapag SLN ait S RET o At the dinner, in proposing the toast of the ing, Sis | rt 
i A 
was er n 5 
ay ‘the following letter fr 4 h f the : 
W: Uai wr S first meeting of the united Society in 1847, was he ld at | general 
send’s Oe ad n of. the circumstances that Manchester, in a space of about half an acre, which | 1 ae 
ested oe the Set of Mr. Shekleton pi Mr | would not have accom th part o 
i ease r. John Gray, of Glasgow, ° | the peenu and stock w 
j y In that first year 
‘ the 24th J und | gro rof 
to the she mem lore or gee jements Ne i inten ae d com- | amo eee F moniy taken at the exhibition was 140l., and | m 
nd requested each to have a list | the al — w aie a4 ersons, Theaverage receipts | Ch 
= ua the butcher for his this year in one hea 
dollars each) fatted, a few hegi 
ti f Mr. J Bn Gra; p A iip his — eginning to pid 
wits i eel th the day after and subsequ ent to the | they will not fall far or 5 yas) May, when only, four to o six weel eks slice id ae 
judges’ examination. return of to-day is 02. Sisi 4 mr 
‘after the judges and stewards had inspected Mr. Rob h ‘bitio wi b com aeh at t — et A ‘ogte hiama i i 
i tt tM “Sohn Gray’s, aii niee at the exhil ition jas een p le to be 
Gray's imposar Murphy Saintes a (be- s than 20,000. Whent ac efore the end of awe What were left on hand at the 
ben a Ys br 1000 per cent. in the attendance, and an of June were that time. weaned, ! ome, 
f or 2000 per cent. in the ~ oe nia ro chibi. | themselves are fattened, mni sold along during pee, 
t — show you September, and Oct m fohehig rite tw 
made. ey that z 
za 
z 
nt after and:tùe ia wer” ros o 
before we spoks to AS Ae oa the beam of the a et 200 and Ls Beste = 10 fr cain a 
r or 
, but we sages _—— d it. We heifers, E idat 30 for horses, upwar 
: ards 
ot towards the a of the an proenniny rote is ti 
tehing the | Sheep, 8 or 9 for pigs, 30 for poultry, 8 y for n vagatablen: quite an item; 
= > Rape even Sa Rar Ata M ert to these there are an immense number ery ani teat 
d the 
“ ie they approached I ask — i pee Gray if all | offered by the local committee for cattle, horses, 
these (pointing to bo ploughs) r apsetr Lane at ia cheese, batter, seeds, and roots. These latter lists in- | beyon 
ing to the plough we fog tea. Ppa ssor Murphy at the | ClU table ot in the hago classes, and | what she has raps! 
at king and being te very | arge entries si ete There was also a fair} Turning now w to 
had fs h a good show of | buys the ae he fattens 
Lough | po b t 
I wish to tl 
ris say p» 
e centre of the beam) was made by Wilkie.” > um me! 
. Trene tching th’ Mr. Palin n, of Tarvin, easily took the first prize. stables, and sells in No 
eus all, and I stooped down and scratched with _ The implemen t show was a very one—Messrs. to pay ra 
e par Aler. of Salford ; i ae a ane dai 
pen e a m F 
afer Me, G the jippi 08 8PT es fore erty Er mige "3 ee Ash by & Cò., of Stamford ; Pecksley & sgain anr: cows as fas n dry and ar or 
eae fter the paint was scratched off ; the latter appeared | and other make s around, and | they n vr to “nena t the antiy of Pail i Wl 
tob oe one was exhibited bearing well filled stands. his system, as I rem: er what he told me, IMARA 
Sha Darrommanis, P eat, on it. Mr. Thorley too was there with Jis pictures of | 20 cows constant in mi milk, He 
“Wns. Uxtacke TOWNSEN country hi as it was, and as, by the aid of his “food,” ar ae e firs cond ca p 
et Aug. Seg Kilânane. it now is ! he right sort ot ina ay at three, or still 
The fe en are a few of the Tn the evening there was a good dinner, and a capital frequently at fou did not seem s0; 
sued in the course course of the conversation on the s injec sheik speech from Lord Stanley, who ¢ concluded by saying, | ticu the 
M t Soe was induct, but You cee ae or afford gery oe š pitan io for two. 0! 
o ; indistin you | what is the ost expensive of all things—to try ne 
nes Sarl gem eer nee Mage ea tof | experiments; Tát there are peg things ee ich I believe inne ualities seem to justify it. 
ng ing under to h head of improvement — every farmer who is worth & can hav B niner two to three months in the year, and by a little. 
ar eiaa he is a Poni J or small farmer, and these wis raight | selection, thie average about 20 per d 
A sie Athis i among | fences, draining, and plen nty of | fresh. Mr. H. Lo peag ih our 
tapas m,n as ma Saha ge aes oe paadi 
o merits. ôl dia not “consist in | upon his wi “the present at | what he always chose when 
ae ie Mitel eed tds Reise a to hold his own against any ‘corapetition, native or | half Short- ear 
od everything meade in his own yard, Mr. Gray of Belfast, foreign, hea which tyi 
himself, he: would be bound to say, contracted for a great | _In the s w yard the étle classes were = par- | to be found. As an 
deal Be his. mate rials, A man bought a beam and make a | ticularly well allad; Hiat Sike well known names of as he would:select-in that part 
I Atherton, and others were among the | tion that the w eek previously he bad pi 
both the local and the | head of these Yorkshire 5 Short-horus for for 451.— 
200 animals. 
Boyd: is own admissi Am ; 
pats of this Pielon m belonged to another Dakss 3 think pei ors. Desist” sicko bake 
hat cient ey eral classes ined 
ted the = 
best lot? -—-The Secs : 
ce ; but rR first prize at Canterbury and many other meetings. 
bis own manu- The prize list would fill several columns of our Paper, | she has been we ily “manta 
a fast were, in | and to find rane for it. The | some time back, and a eee et 
seeretary and office-bearers may be congratulated on a js all that is necessary mak: 
ery successful gathering. does not breed any to raise ios 
was sufficiently eh, as NO 
satisfied with the decision of th e council. He believed that | VET. 
Mr. Gray had m: he aoe cade out in tis lett but he did not 
believe that he eyer pape > judges nd done, inte. the brah to deceive 
dges; 
before, 
. | accom lishes the di 
nats Sars; did once Farm Memoranda. of jz bot! th 
À zono aad onina Da Mr. HOoRsFALL’S FARM NEAR OTLEY.—The farm | profit out of the same an 
them —Lord Clancarty did not pro N Mr. eres includes not quite 60 acres along the bank ofa pr p As we go out 
should certain have given a eredi of not having : 7] d 
20 intended, Ho thought S otk ay the E betoro them were | Soe = certain which. Forty-three acres, or fully | Horsfall’s so Sosa magement, am 
ieri is warrant th ma, fn that belie é: pa She saie tipe ee Gr rass. The stock of bis st ables: will ag e See pat 
eaen ng h b h feedi 
trade WRtieve, tha that they ke? hee =a thot 
A beet ee — limpse of his pe it: lig bs re 
that Heifers käid bull j.. aa es tups and 62 ewes... a aan so what it > the busine: 
— Mix T ee “Likewise four pigs neon a a e : inment to produce which o 
“one namely, that Mr. Paani each Raa aes tele SE = We aoe ie prof meadow, then, ¥ 
rr. “Gray Making a total - cattle Gash 
intend Yo Gootives SD a naj TRAE iP bo. stood atone. — | iabe ne. toleabhy ably heavy stock for a cee osaa dnd: 24 sheep, fam m tho time erg tle 
Chairman : ir, isa Sard the cup on on this occasion. for the future T s 4 l è as follows :— i hou ‘the h dle of Oc ce or 
rind ‘pity. th por Koti Rabi, Tacto | Teen se jad Seiad oka F which fi aac that te or 
te Uanoarty, mores And are a wate seconded a Beans, 3 ype pao acre of Winter, a aa eN long- nine it, has usually su > Mr. H 
= € as ray & Co. have not odada Barden aT s } butloc! Sé apport thanio 
complied with the c onditions, and are, shesetiome: disqualified k and one and a ha 
for the award o f the Rane’, Gaztie Challenge Cup.” The in pr October ‘| lambs, to each 
ug. 17, just ha erential ad a turned out cpparenty ee ge enerally- sami o 
pi atin 
= 
+} 
Fahaman; "ity rye taion y I stand alone, to move an 
amendmetr at resolu’ ion, at I conceive that a person | a good crop. Itis one of whic! to 
mead C p- „i ; that time grazin; 
be pos Aesth aan ja a ine ents of Bo varied a peace Ory and so} ont of the way sooner than Spring ta so that the | and thus allowing the P pastures 
ground may be more readily prepared fora succeeding | the best possible security, Mr. 
el d| by subsequi ae ioe 
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e as an dad niak “that. Mr. Gray get. the 
eOr O G, Gray. seconded th c 
Mr, Ç. G; t —The 
op RAE rag KE Bad e Nor piae E ried vee ; crop of Wheat. jeh i is sown w ith ut manure, the lan es bsequ 
resolution was then put’ and wg —It was then. resolved i early in ; : 
«that the award of the i of the Sonne Gazette Chal stiffness ough to stand up till harvest. On ira = | eut 24 tons of hay per acre, 
lenge Cup to Mr, Gray, o dingston, m not having con- | field of this year C} ac acr es); 15 sipa of salt w wn | a second ree ee . 
firmed by the council, on tthe ground Fei mids Servet the | in the s upon“ where the d 
eouncil are of opinion p aee cup shall be considered to have ‘es sa wi bert = Set 
Tapsed to the society for this most liableto lodge; the amount of seed sown upon the | referred, i thin nk to that 
“ft whole was | only ag a a dad twi yield had been:200 | which every traveller notices 
MANOHESTER AND lton, Sept. 1 + threshed, so that I have no of the grain and Grass, so th $ 
"Phe sonion a dastar of De of last yorsa ange ext other data for ian oe uct obtained. ‘After structed and beautifully thatched 
af this: esta se are aus sane fs com.|the Wheat a Rape crop for spring ‘feeding would be | and. skill form a a prominen 
of the ar farmstead—a stac! 
arh en ào their likely to follgw, and then ‘Oats erha) ay eed 
"Wes HT departimeita i cis ee Baar would be 
of | Wheat again, and then roots or This to measuring 33 sg fast in length, 20 föl 
