The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-01-23 00:00:00

gluiculturt.

TER number of new eases of cattle plague during the
last week, awarding to the official returns. was 9,243.
against 9,120 thg previous week. The eases were the
most numerous Is the north...eaten; counties, where
they were 2,466. Only 38 owe occurred in the metro-
politan district. against 67 the previous week; and 30
in the sonthuestern counties generally, while the week
before they were 107.

THZ GOVERNMENT ON CATTLE AISORANCI.—A
correspondence has taken piece between End Russell
and Lord John Manners on the subject of a National
Association for the Assurance of Cattle. On the
Marl Russell wrote es follows :—" I may nay generally,
but poeitively, that her Majesty's Government are
opposed to any guarantee by the Treasury in favour
of owners of stock who may be lasers by the cattle
plague. But they are not opposed in principle to Immo
in order to help forward plans of insurence on the
security of repayment by landowner or oat of local mite.
I doubt very much whethera plan of insurance, entirely
voluntary, would be adopted by the nation at large,
but in counties or unions plans of insurance, founded
on the cireurnstenees of the county or union, inieht be
lvmefieially adopted—such at least is the view of the
GOTESSMNIa"

Tits CATTLE Ptrous.—Dr. Brent of Woodbury,
behoving that vsecinatiou would be of boos& in arrest-
ing the progress of the cattle plague, dories the pest
month had various animals in his herd vaccinated with
the ordinary lymph from the bemuse green's. and In
every instance it failed. He **revolt_ addreased a
letter to the Vaccine Establishment is London, revue,.
ing • fresh supply Of VSOCADO matter for the purpose, and
received as answer the intimation that the quantity of
lymph for disposal was "barely sufflaket to answer all
de.as for the leffithwate Purlyees of the establish-
ment." Dr. Brent, therefore, applied to Her Majesty's
mime...tor Amiga Affairs, and suggested that in Italy
the math) are periodically vatieimilisd, sad that it would
be an easy and simple way of getting it through the
department. The reply was 55 follows:

' Foreign-4Am, Jan. 13.
am directed by the Berl of aareodoo to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the Bth
00 the question of vaccination as applicable to the cattle
dinsee, and requesting that steps might be taken with
the object of procuring from Italy a supply of per.
vaccine matter for further esperinseate in the vaccina-
tion of fatale in this 005itr7. I am to state to you
that Lord Clareadon eo.eideisd it desirable to com-
municate on this snidest with the Comma-dim and
that his Lordship be. remised • latter from that do-
=t, slating that the Loki Preeideat of the
attaches great importenee to this subject acid
to the expediency of further experiments in the car
ciliation of lank bang carried out in this country, and
I Is wweedaase with the Prailleat's ismetios, Be,

Majesty's ropreematativo at Porlsos vdl me at Tesseisa,
has boom insernoted to endeavour I. Aida a supply d
par? voodoo madam he sash eaperbeents.
'I ma, Bar, yoar mod dumbed bumble
"G. Rrlflr IvitkD
"B. Brent, Esq., M.D., Woodbury, asar Emitee.v.

Tax Now Vaunts or tin BATS AND Warr Ow
ISiteLeeD JOODNAL. The sommisle volume of the
Bath and Wed of Leant( Pacistes Journal. heed of
oess, instead of in karysady sechoes, has jest made
its It operas with rho used reports of tite
Rs erg meting—that on the Live Sleek, by lid
Stewards; OD hos Poultry, by Mr. T*t ; the
Maralaery and Implements, by Mr- Chas i
and on the Arlo Dopertmest. by Mr. IL Draws, all of
them unusually well done, oaths names of the anthem
well may entity. A oomprebeedas Agrisallturall
Servo, of tho scanty of Hanford, from Mos pea of Mr.
Duckkem, editor of tier "Hereford Herd Beek!
occupies • couple at shoed at the present issue ;
Chanters Norton gloss • sheet to the subjed of Sims
man=ant of GM. Lisle; Mr. Beekman Wore
the of Wild in soessation with
culture and ruZestesoemay, whilst Dr. 'reeking
doses • remarkable ficasidee of limo in
whisk is Jost this : —Mr. Vilest, of
some carious hods use thee axe, and Pod,
oemanaketod them to tho Journal. Thanes would
man to bars been derived • theory has MOW 11,01111
remove mare linos from the soil than ethers, and Users
-
fors me more strikingly boadlqad by • drooling of limo
In oohs dolisiset in it. This Dr. Vedasr has sehmielat
to the tett of experiment. rad the resell is that Aimee'
this theory wenH explain apparently the fads recorded
by Mr. Bided, yet dimple and reamed& ea it may ap-
pear it rods on editing bettor than sposulalicm, and re-
dives he countenance Irma well arrowboinsd abanied
facts. Besides those isbrestine eantribulieas ors heal
other won by lb. Angio-Freneb ogricaltund, M.
Tribe-tads (new • British landed progiridor ia an
adjacent ceusty), on the management of fruit tress; by
Mr. Grantham, the civil engineer, on the laud Drainage
Act (186 I by Protestor Brews on a point is obstAries ;
and by Dr. Sponsor Cobbold an the Entasocta Jake-
dead tato tie human body by animal food. Finally a
important
pastor is sentribotted by Dr. Bold, of
011 the Cattle Plague; and when wsauddtoafl
these the varied and versatile souttab of " the Nebo
Book" and dada/ (sod Sy) Lids of the Appeadix, we
behove our readers will know the nada why we defer
for Um proseut noticing matters of swab variety and
Impedance more in diasiL