The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-01-17 00:00:00

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CANToRD, WIIIitoRNE, AND EAsT DORSET
FARAD:us' Crum—The general monthly meeting of
the members of this club was held at the Webb's
Arms Inn, treat Canford. on Monday evening, the
9th i inst. John Pyne. Ea the president of the
club, in the chair. This being the last meeting
of the was* the election of °dicers for the
ensuing year was proceeded with ; no changes
were however made, all the old officers being
re-appointed, viz., J. Ppm, Esq., as chair-
man ; E. l'earee, Esq., as vice.chairman ; Mr.
Nleabey, as treasurer; and Mr. Seth Seymour as
secretary. Among the other preliminary business,
the subscript list originated by the club towards
the Dorchester meeting of the Bath and IVest of
England Agricultural Society was further proceeded
with, and the greater part of the members present
appended their names as contributors. Great satis-
faction was expressed by the announcemsnt of a
donation of £lO from Sir Ivor Guest, Bart., towards
the object. Mr. Joseph Darby delivered an address
on "The Benetits derivable from Deep Culture."
The meeting was subsequently addressed by the
Chairman. and by Messrs. Pearce, Leff, Petty, Bar-
rett, and Seymour, and the discussion wla wound up
with the following resolution, which was proposed
by the chairman and carried unanimously :—" Be-
solved—That Mr. Darby's lecture was listened to
with great pleasure and satisfaction, and afforded a
great amount of material and useful information for
discussion, which was ably and practically entered
into and discussed, and ninny pertinent questions put
to Mr. Darby upon subjects to which he in reply
gave most satisfactory answers. It was mutually
agreed by all present that with regard to light,
gravelly, or thin chalk lands, there might be some
doubt as to the advantages of deep culture, but as
regards clay lands and naturally deep soils, it is
most advantageous, and to be much recommended."
• After votes of thanks to the chairman and lecturer,
the meeting adjourned.
Pe-rry scssioss, Friday, January, 13.—(Before W.
C. Lanibert, Esq., chairman, Major Portman, Rev.
C.. 1. 11yn, and D. F. G. Dalton, EsqJ
Wtiortania HAT STEALING.—Geurge Steel aged (hi,
and Elotammel Steel, 27, father and son, of Moor Down,
m the parish of Christchurch, were brought up in

custody of Superintendent Boynton charged with steal-
ing, on the night of the fitli inst., 5 cwt. of seed hay,
how a rick standing in a field near Redidll, the pro-
perty of Mr. Edwin Hirt Elliot, of Cudnal farm, Kinston.
Similar hay to prosecutor's was found by the police on
the prisoners' premises, and identified and sworn to by
Thomas Mother, prosecutor's carter, to be the smile hay
as his master's rick. Mr. F. W. Freemanappeared for the
prisoners. Both were committed for trial at the mixes.
The elder prisoner was admitted to bail.
Charles Ingram, Frederick Friesicl and 111101Seniour,
were summoned by Mr. Robert Newman, of Chalbury,
and fined 10s. each, for bunting rabbits on Sunday.
Lot bazars and &beard Spearing, of Moore Critcbel,
were fined tea. and tis. each costs, for being drunk and
kicking at people's doors at 1 o'clock in the morning, in
Wimborne. _ .

David Nnillh, a navvy. fined fie. and costa, for being
drunk and disorderly at Winiborne.