876 Pyocee/ings of Aorieultural Societies[March-

Ho Taträduced a new Prize for the enſuing year; viz."6 A piece (-| välge 101. to the breeder who Malt, in the'preceding year, rear the -cate& number'of fine Merino lambs, not under 50. A lot of' fine'ewe-

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Rogs, notexceeding thiricen months, nor leſs than ten, ſhall be exhibited, which ſhall be alſo eligible to other premiums.""* Hz ſtated the reafons of

this prize to be, that the rapid improvement which had taken pee in the...

moſt valuable and negle&ed breed of fine-woolled heep, fhewed what'might be done with care and kill. The beautiful and ſürprifing varcaſes fent by Mc. Tollett were evidence of the perfe&ion to which.the mütton mioht'be brought 3 and his own two-toothed wether ſMhewed the Aneneßs of the'itaple of the wool, Prejudices were difficult t&& be overcome.- The manufz&urer was fearful of Ionfing the growths of Spain; but that difficulty was now conquered, for it had been ſhewn, that i0 far trom degeverating, it had been improved in England. It had been proved that we can grow the fineft wool at home, and, if the preſent ſpitit df emulation continued for„fifteen or twenty years, might make us independent. of foreign. ſupplies. This was the mative with which.he offered this new prize.;

He ſtated, that ene article ex pen of each lot was in future to be.ſent in fronz each candidates ſtock,"This was rendered neceſſary, from the im- menſe number ſent in,

He alſo propoſed, that a lot of ſheep ſhewn dead, fkin, rough fat, head, and legs, extübited, will be entitled to the premijums, if brought from'a diſtance of 180 miles. This, he ſaid, was fair, for fheep, could not be conveyed alive ſuch a diſtance without. deterioration.

"The noble Lord concluded this part of his addrels. to. the. cwapany, by quoting from the Tranſlations of the Bath. Agricultural Society, that it was now demonſtgated that rural“ labour might be more beneficiälly per- formed by oxea. Mir. Bellinghäm had ploughed lat year 530 acres with fix oxen(two to lie bye); and he had on. his own farm ploughed 1006 acres with twelve oxen, of which tae two oxen now exhibited were a part. It, there» fore, any man complained of the tax upon workigag horſes, with ſuch a r&- ſource apen, he had only himſelf td blame.?

The noble Lord then read the adjudiciation ofa bet, which had: been made between Sir Thomas Carr and Money Hill, Elq. as follows:

March4, 1805. We, the underſigned, have examined five South-down wether ſheep, bred

by Sir Thomas Carr, and allo, five South-down wether ſheep, bred by Mr. Money Hill, and are unanimvully of opinion, that, with reference to ſhape, and frame of carcaſe, and general iymmetry, thofr breit by Mr. Money Hill are the beſt.| s

C.'C-'WESTERN.

HENRY KING.

EDWARD SMITH.

The bet had been for zol. but as between. gentlemen 50 pence/ar 50. Mhif- lings werg“ as degifive a.teib:of cmnquelt as 5ol. be had begged.to be per- mitted, to name the ſam. to which they kad. kandtome)y agreud,, and he had named, 101, begged. from himſelf, as 3; mark.ot bis reſpett. tor the efforts and ſkill of the vietor, to preſent allver gup to. Mr. Money Hill.€

The Duke of. Bedfard, gave the noblemen: ard gentlemen preſent au invita- tion tv the Woburn Mheep-ſMhearing, on Monday,-Junc 17, and: three fol- lowing days; and: a card, fſtating the arrangements for each day, was handed zibout."At the ſame time, his Grace fad,. 3 challenge, given by Mr.. Coke to the whole world, to produce a plough. for genera]. purpolesz equal to the Norfolk,'would-be decided--4 manuta&urer trom Leith, near

Edinburgh, baving given natice, that he ſhould produce a. ploughragainlt;

it; at the. Woburn meeting.