The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-05-31 00:00:00

2griculturt

BATH AND W Fa•T p ENOLAND WITTY'S BMW
AT HARNOTATLIL, -The near approach of the Exhibition
of the Beth and West of England Society, whirls com-
mences at Bariintaple on Tuesday (this day), and extends
over the rest of the week suggests the desirability of a
brief notice of the probable character ii the meeting,
as compared wills its predeceseon in other part, 'of
Devon awl Somerset ; not excluding the town of Car-
diff i.• which the society la 4 year extended its opera-
tions. Wii ItISIC iii nee way I,ll.lilicingitsLisirmiter ad
a great I,4,isoiltsiell mile see eel II innortance to
that of the Royal Seseiety, th.• council have very wisely
superadded the attract of soi exhibition of the ADO
ansl decorative arta. P,r the reception and safe custody
11 the many costly Articles, iischislin4 contributions from
the royal colleetem •11.1 the Busielnu of Art at South
NenAington, a building covered with iron and lighted by
glass has been provided by Mr. Nicholson, an eminent
engineer at Newark. This building coven an area of
4,11(10 feet, and is supplemented by a large 'stens of
waterproof canvass ',bedding, mi the plan of Mr. Jona-
than I ; ray, t Ise honorary steward of s' ie'ld ism. Amend the
articles ezhibited, the culleetion of pottery, lighted glase,
51111 Chita will be unusually rich and attractive, Culll•
priming many huteltads of the beet articles from Stoke-
upon Trent, Worcester, esedport, and London. Nome
of these articles will be of so great value, that the fact
can only be explained ots the supposition that the cuter-
priest shown by the load dealers her been ountagioux.
At any rate • remarkable proof has been afforded of
the practical character of the hie* of thus holding a
great flerman fair in the West. Metal work 'if remark•
able novelty awl beauty will be sent from the best houses
In Birmingham and Coventry ; and beautiful article' in
the way of tempi', gm•littings, ornamentel iromnongery,
and glow chandeliers will be eotitribute.l from !sandy'',
Bristol, and Birmingham. There will also be a large
and choice collection of water-coloursltswings, especially
of out-dour sketches ; for the exhibits'', of which an
entirely original plan liass buesi adopted bp the oommit•
tee, and will be earned out by the wellAtiown skill of
Mr. Dendell. Artiste will thus be relieved Duns the
neceesity of providing framer ; the glass, km, being
furnished by the council. Among the other attractions
may be enumerated an unpremdented show of North
Devon Cattle ; an exhibition of imidenients, in which it
Is understood that the great manufacturer' mean to do
their best to show their approval of the abolition of
competition for prises, for which they have so long eon•
tended ; Music of the end class by the far famed Marine
hand ;a horticultural Show within the yard, at which
Mr. Prince is going to snake • display worthy_ of the
West of England' ; mid hotly tile Bath and West of
England Society takes the lead in siring the farmers
and their wives the credit to believe that they can take
as much interest, as any other chew in the community,
in beautiful objects of art and manufacture. All excur•
Ilion train ran from London to Plymouth, on Saturday
the 2Stli Mot., just before tin' opening of the lianistaple
Exhibition and to return at its close; end on the line
from Exeter to Barnstaple and back, tickets available
by any train during the week will be issued at • very
low rate.

Ax IN(TXTIVE To BARLKY ORON'KRII.--The third
annual adjudication of Messrs BREAM and Gooditall's
prise cups took place on Wednesday, at the Corn
Exchange, Tewkesbury. There wore two cups competed
for, one by the counties of Gloucester, %Worcester,
Warwick, and Hereford, and the other by those of
oxford, Wilts, and Berke, for the best sample of barley,
not leas than 200 bushels, sold to Meaars Bliaard and Co.,
of the growth of 18101. There were about 60 samples
shown for the first named counties, and 10 for the lat-
ter. The judges were Messrs Win. Turk, sualster, of
Cheltenham Richard Rice, corn merchant, Tewkesbury,
and John it;a, corn inerchint,Gloucester. The sueoese-
ful candidate for the first named cup was the Rev. Win.
Parker, of Little Ginsberton, Worcestershire, end the
samples shown by Mr. John Crease, Bredon, and Mr.
George Woodward, Ripple, were highly commended.
The other cup was awarded to Mn. W. 11. (Mutt, of
Swindon.
THE TARTE 011, BUTTER.-1 have found chloride of
lime very effectual to remove from butter the taste of
turnip*, or any other bad flavour. A drachm of it to
every expected poemi of butter put lido the water of
the %coonsi waahing, after it is taken out of the churn,
and the butter well but rapidly kneaded in it. Do not
feed your cows with turnips until they have been pre-
viously milked, by which means the animal has 12 hours
to get rid of the flavour of the vegetable. Good hay
must also be given in sufficient quantity. I need not
sold great cleanliness not only in the cow-house but in
the dairy. No stale pieces of turnip should on any
,‘ccoinit be allowed to remain in the manger, which
shoeld be cleared out before feeding. If the farmer does
nut feed largely, perhaps peeling the turnips might
answer the purpose, for it is principally in the akin that
the strong smell reside,. I question much if saltpetre
answers any purism° in freeing the cream of the strong
taste imparted by turnip.. As mem ell the milk is
brought into the dairy (warns from the cows), pour into
it, in the proportion of half a pint of boiling water to
is gallon of milk • cover it over with a cloth, four times
doubled, for halt an hour ; then strain and pour it into
milk dishes to stand for cream. I have never indeed
known this receipt fail, unless the dairy-maid put a
wooden cover over the milk pail instead of • cloth,
which absorba the steam, and entirely removes any un-
pleasant taste, even when the cows are fed on yellow
turnips and straw, which snakes the butter require no
colouring of carrot, and have the appearance of su 11111 l er
butter.

......
tHIG ON M A NUR K. —Liebifes last agricultural utter.
anxs are perhaps the most important, as such, that he
or indeed any one ever placed before the world. They
deserve the closest attention on the part of agricultural
readers, and of every one interested in the common
welfare of our country. It would be a measure attended
with much go d if the volume which contains these
precious utterance's could, through some arrangement
with the publisher, be placed in an accessible cheap
form before the eyes and in the hands of every man who
holds or drives a plough. Liebig shows in clear impres-
sive language that we suffer our towns to be enctit.;•
bered with the dirt, the refuse, the waste in short, at-
tending the processes of life in man and brute ; that we
suffer this waste in short to be utterly lost, carried off
by the winds and the rains, the rivers and the sea, in
place of retaining it for the benefit of the soil and the
behoof of man. The great cloaca of Rome, lie says, and
truly says, engulfed the agricultural prosperity, first of
Italy, then of Sicily, and lastly of Northern Africa, in
succession. The stamina of the soil were removed, there
was no substitute, and desolation and
due course. At the ',mama moment the agricultural
wealth of England, Ireland, and SOOtiallii 61 carried
away by the sewers of towns great and small, never to
be recovered, unless partially and for • time from the
guano islands, into the ocean. These kingdoms are in
the position of • strong man, both of whose anus are
tied up and bleeding, and no provision or 110 Ade-
quate provision made to keep up his strength and repair
his lows. In our towns the poor directly, and indirectly
the rich, suffer from the retention of the waste, that
would, if judiciously applied, confer health and strength,
instead of, WI it is, inflicting pollution and disease upon
humanity. The farmers' insanity suffer their manure
heaps to be washed by the rams, disintegrated by the
siiii and winds, while we as insanely poison the beautiful
rivers dowing through our towns, and let the rich refuse
...cape, which, Were it properly 'wanted, would confer
health, wealth and prusperity, iiistyad of entailing
misery and disease.
WAGES 01, AGROTLTURAL LA BoUEERS.—SOme din.
content appears to exist among the agricultural labour.
era in conseßnence of their low wages not having been
advanced with the recent rise in the price of bread.
There has been a strike aiming them at Freekenhain,
Suffolk, where an advance of Is. per week was demanded.
At l'hippenliam, Cambridgeshire, the farmers have
agreed to usake ouch an advance, and, if the increased
price of the staple article of fowl mmtinues, they will,
in all probability, do no generally.