The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-02-20 00:00:00

WYKII REGIS.

Tits tell Ocrraimeu or Carrth Ptatint.
readers will not hare forgotten that a few months
sinew this dreaded plwas did make as appearmies I.
Dorset, and stamp& the herd el a widow—Mr
Ward, of this parish. With self-abnegation, amount-
ing to the benne in a wawa so Mewed, Mn. Ward
meribosd her stook for the county's good. fleeing
the fatal prognee the rindmpset bee made in
counties, we dotibt not that the Prompt *Woe of°
Ward at that critioal time send Dorset from
fearful semrste. Rile is entitled to, and has, the
hearty oommandation of all, coupled with °minim-
anon far her lose. Bet pity is nothing if it be net
Consul, and an Wool is amide to the county on
behalf by aH. Singekl, Pm. The neseter,
however, remains in sbeyeace for the protein., as the
Government Bill now in Parliament provides for
making some recompense to thole who have already
suffei in snob a manner.. Mn. Ward bee; as the
raw time, it is quite deer that the fall vales will
not be made tip to bee, and, therefore, we hope that
the gentry and agrienhariew of the omety will mot
only suborn is to that and, but with a view to pro-
motion to Mrs. Ward a testiloonial in recognition of
bac prompt devoted &Woe.

EL AN MR D.
LECTURE ON LNURES.

On Saturday everting Mr. A. G. Lock. of Rad.
bridge, mar litembsemptos, delivered a lectur• gelm
Crown Hood, Wandford, on "Menu,..," illustrated
by obemind experiments. Amos( Muse p.us..tw.
minced Messrs H. ?cokes (chanson), 0. Look, 0.
loom, (surgeon), C. Banton, J. Ford, jun., J.
Keynes, R. Fmk., J. Bev,. W. Fucks, .1. Romoitiw,
H. Richards, & Davis. J. Wiliam, W. Oases", J.
Bargees, H. Oorrett, Lewis. teadall, More, W. 13.
Atkins's, Rickman, Cemmen, Doninney, W.
Perry, Friend, 0. Grove, 8. James, J. Roper, W.
8,1110.4 G. Harding, C. Flower, Ramose, G.
Keynes, Rootage, H. Woodford, An, ke. A
ounsbot of Maris Mowing tie Motive constituent
pane ei the venous kinds of grain, and of night soil
and duo& wan sompooded rotted the room, to which
the Isomer 000tinually rekirred, sad greatly aniseed
tho ounpany in understanding die various pens of
Ike Imam The Chairman bating introdueed
boa AM gentlemen proseeded as leilows t

fl would be imposibis la the Men time that
he oketted to the somidosties of ibis sebjert,
10 atesapt to explore the mai lees of restores
tato which its proper eionsideration must a...wearily
lead i at liter meld is b. immible, 001 w old it be wise,
to vilowtivi to mitosis. the vetoes theories Tool.
seed by settatill. 1.1 111.. Molt as are of Ming
re ometive merit, of the Vilees!er re rallied]
thorn will de beet to emelt the communiestims of
Meow Limes arad Gtlbert, sad Boos Lebotn4pwill
tooeie a sst for to by fore you, in
dmoid as pommels of saisetiM pluesoologyob. Mont
totiMples, Lowrie( Yoe by Powtio'l
the. for youresims,, and render tliont ivoitobi. to y.dr
own imoteles rosystrevosts. tile needles to dwell ou
Me importunes at Me subject Dow before Rs for oos-
ander•doo.lead fo
I. z. 611111 feel sub sod;
modoer tedly i.sitangat
imalahos, that whatever will ectedees to make
two blades of tore grow where only ma grew
before is • weer of national loportasioe. Im-
provise. nts lo greeters remptue the only solid
lrMottos for WWI? progress la all other Omens of
eoelist.foo.,r however mach • nation may owl to the
or aria however great may be bet commerce OT
her nonefootoree, still the tree but of her greatness I.
her power to Nippon her popshitioa —ts, is fort,the
vamenewt ow% in the heeded.e of wiedere to
melds her to draw In.. her soil the meow y food to
meshe her people, —mud this dosioble sod boo hien to
west forwoded withia li. Wit fewest'
et=valliable aid of misses. Soles... and more
ly aboonielm, has dose more for agreoltere
daring Um lee 10 man than the unskilled proetiep of
assO7 proem semerisa. liliettisd, it their Sethest
stems, were depeodent for Moir food oa the prolate of.
tbe Mass ascl ale 0014 Of their 1104. sad herds, hut as
inoreerie this means wee found imaileient
M.lamtsee was hod to Meg the soil. As tbe niballuvial mil berms ealeented-by over amnia& and so
by the easess of populatioa the peon* doesripaloss
of land were fantod late waltivaine, it was Wend
serewory to amply to the soil some material to
mature sad nourish the elude mesasitted to it.
and it may be roseisabliy the use of
szereinentiliess insiter, or tbell=amit by allimals,
would be very early empsed by the acesinat oppor-
tunist Of witnessiag its siesta whoa dropped by the
111* and we aesordiagly lad nisetios made of
In lie earliest writers a. agrisalte a
foossied inhere of water, arise and eight soirl,L
from a very early dabs hos employed by qui formes
of China and Japes. At • Mill loiter period of &glib
agrienlisre, we had vetoes other subetamon to so as
snob is olt, Ines, gypsum owl, mai ma
sand. Now, although the farmers of those days know
by observation, that when • certain matoriol waa
owlet to • ...rein soil. it poetised • certain Oleo,
yet they owe sot produce torten grope at their
pleourn oar whoa their applionoes to the soil did sot
predate the sane ere*, althotmeh applied to apparently
tom same kind of lied its the sane favourable matter,
were they able to mount forth. Miaow*: and for
ittiztflo soma : they were asemewiated wise this
aidoa the to. plies betwesea the amearial
applied to the soil sad the sail Mod, mad
woe totally {guarani of the water la •white
plants 416T0 Utak iIIidOSOINO. sod It was
not until by mess of the shimmies! reseemee
at ear H. Davy sad Mho mimet cionisie
that.asieme assamod its pner Ales of • dimmer lid •
Lanispzicsatiese,st alifs it es se istelloble
sad es Amelia how meals asessoray
led to aortas reenlistiot this art ariase?"ering nods any
program. Forsarely, certain ferilialle ealteames elleh