The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-03-08 00:00:00

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BATH AND WEST or ENGLAND tioCILTT.—A monthly
council was held at Waghorn's Hotel, Taunton, on
Saturday week, and was numerously attended, John
Skinflint, Eel., in the chair. Mr. I*. Itoedon brought up
• report of the co 11111 l ittee appointed by the council some
months ago to consider whether the society ought not
with advantage prepare P 011111! form of covenant for the
tenure of land for agricultural purpose. in the Weat
England. The committee nuw submitted as the reault
of their deliberations a aeries of resolutions, on which
there was considerable diacuasion, a feeling being gene-
rally expressed that the council would in no way ender*,
or put forth the conclusions arrived at as the opinions of
the society on such a momentous quest . The resolu-
tions were referred to the Journal unmuittee, to deal
with them as they should seem fit. Mr. Acland made •
verbal communication to the council on the subject of
the proposed Exhibiton of Arts at itarmitaple. The
Arts committee had met with very great success in their
undertaking front the nobility and gentry, and a consi-
derable bum In subscriptions had already been collected
towards a special building. Mr. Drewe, of the (range,
Iloniton, represented that he had obtained by the libe-
rality of a few private individuala upwards of for
this purpose. 'lle Library committee reisirted the na-
ture and extent uf the society' a books and property at
the Commercial and Literary Institution, Bath, but
which, in eousequence of the Institution being trans.
(erred to other premises, will have to bu removed,
through inability to find room for it. A letter had been
received from the Bath Literary and Scientific Aiworia-
tion expressing a willingness, if possible, to afford the
necessary accommodation ; and the report was referred
to a committee to communicate with the directora of the
latter society on their offer. The following Venders for
the Barnstaple Exhibitiin in Jane next, were accepted,
via .—Mr. Brown, Barnataple, for erecting the 1110diting ;
Mr. Shapoott, for covering the aliediling; end Mr. May,
Barnstaple, for supplying the refreshment. ill the chow-
yard. Twentruine new inembers were elected.

The "tcntal, though almost universally adopted by
the *urn brokers of Liverpool, is by nu oasis w scoept•
able to their custouiers ; and a proteat on the subject
with • large number of signatures has addressed
during time past ueek to Mr. H. W. Banner, secretary to
the association of the Liverpool corn trade. It is signed
by " dealers, and others ;" and has crick:daily
travelled far and wide fur the signatures thus received.
It declares it to be " impossible to displace, without the
utimed confusion and inconvenience, the old system of
weights and measures so lung used in this town. and ao
generally known throughout this and foreign countries,
and that any alteration ill this respect cannot be
attended with SUCCCNI unless made genersl throughout
the kingdom by Act of larlisunruut.' lii Liverpool
are already effected by weight alone, the units being
IM, and 45 lbs. for wheat, barley, and oats respectively,
Is not • common weight of fur all preferable to
these ?

U 1 urn—The term "vino" hi from the Indian word
//WWI, which cleacribes its :tattoo% It waa used as a
manure long before Peru was dimmer...al by the
Spaniards. The Incas took unuaual precautiona for
securing the benefit+ of tide important attn.'', and no
one woo allowed to act foot on the Wands doling the
action when the birds breed under 'Will of death.
The guano covers Wands and cliff., and ill .111! NM+
lies in such enormoua beds aa could only be produced
by the accumulation of thousand. of years. The writer
of these remark.. yisited the Chinch* islands a few years
since. The work of eycavating tli iiuiu, WII,I dune by
Chinese, and there sere 2..41 1.. NM allips howling. Many
said there we. glum, only for eigbt ui ten years, if
taken away in aneli large quantities as at tio.lt time.
IloWi•Ver, in iii article on the "t; wino Diggers," in
//oasrhail lie is (114:63), the writer estimate.' that
there were 2.lo.litfiktinti tons in the Chincha Island., and
that it nimbi take tral years to clear them. The value
of the deposits was estimated at taelee hundred and
fifty millions .1 ismnils sterling.

W ANN ISI4 11011,1114' 1.001. 'Ail regard to the care of
horees,l4ir (twinge Atepliesi &Rya: -" Whenever it I. 111.C.4-a-
-nary to wash homy legs, ilo it in the morning. MOnt
fulllllll actiug WI a different principle, weal' them Ili
they come in. I am satistiel that this la a bad prectice.
When the road. are dirty mol weather wet, and the loge
already waked, a miiing can do no harm ; but hi
deluge the lege with water the moment a horse enters
the yard, heated with exercise, ia, to my mind, es
unnatural And Mount no to jump into a shower bath after
ilaying for an hour at cricket. My plan is a rubbing
down with straw and dry brush, and the next ',turning
wash as clean its wale mid water can make them. Pick
and wash the I.OlVb LI won aa the It cm o.lllra Ili."