dated June, 1840, from one of the best practical | penny a-head. A tenant of mine who lives in agriculturists I know. He states, "The most Carberry told me he feeds his horses entirely, and profitable crop I have planted is furze. With an his cows mostly, on it all autumn and winter; he acre and a half I fed five horses up to the 1st mows it every second year, and has abundance for of June. I have twelve tons of hay for sale, which them from a piece of land which cannot be I never had before. It would be much easier to ploughed, and which would produce nothing else; induce the farmer to cultivate furze than to grow he cuts it with the straight spade, and it takes a turnip; and I believe it is more profitable. Land man for the entire day to prepare sufficient for six inaccessible to the plough, of which we see so great horses. a proportion, would yield great crops of furze ; and land remote from manure could not be better disposed of. We are in the infancy of knowledge as to what ground is capable of, or what plants are best suited to the varieties of soils. The fiorin is a plant that never got a fair trial in the south of Ireland. I think the time will come when all the bog and low lands will be covered with it. If you look out about the latter end of June you will meet it at every step." The old practice of preparing furze was tedious, and comparatively expensive, by a block with transverse knives, sometimes with a long handle, and better with a chain, hooked on what is known by the name of a turner wattle, or by a straight spade, sometimes by thrashing. The great desideratum has been hit upon by Messrs. Richmond and Chandler, in their powerful straw-it. They are always sleek—an indication of health. cutters, varying in price from £7 to £10. I have just now attended my machine bought from Mr. Thomas M'Kenzie, Cork, for £7, a man cutting, and a boy feeding it, the furze ready, and in 17 minutes they cut 17 buckets full; the bucket contains 3 gallons. This is fully sufficient for four horses for 24 hours instead of hay. Hay is spread on the top of the furze and cut with it; it improves the cutting, saves the boy's hands from the prickles, and is an advantage in the feeding. When ready it is wetted with water, which makes the mastication easier. The expense of the man and boy is 18. 5d. a-day-say ten working hours; and working little over a quarter-hour, or the onefortieth of 17 pence for the labour of preparing food for four horses, or about three eighths of a Now that Richmond and Chandler have brought out such a machine, there is no excuse for it not being in general use; and though furze will grow well on stony and rocky land (I have seen the roots several feet down in the chinks of a quarry), the best arable, dry land will produce a far better and more abundant crop, and a more succulent shoot. Three acres of such land appropriated to the growing of a plant which is perennial, and requires no further culture (though, I doubt not, it would be still better for annually opening the ground, and digging or forking in manure), still an everlasting winter meadow, of no comparison better food than hay, is no slight benefit now that the difficulty of its preparation-the great obstacle has been overcome. Cattle will not hove with It is in a fit state from October to May, inclusive. It improves the wind-a thick-winded horse becomes a free breather; broken-winded have no appearance of their being so; and I have seen horses cured of cough by feeding with it. I dare say many who know not its value, and who are of those who deprecate any innovation or change, will say all this is hyperbole; this was often said of fiorin and of turnip culture; but when the failure of the potato compelled turnip culture, they then saw that the new was better; and I pledge myself that any who henceforth use furze, as directed, will fully agree in every word I say. Directions for sowing the seed in fields would be very desirable. Yours, &c., WILLIAM R. TOWNSEND, Aghadda Rectory, Rostellan, Co. Cork, Feb. 12, 1858. WHY USE CUT FEED? An intelligent farmer asks for the philosophy of cutting hay. He can understand that it is useful to cut corn stalks and coarse fodder, because the cattle will eat them better. But when cattle will eat up good English hay perfectly clean, why should it be passed through the hay cutter? Our friend evidently supposes that the stomach does its work upon everything that passes into it, with equal facility, and without any tax upon the rest of the system. This is manifestly an error. All food has to be ground up, before it can be assimilated and pass into the circulation of the animal. If food is not artificially prepared by cutting, grinding, or steaming, the animal has to prepare it himself, so far as he is able. Certain kinds of food will pass through the system, imparting to it only a part of their nutriment, because the teeth of the animal have not perfectly masticated it. Whole kernels of corn or of oats are frequently seen in the fæces of an old horse. The more perfectly food can be prepared, the | still better; as it would make the work of the ani more completely will the system appropriate its nutriment. If the whole labour of grinding up the food is thrown upon the animal it is a serious tax upon the vital energy, which every good farmer wants for other purposes. In the case of the horse and ox, you want the strength applied to locomotion and draught. mal still lighter, and would more completely yield up its nutriment. If it could be steamed it would be best of all, as it would then be wholly appropriated. We have no doubt that it pays quite as well to pass hay through the machine, as the coarsest fodder. A root-cutter is also an indispensable adjunct to the barn, and the more perfectly it comminutes the roots the better. Whatever strength is applied to grinding food, is so much taken away from their capacity for labour. If three or four hours of strong muscular The farmer who has ever experimented with these labour are spent in working up hay and straw into machines, and marked the results of feeding with a pulp, there is a great loss of strength and of time. hay and roots prepared in this way, can have no In the case of fattening animals, you want the doubt of their utility. Laziness, we apprehend, aliment to go to the formation of fat and flesh. has quite as much to do with these machines as This process goes on successfully, just as the ani- ignorance. Is is work to turn the crank to cut up mal is kept quiet and comfortable. No useless la- hay enough to feed twenty head of cattle; and in bour should be expended in the grinding up of food. prospect of spending the elbow grease, it is very conThe straw-cutter, working up the hay into fragments venient to believe that it will not pay. Sloth, howof half-an-inch in length or less, performs good ever, is a poor counsellor in this case, as in all part of the working of the jaws, and makes the feed-others. We should as soon think of feeding them ing of the amimal still a light matter. If the hay with uncut straw. A warm stable and a straw-cutter could be ground up into a fine meal, it would be are both good investments.-Goward's Register. AGRICULTURAL REPORTS. GENERAL AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR JULY. The all-engrossing topic of discussion in agricultural circles during the month has been the present prospect and the probable yield of the new crop of wheat. On this highly-important subject the most conflicting accounts have reached us, and, as yet, we have not had an opportunity of forming a decided opinion, except on their general bearing, owing to the limited quantities yet submitted to the process of thrashing. From some counties our letters state that the crop is fully onethird deficient, when compared with last year; and some correspondents declare that the growth is unusally small; but from the general tenour of our accounts, which are certainly much less favourable than they were a month since, we are of opinion that the yield will be nearly equal to 1856, though short when compared with 1857. The quality of the grain is likewise much complained of, and no doubt the unusually high temperature experienced during the last portion of June and the beginning of July, aud the almost total absence of moisture, produced what may be termed premature ripeness, consequently a shrivelled grain and light sample. In many quarters, too, large breadths have been laid by the heavy rains; consequently the sample must be more or less deficient, and the expense of cutting and carrying increased by some ten to fifteen per cent. In a comparative sense, therefore, there is undoubtedly a deficiency both in the yield and quality; but its extent must in a great measure be determined by the state of the weather between this and the close of harvest work. In the most forward counties a good deal of wheat is now cut; but in the north very little progress has as yet been made in cutting. Again, the future value of wheat has been the subject of deep anxiety; but this point will, of course, be more clearly defined as harvest work progresses, and when its actual result is more clearly understood. Although spring crops have rather improved in appearance, we have no hesitation in saying that their yield, especially that of beans and peas, will prove very deficient. The new barley which has made its appearance at Mark-lane has turned out somewhat thin, but otherwise in nice condition. The prices realized for it have varied from 36s. to 42s. per quarter. New white peas have sold at 43s. to 45s. per quarter; but their quality has been very middling. The crop of hay has been mostly carried, even in the north. In some quarters it has turned out tolerably well; but we estimate it at fully one-third short of last season; however, there is every prospect of a heavy second crop, as there is now much more grass in the fields than at this time last year. From nearly all quarters unusually favourable accounts have reached us respecting the crop of potatoes. The haulm is looking remarkably well, and during the past three weeks the tubers-in which no traces of disease are yet to be met withhave grown with great rapidity. Prices, with large supplies on offer in the various markets, have fallen. The demand for wheat has continued in a most inactive state, and prices have consequently had a drooping tendency. The importations from abroad have been seasonably large; but our farmers have supplied the various markets with more than usual caution. They are perfectly justified in the course they have taken, because it is quite clear to us that even a good new crop can scarcely reduce prices much below their present level; and it is quite evident that a deficiency in the yield will have the effect of producing greater firmness in the quotations. We must bear in mind, however—and this matter must enter into calculations on the subject of future prices-that we are now commencing the consumption of the new crop with more old wheat in stack than has been known for many years past. All must admit that last year's crop was a most abun dant one, and statistics show that less English wheat has been | heavy losses have been frequently sustained. It is possible sold since last harvest than in many previous years. Therefore, although there may be a deficient crop, we can scarcely see room for any important rise in the quotations. As regards spring corn, however, we may safely state that there is room not only for great firmness, but an upward movement in value. The quantity produced in this country is never equal to the demand, and we may take it for granted that there is a defi. cient yield. Although the trade and commerce of the country have as yet shown no signs of increased vitality, the consumption of food generally has been on the increase. The cattle trade has consequently assumed more firmness during the past fortnight, and the amount of stock disposed of in the Metropolitan Market has been rather extensive. The produce of fruit this year is a full average one; but we understand that on the continent it is considerably less than last season; consequently, the importations have been on a very limited scale. At length the wool trade has shown signs of vitality. Notwithstanding that nearly 80,000 tales of colonial wool will be offered at the public sales now in progress, prices have advanced 1d. per lb. English wool has likewise commanded more money; but within the last ten days the demand has slackened, owing to the large quantities of the new clip on offer. Owing to the splendid prospect of the hop bine, the duty on the new growth of hops has been done as high as £230,000. Old hops have sold heavily, and prices have continued to give way. In Ireland and Scotland wheat has sold slowly, and the quotations have had a drooping tendency. In spring cornmore especially in oats, which command high quotations-a steady business has been transacted, but the stocks generally are almost wholly exhausted. The shipments of produce to England have been on a very moderate scale. REVIEW OF THE CATTLE TRADE DURING THE PAST MONTH. Owing to the long drought which prevailed throughout England prior to the 14th of the month, increased supplies of both beasts and sheep, chiefly in very middling condition, have been on sale in the leading markets since we last wrote. At one period so bare were the pastures of food that it was found necessary to commence the consumption of the new crop of hay, and not a few of our graziers were compelled to dispose of stock which otherwise would have been kept back for some months. However, since the date above mentioned, grass has become plentiful, we have had abundant and refreshing rains, and fewer forced sales have taken place: hence, the cattle trade has assumed more firmness, and prices have had an upward tendency. The con. sumption of food in the metropolis and in the manufacturing districts has certainly increased, and the cattle trade generally now appears to be in a more healthy state than since the commencement of the year. Still we are not anticipating mach higher prices than those now current; both for the grazier and breeder they present a fair margin of profit, and we see no reason why any important fluctuation should take place in them between this and the close of the year. No doubt the supplies will be taken off somewhat freely as they come to hand; but we must bear one important feature in mind, viz., the full average numbers of both beast and sheep at this time in our various districts, and the absence of any serious disease, even in counties where from time to time that some parties may feel disinclined to endorse our observations in reference to the supplies of stock in the country; but it would be folly for us to contend that any thing approaching scarcity exists: besides-though we believe that the importations will be only moderate when compared with some former seasons, we must not forget that we shall have foreign supplies continually dropping in, and which, as a matter of course, will exercise some influence upon the quotations. The Norfolk season for stock has now just concluded. Throughout, it has not produced so large or so valuable a number of stock as we have sometimes witnessed; still it has been decidedly good; but it may be well doubted whether the season has been a profitable one to the grazier, owing to the unusually high prices paid for store animals during the greater portion of 1857. The supplies of beasts as yet received from Lincolnshire exhibit a great improvement over last season. For the most part they exhibit points highly valuable to the butcher, and, as such, they will, we think, prove a source of profit to the graziers. It is a remarkable fact that, during the last twenty years, the short-horned breed of cattle has increased in number, almost throughout the United Kingdom, more than any other breed-a proof that it is highly appreciated both by the graziers and butchers. In the early part of the month-say during the first fortnight -the trade generally in the Metropolitan Market was in a most inactive state, at drooping prices; lambs especially were extremely depressed. Since then, however, the demand has improved, and the quotations have been on the advance. The total supplies of stock, both home and foreign, brought forward have been as follows: From the above comparison it will be seen that more beasts and sheep were exhibited last month than at the corresponding period in the three previous years. The arrivals of beasts from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, last month, were 6,000 Scots and shorthorns; from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire, 7,600 shorthorns; from other parts of England, 1,020 of various breeds; from Scotland, 218 Scots; and from Ireland, 230 oxen. Some heavy importations of foreign stock have taken place, owing chiefly to the want of cattle food in the north of Europe. The beasts, as well as the sheep and calves, have reached us in very poor condition, and, consequently, the quotations have ruled very low. Annexed are the official arrivals into London: We are now verging on the brink of harvest, and everything will depend on the weather as to the quality of bread during the ensuing year. The last ten days, or more, have been cloudy and overcast on the night of Saturday last and on Sunday it blew a storm. Monday was fine, but yesterday it rained the whole of the day. Should the weather become more settled, with bright sunshine, cutting of wheat will be pretty general in another week. The general appearance of the crop is favourable, though in many places it is very much lodged, and some flat and close to the ground, but what is standing appears to be turning off a good healthy colour. We have not heard any complaint of rust or mildew, but there are certainly great deficiencies in the ear. The early-sown barleys have a good appearance, and will soon be ready for the scythe, and in strong land there appears no want of straw; but the latesown are thin and short, particularly on the thin soils. Oats, which are generally sown on the light and inferior soils of this county, have suffered from want of moisture, but those on strong and heavy land are very promising, and, to all appearance, will turn out well. The late rains have already had some effect on our brown and sunburnt pastures, which for some time have yielded a very scanty supply, and it will require some weeks to restore them, even to keep the stock in condition; as to fattening, it is quite out of the question, without a supply of cake, corn, or some other substitute. The mangels are doing well, and promise for a fair crop, and never was there a better season for hoeing and setting them out in order. Swedes in some instances have been taken off by the fly, and re-sown; but upon the whole they may be said to promise fair. We have now several new varieties of pasture turnips, some of which were sown late, and all are coming forward most rapidly. Potatoes are much better in quality than for many years, and the crops of all kinds much more productive. The blight has, here and there, done some damage, but as yet not to the extent of former years, although the haulm is black and withered. Apples are a partial crop: we have seen some fine orchards nearly bare of fruit, and we have heard of some good crops. There is a good demand for well-fatted beasts at 60s. per cwt., or a shade beyond; but the scarcity of keep fills the markets with inferior ones, which are sold much lower. Stores are to be bought on much easier terms, and of late there has been no demand for them. Fat sheep 54d. to 6d. per lb., with a good supply. Wool much sought after, and the price firm. We cannot find any account of rape having been sown in this county until about forty years ago, and then only by one or two individuals. It is now become very general to sow a portion of the land destined for autumn wheat to rape in the spring, and feed it down with sheep through the summer, which ensures a strong crop of wheat. It is well known to fatten sheep in less time than any other food. Pigs and geese are also fond of it, and store pigs will not only keep in condition, but improve. We name this, as we perceive is is not cultivated to any extent in some parts of the kingdom.-July 28. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. The time of the year furnishes us with ample material for a report. Our grass fields have for some time had a withered aspect, requiring rain very much. Keep has consequently become scarce, and many farmers have had recourse to oilcake as an auxiliary. Stock generally have made but little progress for want of a full supply of food; and their being teazed with the flies, allowing them very little rest, well fatted stock is, as might be expected, scarce, while those which our butchers call half-meated things are very plentiful. Store stock is very freely brought to market, and, throughout the county, in but very indifferent condition. The spring corn crops have progressed variously : very early sown has done well, while anything sown at a medium time or late, is in many instances nearly worthless. A friend of ours, who farms extensively in the neighbourhood of Mansfield, holding full 1,000 acres of light siliceous land, will scarcely have seed returns from all his spring crops. Another tells us he has 40 acres sown with barley he was ploughing up again, to drill with turnips; and hundreds of acres are in a similar state from Nottingham to Worksop. It will be felt the more as being a second disaster which has overtaken the farmers of that district. During the last harvest their wheat, which generally is fine white of Dantzic quality, was so sprouted as to render it nearly worthless for human food, and the money loss is not easily conceived. The southern parts of the county are more fortunate, but spring corn of all sorts as a whole is very deficient a very poor crop. The turnip crop is very indifferent. The earlysown ones have made some progress, but hundreds of acres have been resown, and it will much depend on the amount of rain which may fall whether we shall have any or not in such fields. There have, as usual, been a many charges brought against the fly, and a full share of anathema indulged in. Why have the early plants escaped? Why the sheltered parts of the same field? Why, in the same field, so many instances present themselves of hit and miss? A neighbour of ours, a good farmer, and one of whom we thought better, has invented a dusting machine, which we think displays ingenuity enough, but, as a remedy for the diseased turnip plant, is, we think, quite as well in the shed. It will do the plant about as much good as a good dusting of snuff would a lousy animal! Oilcake, liberally given, we think is the best remedy for the animal; and anything which stimulates the growth of the plant is, we think, the only means for the vegetable world. Adverse seasons will at times upset the best-conducted farming operations; but we cannot see why there should be more difficulty in grow. ing the turnip plant than any other. We farm a medium clay soil, and never fail in getting a crop, and this season have not a broken drill, with a good healthy plant; we have seen flies upon them, but never felt alarmed. Our mode of farming is to clean and manure in the autumn. plough in the winter, stir the soil as little as possible in the spring, drill in with ashes three to four quarters of bone dust per acre, and use plenty of seed. There is no secret about it: they grow like docks, and we think the fly all humbug. The potato crop is good, and the quality, so far, all we could desire. Our hay harvest has been a good one i never, we think, has more good hay been gathered in any one season. The bulk has been more than, from the dry state of the weather, you might have supposed. Our corn is ripening apace, and we shall soon be in the throng of an early harvest. Our corn markets have rallied a little, but must soon recede, from the quantity of old corn on hand. Many of our farmers never made a greater mistake, we think, than to hold so obstinately last autumn, while the foreigner sold, and pocketed the cash. It is all up now: we advise them to hold on prices for wheat cannot be much worse. Our labour market is better; good labourers are fully employed, and, with the moderate price of bread, they must feel themselves in more comfortable circumstances. Wages 28. to 15s., and harvest wages 20s. per week. We hope the poor may be well employed and paid, and that there may be no complaining in our streets.-July 19th. AGRICULTURAL INTELLIGENCE, FAIRS, &c. BEDALE FORTNIGHTLY FAIR.-There was a small show of beasts, owing to Topcliffe fair being held the previous day. A good supply of sheep. Business was rather brisk, Beef, 6s. 6d. to 7s. 6d. per stone; mutton, 5d. to 64d. per lb. BEWDLEY FAIR-There was a good show of sheep, short supply of cows, and very few pigs. The attendance of buyers was scarce, and business very dull. Fat sheep fetched 61d. to 634. per lb.; stores from 28s. to 36s.; lambs, about 7td.; beef sold at from 6d. to 6d. Pigs were a trifle dearer. BRENTWOOD FAIR. There was a large show of good cart horses, with an active demand. Mr. Barker, of Ingatestone, showed some very clever hacks and hunters, at prices averaging from £40 to £70 each, several of which were sold; in cattle but little was doing. BRISTOL COLT FAIR.-There was an unusually large show of colts, principally two-year-olds. Buyers, however, were not proportionately numerous, and the colts sold slowly, the highest price given being £44. Several animals were sold at 38 to 39 guineas, but the general prices for useful colts were from £23 to £25. The rates may be stated at about 20 per cent. below those which were obtainable last year. CAMELFORD FAIR. - 3,500 sheep and lambs were penned, nearly all of which met with a ready sale, the lambs varying in price from 15s. to 26s. per head. The supply of cattle was large, but the demand for them was far from brisk, and only about 200 changed hands at prices rather on the decline. CARMARTHENSHIRE. FAIRS have been held at Lansawal on the 15th, at Haverfordwest on the 19th, and at Newcastle Emlyn on the 20th of this month. There was a fair number of store beasts on offer at each of those places. There was a fair attendance of dealers; business was more animated than of late, whilst prices were a shade higher. Cows with calves and fat cows were in fair supply and demand at late prices. A large number of horses and colts were shown at Haverfordwest and Newcastle Emlyn; sales were brisk at satisfactory rates. A large number of sheep and lambs were penned at the two last named fairs, and the whole sold at late prices. Pigs of all descriptions continued without alteration. COLCHESTER FAIR.-The supply of sheep (about 2,000) was not so large as usual, and there was but little business done. There was a very large supply of horses, nearly 600 being on the ground, consisting of hackneys, Suffolk cart horses, prices varying from 351. to 451, Welsh horses, ponies, &c. Mr. Martin, of Cattawade, showed 60 fine Suffolk horses, of which he sold about 40. He also exhibited a very fine twoyear-old Suffolk colt, thought to be the handsomest in the fair, which realized 50%., and a two-year-old filly, 461. There were about 150 head of neat stock, but no business doing. The attendance altogether small. CAWDOR MONTHLY TRYST was well attended, and the stock, taken as a whole, considerably above average in condition. The market was extremely stiff, business, from an almost entire absence of dealers, being confined to transactions among the farmers. For the best cattle there was scarcely any demand, and a number of superior lots left the ground early in the afternoon unsold. Highland breeds were, however, in much more than ordinary repute, and the greater bulk of the sales effected were among them. Though business was not spirited, by the evening a good many sales were effected at much about the prices of last month's tryst. HAILSHAM FAIR-With regard to the numbers on the ground, the horses and bullocks seemed to be about an average, but certainly presented no feature worthy of remark, being on the whole comparatively poor, and most part unsold. Of sheep and lambs there were upwards of 2,000, the latter greatly predominating; indeed, the fair was essentially one for lambs, which brought excellent prices. One lot of lambs brought 248. The other prices averaged from 14s. to 238. Nearly all were sold. Tegs were scarce: their prices ranged from 25s. to 324., and one lot brought as much as 38s. HORSHAM LAMB FAIR.-There were 11,000, principally lambs. In the morning the sellers asked prices which the buyers were not inclined to give, but about noon a better understanding seemed to have been arrived at, from 15s. to 30s. being about the average range of prices. Only one of the lots, we believe, however, reached the latter figure, Mr. Emery's, of Hurston Place, which really was a very superior lot, and much admired in its bonny blue ribbons. Next in price was a very fine lot shown by Mr. Heasman, of Angmering, which made 298., Mr. Heath, of Upper Hurston, made 278., Mr. G. Penfold, of Wiggenholt, 26s., Mr. Hardwick, Sullington, 25s., Mr. Reed, Kithurst. 23s., &c., &c. There was a fair supply of horned cattle, and the strong hackneys and heavy horses rather exceeded the usual supply both in quality and quantity. MORETONHAMPSTEAD FAIR-The show of bullocks and sheep was tolerably good. Among the former were some prime fat bullocks, which were disposed of at from 98. 6d. to 10s. per score. There were many cows and calves in the fair; and, although the sales were not brisk, several were sold at from £12 to £16. Barreners, in good condition, also found purchasers at from 78. to 88. per score. Many of the steers driven in for sale also changed hands at from £10 to £24 the pair. The number of sheep penned did not exceed 579; out of the above number 350 were sold, and among these were some prime fat sheep, which were disposed of at from 5d. to 6d. per lb. Good keeping sheep sold at from 28s. to 36s. each. Fat lambs sold pretty freely at about 7d. per lb. OVERTON FAIR.-The supply was rather over an average, but the trade was brisk from the commencement at from 1s. to 2s. per head under those of last year, at which a clearance was effected. Ewes sold from 30s. to 38s., extra 42s. to 45s. The prize ewes, exhibited in fatting condition, realized from 488. to 528. Lambs 22s. to 34s., extra 358. to 37s. 6d. One lot belonging to W. J. Chaplin, Esq., of Ewhurst, which obtained the first prize, realized 40s. per head. Stock wethers, 32s. to 38s. The sheep exhibited for the various prizes were of first-rate quality, and the competition unusually keen. The judges were Messrs. J. T. Twynam, Winchester, Mr. Thomas Gerrish, Hurstbourne Tarrant, and Mr. T. H. Saunders, of Watercombe, Dorset, who awarded the premiums in the following order: For the best pen of 100 wether lambs, bred from a flock of any number, a cup of ten guineas value, given by Sir Francis Thornhill Baring, to W. J. Chaplin, Esq.; a cup of five guineas value, given by G. Sclater Booth, Esq., M.P., for the second best, to Mr. Digweed, Steventon. A cup of ten guineas value, given by W. B. Beach, Esq., M.P,, for the best 80 lambs, to Mr. James Parker, Lasham. A cup of ten guineas value, given by Melville Portal, Esq., for the best 100 ewes, full-mouthed, to Mr Anthony Budd, Overton; a cup of five guineas value, given by his Grace the Duke of Wellington, for the second best, Mr. Davis. For the best ram, a cup of ten guineas value, given by the Earl of Ports. mouth, to Mr. Parker, Lasham. A cup of five guineas value, |