The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-05-05 00:00:00

THE BATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND SOCIETY'S
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The work of Cllll pletinic—tite;r.rangetnenta of the show.
Yard i. rapidly approftehing • finish. The ef dries for stork
rimed on the 16th For Devon, shorthorn, Here-
ford. and Sussex rattle .rend are offered amounting
in each class to £lO5 first prizes, and L.ers serond priers,
making a total of £tilo. Forl'hannel I.land .tork (Jersey
and Goemsey) first and wont( prize, amountina to t1:1)
are offered. For the iariou. -beep rla..sei the prize*
amount to 1.3.<1. The pren l i 11l for horses offered by tb•
society...., reach. the stun of J.:356. The prices itiven for pigs,
r four amount to £l2B. The Bristol Local Com-

mitteo offer a number of special prizes—the priaciOal ones
being given by the Society of Merchant Venturers—in the
shape of a premium of a',..12 ilk. for the best cart stallion,
adil a • b.r amount f•ir the be.t thoroughbred stallion
for hunters. The committee elsn offer a Knit prize of tit&
&nil • *mom' of 130, for the first and second beat pair of
mares or geldings foaled before the bit of January. 1,14,
be,t suited for toe it work. A prize of CA is also offered
for the beh I ter, awl there are other eshisble prizes
tor cattle, horses, chee,, butter, ex. Altogether. the
Prize sheet is a isio•t liberal .11e. The entries are very
numeroit-, that a a.plendid Arnow may he anticiPated-
?he lks ni., i M.11111,4.1' ; shorthorns. 70 ;

I.iands Jersci•;3l, and Guern--
sey, 31; the total nutills•r of cattle liens,: 3141. The sheep
..lases will lie rm,resented as follows: Leicester, g 5 ;
Cotswold. Ill; Devon 1.. n, wools, P.; Soutlidowns, 40;
Ilampshire lam no, ; Shropshire, t 5.1 ; Oxfordshire
lant us, ; Somerset anil Dorwt llorns 10 • Nwnwor and
other mountain sheep, 4—total sheep. lilt 'Hones :—For
agricultural purposes, ;51; hunters, 57 ; harks, II ponies,
0 -total, 13.1, much above the average. 7he total muster
of ing. will 12s. Nine lea will be exhibited and for
the i•liecse and latter competition there are eight entries.
Air. Mile.. it Exeter, as usual, offers his special prise fur
horse-shoeing. It is expected, and indeed it is certain,
that the implement show will be a Very large one, and
the society's exhibition of 1574 bids fair to be one of the
largest and most succnasful it has ever held.
TIIE CORN AND •Ai-ru." TRAns..

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On Saturday, at tin Ica•linz market.. tho trade regained
Ito liminess, awl price. harden...l. At Itca.ling last neek's
rates were reAolutoly bola. At Bath there Nas an advance
of Is. to tls. At llloitee.ter the full mires of last week
were readily made. At Taunton best qualities com-
minuted wslight whence. At War ;;; itt .ter e. more money
was mole. At Cardiff. more animation anal firmness.
At Itoreltester wheat was in moderate supply, and,
millers twin:: low in stork, fully late rates were main-
tained, viz.. (tla per quarter. (Pats in moderate
delliallti at late rates, Last week's average Wheat, 110
quarters. Xe.
At Mr. Eii.or s repository sato about 240 beasts on offer,
includine a prime lot of fat Ind. Saul about /4) heifers and
cows with The latter inwle front £l3 Ina. to cis
IN. rot ILLA. EL 61. to is.. ekk is seore. Barreners,
.fsti its, to 1:37 100. tier pair; heifers £ll Its. to £l7
Its. eaeh ; working oxen. 151 to .gati per pair • fat
1:2,i to gig 5.., the latter price Ireing ghee' for Mr. James's
Ilereford hull " Leopold. Stock bull., Ls mat to gay Ira,.
Fat calves, Nis. to NU. 4;0.1 sIIPPII of sheep amid lambs—
about 500 penned —reali,.ing. mutton itt. to 10.1. sod
lamb, Ild. to Is. There wa. a large attendance of buyers
from all parts, and everything soul.