The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-01-20 00:00:00

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AGRICULTURAL RIPORT POT HAIIIIITIIIII.--131noe our
lest report the arrears of wheat sowing bars been
brought well up, and a eery large acreage bas been
seeded is first-rate itonditien, and the saute remark •ill
apply alio to ell winter sowlop of beans, rye, eoliths',
&a. All these crops, together with it. wheat, are
generally • good plant, and, although looking strong
And healthy, gannet be said to be too forward or winter

proud. dome farmers are eoutinning to sow wheat up
to the present time, and the indorsement is the proepeot
of • remunerative peke for the produce; and although
It used to be eonnilered had farming to sow wheat
deafer the month of January, yet it le now held that
when the land is in condition, the sooner to. *eel is
sewn the better, either In January or February. The '
put autumn his been so lavourable that the work of
the farm is unusually forward. Many of he test
farmers halts taken advents:a of the weather, and have
before /Christmas scarified and olesned much of the
land Intended for root crops, barley, peas, dco., and
this is very satideotory In looking fore •rd for the com-
bs season. Tho autumn months, too, have been
highly advantageous for the feeding of cheep on
turnips., and we never knew a period when more mutton
has been made than during the past four mouths. The
root prop, although • fair average, upon the Vale
emote, is seinewhat loos upon the Hui eatma, se many
of the root. are small, and should the apriug be dry
and backward keep will be abort, in feet, some are
Inquiring for sheep food seal now. The la itilAc g
has been propiti,ni tbrot.ghout. The hocu3.l ewes
have fiol.hod Lamming with a large eneub,r of twins,
and few eturtialtieu. The Wein country doirm.l:oll2
Dorset and Somerset. have immure than half dropped their
lambs, with • good number of Idol, hut more ewea are
barren than usual. "f lintel ace still oomplaints on some
farms of the foot dieesaosmooget the ewes, and although
It can ho I. pt under, our remedies being complete, y.t
many farmers will not give the time and labour nee us try
for its applmation, in which one considerable losses
occur. The Soaks ef Hampshire iDown ewes, on the 1
Hal FIRMS, are now just commencing tic lambing •
meson, and the stook home generally healthy • good fall
of lamb. may be anticipated. Jo looking b.ce be the
cattle aimucs hold MAre Christmas in thle *minty It is
well to comider slat improvement wsa viaible, as
compared with the exliibitions fir some few years pasty
and tee only diffi.rme, dia,ernabls is, that although the
'prober us al both bullock§ and cheap were no falter
thee on former otetesiona, still the animals are more
level in condition, and oubaisqueutly the steak is of be ter
quality. Is is thought by many that we have now
arrived at that state of perfeetion, both in cattle and
sheep, that the best beide and flasks cannot bv Improved
upon and it is further thought that quite as much skill
and Intelligencte will be required in maintaining their
present valuable position. It is, however, eaMelstee
tbat these exbibitions have an excellent divan, not
only in training tbe ideas of young men jut 00:12€11•00.
lag bushaess, but also in sensing farmers generally to
vane Sur level and standard of their stock ' • and this
was more particularly noticeable at all the sbeep fairs
held in our twenty during the past year, for never
before was the sheep stook so good and even, the only
exemptions being some few pens out of conditioa. It is
noticed that there Is not tbe general improvement in
horned cattle at our fairs as is found in the sheep, and
oonsequently AIWA is to bed in raising the value of
our supply, both of dairy cows and young stook for
griming. Horses fur 'agriculture mast not be omitted
In this report, and it is 00[13111 'sly remarked that from
none (muse perhaps not so *sally expleined the supply
of horses for agricultural purposes is exesedingly sesree,
and that the quality and reel value of these animals
have greatly deteriorated daring the pest few year.;
and It will require sll the oars and intelligence of which
farmer. are o.pable to raise the real value of the breed.
BLONDSLL, Southampton, January 1511.

ILMIGI:ATION.

A correspondent of the Builder, who has "awn the
States and Casaia, not from a railway carriage, but by
observation on foot " makes the following sage remarks
respeoting emigrsUon, apropos of Mr. Arch', mimion:
" The poor obawbsoon farm -labourers a ad out; he
tan wanicnand d'osut warm, will hare to work hard.
but will bra decently fad . . . . • but be will find
thaw is no Pi 11047 l.k• home, Übe can obt.ln anythiag
Ilk, • &omit liviog in the old otelltul." And this has
been th• cupful/nos of thousands.