... e^# If If ♦ ?? 4^/ PKICE (WITH SUPPLEMENT) STAMPED 3d, UNSTAMPED PUBLISHED BY THOMAS FORMAN, 17, LONG ROW, NOTTINGHAM. NO. 1172.— FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1868. ' ?? W P do° m °\V h T _ri!^ tU f\ tlie ;?°T erdal ' C ° lonal intereBtS ° f *W»»tßh_y Empire-to ch^sh, to protect, and to stimulate British Industry, in England, in Scotland, Ireland, on the Ocean, and inthe over-sea possessions ofthe ...

... The judging of the horses was the great feature of the show-yard at Weatherby on Friday. One of the moat successful exhibitors was Sir Geo. Cholmley, Bart, of Howsham, York, who waa the first in thoroujjh-bred stal- lions for getting weight-carrying hunters; first in two- year-old hunting geldings ; first in two-year-old hunting fillies ; first for three-year-old hunting geldings ; and first ...

... The drought of 1868 will be long remembered by tillers of the soil, more vividly, perhaps, because of then- losses than thenr gains. Abundant crops of wheat and hops will not altogether compensate the farmers for loss of pasture, turnips, and mangolds ; and the gardeners will scarcely find in a great store of potatoes (which of all kitchen gar- den crops have alone withstood the drought ...

... In agriculture as practiced in past ages, the opinion that summer fallowing was beneficial and necessary, and that the soU required rest, waa ?? held. Their reason- ing was Oius— lf the land lay utterly idle through the season, should it not be refreshed and strengthened to in- creased production ?— something as they would reason of the human system, that, after a season of exhaustive labour, ...

... Those who look on French farming as the triumph of la petite culture should read what M. Barral says in the Journal de V Agriculture about the farm of Masny, near Douai. Here are 232 hectares (about 570 acres), ail farmed by one man, whose farm ?? alone are valued at 13,000 francs, and whose working capital is nearly three times that sum. The farm belongs (except 75 hectares leased from ...