The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-09-05 00:00:00

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THE HARVItBT IN THZ MIDLAND
Mall Gazetu says the harvest in the ... land counties
has this year been as exciting and fluctuating an opera-
tion as any gamester could desire. We believe how-
ever, that in this long and doubtful contest between the
farmer and the elements, we are at length entitled to
I say that the farmer is victor; not, indeed, without lose,
but what we mean is, that he has got his wheat in
without serious injury.

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—The Pall

Tel Csrmit PLAGUR —ln our last week's notice of
the Resderpest, it was stated that the malady had ap-
peared is sixteen Mocks in and near Edinburgh; to-day,
we are sorry to may, that not less than twenty-seven
herds have been already affected, and that in eleven of '
them eases at least the contaminated byres have been
virtually cleared out. Sinoe last week the malady bas
reached Corstorphine on the one aide, and a dairy farm
in the vicinity of Carrie on the other. The prophylactic
measures adopted have been as yet too 'low and partial
to operate as a sufficient check to its progress. One
matter which we have strongly insisted upon in our pre-
vious articles, the disinfection of the manure of infected
animals, has not up to the time we write been carried
into effect; and now the outbreak at Cor4orphine is
alleged to have arisen from non-attention to this very
' obvious precaution. In several other matters a similar
[ laait7 has been noticed. Two cows from an infected
byre, it has been stated, on good authority, have been
permitted by an inspector to be put on the railway and
sent to Dundee. These cattle, it is true, were sold to •
butcher, but oommon prudent* ought surely to have
suggested that animals coming from • focus of contagion
should not be allowed to pass along • line of rail in an
ordinary cattle truck to • town as yet free from the
ravages of this terrible malady. It is to be regretted,d
too, that the covered lorry for the conveyance of disk
cattle has not been finished with greater despatch, sine*.
so lately as on Monday forenoon a cow suffering from grf
mute attack of the Rinderpen was driven from Fouts.'
tain-bridge through the open streets to the sanitarium
at Quarryholee, and left in the streets traversed abut.
dance of liquid alvine discharges, pregnant, as all know,
with the contagious material The condition of the
cattle market is no less dangerous there being on last
market day some six or eight cattle affected with the
Riaderpeag, and as yet no measures for the disinfection
of the market appear to have been taken. The danger
of this to store cattle is enormous. —Scoftish Farmer.
TIIE CATTLE PLAGUE.

Nov a single head of cattle is now to leave • Russian
port without examination and • certificate of health.
A New CAITLI PIANOS IN GIAUCESTENSUIRL --A
eorreapondent says t—Farmers in Gloweatershire have
experienced very heavy losses from new • cattle disease.
The animals attacked by it are frequently observed
running toned lea stale of giddinessin the field, and on
eloser examination are found to be totally or partially
blind. In the eases where the blindness has been only
partial, there appears to have been but little or no
remedy to cure the animals. There are many farmers
in the county also have at the present time half of their
cow stock oompletely blind, and a great many cattle
have died from the disease. It has been particularly
felt in the vale of Berkeley, Thornbury, Wiokwar,
, Cramhall, and the low-lying districts on the borders of
I the Severn.
A CHEAP RDILDT.—CocumI-General Mansfield has
forwarded from Warsaw a despatch, in which he die-
closes • remedy for the cattle disease. He derived bit
information from several large landed proprietors in
I Poland, who had successfully given the cattle afflicted
I by the disease water very strongly impregnated with
Iron. It was first suggested by the fast which bad been
I observed that in • farm whose there vraa • ohalybeate
spring the cattle were either but slightly affected or
recovered alter drinking profusely of the obakybeate
water, while la the adjoining farms the bewail died isk"
large numbers. Utilising this hint, a quantity of df
iron was put into the cattle troughs, to as to produce
highly chelybeete water, when the same result ensued
and the cattle recovered. We trust it may be tried lOW
as beneficial offsets in this °sentry.

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