The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-12-05 00:00:00

TIII NSW. XARKEr GILCIOND.

The (.11 \IILMAN called attention to the new market
ground, observing it had that day been very bad indeed,
and • memorial to the Town Council had been just placed
in his hands, lie then read the memorial, which pointed
out the exposed position of the present ground, and met
forth that the piece of land on the north side of the wall
would meet all the requirements.
Mr. DEAN said he had been at the market that day.
The ground WM in a dreadful state, and. therefore, he
and several others waited upon the Mayor, blr. buck, who
Wai very kindly ilisposed, and acknowledged the ground
was in a very bail state. On the north side of the well
there would lie ample room for all the markets and fairs.
lie .cd that the memorial, which hail about 200 signit-
turs. Ic forward... 4 to the Town Council.
. . . .

ENliOlt folly concurred with Mr. Duke. Certainly
the ground on the north rdde of the well would be ample
for all the rominonents of the markets and fairs, and by
making it into a fair field, inatead of that on the other
side .1 the wall, the lowa Council wouhl he effecting a
saving of from .C 1,1.100 to £3.111.10. Ile seconded the
. . .

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None e,eiverasti.m ensued, and it was agreed unant-
inously that the memorial be sent as proposed.

DAIRY YARNING.

Mr. EI.4WOOD in introdueing this subject sail if the
farmer intended to ni ate dairy forming profitable he
lutist be very particular in having goad cows for milk, for
lie had found that SUMO COWS would make it than
lout, what others would. The late dairy show in
London was, to his mind, a step in the right
direction ; the ultimate result would, he hoped.
Ise to give prizes to dairy C./WS worthy Vie name. While
not pecoossesseil in favour .1 any particular breed
of the heasts, be would give preference to the short-horn
for dairy purposes, inasmuch as it produced snore butter.
nsore cheese, and more veal, on the same amount of keep.
lie dist not think rows should calve before the end of
February where there was no water meadow for early
sprint feed, for he had founil they went off their milk
considerably when they calved earlier antl dhl not get
grams until the middle of May, which was the case on
many dairy farms. He thought this rearing of all calves
dropped before April was the most profitable system to
adopt. In reference to teesling dairy cows, he preferred
cotton cake to linseed cake, and to either he must prefer
—in money value, in each case, of course —bruised oats
and bran. Great fault had been found with the butter
when linseed cake had been given; but he had never
known any complaint when oats had been fed from. lie
Sometimes Rave his cows a little mangold in March, and
the l,ginuiing of April ; he liked marigold mixed with
cake or meal for cows in the straw yard before calving.
In reference to the question of butter making, he con-
sidered it highly ittiporcuit, in I trier to make good butter,
to churn the cream at least three .ir four times a week.
Feasing im to the subject of Cheese snaking, he sato he
WWI told by several who had large dairies that it was
much 111000 profitable to make best cheeses than to make
' butter Will skins cheese, and he was inclined 4i believe it
was so when judiciously done. Some years ago, however.
he tried the experiment but it resulted in aloes of nearly
LS per row in the year. One thing he found.—viz.,
that he could fatten pigs tolerably quick an whey alone:
consequently the amount fruiu dairy produce alone in WO
W:l4 considerably greater than under his present system.
Mr. Elswood aberwarils dealt on the question of letting
dairies. It was a custom to enter on the 11th of February;
but this he considered was too late. Ile had long ago
made up his mind to alter the time of entry from the 11th
of February to the lit of January. But he must say he
not like the system of letting cows at all. Besides
the constant grumbling on the part of the dairyman, of
losing money, you were of course prohibited from making
arrangements as to cows Isr keep, which you could some-
tinisc du to great advantage if you had the management
them in your own hands. Mr. Elswood, in conclusion,
apologised for the brevity of his remarks which were
simply intended as suggestions : he said he did not presume
to teach, he came to learn.
A short iliscuseion on the aubject followed.
Mr. Intim strongly recommended the system of letting