The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-12-17 00:00:00

Saticulture.

DORCHESTER /Ammer curs.
A of NIL deb woo bold lost &tardy ersolng,
al tit* Autolop. Hotel, Dorchester, undo. the presidesery
of Yr. J. Homer, whoa Choir was a fair attoadasses of
members.

Vertus. 01 Wgmostb2 rad
"The use of linseed or net seest.. In
them, he mentioned the maaufeetare of printing bar,
the weaving of mil and linen sloths, the reeking of
's alian, the oompontion climb. for fattening
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the
we of filleted for mafiosi porpams. ha lie
refened to the cultivation of flax in Waders hletorisslly
recorded in the Bible, and stated that it was foond
among the titheable prodnetions of this county in 1177,
and in 15311 k cultivation was made eoupWaory to •
certain extant. There had, however, never been enough
grown hare for the home consumption. nu within the
lad century very little machinery had been wed in the
manufacture of fabrics from flax, end, indeed, flax
spinning had not bees al WI within
recent years. The oil =ad fross flax seed wag
employed in painting, varnishes, the preparation of
enamels, fioos,oloth manufacture, printing ink, ho.
He neat illustrated the manufacture of cake from linseed
by • set of working models, of We most aimplete eon-
struction. The seed is first passed through a mill to be
rolled; it is then placed underneath • pair of upright
Mona., having an ecamtrie motien—at ones cutting and
drearier ; from thence, it is tranaferred to • deem
kettle, where it is heated to about 110 degrees, and
finally it I. put into barn which are placed in •
hydraulie press, by which it ia made into sakes, a portion
of the oil being pressed out and minim into • cistern
underneath provided for the purpose, In conolusion he
referred to the imports of flax seed, sad showed that
they had more than doubled in the last twenty
years.
The discuasion assumed • very prackleal 'turn at the
outlet.

The Chairman inquired at what stage of the coke
milking the adulteration was made— (beer, hear, and
lausliter).
Mr. T. Saunders expressed bimetal anxious on the
same point.
nge (vim chairman) did not agree with truth a
quail= being put, and sugfested they should discuss
the merita of lioamid-cake, to eompeotion with rape.
cake and cotton sake. As to the adulteration referred
to, some mid it was an advantage, being more wholesome
than when consisting of per. mks., but that
they would not be ready to Duda, lastP:raC
west over a pure linmed-esk• company's will. and maw
all the processes carried roam Kr. Vertne had described,
with a preliminary one of passing the seed through a
large oween—a proem which was ?la meessery, for be
sew the Need as imported, acid be .licaliaubleiy eau that
30 per omit of it was mere rubbish. Be Wced what
was done with the refuse— the light used, dust, and
dirt of every description, and he was told it was sent
beak to Hall, to be used in the adulteration of cake I
They did not um it themselves, but sold it to the mane.
faraway of cheap cake— (laughter). Be had used rape
cake with advantage. Efe thought it was nearly equal to
linseed oaks, and although there wee some difficulty in
getting stone to eat it, it was highly nutritious, and be
should be very sorry to he without it. Another ques-
tion they might consider was whether it was advs.-
two= to use linseed instead of cake. Be did not
think it wee, unless employed in email quaatities,
because of the aseessive amount of oil in it, part of
whim could be dispensed with advantageously. •
Mr. T. Saunders said that formerly he used a weld-
datable quantity of littered-cake, bet for the last four or
five years he had not had any. He believed rape cake
was nearly MI good, only there Irma difficulty In getting
animals to sat it, but this be overcame by mixing with
It about oncefourth part of cotton ebbe. During Use
last few years he had fatted his baste on mangold
wursel and rape cake and made them as good se he ever
bad when he used linseed-cake. If rape-cake were as
" proofy" ea linseed, it would be much cheaper to use,
sad at any rate he thought the same amount in 'alas of
rape-oaks was more advantageous then linseed-cake.
Bat • good deal of the e sold was as hard and
bleak that the beeste would scarcely eat it. He liked
the German oaks best, which was mush menet and
more mellow than the English cake.
Mr. Whittle, on being tolled on by Mr. T. Saunders,
said that six years ago he went to a farmer's house to
buy 150 fat sheep. These had been divided into two
lots, without any selection, and one had been fed with
a certain quantity of best linseed oaks, and the other
• similar quantity of raps-eake. He examined both
lots eardully twice, and earns to the conclusion that the
lot, which he was afterwards told had been fed on rape
cake, were the best. The rape cake cost about £6 10s.
a ton, and the linseed-oaks Ell 10• He was rather
disposed to think, however, that by accident some of the
biggest sheep went into the rape lot when the Bock was
divided.

1-4, Whittle said his experience was that rape and
cotton cake was very good for young animals, but that
to finish off • begat linseed was the best thing. For the
fattening of lambs he considered there was nothing
better than cotton-cake combined with peas.
Mr. J. Grovel considered linseed was more ad-
vantageous oonsidering prim than cotton-take for the
fattening of Mock.
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Mr. J. F. Hodges spoke of the advanbages which had
resulted to this county from the system of artificial
manuring and artificial feeding which have come into
vogue of late years, and be related an instance of
the advantageous oao of linteed to the fattening of
lambs.

Saunders said he once bought 300 toga. which
for a while bad half-a-pint of liaised oil each a day, and
the result was moot beneficial.

Dr. J. P. Aldridge inquired why we had to go to the
foreigner for so much of our linseed? Could it nnt be
grown equally well in this country. and with prolit to
thilynnrer?
. . .

itT. Norris, veterinary surgeon, wascalled on to speak
respecting the medicinal virtues of linseed. He said
linseedoil more especially was useful ss • medicinal ageet.
It WM frequently given in dimness at the lower animals
with very marked benefit as a lands..; as large
quantities, it also acted as a purgative. Me believed
it might be given with advantage to cart horses when
living on dry fibrous food. It would improve their
condition, and act as • mild meatier. coanterastiog the
astringent effects of their food, especially in this county
where cart horses eat so much barley and wheaten
straw. He suggested cart horses should be given half-
a-pint of oil with chaff weekly on a daturday night. If
that were done he did not think veterinary surgeons
would find so much occupation. A decoction or
inf maims of linseed might be given to hunters with
benefit, but be did not think it so good as oatmeal, as
linseed was not so readily taken into the system.
Mr. Virtue said be was aware how the adulteration
of linseed cake was manipulated, but he did not
enlighten the meeting on the subject. When they saw
that In the Hull market linseed cake was quoted from
CR to El 2 a ton, they could not believe the lowest priced
article was genuine. He ref.irred to the different
flavour of rape and linseed cake, end to the different
character of their oonstituent oils—that of rape being of
a fatty nature, while linseed oil was of a drying nature.
Further rape cake was pungent, from which he should
anticipate it would create a certain amount of irritation,
while linseed exerted • soothing influence. He
I pointed out that many had tried Healed oil for fatten-
ing, but it did not oontain flesh-producing principles,
1 and had to be abandoned. As to the cultivation of
linseed in this country, he said both /and and labour
• ere too valuable to make It profitable, besides which the
climate was not well adapted for it. To get pure
, linseed cake, he pointed out,that they must purchase of
1 • respectable dealer, and give a fair priest. If they had
any doubt about the purity of what they were supplied
with be recommended them to have an analysis made.
. .

4 vote of thanks was peeped to Kr. Vertu., on the
motion of the President, wooded by Mr. T. C.
Saunders. The compliment having been salmovriedged,
the meeting separated.

ROILY Lamm— A ewe. the property of Mr. T. C'
Molesworth, of Hatton, dropped • Ace lamb on Tuesday
last.—Stamford Mercer,.
Ten annual meeting of the Oentral Chamber of
Agriculture was held oe TuaidaT. and, Mr. A. Pell re-
tiring from onles, Mr. it. Jasper Moore. 14. P. for South
Shropshire, was sleeted president in his stead, Mr. C.
Sewell Read. 11. P. for Norfolk, viewpresideut, the
latter being the president for 1869.

THS Royal Agricultural Society held its annual
useetiog oa Thursday, the Debt of Richmond in the
chair. The council, it we. reported, bed beau obliged
to sell out £2.000 of funded property, which now dead
at £16,021. Considerable arrears of eubwriptions were
doe to the society. The meetiog next year will beet
Leioestor.

CO-OPICRATIOX AllOlO FAXIICTIL —On Wednesday
afternoon enacting was held at the Islington Literary
Institution, London, for the purpose of dimussing the
desirability of extending the co-operative principle
among the agricultural community, so far as the
purchase of implements, manures, seeds, Ls., Is con-
cerned. Mr. T. Hughee, occupied the chair. In
the coarse of the meeting the importance of the
tarrittc:llle of co-operation was admitted, end it was
agreed
that the matter was one which it was very
desirable to bring under dismission at the Pawners'
Claim, and other associations of apieultrire.