The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-12-19 00:00:00

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LORD LRIGH had an interview with the Bight Hon. Sir
George Grey at the Flom* Office on Thursday, to present
• petition to her Majestv, signed by about 4000 inbabi•
tante of the county of Waterlog, praying that compensa-
tion may be granted for animals ordered to be destroyed
by Order in Council.

PLOUGHING.—Another all England ploughing match
has been won by Miura Eansonies and Sims. At
Branoepeth and Brand-n ploughing match, Durham,
Thursday, December 14th, the champion prize wan won
,by James Barker, ploughman to Ransomes and Sims.
Out of the last 10 matches of this season Mesa".
Hansomes have won no less than eight alf England
champion prises, making a grand total of 26 'poet:he
• wed this year, and 46 since she Newcastle
:ionneting of
**Royal Society in July, 1861
, DU/lASI:A MCAT ANL DIBILISID
the past week a largsTquarity of diseased beef: ern*
:Unfit for eutraillfond. being th fl,sh of lafplat that had
,had the rinderped, he been seised by the arboritise
rM Hartlepool auu ournt. Several eu in as the same
town affected with, the plague have been killed by order
or the Government Inspector (Mr, H. Peale) and their
bodies tarot. Altogether about lb soimals hese been
so disposed of. The animals, r 'web as the beef, had
been ;served by two local butchers from the neigh-
:bourtioui of York.

Thtvila—A deputation of farmers and
eountry gentlemen waited upon Sir George Grey
on Thursday to siik that Government isnafil put a stop,
to all transit of cattle in tie kingdom. Sir. Givers,
expiessed doubts whether such p. thing eroolLbe either
wise or
_practicable. This offigial_sppositiatt_led—the_
•tipplifaitionessand greater thing!. They wished
that the Government should prohibit the removal of
cattle from one part of • man's farm to another. Sir
George Grey add he voald'oomatuatoate to the Lore
of the QvuuMi the wishes of the deputatioh.

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.. `ltil4 taWit Mowlnt.—We were mush iittalitolddin
" mAgrisialtural Hail by an examination of lireisra. 3.
. . Brown and Co's. New Patent B. B. Lawn Mower,
eh made its debut at the Bath and West of England.
Society's Hereford Meeting Inet 'June; end has proved
very summand. The improvements upon the machine
*Mist in narrowing of the cutting or rather shaving
blades and greater compactness of the parts, with geared
or toothed wheels in place of chains, all which render
the implement more durable and yet quint a toy in.
appearance, so that its woiking is light and silent sa
.that of any yet introduced. Shown in fact in close
progimity to "the most celebrated lawn implement* in
vogue, we amid sae its superiority in &aught seal
*therein at &glows.
Swan No. 177, Mang& Rtalltoitli AND CRANIA/Mt
—Richmond and Chandler, of Salford, Manchester,
exhibited on this stand at the Smithfield Club Show •
collection of their very celebrated chaff nutters, corn
crushers, 4orse gear works, root washers, broad knead.
ing nisithines, ko. Ten different tiles of chaff
machines were shown, commencing with a small and
compact machine, easily tamed by a boy, and sold at A
.very moderate price, the sites gradually increasing to, p,
very powerful cutter, suitable for steam power, and,,
capable of cutting one ton and a half of short chaff per
hour. A new machine, No. 61,1. introduced, embracing
all the manufacturers' most moat improvements, in-
cluding • very novel and ingenious arrangement for
altering the length of oat without change .3( wheels.
Cornkushers, fitted with diagonal fluted case hardened
rollers, are shown in three different sizes. These mills are
adared to crush any kind of grains, such as beans, peas,
Indian earn, oat., &a, and to any degree of fineness.
Thinis regulated by a set screw acting upon the rollers.
Ouse mills ire simple in construction and easily under-
stood by the most 'inexperienced workman. Very
sirongliorse-gear work' of two and four-horse power
are also exhibited. This firm also exhibit a useful
bread kneading machine for hand, and whereby the
labour .of bread-mating is materially reduced. This
size is adapted for a family, and will knead 161 be of
lour at a time, the operation being completed, in &beat
three minutes. In wencher part of the building • large
tile of kneader mad, by Richmond and Chandler ig
shown is hitt wora in eoutienion with • patent oven.
Nelms. Norris Brothers, the extensive bakers at Bays-
water, exhibit these in operation, mid supply all the
bread consumed in the h•L
STOPPAGE OF FAIRS IN SOMERSETSMRE,

'Abotit • hundred Aomersetehlre magistrates met at
iligiibridge on Thursday. the lord lieutenant of the
oottety in the chair, to eoneider how to prevent the
spread of the cattle plague. Aftes a long aeliberstion
it was resolved to recommend each petty sandonal
divieion to entirely dose all markets from this time to
the let March next ;to prohibit the removal of all
animals from places without to pleas within the county
and pak at' Somersetahire magistrates to exormarate
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CATTLE 'SHOW.
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thigh prilreof £25, ani silver medal, for a Devoe helfs,
not ezeveding 4 year* old, sod a prize of £lO for a
Devon eow, above 4 years, having had m lout One OW.

THE CATTLE PLAGUE,
The Times regrets that the cattle plague chow' no Cigna of subei.ience, but it is now driving no towards the one deinite and pracitical remedy—the general and
sermaneot subaCtution of meat market. for oaatia
rkets. Put the butcher on the road instead of the
oxen and the whole difficulty will be at an end. all
the authorities recogniae the desirability of thiv,
see that county inagiatrates and mayors will naturally
be reluctant to 'issue injunctions which may entail very
much local inoonvenience. If, however, salesmen lad
Init.:Mere would bat net about re.organising their trade,
they would relieve all our authorities at once. If no
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