The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-06-19 00:00:00

PRACTICAL RIRICULTURR.

Lento No. XVIII.
ON THE IIESULT Or THE Snow; AND GENERAL
harROVEMENT OF LOCAL FARMLNO.

To the Editor of the Dorset County Express awl
Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester. June 18th.
_ . .

SIR,—As this is only a continuation of my letter
of last week, I need not add very much to show
that the result of the Dorchester meeting has proved
highly satisfactory.
Almost every farmer who visited the Show Yard
has gained in some way or other, and this may be
easily detected in their conversation, for go where
you will you will bear of some machine which
" Dorset vernier never seed avore," or a discussion
on the merits and deuierits of some sheep or bul-
lock, or some other subject which must malt in tbe
improvement of the agricultural mind, and prove a
Lasting good.
_ _ _

Nos;,-Sir, with regard to local farming, A will
not be necessary for we to go any distance from the
Show ground in search of a piece of land that is
open to vast improvement ; for where could I finis
more productive spot than Fordington meadow
would be under proper management? It is really
a pity that His Royal Highness Prince Albert did
not pay a visit to the Show, for he would have seen
immediately the unfortunate state of this part of the
Duchy property. The want of draining and a propsr
system of irrigation would have been apparent to
hint, and he would no doubt have ordered some
alteration for the good of the Prince of Wales's pro.-
perty, the tenants, and all connected with the culti-
vation of this waste, and of the food-consutuulg
mil I ion&

Thin meadow consists of a great number of um.
of rich, deep soil, with an excellent gravel subsoil,
and is so beautifully situated that complete irnge-
tion may be brought to enrich it, at an outlay m°
small, that I feel certain would be repaid in the
extra produce in ten years.
It is really a wonder that some enterprising Wel
has not called public attention to this before; and Is
is extraordinary that the present comparatively Ice
value of money and the high price of food shed,' be
iPiee moiptetxna so wide is al
for
iimoipornovwehmeenntht erienidsesedu, a wide dist'
cLannel,that Fordiugton me;dow does not altogether
form an exception. but I believe one tbioi
English soil reyuires attention and an out/ay
of capital; but I wish to confine my remarks is mud
as possible to this locality. I must say that it" the
duty of every inhabitant to raise his voice agum4
the owners of property who allow rich land to re-
main in a state of bog, detrimental to the health
the people, and the only cause of the high prime,
provisiona. Some may say-1 know my -land wee";
I pay for an outlay in the way of improvement, but '
have not the money to spare. To such I would
the better plan would be to sell one half, and lay the
money out upon the other half, and he will woo fime
that as half a ripe peach is better than a whole um'
ripe one, so wills small tract of land,in a prolmeeisLaWe
of cultivation, be of more worth not only to h
but to those who may come after him.
I will conclude by wishing that by the time
la
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, next meeting of agriculturist. at Dorchester, the m7i
I around will have received a sufficient ittuth„tt
' drain pipe; that irrigation and manuring "I al:
been attended to ; and then I feel certain that 0
produce will be doubled, and that local turnip
not leave such an impression on the minds of tbo
who, having just visited our Town, could not ha"
pronounced it otherwise than disgraceful.
I remain, Sir,
Yours respeetfiall,
management of grass land in this localitYil_.„..
[my
Letter
NoP.RxOLIT„,AwiBuLEbeAonGKtheICULTI3I-

Printed and published for the Proprietors
MALLITT, Jun., of 4, flalisherrterraes,
Printer, at the Office of The Dorset Cowin
Charch-street, llortheder.—Tatisday, Jane 19,

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