The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-09-04 00:00:00

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THE WEATHER AND THE HAHN-EST.

We are requested to publish the following communi-
cation

" The Bishop of Rochester earnestly desires the clergy
of the dioeesa to use the prayer for fine weather at all
the public services of the Church. and in anxious that
the attention of the congregations should be directed to
the importance iif effectual fervent prayer at the present
season of trial ant anxiety to agriculturists and b, the
country. The Bishop trusts that persons of all classes
will be urged to intrmluvi none suitable words iif inter-
cession into their daily family worship, by which the
favour iif Almighty Cod may be entreated in this
threatening weather
. . . .

" Ile considurs that some of the following short
Psalms may be read with advantage, and the prayer
which follows may be a useful help to those who are
not better provided :—Psalins, xviii, 7to ; xnvii, 8,
ke. ;xnniii, 12, kc. ; xxxiv, 11, ; xlvi, xlvii ; civ,
24, kc. ; exxi, cxlvi ; exlvii, 5, lec.

'I) •Eternal thal, who 'in:readmit out the heavens,
bringing the winds out of Thy treasures, and sending
rain main the just and the unjust, we acknowledge our
manifold sins, by which we have deserved that Thou
Amidst withhold (ruin us the appointed weeks of the
. But Thou, 0 Lord, art a merciful God, full of
eompaission, long-suffering, and of great pity. Thou
spikiest when we deserve punishment, and in Thy wrath
thinkest upon mercy. Enter not into judgments with
Thy servants, 0 Lord, neither chasten us in thy dis-
pleasure. Look down, 0 Lord, upon the covenant, and
still grant tflt seed-time and harvest, summer and winter
in their order. The eyes of all wait on Thee, 0 Lord,
that Thou mayeat give them their meat in due season.
May our garners yet be tilled with food convenient for
ourselves tool for all those whose wants it is our duty to
supply, that there may be no dscay, and no complaining
in our streets.

" Hear us 0 Lord, for Thy mercies are great ! Hear
us for our kiedeenier's cake! So we, Thy people and
sheep of Thy pasture, will give Thee thanks for ever
and ever, and will always be showing forth Thy praise
from generation to generation.
•Ames.'"
" "

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AUNICULTUNE IN SWNDEN.—We extract the follow-
ing passage from a letter, dated l'heapingliaven, August
:--" Wherever I came the harvest was excellent. In
spite of the rain no damaxe has been done, and the
staple crop, the rye, was in many parts under the
scythe. Agriculture n ekes giant strides. Whole
tracts which I can remember as waste, are now under
the plough. Even the wild land, formerly covered with
an endless crop of stones and boulders, is now in many
spots, after immense pains and sacrifices, bearing corn
and potatoes. It is also curious to are, as in the oldest
times, the intimate connection between the land and
the sea. In tniuiy districts of the seaboard the estates
and farms are held by captains of merchant ships, or
their mates and men. The skipper selects his own
neighbours as his conineles, with them ploughs the deep
for a few years, and then returns to live in peace on his
paternal acres, which lie enriches with his savings."
TO PIIIINKNVIS MANGOLINS.—Mr. IAWIVIIMI, of Ciren-
cester, describes an excellent method of preparing these
field heaps, which, with some modifications, is as
follows :--The sites selected are excavated about 1 foot
deep, and 5 or 6 inches of earth are laid on the bottom
to absorb the moisture. The manure is evenly spread
as it is deposited from the carts which are made to go
over the heap. This consolidates the manure. The
heap is raised about a fisit above the ground level, to
allow for sinking; and then it is gradually gathered in,
until completed, in the form of an ordinary steep roof,
slightly rounded at the top by the final treading.
Within a day or two after the heap, or part of it, is
finished, a coat of earth, say 4 inches thick, in a moist
State, slmuld he plastered over the entire surface; and if
you have aufficient earth at command a little should be
occasionally spread among the dung Si the heap is in
process of formation. The width and height of such
heaps should not, for convenience sake, exceed 10 feet
and 6 feet respectively,