The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-01-19 00:00:00

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wwrs DORSET BAN.--The Dividend declared by
this Bank for the past half year. is at the rato of 21 per
cent. p.c.! srisTin.

Thu Right Rev, the Lord Bishop of Salithury has col.
bated the Rey. Francis Lear, Clerk. co.. (anon Itesiden.
tier) of Salisbury Cathedral. and Rector of llishopatone,
to the Archdeacoury of Sarum, vacant by the rmig-
nation previously to his death of the late Ven. Archdearam
and the Rev. Francis WAIT!. Clerk, M. 0., Vicar of
Bare Regis. to the Prebend of Minor Pars Altaria in
Salisbury Cathedral, vacant by the resignation of the Rev.
W. 11. Teale ; and both gentleman were installed by the
Bean and Chapter during morning service at the Cathe-
dral on Friday last. The Lori Bishop of Salisbury. on
the Ilth inst., instituted the Rev. George Ililaro Philip
Barlow, Clerk, Ma, to the Rectory of All Saints', Char.
stork, void by the session of the Rev. .7. G. !trine, on the
Presentation of the Rev. Prebendary Woodcock, Vicar of
Chardatock, the patron.

FoCa-Acag Fattratart.—Mr. William Beam, of Caine,
Wilts, the small peasant farmer who has been doing for
himself and family upon four acres, and whose communi•
cations we have before noticed, writes further to the
Timu to inform some correspondents who have written to
know the manner in which he cultivated the ground and
the kind of crops he grew. The following is his experi-
ence :—" I. That the land Is not a stiff clay. I think such
soils are not suited for four-acre farms, and believe that
much of that kind of land which la at present under the
plough would be of more value as pasture. 2. My land Is
cultivated by spade husbandry, or rather for the most part
with the steel fork, which in this neighbourhood has to a
large extent superseded the spade. With regard to crop-
ping. I usually plant two-thirds of the four acres I
occupy with potatoes. On the remainder I grow wheat
and roots, either parsnips, manstolde, and melm--gene-
rally some of each. The pri ins of the best kind of potatoes
are sold to dealers for the Bath or Bristol markets ; those
that are inferior, together with the roots, are consumed
by the pigs I fatten, which average from thirty to forty
per annum. The wheat is either consumed hy my family
or sold, while the straw is particularly useful for litter
and valuable for manure. In my last letter I stated my
conviction that four acres of land under proper corelit ons
to an industrious person would he • great ision in the
agricultural districts, affording as it would men of indus-
trious habits an opportunity to invest their savings. A
reasonable hope of obtaining such an object could not
fail in many cases in preventing early and improvident
marriages, and would be • likely means of inducing persona
, of Imth sexes to exercise forethought and economy, with •
view to place themselves at a future time in such
position. There appears to be no other moans by which
an agricultural labourer can improve his position and
elevate his social shunting without having recourse either
to, migration or emigration. In fact, his habits; of life to
a large extent unfit him for almost anything else. Almost
all other risesoi of the working population, whose intelli-
gence, industry, and frugality enable Ilion to are late
a little capital, are not often long without an opportunity
for investing it if they are desiroun to 1111 so. Although ft
Is reason/stile to export there will always In, among the
agricultural yopulatifirt, as aiming other classes, a large
number who make no efforts to raise themselves, surely
that is no reason why those who do el sl Id not have
.I,portunitiea for obtaining those benefits their fore.
thought, industry, awl frugality deserve."