The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-08-21 00:00:00

%griculturc.

ThE liervest of, cold and rainy stim-
mer rarely proves so good no threshing as it is promised
to he. 'ibis tine 4 be borne in mind by any one who
looks en the bulky crops at present on tile ground. The
traveller throult those eastern and mi,iland counties ef
Eughtiel which are travertael by the Great Northern, the
Gnat Western, and the Manehester and Lineoln.hire
lines of railway, will otherwise have an undue impression
of the excellence of the coining crops. flame and wheat
are in Jenne districts a good dual knocked about and laid,
and the latter is elsewhere thinner on the ground than
usual ; the former, however, generilly promises an taw
usually large yield, though of inferior quality. Peas and
I bean., too, are generally clear of blight, with a heavy
crep of straw, w,il podded. Over tiie wold district of
I Lincolnshire the corn crepe look well; and almost every-
! where it is a most promising year for all green crops.
I There were never bulkier crops of grass, and though the
I greater part of it has been leelly won, or is still to
make, a great deal of good hay has been saved.
l'orn crops are everywhere usually late. Harvest,
I which began in the middle of July lastyear in Berkshire,
is not now so forward ais it was then ; and our crop re-
turn. which were gittliered in during Ilea month in 18.',9,
though a fortitight or three weeks later this year, are lio
doubt everywhere a good deal earlier in the Sea-MOIL
Tin y will unfortunately itutieunce Ili many places the
riap; earance of the potato disease. It has come with
unusual altruptnees en the pot-to crop. in Gloueester-
shire, which, with very little previous ripening of the
leaf, are being h.laieT i itt rapidly extending patches,
more seriously u in any yer since flaw in which
they were first stroycd tlii• way.
ors IN Esskx.—The long-continued rains,
which Love fallen with lest BOW intermission for weeks I
pa.t in the east, en parts of England, bc,;iii to occasion
~I,:.aiht of anxiety respecting the pruspeets of
a harvest. Upon the whole, throughout the county of
Eetel. the crops of wheat slia barley are tolerably good,
and netel only a few weeks' bright weather to lit them
for the sickle. lln the light lands, in the more northern
district. of the county, the isajariouit ofects of the heavy '
rains have not been so .seriously felt, the growth of the
kernel having Levu thereby matured, alit! the premature
ripening of the grain prevented ; hiuC cm the heavy soils,
which appear completely sodden, the Wade is stunted,
the ear small, and the general appearance of the plant
unhealthy. Even should fine settled weather imme-
diately commence (of which there is at present hut little ,
prospect), and continue till the completion of hermit,
the yield would not, it is fe.trol, proVe an average one. I
The heavy storm% sif the past fortnight have oceasi.sied
considerable mianisge, &WI in some districte largo
breadth% of corn are irrecoverably laid, as if 411,1'17
roller had been piasasel over theism. The fanners hare this
IMMO' Wry .eriotts hisses ill tile hay 0,14,
thousands of tens having been en speak by the niin as to I
be lit (rely for farmyard re, and, in addition to
these losses, the petit. i• spreeiling welt
111111.1ity Ulla to ems eximat far greater than ever pre-
vionsly experienced, threatening almost to destroy the
produce of that valuable esculent.

H.PICWASTO: 11:10,..O HORSE .Pun. —On Monday
week this great fair, with its world-spreatl (aloe as the
greats:at horse mart in this c.runtry, was commenced,
and the celebrity Lineohishire has acquired for its pro-
duction of horses has this year been fully sustained.
The facilities which this pointy actin:s for grazing rue-
poser., the ellutgy twines-A loy tile 111.14 Colllpttellt
inthaential judges of horses to advance the interesta of
horse It 'ii,-,-., and the ambition Ly the hitter
to Lring out firt-• larei horset, manifestly elevate this
section if the country to MO iinportance. The attend-
ance of visitors at the fair war extensive awl miscel-
laneous, comprising nobble, te and gmillemen of the
turf and hunting hoe e connoisseurs and amateur
bru,,lee•, cult dealers. coutrxe•ors, foreign agents, and
provincial commissioners. lamili n was, as nsintl,
largely reprerenteil hy its principal horsexlealersanil job-
masters. The show of houses, hug in dt seliptit
and value. was exceedingly large, null ; es•esscti aitipusulu
of high ocilt r moksilualitv. The stalling rentignens to
the fair atol every avidiable cove; ing lead a itothight
previously ken engaged for the retasion, and many
lame studs were on private vie x. to a great
extent *as transacted talon- the fel Mal opening if the
fair. All young and sound cattle, from the magnificent
and full-forweil carriage horse and powerful cart colt
down to the Lilliputian pony, were in good restu.t ;
and SO far front ilotaltal coining into ilisu.e or depre-
ciating in V3ilte. a, W:i. predicted by the "old
on the adoption of locomotive power, railway tranOt,
and " knocking coach traria off the road." the
intrinsic value of horses has considenehly enhanced,
and thus not only lia.s heeollle
highly reumnerative, but a species of acienco is
iniliarted to the isaiiirnvement and maintenance
of this branch of eattle-hreeding. Without farther COM.
lUellt were:cord the average sellMg priest as follows' v 1.4.
—well•hred, high .stepping young 111014eS, adapted for
private carriage purimses, unbroken to doable harness,
made frontti to rki guineas; full-crested cattle of high
fashion, for jbacton and singli• harness, 80 to 1110 gui-
neas ; neet.g tt itt g small horses, with good action, 50 to
70guineas; well matched pairs of carriage and double-
harness horses, grays and bays. realised from 200 to 240
guineas, and many aelections were made ut higher rakm;
short-joints:el, active horses, for public carriage and
machine work, 35 to 45 guineas ; short-legged honeem for
van and provincial work, 30 to 40 guineas; hunters,
young horses broken for the bunting flald, tki to 100
g •as • ditto, of good pedigree and up to heavy weight,
12.5 to 141 guineas ; and seasoned horses of celebrity,
110 to 200 gqineas ; cart horses, thick•set, quirk•walking
cattle, suitable for London intrisews. 424 to fill guineas;
heavy horses of bone and substance. 55 to 70 guineas ;
seammed cart horses for ag,rieultural work, 24 to ;C, gui-
neas ; cot cult' 25 to 35 guineas. Compact young horses
surt,ble for artillery and other military purports. were
.•agerly bought up hy cone thetors and . niissron agents
at figures earying front 35 to 45 guineas, and inany
strings of horses wire report .11 to has,' been purchased
fur e.d..Mal and continental exportation. Vining hand-
some horses to break for chargers sod park exercise
made pikes ranging front 8:1 to la) guinea*. Cobs, use-
[ti and well-hred, made 18 to 21 guinea* ; and compact-
built ode, tlltkl heavy wit ight made 2i to 40 goineaa.
toyer hacks, .to 4nineas ; road INN, 25 to 30 guineas ;
brioal marer with foal at side, 30 to 40 guineas. Colts
varied in price from 15 to 3.5 guineas. A large field of
horses has cliate..ed ownership. The fair remained open
the whole week.

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11.1 THAI. IMPITMEXTM IX THE ..NETIIEIII.ANDM.
--At the lto:.al Coiversal Agricultui ii Unimi, held at
the Hague in May last, it Visr resolved that an inter-
natimnl competition fur steam-ploughs and corn-
reaping turichines should take place, and by the ivoliats
once of Ili. staj..ty's Ambassador& at the different
Courts the matter was verde fully known to the mane.
lecturers of agricultural machinery. The competition
took place at the Williemiliainirsh, I:oc4, near
Amsterdam, on the 9th inst. Four reaping machines
by.the foll..wing makers were tried :—Messy.. Cuthbert
mid Co, of lhaliale, Vork,liire ; 3lessrs. lturgess and
Key, of London ()Womack's); Mr. Cranston, of
Landun (w.Krs machine); and one by Dr. Maier. of
France. After • full trial the swank by the judges
were as f01!..w.;--lii4 prize of :-/h1 florins to Messrs.
Burgess and Key ; second prize, gold medal, to Mr.
Cuthbert ; third prize, a !silver medal, to Mr. Cranston.
The French reaper, being damaged early in the trial,
was withdrawn. British manufacturers have again
ea: rital id the palm.
MILKING KV MACIIIXI:Itr.—Not exactly by a Megan-
engine nor by water 'weer, though that. ia in favour with
HU:kitten ; but by • machine driven by hand power. In
short, a handl-pump moved by two lima,, like the
hand bellows, awl performing the operation by the
Principle 01 rn .arliump suction. The machine is at.
tatclied to ii pail, :aid it on a stool under the tiller, the
four kid, inserted in four tube.. ..ml the pinup operated,
and the milk drawn and conveyed by a eon loctur into
the pail, the rays, in a marvellously short
time ; say. three ininittes for ail ordinary cow ; in fact,
he says, to her advantage, PA it is beneficial to have the
work done imiekly, and the machine is intended to do
it quicker, than it is po•sible by hand. It is said also
that cows stand this machine milking mom gently than
by heel. At any rate the contrivance is an
(1111., awl we have no doubt will work. The manner of
its construction is simple enough. It consists of two
diaphragm pumm made of tin and Whin rubber, so
art-weed as to be easily taken apart for washing. The
teat tUp.I are mole tepering to fit any size, and attached
by flexible joints so as to be spread apart to suit wide
spreading teats, or those more contractesi—New York
Tribtiae.

HOLLDIDAIra lODIDDINT AND PILLA.—Thc.e potent nenediee
nostatitute a neeteria medics ha then...der. for there la no in-
temal or extensal dimnler emstrollable by inediehm for whit*
the our or the other of them t. not • I."ltke
Om., tumour+, aerolula. worry, cancer, aethma.rheuntatton.
rout, and tiropay. entirely %uheide and &appear under the
'cu.', of thefte joint modicint.; and in um of Mallet:aloe, nick
tendacho, liter eosni.lainta, dehuity. and other dift.rdera
orinatilm in the internal breast., the PM. produce the moat
.toniehine re-ult. Imaginable The ..tualetit of Nature know,
how gosple are her way. ; if one preparation aus throw out all
Impuritiee from the blood. llnncn I. conquered-4t wititupb•
ant, became it adopted the altuplieity of Nature.