The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-08-10 00:00:00

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Tag KOORTA MOORTA ISLANDB.—Liverpool, Wednes•
clny.—The British Empire, which arrived at this port
on Monday, from Akyab, reports having spoken at sea
the brig Helooloise, from Kooria Mooria, from Liver-
pool, the captain of which venal istts A melancholy
amount of the stale of the islands. When he Mt there
were 25 yowl* lying in the harbour., many of the crews
were suffering from smallpox, scurvy, and fever. A.
pestilential air pervaded the whole of the islands, and
whiff, ships were laid up. The time occupied by the
mew of she fielooloise in shipping SOO tons of suauo
WAS 100 days.

YoRISHIRI AIDITOULTURAL Snow—The 21st annual
exhibition of the Yorkshire Agricultural Awociation
commenced at Noeldmilertoir on Tweelay. The total
number of entrise was 1,477. and included 211 horses.
142 cattle, 102 sheep, ply., 102, poultry, 122, and im-
plements 7001 the remain,:er consisting of flax, wool,
Thinetteunyznaket
and grain. The entries are 1.,88 in the whole than last
year, when the aggregate number was nearly 2.000, but
the falling-off is principally in the implements and
poultry. The great progress which the society has made
may be illustrated by the foot that at ilia third annual
1840, the weillitircilesww"ereheliindleinuioNre°tlthanall3ooertfw
by r,,,rd &Ron. the
preoff%irniTis tbia year was r 902,
aonfinTititi,ii,,naggey,sl...cw.bdrdedpriican
president for the year, Lord Wenlock, the Hon, W. E.
Dunooinhe, M.P., and other members of the society.
The principal feature of the proceeding on Tuesday wee
the trial of reaping machiniw and other implements,
which took 'dare on the farm of Mr. Oliver, about three
,marters of a mile from Northellerton. It attracted a
lorge concourse of Agriculturists, who manifested greet
hatred in the experiments. The number of reapers
entered was 14, ll of which were actually pot into
operation. In the construction of several of them seine
reoeut Improvements have been introduced, but, on-
fortunately, the trial took ideas under very dieed*
vontageons oireunistaneeo. The rain descended heavily
just when the trial oommenced, and the operation had
to be suspended for sometime inconsequence. Fowler',
steam plough, or more properly 'masking, a plough
driven by a portable steam engine, performed its work
in an admirable manner, and was perhaps the best
exhibition on the ground of what has been accomplished
Iby modern .60008 in furtherance of agriculture. A
Iris. of £5O was offered for the best engine adapted for
farm purposes, and £25 for the best reaping machine,
but the awards of the judge.will not be known till
Thursday. The exhibition of stock opened on Wednesday
morning in two spacious fields in the occupation of Mr.
Flintoff. Most of the classes of cattle, horses, aheep,
ko., contained some good specimens. There was •
numerous attendance on the show ground, but Thursday
the visitors will be much greater, as the prim of &duds-
don is always reduced on the last day of the show.
Among the noblemen and gentlemen present in the field
Tuesday and Wednesday, were Lord Balton, Lord
Wenlock, Lord Greenock, Mr. J. Greenwood, M.P.,
Mr. W. B. Wrightson, hf.P., ka. The next year's
show will be held at Hull, under the presidency of
Lord Harries. Thursday was the third and last dey of
the annual exhibition of the Yorkshire Agricultural
Show, at Northallerton. The weather was fine, and
there was a numerous assembly on the ahoy-ground.
Upwards of 10,000 persona were admitted by paying the
entrance fee of Is. 'The principal prim under the bead
of implements, £5O, was awarded to Mr. John Fowler,
of fornhill, London, for the best application of steam
power to the cultivation of the soil, and was given for
his steam plough, to which also WWI awarded a special
prise of £25, given by Lord Bolton for the best imple-
ment exhibited. A prise of £25 offered for the boat
reaping machine was equally divided among the trustees
if Mr. W. Cresskill, of Beverley, for Crotokell'a Bell's
Improved reaper, and Mr. T. Porrington, of Normanby,
near Recker, for Burgess and Key's improved machine.
A silver medal was awarded to Mr. Cuthbert, of New-
ton-le-Willows, Runde, who exhibited an improved
Hineey's reaping inaelline. The first prise for the hest
bull woe gained by Lord Fevertiliam's bull, Fifth Duke of
York, which obtained the first prise in the IMMO class at
the recent show of the Royal Agricultural Society.
Thursday this althea, aerioualy injured a farmer he.
00 and 70 years of age, noised Thomas Ventrias, of Bils-
dale. While the mon who hail care of the hull was ab-
sent Ventrini entered the shed in width the aninial woe
tethered, and it gored Will with its head against the
wool work, inflicting such serious bruises on the sliest
and other parts of the body that lie is in great danger.
" WITCHCRAFT" AND AGRICULTURR.—Hiny lies re-
corded the story lit an industrious and filmdom' bus-
bondman, who, icing in the Advance of the knowledge
of his time, cultivated a small piece of ground men an
improved method, by whlolt lie gathered munch more
fruits, and reaped larger profits, than the neighbotin
about him, though their possemiona were more 11,1111,10.
His uncommon muscats excited their envy, insomuch
that they brought this accusation against loni—" 'Shot
by sorcery, charms, and by witulicreJt, he had trans-
ported his neighbours' fruits, fertility, and Morose, to
his own gelds," For this ha was ordered peremptorily, buy
Albinos, a Roman general skilled lii agriculture, to
NUMMIr the cluirp before I,lw, Cresinus, fearing the
Ilene, rmolvod upon his hest defence, brought his idumili
an I other rural implements, and displaying them
openly lie sat there also bis 'laughter, a lusty, strung
hiss, big of bone ; then, turning to the oitliens—" My
omastere, ' 'moth lee, " thew ere tile sorcerlre, charms,
and all the eneleantmente that I use I I height also
allege iny own travel and labour, my early rising mid
late silting np, and the painful *meet Mist 1 dumbly
endure I but I am not able to present these to your.
view, nor to hiring them with me Into 11116 smovitebly,"
This hold and open defence *attested the people I it
proved the aou SIR mak which turned a doubtful milk
to las entire 'avows, ha was pronnuntwil "net gullts "
And those present Souls hush. of Me inventione, This
story, though not strictly belonging to the history of r
own blend, is derived from times 1,11/1 era said to bore
tirst Wield to this Britons the arts of husbandry, 10
may, Iliervfore, be feirly employed to show that Ilse
Ant' heepravere of egrlcidlibre had their deice of trial
thai 11l All Agee And ouuntries, And In every eueth af in.
ueoiry mid invention—in the dieeovery of Ake ratetioo al
crops, * in that a the rotatory million 51 41, earth—a
Owilloo hue had to answer for his daring Motors KOS
embodiment of ignavotee onnillioling an Inguleillon,—
?Milo'. Mowry 41 ?Now.