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fhall produce at Woburn theep- fhearing 1802 
the bert boar-—five guineas. 
Il, To the beit theep-thearey, five guineas 
~--fecond- bef, four guiness—third-ve#, three 
guineas—fourth-beft, two poineas nah aeit, 
one guinea. 
| Premiune as fi 1” encouraging Tnproz UEMENES jn Int- 
plements of Agriculture. —I1. To the perfon who. 
fhall produce at Woburn aeey g uCaring 1802 
thé bet and moft ufeful nex wiy-invented im- 
plement—the fum of twenty guineas. 
II. To che perfon who fhalt produce the 
plovgh which fhall with the leaf force turn. 
thedeepeft and cleaneft furrow—a cup, value 
ten guineas, 
For 1803.—To the farmer in Bedfordthire 
who fhall produce the mof fatisfaétory ac- 
count of comparative trials between the drill 
and broadcaft culture of wheat, barley, or 
oats, on not lefs than ten acres, being in 
the fame_field—thirty guineas. 
On the Thurfday, after dinner, the prize 
cups being placed before his Grace, he rofe, 
according to the annual cuftom, and announ- 
ced to the company the feveral decifions of 
the judges, which he read. ‘ 
The Duke then remarked, that as the ex- 
ertions.in claim of the premiums for laying 
out money in the purchafe of fock had been 
confide rable, and inany of the breeds were 
jaar ies the county, he had for the 
year enfuing ‘propofed but one premium ; and 
“s he fhould in future, probably, drop this clafs 
of premiums altogether. As the New Lei- 
cefter and South-Down. fheep were now in 
the farmers’? hands, they muft fpeak for 
themfelves;: he had no prejudices fur any 
breed, and only wifhed that fuch trials fhould 
be made as might bring convittion which 
was really to be preferred. 
premiums to force any thing further than 
this was not his obje&. 
The ‘farmers will now decide a thenr- 
felves by experiment, and not by opinion. 
The laudable example of Mr. Smith, of 
He-tfordfhire, “proves that prejudices are 
giving way; nor can the Bedfordthire far- 
mers do better than imitate fuch’ compara- 
tive trials. 
Relative to tife rae on the fat wethers 
his Grace obferved, that the judges hid fug- 
gefted the Note of rejecting corm-fed 
fhe p; but he conceived that the decifion 
would effe& it, and deter any one from that 
practice. He was happy, however, to find, 
that beth in the cafe of wethers and theaves 
the the cep fhown were high! y approved ; and 
if the Beafordthire farmers had-heard all that 
had been faid on the occafion, it would have 
{timulated thent to become rivals to almot 
any - county. © change ;* for it is 
A ha Dpy 
fen known that. they ome “did not ftand 
ery high ; but with foch exertions as aré 
now making, hetrufted the spn ation of 
the county would be eftablifhed.’ ; 
In explaining his motive for aasing the 
premiums to the beit thearers, | is Grace rege 
Ne ribamptenftire. 
got rid of the better. 
To attempt by 
(Sept. 1, 
motked that it was an obje& of confiderable 
coniequence. - There were fome good ones: 
in Bedfordfhire, but not. many, and by mel- 
tiplying them* much wool would be faved, 
Some gentlemen might think ‘it'a Tmail ob- 
ject, but this, was not the cafe; for on the 
mafs of all clipping a few ounces per head 
would amonnt to a quantity that rendered 
it a national objet. If any gentlemen of 
the county had very good fhéearers, it was 
to be hoped they wauld bring them. 
The Duke then took notice of the dif-; 
cuffion which had taken place upon ploughs 3. 
and faid, that as it was an object which ex, 
cited attention, he was glad He had added a 
premium for it. | Competition is the only 
mean to afcertain which is the beft; and 
fhoula it be found that Bedfordfhire is dif- 
graced by its own plough, the fooner it is 
On the premium for the comparifon of- 
the drill and> broadcaft hufbandry, he ob- 
ferved, that opinions were extremely at vari-+ 
ance. Poflibly thefe methods might not yet. 
have been tried with Girac accuracy. 
That from what he had feen, he was much 
inclined to prefer the drill, ;wwken well mana- 
ged; but if there bz not q determination to 
“exti: ‘pate all weeds and keep the drills ab- 
fol ately clean, it is better not to attempt 
that culture. The land fhouls certainly be 
Fen before any trial begins ; then only an- 
ual weeds will be found, and the hoeings 
oeAive | in deftroying them. © 
’ His Grace then generally congratulated cin 
county on the progrefs made, and exprefied 
his hope that it would, year after year, advance ; - 
and that the Bedfordihire farmers would des 
rive an increaling credit from their laudable 
exertions. 
The firt cup was then p piefented to Mr. 
Bithrey, and his health drunk ina bumper. 
“NOR THAMPTONSHUIRE.- 
Atthé meeting of the Peterborough Nae 
cultural Society, omthe sth of. Augutts a pre~ 
minum of three guineas, offered by the fociety 
at their laft annual meeting, to the perfon 
who oe produce the bedt fhearling ram, 
was adjudged to Mr. Smith, of Stoke Doyle ; 
and a premium of one guinea, for the fecond 
bett ditto,’ to’ Mr. A. Bufwell, of Therford 5 
Mr Bufweil likewite produced ‘a two-fieat 
ram for the prernium of five guineas, but have 
ing no cumpetiter, he was allowed a come. 
peniat ion in lieu orsthe premium. 
Married.|- Me, St. Coeaee: of Moree 
Lawa, to Mils Duncombe, of Kiag’s Ci:fie. ~ 
Died. j At Northampton, Mr. W . At- 
terbury,—Mr. P. Agutter., 
At Arc erhatiaate Mrs. Flutter, wife of 
Mr. Flutter, feed{man.—Aged 72, Mrs. Pore 
ter, a widow lady.—Aged 27, Mr. J. Bee- 
tham, fecond fon of bie “Beetham, -pothaasee 
——In an advanced aze, Mr. J. Gilbert, fore 
merly matter of the Rofe cud Crown pub=- — 
lic-houfe, y : 
thwick, near 
Mr, Dolby; ee va of § 
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