The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-11-04 00:00:00

Litratun.

Leisure Hour. —ReWong Tract, Society, 56, Pater-
noster Row. Loudon 'lbe reader had birder go over the
world in the selections of the Leisure Hour, and be
delighted evemwhere, preserving "The Seguin's Fortune"
till lad, for th 6 by tale, if he is anything of a scientist, he
must be enchained, so bold are its dealings with scientific
posedbilitles, while working them Into a tale full of
human raUons, hate, jealousy, and love. The sense
in which the scientific man-demon Schultz is seen
through his lens-window from= by the bursting of his
cells of liquid carbonic acid, is good enough fora horror of
Christmas time, while the beauties of the Inner Park, and
of Frankville and its rejoicings, and the happy fortune of
Max and his love will please even ladles who don't care
for the wonders of salaam. -

;4 -if oTes.—Tialigions Tract Society. Among
the varied mar of good reading here, we can strongly
recommend, is an antidote to the insinuatioos of such
papers NA some in the Gestlonsa'. Mefeitad, " The Problem
of the Universe" Sundays in Norway, Sundays on the
Amazons, the Religion of Etruria, and If. among the
Afghans, may contrast with the alpit in the Family,
Sabbath Thoughts, Invalids' Portion, and Pages for the
Young. "The Continental Sabbath " shows that things
are brighter, and there is hops of further improvement.
One cannot even catalogue all the treasures to be
found in these pNiss ; a bit of Afoluat poetry may serve as
&specimen :—" The Afghans have, perhaps, a trier
conception of what we understand by true love than any
other Oriental nation, and very touching are the stories of
r=it in real life which sometimes cocur in Afghan
At Tulanclai, a village on the banks of the sfthul
river, there are still to be seen the graves of two faithful
lovers, the story of whose fidelity Is told by the post, Sadr
Khan, in his well-known poem of Adam Khan and
Dukhani ; and only some seven years ago • Khatak maid,
rather than be wedded to other than the husband of her
choice, threw herself into Card river whilst the wedding
ceremonies Wir, being performed by the village priest ;
and, as if by some strange fatality, the sad event took
place within sight of the graves of the two lovers of
historic memory. At Tulandai very many of the Afghan
posts are mystics, and the subject of their verses is that of
love, not human, but divine. A celebrated poet of this
whoa is Khwajah Muhammad of the Bangesh, who
concludes one of his mystic odes with the following
verses :

' Happy the burpired who are filled with the remembrance
of the beloved I
The outside world is unacquainted with the raptures and
the blue thereof I
The Perfect One's praise is the embellisher of the mouth if
thou art wise :
Come. polish the mirror of thine heart from the tarnish.
lug dust thereon I
0 what raptures have tem., lovers that drink the wine of
(divine) by.!
With the belovit.s., God) solely occupied they are free
front s and woes.
0.4 away. 0 'rajah Muhammad both life and good.
for it
But for a little of the perfect salute' pain and affliction
—The VT. Hai/his. of Peatorw, is" Sander at
BORIC" Naontabar.

Belgravia, for Horember.—Clatio and Wades, Picca-
dilly, London, W. Lively and scientific, with novels not
poetry, sad • gossiping de sal ption of "Oar Yocrig Lions*
(the boys of the family', We must do oar duty to our
country and quote • paragraph of James Payn, on
Soreness :
"Tbe downs as covered with barrows and giants'
graves, which afford infinite food for the Dryseduste, who
have also a standing dish of which they never tire is the
ruins of Cod. Castle, idle five miles to westward. It
was thersae the sessile& student of Pinned will remem-
ber, that Zlfrida stabbed Z 'ward the If artyr as he .at on
horseback drinking the stirrup cap; and a good many
' matters of history' had taken place there slum Cora
mesas gap, and well indicates the position of the fortress.
If the parliamentary party bad only waited • few
for the development of military deed they need not
have incurred the blame of vandalism by blowlag up as
splendid a relic of the past with gunpowder ,• for, placed
on an eminence, it is nevertheless commanded on both
odw by she neighbouring hills, though in the ante-
artillery days it might well lave been bald lespregealik.
The hardier clam of pedsetrian need indeed never lack for
new beauties in the neighbourhood of 8 wands. Tilly
Whin, Seacombs, and Whinspit, are maws awl,, to
those who hare once men those localities, will always
recall • lovely picture; while Si. aibatt•s Raw (not
public.houas, as may be imagined, but • promontory' Is •
spectacle never to be forgotten. Zgaept for its meet-
ward station, it is au utterly "oda spot, for the old
Norman Chapel adds to rather than detract. front It, its poll-
to& ; this, though one of the oldest, is perhaps themes/les
church at Brigand, being only 30 feet doers, but it kaa
survived such storms as inland folks have serer experi.
aged, and look like enough to &dal* its age, 'book
already wants seven centuries Doting the summer
months an evening service is conducted in It W the Vicar
of "hash, an adjacent eilla.re, in the churchyard of which
I. buried one Benjamin H. linty, noted, as his totwokooe
tells us, for having been 'the Bret person who introduced
the cowpox by inoculatid, the operation being performed
' with • stocking-wdie"
As to "QUWOa _tiaat. eperraohee coo-
chwals, po imifers by nay weather which
her crops and Walton. one of her avant, is needy droowd,
and worse for him yet, he is &enabled small bat
by Polly berealf, sad are already madams that Michael's
true devotion will meet the usual reward,
riee atl.Salatlefiferasete. Cada end Wades. Picca-
dilly. Loden, is there geetlerassly and.reed.
able is this malleable ; take, for instance, that ea Her
Attl's Next lthitetere." whiled& the Kaaba: for the ,
Hundreds examinee the dais' of the leading !
Uherele end phone this Uwe. LA se tab a blielleleys

viaw it,. wawa" aketobsd. Tim &ref knees on the
names of these already is tie Oabiast :
Prasire ... Lod Granville.
Lord Clmacellor _• Lod 8 dborria.
Prestamt of tbe Common Lord OardiirelL
Privy Seal • Deka of Argyll.
Frisian SaoreMiy • Lord Ruthann'.
Horne Oars W Huirosrt.
Colonial Ofilee... L-ed Kimberisy.
India ... Mr. lawmen.
1 War f Mr. Grant Doff
Chariewllo of il;e ricankiser ... Mr. Gladatoss.
Trot L or the Admiralty ... Mr. Childers.
Pos. coaster Germs' ••• ••• C. Duke.
Darla of Lamm:der Mr. Bright
Baird of Trod* ravair.
Irish . Lod Z. Fituamtries
chi.r Coo:miasma, 0_ ...Works Mr. Adam
Praidant of Load Goverameat
Board_ '_ Yr. Mmabatho'.
Vics-Preridentd Council Mr. Lyon Playfalr.
Allsrfsel-Gimeral . . . . Sir H. Jame..

Tot, In spite of /Me very govd things, does the " UsSties
mates" ratios sadden us by its tons. " under which
Lord f" from being • terribly heavy attack upos the
ritualists as they are supposed to be, mixes in dansereua
and uncsadid hints reepectiag Cdnettaalty itself, whtle is
" Recent French Post., " the scones and convenstimi
haters's Daphne, Hippies. sad Csllista introduce the
?Mach Pe son, sad both yerpetrate the foul error of
regarding the magic.s of the L .rd Christ as encouraging
ensue of the priest-sisal:ins dowrines of &Melissa sad
it nue. Thaw of our High Churchmen vrho are really
Imlay for r.llirion for Christ's sake, and not for that of
the human priest, should rind" Under which Lori road
see how the r vagaries are aliesatuag son. edscated Weds
from the loving Jeans the Hope of the World. Yr.
Walfeer. "Pilgrimage to Glastonbury " fay moths the
Courchnisn's irritated feeling, and if but, an angler Mo.
" Memories," though it bees* is a Bohemian
wer. will minhent them with ICONS beside pleaseat rime.
with lively fish-

BATH & WEST OF ENGLAND &acIETE AND
SOUTHERN COUNTIES ASSOCIATION.

At the Council ll(*Wag, held October Nth, 1879, at the
Grand Hotel., Bristol. there were t—flir J. T. &
Duckworth, Bert. in the chair; Laid Moreton Sir .1. W.
Walrond, Bart. ,• and Ur. Jonathan Gray, Vice-Presi-
dente. Morn. J. D. Allen, J. T. Bowmen (Hon. and
Rev.), F. E. Drew. IOoL 1, F. W. Dymond, (1 EdizZ
W. Farthing, F. Gill, H. P. Jones, J. L Knollys,
Lang, H. A. F. Luttrell (Col), R. Marker, E. J. Sandia,
and J. Goodwin (Secretary and WAWA
WORCIITIA laggrino, 1880.—It wee resolved that the
Exhibition at Worcester shall coreamoce oat Wednesday,
June Sod, and close on Monday, Jame 7th. The stack
prim sheet wee settled upon the rum scale as that at
Exeter, but the list of prim awed for poultry we,
altered, to make the single-bird on ma Ullifertn
out. A oomrottaMmion wee ma from the Hoc. Local
Secretary at Worcester, enclosing • copy of the following
letter, from the proprietor of Barrow's worosider Jeas,
To the Right Hon. Earl Besuchanse.
" My Lord,
Allow me to request your lordrkiVe pertniedon I.
'supplement the prima given by the • Worcester Apical-
torsi Society' at the forthcond_ng meeting al the Bath and
West of England Society in Worcester. in 1880, with a
cloned= of one hundred guineas, to he distributed as
special prises to bold fide tenant farmers°, Worcestershire
for excellence in agriculture, as premiums for cattle. an,
or in such other way in the committee of the Worcester-
shire Society may think best calculated to promote a
friendly end beneficial rivalry moss the agriculturalists
of our county. In the fall hope that by the thne the prism
may be awarded the present lanientable depression in
aviculture may be rapldjy passing away,
" I have the honour to be, my Lord,
" Your Lordahlp's humble and most obedient servant,
(Signed) " H. &apace."
The reading of this letter. was followed by oonsidemble
gram was allowed to the
trol=.4. acial 0c.°11%,.: for the preparation of their
spicier prise list

Herring or NM. In response to communications
received from the secretary of the Tunbridge Wells
Farmers Cinbos deputation was appointed to riWt that
town for the purpose of inspecting • mita which has bum
offered for the meeting of .
The following new members were elected :—lllessra H.
Font Lower House, Breasoombe. Sidrsouth, Devon ; J. B.
Lutley, Brockhampton. Worcester ; and G. H. Richards.
Kentabury, N. Devon.

AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR RAMPERIRE.
We have not only to report the most deficient crop of
wheat, but the latest and most difficult harvest that we
con recollect dining a period of more than 50 years In
which we have been connected with agriculture
The wheat crop is quite twelve bushels per acre under
the average produce of the county, the chalk-hill farms,
however, having suffered the mos; from blight The
quantity is not only short, but the quality extremely
deficient, much of it being not so good as the tailing at
ordinary masons, and It may be fairly estimated that the
yield of flour from the year's grovrth of wheat is 50 per
cent under the average produce. Upon eon* of the
strong loam., both on hill and vale terms, a oxnaiderable
portion of the crops will not pay for threshing, winnow-
ing, and mending to the mill ; some farmers have therefore
determined to cut the straw and corn into chaff for the
purpose of cattle feeding, and thus save part of the cake
bill.
. .

The actual condition of the corn is likewise so bad that
It cannot be sold without an enormous sacrifice, and in
consequence thee who can hold it will defer threshing
until the spring and summer months.
The burley • rap, which has also suffered severely in
colour, is generally very thin and unfit for malting, Is a
short crop, quite four bushels par acre under the average,
and the malteters say that it works adly ; and this might
have been expected, for, like the wheat crop, it did not
ripen in • natural way, but Rae killed by adverse weather
In many cases.
OM. an a full crop, generally, and may fairly be
estimated to produce fvur bushels per acre over the
average.
Both beans and peas are not only much under the
average produce, but have been badly harvested.
Vetches the same, and where sampler are found fit for
seed they are selling at • high pries.
Clover, senfoin, and all seed crops usually sold by the
seed merchants, are in many cans • total failure, and the
farmers will generally have to depend upon semplerrl=
ported from abroad, and grown in • superior diem=
The crop of field hay has been • full bulk, but little,
however, has been stacked in condition At for sale, and
where used upon the farm I. may be spiced and flavoured
with good effect with the article sold by Borvrick and Co,
of Bedford. The meadow hay has fared still worn, for
in some of the flood meadow • portico ha, been writhed
away, and only a portion has been saved fit for use.
The root crops are very deficient, not half a crop in
many instances, and large are= of land have been left
unsealed. The (allows also intended for wheat, upon
strong nulls, have only been partially made, and much
land cannot be sown at all, whilst a considerable portion
must be sown very late, thus endangering the crop for
another year.
The seed sown of this yeses wheat is said to
very imperfectly, and before slowing should be =Wel
to the proportion which we, but under 'any circum-
stances we can only sxpecta weakly plant from unripe
seed
. .

green crops sown, such as trifolium, vetches, gm,
have been vary much damaged, and some quite eaten off
by the slugs, which are very numerous this year,
Lrai in clover I. so that early sown wheat is I=cl:a
suffer from this cause.
The price of sheep has been very much against the hill
farmers, particularly as the number of lambs saved was
under the &mtge, the sale price being from 15e to Ms
per head under last year. The fairs have all been very
shortly supplied, otherwise tha prices would have been
lower. The sheep too have suffered mach from lameness,
few docks being entirely sound on their feet A full
average number of the early lambing horned Dorset and
Somerset ewes have been bouiht this year for keeping on
the vale farms in South Rants, and we dud the OWN are
very forward in Lambing, some docks having dropped their
lambs with a large nu•obee of healthy Swim, and in some
MKS two-thirds of the dock will have lambed during this
month._

—Tbe—dairy farming, we understand, has turned out badly
this year, for in some farms during the autumn the
q _twenty of milk sent to London ham been from forty to
Oft, gallons per day short of the supply available laP
year. The sale of horned cattle has been extremely dull
at lower prime lately. Good mbels cows, however, sell
freely.
The health of the stook of the farm has been fairly good,
pip being an exception, they having suffered from typhoid
fever in some dietriota
ASZTH BUY/WILL, land agent, Southampton.