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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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plants, but they do best in shrubberies, nevertheless. Even 
the one before this, latifolia, red and white, are just now 
favourite stove-plants ; but we had them out-of-doors beauti¬ 
fully, in large masses and in beds. All the best Salvias 
are marked stove-plants in some of the best catalogues. 
What this Balsam, named after Mrs. Jerdan, wants, is to be 
treated like the bedding Lantanas; but, as we said before, 
have nothing to do with it till you recover from that electric 
tickling; then, and not till then, you will, no doubt, keep it 
safe enough in a dry, warm sitting-room window; just the 
thing for it, no doubt.] 
HOUSEKEEPING. 
BAIT FOR BLACK BEETLES. 
“ In reply to ‘ C. W. J.s’ enquiry respecting a good bait for 
a Beetle trap, I beg leave to forward the following :— 
One teaspoonful of sugar, 
Two ditto of beer, 
One ditto of crumbs of bread. 
I have given this to a great many people; and it has 
never failed clearing the house of the vermin. The trap 
should have a fresh supply every night.—X. Qjoi,.” 
THE SHORTHORNS. 
To this justly celebrated breed of Shorthorns, we have 
lately bad occasion to pay considerable attention. Two 
notices, one, from the Fanner's Almanac for 1854, by 
Johnson and Shaw, and the second from Morton's Encyclo- 
pcedia of Agriculture, will give our readers a graphic view of 
the progress of this noble breed of cattle. 
“ The two last years,” remark the Editors of The Farmer's 
Almanac, “ will long be remembered in the history of British 
Agriculture. They include the minimum prices, and the 
greatest Agricultural difficulties. It will be noted, too, per¬ 
haps, by the future historian, how well, and how energetically 
the unconquered British Farmers strove to meet tho natural 
as well as legislative difficulties with which they were sur 
rounded—how ardently they laboured to increase the pro¬ 
ductiveness of their soils—and bow ably they directed their 
attention to the most profitable branch of farming which pre¬ 
sented itself—the increase of the numbers, and the improved 
breeding and feeding of their live stock. Such an historian, 
too, will not forget to notice one or two of the results of that 
skill and that science : he will glance at the memorable sale of 
Lord Lucie’s Shorthorns, at Tortworth, August 54, 1853, as 
one of those events which those who are apt to undervalue the 
efforts of the English breeder will do well to study. We 
subjoin the result of that sale, as well as those of the cele¬ 
brated Charles Colling, of Ketton, near Darlington, October 
11, 1810; of Robert Colling, at Barmpton, September 29, 
1813; and of Mr. Thomas Bates, of Ivirkleavington, May 9, 
1850. The following Tables give tho prices obtained at 
thes.e memorable sales— 
Chahles Colling’s Sale. 
Cows. 
Age. 
Os. 
Heifers. 
Age. Gs. 
Cherry 
11 . 
83 
Phoebe 
3 . 105 
Peeress. 
5 . 
170 
Young Duchess 
2 . 183 
Countess . 
9 . 
400 
Young Countess 
2 . 206 
Celina . 
5 . 
200 
Lucy . 
2 . 132 
Lady 
14 . 
206 
Charlotte . 
1 . 132 
Lily 
3 . 
410 
Heifer calves under 1 yr. 
Bulls. 
Lucilla 
100 
Comet 
0 . 
1000 
Calista 
. 60 
Major . 
9 . 
200 
White Rose 
: 75 
Petrarch . 
2 . 
305 
Altogether it appears 
Alfred . 
1 . 
110 
that— 
£ s. 
Duke 
1 . 
105 
17 cows sold for 
2802 9 
Bull calves under 
one 
11 bulls . 
2301 9 
year old. 
7 bull calves 
. 087 15 
Young Favourite 
140 
7 heifers . 
942 18 
Geerse 
. 
130 
0 heifer calves 
. 321 0 
Sir Dimple . 
. 
90 
— 
Cecil 
170 
47 lots 
£7115 17 
Roijert Cou.ing’s Stock Sale. 
34 cows produced 
Os. 
. 4141 
One 2 year old cow 
Os. 
17 heifers 
1287 
sold for 
331 
0 bulls 
. 1343 
One 4 do. 
. 300 
4 bull calves . 
713 
One 5 do. 
370 
— 
— 
One 1 do. bull calf 
. 270 
01 head of cattle 
7484 
One 4 do. bull . 
021 
Thomas Bates’s Sale. 
“ The herd of Mr. Bates consisted of six distinct tribes or 
families; viz., the Duchess, the Oxford, the Waterloo, the 
Cambridge Rose, the Wild Eyes, and the Foggathorpe.— 
(Newcastle Journal'). 
DUCHESS. 
£ 
s. 
WILD EYES. 
£ 
s. 
4 cows sold for 
322 
7 
9 cows sold for 
328 
13 
3 heifers . 
441 
0 
7 heifers 
440 
10 
1 heifer calf . 
102 
15 
2 heifer calves 
04 
1 
4 bulls 
025 
16 
4 bulls 
254 
2 
2 bull calves . 
75 
12 
3 bull calves . 
126 
0 
14 head 
£1027 
10 
25 head 
£1203 0 
OXFORD. 
4 cows sold for . 
288 
16 
FOGGATHORrE. 
2 heifers 
. 95 
11 
2 cows sold for 
74 
11 
4 heifer calves . 
303 
9 
1 heifer calf 
31 
10 
3 bulls 
. 200 
17 
4 bulls 
222 
12 
13 head 
£894 
12 
7 head 
£328 
13 
WATERLOO. 
2 cows sold for 
101 
17 
The Sale consisted of— 
3 heifers . 
180 
12 
22 cows, which sold 
1 heifer calf 
74 
11 
for 
1103 
8 
— 
10 heifers 
1221 
3 
6 head 
£357 
0 
10 heifer calves . 
002 
11 
CAMBRIDGE ROSE. 
15 bulls 
1309 
7 
1 cow sold for 
47 
5 
5 bull calves 
201 
12 
1 heifer 
73 
10 
— 
1 heifer calf 
20 
5 
48 head . . £4558 
1 
3 head 
£147 
0 
“ Referring to thff Ivirkleavington sale on the 9th of May, 
1850, we find the late Earl of Ducie to have been the pur- 
chaser of six head. The prices 
for which these animals 
severally sold at Ivirkleavington and at Tortworth 
are 
as fol- 
low. 
Prices at Ivirkleavington, May 9, 1850. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
Duchess 55th . 
110 
5 
0 
Oxford 6th 
. 131 
5 
0 
Duchess 59th . 
210 
0 
0 
Duchess 64tli 
. 102 
15 
0 
Oxford 11th 
131 
6 
0 
Fourth Duke of York . 
. 210 
0 
0 
Total . 
. . £055 
10 
0 
Prices at Tortworth, Aug. 24,1853. 
£ 
S. 
d. 
Duchess 55th . 
52 
10 
0 
Oxfoi'd Oth . 
. 215 
0 
0 
Duchess 59th . 
. . 367 
0 
0 
Duc.hess4!4th 
. 030 
0 
0 
Oxford 11th 
202 
10 
0 
Fourth Duke of York . 
. 525 
0 
0 
Total 
. £2052 
0 
0 
“ The produce of the foregoing, 
after becoming the pro- 
perty of his lordship, were— 
£ 
S. 
2 heifers sold for 
. 935 
0 
4 heifer calves 
. 1249 
10 
1 bull .... 
. . 032 
10 
1 bull calf 
315 
0 
8 head .... 
£3192 
0 
