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Agriculture. -V''J, 'j,' "f' /f. CHRISTMAS WEATHER. The spell of frost seems to preclude the possibility of another mild winter, and the preen Xmas" which so many writers have fondly indulged in from time to time. Still, everything is for the best, we are counselled to believe, and putting that construction on the present outlook, there cannot be a doubt that, although inconvenience and discomfort have been brought to many, we must hope for the best in the matter of that improved health and sweetness of atmospheric influences which are supposed to counteract the fat churchyard theory. Agricultural pursuits have progressed well up to the present, the chief exception, in Cheshire, being the short flow of milk during the late summer and autumn-when a large number of dairy stock went dry prematurely— and which cannot be expected to improve at this time of year. The change has come suddenly, aud for the most part unexpectedly, but in the main it will be welcome, forseveral reasons, to farmers and feeders of stbek, in view of the Christmas markets; though many of the latter in all probability will regard it with mixed feelings. Butchers and poultry- dealers will hail the change as coming in the nick of time." The make of cheese, as everyone knows, has been much below the average in quantity, but as prices have advanced correspondingly no com- plaint is heard on the score of returns. Dairy cows-which are mostly in profit or coming on —are fetching good prices in the markets, X20 being not at all an uncommon figure for a good healthy beast, and it goes without saying that beef and mutton are selling well just now. The remark, however, does not apply to pigs, which are regarded as somewhat of a drug in the market. THE TATTON SHIRE HOBSE STUD. Shire horse breeders will be interested to learn that the yearling colt Phenomenon III., by Seldom Seen, which won the gold medal and was reserve to Buscot Harold at the Royal Lancashire Show at Liverpool, has been pur- chased by the Duke of Westminster at one of the highest figures ever paid for a yearling colt. The colt was purchased by Earl Egerton of Tatton from Messrs. Whinnerah, of Carn- forth, for whom he won a number of successes, and Earl Egerton of Tatton has now sold him to the Duke of Westminster, who is forming a shire stud on his estate near Chester. Earll Egerton has also sold to Mr. W. Robinson, of I Liverpool, Tatton Talisman, a three-year-old son of Royal William. A recent addition to the Tatton stud is the yearling colt Tatton Navi- gator, by Hitchen Conqueror out of Lady I Franklin by Royal William, a mare which was purchased by Mr. Muntz, M.P., at the last Tatton sale. TWO-SHEAR RAMS OF FUTURE ROYAL SHOWS. Mr. Alfred Mansell, the well-known stock auctioneer, of Shrewsbury, writing on this subject, says --The proposal of the Stock Prizes Committee to eliminate the classes for two-shear rams will, if carried out, be detrimental to the best interests of sheep breeders, as the sheep exhibit will be shorn of one of its most instructive classes-viz., a fully matured male animal. The deleting of this class means that foreigners and others will have to go elsewhere than the National Show to see a comprehensive collection of sheep. The two-shear ram class, to my mind, is a most interesting and instructive one, as it enables breeders who really take an interest in breeding to see how certain rams they fancied as shearlings have developed, and to many breeders the Royal Show will probably be the only oppor- tunity they could take advantage of. Again, this show is largely resorted to by foreigners who are usually good customers for two-shear rams for exhibition purposes-i.e., to head their I exhibit, as they term it. Do away with this class and a good deal of this business is lost, whereas the true policy of the council should be to foster foreign trade as much as possible. TUBERCULOSIS IN LONDON COWS. The London County Council Public Health Committoe have been making a veterinary examination of the cows in their district in reference to tuberculosis. They report as the result of the examination that, of 5,144 cows inspected, 4,414 were found free from disease or abnormalities of the udder, seven with tuber- cular disease, five suspicious, 247 suffering from acute mastitis, and the rest were declared harm- less. The committee recommended that for the purpose of giving effect in London to the Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops Order of 1899, the cows in London and cowsheds be examined by veterinary surgeon and two arsistants at intervals of three months, and suspected cows at more frequent intervals, at an estimated cost of about JE300 per annum, and that 100 samples of milk from various parts of London be sent to Dr. Klein for bacteriological examination, at an inclusive fre of X215. This was agreed to with the addition of the following rider: And that a letter be sent by the clerk of the Council to the sanitary authorities of those districts which supply London with milk, asking what steps they would be willing to take with a view of supplying to the Council the information recom- mended in paragraph 14 of the report of the Royal Commission on Tuberculosis." OUR LIVE STOCK IMPORTS. The Secretary of the American National Live Stock Association, who has been engaged in collecting and analysing market statistics in reference to supplies of cattle from the West, says that reports indicate the accentuation of the decrease of stocks held on the ranges. The unfortunate experience of last winter, and with high prices, have encouraged marketing to an unusual extent, and hundreds of rangemen have reduced their herds greatly, some having sold even their yearlings. Many appear to have the idea that they can sell now to advan- tage, and buy in the spring, thus avoiding winter risks. But, with all the efforts of the rangemen to realise on their stock, consignments have been much smaller than they were last season. During the last eleven months we have received only 296,249 cattle from the United States, or 46,558 fewer than in the corresponding period of 1898, and 85,932 less than in that of 1897. These figures shew a decrease of nearly 23 per cent. in two years. Supplies from -Argentina, on the other hand, amounting to 80,716, have been practically equal to those of last season, and about 11,500 more than in 1897; while Canada, like the United States, has fallen behind, the number for the eleven months being 90,431, against 101,645 for last season, and 121,364 for 1897. The average declared value of all the foreign cattle imported r% during the eleven months is X17 a head, or nearly 10s. more than that of last season for a like period. A DIMINISHED WHEAT YIELD. The Board of Agriculture have issued their usual preliminary statement shewing the estimated total produce and yield per acre of wheat, barley, and oats in Great Britain in the year 1899, with comparative statements for the year 1898, and for the average of the last ten years. For England, Wales, and Scotland the total yield of wheat is given as 65,529,325 bushels, as against 73,028,856 bushels in 1898, and the acreage is returned at 2,000,981 acres, and compares with 2,102,206 acres last year. The yield per acre this year is estimated at 32-75 bushels, as against 34'74 last year, and an average of 29-86 bushels for the years 1889-98. England is estimated to have produced 62,380,067 bushels, Wales 1,380,938, and Scotland 1,768,320 bushels. This year's crop of barley is estimated at 67,715,698 bushels, as against 68,051,918 last year, and the acreage at 1,982,108 acres, as compared with 1,903,666 in 1898, the yield per acre being 3416 bushels, as against 35 75 last year, and an average of 33-26 for the last ten years. Oats are returned at 114,746,544 bushels, as against a total of 118,920,917 last year, and the area under cultivation at 2,959,755 acres, which compares with an area of 2,917,760 acres in 1898. The yield per acre this year is given at 38 77 bushels, while last year it was 40-76, and the average for the decennial period amounts to 38 86 bushels. Though under both barley and oats there was a small increase in the area under cultivation, the total yield is less than in 1898. The only increase shewn in this return is in the amount of barley raised in England, which has risen from 55,377,522 bushels in 1898 to 56,164,313 bushels in 1899.

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NESTON CRICKET CLUB CINDERELLA. « The Neston and District Cricket Club have made a new departure. Encouraged by the success which has invariably attended the annual ball, the committee this year decided to give three Cinderellas, and the first of the series, which took place at the Neston Town Hall on Thursday evening, was so well supported that the future of the new venture is practically assured. The stage was fitted up as a boudoir divided from the ball-room by handsome palms and other shrubs, and the decorations were most artistically carried out by Mrs. Speechley, Misses and Mrs. Graham, Dr. Speechley, Messrs. H. T. Greenhouse, and A Youds. Irwin's string band was in attendance, and dancing was kept upwith much spirit until twelvep.m. The arrange- ments reflected much credit on the committee and hon. officials. Among those present were- Mrs. Comber, Captain and Mrs. Tyler, Mr. W. Busby (president), Miss Busby, Miss Sybil Busby, Miss Dora Busby, Mr. Noel Busby, Miss Comber, Miss D. Comber, Mr. J. G. Nicholson, Mr. J. S. Harmood Banner, Miss Harmood Banner, Miss D. Harmood Banner, Mr. Harold Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Morrison, Dr. and Mrs. Speochley, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Gleave, Major Grundy, Mrs. Grundy,-Miss Jones, Miss M. Jones, Miss Ethel Jones, Mr. Harold Fogg (tipitai), Mr. P. Fogg (Spital), Mr. G. Morrison and Mr. E. R. Morrison (bromborough), Mr. Platt, Mr. W. Gamon, Mr. T. J. Hawksworth, Miss Ida Johnson, Mr. H. L. Greenhouse, Miss Ratcliffe, Mr. T. Jennings, Mr. A. Pemberton, Mr. Deakin, Dr. Lewis Grant, Miss Cole, Mr. J. Maclean Graham, Miss Sybil Graham, Mr. J. G. Lee, Mr. Keith Sawers, Miss Phjilis Sawers, Mr. A. T. Miller, the Misses Miller (Liver- pool), Mr. A. Barrett, Mr. R. Barrett, Miss Barrett, Mr. Eaton Hall, the Misses Eaton Hall (Eooton), Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Pugb, Mr. and Mrs. Porritt, the Misses Lockett (Liver- pool), Mr. John Green, Mr. J. T. Laxton, Mr. F. Gilling, Mr. H. Gilling, the Misses Gilling (Heswall), Miss Hughes (Liverpool), the Misses Eaton (Raby Hall), Captain Johnson (Houghton), &c.

DEESIDE GLEANINGS. [BY QUILL PEN.] » The wild geese continue to afford grand sport to the Deeside gunners, and are being bagged much more freely just now than at any time within the memory of that verbose and never extinct individual, the oldest inhabitant. During the recant Arctic weather they have visited the busy haunts of men," as the poet puts it, with the most charming assurance and self-abandonment, gabbling in the fields in the immediate vicinity of the Deeside villages and flitting through the air over the ill-lighted streets with ghostly shrieks and gibbers such as their long defunct relations gave out as a token" in connection with the tragic departure of Imperial Cs33ar. 0 Gentle reader have you over gone a-hunting along the broad desert that intrudes itself between the good people of Cheshire and the wicked Welshmen over the way ? If so, perhaps you sat on a bit of board a few inches square just as "daylight was railing to sleep in the west," and have waited finger on trigger for them to come. When at last they have come, clattering a word of warning to each other as they have swept along, and you have emptied your number eight among the swishing wings you may have heard the responsive thud, thud, on the hard bank that followed the deafen- ing report, as acouple of the birds have "landed" almost at your feet. It may be due to some extent to your highly strung senses, but it is a fact that a seven or eight pound goose comes down on terra firma with a thump such as one might expect if he had bagged a full grown Boer. And what an exhilarating sound it is! It makes your tissues tingle as nothing else can, unless it be the first kiss from your newly- made sweetheart. Thus it is that the Deeside gunner cheerfully endures hardships such as would kill an ordinary mortal. Thus it is that when King Winter breathes with his icy breath over sea and land our fowler goes about with a fixed smile and the latest thing in shooting irons." A gossipy par on wild fowl shooting appeared in these pages last week, and several local nimrods were mentioned as having dis- tinguished themselves by annexing certain interesting specimens of the feathered world. The lovers of the chase were, I am confident, unaware that they were committing any par- ticular enormity, and I have it on the highest authority, as the press gang say, that the writer of the par. was as innercent as the child wot never was born." Nevertheless, the county constabulary came down upon the poor shooters and the writer of the par. like the wolf upon the fold, and lectured them until their knees smote together with trepidation. The culprits were referred to that bewilder- ing document, The Wild Birds Protection (County of Chester) Order, 1898, which is principally made up of references to previous Acts and Orders, of which the general public know rather less than nothing. If Sir Matthew White Ridley or who is responsible for the compilation of the Order had only remembered that the majority of wild fowlers are plain men, who have not been articled to a solicitor, and who do not talk the lingo of lawyers, the posters which have been issued might have been of some service, but as it is they are rather worse than useless. The names and addresses of every holder of a gun licence can be obtained without difficulty, and if the persons interested in the preservation of the birds will furnish them with a handbill or small pamphlet, setting forth the Act of Parliament in plain language, that can be readily understanded of the people, it may serve a useful purpose. With reference to the proposal to call out the volunteers the following may not be un- interesting. It is a copy of a parchment docu- ment, signed and sealed by His Majesty George the Third with his own royal hand, authorising Hugh Coventry the grandfather and namesake of a present member of a Neston-cum-Parkgate firm, to raise a company of volunteers to repel the anticipated French invasion of a hundred years ago. The company it may be mentioned were duly raised—their names are still preserved by the holder of the parchment-and if the froggies" had come over their flint-lock weapons would no doubt have done good service for King' and country." George R. George tho third by the Grace of God King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith &c. to our Trusty and Welbeloved Hugh Coventry Esqr. Greeting. We reposing especial Trust and Confidence in Your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct, do, by these Presents, con. stitute and appoint you to be Captain of the Aberdour Volunteers, but not to take Rank in Our Army, except during the time of the said Corps being called out into actual Service You are there- fore to take the said Company into you Care and Charge and duly to Exercise as well the Officers as Soldiers thereof in arms, and to use your best Endeavours to keep them in good Order and Discipline. And We do hereby Command them to obey You as their Captain, and You are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from Us or any other your Superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in persuance of the Trust hereby reposed in You. Given at Our Court of St. James's the Sixth Day of September 1798 in the Thirty Eighth Year of Our Eeign. By His Majesty's Command Portland Entered with Secretary of War W. Lewis Ent'd with the Comm'y General of Musters Wm. Woodman

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