The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-12-07 00:00:00

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MILBORNII FARMllltir CLUB,

The monthly meeting of the above club iva" held
ati the usual place, on Wednesday, the 28th
November, Mr. H. Symonds in the chair, After
the usual preliminaries hail been gone through, the
Chairman called on Mr. John Ford, jun. to bring
forward his subject " On the meet advant.:geous
Judicious way of alarming of our straw crops." Mr.
'Ford, on rising, said his observation would be brief
on this subject, but they would chiefly be confined
to his own etperience. It has hitherto been the
practice of many farmers to thrash their straw and
leave it on the spot for sometime, thereby a great
deal of useful fodder we. thrown away., and much
manuring matter consequently lost. His practice
was to out his oats rather premature, thereby "sour.
log much better straw, more than oompensating for
the deficiency in the quality of the oats. There was
another confederation deserving attention to this
practice, and that wits, nothing like so many were
tritted out In the field, had they remained till per-
fectly ripe. Oate so out should be tied in bundles,
and put up in stack similar to wheat. He had gene.
rally found that oat straw contained more nutrition
than wheat, and wheat more than barley, but why
this (Ogren°. existed science had not yet deter.
mined. At the present time be had a number of
bullocks fattening on cake, root., and straw. He
did not feed with hay, when feeding highly with
artificial., as he did not believe the difference be•
tween the prioe of hay and straw when so consumed
was rarely if over compensated, fur indeed he think
he might say within the past year he had fattened
40 bullocks, one of which he intended showing at
the forthcoming Smithfield Cattle Show, and his
firm conviction was that the whole number of bul-
locks hail not consumed a bon of hay. (Hear, bear.)
The lecturer next proceeded to point out the necessity
of caution in purchasing our different feeding stuffs.
Be believed as much caution we. required in pur-
chasing oil takes as manures. There were great
varieties, some of which were far more genuine. In
conclusion, said Mr. !ford, I run inclined to believe
where farmers have A eurplas of wheat straw which
they cannot oonenme, it would be Aar preferable to
cart it Cal the land at ones, and spread it, rather than
ist it iemain is the farmyard, whereby much
saline matter WA4 consequently waited and he
should be 'glad to hear the opinion of other members
of the club, on the remarks ha had advanced for
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discussion,
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mr, 0. RUMMIII{I said he quite approved of Mr.
Ford's views in carting straw on the land moon after
thrashing, provided it WAS not required fur other
purposes. He warn of opinion to behave that if
straw wore mit into chair and mixed with pulped
fthltl4 hullouks would thrive well on it. He in,
tended keeping Nome that way the opining winter,
Mr. J. 11, 11111.1.11.11 said, he was moult plumed at
the elnervetions whieh fell from Mr. Ford respecting
tho motion required In puralmeing different feuding
stuffs he wee equally of opinion that a oorreut
knowledge of owing them wato very emential, !le
loollevsti at Oho printout time Unwed mire ()nillalt)
WAS Ow ultiommoisi fof tallitv, stook, mod eotton (like
for working bettete, The latter artiole lied gone
down AI per ton lately, He mitt the mown why
eat straw WAS more nutritiona then either berley or
wheat was (mite obvious, bemuse it ottottninuil more
flesh funning matters than either wheat or barley
straw.
Mr. 11. Fromm, sill they Wee deeply indebted to
their friend, Mr. Ford, for the valuable anti practioal
leetere he had given them, end he was quite sure if
most of them followed kb e preetim its Arming, they
wititlit tint go for wrong, that ism far SA olrottonstatieue
will allow them, He hail vielted his farm very went.
ly, sod he WAN of opinion to behove that the bullock
must he a superior one at Fliotithflohl VI beet Mr.
Fenno, pool tel in the manner he hal download. A
vote of thanks We. wourtied to Mr. Ford, and the
meeting separated.
The next meeting will take plaoe on Wednesday,
DeeentlAr id, when Mr, U. Ingram, of lilandreni,
will deliver a looters "On the -,bolenee of Agrioub
tore,"