The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-04-07 00:00:00

DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS

FORUMS/ITER. TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1183.

DORCHISIER FARMERS CUM,

The We lecture al Um session 180-43,
coneectian with this slab, 11111 ashamedM tb•
Anteiope Rota, es gattirdity menhug, 127 Mr.
°balms& genddets, of Watersombis an "nw
/mien Advantages of Fattening Sheep, Cattle, sod
Pigs as Light-sail Farms." The ohair wee ocenvied
by G. J. Wood, Em., of Admission Hag nud the
' by James Hardie.. Bee., ri Witelson.
The &Sweden= wee net ray 'Amorous

Thi Aers-Mxir Tax ANIOCIITION.
The Cumanan in opining the keener of the
meting. said be wished to my a few words with us-
awl to the meet* of next iskss*y7-lia
Malt Tax AMOliiitiell notice had
that day bum given. After tkheg Myles upon that
sai&M he bimi Written to the motabers for the
county, Ind other tostaboss olPthlliment Pad &Wo-
men, asking their 11111611141011 'ape% MAI day, and in
three or fear Inneaniso they had heap anal to he-
come Vies-PniMente of ilmo Anti-Malt Tax Ammon-
doe, sad Mc if they graph'
.atteed the deputation
to Me Chamellor a the ifaohMeer is Tuesday, the
14th juL B. bed only remised mowers from two
or three geollesem, bat his was enabled to my that
two of the misty members would attend the dope-
tattoo to the Chenoallor of Exchequer. From others
be had not received replies, beams there had not
been time for them to write. One of the Minty
tonehara, be tholljght,_nigist to apnied to attend
the meeting. but ke biA not yet received an answer
from Mr. Fortnum. Sims notice bad been given of
the minis& he had received oximenications from
the Anti•Mak, Tax Amonation is London, sod Lord
Bohemian, M.P., Mr. Beath, M.P., and Mr.
Paulson have espied to attesd the fleeting.
Colonel Berttelot,ACP., wee only prevented from
attending by a meeting in Colchester on the num
day. Afar a few farther remarks, the animas
proceeded to state that thelle Irma mild not be
carried on without money,
important one, he thostbin laely irouldobtleb;ol
catty is carrying on tbe war for went of fleceimer
Malt Tax question *as sot only thistof the
Farmen' Club, but of every slab, and the enonseititY
in general. The chairmen ormoluded by remarking
that if any gentleman wished to know anything
Moot the meeting of Saturday next, he should be
happy to inform hint.

AUDITING ras Acoorres.

&MS desultory discussion then ensued as to
whether the accounts of the club should be &edited
that night or at the amuse' disuse. It Irak at last
agreed that the anoceaults thoidd tie &edited that
night, wed Mr. Chapinie haendees, the treasurer,
then give tie following details Motu% to the funds
of the Dorchester Farmers' Club. Me itbsorip-
lions for the year, ending April, 1061, amounted to
Ell 10t, and the ember of Members to 40. The
expenses incurred In advertising in the Dorm!
Canoga lepiess and Chronicfc amounted to LI 175.,
which, including subscriptions due from three mien.
hers, left a balance in hoed of £3 13s. Sd. The
subscriptions for the year ending April, 1845, were
ilk received front 613 smenbers. The east for 01-
, rectisements in the two papers alluded to amounted
to £9 lli. Ild. The Honorary Secretary% expenses
for the two pen £4 Die. 6d., leaving a balance in
band of £4 6s. (Hear. hear.) The Chairman said
with regsrd to the secretary's expense, the pai•
meals were out of hie own pocket for ittatiose ,
stamps, ha., so that he gave them hit labour or
nothing. —Mr. Homer then phaposed that the report
should be adopted iniloonfirsoed. This wee seconded
by Mr. Denten, and curried unanimously.

THI MLITIIOII.

Tbe TRIASURIR wished to bring Wore the nodes
of the Club the manner in whieh the sebemiptions
for the future should he a:plaided, and itfiether, ma
the expenses for advertisiag wits so high, they, ass
club, should continue to do so for the future. He
suggested that instead of the present system they
should adopt the plan of other Pannone Clubs, sod
have some printed circulars with the dates of the
meetings, the enhjectr, lad the ritioos idiom
introduced. He thought the 'oldie they Ile% idy-
ing for advertising was too high, la more than they
coukl afford, If they adopted the course he sug-
gested be thought they would have money in hand,
and be able to supply themselves with an agricul-
tural library. He then proposed, "That indeed of
1 the meetings of the club being advdMeed, circulars
should be seat to each McAbee with the dates, the ,
sub** sad the persons by whom introduced."
lib C. Luiz seconded the propositioe, as he was
of opinion that the expense woo- ld be only about 50e.
Various suggestions were then thrown out for and
against the proposed alterations, some engitetht2
that every meeting should be advertised ones
of twice, with the addition of drools:a After con-
siderable time had been allowed to elapse Mr.
George Homer proposed, "That the meetings for
the INISWOO 1883-64 be adveniesd tete inetlM of
twit's in mob of tbo Gored pipeful previous ho the
day of foetting." No one, however, seconded this
amendment, and in order to meet the views of the
meeting Mr. Chapman Baandere's proposition was
carried.

ELscnor or Omczas

Mr. Goias proposed • vote of thanks to ths
°Mom of the club for their efficient eirvicies daring
the past session, and propel= with their
perinweioo. they should be P,- tor the en.
0•113 ff year.
Wt. Moil= secanded the propaition, which wai
carried, and the several offiawe briefly returned
thanks for the ocuilldenos reposed in than.

TUB ANIMAL DMZ/.

The nest business was to decide the day on which
the club's animal dinner should take plaon Several
gentlemen appeared to be in favour of the day not
being ou Saturday,
_as raspy could not attend. Upon
a division Sr. Voftd for Saturday and ten against.
Mr. Homer than proposed that the annual dinner
should take place at the Antelope Hotel on Thurs-
day. the 30th Met, at four o'clock in the afternoon.
—Mr. James Harding seconded this proposition, and
it wes carried. .

iinaara Mt then ailed upon Mr. Chapman
Senudere to deliver the lecture a which he lad
given notice.
The lawn: ties reed a long rigmaroie, Is tab &
low toga Of VOiell, aid with eo roach hesitation sad
benglieg, that we thought it better not to take • aelie
of it expecting (se Is sad) to have • copy of the
meneserii I. but this was Teresa as on the groand that
there were some alterationa to make, and it was banded
oiler to the .hall of the Direst Main* to he cooked;
is that this talented prodactiou may be expleallA to
receive even a greater polish then a wide bottle of Rey
and Martin oodd ire te it. nom what we meld
glean, from the learn Itself, the greeter part slit we.
borrowed from a report of some experiment+ made by
Mr. Lewis, and might have been copied from the
, posy reapers mate maths ago. The remainder
wet, of wane, made up of the fasts pitied during the
dale Tears of Kaaba% and from the an ex perinea. of
the lestarer. It wag • great treat, and would form
math interestiag nutter for the author ot "Yew,"
exhibiting wincistakalle alga of great attention having
been paid to Her Majesty's English. At the
moment of pig to preen we have received • report of
the lecture from our old friend Turnip Tops, whoa we
reluctantly postpone till sea
sike
Mr. Gage, in epoxies the . thought It
would be dialerlt to drew a between parti-
cular *animal% es the advantage wee la having maul
ones. He meant that be lallsing= fettle,. and
pips upon light land it might be with Naar
age, bet to atenipt to gram thesis only woad not be
attended with advantage either to the podia or the
land. He believed that the relative advents.* of
fattening sheep aid lade were in favour of eliestlet
thou said that lame year IN took coadderable
to keep waist of the food eonsamed by aim, and the
result was in ha favour. He took three ores at Maki
alma, and two be valued at £lB, and orie at £l2.
The food they casemed daring twisty-four weeks eat
IE6 130. 64. The price of cake was then very high, sad
be was oblieed to be very eonnornical. The dear profit
which he derived was £5 6e. 64. He bad • greet quan-
tity of good manure from them, but if b. bad been
tetanal' on sax reale and one belloek had died, the
whale of the t would have been &beached. He
believed tad lb. fattening of sheep on had was a sefe
pa 4 sad feedbag them liberally. He bad dam is, sad
It lad paid lam very well, and he certainly agreed with
Kr. Sanders that by erasing a eertein quantity of sheep,
pip, and oxen, the farms were net only beadtted, but
the animals were mesh better than they amid be made
from any other way.
Mr. Cams said he was not in the habit of fattening
gawp upon light soils, bet be certainly found ad-
vantage in fattenag ans. He ad near pas to the
extent of going into all the esperimeote whieh Mr.
Saunders bad does bemuse be had simply gives hie
gap what he thought necieseery, and bad Devill lost by
them. The only animals while be had ever attempted
to gram were old ewes epos some rape, and they got on
very well, and beamed a geed peas. He had never had
experieses with one.
Mr. Domani said he vats agreed with the loamy
tat mash depeaded epos aireemetaaree wheelie;
animals woad ay or SOL II depended in the Ara
place epos the priem of meat, end in the mead spa
the prase of feed given them. As he had for soma
yams mat fattened to same extent, and having an
anal sale of fat sheep and era, be was peepued to
say • few words ape the esotheloos be bed arrived is
as to the advantages derived therel He maintained
that the fattening of sheep epos t lamas was shah
more reseeseratho than am farther eddied that
11 10 was petal& to shear the outs as alas the diem
that the "latter would then pay the bah He was of
opinion that tare was pest edemt . to be Indeed
from lama* sheep spas light soil if they were
'altered hoes tin weather.
Mr. Hos= said the sabast be board we.
meet valuable is. ter their assideadles. He lialleved
that farming trona he carried on with aria pater
advaeleas where them was • aridity of straw that
sena be made ate geed assure, *Meet gnaw The
meat sioneldonelow wee to make the salami pay for the
fad pan its awl Irma hleowsusgreimheissra
pare le melba, aillevglist said
said rib
bur% mewl Q". tom

the other. In speaking ot feeding, Yr. Homef re-
marked that he believol that al the till farms were
capable of having roe* taken frogs, them, sat brought
to the fold. He would not go to far "to "T that al
h,ll landa reqUirs.d sheep at certain SOILKIII,I of the Year.
le at some periods they would do mob' harm than goo
l• ha I fe.l sheeplt Its IsloMr drib Wet lieu, •no
he had grown Vail** coni tierc. Ile hail ressosoed
Ito •Le'eles arid time the crops bad berm morn better,
but tidepesded, in • great fi,..xure. up.n the seasons
in whisk the sheep w fromd. Be ieliered that all
"111 "I" :oriersasato to. oatu m with great ulna.
"7... eat ake-liovii4bow ip tolterrruarli thy/ =aid
VP. Hp tabilolmop to the Te aoLlStakingiroud
"OM haw . l strew, the, d make dorible as
supli WinWu lea bone sheltered ape's the Wren as
Iltep etotiM epon the Mad. Winter grazing, in the
mouths he had abided to, would never pay, and if the
animal was not kept warm end comfortable it would
S:041414•10 Pod mottos. He was quite certain sheep
best pay for grunts. but be also believed that the
sanest obi& wee fed gradually *wild realise more
onoisey thaa that fed with sit addltrohal qbantity of
food fele • certain time. The cooelesions be had arrived
at with roped to feeding were that • sholl) cumuli"
holt • bushel of swedes. and half • noted of cake and
oats • day; whereas • bullock E: bd agonto• Itemsltems
bushel* of Medea, do moods di a poends of
bay which ilrerb aqua te ala He therefore
veraWeld that sheep rootlet psi lOW theta bullocks.
. Sartsbas thought it... the duty ,dfia.,4_l.ln-
ber of the club to sap • few 'WI a• , t"'Y `""
experience in. Ilia Alan hid always been to make every
aaisafil Pa" ffit Winn it itossimed. It order to do
this he ha be to the habit of *devil* his dock alive,
and be had Liven hie sheep half .a.plot of sorb • der In-
sides bird" sad be lio deviated the emu with turnips,
but the ressilt proved that diey would not pay for the
extra food. Menden he always found that ti. 618111
MUM of feeding easwered better thaa the feet. This
taarbt him that the ealinals' stomachs could not extinct
the whole strength of the food given them in so short
• time. He had always bis anvil and Ines p•lr
when he fed them slowly, bet sever *ben be fed them
hat- With regent to feedbag sheep opal light land
mils, Ka dettetterect Mem the mistime, as if they *eke
aped to the weather It was Impossible to make them
pay. Hi. practice we., Monied of carting hums swedes—to
allow them to remain in the field, and plum •
temporary shed over the sheep. They would
walk in and out of the shed and eat their food, and p
into the shed to lay dews. The solidity which the
sheep gave the ground by walking ovet it was almash as
useful as the manure they left behind. As long es the
weather Would permit lib would net put his sheep Is •
yard. Them um one sobieet whisk be wished to name
sad tW as theloolting aft* Nip*. Quo watt *oda'
teed dined as well vita ta ehoeher, it *beep Might in
be fed Is reviler se beam heists. He never kept his
sheep
.weltialf fob their food. He quite agreed with Mr.
Homer that sheep winild do • greet deal of harm epos
heavy ta.a. n (itr. lialat)cel) on • lards Proficient
he wimld bitten as Wick stOek. ye powe}bles god for this
twos" that aliboluilt they paid very little for fatten*.
the good was to be sees in the corn crops afterwards.
Mr. Gioaan GAMIN said oati question suggested
itealf,andthat was: Did cattle and sheep pay for fattening
in themselves? lie did not believe they did. It was
only from the maws fee the someediag crops of cora
they got the valise of the swam they laid out. Hie
ones WWI fattening eight old owes, and be cabialated
be lose spelt them. The general opinions of the
right speabin yam in Nem& of Wean sheep.
Ua
het:Lahr ti.."3lPrtyl:(l4.74:7:,:faidd:rtr.,
16.4 41# Obi* tan the latid some solidity.
an authority, stated that fatten* beasts paid
better than sheep, bet it depended upon the animals which
were bought. He quite agreed that they should not
tutu their Wootton to one deocriptioo of stock only,
bat also sheep and pip. He thought no farmer should
sell his old brokee.mouth ewes, as they fattened well.
Mr. JAMES HA/EMILIO a heittouroea lasasserobowed
the importance of tielectiag the beat breed of sisimals for
fattening, and said that be decidedly preferrod sheep,
and although he bail hot 'nide a fOrtUe, hi hid then
ii Wateteeb lonia of the little pure bred &Mel sheen,
holy Mie year okl, which weighed Itibe. per quarter.
They had 'Nail that evening sovietising &boat souse ex-
periments made by Mr. Limes, bet when there cause the
eomperiecse between the pure timed and the some kind,
them was—a whet? wh,raliltlebltol mistake. Now he
would Hee to too, what the mistake was. He could
but regret these mistakes as his experience had 410,10
him that from the littlefttiorx he produced more mutton
and more wool thee 'mkt be done with coarser blade.
He thanked them all for their opinions.
Mr. C. SAUNDERS Is reply said that one observation
from Mr. Homer about carrying home the roots was
us doubt correct. He. Harding had gaited, whit the
sheep gained weekly by weight? Hr. Limes *cold felt
Itiem that the lisainehires pined most He (Hr.
&enders) was of opiaiou that they should keep the beet
kinds of stock. They should pay proper attention to the
sooversion of straw into manure.

The Cautious in bringing the meeting to a close,
said they had had • very interesting dieousion that
evening. He bad heed long enough to remember
the time when their lean stock was sold for
rune one elan to fetch.; but Dow that things lied
improved he had hauled his dock for the butcher, so
uto sell it at its highest value. The prineiple might
to be to endeavoar to put out all for the butcher. lie
Pelt sure that thaw should take, their sheep of ..hr
turnip land in had another. Its quite agreed with
slow feeding. He bad sent that day to the Repository
ode seven of his bead, which had been sold, and reslised
£413 per head. Those had has. fed upon hey and roots
only. He was not fond of oilman', as be thought that
farmers ought to grew their own fattening food. He
believed the groat Ming was to keep all young dock
well. The cattle( of turnips for the hogs, he felt eon-
, winced, was repaid. Hs thought that where they could
simony unused surplus of etrairei Owe ems unmistak-
able evident, of 6d firming. He had had mune
egpdience in fattening I.oof One. he rather liked to
half bitten thew Mr. Ensue had add each an one for
him that day for £25. He was mush obliged to them
rot their ittention, sod it only remained for hiss to pus
lama vote of thanks to Mr Bautiders.
The meeting than separated.

DORCHESTER. Prrcann CORN MARKET,
Saturday April 4—Th. attendance was exceedingly
..all and trade depressed. Wheat sold at a decline of
one shilling per quarter, and other grains was a dull
trade at late rates.

MR. MUOR'S MIM.OIIIIOIIt eALZ, Agri, 4.—Tbe
niunbers of stock was very large, and e (Plenty of
both beef and mutton was very prime. The former
fetched from 106. to 12a. per score. and the latter
from 7d. to 9d. per lb. A large number of heifers
and calves sold well. Down couples made from
40s. to 46*., and veal 6d. per lb. At the afterooon
ails there were a large number of alderoeys and
some capital bones and a fair amount of beams was
irsoamoted.

tre Airn-MALT TAI Amootatto". —the Chan-
cellor of the Erckequer will receive a deputation
from this amociation, accompanied by meinben of
Parliament favourable to it. object, on Tuisday
afternoon, the 14th April, at 3 o'clock, in Downing-
street. The disputation will amenable at Ginger'.
Hotel, Bridge-street, Westminster, at 2 o'clock.