The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-03-26 00:00:00

BLANDFORD FARMERS CLUB.

A meeting or this Cluil was beld at the-C-nwiwn•-• Hotel on
Saturday night. under the presidency of Mr. John F,
and there were present the vioe-cluorm tit (Mr. G. dpio)
40.1 Know, R Fowler, C. Flower. W. Roper. J. Keynes,
J T. H. &lit; EL Rogers, Z R waiter, 11. Keene, G
Summers, J. Tailor, R. iyer.. Z. Lick, W. K 4) nos, H. 9
Senior. Herbert Sonic. .1. W. Lul( H. W. /intim', G. S.
A..hott, H. Cwt. C. H. Floaer. H. Ford. K. B Atthrry.
F. .I. B iyo, H Symonds, F. Davos, W. Drake, W. Young,
H. Par-kap-I. C Wood, and IC 0. Richards (ion. am)
The thialtwan sad the Secret try bad placed the
accounts on hi. bowls, and he vms very pleased to see they
The grind Wanes of 122 Is. 15 I. in hind. which showed
that the Club was in 55 ieriehiag e million. The Chair.
man introduced Mr. Joseth G. F .icier, of Tarrant
G.iaville, who kindly prepared a lecture on 'The Stall
Ft:dineo C title."

-16...-lio-wUnit---sTid in opening the diectlestOn that evening
he had undertaken it More from • sense of duty than frow
the slightest Preen...Pa in to any goal fication. He •houltl
certain.y not have presumed to attempt such an under.
„eking, knowing how many ..f their rleat'ter+ were more
of ding joatics to the 804. n than be was, had
he not felt a strong desire to oupport the Club, feeling
sure that members prnent would keep up a good
diacussion afterward., introducing OttinerOul ..inkttione
which he shoul I he guilty. and he hoped it would be the
means of inducing other young tuentheta of their club to
come forward and give them their knowledge end
experience in that and other ituportant •uldec t•coanected e.th 4g...culture in the nettle spirit al be eras doing. He
need It •rlly dwell on UP, imp irtation of the sulijact
"The &di Feeding of Cattle," not only an the fen.,
ert,„ had the convenience for so doing, hut alto to the
community at large, for, quoting front 8 Riff. " Who ever
would make two ears of corn or two blades of grans to
grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before
would deserve letter of mankind, and do more esiseutial
am Ice to his county than the whole race of politicians put together." St they, he thought, might well say, that
It. who fattened two bullocks where only wee fattened
before asoferrel a hentitit on hi• country, ah.l they knew
increaael the value of his manure. It had been thought
by many that the iotroducUort of es touch American dead
meat into their market. woold lower the price of their
own ;abalone—that it would he a great benefit to the
consumer, hut • lots to the produce of meat in that
country ; lot he did not think they bad yet f.oted It., for
the lest quail ilea He quite endorsed and agreed with • rear.
lotion posed by the Morayshire Farmers'Citib a few weeks
since, after having hal adiocustion an the Antericen dead
. meat question. It ran "That It was their opinion that the
' American dead meat trade had not effected materially the
British farmer ay to the price of the best British blef. but
has reduced romewhat the prise of the secondary and
third-rate beef, which meme to show that the interesta
of
the Britith farmer iss to produces, fax Si can possitilv be
aorompti.hed, the very bet quality of beef." Ho had no
new PrieciPle that evening on which to &dries them to ;
act, he should merely give them hie own. hoping Mast in
the discussion which would follow he might he ai4e to I
ascertain if the one he adopted we, rooderooed or I
"proved by those present that evening. Now be must
candidly tell then, from tI e little experience be had had, ,
he titi not think they "Hill F omen could trigs liu;1 cisa '
is the stall itti any great expectation. of pr.,fii:infat,
Were It not for the excellent ya,d, manure that Owy tn.]o
he queetioned if they woul 1 not dud it a losing /Vane,
even after adding a per-c-ntage for increataeo value of
co more. It depended. of course, on circumstances—such
ae the find orsit, the price or their ('oil, and th • state of
the market when sold, prices depending on supply and
Intoned. They could, of course, be fattened at • touch
lees cost on food proloced from rirh lan, than from their
~we poor soil. The first th rut then necessary for stall
feeding wa• to have the stall warm and comfortable, free
front draught, having ceuvenieuce tel feeding .Ith plenty
of ro is for the mums's, that they might not) *tie and
disturb each other when feeling: and, if posaible, the
80 r of the stall sufficiently relent to drainit.elf dry, hut
not More at, the nullock thus more cionfortahl.. and
hewth,* TU. wags mo-t important point, for should the
door ol the stall be raised too mach the bullocks would be
far frees any as thasoe=hat on• AM 1110‘ firfittlba•
Oa the prisaine he was at cei loose for

amine with drains behind fbe billneks. and 'min foe
wearing the liquid smarm which hi as Pio • Pelletier* of
puttrins over his hams, and ashes far the turni.ii crop of
the heat season, and with good result., Salting Pare at to
Ude it po pleisUfuilly. I...towheea woad do well to me
their teninni have geoill au covenleat pr vats*. that tiiey
might be stile to home and yerd their bullocks in '
wii.ha
t.ir. commusing, in-te id of sad yr eitine, their
surplus tire e, no that, iuitieed I tieing se =nob Atoticog
manure, they might lie aide ti lee, cake and cln e ng
good fernitard which, in lii• humble opeti
rim far better. nits gutting., of good premiers era, to
the a Irantege of the laudlor I q.iito ale moth the telieht.
When • lane woe to let, what were almost the find
questions aekedf kip the preens,. ,40.1 or b,„1.....
venieutly or ineonvea tingly giblet...dr A I wyta
improved by having geol and .mayettieat
premiers greeted on. In prooegling thi, sisomet t
yeti 'Ma, he had t oder to their Doti e sia• I.e •••lectma
of athisaala For great tig elk • anti •P' nut' tofiitt,tt t
be the great c miod,retion, so an to th- gregtvt
alit evil 01 "a give' y el. Tlnbre le
of cattle now found in 0 ..at Br t were .lio -t
Variety as Lip soils tit the .litre..ntit dietr,cta. Etch ceunty
mewed to have its o wn bree.l,whlCb wassouirtintes4iMenit
L iilescriliw,but,uevert.beles-s i led to their soil Anil theists.
Pere Malty, be preferred toe shorthota„ thinteh map,
present poseibly mt.l,t have a preference for th, Doe, a',
Ilereturd. the tetyieney of the Itewou te fatten was no
doubt UeriValled, the Skin, nittivi•lroasplm4 Its roar
hair, was egreedlnsly soft and elastic. Grater. knew
Loot theta was not .• wore important point toots tin ahot
leireoLe depeiriodn, adlitt onuogth "GA' ft quo althi tey Wlh a
stool' A ab m
n s hirst
the beef Inc the Upper clones. He thotight meet would
agree with him that the Hereford fattened to a much
greater weight than the Doe' ,u. The Heivford 01, stem,
or beater Is tenet quickty aud it au early are, hilt
ever dttfer, noes of ooint inient the
menu of their &Hereot breeds of cattle, It must he
admitted that the shorthorn* popepaed a coothitial Joh of
/t.o•I Unaided, into in, their opletidid trauma sod variety
relour. Tney bed in ..13110 inidetic.a reeliseo I r
eerier., and 'weeders Initueuse ging. of us lie)', and were
daily incressing li. value an I req lest. In fact, be
comodered top t be the • reed to trod the milli et, If.,
read in the new.pap re •itily stout a fortnight since that
Mr. Henry Allsepp, M. P bad purchaaed from the Earl of
Bvtive, tw • shorthorn WWI tro, £7,5,0 ; be also rave
£.1.800 for four young shorthorn lieliera making a Lila)
of ALLOW for the sin animal. Then there wee another
breed, hada be sh mid like to libention. It was known as
Us. Irish, or, as smart would ceil thiqu, the mongrel, the
beet of which had a good cross with the shii•thore, end
whet paid better tor &p.md food than an Irish hullockl If.
scarcely knew how they would ip•t on if their iiiipoyof
Irish cattle failed. Try were purchased at their port. hy
buyers from al, pert. of Zealand, end in now. titlidiell
it was nearly their only sueply, and artist Rue caretsr, of
beef they saw in Islington market of Ulm .le.cilp jot.
• prohahly, was toe wet of annual which they el 4
lioi In his •tall were any of theta o (*your bina with a
H 10 think that • geed thnie-Yeats-oid steer,
*hen fat, was worth at least Is. per score niece in the
market than heifers but latterly be fancied thee" was not
so touch difference. Ago id heifer seemed to mill almost,
ibienthotoqu:itrt atte"yluilLeant Iduo"k fbori4iht 'frobut,
uthen'hdfdll„ ‘wphr°o.tlit;
the generality of cases, tied up pow, served their heifers
or coca, as the csge ii,ichL be—which they shoold coosider
tkii,..w:spiL.d—ngai.i:d4p,crifoarobiLd.lmtHlou.ssurle
o.uoe Urns,
si Ttt iva ert "al
itet their
attentl'its to
luau, if a ICOud wrveiy, au invaluable. He shenl.l be on
seed terms siLt CAWe lie attends •be should ri.ie esriy
aid retire late; be should tied out will .t quintity of foe!
they require, taking care not to overfeed them. Their
food shoold be eaten rsther greedily. Shoal.' they
perchance get bullock elf his feed trom being evaded an
old, and simple r. mu dy would quickly set him right
• tin., six on'. of Epson salts, two one, of sulphur,
and quartur os. of ginger, in a little water. They often
read and beard. of people feedins their animals by we ght,
hut he found some heast., ivrottut of then 'ice, age,
and breed, would eat conwideribly mere than other.. Do
not give t mac. at once, little and oft mw is the twit,
smi, as he 1,0 before, early and late. He town:lane
~Lind it necessary to house his bullocks to be
~p,l up abotr. the 10,/, of Octoii..r, at the
latent ; what grass there was th -n left with theta
had no proof in it. To begin with. he gsve them
. .

• net three bushels of cut turnip. per day. sot no tinder
tate, not round, thick thews, whir, are likely to cooks
Mesta. TM* he knew was r .ther more turnip. that, in at
people were in the habit of giving. an I he hoped it would
1..., a p tint for dircinstou preeentiy. U lietteved tanners
in Scotland gave their rattle when fattening them fez
wore root. th ai they Ma in Ragland. Tot, wason, how-
ever. unlike °unwires, they were very short ot rtott.„ and
the usual nunlier cattle an I sheep ware n tcted
•ttbe fattened. Next they cattle t • cake, of which be
gave 3.b,„ per day tointi half onion an., half Unwed,
with halt • bushel of meal per hulluek per e eetc. and ea
touch hay as he C mid •tiere them tour Hain times a
day. Their hay on the hill had tit,. proof in t rampartid
with that turtle by thoen in the Irate. He might here
mention that he had the cake given by datat and the
ot. at .bake,, over km turnips. Ile pretetre I giving cake
and meal to all cake. Toe name change of loot ',e.g.
had the more they mimed t him td thrive. A ter feed-
ing them in this way tor about • mouth be changed Irian
cot turnips to CUL •weiles, Liki.ig euuree, that
they should he thorou:ltly trimmed anti clean, earth
making them scour. Tom. the 3llw. of cake sh tallti It.
itradUally IliCremed to &lit. Or tic% ; anti, again, after a
few-week. the half liu.bel of meal should be made auto
one hualteL lie had tuned it adv eut4etius In order to
keep the animals in health to mix with their ro.,en and
rile • little molt dust, ale.. wheat straw cut Into tine
chaff, or. what they would eat mare greedily. barley dust.
it, found his beast thrive consttleralar lure when haytok
barley dust than when fed on chaff. He remembered
chit. the price of wheat was so dert ',min three years
duce be triot wisest meal ins:old of barley meal, but he
aid out consider the leta.t did nearly on the wheat
as on the baley wal. Some pigs also which be WM
fattening at the 6110110 Si ~i,ili I nit 440 at 411 cell it, reheat
meal. Toward . the towing they Wall 110.1 it Irn• trial
t • give, if p0..11.1e, Nitta the *Wades ales to ; hilt
lay ..h.0u1.1 hot Cat, or iteeny a.. ant would
tott require or Care f-a: \ (lOU lit, tit.* tot of role
•r hair tha: he IA 41 prr•Vi•.ll,ly named. I. led after the
plali he hail nor 'petalled, Ity Mtn: t leth, utiles, better
par Ora o,oler 20: toey would it.. a• Ile c....tuotee
selecting tor the butcher. With regard to giving ben-Is
water When latrenion them, of course it was scarcely
net:emery Where au Maly Mena Were given a. he was it
the habit of : tett r, hen this' only wet three or four
peck of root. 14111..11 them per day he should imagine they
*nal require a bide water. Some potpie he knew were
in the lialdt of turning their bea.ti too. to Water every
Jay. Ti,.. mielit be right, but he .Itoutti prefer bringing
the water to the aid ttal, as he eine). fancied turning
them in and out of the Mall made them a tittle restless
cud dia.atiatled In conclmion be entail way. then, that
he wa. of op ... i .. n that 'tall feeding ou their ciii. on. at
honre, to the land. hot on no average of years left little
tit tu• di ate pr tflt to the aragier.
A brief uoirinntiass, taken part in by %work S7utt
lienrc Senior. Packard, C tate, C. Flower,
S molter, R. Pieter. Halpin, Owen Richard., and the
Chairman. followed, and the speakera for the mnt part
roitici deal in the views of the lecturer.
. . .

The usual votes of thanks were pawed, and the CRAM-
BUN 111111013111..1 that Mr. Hew" Senior. of Hinton S.
Sla.r. had kindly oasentod to give a lecture at the meet
!limiting oft the 20th of Apra.