Star.
London, England, 1805-08-31 00:00:00

DUNDEE, Auausr 23:

The annual feati of the Lunan and Vinney Water
Farming Society was held on the isth Wt. at the
Dunnichen Inn, and was attended by a great many
refpeeable real and honorary members. Several
important farming topics Were very ably difcuffed ;
among others, the belt method of improving their,
breed of working cattle and horfes. On this laft
fnbjell, Mr. SCOTT, of Refwallie, gave in a very fen•
fibfe memorial; and the Secretary, the Rev. Mr.
Root', Minifier of Denino, read a very pleafant
Way, to prove, that the bell animal that could be
brought up on a farm, was a Good Wife.
Colone HUNTER otturnfide, and the Freres, un-
dertook, at their own expence, to provide a good
bode, by next feafon, for improving the breed of
the Society's work horfes ; but the members were
divided in their opinion as to the quarter from which
fuch a horft fhould be brought. Some approved
of the Norfolk punch horfe ; Come of the Weft
Country breed; and others of a dark of blood and
bone front Yorkihire.

The petition fo ftrongly efponfed by Mr. Arritua
Yousc, was very ably difculted, viz. that green
crops fuperfeded entirely the ufe of a dead fallow.
Notwithftanding fo great an authority, the Society
delivered it as • their unanimous opinion, that few
farms would be properly kept clean without a dead
fallow every eighth or tenth year.
On the queftion, as to the preference due to borfes
or oxen, the Society thought there might be cafes
in which part of the work might be performed ad-
vantagedufly enough by oxen, but that the horfe, by
the univerfality of his powers, was, in general, to
be preferred : and they all agreed, that ow, when
wrought, ought to be fed in as expetiiiie a tnanner
as horfes.

The Society propote to devote the whole of the
day of their next annual meeting to agricultural
purpofes, and to meet by eleven o'clock, a. in. to
look at inch farm animals as any of the members
might incline to {hew ; whether boats, oxen, cows,
&cep, or pigs ; and that the owners of the mole ap-
proved fpectmens should have their names honour-
ably mentioned in the Minutes of the Society.
The Society refolved to redouble thcir exertions
to. extirpate the noxious weeds which infeft their
pafture fields and the fides of the highways ; the rag-
weed, thiftles, nettles, and docks ; which, from their
prevalence, were believed to confume a filth or
feventb part of all the nourilhment for vegetables in
the diarid.
The Society adhered to their refolution to require
certificates from their left plaices, with their new-
hired farm fervants.
The good humour and jollity with which the feaft
concluded, did honour to a homely dinner, accom-
panied with the liquors of our own country produce,
Strong beer, porter, and whilky punch. But what
rendered the teen the molt pleating, was the zeal
and unanimity 'with' which molt of the members
had contributed their mite towards the defence of
their King, qontlitution, and Country, in cafe of
its being ittvaded by a foreign enemy. Many of
the members having taken an adive there, in form-
ing in the centre of the diatid, either by their own
Cervices in pet-Con, or by their tons, brothers, and
ftivtints, die corps of Dunnichen Loyal Volunteer
Infantry, whirl, when in quarters this fummer, in
Arbrdath, diftinguithed itfelf fo much by• the fine
and foldier-like appearance of its Officers and men,
and by their orderly behaviour and proficiency in
their exercite. The Society continued its office-bear-
ers, admitted feveral new members, appointed a
Committee to fix a day for its next annual feat,
and parted in the moil perfect harmony and good
humour.