The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-08-04 00:00:00

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DORCHESTER, AUGUST 4th, IRS&

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FARMING AND THE SEASON.

We used to be told the chief cause of agricultural
distress was not high rents nor foreign competition,
but bad seasons. Although the cause most likely was
a combination of the three. there inight to be some.
thing like a return to pr.wpwity now that the farmer
is enjoying one of the finest ennui frit this conntry haa
ever known. For there to have virtually been no
rain during haymaking time is fe.ceptional indeed.
The produce ix i gui th,t Ow laughable „t,wy of
the farmer who regretted that there would In. no had
hay for the young stock will find exemplification
throughout the land. if.'ondition is the chief factor in
the quality of hay, and this isassured. There is
another advantage. li iwever, lii a good
nimsely, the saving of labour, which this year is.
been very considerable. In Jistricts from which
labourers have migrated largely to the towns,
employers have felt in .me degree independent., and
where removal had not taken 'dace, there has
been no dissatisfaction, since, thanks to Free Trade,
men can make a shilling go half as far again a it did
in the old times. But hie eliwei are not unmixed in
this world, and nothing skives the fact mire clearly
than the pursuit of agriculture. Some kinds of
vegetation want moisture as Well AA others require
heat. Well.made hay is is desideratum, but satiiffac•
Bon on this score is somewhat diminished just now
by the ansiety as t Milt after a while will become of
the sheep. Pediiv.• s'irinks in proportion as
hay is stacked in go el e and the chance of
a good crop of r every tho in July
and .Aligust i• it . 1541.
are lb, au I haVe lot
many years Co • chief of :tis led*
Port. If, them t:a th • (same •of the net
creme, prices should fle fp, a. they assunslly will do in
the absence of rain, this disadvantage will scarcely
be counterdalanced by the quantity and finality id
hay. On the other hand, everything in the nature fi
grain promises to be abundant. Wheat and barley
are exceptionally good .tlas, that in this respect
theca is not unmixed gratithattion ! The fanner, of
eourse, delights in go I crops iif grain ; but he has
long ceased to regard them as much help to the pay.
meet of his rent. He grows cereals because the hind
must be cultivated, and beelinse he cannot di without
straw; but, afP,r reck g the cost of see I and
labour, he is satisfied if the result saves hiin from
actual loss. Farming is stall a disheartening iccupa.
tan ; its tendency is towards depression ; its recovery,
at least for some years, is not to be expezted. Every.
one believer it will mantas y come 'right. It is not
only our oldest, but most importint, industry, and
because it is not of mushroom growth it will for A long
Lime show signs of vitality. Legislation has hitherto
done little, though indirectly it may have prepared
the way for future improvements. 'Me ootgo.ng
farmer is still without full compensation for the
capital he has expended for another man's benefit.
The proportion of rates which he anil his landli.rd
should in fairness pay has still to' be'ldjuded. He is
an labouring under tlio,4i.a I,antagii hiving to
give his landlord praiceilen, over other creditors.
But worst of all, Leah!, his own apathy, there exists
in Parliament, end out of it, a'disinzlination to probe
things to the babas, an I to remedy the depression to
which the agriculturists ha, long linen subject. In
the natural course of things the brilliant sumin-r
are all of us rejoicing in will be a further cheek to
even for the fanner to belie‘e there is very mudn il.e
investigation for the sun shin it is difficult
matter.

The latest sensation the Si"'Want indictment of
Lord Randolph Chuireb;ll, n.• of the .110.11 .catliing
criticisms of a public tom. that has been published of
recent years. "The boy with the drum,' a.. P, I#4.
terms the irrepressible. has drawn .lown tm his
devoted head a ials overcharged with a .istli for his
departure from the old prineiple. ol his party.
Says the Sfa refit rl, apeak'ng behalf if
the Conservative party generally, " we have
had enough of this ; lie Ilerl Rinilitlph) hat
dishonoured the highaninded, hiistoric, and honour.
able party with which be it closely connected ; the
national e icnee ha.. been ah.wkod. L ird Randolph
is • very much over-rated 111111 and the irat, organ
goes on plainly to of hi. ahnost in.:m.4o)le
Ignorance of affair.., hi. boyidi delight in ,Ifferitr.r the
crudest irunalts to men who have Ai years in
the service ml She Stitt.% his peatikm and
blunders are craning tO se.- Pity 'ti, the .w00d...4
did not find thin init before, when the noble bad by
his cnide w.t, boort...or; t..rtiiring
the late (i.overunr.it. tont yh. whanerer he
opened hi. mouth t,l A well orgaaise I
claque ever ready t t•ry
cum.tance. are .0.t,•• •I. awl 1..- I It Is.
how,,er o. •/,o1 •-, opp.ition. 3.
found to it.' a sery Lo•abir,ani... thorn in the ede of hia
party, n.,w that 11ç, re changed. Th.. S /I 1,4
Ounientx to follow L.rd Salisbury, but indignantly
decline.. to be 4iivernegl by a soriof orer.groi .3 school-
boy, one "who cannot fathom the deptks of hie .Iyr ig.
Dormice of everything worthy of the name of 'statesman
-
skip." Concluding this now article, with • final
dip into the gall, thee eiter a.serts—" Since he Lord
Randolph) took office he has done the Gmservative
party almost iereparable harm.- Thi., mamost tin.
fortunate for the great Canford fide, for with what
justification can the great Tory party of Dorset
pay their vioit to Lord Witrborne as .upport-
ing the speaker. there to be presented.
Will Mr. George Bond now follow the example Of Or
members for Liverpool, as rionstatently he should do,
and decline to appear on • platform with chi* in•
credibly ignorant, impudent, &idiom', oterdated,
over-grown schoolboy !

The Clossermdives in office are not exactly a happy
family. The Ministry could only be formed by
shelving Sir Stafford Northoote and replacing him le,
Sir Michael if and his ally, Lord Randolph
Churchill. The triumph of Lord Randolph and the
prepoodersting influence which he was allowed to
exercise in the formation of the Ministry were gall
and wormwood to a large number of the Conservative
members. This he mud have known, and one would
have expected the knowledge to influence hi•
behaviour in his new capacity as • Secretary of State
Ordinary prudence would have suggested the avoid.
since of language calculated still further to irritate
the Tory rank and file, and to quicken smouldering
didatidaction into open discord. Rut Lord Randolph
bad acted with extreme imprudence. ASS Secretary ~f
State for India, it may be, as is alleged, that he has
devoted himself with extraordinary energy and uel
to mastering the details of his office, but in the
Mouse his speeches have been moat unfortunate.
Almost every one of them ham given profound do.
satisfaction to his am .5 party. That of Monday night
warn especially repugnant to the helloes of the Con-
servatives. Their murmurs during its utterance were
audible, and signs of mutiny betrayed themselvue •
little later in the lobbied. The Liverpool incident
Followed. The members for Liverpool declined to
attend the meeting which Lord Randolph had been
isvited to address. They well might. They naturally
did not care to support • sneaker who might be
expected to proclaim out of ?minutest as well ass
within it an alliance with Panellists, sad to insult
Lord Spencer and the Loyalists. With characteristic
self•importance, Lord Randolph Churchill declined to
attend the meeting unescorted by the Liverpool Cans
lenitive members. The falliag•tkrough of the met-
ros caused the whole matter to be published to the
and the Ntaminnrs bitterly hostile leader of
Es OAT nurning betrayed the division of the Tory
Ilde two iereconciles.ble factions.

r Register! flutra season when the
It ‘. or voters Are to appear PO the church And chapel
ii 'ewe To UAW a vommon phrase, every vote now
e. mom one, and we would Weise all Li bezels to eXAMilte
t,eitosto, and be fully sure they arena the list. If
the awes does not appear, or is not oorrectly entered,
'Om appeal to the scant in the respective locality,
evlei will Irina the infornistion or assistance needed.
in the rural localities, and in the case of new voters,
*hi, is especially important.

arvaIAINLINCri-Milft
LOfin RIONT and Hon. Min Dishy have left town
6:113 11s3g HoLi Hose,lntern‘i-1)W I!o"theahte"rter •YesterdaY 141".°11"4 •
delerted appreyaner, nutside attractions having
drawn most of the pleasure.seeker. out ,of the town.
The day was beautifully fine.
HOLT TRINITY (IHIOICII 10TH 81:NOAT
41193111 TRlNlTT.—Celebrati.ni .1 the Holy Gun.
minion at M.:10 am.— Matins, 11 a.m. N'enite,
o,ruch in C (MM., ; Psalms, Turle 117,,
.mough 243, Huseell 91 ; Garrett in F ;
ilenedictus, Ri.sell for anthem, Hymn 4, Mel.
tombs ; Litany (Tallisl ; Hymn 290, Wiltshire ;
offertory sentence., ' Let your light " (Monk),
" Whatmerer W..1i1.1 " .non,. ensong, three
p.m.—Psalms, Itattishill 9110: Cuntate Domino,
IloYon 319 ; Delis Mia.reatur, (o Ig.' 120 :
Hynes 216, Sonthwell : Hymn 931, " Nearer limn..."
Evensong, 6.30 p.m.-- Responses. Tanis; Psalms,
Itottishill (200), Illaekith, Turf.' (%IHS.): lbwnificat
and Nune I linlitti.,ll.l,l.l,y in C for .knthein,
!fruit 241, Lux Ilenigna : If ruin 21h. Con,s,lation
OINK): Hymn 232, Iteas.nt Square.—Chant Book
used, "Thetlithedr.il Psalter Chants;' fly lt,ok
used, " Ily Ancient and 31.slern;" 11. Evsagrr,
Rector; T. M Nloie..tY, Organist and Choirmaster.

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