The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . rgarine(22,041), 18,328;cheese (70,549), 92,432; milk, fresh in cans ordrums (60), — ; cream (87), 17 ; milk, condensed(14,411), 12,798; milk, preserved (131), 42. Eggs (great hundreds):—(416,681), 349,311 ;poultry (value £2,497), £651; game (value £461),£2,091; rabbits, dead (not tinned), (34,759 cwt.),6,112; lard (43,006 cwt.), 47,144. Corn, grain, meal, and flour :—Wheat (2,137,000cwt.), 2,247,600 ; wheat meal and flour (231,600),264,300; barley (352,400), 207,700 ; oats (368,200),339,000; peas (64,240), 134,630; beans (17,370)12,190 ; maize
The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . rgarine(22,041), 18,328;cheese (70,549), 92,432; milk, fresh in cans ordrums (60), — ; cream (87), 17 ; milk, condensed(14,411), 12,798; milk, preserved (131), 42. Eggs (great hundreds):—(416,681), 349,311 ;poultry (value £2,497), £651; game (value £461),£2,091; rabbits, dead (not tinned), (34,759 cwt.),6,112; lard (43,006 cwt.), 47,144. Corn, grain, meal, and flour :—Wheat (2,137,000cwt.), 2,247,600 ; wheat meal and flour (231,600),264,300; barley (352,400), 207,700 ; oats (368,200),339,000; peas (64,240), 134,630; beans (17,370)12,190 ; maize or Indian corn (822,500), 1,514,700. Fruit (raw):—Apples (12,757 cwt.), 9,111;gooseberries (—), 61 cwt. ; pears (56,450 cwt.),45,264; plums (67,309 cwt.), 60,039 ; strawberries(-),310. Hay (3,692 tons), 1,977 ; straw (1,211 tons),1,466 ; moss litter (1,334 tons), 1,236 ; hops (1,152cwt.), 6,644 ; locust beans (60 cwt.), —. Vegetables, raw:—Onions (87,925 bush.),183,141; potatoes (40,043 cwt.), :tomatoes (32,312); 20, Notes and Jottings. THE fully tabulated statement ot the results ofthe great milk and butter tests at the recentTring Show have again been made public, and thegeneral outcome reads much more satisfactorilythan did the accounts of the trials at last yearsshow. Out of seventy-six animals tested this year,only in some two or three instances does the butterratio appear out of order, whilst in the whole ofthe remaining lots the ratio is very good indeed—in some instances we should call it excessivelyhigh. The weather being cool, and the pasturesand all other food being of a thoroughly nutritiouscharacter, had no doubt a great deal to do withthis very satisfactory state of affairs. Very highgeneral quality of milk. AGREAT drawback, however, to the in the fact that out of 104 cowsentered only seventy-six were exhibited for thetests, which means close upon 30 per cent,absentees. Such an excessive number should beaccounted for by
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