The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-03-03 00:00:00

DORCHESTER TOWN COUNCIL.

FRIDAY. —A meeting was called to-day to make new
rate,. There were present—Tbe Mayor (Mr. G. J. G.
Gregory), Aldermen J. Gslpte, H. Look, Cmnollion
M. Dorenlah, J. F. Hodge., W. Vernon, B. Burnett,
and F. L Turner. Mr. H. Symonds attended for the
Town Clerk.

The Finance committee pressnted their estimates for
the necessary rates.
For the General District rate the committee rearm.
mended • rate of a I In the pound. on • rateable v.leit
of £10,700, the estimated sum to be ranted being 092.
This rate is twoperce less than last yeor. It was sold
the rateable value bad increased 000, and it was
anticipated there might be is similar advent* this year.
For repayment of loans over £3OO is required.—The
rate was approved.
For water supply the ormmittes estimated • expen-
diture of £852, reckoning some 00 lime for coals thou
in the past year ; and MP nadirs expected are £563
from rates, 000 for water supplied by met, r, for
watering gardens £lO, rent of meters El lOs., leaving
1112 estimated surplus of £2O 10s. To raise the sum
required • rate of thopenos in the lined was estimated,
the rateable value being £13,500. A teepenny rate
wasa pproved. This is two peace lase than tbs last
rate. It was remarked that the water supplied by
meter had been left at the old pries', whines those
who paid by rate had had to pay double la the past
year, and now fourpenee more than when the meter
price was fixed. This subject, it was said, bad been
given notke of for iconsideration at the next Council
meeting.
DORCHIL6TER FARKERS' CLUB.

A meeting of the above slab was held at the
, Antelope hotel, Dorchester, lost Saturday evening,
when there were present—Mr, R. Genge (Prssident),
Mr. G. W. Homer (Vine Preeddent), Mr. John Homer,
Mr. H. W. Hawkins, Mr. Boonton, Mr. G. J.
Andrews (hog. see.), Mr. R. Damon, Mr. J. A. Smith,
Mr. Marke, the Mayor of Dorchester (Ur. G. J. G.
Gregory), Mr. T. H. Saunders, Mr. J. A. Damen, Mr.
Dowdier, Mr. Caddey, Mr. Duman, Mr. T. Chapman
Saunders Weisner/0, Dr. Aldridge, Mr. ll:worthy, Mr.
T. Lock, Mr. W. H. Dean, Mr. Sdbey, Yr. Lash, Mr.
Connlngton, ko.
The nest meeting of the club ia for the annual
dinner, and the President expressed • hope that every
member of the club would make • Puha of Ittonling•
Thursday. April 91, was the slate fixed upon.
Mr. J. A. SMITH proposed Mr. Stib-y, of Alton, and
Mr. Caddey, of Chesilborne, as members.
Mr. W. CHICK seconded, and it was carried met di..
The PKISIOIINT brit fly introdaraed Professor Bookman,
of Bradford Abbas, to Mature on "Experiments in the
growth of Corn."
Professor Baoisa.g said be was pleased to offer to
them a few biota on the culture of corn, at the
suggestion of their Preaideot ; and he hoped his remarks
would prove interesting. He whihed to bring to
their noUee a variety of experiments. For the last 23
years it had been his practice to make experiments in
the growth of con. and tabulate the results. What he
had so experimented upon wheat, oats, and barley. All
knew the three crops were twilled cereal, front the
goddess Ceres. The ancients did not know their origin,
and eo attributed them to Ceres. Bat he (the professor)
eould show and any one might prove they were culti-
vated greases. A French saienugo man had demon.
strared wheat was • oultivoted variety of the seks,ops
genus; of grows, growing on the banks of the kle
Swansea. He obtained some of this grass and tried it
He found at lirot it sprAd hurisoatally along the ground
when tried to single specimens. When planted closer
together they began to rear their heads perpeadinularly. ;
and by selecting seeds and careful training he in a few
years obtained • very rerpectable kind of eorn, lie
pointed to this as the inflaenee of oultivative promises.
Through them he got a pedigree etislups. The bearded
wheats were varieties obtained by Whir,. Wheat he
argued, was not men to us *hest, but mime to, it.
sweat condition by ooliiratka from a wild pleat.