The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-08-07 00:00:00

THE WEATHER. —The following is our meteorologiesl
report :

II Loirart .
Date.iNoon. Point at Wind. 1 State of Weather.
I ' Night. I
J • I
11111-2:1 41 SSW Fine
21 72 . '.:4 . SW Fine
Avg.l 46 44 N e1...1y , fin.'
47 N 11.1 e
111 GO i.io NW Fine
4. IS , 44 N Fine, cloudy
II II 1 62 Wk SE Fine

Doactivirreu HORTICULTURAL SOCIITT.—We beg to
remind our readers of the forthcoming grand exhibi-
tion of flowers, fruit, and vegetables in connection
with this society in Colliton Park, which the Misses
Churchill have kindly lent for the occasion. This is
but the second year of the existence of the society, but
the exhibition 'iron:abet to be an excellent one, and the
show certainly should be second to none held in the
country. Upwards of 100 guineas will he offered in
prizes, and the committee have spared no pains to
make the whole affair a great success This could
almost be guaranteed, when we consider the list of
name.. of the gentlemen who are patrons of the society.
Among these we ii tire Lord Alington (president) ;
the Hon. W. 11. B. Portman, M.P., Mr. J. Flom,
II.P„ Captain the Hon. K. H. T. Digby, Mr.
W. E. ItrTmer, MP., Sir Richard Glyn, Bart., Sir
Ivor B. Guest, Bart., Sir W. IL Smith-Marriott,
Bart., the Rev. Sir T. if. B. Baker, Bart., Lieut.-
General Sir Horatio Shirley, K.C. IL, Major Framp-
ton. Captain Foster, Mr. Herbert Williams, the Rev.
H. Everett, Mr. K W. Williams, Mr. J. Crane, Mr.
Albert Ilankes, Mr. (1. I). Wingfield I)igliy, Mr. C.
I tarots", The splendid band of IL IL 20th Regiment
has been engaged, the railway cm impanies will issue
cheap tickets, andevery possible arrangement has been
made by Mr. Alfred Pope, the indefatigable honorary
secretary, who will gladly give every information to
intending competitor", and will also be glad to have
the names of any ladies or gentlemen who will lend
flowers, plants, vases, and articles ,4 an ornamental
character not for competition, but to add to the beauty
of the show. We trust that all who can will second
the efforts of the secretary aNd committee to make
this show what it certainly ought to be—a thorough
" Dorchester success."

THE Brx Ar, HONEY SHOW to b held here on Thurs-
day, August 23n I, ii. likely to be a met interesting affair.
The farmers and cottagers of England are far behind
their American canaille in making the most of the
honey-flow. While hundreds of the latter go in for
bee culture as a business, our fellow countrymen, as a
rule, keep but few stocks of the busy little honey
gatherer, and that, too, in the old-fulrioned and com-
paratively unproductive style of their great grand-
fathers—small skew worked without ropers, The
example set by the Yankees and the Germans of using
box hives with bar-frame-c, which can be easily mani-
pulated at any time, is not likely to be generally
followed in our rural districts for some yearn to come,
althongh it is pretty sure to be .lone ultimately, unless
a better and more simple plan is introduced before the
change takes place. In the meantime the general
introduction of I irge, strong, and well-made straw
hives of the Pettigrew pattern, with commodious
supers, which can be worked without destroying the
bees, will be a step in the right direction, inasmuch as
it will prove that larger returns can be obtained by
the humane system than by the cruel and wasteful
plan of suffocating the bees and destroying the brood.
Several persons hing in and near Dorchester have
already adopted Mr. Pettigrew's system, and find it
work admirably. A few have also lately given the
Abbott and Lee bar-frame hives a trial; but the past
Amnon has been no unfavourable for honey gathering
that they will have a very poor chance at the coming
shows of proving what can be done by the new plan.
The exhibition of honey can scarcely be first-class, but
it will probably be one of the hest ever held in the
county, as the value of the prizes offered by the
Horticultural Society and by the Dorset Association
of Bee-keepers amount to £2O, while the medals given
by the British Bee-keepers' Amociation will, it is
expected, attract many exhibitors from a distance.

THE VOLUNTEER ENCAMPMENT.
On Thursday morning the Battalion fell in at half-
past seven, and marched to the Queen's Parade, where
a Brigade Drill took place under Major-General
Shipley. The other Regiments present were the Bth,
86th, 29th, and the 2nd Provisional Battalion of
Volunteers, the latter being from several counties.
The Brigade marched past in open column, changed
ranks and marched past in quarter column, antral
marched peat again in line of columns. The ground
was magnificent, and as there wae • good band the
marching past was done very steadily, the Dorset
Volunteers being commended by the Brigadier-General
as they pealed him. Other movements were gone
through, and the Battalion got back to their camp
about 11 o'clock. In the afternoonthere was a Battalion
drill, when the men were drilled by the Adjutant and
Captains Lacey awl Lloyd-Jones. After tea the 9th
company competed for prizes offered by their officers,
the races being round the camp and over Relan-hill.
On Friday there was another Brigade drill. The
Battalion paraded at half-past eight and marched to
the dusty Long Valley, where they joined the 86th
Regiment and the Battali,m of Volunteers spoken of
before. After a sharp drill under Major-General
Shipley, the Battalion "marched home just in time
for dinner. The following programme of spots was
gone through in the evening :-
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