The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-03-02 00:00:00

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Burros FARKZKIV YKAK BOOK FOR 1869.—ThIg is
a useful little work Maned by the celebrated Berkshire
medullae, Messrs. Sutton and Sous, and it einsteics a
descriptive list of the most desirable kinds of farm
seeds and potatoes, detailed lists of the various aorta of
greases and doter' for different descriptions of soils.
and most instructive articles on the cultivation of
agricultural crops, together with useful information on
' the important questioe of "laying down land to gram.'o
There are air* introduced illustrations of several
varieties of agricultural roots. Special attention is
directed to a Dew and distinct forage plant, "Sweet
Brom*" introduced from Wren:sic, mkt" Messrs.
Sutton have the greatest cenidease in recommending as
a valuable addition to our forage plants. We quote
their description of it :

BWM BROUS. on CALIP011311•11 Our Chum, (introduced by
Mr. Rivers, of whom we rite purchaaed the entire Stock).
This valuable new Forage Plant dWaste much from the Bromine
Bahr:den, being neater In spplarance, sod narrower in the
blade. It produoss ewer nod ~Meet beerier of motet
nutritive properties. 111. muck relished by all kinds of stock,
and TOO e• excellent bay, which is very fragrant. The Sesret
Bronze le etricl • Perennial Pleat, periectly hardy, corker!
growing through the sinter, and will give • good feed as ear y
on March, an • eaccrolon of catnap throoirrtchtr....
It should be kept constantly mown or grazed, ly lB
required to form • return, for which puma.' t is well
adapted, se It produces • continual feed, sod forme perfectly
close bottom. Another great merit I. that in the meet serer
drought it retains its macaroon and luxurinoce of vaititt
als Mr. Thomas Rivals, the eminent Nurseryman of irer
vrorth, Inn letter dried J•nuary sth, 1884, my..—' Ilse Sweet
Brome Orem Is to me • wares of great eatlitactlon ; our first
piece of it (now four years old) is • perfect bottom of eneezdent
feed. . Orly In the year 1864 my brother re at
Sydney, sod there made • caR on Mn. Mort, tbe wenlry
merchant and agrioulturieL On looking over the trate near
Sydney, Mr. Mort pointed out • pasture full of luxuriant
which even at that hot dry mason (the monomer of
gryaernity) re full of turculence. Mr. Mort than mid, ' Te-
nant gram I owe my greed emceein as an agreelterbe ; addling,
' It was rough{ over direct from California by an old gob
digger: Mr. Mort gave my brother a aril bag of tbe red.
I The Sweet Bronze Grass la briar by travellers in Colima*. in
I remarkable for Its Wiring properties. The following le
extracted from Blr Wentworth INlke's neer work, ..illyuggr
Britain; vol. I, p. 270 :—" Round the Bacrenzento V•Bey ate
vast tracts for reap, and on the Contra Cart (re meet raw),
no, million, of acre of wild oat, growing on the beet of
land, for cattle." Tree perennial cUd oats" are the Sweet
Brotne, or Californian Prairie Orme.
Hints on Sowings —The Sweet Bronze Great should be
grown en., and the land prepared as for rem Wan*,
April, May, Augur, and Illerreber are sultabie mouths for
towing it in drill., or or eight locker apart, and the ground
should be well rolled afterwards. It should be Ant mown
Tern about ria Mara_ WO, and Orr. anis kept constantly
mown or grard. A awning of liquid or other manure In the
autumn will be found very beeelleiaL Tes Sweet Breeze Ormuz
will be eupplied by., In sealed bags. Priosgo. Id. par pound
for mrdil or In larger quantities at tine following
reduced rote.:—? pound tags, for )ncl.,. 16.. 14 pound
for acre, Sr 28 prod begs, for f acre, . 42 eta
begs, for f sore, Sta. be pound bags, for 1 acre, 106 e.

Taz Honourable Hemp Vernon, agsatienaral for
the colony of Vsctoria, las been Instruoted by his
Government to arrange tbe preliminaries for a line of
large steamers to ran from Zeeland to Melbourne every
month, earrying emigrants in large numbers.

Tax alitax AGAIXIIT ADKILLLTY OFFICIALL —Mx.
J. T. Gambier, one of tbe chid clerks in the Otero-
keeper.General's Department, Somerset House, mid Mr.
pima= Rumble, obit of the inspectors of readshiery
afloat, were brought up on Thursday at HoeUreet, on
remand, before Sir Thomas Henry, on the &ergs of
oompirsey to defraud. Gambier bad been net on bail
since Saturday. Mr. Bristow*, solicitor to the
Admiralty, °enthused the preeesetion ; Mr. Nesmith
deleaded Ramble ; and Mr. Lewis, sea, deluded
Gambier. On the last omerdoe one of the the,, notes
given by Mr. Maxwell to the pdoseer lituable had bees
traced to Gambier, who pod it into his insurance
rasa, in discharge of the premium on a policy at
insuranes.—Mr. Richard lidie Brailey, clerk in the Beek
of England, produced tha three notes mentioned by
Inspector Clark in his 'videos*, No. 50,29 e, No. 24,974.
and No. 47,543.—Mr. Philip Lesgbem, dark to Mr.
Medan, wine merchant, 7, Bt. Benst'enlasse, Gnu.
churcb-etreet, City, said that be reoeived the bask note
No. 50,259 for his master on the 2nd Febreary, front
the prisoner Bumble, in psyreent of an esecont to
whim and rpirita.—Mr. Joseph Boys, assistest to
Messrs. Holditeb and Co., linen w erehousessen.
tweet, deposed that he resolved th• Bonk el IqieM
note now produced, No. 24,974, dated Ma 9,
about eight days ago from the prisoner amble to
payment for seine small purchase, and gave hia chaage
for it. —Sergeant Sayer, of the Detective force, said be
was with Importer Clark when the prisoners met ex
the Waterloo statism on the let, Sad, 4th, sth, lOU,
13th, 15th, and 15th of February instant, sad on earth
mosaics followed them over the bridge, Mr. Gambier,
went into Somerset House.—Mr. Henry Houghton
shirk In the Storekeeper-Guard's Department, Somersoi
House, produced the look in shish was entered the
samptance of a contract for elm timber on %lensed Jan.
last, addressed to Mr. Nicholas IL Murrell ; also •
book in which the names of the perdu -
that date for the sostrut were entered.
by Mr. Lewis: No. 15 was the primer's room. Put
was the room to which Gambier we. waisted by
Inspector Clark.] Lefties wribles in the elks al Mr.
Gambier would be sent to witness's aloe to be cipled.
and put into eovelopes. As a role, Gambier inGid., mat
see the envelopes.--la ro-onuoiwotiow the muses
explained in detail the course of letters enseptiatt •
tender through the eau The letters, after being put
In envelopes and addreowed ready for poet would not
be sent to the chief lierk's °Moe (which.'" the
prisoner's dam), but would be Sued in • bast", or on
a desk, from which ose of the mussegen would take
them to the post.—Mr. Bristow* uri he could not
miry the case any further that day but must now osk
for • farther renssod.—Mr. Lewis s I shell gelm,i *hog
there is no ',dews 01 the remotest deseeintson to
support a charge of Mime. be aloha
mosey whist Mr. =7Bsr Thomas Henry: I
don't wish to enter into the ramose why I thiak I ought
to remand the prisocers, but if you pries we I will do
so—Mr. Nesmith asked the magistrate to redoes the
annent of bail in the cue of Romble.--flir Theism
Beery scald not do that There were hooks hued in
the prisoneare poemodos eentsirapozwin odd,*
aura of, sad which, In my the proolowilog
are bust to