The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-06-05 00:00:00

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61.1.ELTING CALVES fun Reoltioe. -- Use judgment
in *electing such heifer calves as ate to be reared.
Seieet only those whole moth' vs are good milkers, awl
whose ewes have come (nen good milking clock : at the
same time the calf itself should have those characteristics
that indicate ata aptitude to develep good milking
qualities viz., small, fine bead, rather long in the
muzzle, bright eyes' thin, topering luck, small, well
-
shaped legs, long body, large laittd-quarters, set wide
behind, soft skin, fine halt--the coheir of which is
1111 l aterial—and *hove all the milk mirror, or udder
Trine, elsould be large and well developed. The rieiug
of bull calves for breeders had better be left to those
who have time and Melt= to devote their attention to
it, and procure the lent anintals to begin with It
weal be no low to the country were the numerous
specimens of scrub belle, to,, often mien, conile al to
pert 00'41 exile. List there is no reason why a portion
oh the litele calves, at least, clestibl not be reared ma
belleekc eitl.er for the team or the butcher ; and it is
importaut that atoll SA are reserved for thin purpoee,
should, pewees certain imitate indicative of future
excellence, viz., welbelisped head, small can, abort,
thick 'leek, deep brieket, broad chest and shoulders
fine betie, long body, well rounded behind the 111101/1111011,
straight hack, wide loins, full quarter, tail thin ~tel
tapering, akin soft anal not too thin. It is too often
the Cele, that ethanol', are eeleeted for rearing from their
being of a pretty colour, that takes the fancy of some
member of a family ; or the calf of some pet of the
deryinaill —without &Bent* being paid to its defects
or excellencies. Not unfrequently, valuable calves are
fattened for veal, simply because their colour is
unpleasant to the eye.—NeteJersey D,llar Newspaper.
THE bIUISDN'S The Quinn has now a beauti-
ful structure erected for her dairy. It is built of
colouaed bricks, and has a gay roof covered with tiles of
two colours, a grand attack of chimneys, and amid vane
with gilding% to set off the colours of the roof. The
ititeihar is lighted with stained glass windows—the fluor
is made of Hinton tiles. designed by the Princo Con-
pert, gay in colour and grooved in deeign—in order to
retain the water in mummer for the purpose of 'Tapers-
tion anal coolie -an, and likewise to prevent the foot froin
slipping ; a platform of white marble runs round the
interior, on which the milk "Bailee are to rest—the
latter twang composed of Porcelain ware. ".t dainty did'
to set before the Queen," whim filled with the distilled
fluid. The architrave is to be ornamented with usajo
front designs by the Prince. There in a taiche in the
web, in which is to be 'dared the marble figure of a
nymph with a pitcher—which w3l ilould!nes be both
elegant &ea appropriate, judging from the refined taste
which has presided over the coostruction of this elegant
builthug. The , deny faros has eisty-two ewe in milk
at the present time. It ie a conei.lerahle establielnuent
in itself. The Qeeen's aviary is near the dairy. It
conteina of coupe. the choicest and rarest specimen of
the domestic fowl. The cages are placed on a terrace,
anal Her Ilejeady take,' 'demure in fretuent tibiae to
her feathered pets. Fruits the dairy to the cowshed
"there is but a step." This shed 0 adapted for sixty-
two inmates. It has an elevated walk through the
centre, which would enable the visitor to inspect
every cow in his promenade. It is roomy, well
ventilated, and has every contrivance to ensure
the health of the cattle, end economise, labour in
attending to them. The neat feature of this farm is a
very good piggery, in which was a celebrated breed of
pigs belonging to hie Royal Highnese, and known as the
While IViedaar breed. The Prince has gained many
prisee for this breed, and 1;44 year the gold niedal of the
tim.thfield Club. The breed is much in request. On
the Norforlk farm there is a thriving benl of Dooms,
with with h breed of cattle H.R.H. has been very auecess-
fail. We saw two promising young bulls, which are to
be exhilaited at Dorchester •' also the bull "Co:onel,"
which WOll two prises at thelleyal Agricultural Exhibi-
tions, and one prise alas, at the Barnstaple show of the
Bath anal, West of England, when this "Colonel" heat
twenty bulls, his coanpetiters. forming the largest clams
in the yard. "Lebelas," a beautiful heifer, as graceful
in form as her name sounds to the ear, was the gem of
the Bernstaple show-yanl, and the heroine of the War-
wick show.yard. where she received further I ova;
anal it meet he an militia' of unexampled beauty to beat
her at the forthcoming show. There wereseveral calves,
which were all that could be desired fur symmetry.—
From an article on the Royal Venue in Western Tomes.
THM Sr PPLV or W1N11..--101st year's tuiports of wool
exceeded those of any previous twelvemonths. having
reached a total of 133,141.661 lb. against 126.738.723 lb.
in 1858, and 129.769,896 lb. in 1857. In 1813 the im-
portation was only 49.243.1193 lb.. so that the receipts
have increased about 170 per cent. in 17 Tears. In 1813,
28,164,731 lb. were imported fnnu foreten countries. or
57 per cent, of the total imports ; (oldie 1859, 50,951,316
lb., or 38 per cent. ; so that England is now lese depen-
dent on foreign nations for wool than clue was in 1843.
The progress made it' the growth of wm,l by the lead•
ing British colonies leis been extraordinary. South
Africa cent 1111 1,728,453 lb. in 1843, and 14.269,343 lb.
bed year; British India supplied 1,9111,129 lb. in
1813, and 14,363,403 lb. last year ; and the
Australian settlements, which exported 17,433,780
lb. in 11413, last year attained a total of
of 53,700,542 lb. The supplies fell off somewhat lust year
from South Africa anal India as compared with 1858,
but the Australian total lass never been exceeded in any
former yeatr. In 1851, when gold was first discovered in
the "great south land," it was feared that the ',racial
convuleion which ensued would materially curtail the
export or WWI ; hat three maticipatioiss have proved
graeindless, the supplies having been 41.810.117 lb. in
1651, etel 53.700,512 lb. last year. The wool export', of
Australia :Avant:ad coutinnantely every year front 1846
to lafel, having heen 21.7141.346 lb. in the former, and
523,52,139 lb. in the latter year. The two imemesling
twelvemotatiut were pent) Is of depression, but for many
years to come the pastoral Client of Australia will no
doubt enjoy an onward Career of erogressand prosperitv.
It hoot ss, with Spain and Germany, who DOW positively
send as leis weed than in 1843.