The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-10-03 00:00:00

Ifffriculturt.

Teasi.. it feature of the continental management of
•dairy o we is the ye' y general adoption of the summer
as well as the winter soiling of the animate, or what in
railed he " stahulation permanente." It is to the
Continrt, therefore, that we must look for the b. et
exposit on of the advantages and disadvantages of the
systenionily noting here that. in the opinion of by far
the gredter majority of autlicritiee there, the advantages
outweigh considerably the disadvantages.
T DEB llama OF Mine—inqiiirer asks for the best
dressiu for the deatruotion of mice in corn stock..
Many ears since, he says there was a Wiltshire man
that travelled the country and charged is, per stack for
the dreeaing, which was very effectual, but he conned to
come found as usual after harvest, and the cense.
quence is that they are very much pestered with ink*.
Perlis'," some of our readers will pro bona public° give
their experience.— Agricultural Gazette. .

MALTING BEANS AND PTAPL—The Offices or roiAnd
Revenur, Somerset Hume, London, have replied to Mr.
salter, of Attleborough Hall, that peas and beans may
be malted, duty free, for cattle feeding, without any
reatrualon, except that the procures must be conducted
at an entered malt-house, cud that the 'master must
give the local officer 24 hours' notice before he stema
the peas or beans, and keep them at all times separate
from grain or tnalt in the malt-house. Barley or other
grain, malted duty free for cattle feeling, remains sub-
ject to all the established testi-Idiot-5, except that the
malt may be crushed wider rollers with the linseed or
linseed cake, instead of being ground ; but • sample of
the mixture must be submitted for approval.

LAYING DOWN A CIIATIC SOIL.—It will not do to let
grass come of itaelf in old Sainfoin in ovior to goo I pasture.
If yen want to grow the right sort of plant,' you must
sow the right aorta of seed, and you cennot do better
than procure and read Mr. Sutton's paper us laying
down grass, which you will get by sending to his addreos
at Reading. We should get the land well followed this
hot weather, and folded heavily with she p during
winter; then in spring put the cultivator through i.,
and sow glass seeds in March, with a light crop of
either oats or barley, about one bushel of set per acne,
which you may either cut wean in June or let ripen, as
you please. The aeeds for Is enumaratively light
calcareous soil should he—Foxtsil, 6th.; Timothy, 21b;
Hard Fescue, 2111. ; Meadow Fescue, 31h. ; Forennial
Rye-grass, I.olb. ; Italian Rye-grace, 51h. ; Catst.il, Ilh. ;
Rough stalked meadow Ora-s, 21h. ; Hop Trefoil. bib. ;
White Clover, 31b.; Red Clover, 31b. ; Red Clover, 41b.;
and Saioloin about slko. or 61b. per acre.—Paari.
FLAX GROWING. —As every welledueated agricul-
turist fully understands its primary where, sad as
every intelligent stock-feeder knows the great value of
than seed in the manufacture, if I may no express it, of
fitahtuest, I will merely say that in this country from
1,000 feet over the sea's level to within 10 or 20 feet
under it, at high water milt, there will be found no
laud when ordinarily treated incapable of growing good
flax except the fo:lowiog—(l), very deep or lint eclaitned
bogs; (2). light, open, shallow, gravelly soils; and (3)
very shallow soils, whether light or heavy, resting on
reeky subsoils generally but on limestone rooks more
especially. Nor is there any culmiferous crop in due
rotation more profitable than a flax drip, even ahould
the fibre be but a matter of secondary oonsidertition.
Neither is there any crop better calcalated to lay down
with, whether the object in laying down such land be to
produce grass and clovers for soiling, or for temporary
or permanent meadow or pasture.—Gartlesss Chronicle.

Srearieri WIiZAT roe Bxxr).—We have found the
nee of blue vitriol (sulphate of copper) to be perfectly
efficient, though at the rate of only hilt a pound per
bushel. But to add quicklime to the wheat after having
steeped it in this solution. is entirely erroneous. Lime
will decompose sulphate of copper, and to adi it to the
wheat after steeping it, as above, would, thmefere, be
an attempt to neutralise the benefits which are expected
from the use of that substancie for this purpo.e. The
reeipe is as follows :—Dissolve half a pound of blue
vitriol in a gallon of warm water in an earthenware
vessel, and pour it over a sock of wheat on the barn
floor, and tura it over and over, so that every grain
shall be thoroughly wetted. It will be dry and ready
for sowing in two or tire* hours' time. Do a sack at a
time, and do not have too mach done beforehand, as it
Is better that it should not lie long in heaps before
.owing.—Morlon's Farmers' Calendar.

Oug MEAT RIBOURCES.—C mummers of beef to a far
greater extent than any other people, it behoves ut
seriousiy to look about us to find substitutes for the
many tons weight of meat which mist thus be deducted
from the ordinary supply. The moo a in the fable
gnawed the net and helped the lion oat; so may the
Dorking fowl, Aylesbury or Rouen duck, Toulouse
goose, and other varieties of poultry each in its degree
help the f ,rmer as producer, arid help to satisfy the
appetite of the consumer. There ,never was a time
when our beet breeds of dotnistic poultry were better
worthy the attention of farmers and of country re-
sidents generally. This is • subject that has held and
does occupy a far more importimt position in relation to
the food supply of the Continent than withrta.. It is
usual, when we at intervals see in the public journals
a little foot note stating the number of millions of eggs
imported in a few months, to feel a sort of regret, not
unmixed with wood.r, that we do not take steps to
supply ourselves with artioles of such daily isse from
oar own farin•yard-,. Again, the numbers of rabbits
Imported from Belgium amount to many thousands per
week ; these sell at an average of from Is. 6d. to 4..,
and sometimes 4s. 4d. per stone, without skin or offal;
all of which is turned to good amount in Belgium. In
how many homesteads in England can there not be
found an ci:cl pigsty° or cart-ill d that at • trifling cost
could be converted into a rabbit house? The coat of
keeping these useful little animals would be but very
mall on • farm where there is always more or less
waste corn and fodder. Their dung is valuable as
manure; they are, if well cared for, fit for market at
nine or ten weeks old; and they will breed nearly all
the year round. They have, however, hosts of enemies;
' but none so dangerous as there who are prejudiced
I, against them without having given them a trial.—
Agricideara./ Gazette..

PROFITABLE USE OF DISEASED POTATOEIL—A eor-
reepondent of the Agricultural Gazatte says :—Former
experience has taught me that diseased potatoes may be
preserved and rendered profitable and serviceable, not
only for pig food, but also for valuable manure, the
process of preserving them for both purposea being the
same. The plan I have in several years adopted has
been to boil them tolerably well, but not into • slushy
consistence, sad then to drain and jam them into tubs •
few at a time, with a rammer,. without any water,
sprinkling a double-handful of coarse salt (value Is. a
bushel), over about each peck, and to keep them as air-
tight as possible by pouring over the top of all a thin
coating of paddled loamy earth mixed with a little oil,
daubed over as fresh as occasion required, with a little
salted Freese when the crust become cracked. Thus
they will keep fresh for a long time, should there not be
saffloient pigs obtainable the same year to eat them, es
I fear will be the case this season; or they may be used
as a valuable manure should they become too stale for
food. Their being washed for any or both purposes is
not necessary, were it not for the danger of the dirt
burning out the bottom of the boiler or copper, as grit
is rather essential than not for the well-being of the pig.
Thesame hot water, too, may be used for several boiling;
at •great saving of fuel, if the potatoes are washed. Care,
therefore, is necessary in this particular. Old flour-
barrels, to he bought at from 6s. to Is. each, answer
admirably for the purpoee, as they can conveniently be
stored upon each other in any small outhouse, which
should be on a northern aspect or cool sunless tide;
whether it is indoors or abroad it matters aot, as frosts
,do act despoil their good qualities. Thus they proved
; very serviceable mixed with pollard or meaL
PLOUGHING MATCHES.— Another of the All-England
matches took place on Thursday at Abingdon, which
created unusual interest, the competitors being
Howard's veteran ploughman Brown, Ransome's young
ploughman Dale, and two local men. Dale went away
in splendid style, and after a most exciting contest was
declared the winner. On the name day at Welling-
borough the chani pion prize was awarded to Howard's
man Purser. Yesterday thp annual ploughing was also
contested on Mr.H. Walker's farm near Croydon. The
affair created much interest, and the members of the
Surrey Agricultural Association sent their best skilled
ploughmen to display their prowess in this branch of
field labour. The competitors mustered strong, holding
ploughs of ancient and modern make; each team had
half an acre of land to tern over, and " the sons of the
clod," many of whom were eery young men, contended
bard for the victory, turning and laying rip the land in
ridge and well rounded farrows of • uniform size, and
in a style not to be excelled in other counties. The
prizes consisted of small MISR, varying from Ws. ,
and a championship. At the conedrition of the day's
work the judges made their awards end the successful
candidates left the land in the triumph of fame and its
scooniganiments, and the beaten men in a good-natured
spirit of emulation, and sanguine of success at next
autumn meeting.

THEIR Cingrannts AND A-HtLv AGO.—" I have seen
a man who conversed with • man who fought at Flodden
Mid," may be said by • venerable octogenarian gentle-
man to whom w• are indebted for the following 111504 i
interesting memorandum :—Tbe writer of this, when an
infant, saw Peter Garden, who died at the age of 126.
When 12 yearn old, on • journey to Louden about the
year 1070, in the capacity of page in the family of
Garden of Troup, be became acquainted with the vener-
able Henry Jenkie., and heard him give evidence in •
court of justiee at York, that he "perfectly remembered
being employed, when a boy, in carrying arrows up the
hill at the battle of Flodden."

It was fought in A.D. 1513
Add Henry Jenkins's se 169
153

Peter Girden . . ... 126
Le..B hi i sge when at York... 12
The writer of this in 1265, aged ...

A.D. 1865
—Edinburgh Courant.
CHLORODYWIL —" At/bet is Chlorodyne r is a question
frequently asked by the uninitiated in the experience of
It. value. True, it is • comparatively new feature in
the laboratory of the chemist, but the publicity, which
infinite testimonials to its good service to mire a variety
of ills, has made "Chlorodyne" the medicine in all but
universal demand. To enter into a profeeional detail
of Its essential characteristics might, perhaps, leave the
enquirer as well informed about the diagnosis of
"Cblorodyne" as he was before he asked its me, or the
true import of its title. To speak of the medical
ptoperties of this remedy as consisting of anodyne,
diaphoretic, sedative, astringent, anti-spasmodic, or
diuretic, would be only to make "confusion worm con.
founded" in the estimation of the general public.
" Chlorodyne" is, in simple phraseology, • medicine of
inestimable name; &remedy for nearly al those temporary
disorganisation& of our rystem, by the subjection of
which doctors thrive and patients get relief. But the
'emit for subduing or correcting the irregularities of
the human constitution by the use of some simple and
Inexpensive agent, was left for the inventor of Chloe°.
" One to unravel. Mr. Davenport, the well-known
b operative chemist of Great lisamill-atreet, Bloomsbury,
lf is its sole manufaolurer, and the public have an weir-
-11, rime in him that if " Chlorodyuen bad not • specific
ti reality to boohoo esui poivesting. it woeld not have
a waived the flodareegosai of his petroaage. —" TA. Ape
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