The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-12-04 00:00:00

Ist/ord. _ Sutton's . Green
£2, Mr. R. A. Stevens, atm HIII,
heaviest Drumhead oabbagas.-14.
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life. Practical men, however, knowing that life with- Mr. W. 2,0%7 ,
out cakes and ale would be a dreary Sahara to the "..""
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Carrots-Ist, gl, the lion. .• IC Hay.
kind; and without ignoring for one moment the MEW ma wall allows wrrii szwAGE.
demand for the cake. and ale, they have contrived a Six Sutton's Mammoth Long fted Mandela. —tot, £5 5e.,
scheme for the eubordination of these irrumer elements the Right Itin. the E irl of Warwick, Heatheote Farm,
to the lee. material Pabulum eef the mind. In other /Cs Sutton's Berkshire Prise Yellow Globe, or Bulimia
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T.DanarktalrodrdorimMnr4millseirw:iloilwternteTrilledildait:
words, they have aided the labourer in the formation Oxheart Mengel. —lst, 145. ,
_Messrs Ilepburn and Ron's,
Mangele —lst, t 5 55., Redford I. cal Board.
of village clube,—ssenciations like mechanic.' institute.
in towns—where mental and bodily re-yeation can be.
obtained, and where excess is repreesed by a mde or Pima YOU ROOTS 01000 LINDER ANT CULTIVATION.
rules agreed upon and enforced by the self.respect of the The Heaviest Single Root .4 -mitt ,n'e Chanipion Swede.
member*. —lst, A, Sir F. Smythe, Bart (2filhal The Finest
Termed 11..4 of Sutton', Champion Swede (not weighing
These village clubs are merely humble imitations of lee, than 1011),..)—Ist, g!..,*' M ,jor Thoyts. The Reavi t
the luxurious lo M omtes of rich men—rooms well warmed Single Root of Sutton'e ammoth an Long Rod Mgel7
and lighted, and furnished with papers, periodicals, let, te. Mr. It. B. Blyth (l8lle.) The Finest Formed
! weighing less than 101111.)-14 L 2, the Hon. Mrs. Hay.
books, games, where the members can get beer, tea Root of Sotton's Mammoth Long Red Mengel Ind
! Tr he Heaviest Single Root of Sutton's Becks Prise Globs
I 9..81;41f:00 x beelir,t.i.M.atnitorel..-14002,
the scuolffiscetri patniod Ines niji of ymuenmilarsi unlimited
t°,l bbacy ;in e—e',ni nPtPnr i brteu tido bni
of honorary members and patrons, and managed by
committee. composed of honorary members and the I Li t or Seutitioon% Bliets
1 Prize Globe. or Sutton's Osheart,Mangel (not weighing
labourers themselves. It is found in practice, after a I le. than 20,b..)_14. 88. Mr. B. B. Binh. Th. B..wi.st
club of this kind has been started on right lines, and Single Root of Sutton's Golden Tankard Mantel—lit, £2,
is in good working order, that it is better to let the the Hon. Mrs. Hay. The Finest Formed Root of Sutton's
ordinary members marine it for themselves by them- Golden Tankard Mengel (not weighing lees than 18114.)
. selves. This makes them self-dependent, and puts 10s. prise, Meares. .1. and W. H. Clarke.
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them upon their mettle. There are instances of most
, succesrdul clubs of this kind to be met with in various tubers of each.—let, Li. Major Thoytnitr. J. S.. 1 n
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parte of the country, which are established on a sound gardener.) Sutton's Magnum Bonutn Potato, 111 tubers.—
, basis, and already have boa great extent taken the place let, gl 101., Mr, J. Walter, M.P. (Mr..Tegg, gardener.)
of the public-house aa the evening reaort of working For the hest Collection of Vegetables, 12 distinct varieties,
I men. Among these, the Rothamsted Allotment Club three specimens of each.—lst, £3
s,the Right Hon,
may be prominently placed, which, from the descrip. V.seount Barmier. Twelve Sutton'. improved Reuling
tion of it, founder. Mr. Lawes, in the recent number 011iona—lat, XI, Mr. P. Solithby ; god, 15,, II Rh. the
Prince of Wales. Twelve L ,ng WO Carrots.—lst, loe.
of the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society, the Hon. Mrs. Hay. Twelve Short Red Carrota.—let, life.,
appear, to be an admirable illustration of the ability Mr. E. Pease, Crundall's Farm, liewriley (Mr. Mciliat,
of working men to manage institutions of this kind. bailiff.) T. etre Parenipo.—lst, 10.. Mr. R. Allfrey.
In some counties, as in Berkshire, Bedford-hire, and The gold and silver plate, prize cups, &c., have
Worcestershire, central committeee have been formed been supplied by Messrs. Bracher and Sydenhatn, of
to aid local or village committee. in the formation of Reuling.
village clubs by advice and pecuniary usistance ; and 'rho best roots will, we understand, be exhibited ,m
such a central society or committee hart just been Meurs rive tone' Stands at the forthc 'wing Smithfield
inaugurated in Rent- Each village club that is Club and Birmingham Cattle Shows.
established under these auspices becomes a member of
the clob union of the county or district, and obtains
many advantages, from such union. A village club by I
itself could not get lecturer., or at lewd a succession of
lecturers, nor Neil,' it obtain a frequent change of
books, but if it im affiliated to a large union of clubs,
-these and many other privilege!, may be forthcoming.
The Suffolk County Village nub Association is doing
good work of this nature, as will be gathered from the
concise and interesting paper on "'Village Clubs" by
Sir E. Kerr-I/ion in the current number of the Royal
Agricultural Society's Journal. This Association,
though only formed in 1675, has been Instrumental in
starting 18 clubs, has been in communication with 50
clubs in the county, and has afforded sound, useful,
and valuable information generally upon all questions
connected with village club., provident societies, and
urine bank.; ;misting " in any plan clearly shown
to the Association to &final to the labouring porde-
Mon of the towns and villages of the country increased
facilities for intellectual and social recreation."
All this shows a movement in the right direction.
Time must elapse, however, before clubs of this kind
are established in every village. Many preisdires
have to be overcome, many old-fuhinned notions
moot be swept away. Clergymen, in some cases,
object to join this movement, because they do not like
to be anpposed to encourage the labourers to take beer
or indulge in a smoke; and it must he said, par
parenthese that a village club where beer and tobacco
are not allowed is not likely to stand.
It may be, too, that some squires and employers of
labour may disapprove of therm clubs, as leading to
eocialism and to excessive knowledge, which in their
opinion is dangerous, and, as was lately remarked by
a Kentish member of parliament, ten is to diminish
the supply of that raw material, the ploughman. They
may take comfort in that a generation at least must
pa.s away before it is found that agricultural labourers
will resort to the village clubs as a matter .4 course.
There is a strong feeling among many of the younger
men who have received a modicum ,4 education that
there ie something in life better than beer and akittlee.
The Labrmrens' Union movement, which, it must be
confessed, has aroused them from a lethargic state, has
set them thinking. In many instances the result of
this cogitation ha. been a determination to improve
their social position. Their leaders, their friends, and
employers, can do them no better service than to help
them educate themselves to provide them with
counter attractions to the public.honae, and in every
way to lead them to higher aims, socially and morally.
Agricultural Gazette.
CHESHIRE CHAMBER nr AGRIcci.THRE.
The general meeting of this chamber was held at
Crewe, the Duke of Weatmineter in the .hair. There
was a large attendance of members. The Council pre-
sented their annual report, in which they referred to
the proceedings in connection with the education of
the, sons of farmers and of youths intended to become
farmers or land agents, at the San.lbach Grammar
School. Arrangements were made two years ago with
the trustees for the formation of classes in which the
science of agriculture ghoul.] be taught, and this
arrangement involved a guaranteed attendance of 20
scholars for three years, or a payment of ten guinea);
each annually for any nnmber in attendance lees than
twenty. I.a.et year the Council called upon the
gnaranteedior one-half the sums they promised, but
this year one-fourth Of the amounts were sufficient to
meet the claim., as there had leen an increased
attendance at the school. In the present quarter the
number of ',choler's in attendance at the school
is twenty-two. The Chairman moved the adoption
of the report. Sir Philip Egerton seconded,
and dwelt upon the educational advantages
which were held omit to farmere at the Sandbach
Grammar School and the King's School at Chester, and
said there was no reasonable excuse why farmers
should not give their bop a good agricultural educa-
tion. The report was carried.
POTATO DISEASE : HOW TO GUARD AGAINST IT.
I saw in your issue for October 27th, a paragraph on
the management of Potatoes, in which the writer
suggested two methods of saving the crop from digease,
viz. :-1, to pull up the stalks, leaving the tubers in
the ground; and Site, cut them off close to the ground. I
have tried both plans, and in each case think the potatoes
were injured. In the first piece they stopped growing,
in the second they lost flavour, and were close and
soapy. This year I adopted another plan, namely:
Having the rows 24 inches apart, 1 net the potatoes
gig inches apart, and as they advanced in growth I
followed the old plan of earth-up, but with this
difference—l did not draw the soil close to the stalk
leaving room for another earthing at such time 115 I
thought proper. in this I should be governed by the
state of the weather. Shred.' it be fine, I let them
remain in an upright position until the first appearance
of the flower-buds, when I turn the row,' over with
the handle of the Ronde. On reaching the end .4 the
row. I at once commence with a narrow spade to place
sufficient earth to prevent the stalk from rising
upright. In a few days the tope will be found drawn
up by the light, as shovrn in the figure.
rope , am glad to say that I found this
a perfect success. The experiment
was tried with Early Rose and the
! Farth Royal Ashleaf Kidney. To prove it, I
-ir
left some rows not turned down. In
either cue the crop was good, some of
über the Potstow weighing 1 lb. each. The
tops were alike spotted with the disease
or fungi, but not so with the Potato itself. Those
done as I have shown were found good and
free from disease when taken up, whilst those earthed'
tip the second time were for the most part bad. R.
Inds, Or., Hache Court, Taunton, in Gardeners'
Chronicle.

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