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it was new. agreed by the ſociety"s deputies, that Farmer Merchant, of Chilcompten, Farmer Buſh, of: Radſtock, and Farmer Love, ot Wellowy ſhould be-the judges.:

Lots were then Jrawn for the reſpective ſtations, and the three candidates ele&ted.

For the firſt hour, the horſe teams greatly outwalked the oxen, and turned nearly three hours to two, and“throughout the whole trial, they maintained a very briſk pace, conſidering the Itiftneſs of the land. Indecd it would have been impoſſible, for them to have continued ſuch a ſep, through a regular day's work, ofeight hours,

The oxen from tbe beginning to the,end of the conteſt, ſupported a ſteady uniform ſep, ſuch as they ſeemed accuftomed to, and ſhewed no appearance of fatigue at the concluſion. They tupned a regular furrow of four inches deep, and the general opinion ſeemed to be, that it was the beſt work.

From this trial, it appears, that the double and the Beverſton ploughs maintain their wonted luperiority, which ultimately muſt bring them into general uſe, for there ſcarcely can be found any(vil to the cultivation of which one or other is not adopted; and it is no exaggeration to aſſert, that in fair ploughable Jand, zhe double plough drawn with ſix oxen, will, in a day of ſeven or eight hours, and for weeks or months in ſucceſlion, turn two acres and an-haifz; the Beverſtone with two horſes, one and a-quarter acre per day.

Farmers of the greateſt experience, acknowledge, that they are at ſome loſs to which of theile excellent implements ot agriculture to give the preference, Thie following, however, is tbe prevailing opiniovr:--that on a large farm, Jevel in its ſurface, loamy in its ioil, and graßy in its nature, and on which an vx team can be well kcpt, abd conſtantly employed in ploughing only. the uſe of the double furrow plough drawn by oxen, 1s to be recommended z but in all other caſes, the Beverſtone drawn by a pair ot horſes.

FAIRS

At Shrewſbury fair, the cattle ſold from fix-pence to ſeven-pence per pound, Sheep and pigs have advanced ſince the laſt fair. Good horles ic:4 high, in= ferior ones had no demand, cheeſe from fifty five to feventy pound the cwt. bacon ſix-pence to ſeven-pence per pound.

Drogheda fair(Ireland) was held the 13th inſt, the concourſe of people who came to buy and ſell, and thoſe who came from curioſity was immenſe 3 there appeared a great ſhew of horſes, and a great demand, as any of tolera- ble figure were bought up the night before the fair or early next morning, at a high price, milch cows and Ipringers ot a good kind were ſcarce, and dear. Dry cows and bullocks ſold for twenty ſhillings to a guinca under Jaſt year's price: Wethers in good condition, which were few, ſold high. Thoſe eſtimated from twenty-five to twenty-ſx pounds a quarter, brought from fitty Milliags to ſixty Millings.

There was leſs wool than ulual.

Mr. Wingfieid's fhews of ſbeep will beat Pickwell near Melton,(Leices terſhice) June 6. and at Tuckenote near Stamtord on the eightecnth.

At Saliſbury Lady fair a large quantity of cbceſe was pitched for ſale, and a great deal ſold the very prime went as high as four guineas the cwt. good middling at from äity to ſixty Millings, interior at forty eight mhillings. Of old cheeſe there was but little, and ſor the very ordinary fort there was no demand.

At Barnfley fair,(Yorkſhire) the ſhew of neat cattle was pretty large, and thoſe that were of the better kind, fold readily at high prices, in the early part ot the day; but a conſiderable deprcſſion took place in all Kinds of ſtock towards the cloſe; and many of thoſe of inferior quality were driven away unlold, though offered at reduced prices from what was obtaincd in