The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-09-12 00:00:00

BISHOPS OANNINGS.

IMPORTANT SALE OF FARMING STOCK.
The parish of Bishops Canniug,s, near Devizes, one
of the largest cud WOOL iniportant in the Devises
Union, was on Friday last the aene of tinusu.d com-
motion and excitnment. cauied by the dale on Horton
Farm of the farming live and dead stock belonOng
to Mr. Freeland Fiiliter, of Saint Martin's Honae.
Wareham Dorset, and his son Mr. Sydney Filliter,
who, as the occupying tenant, under the Woods and
Forests' Governinent Department, of the above farm, is
going to quit it at hlichaelinas next, finding that,
with the present state of the labour queidion and
other causes, farming in the present day is a losing
game for thaw who live by it, and a very expensive
hobby to those who carry it on for the interest and
ainueement of this noble pursuit. The whole of the
parish, with few exceptions, belong to the Woods'
and Foreete, who purchased it, about 20 years ago,
from that excellent gentleman, the late Right Hon.
Thomas Sotheron Recount, whose name was a house-
hold word in Wiltshire, and much honoured in
Dorsetshire. The present Dorset County Friendly
Society was established very much under his advice,
as the honorary secretary and founder of the larger and
more important Wiltshire County Friendly Society.
Returning to the subject of the above sale, Messrs.
Marsh and Dawes, the able and intelligent
auctioneers, of Devises and Victoria-street, West-
minster, brought to the hammer, under the instruc-
tions of the tenant, a valuable flock of sheep, and
teams of horses and colts, nag horses, cows, and
various implements, &c., /cc., all of which excited
a lively spirit of competition, and, on the average,
fetched very good prices. There were at least 300
people there, the sale being held in a large field
opposite Banton Farmhouse and grounds. In the
course of the day', proceedinga the company Adjourned
to • large barn, where a substantial and excellent
luncheon had been provided, to which nearly 300
people did ample justice. Mr. George Buddle, a
highly respected and independent landowner of
Borton, who farms his own estate, filled the chair,
and Mr. Balaton, a young magistrate, the Nice-chair.
Some of the county police were in attendance, who
greatly aided by their methodical arrangements in
promoting the comfort of those present. fhe Chair-
man, in • brief and business-like speech, gave the
health of the outgoing tenant, to which Mr. F.
Miter senior, of Wareham, returned thanks, haying
that he had always thought highly of Wiltshire, and
now did no more than ever. Mr. Finder then pro-
posed the health of Mr. Huddle, the chairman, who,
after answering it in suitable terms, gave that of
Messrs. Marsh and Dawes, the auctioneers, which
Mr. Marsh answered in a very business-like speech,
ending by inviting the company to follow him
to the field, and, for their own sakes, renew their
bidding*, which they did to some purpose. He also
pçised the health of/dr. Hibberd, the incoming tenant.
The luncheon did much credit to Mr. Lucas of the
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Crown Inn, Bishops Canning, who provided t. We
observed on the ground, amongst a numerous and
ghy respectable body of agriculturists, the Rev.
deaß. Hony, the vicar, and a son of the late Arch-
'con Hony ; Mr. Marsh Keper, of the Manor
House; and Mr. John Brown, of Horton House;
also Dr. Lsogdon and several other gentlemen from
Devises. Mr. Filliter, jun., also threw open his
house to those who chess to partake of his hospitality,
The whole day's proceedings gave general satisfaction,
and it was universally agreed that such a day had
never before been known. in the ancient parish of
Bishops Canning, and it will long be remembered by
those present.