November 24, 1860. ] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
1049 
= | Wilde, of Paaa & Gatos Wille ik Gh a 
uld be a good plac hile we 
made there sho e for storing them. 
wth cheese that had mit made ‘rood became bad if it 
expos 
wer sed to damp or to a hot atmosphere. He 
Wilson, of Polquhairn, in Ochil While 
such merit we hope to see efforts made ti 
badly used, he remarked that a t gentleman from Frey nr 
eclips e it at fut ature: shows. 
Let them Took to their 
Knew w 
get some Highland cattle “to tramp down his is straw. 
tors Hound mersetshire, and els 
itberally acceded to ae 
ba ildin ng new cheese house 
ewhere in En ngland, h ad 
wishes of beso’ tenants in 
He did n y th a and- 
a raie 
dairies as yet produce cheese of equal qui 
of the best dairies of Somerset. Let no on 
outlay, he in increased rents or interest 7 paid ¢ on i thé 
¢ 4} 
that good cheese cannot be made o 
Wherever any of 
money. 
decidedly pond tie a os 
cows, à ifal country, fine pas 
not think there was likely to be much saan 
in the prices, as they were not, like dealers in the corny 
market, exposed to compete with cheese imported ; nor 
i a ie ve with th b th 
rshire Agriculturist. 
HAMILTON: UPPER C 
the fact that that none of our Scotch 
ality to a few 
vies afraid | t 
on particular farms. 
= apir $ s farail par there 
work for Highlanders ! 
tte 
—and they would 
nore than any other kind iyo, a pao 
clair, Culloden d tha t his Opinion of the 
daigai in the ver Hl pa Highland — y cross 
was, that it had bee: en too exten: He qui 
show at this town 
Country Gentlema: 
The poi exhibit 
clon t a ate 
e fro old pastur age would 
maintain is PRA ity hae that from new pasturage. 
As mer years, the Cheddar cheese formed t the 
show. 
all of w 
£1} 
m the 
any | ma 
part: he county where préa ought not ot to ie 
wherever Highleal 
cattle were reared and fed well, thay would pay better 
most than M crosses. 
o 
__ Mr. Gentle, Dell, in the course of a few remarks, 
Ekat diik 
h 
may, s pat: fro 
en conia ora of the 
cely so as last year. For the money 
7 lots bit Bioiekt dii er last year, and 62 
The appearance of the cheese was, on the 
al fully as el as a Ans k ow, bat we 
cannot say that ral improve- 
ment in quality. The eet hong that a ema 
Doras of the cheese of ason had a stron 
ray , an ea im were of opin 
sched 
nowhere in 
Kilhilt, Stranraer, ep d Fes 
the gold ma was 
dam ar d 
, 
tot be awarded to the ro 
to i 
y of the princi 
Best 2 bushels of Winter opie 
Best 2 bushels of Spring Whee t 
Best 2 bushels o; Barley 
ey " white | 53, biack 19—total 
Best 2 bushels fied Peas 
a pene White Field Beans 
Besi i ushels Indian Corn, white 25. yellow 4 40 
a tal 
Best bushel Timoth; ys seed 
Best bushel Clover eyn 
ARE, 
28 
win 
fes w his Wheat, ‘out 
ws oa 
furnish the Secretary with a written 
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ies. | and cross ca 
It 
nature i 1 soil, mode ‘of preparation, aoe aoe a and | 
e | quantity of seed, "and time of pants manures, (ifa any | on 
Blackfaced cnet and Highland cattle to Cheviot sheep 
e had been great, oo beneficial. 
he general chan 
rh thrice what t the 
yo in favour of 
eg 
< 
urage, as er any opinions jig ted 
he county goreny. tere eer to m any 
districts, Ina 1 
e 
JE 
e Tb y 
of this _ very | meritorious. Galloway _dairyman. 
‘successful in keeping and maturing 
the cheese 
Polluck’s name appears he 
by mahy of the spectators i inr 
success of Ayrshir and. Gallows, the sem aa 
Last yoat tho y AA 
six raonpy pries go 8 
bright. In T competition For the ; 
shire was first, Ayrshire second, “third, an 
t 
"Cheddar ani | $ 
isa formidable | 
log “was iR | |in 
a oat 2 the compara 
the first (pne sample 
| was Ea 
one or two i 
¿per ek ores 
magined from t 
veraged throughout 
persona hich 52 had been 
obtai: SERE Whatever owen’ tiny. be required for 
a were this, as an exceptional case, it is enough to indicate— 
not named in the o eoniipetision® forthe: medal, “wikee | ay one or tw “gs er matters to whieh Ta I shall refer in | 9f Heath 
shows that something depends on the selection of eS, ime o—that ae ene aa ra will have to look to | S*gument 
cheeses for competition, In gr the best ope wre their th + 4} 
be unlucky, like + Co oe r last yea k eee i- ark- 
ble facb that the Galloway c ecsbindh ri 
farther behind the makers of. ot districts a few Farmers’ Clubs. 
years ago than they usA now in advance. The Invenness.—At the discussion, Is the change from 
introduction of the Ched method of a Blackfaced Sheep and Highland Cattle to Cheviot | needs be, 
making has completely changed their positio condition in, 
n no other quarter has the imitation of the E nglis ish Mr. An ro n, Kil ldrummie, said ae he was | Warran 
practice been so generally, we may almost say / the largest "Ror of Highland ca 
uniformly, successful. With many o of the Galloway cattle of all sorts, at this meeting, rt pi n his èx- | 
As to qua mitre it is iment toimagin e how it 
“the ‘crop has sie is year, as may ke 
ona fn his nt blac i that. sanding by s 
| would me than the gg! yield, while is he | oa 
tter. The Cheviot sheep is as hardy, and will 
ion, quite as 
the Pess: i not fatten on the 
pasturage. It is the products of 
the, a; pi reyes climate that determines where the 
ove this, I should adduce 
earer, their mutton more eae ae and i their’ wool 
roposes of t pad acorns eae it is 
ir actual yield in the market mus 
as a is, higher than their size or weight or 
foe rison with „the chap a 
only mp two Cheviot, T am pry opinion shat the dene 
the Che viot in oe 
erience m uld tell them that, though very few | from the „Blackfaced “sheep to 
bad that they did not eed to blend them with the local farmers took to feeding Highland cattle except | county, 
p alw: ways found that, when well fed and 
t to fall in ch well k ept, Hi t All t tk as our sheep. dependent upon our 
not an advantageous one. Now inregard to cattle—if our 
our hill pas- 
8 
Ve are afraid Lee fort ee = inion we hav 
ther 
had Rh ee that t very many of 
ig 
He aa about 20 Highland cattle and 
The 12 crosses cost for their keep as much 
on 
turage, I should place Highland cattle in the same 
| category with Blackfaced sheep, ait y 8 sae and 
to And 
error previ 
makers from attaining thigh standard 
“Ga Howay is greatly iiaii d ei one me 
itio: cheese-producing 
the 
Highlanders as eat | 
the ` He gr 
defender of Highland cattle; th they had pev on the | w: 
e, were adapted 
where the system 
they alon 
for a ‘Haliogvidile position e-pr as a century ago, where le 
district. It will be observe dth at the mánie of M’Adam | justice which they ought to “have got. He had sold| winter, and on heather in summer, of cow chan; 
bn The attention of | 3-year old Highland cattle at bebe iece, and another | from Highland to cross cattle must be ar et one 
e MAdams was direct e improvement of | lot he had sold for 297. 10s. a-piece. His experience | inasmuch as ` ander will fatten where a Short 
heli -making before the Greitos of the shire | led him to decide always in tebe of Highlan would In short, Highland cattle ill 
Agricultural Associati: ent thèir deputation to visit | which, if they pteie? good attention and were z E p be pp kE wont ; so that if yor 
the English cheese distri o nte ii tro n | Kept y uld pay better than any cattle in this coun’ eather, yo stock must be Highland. Wo 
dairy, and Mr. Caird sent him to he |M derson Er hi lt to the effect the the ie hand, y bare ee and feed 
practice for that county is famous. He kaeks Hiski and cattle were not rightly the Highland | cattle on and o e, you must have 
well, and an- account of his success, by Mr.  Caird, in | districts by being sup to be so much hardier than Grau eat agery ing is quite thrown away u 
Maes ys isted = ‘hlanders get on best | well fed So far as my experience goes, it res: 
wh Salaa en by it: Poems puar a rmly kept, and would well y any trouble | i into this; if you have gol and feed | 
ate talspss à results, must Po ‘aeknomledget as by fa r the which yt be expended on them, ri horns had and wish to remunerate! you must keep € * 
greatest boon which oe brought into a number of the Highland districts | but if your summer feeding is Heather, and ‘your 
the farming interests o EME paesi The report of | as wel He had Short-horns , bu ter feeding the same, with an occasional mouth- 
the deputa tion Wa ais the Cheddar in pre- | had the Seen Ame Be for the Highland cattle se e AI ba i php mer nang I a 
o o Highlan: <6 
ference English modes was at once eaten by nea cee pt Seon cee, Whels his poenotene them alone, capable titiers 
ssi d, but the rest of | were four years old,, he Saele them to the London 
the family have able to establish their eiea Christmas market, and he was never disappoii in 
as the first of Scotch cheese-makers. Their kanes are | the price which they brought him. He had is- 
eagerly sought by merchants from different parts of | appointed with crosses, but never with Highlanders 
the country. This year, Alexander’s go to London—a | He could not say much in regard to lackfaced 
market which seemed to be closed against Scotch ch a ‘Cheviot sheep. Black shee thrive where 
ntil the recent production of im baran in the | Cheviot would mr and z aa ra that Black 
manufacture, The M’Adams are an hire family. should be the sheep of t ighlands, In regard | i 
Their father was shepherd to the late “Me. Pettigrew 
Hi ihinda 
s | high 
n 
Highland 
. | with a chango 
or | tageous 
Mr. Aei] Faillie, had no experience personally 
> mee sh ieep, but, from observation, he had formed 
regard to them. Mr. Gentle had said 
to Highland cattle, and in "Observing as to their being 
in 
that she desig from Blackfaced to Cheviot had been 
