The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-12-25 00:00:00


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I bad fold them the results with • view that tieme
audio urn mielit event a here they hol failed, suet tee7l. •
I where they had gained. Bet letterly they iwe
content et their meetinee ti m bilk of petit,. „„,,
the nerd, out had been content to tel&
tIW
little of whet ..tic Sonia , uppuae the
m jest their meeting tegetlee. Ile attribute.' tim
of thiuge in a very great measure tem the epringw: me,
, a fresh institution among them : sad the eineri••
I of the tiuestion, more particuierly connected wita"lte,_
class of men who oriaqnated those institutiuo.
alluded to the farineri Mills, and the tenant f‘a.,.w..
alio. in feet, termed the greatest portion md tee „,-;rs
be ongine to those club.. Although Mere winne, dme4
I in 1-4;litmg a lariat r a tied, smite, tie hell that the', „e7r
much imenufactiireni as were the owners of cottou
hers
"tailia":l
inmut:lbdllibauc,rtnirtiet;:nrely'rthiliuL7.;.
ofboldthlO4e^"expil.eirillsylentx which they were fullmmemeg—jat't
upon their farms, but they Mee gmeceareamoe
' their views upon other subjects °mine
fann. Ile hml for aatne pset been watching' al'
• , proceedings, and he mint give them greet creelej
I the exceeding amount of tact with which they b!
the varieus subjects brought under discurien, am"een.‘
great amount ot information elucidated at thee,
; inge. He had beard it sail that some of the
; • brought forward for diecumion acre dangerous, wire,
admitted that they acre so if left in sal isolated pmee.:
a clergyman sell a landed eroprietor, br elide
' let them have their fernier.' ciiihs end dieele, e7e
e In ortlai
m aricins tope le men lit he fm theii,i,ummi stand ,
l't ikl
quegions tea drop there, Lod the contrary th--;
I c 1111 l c to tls..t iticeting mice a year. amid suet t the•
lam
lords And lay befere them the result at which thee• lea
, armed and the reedit:sham they hiel come to. .emC
' might for ttainple have their own Views on what
PoPularly milled the teitaut•farnier's questien, and aiee
landlords might hold different opinions.th
ese tale-;
• m lir tontine; together an M d arguing on q
: uest:elm,
Ivaluable points might be elucidated, vidueee ert:
the farmer, and to the lenderds. They had sew,
gone into the questions hearing mmim their interee;
' so the cultivators of the soil, add no class of
better right to speak out teddy then the,. as aws
I ! themselves rested uhether they .b •
I lie hml read the reisots of their tepee Mold. as
1.1.• t pi.iying niedes ef agriculture. He dhl not lemee
' I hew those speeches were delivered, hut they thewee
memerted, a vemmt amount not only of connuen wee at
ale, a scieetilic keowledge really worth hating ea
worth rem mailing. They had gone further than nee;
: they Intl guile ud I.nlv into the question"( the whiten.
that of Ilialitirea and the best Ma:flirts to be
' they had also gOtie into the tittestien of the Cettva";
the labourers. lie had alwas• held that, it, a an,
" great Measure, the Cottage opieation wa• a wee 4-4,
' fernier's qUestion. It eras highly necessary that thew
' whom they employed sheet their farms, whim he' ta
working of their valuable machinery, and to *hem the,
entruited the capital on their farms, that they Omni
' have houses like chrietiane— homes erected on waters
principle:it, where they could live in the rich en'oms,'
' of health awl mention, fur he maintained that tie
laimilrera could not poesese that health SO
' the duties imposed on them wiles. they were frondi
Iceitteme They had also guile into the questiens
eante and lease+, game preserving, and other matte,
' directly affecting their own class. He congratulate,'
' them upon so titimg. They had rewarded their labetrin
Err their good service and fee their slide and m
' ming they had done the best possible thing as so
acknowledgment of the appreciation in which fiew
lelmurers were held, if they wished to have leemwm
with heatk upon their shoulders—min who would imee,
of valuable aid in the knee of those instruments Mick
were brought into requisition on the farm. Macb WO-
tempt had often 4,11 tliroWn on these sociencv ea
account of their offering rewards for long mended.,
and lie was not now saying enythieg ageinst that, for
there was very considerable difference between • lebonfer
• who, worked on the farm, and a servant than or
maid, who formed, as it were, A portion of their
limmusehuld. The labourer, on the farm had often placed
before them very great temptations to lace. 14 was
often exposed to all weathers in lahourine on the far.,
and liotaithstaliding thatother and ROUT prune-eloper,
lugs presented themselves those men would stick by their
old mintero from the respect they bore theme. But the
me-events we-re placed in a somewhat different open.
They were members of their homeledds, end were more
particularly irk ntifird a all them. and he did net at...the
velue of giving rewerds to them for long servitade.
There weaA often as much memit due to the ;easter for
keeping a servant a long nuniber of years an there was
to time servant ter living with Ina Ul.ister. He recollected
• etatemeht of one man who had limel with the nee
family 49 sears. A preemie iii affilreesing the master oe
• the circumstance mad, " What a servant that must hare
lemon to have lived with you no long." "Yes," replied
the other, " mind what a wader I must have been I.
have kept hint rim long," Everything of this nature mast
be looked upon both sides. But a man who
worked twenty or twenty-two years on the same farm
was an honour to the labourer, and they did well to
mark their appreciation of his conduct by some mark of
their approval of his value. Let them now turn their
attention to what he considered was the umre 'rpm
unite purl..< of these wetting.. lie wanted the
us uers of the land mainly to study the opinietis el the
Lemma fanners, and understand w hat that claes feel ii
due tam theist, and Its wanted the tenant farmers Luanne
1,. these meetings and calmly and good humuuredly to
discuss Hawke midterm They knew what their own
opinmens were; let the ferule, also get what were tine
views held In those all they rented under, end see
if they agreed in their views or differed. He again
urged upon the tenant-farmer. to Olen their attention to
the mettage.question. It was not every land:orti
Was toaster of his own lands. They would eaCtise
for saying that the position in which they had ben
plaCed in having to compete with the whole world, hail
re:tittered it imperative that their farm buildings should
be every way efficient. Thome improvements lied bees
effected at a large outlay Ity the landlord. He
• heel been perfectly astonished at the tempi-merriment&
' which had taken piece in farm buildings during the
last few year. : they were unable, many of than, to
' erect new cottages for time labourers, and besides they
did not receive sufficient returns after expending the
• large Mims they had done to juetify them in sin doing.
lie elso wished the landlords and tenants to calmly
' eiscuss together the subjeet of lemurs, lie had heard ml
said that a tenant...Griner unglit not to bike a fort
without ',eying a long lealc. HO thought this & wruag
law to lay down as • rule. They Might depend inset it
that one mmf the finest traits between Welton:l and tenant
Ives fur time landlord to have perfect ounfimience es ha
tenant, and fee the tenant to have equal confidence us
' Imo landlord. lie knew that the game leas was a
dan.,t tons tunic to dwell upon, and feed forbid that ha
,
m ehmealu eimeaknuu the epirit of dictation. It WU One
I timing to grUnible, and it was another thing for one to
' know what lie was grunilmling abeut, but he would leaks
this remark, m shin oat person tuO'c a farm he tommk it with
• a 'whet knowledge whether inn not the genie was
to he preserved, lie was perfectly 'satisfied where there
wee a good feeling existmiig between landlord and tenaut,
:wither party uould have anything to grumble &bat.
Ile knew that he had trodden on dangerous groan.' that
• evening, but lie mail done an fairly and with time bed
,; intentions. After •gain dwelling at considerable length
' upon the cottage-question, which the rev, gentleisum
said he knew it hal been said was hie hobby mid slash
' lie had nearly rimideu to death, he concluded by proposal'
the toad lie had named 011 first rising. The toast ismes
drunk with great enthusiasm.
Mr. Ile eneits, one of the committe of management,
briefly returned Hawks.
I "The Mayor And Cerperation of }Handfeed" was
then given from the Chair, and acknowledged lem Mr.
Pond.

" The health of the Vice.Chariman was also given
from the Chair, and acknowledged in suitable terms by
Mr. Fiatkes.
The lion. Wll.O. PORTM n complimentary language,
pri,posed the lieslth id lir. Roe, the secretary, who, he
paid, was the screw w Mel' kept thi• smarty together, and
to whose exertions they were mainly indebted for the
prt sent prosperous state of that society. (Cheers.)
Mr. Rog very briefly acknowledged the compliment,
cmiii org d upon the members the necessity of .aymngrn
their subscriptions, which were due on the Ist Januar).
earlier in the year than they did at present.
The PREIS and other toasts were sui,sequently given
and acknowledged, aud the meeting seisarated &bust
about 10 o'clock.