The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-08-24 00:00:00

agriculture.

REAPIEG Maowizza.--As reaping machines are now
taming into more general use, and as they are taming
oonoiderable anxiety to those who do not underetand the
nee of them, I venters to trust you with any experienoe
in the matter, having out my wheat with one for seven
years. During the last five yeare the manhine his nut
cost me 10s. for repairs. The machine icon, of Mummy's,
inade by Mears. Garrett, of Lei/ton—and I well re-
'millibar that those 'gentlemen reonestati ine to return
it, desiring to give satisfaction, and fearing from the
number returned to them that they might lose cum-
towers. My men, however, were too good judges to
part with such a friend, and although for the fiat year
or two their cant of practice caused them a little
trouble, the lasi five years the Mei*? hal done its work
perfectly, whether the crop of wheat woo partially laid
or stood emit, and they are of opinion that after all
Humes tinselling is the strongerl and most Meant'.
genus to them. They say that by dropping their deep
steebtoothed rake on the wan when enflieleut imam fallen
over on to the fluor of the machine, thg have a heavy
sheaf in the exact shape for binding. her Is 110 mat-
tering, and oonsequently no gathering. In this reaparst
they agree with Mr. H. HllllllUOlld, of Norfolk, and I
think they are right. Of course witch depends on air.
(»matinees. A. I always get up lily harvest by my
HWlTlleltra fileitel. Fun—This fair, which took regular labourers we wily cute moderate width wit la the
place on Thursday week, wag one of the largest ever reaper, so that five men by great exertion bind out of
known. The scarcity id keep, however, rendered Its weYi Frobablf with • litre ate of mire nand, It
husineu extremely languid, and mammy lots were mg be more desirable to use M'Cornalok's with Burgess
drivenaway without havinj changed hands. Wethers and Key's screws to throw off the corn, even at the met
retched from Ws. to 400. Owed from of a little extra gathering. The great secret ii to take
..; 28s. tA I 86i. j
s care that the knives and the parts they woik in do not
and lambs from 18a. to 284., being from 28. to °I. got choked • thia is prevented by the observation and
ior head below the prince obtained at hat year's activity of the man sitting on the machine, who, the
fair. Prime lota, of course, exoeeded the quotations moment he hears a slight dull:sem in the sound, exerts
bore given. There were two or three sales by sue- himself to rase up and bring over time straw that leans
thin during the fair. Mr. Waters sold some line forward and which causes the choking ; the knives
Bouthdown rams, belonging to Sir Edward Poore, when working freely, jingle or ring clearly. If tile lint
and 120 draft ewes, from the flock of Mr. Edward attempt at clinking is not imuiediately attended to, the
Waters, of Stratford, which realized fair average jamming of a muses muses stoppage or breakage. When
prices. Messrs. Ewer and Biafora also offered the inachine meet& the had earn the an who alto on
it name the corm with the eih amen
end of his stick
shout 50 ram lambs, the property of Mr. Coles, of actively applied ; when time machine follows the
Middleton Fart», Warminster, allich averaged £8 laid corn, the man brings the strew to the reaper by a
each.—The show of horses and forest ponies was simple bent wire curved like a reaping hook attached
larger than usual, alai the best animals changed to • light stick. The nutting knife is sharpened every
hands at good prices. Site agricultural implement& day by meats of • three-sided file which gives it a
were exhibited by Mr. Hunt, Messrs. Tux ford and serrated edge. Another very important point is, that
SORB, Messrs. Magge, and Mr. Kendall. where time land iv in attach and furrow the wheels should
I in the
SALE OF Tat RUMOR STOCK—On Friday week ;!:',.."w".`",1 the othteririitte,,TetotiT _. tehwerelienere deep
the sale by Mr. J. Waters, at Orcheston, St. Mary, wetter furrows, aeon the numerous undrained stiff clays,
of the first portion of the Solith.clown breeding flock the machine should be eased gently over them, and not
of the late Stephen Mills, Esq., of Elston, took place bumped and etrained by sudden and violent shooks.
together with the Hereford cattle and two Mort:born Hence the discrepant opinions amongst (erasers as to the
Mills. The high reputation of the Elston flock, value of the machine. A light land farmer with level
coupled with the we 'known judgment of the late land will find no difboulty, wimilet the undrained heavy
Mr. Stephen Mills, as a breeder of fint-class South. land farmer and his men are terribly plagued and woe-
down sheen, and his unceasing energy as a flock. sionally return the machine in disgust. If you really
master, were so fully recognised by agricultural. 14! to seemed lend your machlue to the men.
lets generally, that a arge gathering was the result. I
mewl':Y s did so. said
own self-interest soon taught
l
them to take rare and keep it in good working order.
The sale of the Hereford rattle and the Hereford and The use of • steam engine and other machinery during
short-horn young stock also excited considerable at- tan year. has teught ins that agriculture must improve
tentinu—it oeing well known that the late owner, at her mechanical appliances, an.i that every farm must
considerable cost, by purchase from noted sales of have upon it in anvil and turning lathe. You may
stock, had endeavoured to obtain a choice and always find amonget your men one who takes an interest
valuable class of animal—anti that he had sulmse• in engineering, eopecially if it larings him in an extra
quently procured, at great cost, superior short-horn 'Milling or two per week. Your eteam-engine furnace
bulls for the purpose of obtaining the most desirable will be your forge. I send a copy of this letter to mea-
nness for general dairy stock. The sale commenced ral agricultural l plurbiettionwtohrminivwit
'k 7, wmillYntet tb:ealiblovthe
at 11 o'clock, mid long before that time numerous ! Y
sumEiagninenc hint even from an "apron string" farauer.—J.
agriculturalist(' from all parts of the surrounding die-
.p. mechi.
tract were seen, in vehicles and on horseback, wend- „,
suafilr PRElTlL—Turn'r' often fall a eacrifice to the
hog their way across the Plain to the spot aptro. inroads of insect.; indeed, this invaluxble vegetable is
priated to the sale. The day hieing fine, the gat ea.- attacked by • greater variety of species than probably
ing was very large—in fact one of the largest We any other crop. At finit, the ants run off with vast
have ever seen in a like °cession. Mr. Waters com- numbers of the seeds; and no sooner have the seedmenced the hominess of the day by offering first the leaves appeared above ground than the flea, fly, or beetle
Hereford cattle and the Hereford and short•horn (Attica nemozum), alights upon the field to devour the
young stock. After a few observations from thecae. suoculent leaves; and the plant dies. The allied species,
tioneer iu praise of the stock, and of the judgment named Altioa oonsobrina, obscurella, and eoncinna, as
and energy of the late owner, the competition cons. well. as , weevil (Centorbynchus contraetus), assist in the
tented. The cattle having been disposed of, about
sefonating the turnips. At a more &fie Toed
_stage of
growth, the nigger catterpillars, the offspring of Atheist
one o'clock the company retired to a large marquee, spinarum, make skeletons of the foliage, which is alto
beneath which a suptuous lunch, comprising almost an wooeptable food to the caterpillars of the white but-
every viand suitable to the occasion, we. h»d out, terliiee (Pontia browican, napi, and rapm), the white
and to which speedy justice was soon doue by the diamond-hack-moth (Ceroetouma xyloatella), Chrymmomela
numerous company, whose appetites had been or Phadon beadle, and the Yaaumth (flail& gamma) ;
sharpened by the ride over the breezy downs of whilst the fields ovum' with voniehme slugs and ensile.
Salishury Plain. The chair was taken by Sir Ed- The green leaves are mined by the larvie of dies named
ward B. Baker, Bart., of Ranston, Dorset, who Was Phytoinysa nigrioornis, and Dreeophila dam' ; and in
supported on his right by Sir John Barker Mill, the autuusii they are deprived of all nourishment by the
and Capt. Tndlope, and on his left by the lant-lias (Aphis brimless and rape.) This seed crops
Bart.'
!Me ilimininiehed by the A; his florid rapes, the rose.
Rev. Prebendary Lowther, the rector of Oreheston. chaffer (Centonia aurita), and a minute beetle (Melb
The company present numbered about 400 of the genies amens); and the seeds are not secure in their
leading agriculturalists of the South of England. pods frau the larva, of a weevil (Coutorhynchus as.
TAN RILL FAIR, Aug. 13.—The trade in sheep Was admit's). Another species (C. pleurostignins) causes gulls
quite as good as could eve been expected, and for upon the bull*, which are eroded and injured by the
cull lambs somewhat better. The primal realized surface-grubs prodnced by the moths mulled Agrotis
and exalamationia and Trinhaenea prune ,ba NA
were, for ewes, from 30s. to 38e. ; wethers, 325. to °swellget uul'i -try the maggots o'fafliee (Atithniuyia guava end
37e. ; best lambs, 22e. to 275. ; seconds, 18s. to 225. l midtown) ; whilst wire worms from the click bertles
(Agriotes obeourue, Unmoor', and aputator, and poileihly
culls, 10s. to lbs. per heal. The horse fair wm full,
and a good deal of business was done. Mr. Hillyer /alms ruff:audio, snake millipedes (Julus terrestria and
Reeve, as urinal, taking time lead in the way of cart milchellia, with Polyitesanue eomplanatue, centipedes
mare out of a Nana aud aoulpturatual, the winter gnat (Triohooet a
oolta, of which he exhibited a very fine string. We and soolopenmlne °complete their destruction, leaving the
beard of only two lows ; one was time case of a deoomposing bulbs to generate rove-beetles (Oxytalus
uthirtuloutlinsal.ass), andamoa mu:pis:At; fithys(NSerelarastiftoucaLelp,
gentleman who had purchased • young
drove, and placed her oventight iu his brother's
live lam putrid vegetable substanesa. Numbers of par.
field at Bishop's Canning, with another hone, and
isnati,:rpeidgrmods, matures itymumnuberponof
ishmtaluiler
Thbiert,Liveleats
peeror.•
thwhemi:dolawrvna;
which in the morning, was found to have token her whilst rooks, sterna's, gulls, lapwings, pheasants,
departure, and haa not since bean heard of; the
opothnely-_,n3thueleossr:tchmferaeaumldymst:rmi,untsp the onuntry, whose
disappearance from posed to destroy time turnip inmate are very numerous,
the Hill, while its owner was in a booth trying the and can only be alluded to here. Burning, alimp.fold-
effects of Mr. Elloper's strong beer. 011 b or two lag, deep ploughing, liming, msdrolling, are mann-
accidents °marred, but none ors very serious nature, mended to banish tile turnip beetle or fly. Drawing
;
The worst we heard of happened to Mr. Mihrom, of note and painted boards over a field will redone their
Hinton, whom horse set to kicking at starting, and numbers and dusting the young Orem with powdered
by some means brousibt its heels in contact with its Time beach bwelkokl drive awa.A. Ina baealaam and "ma"' the amp-
pooet:titeryno,
orardrohvi
nigliaKellim:.ok!stir /Ledger! across saofthbys
master's chin, which it laid open open in a vury un.
sightly manner. ducks
_and
field; bat ilra 'awing a °art rope, a lashed hurdle, orgasm
TROWBRIDGE. --, Sudden Death. —On Tuesday forge over the mews, will wound and kill large queutl•
evening this town was thrown into consternation by ties ; and those whieli are 1130010ln' at the nine must
the sudden death of Mr. Simeon Usher. It appears dl.. Hand-tel lag is not to be noglected. The plant.
that the deoeruied, with a few Mesas, was going to nos WWI 011 he checked by cutting off the invested
Farley to a pic.nio, and by the time he got there he miss Lime-dein, also lime and
toba
was so prostrated that he could not speak. His movwstee will -kill them. The other caterpillars
defoliating tbe leaves, as well aa those at the mots,
friends instantly sent fmr two medical gentle Mens together with the winwonus, can only be mango/wed by
but their exertions were unavailing, and after lyiug persevering a hand. Marius. Your crop ham to be
on the gram for about two hours, he expired. The meagel by the =ilia: of Pattie nard or P.
ha . The nesse
damaged wee 88 years of age, and much respected by large wtlitu be issre is rdly any remedy
titoos who know him. beyond es wetly ens el handpisklng.—Asode