398 On a Kitchen Library. Une

Another prize of 5ol. in like‘proportion, and at the ſame time and place, will be given to thoſe who produce in fair ſtore late, the beſt five ewe hogs, not in lamb, gol.; that is to ſay, not exceeding thirteen or leſs than ten months old when ſhewn; alſo the five beſt fac wethers, four or ſix tooth ſheep, 201.; of any ſhort or clothing wool breed, whether horned or natt. This age is preferred, becauſe it does not exclude thoſe flocks which work in the fold, yet it obliges them to come to market at a period when their growth ought to be perfect. Quality of carcaſe, aptitude to fatten, quantity and quality of wool, and meat per acre, to be confidèred. By““ ſtore ſtate” it is meant, that ſheep are not to be taken from the flock more than ten days before the commencement of their journey, or forced beyond the average keep of the flock. Strid certificates will be required, as to the keep and time of lambing for the ewes; as to time of lambing, duration of work in the fold, and period of fatting, as well as quality of food, for the wethers. Five umpires will be choſen for each of theſe prizes. No per- ſon to be admitted as an umpire who is perſonally intereſted in the event. No perſon gaining a prize is qualified to exhibit Éſock for the ſame prize the ſucceeding year.

The prizes for oxen will be divided between the grazier and the farmer who poſleſſed theſe oxen during the laſt twelve- month's work. The prizes for ſheæp will be given to the breeders only of the ſheep ſhewn.

ON A KITCHEN LIBRARY.

To the Editor of the Commercial and Agricultural Magazine, 4 SIR,

Y N the 327th page of your 3d volume, a correſpondent of yours, N. L. begs leave for ſome advice about a Kitchen Library.

ÌÏ was in hopes, that long before this, I ſhould have had the plea- ſure of ſceins an account from ſome of your correſpondents on that ſubje&.—Having four or five years ago, preſented to, my ſervants a ſmall colle@tion oſ books—I ofer them below to the confideration of N. L. and your-other correſpondents.

Dr. Aikin’s Evenings at Home.

Robinſon Cruſoe. Franklin's Eſſays.

Hiſtory of Iſaac Jenkins, by Dr. Beddoes.

The Servants Friend, by Mrs. Trimmer.

The Two Farmers, by ditto.

Hymns, by Dr, Watts, Mrs. Barbauld,&c.

Farmer Trueman’s Advice to his Daughter Mary.

V irtue’s Friend, publiſhed at Stockport. A Exerci'es, by Meſſrs. Hollands. A low-prizzd copy of Télemachus.

Mental Amuſements, by Priſcilla Wakeñeld.

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