The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-08 00:00:00

WIRRAL FARMERS' CLUB.

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The annual exhibpila:---411---on of stock and ploughing match
of this society took
theft Thursday, in a spacious field
on Lowfields farm, in
ng the oecneation of Robert Morris,
Esq., and adjoini
HTohoettoidijtattiton of the Chester
and Birkenhead Railway.
we have had this season. and the ZuralLorsaath) tt aere aets-
tracted to the interesting scene vvere so greata we
the
trains were inconveniently crowded. One of the most
striking objects of interest
. on entering the field was the
long row of pens, in which were exhibited se really fine
specimens of domestic poultry, including the Cochin
China, Dorking, Spanish game
and
bantamdunkan varieties.
There were also some well-bred
geese of
Cochin
gigantic proportions. To one
.of the penasd
Cts
sixpence each. we
China fowls was appended a written notice that the e
were to be sold at one shilling and
were informed that the exhibitor was Lady Cast, but we
poultry,
could hardly believe that the wife of Her Majesty's Master
of the Ceremonies had turned dealer in eggs
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;I'here were some good specimens of t 911 P
but the sheep and beasts presented nothing rteomahrokafrbolme,
"eePting a diminutive bull and cow,said
Africa, which excited much attention. There
interest
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80131 e magnificent horses, and the most lively inter
manifested in this department of the exhibition. For
t
the Prizes offered for ploughing, there were no fewer than
thltirty-two competitors, and some excellent furrows were
..nitnecl. Some of the men who did the best work were,
"e nderstand, disqualified from receiving prizes, in
Forismuence of I not finishing it in
impediments m et with in
'he ground.
kessrs.
several improved agricultural implements, including bean
. thrd corn mills, an excellent chaff machine, and an engine
rowing water or liquid manure ; and Mr. Massey,
or iverpool, exhibited specimens of bone-manure.
IN.M, r. Robert Hampson, Mr. Teesdale, and Mr. Charles
tiaLl ss were the judges of ploughing, implements, and
'cleic ; and Mr. Gorst and Mr. Tramper, of poultry.
THE DINNER
tGok place at the Rock-ferry Hotel, and about a hundred
4011r_d twenty of the gentry, clergy, and yeomanry were
"Tent- Charles Stanley, Esq., of Denhall, presided ;
yid, vin Charles
those present were John Deane Case, Esq.,
ce•President, Rey. R. M. Fielden, Richard Barton,

Rev. R. Congreve, John Torr, Esq., Bolton Case,
Edwd. Houghton. Eq., Mr. B. undell of Capen-
hurst, Mr. Neill, Mr. Taunton, :Nlr. Gregory, Mr. Okell,
Mr. Moston, Mr. Norris, Mr. Ziegler, honorary secre-
tary, &c.
In proposing the toast " Success to the Wirral Farmers'
Cluo:" the chairman gave a favourable account of the
position and prospects of the society.
The toast of "The Magistrates of the County" was
proposed by Mr. Torr, who entered into some statements
of crime, pauperism, education, 3g c., from the publica-
tions of the Statistical Society.
The Rev. R. M. FIELDED, in returning thanks, ex-
plained the apparent discrepancies in the statements
made by Mr. Torr ; and said that the condition of the
county of Chester, with respect to crime, was far more fa-
vourable than was represented.
Mr. ZIEGLER, the Hon. Secretary, responded to the
toast of the Committee and Secretary ; and having re-
marked on the great success which had attended the
poultry show, about sixty pens having been exhibited,
suggested that it would be of great advantage to the
farmers in the locality, and a benefit to Birkenhead, if
there were three or four first-rate fairs held every year
at that town.
The SECRETARY read the report of the Society for the
past year, and the following
AWARD OF PRIZES.

Class I. PLOUGHING.—First, John Sutton, Neston ;
second, Joseph Davies, Bebington ; third, Thos. Ledsham,
Storeton ; fourth, John Leigh, Neston.—Class 2. Under
20 years of age : First, Joseph Cottrell, Ness ; second,
William Shakeshaft, Thornton • third, Thomas Mealor,
Ness.—A siver medal to John Sutton, for having gained
the head prize in Class 2 two successive years.—A silver
medal (the gift of Charles Stanley, Esq., of Denhall), to
the blacksmith, within the hundred, for best two-horse
iron swing plough—Mr. Edwards, Puddington.
AGRICULTURAL SERVANTS.—Longest Servitude: First,
Richard Burkey, with Mr. Ellison, Woodchurch, 51
years. Second, Thomas Coatup, with Mr. Nield, Spittal,
8 years. Class 2 : First, George Prince, with Mr. Web-
ster, Upton, 43 years. Second, James Sherlock, with
Mr. Webster, Upton, 37 years.—Woman Servant, Ann
Clark, Mrs. Jones. Irby, 11 years.—Male Servant, under
20 years of age, John Isherwood, Mr. Hampson, 4
yeass.—Largest Family: First, David Prince, with Mr.
Simpson, Brombro', 11 children. Second, Thomas Lang-
ley, with Rev. Mr. Fish, Thurstaston, 10 children.—
Stnekino and Thatching •, First, Messrs. J. and W.
Walker. Storptnn. Second. Mr John Torr. Eastham.
Third, Mr. Richard Barton, Cabs.
STOCK.— Stallion for Agricultural Purposes: Mr.
James Whitby, Ince.—Best Boar : Mr. Nield, Spittal.
Second, Mr. Stocks, Ness.—Best Bull: Mr. Cordiner.
Puddington. Second, Mr. Richardson, Spittal.—Best
Dairy Cow : Mr. Stewart, Puddington. Second, Mr.
Cordiner, Puddington.—Best Leicester Ram: (given by
Robert Morris, Esq., of Lowfieids,) Mr. Morris, Low-
fields.—Five Leicester Breeding Ewes: (given by Robert
Morris, Esq.,) Mr. Dalzell, Landican.—Five Cheviot
Breeding Ewes : (given by Rowland Errington, Esq.,)
Mr. Webster, Upton.
POULTRY. Spanish : Mr. Johnson, Birkenhead.—
Dorking :Mr. Barton, Caldy.—Cochin China : Mr.
Webster, Upton.—Game Fowl: Mr. Statter, Sutton.—
Geese: Mr. Webster, Upton.—Ducks: Mr. Statter,
Sutton.
Mr. Barton proposed " Success to the Tenant Farmers,"
to which Mr. J. B. Case responded; and Mr. Neild pro-
posed " The Honest Labourer." In returning thanks for
" The Press," Mr. Blake, of the Liverpool Standard,
commented on the advantages arising from such convivial
meetings, by enabling the landlord and tenant farmers to
assemble on a common platform, where each class might
receive benefit from the other, and that cordial under-
standing maintained which was so essential to their
mutual welfare.
The greatest harmony and conviviality were maintained
throughout the whole of the evening.

Braxey has gone into John Scott's stables.
Catapaw has left Newmarket for Eskreet's, Mitchel Grove.
It is reported that Lord Derby's Hobby-horse has broken
down. _ _ . . .

Mr. Barton, of this town, has sold his steeple-chase horse
Uncle Torn to Mr. Gray.
Baron Rothschild has secured the services of John Charlton,
to ride Orestes for the next Derby.
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Woolcot has left Stockbridge, and taken the Druid's Head
Inn, near Stonehenge, where he will continue to train.
W. Smith, of Newmarket, is engaged as private trainer to
Capt. Douglas Lane, and G. E. Sharp as jockey to the stable.
H. W. Thomas, Esq., of Pinchinthorpe House, has purchased
a promising bay colt by Van Tromp, dam by Bobadil.
Joc-0,-Sot has been sold, and quits Willesden for Beverley,
in Yorkshire.
The stallion Retriever was sold at Tattersall's, on Monday,
for forty guineas.
Walter White, who met with so serious an accident at Newton
races, at the commencement of the present month, is quite
recovered.
The stallion The Squire, by the Saddler, has been sold to go
to Russia, but will remain at Fairfield until the end of the pre-
sent season.
Young Lottery, the winner of the last Newton Steeple-chase,
broke his hack whilst running for the Sutton Steeple-chase, on
Friday last.
Mr. A. Johnstone has sold Charles XII., the winner of the
Liverpool Cup and Doncaster St. Leger, in 1349, to Mr. Deve-
reux, Bromsgrove.
Conmore, the winner of the Coventry Handicap, was ridden
by G. E. Sharpe, being his first mount after the accident he
met with at Brighton last summer.
Mr. G. Drewe has sold Defiance, 3 yrs, Citizen, by Freedom,
out of Sally Warfoot, 2 yrs, and Jonathan Martin, by Mr. Mar-
tin, out of La Femme Sage, 2 yrs, to Mr. T. Parr; the price o f
Defiance was £1,500.
LINCOLN SPRING NIEETING.—This meeting is now fixed for
Monday and Tuesday, the 21st and 22nd instant, under the
stewardship of Rudston Read, Esq., and the Mayor of Lincoln,
Mr. Richard Johnson officiating as Judge.
COVENTRY RACES.—A difference of opinion having prevailed
as to the effect of the postponement of the fiat races from
Tuesday to Saturday, with reference to bets, the case was sub-
mitted to C. Greville, Esq., and the Hon. Admiral Rous, who
have decided that, as the Coventry Races were not under the
Newmarket rules, the stewards had power to postpone them,
and that all bets stand.