The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-07-03 00:00:00

DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS

DORCHESTER, TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1860.

HONESTE AU]) AX.

A VIEW of the great Agricultural Show, held in
Paris during the past fortnight, could not be other-
wise than interesting to the British agriculturist.
It is not that he would expect to find in the
French exhibition any great amount of practical
information, useful as giving a spur to emula-
tion or to the adoption of new principles andi-
cable in England ; but he would lose IA tl is
an examination of the products of the French
soil, and a careful comparison of them with the
genial and temperate climate of France. That
A meeting of the Council
(yesterday.l The wewas
present w heldre otlni elldoanydao
our French neighbours are zealously and steadily
improving in the important business of farming and Councillors Bishop, Lock, Ensor, Bennett,
--in Hodges, Mason, Aldridge, and Stanton.
--in the raising of crops, the breeding of stock,
and the manufacture of materials and machinery meati;igt.!L„EnlleCT. ia"egoir,ezilitutilicas
ttinnutesreceiLtteftolasuit
useful in agriculture—any one who paid a visit Mr. T. W. Pearce, applyin4 for leave to enclose the
tvoid spot, of
%land behind 'his hoax in Wollaston-
to the Show, which we bad the pleasure of cluing
would readily admit : it afforded striking neecirri:a.ry ex'pe'nesewsa'tiir d'lt-etlelr7nniihialtsiopan yorlesinstle.of the
exemplifications of the desire laudably pervadirg The seal of the Corporat: was affixed to lease.
the French people to help to feed their country- leases to Mr. NI ley of certain portions of the
Wollaston-field estate.
men cheaper and better than has ever yet been Oji the Wotion of Mr. t" y , seconded b Mr.
attainable; and at the same time to bring within BEN N MT, the General I'iirposea Committee were
the reach of the poorer claws some share of the requested to set out the two proposed new roads on
the Wollaston estate.
beef they help to produce, but to many of whom
The
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Board was
OF HEALTH.
that article is an unknown luxury. There was
with Mr. NZles,eof Glouce"s'taser,arretdhr, supply a very fair show of pigs, as to numbers; hided-
leeol the!
ing, there can be no doubt, many excellent best Merthyr or Aberdare coals at Ws. -id': per ton.
animals. The majority of these were of English Br.lL•ct to 61. discount if paid for within a month
2r delivery.
breed ; which observation applies to the Claret-
Time StliVEYOli produced his new plan and sec-
aloe and Niversiaise cattle, confidently pro- tions for the proposed new sewer in South-street,
nounced to be a very valuable sort, and which which was discussed at considerable length.
the breeders have been successfully improving a1:6,71 for carrying 'nit the work according to the
itaim would bewasals'outpiterliolit soil
in
original
was short-horn blood. The collection of fowls Isiirveyori's estimation
was very large and very superior, and attracted plan, the estimated cost of which was £72. e oeigm
the most lively interest. The varieties best th, the motion of Mr. Lock the new plan was
suited for the table had received the utmost at- and the surveyor was ordered to prepare
ss'iLls.l9-?Fibl•ea:tions and advertise for tenders as early as
tention from the breeders. Success in thi,
department cannot be otherwise than a source j lu reply to a question by Mr. lloisms, the Sin.
of congratulation, inasmuch as in many districts vEvi
as tirtit stated that the leakage of the water-works
of France the inhabitants live almost wholly ra‘4 I places Znesgeetbelaentsaes::sett tia'unirlP:onre.ilksta'%'ees-
upon poultry aud eggs, which latter enter every- in the pipes. The General Purposes Committee 07-0.
where very largely into the consumption of our duccd their report on the water question. They
I estimated that a water-rate of 3.1. in the .e would
neighbours. be sufficient to meet tha annual cost of supply.
We publish in anothereolumn or this impression After a long discussion, the subject was adjourned,
in order that a code of regulations might be drawn
a more detailed account of the several features of
I
agricultural interest which we have here only up, till Monday next.
indicated in the briefest manner ; but we must I
not dismiss this hasty and passing notice without
referring for a moment to the numerous collec
tion of machines and instruments which was
brought forward on this occasion. The fact will
be taken as an incontestible proof, not only of
the growing desire of the French to farm well,
but that farming is now carried on with a degree
of spirit and to an extent heretofore unknown on
the other side of the channel. Considering the
vast number of small holdings into which
France has always been, and still to a vast
extent remains, cut up, the manufacture and
employment of machinery, so great and varied AS
that we saw in Paris last week, looks well for the
energy everywhere displaying itself in the
agricultural pursuits of France, and is full of
promise as to the results of a praiseworthy
emulation of England, with its still great
superiority in all those resources and conditions
on which good farming really depends. The
Constitutionnel of Saturday, was fully jus.
tified in saying that "the large collection
of machines, instruments, utensils and appliances
of all kinds, brought together at the exhibition,
is evidence of a desire to promote two great
ends oil the part of agricultural industry, viz.,
to accomplish in the most perfect manner each
and all of the operations which the cultivation
the soil demands, and to reduce as much as
possible the expense of manual labour. To
attain this double purpose all the resources of
of science have been put into execution, and to-
day's exhibition shows that, the inventors and the
manufacturers bring to the development of their
ideas and the execution of their work profound
knowledge and the utmost pains." We counted
no less than 60 steam engines, whose principa
qualifications were, by an express rule of the
exhibition, to be sought in the consumption of
the least expense in fuel per horse power, within
the hour. In the trial of 20 of these machines
made by the judges, the locomotive of Mr.
Farcot, of Saint Ouen, took the highest
rank. This machine, which, according to
the conditions, did not exceed six-horse
power, intFcated on the first trial a con-
sumption of coal amounting to two kilogrammes
per horse power during the hour. On a second
trial the consumption during the same time was
somewhat increised, but only to a small extent.
Other engines of very gue4 construction con-
mimed much more fuel iii some cases nearly
half as much again as compared with the engine
of M. Faecor. We mention these particulars
to show that the scientific mind of France is at
work in this direct of engineering skill ; that
the manufacture of machinery is of a very high
order of merit; and to demonstrate, also, that the
spirit of enterprise and improvement in the
science of agriculture is vigorous enough to occa-
sion the production and tiring into profitable
service a large quantity of expensive and most
excellent machinery of native manufacture.

DOLURESTER PITCHER/ CORN MARKET, Saturday.
--The weather appearing to I* settling down line,
caused the wheat trade to rule dull. To erect sales
a reduction of from 2s. to 3s. per quarter must have
been sulnuittefl to. No alteration in the value of
any other grain. •
INSPECTION OF DORCIIIIWTER 111FLE:4.-011 Wed.
***day evening last, the Dorchester Corps was
inspected by Lieut.-Col. G. P. Manse'. The corps
formed about 6 o'clock and marched to l'ocn lbury
hill, where the rueinherir were put throuOt the
manual and platoon exercises, formed company
square, prepared to receive cavalry, and extended
skirmishing, each man being provided with ?II rounds
of blank cartridge. The rain poured in torrents the
whole of the time, notwithstanding which, all
the evolutions were performed with great accuracy,
and at the close Captain Nlansel passed a high
compliment on the officers and men on their effi-
ciency iii drill. Captain ?daunt intimated in his
address that it was the intention of the Eirl of
Shaftesbury, Lord-Lieutenant of the county, to
invite the whole of the Dorset county corps to meet
him at lkirchester in September next for the purpose
of battalion drill. The members on their return to
the
_town were drenched to the skin.

VALVE Or PROPUITY IN -Doncirestitit.---On Fri•
day last the White Hart inn, Dorchester, was
disposed of by public auction by !shams. Baker and
Ensor for the extraordinary, sum of £1,910. The
purchasers were Messrs. flail and Woodhouse, of
Anstey, brewers.
COI[ONATIUN DAY.—On Thursday last the anni-
vereary of the Queen's Coronation was observed in
Dorchester as a general holiday. The shops were
closed, flas fluttered in the breeze from the church
towers and many of the private residences, while
the opportunity wu seized upon by many to sis t
the sea side and the numerous places of interest in
this haaility. Fur the drat time since their forma-
tion about thirty of the Coast Artillery from Port-
land paid a visit to Dorchester. The visit was