The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-11-06 00:00:00

clgriculturt.

The Cain.. PLAGON.—The summery of cow.
Piave returns fee Great Britain for the week unit,.
the 27th ult. has bees ironed from tic. Btatiatiml-02,;
of the Cattle noise Department, Privy .Coemeihethe,
It Phows that 15 &Masks were uported to have
during the week ending the 27th of October, hoioo.—`o.
incroue of 9on the previona return. Prick couthredo
took place D thor farms or plums whine cattle ate kept,
the number of each outbreaks in the previous we,*
being 3: The number of healthy cattle olaughtered
pn.vent the divot., extrndine to them was 34 dense
the week. The d pease te reported to have prermig
during the week on the following sit petty e..eetotol
division. of Boston& orthamptonshire.—lhme, .
trg, 1 attack. Secy.—Rockford, 7. Cheshire.- MN,.
Inch, 1; Presthury, 2. lumsehire.—Mwtunderee, ;..
Yorkshire : North Ittling. —Wet! Buttner, I.
the commencement of the dinettes 51 in every I,o(rtvg
the estimated ordinary stock of cattle in Groat brio,
are returned ea having been attacked. The total near
her of sheep reported to have been attacked up to the
date of this return is 6,825. No cues among
have been reported during the week.

AGRICULTURAL LAIIOURERII.—Lord George Xeeeen,
at all agricultural dieser at Newmarket, uiled
lion to a subj, ct which haa awakened much hit lest•g
late—the position of agricultural labourers. He halite..
that the army will oimpete with tbs Ctruter for Mom,
ee the saloons" of an efficient army require. that LiA r
pay shoold be given to the soldiery, and he ther,j,„
thinks that farmers will soon find the supply of lalote
inadequate to their requirement.. He then ask, hew
the labourer is to be kept on the soil, sad proceed. to
solve the question in what seems a very practical way.
He thiuka it powible that the comperative system, isi,,egt
baa been found to work well in certain immure g
enterprise., in•y ultimately be applod to the teed. 14
for example, all profits above ten per cent. on mei.
invested were shared in due proportion between 'kg
farmer and hia labourers, the latter a. junior paorieti
the concern, would work with greater enefilly, „,
would have a ammo( rising in the world. The e
/ration is a very excellent one. but the main It.
malty in carrying it out was indicated by • anbsequet
'peeler, who said that if the labourer got no Mars a
the prcfits till those of his master reached ten per cant.
be did not see much prospect for the labturcr eggs
that system.

WinERITEI FARMER'? CLEM—The first meeting for
the winter session took platoon the 24th alt., Mr. .1. A
Dsmen in the *hair. 111 r. lily, of Bindoo Mills,
dueed • discussion on "The best wheats for the min.
bourhood," in the course of which be remarked that I,
a miller he might my the best sone of red wheat which
he liked when be got them in the mill, were the .14
Red-straw, Nursery, and Red-neck. Hs had ale,
and heard that on the hills them three stood bests/pia g
she blight and the rough wind. There were other de•
soriptiona 'thing grew on the plain, that would suit it,,
miller for mining. In kindly free soils, for instance, the
Golden Drop would answer. But there were on, s
"thigh were preferable, such as the Red Esser, Clover
Red, Red Cluster, Marigold, and piney others.
regard to white wheat., they were grown bust a vet,
free, sandy, and loamy working lands, perhaps after tee
years turniping, ac. But if they were not saved well
from the wet, they were not so good for the millers,
red wheel—Mr. White did not agreed with Mr. Sly es
to the old Red-straw. He had always been in the
habit of sowing on light sandy land what thry called
the Pedigree, which be found to answer better thaa
almost anything elm, though he had tried different
sone of red wheat. But on the hale he preferred the
Nursery. He had sown some late white wheat OR light
sandy soil, but he always found the Pedigree paid better,
though he did not get so much for it by El • load.—Kr.
Bates observed that in Eihropahire it was always on.
sidered that there were very few soils that would earry
white wheats. In Lincolnshire it was also the conelosi(s
that red wheats, owing to the compactness of the ear,
were lea liable to sprout in • late harvest. In those
districts red wheats were considered the best adapted to
strong toils.-Beveral members stated that on their land
they could grow more Nursery than Petioles, the d,lrs
epee being attributed to situation and soil—Mr. !bad
said be had done with the Pedigree, Kessiegtoa. arid a'l
red straw wheats. On the hills they could grow more
of Nurerry than of the °there he bad tried. It stood
well, and they would gel • good sale for it. The Coo-
creative required pretty good land, but he did not
think it equal to the Nursery, though with • good roil
they oould grow • tolerably good crop of it.-16
Chairman agreed with Mr. White. and found be eon 4
grow more of the Ressiegtion or Pedigree wheat am
thy other, and lie was also favourable to Yoeter's One.
year. A tote of thanks to Mr. Sly clonal tie ere.
medings.