The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-06-18 00:00:00

AnniAL Mims°.

The general I meeting of the moiety was held
at mi'l-'ey on Wednesday. in the eoeiety's tent. 111.
Treinsyne, FAN , the pmident, in the choir.
The Report *as read. It atated that there ere at
pre.ent connected with the Nnoi. ty, 65 life envenom..
100 gnyernoes, 575 member, paying not lees than tt
enonally. 297 sobocribing 10s. making a total of 1040.
The reme property remain, the same se at the end Of
the emir 1866. via. F 4,921 in console. 'aloe of pleat
£3.163 34. Mi.. emir in band en. IS.. Xi. The result of
the examination of tb• eecount of the leonine and ex-
reititure wag favourable inasmuch a. the betimes of
.5 A. ormipared with that of '66 showed an ineresee of
£21015. NM. The council also state that they deeply
Paretted that owing to the precautions deemed necorwary
to prevent the mooed of the cattle plague, they were
enable to hold an exhibition of horned tattle. Ftra
reports of the.e who were espeblo of judging wore metier
fugal and fa..urabln to tide year's show. The shags,
were remarkably good, especially the Hampehire end
'great country Down, for whieh the noiehbnorhood of
Salisbury is so relehrated. The hem show, though not
large in point of tinnikiert, atintainedroversl animals of
remerkahk •seellenc-, but the council regreted that
Vris-• offered foe egcuhtural isoeples of bargee &el not
pridooe more competition. pigs were well represented.
many entriea being extremely goad. No lees than 46
compartments were devoted to machinery in motion.
A large space bed been made available for implement&
the exhibition of which. eneridering that the society bed
met for two consecutive leers in the same locality, wee
highly satisfactorily. The poultry oho. Nu, main-
tained lilt interest sod Importation. A pleasing teem.,
In the meeting area the b autifal displase of plants sad
Anwar* for which the moiety Vol indebted to the
courteoun liberality of diatbytutairall strong of hortigal.
ture in its eeightmerhood of Soliabery. The th•nlia Jf
cnonci: were tendered to the eroninittee of the Mouth I
Kensington Mils um for the Sue collections.. decorative
art th.y had emir-c.a.-4 to there for ezhihition. els
ennecisi that the earnmittee had deeided that the meet-
ing for 1868 should be held at Falmouth, and rearm-
me.dril that Bir J. T. B Duckworth, But., be electst
preeirieet UN the missing
The report was adopted, and Mr Drew, on behalf of
the Council expeseeed to Mr. Tremayne, the 1866
President, their grateful ecknowledgr meats for his 'eel
In dieeharging the duties of his ogles, eel be thee
spoke in eloquent terms of far J. Duckworth, the p..-
sided fey next year
Mr J. Desk worth ex premed kis high sow et the car
Owed psis Min,

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The following geetlennen were then vistaed
president* :—Mr. ?iterative', Mr. Hopei. Mr, J. Gray.
and Rev. T. Phi'tooth
Mr. Owego %entreats then 'breecht forward the subject
4 the deeirability of t.titi.ening Peritament to e.teteii.h oerkets for foreign cattle with slaughter bowel at ports
of entry.
Mr. T. D. Aoland X P.. ettinteeted that the sehject
wee too weighty to be deelt with without further eons'.
(nation, and the question era. referred t0i1,.. council.
A vote it thinks to tie president concluded the
built, es if the meeting.
CONTlignAZluten AT Vitt COUNCIL Hors/.
.4 the wetuty, an I le,lie• of,tl ernile•
men ij.jeK in the iot Weilnee .oe ev,oing
,neepted the invitation of the Mayor to • eon ...n.s4vno et tbe Council Howie, the large banqueting room hewing
been elegantly fitted op aa • drew..., room. Refresh-
ment, were lett out in toe entrappe bell moeia lent Its
(therms on the neweine, and the evening we, eltogether
one or then-inch tiejoyment to all prewnt. To the antra.
of the proneediors a peeper wee read by 111 r. F.. P.
Squaw,. of ()detach, giving a sketch of the (mining or
the eouthern pert. of Reerlend, with mpeoial refer-mto e.
tbe counties of Wilt. Rants, and Dorset, durit,g thee last 70 years. and indiieting in what respects emigre.
tew been effected in that singularly eventful torte., be
the history of lititieh agriculture. He elm ~,a4 that at
the wenmeneement of tie period the lea ter the
most part termed ander the tenantry eamosop field
evetem, of which a few inetanoe, yet ..mairm, a ~ae,b
ng •X 'mph being found in Forelingtene
in appenved area wee eeleeted. wh Joh eu divided into
stripe consistent with the rights of. aa,,A aaaapi„, aa• b,
'hie arrentem`nt • slim of °nit' mu quality of land wen
ellottcd to each onpyholder the laud hying held fen
the
mnel Pert et enTehGhle eM leaseholds for lives, bat
et very great 'saris.' 4 economy of working TI,
*I'"P of the Per" ht Oh% di.triet wee the Wiltshire.
hon.' eith"th the Pr Aleilown lout just bees introduo.el as • fashionable w
Atetty. Net e single specimen of the
to mew breed, or
even en .onirrevi g of one. D"W, no
fir
Lit. _hi °Mi...
emertatn. in etietence. It most tot, how.
eadrearata7jarnig 'teed that they were swept off before the
Qs 4 the Seeelulown. As in moat other
owes e
deventwitaim was Pleated with the new comer.,
"nd Aloe P the le.tet end met highly reputed fleck.,
eses Hampshire end West manly down., now the
astwesnrs of the Sonthdown, doubtless owed much of
their vim and hardlibood to • dement from the old
Wiltshire blood. The horned Dorset, now ereatly
iewroved, was •peedelly adapted tot the soil and clitoris
of its home, and • nobler or more awful animal did
not exist. Mr. Rqoarey 'bowel that cattle had under.
goon enalogoes change., and then Prowler's° to t":•°•
iint that the enclosure of land and the onneequent
tegretation of farm., diepleoed elapse number of the
smell 000Upierl from their independent positions,
ant redueed them to the eondition of leboantra How-
ever mush they might sympethieer with thwe affected,
he °weld not hat believe that a large ineremeed Power
ue wade.. yr,od for the pn put &lion was th elevohqwed. Fir
also referred to the eimplicity of the implements in ow
70 y"re ago. 1.1 well as to the increment mot which had
Mee obtained for land eines the Inelneure Act came
into oponntirrn, awl erowluded by einrewring Ws belie(
that the gradual enfranchisement of Aerienitoria labourer.
by m.ltficetiono of the Lev ofklettlement, alight be
e*peeteel greatly toben.elitot.heieboly u.rer,oibibuinees.lt
t.whtilh.et
its operation would ndhw
devolopment of superior end more akelled labour for
the fanner.

VIM? TO LADY FIZRIGGIT'S PAIN BUILDINGS AND

W—wro- Hop- s'it—

The visit to Wiltob .ri-ii.fhwiwil,;iconti.cl a ver• pleas.
mg episode in the proceedings of the orteiety. The pro.
v. num. eoneisred of three Mattock retool farm building..
• block of model cottages the private dairy of a peones,
the interiors of tyro churches, • sob .'mm's park with
beautiful trees, motto., river, and deer, some Justly
celebrated mar mill, and workshops, sod lot, {bomb
I not bust, Wilton Houle ibielf, the enamel swat of the
Feria of Pembroke, ofth ell He vain •ble pieturve and
memorials of art antiquity In Lirly Herbert'. pri•
dairy, there was everything 111 admire and nothiog toot
pneeihly mold be oiled...el to. Th. loom s'abr, an.l
pillars were of Foliated marble, and the utenele other
either of glosq or porcelain. It mae a superb pl.,
isolated to make may lady in F.ngland fall in love with a
inilksisad's life end avocations.