The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-10-19 00:00:00

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WITHILL GRNAT FAIN. —Tills oelebrate4 fair
oommeneed on Saturday week. hi. one of the largest
in thie country, and to which the higheet importence.
is attached by hop growere and factors, dairy and
(Meese farmers, agriculturists and stook breeders, and
many other claws whose interests ere involved in
this great mart; immense droves of stook and sheep
are brought bore for sale, and the largest bulk of
hops that can be brought together are invariably
pitched under CIANYINI for competition, heeds
which a large business in cheese and bacon is also
transacted. The fair lasts eight days, the first day
is for the sale of sheep, the two following are appro.
priated for stook and horses, and afterward,' the
great hop and cheese fair commences. The attend.
anoe on Saturday was large, but chiefly restricted to
sheep dealers and Hook masters. The hill aide was
covered with sheep and the pens extended over,
large scope of laud. There were upwards of 200,000
head of sheep folded. Dorsetshire contributed very
largely, Somersetshire, Wilts, and Hants produced t
good supply. Tilers were some pens of choice sheep
from Leioeatershire ; Sussex brought down some
well.bred Southdown ewes, and many other sheep
counties contributed. The condition of sheep was
in general healthy and free front foot.root ; thew
was not • brisk sale. The short turnip crops tend
to retard any very active competition for sheep, bet
the late exceedingly favourable weather has concluad
very largely to the growth oh rape and ooleseed,
which form a good substitute for turnips and • ()tni.
vision for autumn sheep keep, oonsequetttly there
was a fair demand at prices hereunder quoted ;
Ewes, Dorset', 445. to 495. • head; ditto couples
(ewe and lamb of this autumn), 60s. to 53.,; west
county Downs, 368. to 398, a head; half-breds, 33"
to 365. ; Leicester', 438. to 498. ; Southdown., 335.
'to 378. and aged ewes, 26e. to 308, a head; wethets,
prime bred sheep, fat, 301. to 60s. a head ; useful
wethers for folding, 421. to 445. ; tags, 30s. • well-
bred wether lambs, 19s. to 231. ; ditto, ewe lambs,
178. to 925. ; and pens of choice lambs, 225. to 29..
a head; long-wool stock sheep sold lower than at last
fair. There was a good show of rams for sale snd
letting for the next season, and those from eminent
sheep breeders went off at high figures. Dorset tops
made sto 8 guineas ; Leicester ditto, 6 to 10 guineas;
Southdown ditto, 4 to 9 guineas; ehearlings vaned
in price from 3 to 6 guineas; some rams of celebrated
breeds made as high as 15 to 20 guineas; the sheep
pens were nearly sold out. The stock fair com-
menced on Tuesday.
SNCOND DAY, Tuesday, October 12.—Yesterday
this fair was opened for the sale of stook. The
sheep-pens were cleared, and some large droves of
Welsh and other cattle studded the land. There
was a good attendance of stock-breeders and dealer".
Fat stock and milk oows commanded a good sale,
but store beasts and young stook were not in active
demand. The want of grass feed, coupled with the
extensive common enclosures, and disafforestingiu
this and adjoining counties, causes a cheek to-the
usual demand for outlaying stook. Good Hereford
deers made £l9 to £l6 a head i Stumm ditto, £ll
to £l4; prime shorthorn ditto, £l9 to £lB ;
looks for the fatting mhdla, £l3 to £l7 ; yearlings,
£4 to Lb each. Mulch cows, well-bred shorthorn'',
in full milk, £lB to £lB eaoh ; ditto down (salving,
£l9 to £lB I well bred heifers ditto, £9 to £11;
useful cow'', adapted for cheese dairying, £lO to £l4;
well bred hulls, £lO to £l5 large oxen, broken to
the yoke and aoeuetamed to agrioultural work, 35 to
, 40 guineaa the pair i Welsh beasts—steers, 4al to
£ll cows and heifers 47 to 412. Some large herds
of this class of Dottie remained unsold. Pigs—The
great fame this county has aoquired for its produotion
; of prime lawn hogs WAN fully suatolned forge hogs,
ennoble for the bOOOO rook wade his, to lb, per
, yore pie stone), end good area, las to Ike, ahead,
The fair ecuitinued open for Moak MI horses an
Wednerday.

WIVHILL CIRRAT Hot' FAIR. —.FARNHAM TM!.
MION,--10 may not ho gonemily known that the
Farnham grower, of hope oloint tho privilep of ,
in' tho hop. grown In thoir parish ;pito aport n.
alrothere I no country hope, if °von of oo good a
quality, on; ollownd to ho brought Into their sacred
outoloottro dt a flood hour thoir gator are olumod, and
tondo aftor that CMG org oulthrod to he pitelacti. Thu
your 'truly 3,000 pooketo wore piled. On tomtit);
but few won sold, 1111 tho pricer raked ocuoulod what
the pitrohusors hod reoolvod 111)1111 giving, Sumo of
the ;bloat grower. WON firm ih Asking £ll per cwt.,
yet wo could not hoar of any mud giving that,
although ovary one nattily admitted that tho ;colour
and quality war. okeeliontLindletel, almoot ourpountg
the growth of loot your. The primed may be quof4
at from Vito 100. por oWI. an MI avorard--4 few
higher and lower than those quoratlono. Fussing
through Ora upper Rota of tho -Farnham Nimrod, the
tAntlon Manparary unless ono arrived at. There tho
London find abhor Neon, ara aniamintal to fell by
sample ovary douription of this tuleful bittor I then
she Nadi Kent., with their beautifiti fregranee —the
Mid Kent., Sturait, and Hanle, produce aro offered
at prima ranging from £3 up to Ave guineas per °wt.,
Many preferring making purchorao from samples.
Again, the long thatched oountry rows, crowded to
sums with pockets from Sussex mild Kent, ohiefly
find omwdo oT buyers on a smeller soils, at priced',
for beet, at from £4 an £4 it.. per owt. ; mond
qualities, from £3 to £3 10e. ; ditto others, at from
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