The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-11-21 00:00:00

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AGRICULTURAL STAIIIBIIO3.—The late Parliament in
the most exemplary manner, and with admirable ,
unanimity, voted a sum of ClO,OOO to enable agricni.
tuna itatisties for England to 'be collected by the Board
of Trade (Ireland already meld' img the infermatiall
which England hag hitherto denied); and that &paid.;
meat, ttnder the vigorous superintendence of. its chiefl
Is now engaged in that mart necessary duty. Tinemere'l
tionably, at the present moment a knowledge of Au
nnaiber of cattle in the United Kingdom would be oi•
great value to the community. It might Gay panic, or
It might enfone the neeeseity for more active measures'
being adopted to replenish our exhausted Meek.. Ik
might ears na from the wild theories of the Gail*.
Plague Oommissioners, or prove in • more convinoin,
manner than has yet been done the wisdom of their
ingestions to stop all trade in animals and to compel
them who want beef to go to the country to feed upset
.the Main animal in place of the animal (or a portion of
MYbeing brought to them. In the scale manner, with
,the 'quantities of corn. It is imposaible to carry ow
Other the foreign or internal corn trade, without in:
lipmn Measure arriving at an estimate of the quality of
WM harvest. Mr. Dornboacti publishes bin estimates for
the guidance of the floating cargo trade; the No*
Lame Express enlightens others; end in every locality
I Inperieneed men are engaged in making gnawer sofa,
Tthe lote,l yield of the country. Why not have the tact
ametteined beyond question, openly published so that
all men may know it, and the trade in al its trencher
placed upon a sound basis/ We rejoice that Govern.
anent has at length resolved on making the attempt,, and
we are satisfied that ail the intelligent landholder, and
farmers of the country will cheerfully akeieVlSWeiffiratili'
by every Mallin!l in their power.—Storn v
Tug C•trlA PLAGUR OF LAST CIRTURT.—.Thi Society
of Arts has been opening its 112th Sexeion, and in the
, inaugural of Mr: Kawm, the President, we find reference
made to • paper read by Ns. Dosslefoemerly one of the.
acting committee, mid printed in 1711 It in "On the
murrain or pestilential disease which appeared among
our cattle in 17130-70, and on the Methods of Preventing
Infection and on the Medicinal Treatment of Seems
seized with it." It was remarked that them methods
appear as apniliable now as they then were. After
careful impair the following 'observation, were made
by Mr. BeaderPeo' First; the infection of this diseale
prevails only at particular times anwhero; as; with
renter virdenee at lowa times and some places than at
others; affeabe only part of the cattle -anywhere, and
them with various degrees of malignity; that where the
infection does not subaiat, it never comes bait after some
ge'neml cause bas weakened the, habit of Skhe helot, in
general—such as severe ode, want Of ettfficient ant/
wholaame food ; repeated altercations of beat and cold.; I
moist air, replete with putrid vapours ; long oontinnt I
of easterly winds; or, what is more frequent, the
-n of two or more of these mast& Thum, fae
invadieg every: part of Europe
had been to wielement the
a great pert dr the alteeP 'in
.I, after a very iiitened. West
, by the rigour of cold and the '
cattle had heed reduced :to a
lied by the constant utterly
, autumn I,.llowts.g. Mt. Diane
,r animals are first and molt
mole frequently die under it;
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