The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-01-13 00:00:00

WINFRITH FARMER S' CUM.

The ann'tc;l -dinner of this old.establral-ted club took
piece host Thursday afternoon, at the Black Bear hotel,
Wool, under the presidency of Mr. J. J. BatPII, of
gait Lu!worth, the Chsirrnan of the elnb, with Mr.
Chapman Saunders (Vice-Premident) in the Tito-chair.
The company included—Mr. J. 11. Caloraft, of Rein-
atone Mr. ; Mr, tthirborros Well, of Lntworth Castle ; Mr.
R. Damon, of Dorrhester ; Mr. T. H. dace:tem of
Fordiegton ; Mr. T. Randall. of Winfrith ; Mr. G. B.
Randall (hon. sec.), of Wiufrith ; Mr. R. Ilibbe, Mr. T.
Longman, Mr. C. Sudden, Mr. W. Dcrey. oje G.
Ills, Mr. Wm. Locgruan, Mr. B. Peach (Bridpert),
Mr. Walter Loognien. Mr, J. Sena, Mr. C. Beesant,
Mr. J. Udall, Mr. G. Budden, Mr. T. 13asoonthe, Mr.
G. Bennett, leo.
Tee dining-room had quite a bowery appearance,
being decorated with musts of evergreens suitably dis-
posed, and bordering. of greenery around the window,.
A splundtd repast was provided by Boat May, and was
thoroughly erOoeed.
111 giving " The Queen," the CliAteetaet esie they
wore all happy to know that Her Majesty was now In
good health, to perforce the multifarious duties et her
high etetiou. liar family were now grown ur, teed
either "settled in life' or looking out to be, sod the
Queen was just at this time occupied reepecting the
approaching marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh, which
they hoped would toad to the happiness of the Priem
and his Royal bride. Englishmen always had boon
loyal, and be trusted and believed would always
remain so.
"The Print* and Princess of Wales and the rest of
the Royal family" followed, and the CHAIRMAN said
their heartfelt attesebtoent to them was is great as
time of any assembly friths country—(applause).
The CHAIRMAN thaw rave' "The Army, Navy, sod
Volunteer fore'," as useful CND out of work."
Although obliged to send men to the Gold Coast,
lists not pleasant to them, and be feared would not prove
very satiefaotory to us, yet It had been thought right
to send our soldiers there, and he hoped all moms
would attend their arum He hoped oar forage would
always be ready to fight, teed be ever kept in peat's.
It was very Irepertant Natty !should all maintain the old
pluck and shiltty to fight well, and be devoted and at-
tached to the servioe—(applauer).
Mr. S. WILD returned thanks for the army and the
Davy both. The army WU DOW in • state of trial ;
nobody knew how the new regulations would turn out.
We bad now the little war on the Gald Coast, and
while that went on be thought they ought to content
themselves with limply encouraging them and hoping
our WWI Would meet With every 11000(1,, rather than
finding fault with any of the arraneaments made—
(.ppLease). As remade,' the naty they had steels
proof in this ma that the lied: of the urn we the
rams as it had ever lot. n. There was no opporineity
of testing the fighting power of the ships, and be heed
it woold be long before there was. It owe motto him
that the sea fighting of the future—mp.cielly the de-
fenetve fighting—would be carried on with torpedoes
rather thee ships. He saw in yesterdavei Tim, gen-
tleman described &little invention vel ich wie .dole aioeg
tbo top of the water at the rate of Ott) miles an hour—
(aeghter)—strike • libelee aide and explode. seecing it
into the air or to the bottom as the muse may be-
-(raugeter). He thought as h yal sutj.e•• of the
(teem all of them who liver by the sea aide ought to
order a trews of these torpedoes at or , for me should
occasion mise—(laughter and applause).
Mr. BAtri•OMBI, retorting thiths In. the eoomatry,
referred to the time when a pretty rood tomb, r rioed
to stand up at that meetior to reseond to this Inset,
end now be was alone—iVeice : " The more merit due
to you.") They had become very Pt loot now ; hut, as
Ito Ceptain said at the loot dinoor, 'toad better to
have • few good onus, than • lot of "paper" men—
(lauebter).
Sergeant BUDPES, of the 2dd Dorset. replied for the
volunteer,. Ho had been in the force. 14 years, and be
thought there was are good spirit In the corps at this
time as at the oommeneement—tteplaneel—while, as to
numbers, be believed they had Merest+, d rather than
d. olio, d— (hoar, hear). :dwelt' the veluuta era ever be
wanted, he hoped they would be found of some slight
—(applause).
Mr. Deems proposed the Lord-Lienteeent and the
mftsistiecy. Igre.y !levet loan was proud of the E .1
of Stufterbury, and the magistrates did their duty in
the beet way according to their jedgm.d t, teotieh ell
men were fallible, and they dere. vet rb,ir thanks. To
one of the magistrates preaeht (Mr. Ca:oreft) they had
°motet° be deal ly grateful on many oce.sloes, for (Mr.
Caleraft) did look after the finaeciel part ef the Leah eye
of the county. It had formerly been rather etrougly
urged that we should have Financial Boards to assist
the magistrates In the money matters of the 'musty, but
that feeling seemed to have become dull and the
system wss not advocated with the stet it was years
ago. He did not know whether tbat was betimes the
magistrates seemed disposed to be more economical
than formerly—Omar hear)—but that was very
mammary In these times. However, he had great
pleasure in giving the toast, coupled with the name of
Mr. Ceeeraft—(applause..)
Mr. 0 GOltalrr, responding, said the Lord-Lioutensat
deserved all the honour thown him. As to the
magistrates wisdom did net always come with years—
(laughter) :—he was efraiii be °until not say ho wee any
exeeption to that rule : but if length of service might
to give any weight to what was said, he might claim
sem. measure of their indulgence, as he had been a
magietrate rather more than fifty yeara—(apreaus. ).
Both for himself, and those with whom he bad the
pleasure sed honour of emit g. he oould echo what their
respected friend Mr. Dameu bed said as to their acting
to the best of their judgment and aledty. Ho was
a .re those he addressed hoi no doubt on the sub Jct.
Tee magistrates might not always have taken the reuse
view of things they did, bet at any rate the county was
o.rtain of th.ir coed intentions, lie lied often advo-
sated the dearebility of Financial Soares or some
elected body to assist in tho trenssotion of the county
twine's ; and he had always thought it might be eadly
done by taking the Board. of Gaardiar.s, who are a
representative body, and letting each Union cleat oil°
or two of their own body to act with the magistrates in
okiuhivthge:nereextpsfeeesposiold.of Prhareireiamweonatidsomboetoohlnaig
floenolal affairs. Ho should not ho at all surprised if
nd
doestrathhlaet
proposed as to the valuation of property and
the management of moiety matters, including roads.
Turnpike roads were now felling upon the Highway
Boards, and made • great tilfferenee—(Voiee : A stop
in the wrong direction.) The Highway Board would
thus have to And • greet deal more money, and he
thought the change must lead to some further altera-
tion. People wanted to get rid of turnpike roadie
which were • sourest of annovaroe -it was especially
unpleasant on such a day as that to step and unbutton
to take out 63. or 34. at • toll-gate—and it would be •
great comfort to pass along the roads free. But it
always appeared to him to be just that the people who
weed the road. should pay for their insinteuaoce.
However, If all the roads and bridges were put under
what might be called a County Board for that
purpose, consisting of so many magistrates and so many
elected members--as there must be in any change now
• little fresh blood introduced—he thought the result
might be as in the came of highways more uuiforrnity
of managemaut and lees expenditure in the way of
salaries of numerous officers. He referred to the had
state of the roads on the eatable of London when
they were maintained by tenets, and of the Improve.
went and economy effected by Mao-dam under one
management. A friend ref his (Mr. Ca'cr•fte), who
was not a landed proprietor, or a cultivator of laud,
tut who might be called a commerchel man,
suggested to him what he (Mr. Ca'etrelt'e friend)
theeght would be a good plan, and satisfy the le site
at any rate of many In that teem to have liolllo be.
taxation token off them suel put on other shoulders.
If County Boards were establithed for the notmegemant
of roads and bridge's, he thought toll-gates might all be
abolished, and that Mr. Lowe (who, -however, was not
made ef very squeezable materials : perhaps its too-
cessor might be more pliant) should be asked to give
the taxea on horses and carriages, or one of them (which
be believed would 'villa) for keeping up the road* and
brideee of each county. Ily no doing they would still
retald the principle et making these keep up the rood.
who used them, and at the seme time net have to
meintain them by additionel rates in their respective
per:dies. Ile hod no doubt an attempt would be merle
In the way of local taxation and management in the
next session ; wb, thor it wouli be mere eucceseful
than the last he knew not; but bethought • great deal
might ho Cone in that way to put looal texatiou on •
better footing than it is at preseut. Any way he
hoped it would be met without throwing all the mem
on their aboolders—(seplemse). In that altotria they
had just get five miles of turepike road miditiou.l to
keep up, and other trusts wouid emu expire. In flo
chaster highway district he noticed there was the Same
thing oecarriug ; and there (at Dorchester) the first
thing of °ourso els to augment the Hilary of the
Baroeyor, and se they must go on : mid be did think
their shoulders ought to be lightened In some way of
them eddithettal burdens. No doubt some sash aolunako
en he had suggested would be sleeted, end would be

adopted or rejected so It turned out to be well or In
designed for the purpose. He believed they would fitut
I ha marirtratem ITIXMU to av, In any way oeleelated to
further Abe interests' of the *minty for they
eeeneete I with the,* PAN-, seed in the Isna
and the reepayora in
Ma T. if. Barlfosits provost tl a health et Mr. .11.
J. Wei& lord of the mearir—sa m tolculan wit. te .k a
great dell of intereat in this CIA and a ....714ed pro.
plot. highly esteemed to that • eighb.n•!,noi—(.p.
pita op
Mr. S. WN.D respe-ed, od 1..1d Lie f-ther diee, 4
htn par,icalarly to ^:y Low terry h to be nnalee
to b pre'. Li. -
Mr. CAta.IIIIPT propOred " Fuecrrs to Witfrith
I Farmers' (lob" fie bad bed th 3 pl-unrs i.f /Aug s
moniber for tome yours, and his opinion Prete the first
had been that it was an association which &served to
be supported—(applatum). It had no doubt like others
bed Its little rises and falls. Ho bellowed this WU one
of the earliest—if not the earliest Clubs established in
the county, and he thought it still deserved being sup.
ported with spirit and teal. He was deeidedly of
opinion that them farmers' clubs Irid done a great deal
of good in their reepective diarieta in furtherance of
thou objects which all Intermeted in the cultivation of
land have at heart. The farm is' Club brought those
together who had community of Interests and were
acquits:ad with all the dots{ s incidental to the culti-
vetion of Land, nod by the Interchange of ideas, and the
sympathy evoked, they quickened the cuorey and
strengthened rand o ,eoursged all who were to stagoolated
together. He tru.teet nothing would come to mar the
prosperity of the Club. Thou wh.a prepared rs:4rll
Sad opened dile:mamma et the:Club we. greatly entitled
to their thaeks. lie .w that Mr. Daman, M.. Bates,
and Mr. Benoett had given Immures thia wan:), and
Mr. Chapman Sauedera wss to epee the next. Ahhough
peraonally he had nlt the bets fit of homing them he
wig enabled to read the fa,th!ul Tel tuts of their pro-
ocedlugs In the county palest,. 31‘et'ne together on
that eocatiou he weld taut tothe.r saying • word
reap eting the lees of an old friend the., bad leen in
the habit of meetirig there—one et the most kind's,,
good-tempered, etraight.forware, bue.„.,ss in,e be ever
net with—their old Irked Mr. Sly—(hear, bear).
Other+ had boon kept away by various 0.111‘70. There
' was Mr. Bono et Aron, and tipeoecr; of Ding, whom
they were always glad to ice, Ibrd ritrIOUS others. Fully
, believing the prosperity of the Club was desirable. he
begged them to drink to it with the full ietentten of
&deg what they cou'd to fotward it; and he trusted
they all fait there wou:d be no lack of fellowship, acid
good feeling, ad coLicionsnoss of the imprtance of
the ol j-cits in view, which might in any way lessen the
prosperity and consequently the advantage from this
and kindred instltnUons. Buceou to the Club--(ip-
plastic). The tout was useeiakd with the name of
Mr. Demon.
Mr. Cutter said he had forgotten till be saw his name
on the card that he bad contributed anything to last
year's diecuesiocr, but he thaLked them for the sompli-
, meet. If he must talk it must be on agricultural
politics : and he meild not help referritu to the
exoellint speech of Dlr. Caleraft on Local Taxation.
Agriculture./ set Janie were n foaming to the (tort to
I a muoh greater degr,e than fer rimy years past. They
saw that for some cause./ another the Government had
, engaged to bring forward cerain subjee s—indeed, lest
, y. sr they had some co:d, LC. Gi the gtorriog feeling, for
there was a emendate attic..., on the Game Laws
throtsghout the suasion. and Mr. Cardwell, ,peaking
lately at Oxford, prembead a Bill on Least Taxation,
and nobody 03111-1 hel slit-king—or hoping at least—lt
would be • trwipreLei.i tee measure, and go a good deal
further than Mr. Cakraft stsip shit in reearit to rate,.
The preeent system of pour rat a had existed for 300
year,. Dating that lettlitt.ed 1A11,4 great changes had
taken place In the co..ttiy. When the gram was
; founded the pOpUlist:o4 r.": 13 ahl. fly agricultural, and
only • few of our prieent tone, had ruy existence ; while
I now, they sew by the last cenaus, about 9 lOtts of the
I pope hvc in tow'. oil get their living otherwise then
by agricaltnre. LAt. tsm coaternplate for a moment
the immense stnonet of reraoualty acquired during that
thee, and then say lilt was not fair that wealth should
some in and b .ar its fair proportion et imp nisi
extentes—(sppleaae I is was said in the last
canna that 1.fit:0,140 Inhabitants oily were getting
their livicg from ear:culture, surcaely one-tenth, and
of that number he estimated there could be only one
man to flee ct the whole including women and children,
or leas than 400,000 men employed le agriculture.
That number of men wri spread over the whole of
Great Britten, and It they were divided against the
area of land there would only be shout one man to
50 acres cultivated. The result teemed small, but that
was about It in consequence of largo farms, Twelve
months ago they were in a great fright ahout getting In
Oh, following harveat, owing to the migration and
emigration that was taking Voice. But it wee said by
Mr. Ceded, lea Istter to the Taints, so great was the
looms° of multinery used, that 04:0 firm alone sent
out in • year 6,0,-.0 reaping machloas I When they
remembered than elle of theee reaper. would do the work
of ton moo, it was not surprising there should have
been plenty of people to do the woik. He did not
think there wais any nee sten for alarm in regard to
labour. IS seemed to h:tn to to only • creation of
employing more ateaco machinery and battlement. of
husbandry. Ho stiould be tac,edingly sorry to KV
large displacerricat et the I .bourers of the country, bat
it could be seen from the tut returns, that as he
progi.ottio.ted last par, emu of the land would go
out of celtivatioo—or, •..L. r, be not cultiaered. These
w.re 200,000 acres lees UT: .Cr cultivation than in the
preeloue year. Taking oat-fiftieth of that quantity se
Ohs share of Genet, it wonld be 4,000 acres, said be
believed there was quite as meat as ties:, indeed that
in oonacquenee of the teed La Shim c3unt7 being
generally sourer than is. alters th robed been a larger
proportiun so • n down to gra -a or uot cultivated at all.
lint if theme was only the fair proportion in Dorset—
t COO acre—chat a large euvb.r of men would be
dispeose.l with; and he velum...et to say that new
In •Oi iur,y it oduerid Lad eoperseded the labour oi
how 100 es 200 more. Ile trustad the Lib, eras would
133 coueilated ae much SA 1.0.91:•10 in all Gimes% sad
be kept at home ; liet, the end.: increase in tho use a
sa•clito,ry and steam power neu'd *made them lode
sith.tal pot, iAt of thrir latamer.—( Tutuila.)
'lt. P11E31:2K1,2 :Lea toad the judges' sward of the
pr,z • oftr.d for eon' coop.:—

Oren hr Mr. R Damtm. of DoseileM.er. IT host getwral
I : jir. 4 01.111. I ....qaputi•ms.
4;2 Us.. Mr. J. 11. Caleratt,.,,l it,mrt•qii: c...mpetit-n.
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11t;si 10 ii:ms .4 Mr rii.16.1a11...1
competit.n-A. 11.616 5 acred. £l. 1t..6.136. 6 rumprtit..ro.

11r. r4cutt, of -aro kiegiL
Mr. ,r‘ltr. 2 rouatetitura.
r •A, I_l, Mr. W. 1. Wiry, oe

Li4st 10 acres et Tumi;og,
3 COlilik ta—ro. Bun
lk,ct ar f 3131441
wan.itanl.. 4 c..!lN,tti-rs

lk-4t 3 acres .4 et, but the Judges
coteibleral 31r. E. J. Weld, of I.alocjrth Cootie, worthy of tho
prise, • 2.

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given I.yMr.o W. T.trrer, for the best 10 serei of r.tout
stul 10 1.1 .t ,
+Nero 11. T. attal W. Sy/m.o,lloth oi ttio

The CRAIL:4LN pr p and Bea Lush's of the 1500166141
0. tupotitore, ce.ngr.l.4 •Ling ths wiener* on the result,
eel all who 'mitred that they Lad such roots 111 were
gmt entugh to al,ow. Re h.med tho [nods would
always enable tho Club to offer these priz:a. tif course
It was net for their v.lue, but the feet of having •
deoLdon of the judges in their favour. It was said •
good root mop was the foundatlou of all good Laming ;
for, without It they *Amid not grow • good corn mop
afterwards. Ile was &led to 100 that this year there
hod been good comre tltion end he gave health,
happiness, and future prosperity to the peas winners
Mr. UDALL returned thank., and esii his practice in
growing wept bad been sontewLet different from that
'of his neighbours for a good many years. Some 15 or
16 years ago when Le ,J:uply seat:area • little manure
brotelcast ever the lend hie ne:glibmrs thought him
est:, stupid. but he persiate :„ tud ho obtained turnips
which were fairly gocd, sled fel'', equally to those grown
by othere. With cue small exciepUon ho Lad not
dri'lrd a particle of manure for the lest 14 years. By
broarlesatlug otLpa the turnips did not grow quite to
r,rediy at the outset, but be was perfeetly sure in the
4,1 the, were infinitely better. Another thing: he
b000e9,1 the judge. would bar him out in raying hie
recta were el. saly grown; well, with the er.ooption of
two or three some, he els not plough any of the land
more than once. B 3 this plon tit., land was not exposed
so tench to drying winds, end the turnips got away
and grow well, treque,:tly where if the la id was stirred
Ai d hooked about.. gool del theta Would be failure.
11 meatioued three two things bee .usit he knew the
toned practice lIPS to apply the matters by
and then, when the turnips were up to Pay 141. an awe
ts have a little of the in scratched cut betweon
the drills 10 a heep—(laught, T.) He had found that
alien the plant. were two months old the whole of the
sail just below the outface was interlaced with rootlets,
and croeseqiently this ereith beesine more wafer=
whets+ t: e :nanure was vattered bre:nth:met over the
wiele. Formal; 110 used to drill large emeuUties tf
super phosphate, and one result woe a goou deal of rot
ill the crops, but since ho had adopted broadcasting, rot
bad been avoided. Some of them could recollect that
Mr. Woe& the eminent ahem, breeder, steward so Lord
Walsingbam, published a little pamphlet on the manage-
ment of sheep, aid ho stated that his experience and
that of old shepherds, without assigning any reason was,
that owes fed upon turuipt grown with ruperphoellata,
aborted their lambs snore frequently and were subject
to greater moualtics than wbon they ate turnips grown
with fernevard manure. Ile (31r. Lid tll) Gould perfectly
understand it to be the ease. When • large quantity of
superphosphate was used, It hiudered rapid ,;rowth In
the palate at the outset, but which, not being isle-
t:cued, rot ensued, ard more than probably the
prejudice' effect was experienced by tho animals (*ed-
it g off the roots so grown. Ile felt quite satisfied that
If the manure were distribnted evoul over 'he lend
the turnips would get It more uniformly and it was
more advantigeous than when applied to any other
manner. Before be adopted this ;den he had rotten
turnips and had Lel look with his larabiug (met, bat
01001 both had done well—(applaote)
14r. CALCRAFT said he was emelt interested In what
Mr. Befall had said, aud Lquired the character of the
load aid the manure used.
Sir. rnar h esti hie lent wee strong and stony. He
priLoipaliy u ad [sores' superphosphate.

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r. Catcaarr. la replying to the torsi, said he waa
gratified that hla ;it neral mope of rot a wad good
enough to ma wood to Mr. Udall's. What had bean
qtAted by Yr. Udall have additional intertst to the
ureutiog. It. had told Usual •Lat his preotia• was;
awl, at lay rata, It had sactoecried eminently ia hia
iostanso and errs (sunded no rate experience. Ho
Caloraft) siuU b. btpty next yoar to live •
p.tzo of tire,:o guina,s toe olov:r an( roots —(app6aos.

Mr. RANDALL said he WM gratified to reoadre the
priv, tr riwedes ; and be would tell Mr. Wards and
Hr. HMI that he should have ran tkein pretty therP
fur the gen er,l orop prze• had It not been fez • mis-
-I,.:tuna. When io hai got about half hi. Swede land
plmghod hit angina broke dawn, and th.s threw Lim
hack three wail in lowing. lied not that
happemd he thought 'cry likely ha should Lave run
them close. ilowev,.r be aonaidered be had Ws year
the beat crop of Swedes ho over grew in his life. He
had taken b fore, but be did net think he bed
anything like what La bad grown this year. Lit wee
glad that thari were wren ..aJuipatitart fa the Bleeds
°lsm, er.baue,d bit errdit in b eying oil tbo palm.
For the general rout crop there were only four map-
Mors in tech diviebto, but for the Seo•ies mix is see
and seven in the other. Ile was grat;fieti to vier thaw
prise; He 1,1111 been a member if the soda, from she
beginning, and could n expect to remain meek
hare.: • and he was pleand to bo miootoodal lathe will
pot100;0•—(11fPloom).