The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-07-19
LONDON LETTER.


| society Oh fnBtunl VIII W optNcu Will dl
: proprlalc ceremony on the Both of June,
The tirs, Triennia Celebration of the Soci
ely was held AT oxford in 1899 under the pres
dency of Earl Spencer, and upon that occa
i sion our great orator, Daniel Webster who
was present, held forth in language which is
less applicable to British farmers at this mo
ment than it was forty years ago. He told
his nearer. that the whole world looked up &c
English agriculture rs to parent; that in nc
other country was il So well understood ~ u
science, Or so well practlccd rs an art as among
the English people; that the civilsed and
commercial interests Of mankind were so
blended that the fear or the prospect of a
short crop in England must derangC and agi.
tate the business transactions and monetary
speculations and exchanges OF the whole civil.
| lizcd globe: and that should there be frost
in England fifteen or twenty days later IN the
spring, or dozen cold and wet days when the
harvest is reaped and garnered, every corn cx.
change in the world would be affected if not
convulsed by the result.
Since these words were spoken by Mr. Web
stcr, the tendency Of the day. thanks to the
distance defying inventions and applications
of steam and electricity, is more and more IN
the direction of an equalization OF prices
throughout the globe The dealers and specu.
lators in cereals upon the corn exchanges of
Chicago, Milwaukee and san Francisco are
now as we'll acquainted each successive day
with the price OF wheat IN Mark lane as the
English merchants who determine or set the
price of grain in the creates, commercial mart
of civilization. Simultaneously, the shippers
of live cattle, sheep and hogs or of dead meat,
from tue ports Of the United States to these
islands, know whether the moment i proptl.I
Gus for fresh consignmgnts to foreign shores
The whole world in tact is now an enormous
glass house, in which every transaction that
that takes place is seen and reported with
lightning speed and unerring accuracy, The
British farmer is upon his trial, and his inter.
ests are so inseparaby woven with those of his
landlord ana those of his iaborers that ii is
more than ever necessary for him to address
himself Sc riOusly to the task OF rising in the
scale of reflective and intelligent humanity
For these reasons the approaching information
al Exhibition Of th" Royal Agricultural So
cie'y offers an opportunity to farmers Of learn
ing how they stand when compared with their
rivals beyond the seas.
Seventeen years ago the same society held
one Of its annual shows at liattersea, and was
patronized by so scantv a contingent of spec
,ators as to leave Il serious deficiency in the
Dalance-shcct of Its council Regarded mere
ly ~ an exhibition, the many miles Of sheds
already prepared at kilburn to receive the ami
mails implements and products that are cx-
peccd will afford rich treat even to London
ers who understand nothing about stock, and
have no other conceptions as to the price OF
wheat, than those afforded by the cost of loaf
of bread
The architectural work of the great show is
far advanced Near the unrivaled hor>e-ring
and long, sweeping line of raised and covered
seats are the dormiiorlcs for foreign herds.
men but it may be doubted whether all or
many of the hundred beds here provided will
be nightly occupied, seeing how prevalent is
the custom among these men to sleep in front
of their charges
The foreign horses will make a grand show !;
but, in face of quarantine regulations, the
horned stock from abroad Will present rather
Il diminished appearance, Still there WI be
French beasts worth regarding; and yesterday
forty cattle and fifty sheep from Cherbourg ar
rived at Portland, where they must remain for
ten days. The Channel Island cattle of which
not fewer than two hundred Will be shown,
promises to be the best and largest display cv
cr seen in England In consequence OF the
noble cXcrtons OF Canon Bryot, 800 Irish
working farmers who have been induced to
join in trip to the kilburn show-yard, will
have opportunities Of seeing for themselves
those new operations in foreign dairy labor by
which, as their reverend ard wisely benevolent
friend very truly says Irish butter is being
beaten out of the ticlde
The trials of railway wagons entered in com
petition for the gold medal and prize of $50
offered by the Mansion House committee for
the best wagon for conveying perishablc arti-
cles, such as fish, poultry, game etc, journey
of 500 miles the trucks to retain their contents
at temperature of Is deg Fair for period
of six days" will commence tomorrow when
the vans will be attached to the train from
Camden Station on the London and North.
western Railway, reaching London at 1870
a. N. The wagons Will not then be opened,
but will be placed IN the show yard with their
contents still sealed up to undergo the station
airy trial. The articles of food to be deposited
in the wagons will consist of side of OK beet,
a carcass of eve and OF wcthcr mutton, side
ofveal, lamb, porker goslng, Il leveret,
and couple each of fowls ducks, and rab.
bits.
Preslden, Hayes vetoed the appropriation
bill to pay the L. 5. marshas because the bull
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