The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-03-12 00:00:00

Agriculture.

NOT a single ones of cettle plague occurred in Greet
Briteia in the week ending Ow 2nd /Web.

Ties Carrie PLAGOL—Tbe movement for the re-
opening a the Melton Cattle-market for beasts, and
those of some of the other towns of the North and East
Riding.. has been suddenly arrested by a wows out-
break of cattle plague .t Barstwiek, Rest Riding. where
seven beasts were found in the plague. and along with
16 others have been shot. The Yorkshire farmers are
mud, eonoerned at this outbreak, as their hopes of ob-
la their summer stores at home are out off.—Tillien
of Saturday.

BURBMOTIS TOR &num.—The Add gives a usefu
list of Substitutes for Straw :—Ashes, whether from
coals wood, or burnt clay, make °spited litter when
covered with straw, or with certain other 'lobotomies
softer than themselves. We have ourselves this winter
saved much straw by their use.- Berth, even if not
burnt to ashes, yet, if dried and pulverised by heat and
exposure to the air, can be used in the same way—Sand
may he used by itself, and is of a cleansing nature to the
akin.—Leases should be collected soon after they fall,
and removed from Untrue, which they injure, to heaps
under cover.—Sawdust is an excellent absorbent, and
may be used next the akin of the an ima I whoee bed it forms.
Like sand and ashes, however, it ia Itself of no material
value.—Fern, dried and stacked, is meet usefully em-
ployed as bedding—Tan will absorb much moisture,
and last as long as litter. —Bad hay of less feeding value
than good straw may be substituted for it. And
lastly—the shrewdest remark of all—straw is a sok-
stitote for much of itself when used economically. And
then follow remarks on the best means d increasing the
groeth of straw—the dressings of nitrate of soda,
sulphate of ammonia, guano, 81.0. —and on the best
mean' of saving it all. mowing it close to the ground—
and on the best means of keeping it sweet and stiff,
stocking your corn on the crows of the ridge instead of
the furrow and thatching it when threshed. To this
we may add that it is economised in use by cutting it
iota chaff, so that only those parts which are soiled are
removed in the dung. Sawdust we end • capital
bedding stuff for cows, costing about one-half as much
as straw at present prices, ea keeping the cattle cleaner
and as comfortable.
Hobe-Tree Sonoouslo.—The very Interesting die
elusion in the House of Commons on rmessor
Fawcett's proposal to extend the Facdoi7 Ads to the
ease of children employed in the Gelds, recalls to re•
collection the experience of Mr. Paget, 01 Reddington
Orange, late 11. T., for Nottingham, on the subject of
Half-time Schooling for the &adroit of (aria labourers.
It is very desirable that we should know how the plan
continues to answer the benevolent aim of It. promoter,
but meanwhile we re-prodees the following statement
made by Hr. Paget before the Liverpool meeting of the
Social Science Association :—"Tbe boys work sad go to
School on alternate days —. They are never woui
either of school or of work. Their Is found
to be very nearly equal to that of tTsiiceesoie
business is attending sehool. At 14 years they have
received not only a fair amount of the rudiments of
eshooliesrnine, but they have also acquired •
knowledge of the business of life, and Sr. ready
to enter into service with ell that skill arising
from habits of labour, combined with hardihood
from exposure in out:of-doors work, which the
farmer who hires them bee a tight to expeet. They
are mach better servants than the mere ashoolboy weld '
be. The school-life being compared, Oct with a holiday
but with • day of labour, they loot epee it as a red.
I and their asseeiatioes with books are not irksome, but
-amble ; so that, as a ride, they will retain what they
str 'squired. The schoolmaster also feels the
beve- of this system. The boys attend more
nOnal'iff• khe average of children • bad, remaining
regularly thr* attainments are higher, and they
to a later ger. that ' • school. The best evideoce I
give • higher toe* to to- entertained by the HAY MAURO%
=ix., as the veto. is the statement Ittagr me
ept.—juagow bay, a lits. le £4 Is;
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no three for this
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ns.' own, arranffiltents- clover. E 4 Os. to efilOs.OL; and straw, El Ma. to Egg,.
that they volsostarily adopt is e " •iu "grin& Iced. A far
In addition to 15 wire az.7.7.111°E ‘d in the "Cs
P• 4•• InaTIOV. 11BSSLAID.—IIIMMIew hay. Os. to £4 be. Od.
factory. end
zudr,..verastireing.areortlortAxaapitteoostogowsber clover, £4 gg ; and straw, lg.. to
domestic duties alternately; and I have grid meet to Witesomaget..tiZtow bay, 15e. to 14 ie.;
eg Os. to Ell 10a. Od. • mad, serstrj CI ill..
behave Wei in bll' thaw awe Ws mina waits "lin lead. Tad. a'
0.64.617.**0 lie. Paget evbiaally tileke Rs&
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Mina= L•nn, Friday.—Sugar : Fair demand. at
fall mtg.', for all aorta. Peened steady. Brown lumps,
424. 64. Coffee : Coloary plantation Ceylon ill request
at full rates. Gray a .low rale. and • little lower.
Tea: &WINO'S limited. but prime onalterad. Rice:
Small toreela willing at late rata. Tallow, 4. 9d. to
43e. on the spot.