The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-07-30 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR RANPSHIRL THE LIVINGSTONE EXPEDITION.
RETURN or NIL STANLEY.
Beim now ea the eve of harvest we are enabled to
form so Istilkhha he the Grope, mid, Mama it them m lir. Sirsel,y, the He! York Herald oorrespoodent
&whole in this eountry, the mason may be fairly called found Llvinptoce. arrived at Kamilla* on Wednerlity
OWO of general Oundatior. The wheat prop, owing to morning, and was at onto Interviewed by the reporter
the lake and cold spring, proatieed badly up to the time of NA fdepeopt, who wired to London • long loootint
if coming into ear, about which time • decided ohmage of the ocnversaWon. From this we make the following
ler the better took plies, the blooming time Wee • extraols :
Inevitable, the temperature being high and the weather
colts and quiet, and although the ears are gmmoill
poall there la tor the most pert a thick plaot. The
crop may therefore be estimated as an average on.,
sad should the weiditer cositioue fine the qtality will
be good. Barley and sato are both over subway, the
I•tier bollwE mipselally Is.; the former is also a bulky
mop. mash of it being laid on the beet cultivated lands
wl.l no doubt damage the sample for melting rtrimem
This bertha lima the ease also in preview seasons mauy.
farmers have adopted the plan of sowing " nursery
whist after turnip., instead of 1-atley, which te found
teallaWer • good pupas., toper:4.lly as *beat is fe•obli g
• geld Pries. All kindsof puleeerope atis• fair average ;
=ace probably rather over the steno ; 'Adobes and
are well podded. Many fields of the latter,
however, hoes been attacked by the block aphis, which
Ito doubt, will do more or lees injury to the crop. It;.,
winter oats, and winter barley are now being out, the
crop being a fair avenge. Rya will prossably yield the
mood, se we had wet nod cold frosty nights at the time
Its.., talc oar.
Ttie Grope of hay are over an avenge, both on arable
lad meadow bind, and it has been secured I, better oon-
dittos than the drop of lost year, although the hay
harvest Ms been very tedious, owing to the eontaauous
showery weather. This meaty has, however, very
fertmately escaped tbe bossy and severe thunder sod
ball storms which him dose so much damage in some
of the midland end nottbern counties. The crops of
mood out clever sod the aftermath in the pastured is
eiceedingiy good and promising. The root stop
is
'gab likely to be over so average, although the plantiog
is sot so universal m last year. The present high
temperature suits the mangle crop, sod It is likely to
Drove a very heavy produes. The preparation of the
land for swedes and turnips was very moott delayed by
wet spring, end the seed basin consequence been put
in much later thee nu al, and a good deal of land
intended for roots will be held over for other mope, as
It cannot be pthemed in proper tom
The price of meat is Mil TO!, high, partieularly
beef and mitten; the value of store settle and sheep
Is, however, mill higher, taking the fairs Mashy held In
ermaty, zoom especially that bold at Othrtoo, on
the leek the prime for sheep and lambs wen higher
thee hes beers Mows daring the past fifty years, and
there appear to be lilverl6l WINO operating to produce
this sauna slate at the trade. Pint of all, we are
samethipg like Om million' Mort of sheep on the ,took
of the Idagdon does INA sad the proclaim of the lambs
this year being barley an average, with an summons
loos of ewes at the lamblug Woe, will rather aggravate
the evil I but the most serious of the difficulties with
whisk the stock fanner has to oontisad is the epidemic)
lemmas now so prevalent, and whisk is epreaolog with
great ?Wahines throushout the oounty, -and It is esti-
mated that from eight to Ma thousand sheep were
ablest from Overton fair from this muse. The quantity
of feed for stock now on the farms also kept many
sheep from Umiak. These seam unthined may well
assesaut for the present impassive priori of Seep stock.
The prospect is, Indeed, gloomy for the grease
fariaess; the present prise of theep, with the epidecolo
lameness looming In the distance, as a matter forgotten.
reflection, particularly when it is remembered that, on
timiaktosis of • similar kin°, after expending farce sums
in sake-feeding of sheep, they have been often obliged
to be gold without profit when attacked with lane-
The foot aid month &sem. is rapidly spreading, but
more In some °Dualism than in ; and it is quite
evident that all the esectoeste of the Plivy Connell
have eettrely failed in stamping out this epidemic
diatom effeeting stow stock. mid simply brains. it Is so
different from a diatoms which is cootoipous ooly ; and
it Is to be feared that the foot and mouth disease will
entetanee its esti:nuke whatever Wayside/me see
favourable, in the aims manner that the liminess in
sheep wears whenever sitmosptieris influence favours it,
fee II Is WE to infer that, having bred our sheep stook
under the inflames of this oomplaint, more or leer,
ewer ion the year 1845, the bead of the stook is
Isla sad that it only require, a aortas 51st. of the
to .1111 into mire azistenee.
Joni% BLe oaf-
eeethilapk•o, July 24th, 1872.

TI! 1111 ST CON rizzx co.

Mr. Stanley dearth," with the greet/et anination
Ike mots.' joy of Dr. Livingston* sad himself whoa at
last they found thermal,. s aloes and at Hinny to give
unrestrained flow to their feelings. He is most 'tabu-
sisal° in praise of the personal obarsolar of the great
explorer, whom la bolds lob. "oaf of tits bravest and
Boldest gentlemen and truest Christian' "Whoa
we were alma," relates Hr. Wesley, "1 hooded to him
a packrt of letters from home, and said that after be
hal finished reading them h. shoukt n.xl be told all the
ro.we from ti.• civilised world, ro far a I myself knew
them. No, no; said Livingston.; 'for titres years I
bars berm wallas for letters from home, and I can
afford to wait stew hours loser; give me the INWI of
the world ' So I reported to him all that I oonld think
of." Although Dr. Livingstone had been absent from
his native country so long, he spoke English perfeetly,
both in phrase mid In goosed.

FHB •renanariog OF DI. LIVING/MAIM
"Whit I first saw Llvicavtone," said Stanley. 'hi
was worn out by diarrheas, brokea down, and baffled—
these ware his own worde—by worry, disappointment,
sod 'analog. ' You have brought new life to me, hi
said." After a companionship of four months, Yr.
Stanley lilt him • bale, hearty, stout moo, who hom
his gaty yaws well. Ins hair was still dark; his
moustache and beard were gee', not whits He bad
plenty of clothes, ammunition, rifles, revolvers, and also
supplies for three years, while when Mr. Stanley die-
*peered him he was destitute, and quite broken up;
nothing but his brave heart and hi. belief In the good-
ness of God supporting him. Kr. Stanley mum/ me,
ills most email manner, that be had no fear what-
ever but that, at the expiration of about two veer.,
loglishown will aga,n see their great oonotryroas. As
already stated in the summary you boat publiehed, Dr.
Livingstoce has goo, to explore • tribe who live nodes,
ground; but hie great objeet is to dissever the esveral
links between hie own dimoveries and those of Baker.

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That all preelons decease; the diary of Dr. Living-
dose. had a singular escape from te lag lost; bet the
preemie of Wad of Mr. Wesley saved it. Whim he
hed left Llviagidoo• oa one masks, he and his mat
were aroming the liekomiekere river. D was thee in
the fell " masika,* or ritzy mama. Suddenly the man
who carried the bee with the precious tweesers was Is
danger of beim overwlmimed by the Rood, sod of {Gettig
the bee in the stream. Mr. Studer, fearing Mal he
wee about to let go, premeted • socked pistol at his
bead, and threatened to blow out his brains if he
yielded bus hold. The pistol bad • oaten terror thee
the water • and this man, making a desoorses struggle,
get the box safely ashore. The Baas of this eras was
Mowporeb ; he IN described es • pod fellow, and • pot
of Dr. Liviegstooe's. Its has gam back to the Dosser,
and will be able to tall bin that his letters have WI
Africa.