The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-05-01 00:00:00

A DORSET FARMER AND THE QUEENS
ORDER.

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Her Majesty's recent order prohibiting the use of
lamb in lb. Royal HAteeh bait not met with unand•
motto approval, either on the room of practicability, or
me securing the eel aimed at by the Queen). A Dorset
Farmer write' as follow.:
"Sir,—Will you kindly allow me, an old farmer, to
say a few work on this subj -ct, as I feel that the reverse
aide of the picture has not been presented to view? I
here been induced to make this request through seeing
a Pur•rraph, in largo type, in your edition of Monday,
the 15 h, which cold no.. hive been read without •
thrill of p in by many farmers who are still 'offering
from the • Recta of bed swops an I oiler causes.
Pdegistrete who is uutells far..ightei sugueete
• short time -go that an Act • f Parliament should be
passel prohibiting the slaughter of lambs for one or
two season., for the purpo.e • f intrea.ing 'he number
lof sheep in the country. This Arse received by fsruirrs
who were present with exclamations of diament. The
command of her &Nasty the Queen that" no lamb
Anil be served in the Roy d Household during the
present mason" may possibly have nearly the same
select a. an Act ol Peelleiseet. It will pcobably
boom the leaks smog elte " upper us "sad their

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numerous imitators, and the result will be a great rsbru ry 111, 17, 19, 20— At tlyrlnev, v Austral a- E island,
reductinn in pike. This will cause a serious bso to nut in'°"o.. 262 ; s rind Unit ga. 187 ; Austria:l,, Ora
I,;,niiir
ft!: see nil innings, 199 for in cads. metals
msoy farm.rm eh, make their rent from Wm a num
Where • land is ad silted for it, there probsldy is einsaic.i. Aor107113"% tietb urne, v tiro
nothing pr duce, in the whole routine of farming w doh inning+, 51; 3 rood innln.t., 156; Vletotia, Oct linl as, VA p.ys as well a. the prodocion .1 earls fat lamb I. r the Vie-oti wun by an innln.3 and 72 na
London ma, k I. This make. the pr. s .nt a.pect of the
jet the more merlon.. They ore gerter.dlv reared
and fed on lan I which is nut') f r I'm early pamturni.
Them pasture. yield • high rent, ani this can nly be
sustained by the product' .0 and early sale of fat lamb
If fashion does away with this fir only one sea,,., the
farmer will he a eerious muffeier. But if this fashion
shoal bi rettineri in future year", the landlords will
get We rout, 'be farmers will s.ll their cheep and go in
for dairies, awl the sheep will consequently be still
more reduced in number. Thnsths object her Mai sty
has in vie v would be more than counteracted by the
farmers reekicgto secure themselves from low."
A " Dorset landowner" writes as follows on the
spiestion of "No Lamb" : It must be rem-nib !red
that lamb now fit for the botcher Mu cost the fan mer,
in the majority of case., during tits I.wt three in intha,
from 10. to 204 • head in oilcake or corn. This will be
a dead I sts of so much money out of p ,cket. If her
ijesty'a commands, which, as a " Drr-et ',Armee'
prints out, have in some measure, the eft .ct of an Act
of Parliament, had been is.tuni thue in uths ag the
farmer might have pleased bliss If wh.ther he
would have run the risk of Frazing his limb. or n
Be•ide. this, the lamb which is Inolght into the
market in, my four month., au I weighs from
40Ib. to 501 b., would not weigh ab v 80Ih, if kept for
two years SII,I killid sia mutton. Moreover, he e lambs
that we Attn.:literal are nearly all pure, wol could
rot a”ist in th.. increase of our fieeks. If restrictions
are nee...83,y, the ehiiver (or hree ling lamb) mitht I.
protectel fuitn the butcher's knife for • year or two,
and hi do this I do not think the farm,.. would
ol ject.

"NUMBER ONA"

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It I.understorvlt t Vie evidence which het nos been
ea mntilletrd cunn ci it Turin rV. the h,. x•park
essa•siiial al •ii a SUM lellX:X XL is'actory niture to
144i1i dere Ire aca.olnn Ini pirt it the GOV •rament
asking fur h•• Tlie evldebte ha. reached Vfa
authorities to. only tram Informer, in D tint truss
Otter and in leased int sore ant this evidence in •
hawk, d manner amanita Cerees stetensen's.