The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-05-19 00:00:00

agriculture.

MANAGEMENT ON WOOL-Why ii it that we are
afraid to try • little warm water and • few chemical, in
whitening the fleece, before we clip it? Lut season,
no fewer than 200,000 sheep on one Australian station
alone were cleansed by the process of Mr. B. Dowling,
of Victoria; and wool thus treated took the prise at the
exhibition held in honour of the Duke of Edinburgh.
In an oblong-shaped wooden bath, of about 1,500
gallons content, is • quantity of liquid, composed of •
strong lye taken from • boiler, end reduced by cold
water to • temperature of 110. The lye is comported of
21b. of soda and Ilb. of map to 100 gallons of water,
more soap and less sada being aed when there is 1 ttla
yolk in the wool. In th's diluted warm bath, half-a.
dosen sheep at • time are made to swim for six minute.;
then walked up ad incline, and lest stand to drip before
being driven to • cold-water bath. This is • similar.
but smaller wooden vat, and here the sheep an, placed
under a douche of cold water, pouring from a spout
With • (411 of 7 fat, two men standing in the water and
holding and turning each sheep under the pouring
stream for about a couple of minutes. Wears told that,
in this way, the very dirtiest fleeces become in a few CORN MA RESTS.
minutes as clean u they can be made, and that the vats TrIZIIDAT.-Sistisbury. -Supply moderate, attendants'
of the size mentioned, with two spouts of water, art thin. Excepting oat', which advanced a trifle, businem
sufficient for washing 800 sheep in • day. Hot-water was done at late pricies.-Wbeet realised 65e. to 80,-;
washing and spouting the skin are said to throw out barley, 36-4. to 47e.; oats, 26.. to 365.; beans, 48a,
more yolk, to kill most of the ticks, and to raise the to 585.; pea, 445. to Ms.; rye, 29.. to 25.. per qr.
value of the wool very materially indeed. Mr. Jobs Tares, ers. 64. to 7s. 64. per busheL-Lircepool
Falconer, of Tarong. Qneenaland, purifies his sheep's There was • full sttendanse, and more business doing in
coat, as follows About 200 or more sheep are tightly wheat, at 31. to 44. per cental under the rates of leat
jammed in an octagonal died of 38 feet diameter, and Tuesday. Floor met with • slow inquiry, and was fully
their Gam saturated with cold water from a jet Is. per auk lower. For oats and oatmeal the demand
attached to an intlia-rubber hoes. They are then was quiet. Beans declined Is. per qr. Barley and
marched up• lane, of one hurdle breadth, to the hot- , peas were muttered in value. Indian corn was in
water tank-a wooden vat, about II feet square by 4 moderate request at late rates; good mixed, 39..-•
feet deep, with • " dry box" is the middle, in which Lads: Late prices were askei for wheat, but there
stand two men to wash the sheep, with wooden was very little inquiry, and business was of trifling
crutches. Four sheep at a time are washed in the hot extent. Barley wan firm, and other grain unaltered.
soapy liquid for two minutes, then they walk out by an Witneittrisr.-Mark-Lant :No alteration occurred in
incline, and stand to drip for two minutes. on • cage the prices for English wheat, but the tendency was
floori,l with galvanised iron. l'be vat is applied by • downwards. -Prone: Wheat the turn cheaper, but
tube from a smaller tink, in which the liquid is mixed: Ara Der qr. was reached. Barley, 365. to 444., and •
20Ib of soap (not soft soap) and 20111. of soda lasting for demand.-Boatow : Wheat rather easier, white,
• day's work. The water I. heated by pawing through , to 80e.. and red 7eu to 75e, per 36 stone,-
• sena of 12 horizontal tubes, of 2-inch bore, connected Worksop Wheat destined fully 34. per load; whits,
together by bends or elbows, and set in • formic* level 29.. to 31a; and red, 275. to 295. Cel, per load of three
with the ground. Boiling water can be got in about 10
minutes, end the proper temperature for the hot bath is re
IHUILIWAY.-Brutoi : English wheat in very short
110' (?IttO`j. After dripping, the sheep ore plated one at supply, and realised about last week's priors. Foreign
a time under • spout, having an opening of 24 inches
In limited request at la per qr. decline. Barley firm.
b, 4an inch. with • head pressure of Bor 9 feet. The 1 Other corn unaltersd.-Oloaceskr : Wheat sells
sheep ." daithed under the three "nude' at to. re"' e`e I readily at is. per qr. reduction. -Geviur : Wheat
130 to 160 per hour, with six men to spout them. Three . declined la. to 2s. per qr. Best white, 37e. to 395.; best
horses work the oentrifrugal pump, whit* supplies all
the water. With a porteble engine, boiler, and pump red, 355. to 37a. W.; inferior sorts, 31s. to 358.-
Binning/rase : Short supply of English what, but to
at any flock-ouster's command, with vats easily made, effect sales • decline of ls. to 24. per qr. had to be sub.
no scarcity of water, soap and soda cheap enoutl and
a Emitted to. Barley scare., and fully an dear. Beans
good prospect of obtaining several shillings per extra higher. Pas without inquiry. Wheat: English whit.,
for white wool, is it not worth somebody's while to try Se. 6 to 10a 241. per bushel of 621b5.• ' ditto. new,
what a little warm war will do for clay-stained or
gritty fleeces in this country? Se. 44. to 105. Id. ditto; ditto, red, old, 95.24. to 9a. 64. e.
water
ditto; ditto, new, 9s. Id. to 9s. sd. ditto. Barley:
801111ItaltT CHI.IIIIII Or A01111:74L111211 AND COUNTY Malting, 44e. 6d. to 50... 61. per imperial quarter;
AIIaOCIATION or RAAv. AA TIZIL-On Thursday after. grinding. 36a. to 38e. M. per 39.21b5. Oat.: English
noon, at the requat of • large number of ratepeyers whits, 325. 64. to 38s. St per imperial quarter; Irish
oonnated with pariehee in Somersetabirs, Wiltshire, gray, 304. 64. to 31a. per 3121b5. -Maur/tester : Not
and Gloucestenhire, • meeting of the members and sup- much doing in wheat. Prices for both English and
porters of this association was held in the Lecture-hall foreign may be written Is. to 2.. per qr. cheaper.
of the Atheneum, Corn-street, Bristol. Then, wan • Flour a dull trade at 64. to la. per qr. leas money.
good attendance, and the chair was taken by the Rev. FRIDAY.- Mark. Lame : Our market was very scantily
Canon Millard. A report had been prepared, but supplied with Engli.h wheat, chi-fly in poor condition,
torrid not be read at the meeting through an nand& The attendant., of buyers being limited, even the finest
able delay of the document at Yeovil. The following samples met • dull inquiry, at prices barely eqnal to
are its principal points :-The managing committee Monday. We were rather heavily supplied with foreign
the association present this their wand report within wheat. All descriptions met a slow ale, yet very little
four months. Previous to the meeting at Yeovil, n change took oleos in quotations. Floating cargoes of
the 28th February last, the ratepayers of seventy wheat were dull, and rather lower than last week.
punches only had held vestries and joined the organise- Maize was offered at further depressed rates. The sale
ation. On thie, the 14th of May, we have our feet in for moot kinds of barley was inactive on former terms.
210 parish. Fifty only of the.., pariabes have yet The supply wan only moderate. Malt met a duU inquiry
returned their leteeriPti'ut lista Parishes which hare :at lat. rates. Good sound oats were quite as dear as on
subaribed are now conspicuous. The time will soon Monday; b., inferior kinds were very Inactive. No
arrive when those which have not subscribed will *hangs took place in the value of either beans or peas.
appear more conspicuous than those which have. We I Flour, seeds, and cakes were dull at late rates.--
have at preant, in the mere infancy of our movement, Lem:pool: Moderato attendance, and a fair consumptive
5440 subacribers. We bare mach satisfaction in report-
, „ business in wheat, at 3d. per oental below Tuesday's
log the ear lent and rapidly-increaaing progress or sno j prices. Flour dull, and rather easier. Oats and oat•
movement io other counties. Almost all the chambers j meal quiet. Barley, beans, and peas unaltered. Indian
of the revers' counties moving on the subject hay. corn in fair request, at rather lower rates ; mixed, 38..
taken our Somerset resolutions literally, and carried so gge. ed,-Wattrilad; Wheat trade very slow, and
them unanimously. Six months since the poorrate I prima Is. cheaper. Barley dull. Bans and oata firm.
eettinnt is nine( phrase, ma. " nowhere i" new It -Liacoix Wheat may be written in. to 2s. per qr.
takes the lead everywhere. Oar antra in clearly I down white, 78s. to 825.; red 735, to 77a. per 36 stone.
marked out by the nature of oar ease. To briny that I
8•T011001'. - Rath : Wheat, Is. per qr. lower. No
ease clearly and distinctly before the persons who pay
transactions in barley.-Zgeter : What. 80a. to 8244.;
twee tOw.• csmeh poor rale they onaLt to pay is so
secure their support and to insure red ••• retires.. Orsnie. barley, 36.. 38s. per qr.-ffampsAire: At booth.
&motion, wheat was • trifle lower. At Alton wheat
and ventilate the question in every constituency.
You declined Is. to 2s. per qr. At Andover wheat mid
have no time to spare. Not a day should be lost. You .
ed lats rata
must be prepared to do something more than to pass ruled
resolutions or sign petitions. The real battle on tide,
aeon every other great question, will be fought on the
floor of the House of Conimons. The numbers of your '
supporter. on th•et floor will depend on what you do in
your parishea, in your unions, in your aunties, and in
borough towns in the neat six months. There is not
• aunty seat in England that cannot be carried in
support of the question we have raised. A large number
of the boroughs may be carried in favour of the some
prineii les if proper action be taken in proper time.
Zoterprising and wealthy gentlemen desirous of a seat
in earlionent cannot do better than study the poor'
rate quation, and show the borough electors how
unjustly they are taxed. Party politics are at a heavy
discount, and candidata Gould not have • better plat-
form than relief from pooristas and a more satisfactory
amount of relief to the sick and infirm poor, justified
by an extension of the area of the rate and • limitation
of its eater. to 43. in the pound." The Chairman, in
commencing the prows/dings, said their association
behaved that the land and the real property of the
country were bearing an undue proportion of the
burthens of the country-- (cheers); and that in bringing
that great truth haloes the public they were appealing
Is common sense and justice; and although there were
immense difficulties to be met and great prejudices to he
overoo me,y et,hke all other great t ruths, i t must in tbe end
prevail. They had included is what was =Reds poor-
✓ate, a police rate, a heavy highway rate, payment
for vaccination, registration, and removal of nuisances
-and all those were tacked on to what was
originally • poor-rate and obtained from the same
area of taxisUon-the land (hear, hear). He might say,
although it was tot • very Lugs matter, yet it showed
bow everything WM put onto. poor-rate, that if • chat eh-
yard were *load it must be kept in repair out of the
poorrate. Lik• some of their own *owe the Legislature
seemed to think they could milk them as long an they
would --(laughter). He would remind them that the
question they had to consider was in no ways political
question, end it was not mixed up either directly or
indirectly; but it was brought forward on the broad
basis of justice and common sense-(eheers). Mr. H.
Genre Andrews, hon. sea, said that he differed from
the chairman as to the question they were met to diaries
not being • political one. It was not a party political
question : but it was cos of the greatest political ques-
tions that had been reined in the country for the last
100 year, and was more important than the Reform
Bill. They must recollect that the poor-rata was as
much as an Income-tax upon those who paid it as the
income-tax was to those who paid that fax. Some
persons might ask if they had a cane to bring before the
country; and to that question he replied that ell who
had the ability and means should contribute to the
poor-rate; but at the present time the whole of the
sum raised for the poor-rate was levied on what was
called nal property, which consisted of land, houses,
and a few other things. They argued that personal
property should be amassed in the same way for poor'
rite purposes as real property. H. therefore moved
"That the direct tax of £10,000,000 per annum now
levied under the name of "Poor Rata" bears exelneively
and unfairly on income arising from real property." Ono
objection to their scheme was that it would increase the
income-tax ; but they really would diminish that tax on
those who paid poor-rate, and Ingram it only on those
who ought now to pay poor-rata. Another objection
was that Boards of Guardians, if the assessment were
reduced to 4d. in the pound, aa the income-tax was,
would be so extravagant that the 41 would soon
become 2.. in the pound-(langhter). He did not think
*Ober of those objections of any weight-(cheers).
Mr. Holman (Glastonbury) seconded the resolution, and
IS was adopted unanimously. - The Venerable
Archdeacon Denison next moved, "That the
exemption from poor-rate of income arising Irons per-
anal property is not only unjust, but also impolitic, and
prejudicial to the public interest, and therefor* requires
the serious consideration of Parliament." They had
been told very clearly that day bow the poor-rate
...sowed up other rates, and be would consider the
poor-rats in its proper name, what it was originally,
for the relief of the poor. In a humorous manner the
speaker went on to contend that men who made lare
Incomes by manufacture' should pay :nor, than the simple
rate on their premises tab. relief of the poor, .d h. .
the occupiers of land were under theexisting moot
hardly used. Something had been said abaroUrgruiers
and parsons being alow-(lau,ghtai)-but they had SOON,
education amongst them, and it was not a had thing to
be slow; for if all people in the country went at the
paw some persons did they would soon COMO to an end
-(lught's). lie had no great reaped for mush that
was said in the House of Commons, but he was
surptind to sea how much good sense was talked about
that gustation wholly independent of politics. The
matter was, however, of more importance than many
measure. ; for some of those great political questions
w.re merely • strife as to which man should sit on one
side of the House-flaughter).-Major Allen seconded
the resolution, and it was agreed to unanimously.-The
Bee. F.. 0 Tyler (Putt:fairy) next moved "That the
sasesement of all income, arising from personal as well
as from teal property, to the poor•rate would enlist the
intermit of all its economical expenditure, and owners
of properly would have • more immediate and more
direct interest than at preset in preventing additions
to, and undue tarsal, of, the rate, and also in avoiding
extravagant outlay in county matters now exclusively
under their oontroL"-Mr. Jr. Harding, of Marksbury,
wooded the rmolution, and it was adopted.-Arch-
deacon Denison, in moving • vote of thanks to the
Chairman, maid the meeting had not been very unruly,
Met what Mr. ifileard did had been done well, and if
he bad bad to knock down five semi nun be would
have done it as well-(luahter). The resolution was
cordially adopted, and bath' hoe idthewledeed. the
up Wrminaded.

good
754

basheis.