The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-06-28 00:00:00

agriculture

BALM OF BLOOD Blues AT HAMPTON COORT.—Th•
anitzawiwirts,..4l:surati.p..jeri
rtyakk.„.4ll yearututouptt on
nplaeoeouri,
.L.ll
OE& alieudtd 14n ouwrrougailil4.lll,l....ciol 6.0 Itusathg
anytuct•Lu proon• UI tog &ILL T:se CatailiitTe
prloni i low, TU., II loam &MI CI Min., 4.ual Oan pro-
IMOD of tug 140 I.4lllOtilolt to 3.110 64., averuaNg •
IT•Lti•U user 164 go. each.

BAHIA GCASO.—At
.se.kly
.Coomil of the Royal

Airicuitural Dummy, held .Jun' 15, precut 11r. tar
uioiiu narker, Vice-ereament, lb tin, Ghatr, Mt: :Lail of
Ilahumbery, ticeietary ot State tor Yunnan Ann'u.
transmitted the report of Mr. Morgan, illamaty's
Consul at Baum, respecting knee urigutal deposita of
guano (froth which nitrate IS extracted, tii,ting 111 the
of Bahia. the Lurus of the ColittiuLtee 01
envy edurnal tor Trade traussuittal Wu three boxes ut
Mu I plea 01 Mega:l,llu I el errmi to lit the mauve despatch, and
requeated to be fasouret: wills the result of au). eareri.
isielita that Way be wade with a view to &examining the
value of this atibataum. Mr. Ilurgan's report states
that favourable account. hese beim given of toe katiuplea
alnuoiy *cut to Louuuu., Liverpool, and thruilligliaui.
The tit:posits este& iu hmis ut huiestuue, mule of thou
over J aqUare ksuw. l'ue must •vallattle
ileimita are found ou the toad UP the diamond districts.
The duet drawback is the want ut good road., but the
borwslioiL ot SI [Minatd is lit euliteluplatiou. There are
a 1.., Other alai almost inekliauatlitle uepoeite IU the
heighbouibutal of toe liver Jae traumata', prow 'hue of
rw.i.V. Tilebe isito.,ether talent* over • territory of Up-
wants of 2tal atm.. re ivag hrs. 15e report prueeeds to dt tad
tin proms* of c tractiug Lite Ultre, *ILLVIIISLIOWIIOIrepi.re
gunpoader of a very ordinary quality, Slid to prraerVe
meat Uhl lish. Thu report concluded thus: " /rum us-
furinatum reueived from several of the proprietors of
those deposits lying au the ihtended line, I believe, with
the railroad, the pnuntive earth or manure could be re-
placed us Euglaud at L 7 to EU per tun. Should the
trade in thus article increase, either from COlopetition or
abundance, it is but natural to suppose it would be
plamal at • lower figure for the purposes of our com-
merce, inaemuch as the umnure us question contains
highly organised matter with a large quantity of real
ammonia and nitrogen, alkalies, inagneaia, sulphate, and
carbonate of lime."

DESTROYING NETTLDS.—The conclusion then at
which we have arrived w thin : that if we were to con-
fine our operatiota an regards the nettle to tiny partici'.
ler month, we 'Loeb! vitamin May for cutting it down;
but it fortunately happens that we are not no confined,
and we would therefore knock off Dm young shouts of
this plant firat in April. lu May we shall have the
second crop of shoots to deal with, in all probability in
increased numbers ; the proem's, therefore, must tie re-
peated both in May and in the following month, and
even in July if they again appear; and with this treat-
ment we can answer lii it that the nettle will not have
increased ita underground growth that year. Much, in-
deed, will have been kill's.' entirely, ao that inmally in
the following seawmi httlu wiU reappear; and with re
-
femme to what dues again make its appearance, the
rule of the find year inuat be the practice of the second.
At any rate, do not wait until August, as in all pro-
bability the plant will have ripened seed an well as wade
much underground wood; the evil is than Mlle to ap-
pear in the following veinsun in an aggravated degree.
By pursuing the plan recomuiended gaoling is impoliaible,
and we know from experiment that it 14 the easiest
method of eradicating netUes.—Gurcicacre eltrunittc.

MOWING MACHIN/VS.—The past week has witnessed
many • succe.ful trial of the American wowing
machine, which will no doubt ultimately be as fre-
queutly eniployed iii this and the following month as
the reaper u. ii August and September. 11, like the
reaper. needs adaptation to its work: a rapidity of
suoveinecit lii the cutting part. which would amply
.uttlue for a pour crop, would not save the huplement
from choking when .1444,1 upon a licaiier produce
Whether IL will Ise ginivraily approved oh for the clover
hayiurk.ng Ma. tor ordinary cutting of
meadow land Were is h little dun(.k of it. bring
alun adopted. It leave* the gr.. behind it, lying
where it .4.1, alreoly spread all I SA/sided all at were
urer the ,urface ul the ground: Clover, however, LI nut
tudded—but left in awalue, and uleiely turi,ed. Too
much movement break, the leaf ad waates it,
and uuleaa it be raked at tun. tutu "roller." the clover
left, aa by this wachme it hi, will not he easily gathered
together without harui.—Uarde.cri Chronicle.
/ Ai, AGHICCLTI:RAL COLLEGIC. —A principal to the
Royal Agricultural College at Cirencester haa been ap-
pointed in the person of the flue. J. Cussatable,
late of Upham, Haut.. it i. satinfactury to know that
lie ii l.ouwaae.i of the bight.t tedtimiiiiial., and that his
iiielcction ha. been the reault of a mix..t prin.-taking iii.
vestigation of the claim, of a large teat of caiiilidates who
were powie.sed of fir.t-rate reechumetidation.. The
College Se.ion Clit.ie. uu the Vatli inst. The report. of
.11 the profe.seini declare that never have they been ena-
bled to .peak mum highly of the progrea., aud gelleral
good conduct of their c.a.*, a te.tiiiiouy which doe.
honour to the memory of the late pnucipal aevideu.
citig We complete..a of the phut which be bad or-
ganised.

TIINANT RIGHT.--The co Atee of the Bath and
West. of England Agricultural Society have arrived at
the following revolutions. —lot. That it is desirable that
terms of arrangement between landlord and tenant
should be reduced to writing and signed before the entry
of the tenant on the laud. dud. lost the Lae, of soca
arrangements should be one of mutual security t. 1a..•.•
lord and tenant :—(a). In favour of the Tenatil :
Security that if he forms the estate up to toe expiration
of the teulacy, as if lie were going to continue iii the
occupation, he Jodi not be called upon to leave c.p.tal
beneficisl to his auctitnisor, (ruin wnici he has o.o: had
tune to obtain a lair return himself. without I ei g paid
for it. (1,1. In (aerial- of the Land.ord : Secuiity that, ,
on the other hand. any permanent or temporary damage
done to the fans by foulness or bad management, will '
be a charge ag.inst the outgoing tenant. drd. That
cultivation clauses should nut needlessly revtrict the
tenant as to the succession of his crops. 4th. That
such restrictive clauses as may be necessary should, as
far WI practicable, carry definite penalties, by way of
additional rent, an as to. be capable of enforcement with-
out the necessity of resorting to legal proceedings to
assess damages. sth. That ao claim for compensation
on the ground of having wade a farm clean be enter-
tained. 6th. That ordinary claims on the part of the
outgoing tenant be limited to crops in the ground and
1110.41 of husbandry, to be estimated according to their
value to the incoming tenant. ith. That io making
arrangements between landlord and tenant, the usual
"custom of the country" be specially barred. /4th.
That claims for compensation for purchased 111•111111) or
purchased food be matter of special agrtsquent, under
which compensation is not to be claimed, without
previous definite notice given, anti consent obtained
from the landlord or his agent. 9th. That claims for
any special outlay in permanent improvements—such
as draining, fencing, road-making, or building—be in
like manner waste in the forth of a definite sum, spread
over a given number of years, after previous notice
given and consent obtained, as in the last case.

HARVEST PRoSPECTS IN CANADA.—The latest so
counts from Canada agree in speaking inost favourably
of the harvest prospects of this year. The late rains
have proved extremely beneficial to the crops, and in
all parts they present a very promising appearance, and
the farmers generally look with confidence to a most
bounteous harvest. A much larger extent of land has
been sown this year in Canada than in any previous
year, owing to the extremely favourable character of the
weather fur sowing.
NATIONAL KURE SHOW. —The Hanover-square rooms
were well tilled on Thursday with fashionable company,
attracted by the numberless beautiful roars which the
zeal of our various fanciers, amateurs, and profemionala,
had collected for their annual exhibition. The show
was allowed to be a considerable advance on that of the
previuu• year, both in the num aq- of specimen. e htbite4
and quality. The great struggle for pre-eminence lay
between Messrs. Paul an I Francis. and the judges only
with great difficulty den:oven:4 that the former of these
two growers linl earned the first prize. An entirely
new feature of the show was the number of plants exhi-
bited by amateurs. lumly of %Inas were of excellent
quality, their great beauty and fragranee being all the
more valuable as they hail all hoes cultivated in the
open air. Besides the principal priseholders, Mr.
Turner, Royal Nursery, Slough; Mount. Tiley, Fraser,
and other well-knosu growers were represented
their contributions consisting pnacipally of what are
called " hybaid perpetual.." which it was said had collie
wonderfully out ounaidering the leinarkable dryhe.si of
tlie weather. Perhaps the Bower which attneted most
the notice of the visitors, was a very dark crimson ruse,
exhibited by Mr. Ragshaw, and which was highly com-
mended by the judges.
AGRICELTERAL GATHERING AT SIR JOHN TTRELL's,

On 14 ednesday there was a very interesting gathering
in Boreliam Park, k.....ve5, of the gentry and agricul.
turicts to wittiest the operations of the musing
machines and other implementa which the scientific
hand of the agricultural mechanic is bringing to stood in
the aurk of the hay field. About dill/gentlemen and
agriculturiAs c ere antttered about, watching, approving,
and criticising the working of the implementa.