The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-06-14 00:00:00

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THE BATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND
SOCIETY'S SHOW.
m. ibow-gromnd sad, trial fields opened en Monday,
.geid weather of thalami sheering dosaiption--bright
sad yet breezy.
The exbibitiot sa an sesembyteri! implements and
animals amens& the highest and the arrange-
ments of the stew-yard eould not be Improved.
This hes ber n the second combined meeting of the
Roth and West of England and Southern Counties
Societies. a vombination which has bees an undoubted
adesotapc".4 both, principally because it ensures' • good
ipleurent show. . One of the most etnking points was
the itnih.oventent in horse.pleiugke,
In ...he cattle classes, Shorthorn" were fsirlY re•
mersented, especially in the yearling heifer sod bull
stiserves. The Herefords were an excellent arction.
'The Ihvons occupied the first plum in the catalogue.
snit formed, as might have been expected, • large and
good section of the live stook exhibited. Lord Falmouth
gained fresh laurels by his egoolh.,,e and
.dr. Davy, of Flitton Barton, and blr.Sniith. of Higher
11,,,,pern, well nigh divide the remaining wise. between
ion, tie aid exception being that Mr. .1, A. S!nit!l,
if Bradt, red PevereU, was awardeel a second prim in
elm' 4, and Mr. J. H. Buller &hostel • good :lima old
bull, which was placed second.
There was • good show of sbeep. The LfiCVlLers sre
all from the West of England docks. Toe iousoldi
appear in moderate fora., although many of theP!l°' ,
eitisl breeders of this race still hula back from ea huhiting.
The Devon Lougeroole, a cross betweeu the Leicester
And the Devon Knot, forms • lame cam of useful sheep ,
lager and lengthier in their C 118.." than Pure
Leicester'. The short-woolled sheep embrace all the
usual breeds in considerable numbers : and So.uthdowns
are sent by Mr. Kirden ell the way from flriehton, to
compete successfully eah west counter bred sheep.
ItAwlence is Ist in two and
Among Hanpsiiires, Mr
2nd in the reinsinier Asa. bet ...were sorry to observe
that the Ileives I:asseli's (of Ki-nt). Pens sere all
empty, otherwise the emmetition night have been
keener. An interesting pat. of the sheep show wart the
Exmoor. and other mountain breeds, which were well
represent, Slr. Henry Mayo, of . Coker's From.,
tiorcluster, coo test prize for a yearling Dorset horned

ratn. rf agrioeltural homes,
Titer., were c dereble claes
•e,i.m
i; ,tt otr of bunters and hacks and a pretty fair
:bu:b.`i.;,,,e of ocr. r. 23 entries of ithricultural homes,
Jri four Hams ~f bunters and hacks, and 20 ponies.
There sa • showlarge entry of pigs, and a good ow
vi
faith of hisek and white breeds.
row. died on the journey to Taunton • and
some of the fat pigs have hod to be slaughtered, ad
other. ...re in • rare strait. As one pitman, said,
Tn S Cr We cur ; that pig a woon't gie • varden
vromr 11."
• 'dr Dorset exhibitors received a fair share of
•prizea and c immendation. A Devon yearling bull shown
ky Mr. .1. A. Smith, of Bradford Peverell, is none.
mended. His l)evon heifer " Picture" was awarded the
s-cord prize of £lO. Amongst the shorthorns a bull,
exhibited by the Rev. R. B. Kennard, of Mlarnhull,was
highly comumoded, and in a fine glass of heifers the rev.
gentlemen bad another high oommendai ion. The gistsford
bull of Mr. N. lienjsield, of Motsoarbs, washighly com-
mended. The Channel Islands bell of Mr. D. W. D.
Wingfield Dighv, of Sherburne Castle, was awarded the
fint prize of £lO. In the elm§ for Somerset and Dorset
horned sheep, Mr. Henry Mayo, of ecknespromes won
the first prize of £2O for a yearliog rata, an', was highly
commended for a second, as also was Kr. J.
Jam., if Mappowder, end Mr. A.. J. Pitfield, of Eype,
while yr. KG. Logi, of Beaminearr, visa commended.
In ponies, noises' by the Hwy. H. House. of
Anderson rectory, Blendfool, was commended. yrs.
Pattison, of Wrackleford. wen Shied prizes of 10a each
for silver.pencilled Hamburghi or d Freoth fowl, and
was highly *monad.' for geddv n•spangled Hambeirghs
and silver•spangled Hambuegh.e„ A game cock sent by
Mr. W. B. Ford, Weymouth, was highly commended,
also pouter pigeons sent by b
Nut Strial anti areriaLi rise 111 THZ MICHARICAL
WOW /THIXT.
Messrs. Robey and Co. , of Lineoln, have constructed
a thrashing machine ii a the framing of wrought angle.
iron instead of wood.
Moan. HarathY soil Scam( Grantham,showed a little
machine for grinding the knives of reaping and graze.
snowing machines.
The Severely In J. and Waggon company have a
serni-niannsi nape r, in which the falling of the platform
Is aatomatic.
('arson and T oone, of Warminster, exhibit a lamb-
fate or" creel' ," in which the e oiler frames open on
hinges -..nd again with springs, giving the easiest
Posail'M tlev' :se and ingress for lambs.
Ms. 3. Barker, of Widest:li, has a eorn.dressing
m'sChtba. simplified so that, by a very slight changing of
times, N. dr. saws any description of grain, no matter in
what rindition.
)leier.. J. and F. Howard, of Bedford, have fitted
'their grass-mowet with • new connecting-rod. in which
• a run-metal socket works upon a hardened cost steal
wank pin, and have also brourtht out • new tornwrest
?lough, which is reversed for right hand and left hand
furrows with great use and without any sacrifice of
rigidity in the implement.
Mr. J. Le Butt, of Bury St. FAlmunds, produces an
improved gardener's water.ean, in shich • long tube
finely perforated, is rubatituted with great effect for the
old-fashioned opirting rose.
The Heisted Implement Company exhibit the newest
realisation of the rotary cultivator—this time for horse
instead of steam power.
Mr. J. Dover, of Croftthole, Devonport, has fitted
his turnwre.t plough with • self-locking as well as self-
acting arrangement of the wheels, for travelling alter-
nately in and out of the furrow.
51,ssnr. Burgess and Key, of Newest...street, I ondon.
bays brought out a manual delivery reaping machine
with a remireably simple arrangement for preserving
the pitth of the finger-bar while edjosting to different
heightsof cut.
Messrs. Viouthwell sad Co. of Rugeley, show • new
design for a sheemrec.k,whesi; is really a' hay and sore i
economizer."
Meears. Ames sad Berford. of Peterborough, show an I
"Allprdred self.tz-aveiting anahor for the stationary engine
• system of steam eultiv•tion.
Meows. Itensmaes, Sims, and Head, of Ipswich, have
.1 novel two•farrew plough which by means of a lever
motion is lifted out of work at the end of a furrow with
the greatest poesthe ease, and, so far from requiring any
lifting or pulling from the ploughman in turning round
rides round upon its wheels and may he turned end for
end in its own length.
Meagre Deoing and . Chard, exhibit a large number
• of implements, among Co. Well we may specially notice a
patent brush-drill. invented by Mr. Shiner, of Crim-
chard, adopted for sowing all kinds of sgrieultural seeds.
from rt.-lover to • bean. ft requires no change wheels,
and hilly land or change of the horsed' pace is said not
• idfloenee the regular deposition of seed. The same
•firm exhibit • Spencer's olisio-drill, with a removable
slide, furnished with • brush specially used for regula-
ting the sowing of beans.
The Bristol Waggon Company show • large sollection
• of carts and waggons. among which we noticed Captain
Steven.' adaptation of endless rails or shoes to enable
tarts to travel over boggy ground. Each oboe or seciMn
of rail is filed on the tire by means of hooks, attached
by spiral springs to the nave. The shoot are removable
at plemure. and may be fixed upon any cart. Carr's
disiot, grstor, by means of beaters *evolving rapidly
In opposite directions, pulverises minerals, ores,
artificial manures, ha, and is exhibited by the same
firm.
Mr. Henry Beare, Newton Abbott, Devonshire, shows
a manure distributor of ingenious design, in which the
manure is conveyed from the box in the zigzag grooves
of a revolving roller or barrel puling aloof the bottom
of e manure box. The =morels kept running by means
of horizontally oscillating egitetoraworked by a revolv-
ing emu at the end of the grooved barrel. Any unbroken
frames ts of manure are pulverised by being brought
in contact with a number of fixed iron teeth la close
proximity to the zigzag peeves jest menticned, so that
nothing but finely divided manure can pass out. This
implement is therefore at MN • mantes distributor and
pulveriaer.
Fellows and Bete, of Manchester, exhibit a pyre.
meter, for testing the temperature in the centre of
stacks. This instrument consists of • hollow tube ter-
minated by • screw or worm, by meths of which it is
introduced into the stack; at the aid next Hie stack
centre is an expanseve material (quicksilver), which
expands with the increased temperature, pathos up a
piston rod, and register, the temperature by an indi-
cator and graduated table,
Milers. Nell, Harriroa and l'o , London, exhibit a
smut separator, lit which the whole work of separating
and cleansing is don* toy fan-blast. The wheat is
" elesosed in a whirlwind,' at the rate of 10 up to 260
bushels per hour, depending upon the also and capacity
of the machine. The aims firm also exhibit • bran
duster of ocessiderable merit.
Moele's earth closets appear in usual force, with
many improvements, and adapted toe all kinds
of
d wollinp.
A new winnower mid corn dresser, pogocuti-1,.
a:. R. Turner, of Chart:mouth, is exhibited by
Brothers, Lyme Regis. In this implement -6.7441".
frame and screen require only one motion to work
the action being parallel and horizootal. 'Tlie emu
peaces through six riddles, if required, exposing it to the
bisist soffielently long to ensure a perfect sample.
Messrs. Day. Soo and Hewitt, 22, Dorset-street,
Baker-Orme. London,s exhibit their Mock-breeders'
medieime-ebest, containing an assortment of compounds
for the treatment of disorders in every description of
lams live stock.
• mews, E. Cambridge and Co., St. Philip's Iron
Worigs, Bristol. exhibited three descriptions (different
horse ps,,,eo of improved portable steam engines; and
a large variety of their celebrated patent notched and
plain wheel rollers and clod crushers sheet and other
lane-town; two-hors's gist snit threabing.machioe, one-
horse gear end intermediate motion; winnowing
machine. turnip cutters, ku
Mr. James Mondry, agricultural implement MIMI.
lecturer and nisehinist, Mark. Somerset, exhibited one
of the mord perfect double.roller appie•niala ever intro-
duced to public noties. Its action is so perfect site
bruise the apple pipe, thereby imparting to the cider •
most delicious flavour; an improved double screw and
pinion cider prom, which was awarded the prize medal
at the Pere Exhibition, is also exhibited.
messes. Thomas Bradford and Co., 63, Fleet-street,
London, ezhibited thew celebrated wealling-numbinea,
which ive now attained a reputation pretty 0011 r to the
inclusion of every other. A new key cabinet, invented
by the eahlhitelfs, was shown is which the homekeeper
or banks, can keep keys in sale custody. It is a very
neat and ingenious arrangement, and every key, whether
for the cupboard or wia•aallari has its Proper place.
Mews. Sutton and Sons 8.4.0.t0 the Queen
Reedit'', exhibited on extensive and varied weleottun
agricultural and horticultural proclaim, inciedius
specimese of dried naturalpanes, an extsitsi4 .07!
tion of grasses In their growing state from Mecsic
Buttons' experimental farm, Reading; maple* of fine
ne
clamed eraser lied eleven, mthethl Inuidred mange,
semis of verities binds is gloms eases, all etisiii,cos
labelled; very hese speekasee of Menet. But
improved varieties of agriselteral roots, and a miscel-
laneous emolument of earioaltural forage llama.
including the Brooms Seltriederi and the f;
tome.
(Aerates.
nos Flower Shoe and Arts Exhibition, to the
thorough-going agriealtoriet, were a relief from hard
womb rather than as the theatre of stitai.
THE TRIAL num,
Several acres of rye, coovenieetly sawed to, the
show ground, and two kids of pm were *sod at the
4k4,,,,5ej rd hp •;hiblkore of ledCs sod mous i

amalgam. The rya am, a good upstanding mop, offering
little opportunity to any implement to show spesial
Impabilities for grappling with difficult work, The Bath
and West of &gland Pociety do not gisre prim, to
implements, and 'both these facts eombined be render
the trial of reapers somewhat " Malty wells
known reapers were to be seen upon the ground, among
which we may notice three forms of the implements
sent out by Messrs Burgess and Key, in tiding the
laourrof the M
automaton,
aTCinniek grea
"sli backliverltly NaPstimproved. abdbythe old
straps haying given way to chainirearing, he. Messrs.
Howard snowed their Hritish reaper; the Beverley
Iron and Waggon (I.ompany exhibited' reNper propelled
by horse., which .1i I esevllent work. Wood's reaper
, was also proem!. and emoinplished ill work Mils usual
ezedlent style. It was difficult after the trials, in
, ',mane over the stubble and examining the swaths or
'heaves, as the case might be, to speak distinctly in
favor of any one of these implements. Mr. Robert
Hellard, Taunton, has patented a reaping•maehine
furnished with a revolving dividir and two knifebare,
tie top one working on the en.'er one, thereby re-
quit.
ing little sharpening. However good the idea, this
implement found it diffioslt to compete with the older
eatabliehei machines, which, ti • thorough develop.
meet of the principles upon which they &reconstructed,
add the advantage of highly finished workmanship.
Aloring M achirses.—Theee have only a light mop to
encounter and little to test their merits. Burgess and
Key exhibited • mower in which the crank is low
placed, to give • horizontal push to the knife, thereby
ecoriomising power. Samuelson showed an ozodloot
implement with the draught pieced low scam to take it
from, as near as possible, the point of greatest draught,
The horses draw by meats of • draught chain, instead
of from the pole or shaft, The Megan. Howard showed
an improved mower of a very perfeot kind, which we
cannot further describe at present. Pieksley and Sims'
combined reaper and mown t exhibits a very pretty eon.
trivance for sliding the entire bottom frame or bed with
the knife, loss alternately to cause the driving pinion
to gear to the right or to the left travelling wheel as
gram or corn is being cut. Breton's mower boasts the
introduction of india-rubber washers for preventing
vibration from the mediating action of the knives.
Hornsby's exhibited theirl"Paragon" mower which won
the Hint place at Mereah.-ster, and both Hamlett and
Woods were also represeeted.
By fir the most iutereeting portion of the trial-fields
was that devoted to ploughs. Been last year at Man-
chester the horee•ploogh trial.fteld would have been
about the last place that an inquirer after novelties
would have entered. All is now changed, and the old-
fashioned single and simple horse wheel-plough seems
doomed to be is thing of the past. Mr. Pine deserves •
high place among the improvers of this metal class of
implements, and we may meatball, among ploughs,
which in general construction appear to be made upon
the same prineiple, • very good one, made by John Gray '
and co., of Glasgow. Two excellent turnwrist ploughs, ,
one by Ransome, in which two mouldboards are used.
one of which is held above the work while the other is
turning its farrow' and one by Mr. Davy, which cannot '
be spoken of too highly. By a simple contrivance all 1
the moving parte of this last plough are tamed at once ,
—ose breast being placed in proper position while the i
other is raised clear of the beam. The mould-plates ,
are of pure east steel. Mr. Woofer's now celebrated ,
general purpose plough showed to great advantage even
on the hard and dry land epos which the trial was eon. ;
nursed. A revolving disc protrudes through the
mouldboard and outs the furrow, thereby eff ctieely
pulverising it, and closely following the mouldboard h
• ocreaml wheel-presser, which coneohdates the furrows I
as fast as laid. Both object.' appeared to be attained,
and the implement evidently did He work more
effectively as. the depth of the furrow was ineremed.
Mr. Woofs also exhibited • good and new double plough,
which we cannot do more than mention. Messrs.
Reesomee also exhibited a two-furrow plough with I
stilts, as in the older forms of ploughs thereby differing
from all the other double ploughs in the field. This 1
plough has • very short sole, and no antisfrietios
wheel, and yet goes perfectly steady, and did its work ,
admirably. A very good contrivanee for facilitating
turning on the headland, by means of what Mr. Ran.
some calls • lifting wheel, is also worthy of notice. Not
only does the wheel keep the plough upright in turning,
but by means of the lever, which proems it down into
position, the plough may be instantaneously lifted out ,
of work above the surface of the ground. This saves
the too freqoently ragged work at the ridge ends, as
ploughs are gradually run out on to the headland.