The Express.
London, England, 1855-07-30 00:00:00

MR. mEcHrs ANNUAL GATHERING.

Mr. Weirs guests on Saturday last were both distin.
guished and numerous, including many noblemen who take
an interest la high fanning, such as Lords Whamlifts,
Esse:, and Fatuous ; well-known names in practical
agricultural minim, as Messrs. Caird and McCullogh of
Audinem ; men of science as Drs. Daubeny, Allman, and
Need ; whole harts of M.P.., the Lord Mayor of London,
and mural members of the corporation, and same distin-
guished strangers, both from America sad the continent of
Europe. A special train, starting from Shoreditah at the
early hoer of nine in the morning, conveyed all these dis-
tinguished gusts in safety to the antediluvian village of
Kelvedon, whom inhabitants looked, ca arrival, as if they

had jut roused themselves up Boma twelvemonth's slumber
to do special honour to this anniversary. The provident
Mr. Riven, the Tiptru-hall postmaster in ordinary, bad
provided as aereunsulation of vehicles of various kinds, from
the smart carriage end pair, through all the gradations of
gig, omnibus, market cart, and other varieties of the Emu
Arabs, and the whole of the guests being comfortably
seated, an imposing cavalcade started off for the heath.
Here the hospitable host was in waiting, beaming with
hospitality, and overflowing with information, and in • few
moments might be seen leading his friends over his various
fields, and stopping at each to explain the process by which
they had-respectively been brought to their present pitch of
luxuriance. His secrets of success were few son easily
understood. Liquid manure, tile drainage, cleanliness,
due rotation of crops, sparse sowing, and careful selection
of seed. In the wheat fields, which were pronounced to be
opiendid by all the qualified visitors, but one bushel of seed
been used, against the three which are comic:end no-
emery in ordinary farming. In other places oats had been
sown to give the ground time to recover, and here the fer-
tilising power of the liquid taunts were proved by the fact
that abundant crops waved on land which bad rot
received any artificial nourishment for three years.
A field of rye gram was shown which bad been liquid
smeared, and although having been fed off five times
this year, was at that moment almost up to the knees of the
visitors, and the turnip', mangold wane), and other green
crops exhibited equal abundance and luxuriance. Mr.
Muhl explaated uhe went along his whole system to his
audience, answered all questions with unfailing patience
and good humour, eulogised his favourite tank as the
palladium of British agriculture, and offered, if the stoutest
of his auditory would only, Curtiue.like, cast himself into
Begat!, to prove to demonstration, that the patriotic victim
would in due coarse of decomposition, be entirely pumped
through the hose, descend in a fertilising shower on•the
field, end finally result in an abundant crop of gigantic cab•
hopes, or turaips, every one of which would afford
striking sad original paragraphs for the evening papers.
Frequent showers interrupted the enjoyments of the pro
menade, and more than once dispersed the company, but
Mr. Mechi undauntedly pursued his way, followed by an
active band, "fit though few," and when the son broke
out again, his white bat proved like the white plume
at Ivry, • rallying point, and in • few minutes he was
again surrounded by • pleased and attentive audience.
The result of the day's perambulations wan • general ver-
dict, that the crepe were all first-rate in their kind, but the
oats ware considered by many se d g special mention.
The luxuriance of the rye grass was considered conclusive
ea to the nature of liquid manure, and the green crepe gave
evidence of the refreshing character of the recent shower.,
which it was hoped would now cease, as the mon valuable
steps had reached a pitch of maturity at which more rain
would be injurious. The burnt at Tiptre• will be shout
three weeks later this year than last, wed a similar, and, in
many cease, greater backwardness, was reported by the fem-
me from various parts of the kingdom. On the all-important
topic of the potato Might, there was a concurrence of
`&useable testimony. At Mr. Meehl's farm nothing has
boa seen of it as yet, sad although the visitors from Boot-