The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-11-30 00:00:00

Thannr t • WEYKOUTH.
Hoeocue Pr to 14514 oNS, NatUrday •-•• Before Mr ht Jae.
ni ret. thiz
31111niae Dr elesposon, lar 11. Ilpkiiss, and Mr T. stolsaa
Is. , noel ••• int. iney and eonneetiiita with L.,e.1 Poo.
rt-- •
itr,rle aa .001, es tlllllll. e
ranter skylark. was
1. r , ntrl he had always (coma that his is,
deputy-chairman. had
0u,...0t up wto leg drune lorl riotous 313 4.11
•I • S.. 1.1 • V 1!•1 inn .111.1.-1101,1 that arose. _ loon.' prisoner about haltii ad 11,
tr.ihnytnerxeloteennt of husineas in so ,
stflh
• i 3. tleT (the ina.:istr.otes) , aa rootikus. There were le veral prostitutes thk re, wet
r I tw• 3/II '1 " .n
. prisomer atalaseil n en.s of a...multi.; him .koi the pats 5.0$
ia that t! '3i I.l•"llerane night. Winless toll lona he seAr nuin.taika.ii; boo had not even
seen him. Ile commenced En...trine Kiel loakii.g • row, and
.o.• 111:1 • kve •• s :000•eas to the 10 I,elf '!". ittik.a tos ok In na. alien he threw I iiiiiiiii inn tli.• around and
E.kraiers' I ~3srenseLl lois very great nati,f3eii,,h wanted to be !et go, but witiwas said be would lea go a hot he
t1,..t, !he -t -•LI ..• si • air 1 had been so iiiii.kerokus
a.ma a ri.„.
an I sii hil tlie most sanguine expeeta-
Nhf r
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ti oks tot the e nauleat, eon. I the entrikw lint more than
lan !thin the last for y krt. With the toast he
•Io 1. 1 the .1 on•ors nt twig namiug 31r. H. E. Tikurston
and Mr. W. E. Grove* to respond.
Mn. I isails lOa 'lr. 1:1101.6.3 siiital•le ,
11. pr..p.mic/1 •• The I..ounty Metal:ors: anal
in hoiaa it he considered it a great day in the history
of 0., lidavalfor.l Farmers' Club to have the llfeeenee "f •
ineielew of Parliament. Ile cape,. al at hope that it
...lolls: a loom: lila. hefore they lost the services of Mr.
S;k:rt, Mr. Portman, and hi, kohl friend, whom he had
ktko,.vn from lk.iyhood, air. Floyer, whose name hehad the
pl...irennf aompling with the toast —felleen•L
Mr. Fungi, WllO wan, lawny cheered, after gracefidly
aelanonl•slging the compliment paid him. and expressing
very great pleasure aaikin to tueet in that room so many
he bail 'wen years ago when the old agricultural na.tings
w o• lo kl•I there, pr05...A.1 to speak on the Aaricultural
II ol tinge bill. That Gill had proviiked consiolerahle
311.1 was often saaken anal written shout in public
prints. Ile res 10 ant the agitatian and discussions
w1.1:11 11a 11,-1 to the 4: iverniikent !winging in tlw inkeokare,
More ens, 'tally a: to the atlas insile IT Farmers' Clubs
33114 Chambers of Agriculture, that tenant'. 0 lot have
• olapensation for unexhausted improvement: on leaving
an,; Saul said lint c in:Mowed it was one of the first
...sof a Catiservative Government, which was so clowly
ancient il 1%.1 members in the eounties with the Aeri-
e:tend nit' rent to to All they comfit far the lieneflt of that
iit•kro••t. Th-• Agri...literal Willing* MU was Inrusight in
for that park., in the House of Lords, anal with very
trilling alteration:lwo:Nl into (bet , Here it met
with some opaosition, especially no to one clause, thlt of
eientiencitiiin being given aceording to the letting value of
tho land. Hanna spoken of the actioin which lie took
In the tat kt ter. he saki that there appeareki then in Dorset-
shire a zeneral opinion in favour .4 the Kill. Though ran-
':M.-red h• he not alt..-i•ther a perfeet measure, with various
meet. . 11l cut- it w•is rs•heved it would be of great ailvan•
t iae tok the agrieoiltaral 111111 l tinily. Treeing Slue progress
of the me nitre as it passed throkiagh the Haase, aryl tLe
eoios.ssions lanai le by Mr. Disraeli in altering snails portions
..1 the hill. and the oppoiiition it met with from the I.in.
olushire party, he ci:e.l the approval of it my the Saeaker
od the 11011,30, I ham n whom no lean took a greater interest
in the welfare ef all classes tenaut, and
labourer. There wen.. hisses or, vari 111 l onkinions about
the bill. A very goksl friend awl neighbour of hi,, Mr.
I had opportnnities of judging as to the
opinions atoll views .0( n large
wool for whose opinion lie (Mr. Floiyen hail the highest
respect, as he was it Man who calmly and disptssionately
...nisi tenet all aaalilie opiestions, ha I severely eritiriveil the
hill, awl in a lei tar Whiell appeskreil that day, referring to
Mr. St urt's speech at Shaftellinry, lie ex prevaitil hi, opinion
" tin it a itl gre-at caution on the part of I.th landlords
and tenants, the bill may licenne a deletion and a rilare."
And Al4O that the At excluded all contracts exeept yearly
trnaneie* aml tenants at will. That lie (Nit.. Sayer) eon-
...red wage a mistaken riew oif the Act. The hon.
zetitletuan then ree1••• • .sinus I onath the principal
1.1 —tine positive ~,,etments :mot the exemptiems —and
that the bill was Marl, ••••••lv passed an, NO not to
lee rsere in tho, contracts which haol heen so• as
to tweet them, but to all future contracts, except tip
special agreement, the parties were mit of it. The Act
wan wit compalsory, and he (Mr. Flower) did not con-
doler it °night to he, for what might be right as to
a lawn fann iniaht be very uniust as to a grass ferns, and
also, what might he of the greatest advantage in Lincoln-
shire might not he right in Dorset. Some maintained that
11.. Art .%1 1.1 1, male ralal.lll4.sry. but that be slid not
3,3ree with. The clauses of the Act could be taken as •
whole, and he did not think it possible, looking at
the variety kkf holklinas, ti say that only in a certain way
it (anti should he managed. Referring to Mr. D.kinen $
33,1133e3er of Mr. Sturt's plan of a two years' notire, as
being far better than 'he !wearily ottereil by the Rill, he
mune:A that tliat was a fair subject for ronahleration by
thoo.e interested in the titivation. He hail ailopted it forty
years ago, but he did not eiinvider. WWI the great improve-
ments in aarieultural implements, sail the k•ther apple-
anees at hand. that any system .of twenty•flve years ago
should he held up siole Ity able with the syetein adopted in
the Government hill. After dilating on this point. Mr.
elnyer expreaveil his wish that the Act could be generally
adopted. Co that n tenant leaving a fann in one part of
the country and going into another might have ahout as
Taw+ far the out l ll ing tenant as Ike had paid far the farm
he had left. In seine respects the clauses of the Art were
similar to Mr. Sturt's plan : hut as to damage. whilat Mr.
sturt's has compensation for seven years, the liorernment
sti“ for nvente an.l al's, according to the Govern-
ment plan, compensation did not depend 6,3 much upon
1110 numl•er of years of tenancy its Upon the outlay. Mr.
Royer concluded by referring to, the e 1,316,3•6 RA to arliitra-
tl . :knot the rower of the Coutity.c.irt. but lie thought
th,s, haol hotter be content skink a little into than hive
ree•ooirse either t a arhitrat ion or apnexlin: toi the County-
...ken. A aitin thanking them far their knelne., and the
~.,:xiiinea roneolenee they reposed in him, the hon. gentle-
man ,ot down amidst loud cheers.
Mr. It. W. DANIELL proposeol the next bent, "The
health of One Mayor and of RI intlford," and
after referring to Ids Canker conneetien with the borough
a: I... Rearm anal iilsn as Mayor. Laid lie felt sure that
Mr. Fi door w. 11,1 .10, all Ike could to forkvard the interests
of the town awl neialdsnirlesst, and he (Mr. Daniell) toss
Venr pleas sl t o e hien present.
loo• M tine. in resio noting, remarked that Blundfoord
was 1•11.1.1•Iktr, 00l .o iourely R.:H..161nd distrio•t, and there-
fate it. iiiterosts is Cr., identical with the agriculturists. In
in'n,n',a it na 111 l o. wet in the name id the Town Council, Ike
. i .heol the blanolionol Forisser: I 'hula Gad V.V.( awl every
awl in pr-4 at hie iictiwathy with it would give
10,1 s • kr five sookereigns, to he cuilipele,l for either an a
".11 pris la all% %Say the • thought best-
-1 elkeero. Ile retourne.l them most cordial thanks fiir
the kind sear thee reeiiiveil the tiaat.
"The health of the Judges" was next proposed by Me

o;%t.PIN.
In re:pending. Mr. SKATE said that their aim as judges
wa, ta give a fair and finpartial decision, awl if any dies
dfacti•et ario•n he believed it was in consequence
ed the slo-vp toot being separately classified. There had
1...,e, ago sl show—not Al large a: some he hail attended—
bat a very lair one, and the routpetition in some id the
WAS very keen. -Mr. I;INGE fully coneorreil its the
reerirks of the hr. tint spe oker. not only SA AO the
,ledrahility of epeeifying the meek in sheep, lout also
cattle, as there were aoisials worthy of a ;prize if 0111, had
1,01 mien...l.—Mr. WitiTRARLSII also responded, and re-
anarke.l that el,dtieation WAS very es.ential, for it was
imp o-dlde to get a Hampshire Poem to compete with a
S• int iwn.
Mr. SUIT prvaioseil "The Successful Competitors," to
cc hi?. Mr..). Funt., resm,teled, and said that after taking
a prize for S..ittli• limns be Was iletci u,iiuiol A., have the best
let, and bought of Mr. Killeen and Mr. Jonas Webb,
lett he foolnd that it wuulol not do to have the saute stock
always, and let then sent to Mr. Fookini, and gut on very
well.
Mr. Foam:wren rettirned thanks on behalf of Lord
Portman, and r.iid he nuts sure that he would be highly
mifeet, i.t.t ae nitwit in taking prizes as in 'haling the
Ito gave by exhibiting hail assisted to make
the show it stows, Last year, Iry his I iribiltip's pored'.
%ion, he offered the amount of the prizes fell bark to the
chili, anti he hail now to return them I;ti towanls prism
for nest vear—flowl rlieer•d
Mr. 11. Foones, Mr. T. FRY, awl Mr. G. Woon ilosen
also responded to the toast.
"Ti.,, l7netreessful Candidates" woo next proposed hy
Mr. R. Lewis, list mimes volunteered to respinil.
"hits Health of the Chairman" was propooeol by Mr. It. ,
FOWLEs, whit, referring to the Agricultural Holding• Bill,
s,tid that its provi.ions, whilst pritteeting the landlord,
did not sutlieiently protect the tenants. He advised all
who held the land by yearly tenancy to thoroughly study
lii,, Rill, anil that the third claw,: completely with-
tied the preceding one, as the compensation offered for
otnexhao,ted improvements was e dy taken away to
tis_r. needed great iteltrovennetts in
the measure to M w ake it hat 11/:lrae i promised it
should be—aceeptable to tenants
Mr. Holtman: suitably responded to the toast, aunt spoke
of the losses he had sustained hy the foet.andat.euth
disease, traceable. he ledievel, to cattle brought (nett
fleistel market, lie strongly advised the closing of that
market as the only effectual way of stamping out the
disease.
"The health of Mr. C. Flower" vice-chairman, was pro-
poinel by Mr. lie.Nee.. if Watarson, who, in responding.
expre.aeol his satisfaction at the show and the large party
at the ilinuer. It reminded him of the uld country
meetings to see • member preeent, and he hoped next
year to see two or the whole of them. Ile concluded by
proposing "The health of Mr. Richards," the hon.
seeretary, who lIDA *I ably conducted and managed the
society, and to whotu its success tem chiefly due.
Mr. R ICH A RPS sincerely thanked the company. and
stated that last year they hail 5I members, now they had
fin. and they hail only lost one by death. Ile had made 28
applications to gentlemen for their support, and received
21 satisfactory replies, and the amount received. 24.,
was within I, ttl, of the amount given le prizes. Next
year they would have LI for prism by the amounts. given
by Mr. Fisher and feint Portman. Mr. Richards then read
a list ,if the principil donors, and concluded by expressing
his willingnenr. if supported as hitherto, to continue his
duties..
This concluded the meeting. Two og three songs sung
IfY gentlemen present contributed to the harmony of the
gathering.