The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-09-14 00:00:00

flgriculture.

MAIM/HINTER AND LIVNRPOOL AORTINILTUSAL So.
OIZTV.--The eleventh annual meeting of title society,
held at Bellevue, near Mettehester, extended to two days
this year, Thursday being the opening day. The site
chosen for the show of live stock, implements, dro., is
easily atenesible by roll, and hence it has proved to be
the most extensive and, probably the molt success-
ful show they hive yet had, Thp district of the *misty
comprises the whole of South Lanouhlre, Cheshire, an
such plenaas lie within a radius of SB miles round the
borough of Warrington. A portion of the prises, how-
ever, an open to general competition and there were
exhibitors from London, Lincoln, Sheffield, Thnpeton,
and other distant places. There were no less than
1,548 entries, of which 1,053 were for competition for
society's prises, and 493 for epecial prises offered by •
looal committee. The local committee had raised sub-
scriptions to the amount of £6lO for these prises, which
were open to all competitors, so far as horned cattle and
horses were concerned, but not for cheese, seeds, fruit,
and roots. Of the 1,545 entries no less than 551. were
for machines and implements. Of these there were no
less than 69 exhibitors, and the apace devoted to their
dieplay was comparatively large. A single firm, Messrs.
Richmond, Chandler, and Norton, had property valued
at nearly £4,000 in the yard, comprising steam-engines,
thrashing-tuschines, steetn-ploughs, corn and turnip
cutters, reaping machines, end, in short, every descrip-
tion of farming implements from • stable fork to a
steam-engine. Most of the engines and machines for
steam power were in motion, and, looking at the great
attention these machines attraoted from all olosses of
visitors over everything else in the ehowyani, but ewe-
oially from landowners and farmers, it can hardly lie
doubted that • great stimulus has been given of late to
the desire for agricultural improvement, whether machi-
nery shall lead to such satisfactory results in farming u
it has in manufactures or not. The nunther of horses
was large, and included some fine thoroughbred stal-
lions, hunters, and good draught horses. The cattle was
not much more numerous than on former occasions, but
they were mostly of • very superior description, and
worthy of • plus in any exhibition of a similar chino-
ter. The sheep were few in number, but included some
good Southdown, Leicester, and Cotswold breeds. For
pigs Lonosehire and Cheshire exhibitions are generally
remarkable, acid the show on this occasion was very
firsteitte. The exhibition of poultry was extensive, but
the shows of cheese, butter, fruits and vegetables,
though good as epeonuens, were rather meagre. Among
the visitors in the yard were Mr. Jepson, of Rowthorne,
near Mansfield ; Mr. James Key, of Warburton; Mr.
Roscoe, of Roby ; Mr. George Gill, of Hawkestone,
Salop; Colonel Towneley Mr. John Hannatn, of
Wetherby ; Mr. Grey, of Dalton; Mr. J, Swaths's', of
Ashbourne ; Mr. Thotuu Longard, of Rainitill ; Mr.
Thomes Slitter, Mr. Thomas Ledger, Mr. Joseph Whit-
worth, Mr. Thom's; Wrigley, Mr. J. Robinson Kay, and
Mr. Ortnerod Walker, Mr. Meohi was also said to be
in the whowyord, and attended the annul dinner, which
was given at night.
LARON AND SMALL FARMIL—The large farm must
have a tenant of large capital who will take It cheap or
not at all, knowing that there are few timente to hire
large farms. Again, a £l,ooo.lsore farm made into two
of 500 would, by ekllf ul tenants, produce considerably
more corn and stook. I shall be asked how? In 111111WOr
I say the large farmer who lies his farm cheap for a
long lease knows that by ordinary RlSRAgonient he can
live with his family very oomfortably i he goes on oul•
Mating in the eyes of sonic people very well, but put
him side by side with the two 000.aare farms seine cull
as and watch the result have don I e for eight years.
sup the large farmer, with his family living respeotably,
employ a good amount of labour and produee fair orope,
but I as. the two 500.aere farmers living respectably
with their two families, employmore labour, produce
more corn and more stock, and pay a much higher rent,
The landlord will say, "I shall have to met more
buildings, he ;" another house and perhaps another
barn must be built, but the outlay for those woad be re.
paid in a few years by 11;41111611 tenant, Ima able to
prove that farms of from lOU to $OO or 500 eons will
produce more eons and stook, employ more labour, and
open a field fur more 'Darnel-a In farming, and in.
crew the landlord's Mums, and improvements assisted
by the landlord would naturally follow, The smaller
farms are a benefit to the eountry, the landlord, tenant,
and labourer I will admit that there are a few exam.
tions to this rule, yet having observed in this aunty the
large farm system on good soils, I feel eonvinoed that a
100 acre farms are a IMO lOW to the eountry,—P, L,,
Land MOINII/44,
A Now Orooloo Or llRLlWOfill,—lfor some yearii
past a remarkable disease lies been attacking silkworms
In Prima and Italy, Whole regions -have been
denuded of thus little We to textile luxury. Although
a commission of selentille and practical men has been
Mr:Mr:raj: linnfqouriiiires:inor hasheb:traoodulrhosillualarvillnrys
to some °barren the disease Is primarily attributable OR
the food of the silkworm (mulberry leaves); others,
apparently with spiel waned of Information at hand,
deny the Justice of this eaultudon, and refer the disorder
to a natural deranges eig ef the worm Resit Meantime,
time Mom program atEirrlat, if 4euz,
@hooked, or another mita viral,
European grown silk an lin;
luxury. Among the Which l'in=
Men to supply what hat shoal Mennen a Duets* 16 ,
ill, Is the introduction of • specks of silkworm hitherto '
.unknown in Europe, M. Garin lEll,vlile hu recently
laid before the Academy of Selma a species of silk-
worm that, unlike the one at present common in Europe Eupe,
dyes not adopt mulberry 1 for it. subsistenee, but
feeds Inclusively upon the Japanese varnish tree
(esiatulta4B pian,dedoia), • tree almost as common in
France a. in China. To missionary exertion and in.
pnuity Europeans owe the introduction of the new
*pules. Some years ago an Italian priest, coming book
from China, brought some 00000ns of the now speoles
with him to Turin ; themes they found their way to
runes. The expetiment was unsuoesuful at first; but
mon nouns having been procured the resulting worms
are thriving remarkably well, and spinning silk of cools
admirable quality that, according to M. Guerin Mena-
mule, ladies need Oct any longer he under apprehension
of being reduced to the painful condition of the wife of
the Emperor Aurelian, who, herlng tenderly 'solicited a
silken robe of her imperial husband, the latter was
obliged to refuse, 'laying he really ooaldn't afford it. M.
Guerin Menerille states his belief that the new silkworm
In qbestion Is the true eysintia of .1 authors
Re osentkas as a ratable

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Ctith Off Dit%Wino. When there is a general
demand fur labour, farm labourers eonsider 3d, per foot
In depth per 18 lineal feet, or Oil. and Id. per 15 lineal
feet, fair pries' for outir:l2 38 and 42-inch drains in land
of medium "enmity, y, and tenacity ; but beyond
that depth with bond additional prios is sometime"
requisite, o loth* greater width that such drains
require to be mi ; but the supply of and the demand for
labour is too often the tapas al low prices. I have, on
two different guntlemen's estates received 10d. per 18
lineal test for outline 424neb 4th4ne, which, too many
men, for sonic time boat, would have been grid to have
cut 42-inches deep for 74, per 18 lineal feet. Lieu.—
Various opinions are entertained by different practical
farmers concerning the application of lime SOa fertilis-
ing agent. Rouse farmers lky it down in the gra" fields
during summer in one or two oartloads, but it is some-
times, ere it is laid on the lea, slacked and caked llke a
heap of mortar. Other, lay it up in large heaps and
protect it from the wet, and plough the land after • crop
of oath not less than 10 inches in &tenth, and level the
surface previous to applying the lime in a dry powdery
state, and rid the bold illlO 97 or eficineks drills to keep
the thaws dry during winter
Ito.ut good many plough
the land, then thy down theshells in mail heaps
previous to spreading it regularly over the sodium. Al-
though it is well we thstlitue ha. • tendency to xink
beyond the reach of the plough, some practical itgrioul-
turista lay lime on as undulating %surface as the bottoms
of the furrows of 301eet ridged% The bottom of a ditch
In the lower part of • field, which has been recently
drained, plothbed, and the lboojiLit:ed immediately
afterwards, being incrusted with le, ls sufflaient proof
th at the soil above the recently sheath be allowed
time to solidify, previoue to tb. Uwe being applied.
Drainitip.—Some landowners defray. half the expenses
of draining, or borrow susonotfor WNW% the tenant pays
8 per oent per annum, .tsa there are roods of drain
in an SOTS of MAU 30 feet gyarf., fnd 132 roods 111
feet apart 118 lineal feet 1 TOM *nit a length of future
so incoming tenant most look 'who in tratKng 100 roods
of a 48-inoh drain- per itetei_it a9d. ow rood for
cutting, and say AI peel ,0001anfoilpee, eneluellw of on:l-
-sub pipe 1,4 Welles in I all% ellrAing 40 bolls
51e,0 lime per acre , at a oost of per boll.' in the cc-
pootation of having neturn for MOM 141 0 %ZIT VI.
lout to the market value of the money in the
land, besides whet is ritheinsti fogistikaelno horses,
hernias, Implements, and maehin thhiek will wear
out during a learnt,. if 1.9 yew.
would be out of plaoe to attempt to enumerate ad the
Moduli' that an outirriortertaat eass therm in Isla env
00140e1 way, India it arst•lei I have Nairn' ' to wiz
an in-coming tenant's free. seeds at a• • farm,
although it world DO ONO dleoomuto, '--
tenant to have given in 00000160, StIO
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