The Sun.
London, England, 1810-04-24 00:00:00

NORFOLK AGRICULTPRzIL SOCIETY.

• A General Meeting of this Society was held, for"
the first lime; at Norwich on Friday se'nnight, -in
order to give the farmers of East • Norfolk an oppor-
tunity of she wing bullocks Awl shearling wethers.—.:
Four bullocks (all steers) were shewu, of which
two were bred and fed by Mr. Robert Heath, of
l'abxworth, . they were twins; one bred.and fed by.
Mr, John Burcham, of St.
.Faith's ; and one, a
Scot-, fed by Mr. Sibell, of South Walsliarn. The
premiums for the best bullocks wereone of five,
pounds, and the second of three pounds value ; they
were both adjudged to Mr. Heath, whose bullocks
were' generally admired ..for their beautiful symme-
'try; the smallness of their :hone,. and the, lightness
'of their offali. in which qualifications we seldom see,.
bullocks of any breed to exceed them. The weight.
of: the best was supposed to be,a6 stone, of 14111s„'
10 the atone ;• and that of the second somewhat lesa.
They were'.g6ocisexamples of the sentiments gene-
rally inculcaleid .amongst 'graziers 4! small in size,
and great in value." .Mr. Heath, in his certificate,
stated these bullocks to be three years old,_ and to
have been feeding, from the.beginning of Novem- _
ber -last, ~upon turnips, and hay only,
,and to have
had not more than eight stones of turnips, and titlbs.
-of: hay each per day,' :which will amount, to not
-Mote than eight tons of turnips, or nearly one-
'third of an , acre, and one ton of hay each, Few
instances can be produced of a smaller consumption
of food..
. .
Mr. John Burcham's bullock was an excellent .
home-bred his live 'weight was 145 stones :71bs. of
14ibs. to the stone : he has been feeding upon_ grass,:
turnips, and hay ; and, 'during the last,t wo months,
upon Swedish turnips : he is 'three years and'eight
months old. This bullock haS much less of coarse
meat than is usually found Upon-such 'bullocks, and
afforded the company and the public. much gratifi-
cation., Two premiums only had been advertised,
and, as these were decidedly. due to Mr. Heath for
his, twins, the Society could only return thanks to
Mr.. Burcham; for eXhibiting his very meritorious
buirock. Mr. Sibell's Scot was esteemed an 'excel-
lent bullock, and. he received the thanks of the Sc
ciety for shewing him uron this occasion.
For the prizes for shear-hug waters, Mr.
int Heath, of Hemblington, sent three South..
s;wns, fed by himself upon turnips and hay, in a
flock of 400 wet hers: They were bred lay Mr.
William Adams, of Barton, near-Bury St. Edmund's,
and were a credit both to the breeder and feeder.—
Te premium of a piece of plate, Of seven pounds
v:.1111e, Was' adjtidgedao Mr.. Heath; and one of his
wethers was -slaughtered by Mr. Lamb, and "Xlll-
bitcd. next morning :publicly. The carcase weighed
1 I.Vlbs. and the loose fat l QUM

"I'. Wm. Coke, Esq. of Hoikham, sheaved - three
half-bred shearling .wethers, from South-down
ewes, by a Merino ram, bred and fed by himself.
These have been feeding upon turnips and pea-straw
during the winter, and. since the turnips were fi-'
nished, upon hay and grass, They are part of a
flock of 300 wethers. A piece of plate, of seven
pounds value, was adjudged to Mr. Coke. One 'of
these wethers was slaughtertd,by Mr. Kett, and.
shewn publicly next morning; the carcase weighed
851hs. and the loose fat 15lbs. The mutton of these
half-bled, is excellent. -Mr. coke will, at piesent,
deliver no -opinion upon the merit of the Merino
sheep, or of any crosses froth them. He is taking
ail pnblic means to ascertain their value, comparsd
with other 1-3:eLciu nu 4, ac C,IOLI•RS ho has ganglier]
his own mind- upon the subjea, he will not fail ro
communicate it to the public. -He only desires all
prejudices in these cases to be done away, and to
have careful and candid experiments made. Too
much, praise cannot be given to Gentlemen who
serve the public thus. MI-. Coke-sent also a Me-
rino ram and ewe, each one-year old; and three
halfsbred wethers, three years old each, from a
sJuth-down ewe by a Merino rem. These eXhi-
•bitions gave the company much pleasure. Mr,
Balls, of Saxlnigharn, sheaved three half-breds, of
the same croft as Mr. Coke's; but as they were the
only. wethers he has, the Committee did not deem
them to come under the intention of the Society,
which is- to encourage early maturity, and for that_
purpose to give premiums to the best shearlings,
which may be deemed specimens of the flock feed-
iug for market.
r! Together-with .the above premiums, the servants
of the successfuloanciidates are entitled to one-fifth
of the value 'of =t fie 'premiums adjudged . to their
masters, to be.paid by the Society.
A very deserving labourer, by name John Reeve,
who works with Mr,'Benjainin Raven, of Horning.
ton, was recommended to the Society. The man
is 84years of age, has worked 70 years and up-
wards upon the same farm, has brought up eight
children,. and (lel er received relief from his parish,
except in the time of scarcity. The fund voted
by the Society to reward meritorious labourers be.
tween the anniversary, 1809, and the anniversary,
181 u, was all apportioned at • the last General
Meeting, and therefore this claim was recommend-
td to the Committee to be awarded at the next an-
niversary. ' •

Atter viewing the stock, the company assembled
at the Maid's Head, to dinner, at half-past two
o'clock, and sat down in number 48 ; amongst whom
were T. W. Coke, Esq. President ; S. I'. South-
Jehosaphat Posile, W. Heath, and T. Track,
Esqrs. ; Messrs. J. Reeve, Beck, St. John Priest,
R. Heath, T. Leeds, Wm. Samuel, Rob. Burcham,
J. l3urcham, &c.

Tne pirates in the China. seas . lately made a ..de-
3Cent on,the coast, to the Eastward of Macao, and
plundered. Ape- village .of KranShu, putting 3000
of . the :inhabitants to the sword. The Chinese
Government have, in consequence, applied to the
British tor the lean of some armed vessels, two of
Which have. been granted, and were, at the datg of.
the last advices, fitting out at Prince of Wales
Byletters from Shetland, of the t Ith April, we
are happy to find that the accounts of the loss of
.the-
Experimegt.Greenland ship, at London, lately..cir-,
culated, are not true ; but ..we are. sorry tQ hear
that three lintish vessels had been wrecked there,:
supposed: bound for Ireland with timber, viz. the
Doi-who; a • Arundell, crew say.ed.; and the Gur-
of :Diaw, only three men saved out of: 2
the other mink; unknown.