The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-06-11 00:00:00

Tea nasuancr TRIALB.

The trials of steam cultivators and ploughs, and
double ploughs drown by horses, in the dell adj doing
the show yard were attractive to a large concourse of
spectotorion Tuesday. The former were weaned to the
Urn-about listens of Mown Howard, of Bedford, and
the Wooistonian method now larded out by Messrs.
Andes, Barford and Go., of Peterborough, 'shish latter
Inn have practically brought out an improved system
of anchorage termed Compion's Patent Anchors, shish
save the labour of the two salon men, and thus render
the attendanne of three 'lvo only necessary instead of
five. Besides, • more a rtain anchorage is lowered.
This Is a great edvantage,and the practical results were
ouch eonsiocuded by the formers and engineers who
witooesed the trials. The ploughing wee beauti-
fully dose, and Messrs. Antive and Buford
afterward. worked • heavy iron roller with harrow•
habitat, and made good work In cultivating land
net previously r I ioghel. ?desire. I o ward like i.e
tensed a deep and *antis' furiow with their ploosh.
and the result, of stesat t I ,ushine ii the fields at DJ,
°better are everything that oould possibly be desired.
The land was sufficiently flinty to show that steins
sultivittion is adapted for the chalk soils of Dorset,
white in foot the lsting out system of Mr. Taylor,
of otir town, bat previously suillitiently proved to the
eatiafeetion of many of our principal farmers.
THZ DOUBLS PLOUGHS. IRO.
In smother part of the cultivating field we had
double-furrows at work. belonging to Hensouse. Sluts
and Co,' Hornsby and Bons, Messrs. Iloward, Mr. Jon.
Davey, and Millard's revolving mould hoard plough.
All made capital work and the result will be to make
Dorset farmers more in by, than they were before
with the double-furrow 'pieta.
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Tbs Reapers went to trial in • field of rye, of which
they mads short and good work. Hornsby, Burma.
and Km. Plekstay and Sims, Eisionelson, Brenton,
Kmankry, Biagbam, and Wood, were represented. The
latter is the great novelty, bet it was out at Oaildford
last year. This peculiarity is that it Lai no spokes in
the wheel, sad advantage is takes of Um spasm thus
obtalhad. to mit the cutters in • Liao with tm wheel.
Tho advantages of dime sation are sorsignod with level.
Iwo le Pet over the "dips." sad the mashine is
simplified and rendered more oompeot.
In the show yard on Tuesday. A,BllOll and Porter's
Meatiest engine was drima about cur the open grosral,
sad "woos through its pewee" almost as manageably
as • cart horse that bad the advantage of • circus
training. or • performing elephant. Bat really it
shrew awn to • Vary
! so bandy. taht it booms gaits • familiar object, and
frightened not the' slimirteat" of ths stack.
Next day mother of these mammoth., this one
hailing from Craws. !Lombard, performed in a similar
menhir, mad attrasted large numbers. It went over
this gram turf, whether up or down bill, quite seedy.
tamed la a short length, sag was evidently capeble of
putting on great speed if this were allowed. Perhaps
lit • year or too we shall bass rams of traction engines,
drawing all the country side.
CONCERT.

The Dominator Vocal Ammiation (IVO • coneert at
tie Gera limiting* on Tamiday evening, to aid of the
Organ feed, and It wee well attended. Miss Sophie
Net (soprano), and Kin Foote (goatrallo) were the
professional mewed. A short sparkling steulat pro-
gramme wee selested, which meepled little more than
an hear, aid everybody seemed highly pleased. The
teems (shoat 80) deserve ameba praise for their
deamtlem to the muse on behalf of whieh the mooed
wee glom
WIIMIZSDAT.
T• 4117 the morning wits lop, and crowds in
weblike end a-foot thronged the streets is rook to the
show gems& It wee soon evident th tt the society
vas ran to have • ruceessful day, and the officials
were In good vides. On Tuesday there were 3,450
ridadtted to the yard. • larger number than on the
sosead day at Guildford, and the takings were £430.
On the booming day of the show (Monday) £ll7
wee rserdved. the adtalssiorui numbering 611. Graforta-
nabely on Wednesday early is the af tornoon it beim
to raiz, yet it cams kindly, for till after six
ofeleek when the show aimed there was only
• smart Tinkling, sufficient to drive hoverer
the lest rem ate to the picture gallery. arts gallery,
sad centred tents, while the more fearsome
made their w.y homewards. A feature of the after-
noon's proomdinp wee the playing of the combined
beads, and • large and fmhionable oommoy gathered
around them.