. The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c. ion of LiveStock, which will be held in the Rural Societvsshowyards. Palermo, Buenos Ayres, in Sept m-ber next, and to act as judge in the classes ofpedigree Shorthorns, such member to be theguest of that Society during his stav in BuenosAyres. It was unanimously resolved to ask Mr. A. to go out under this invitation as theSocietys representative. The Council then adjourned over the autumnrecess until October 31. At the recent Yorkshire Show we noticed on theWaterloo Cake Companys stand samples of theirwell-known round feeding cakes, a
. The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c. ion of LiveStock, which will be held in the Rural Societvsshowyards. Palermo, Buenos Ayres, in Sept m-ber next, and to act as judge in the classes ofpedigree Shorthorns, such member to be theguest of that Society during his stav in BuenosAyres. It was unanimously resolved to ask Mr. A. to go out under this invitation as theSocietys representative. The Council then adjourned over the autumnrecess until October 31. At the recent Yorkshire Show we noticed on theWaterloo Cake Companys stand samples of theirwell-known round feeding cakes, and were in-formed that a large number of the prize-winningstock in the yard had been fed ou^these . also showed samples of their noted 97 percent, pure linseed cakes, which they guarantee tocontain 12 per cent, of pure linseed-oil. a verymuch higher standard than the usual make of lin-seed cakes. Their cotton cake, made from pureEgyptian cotton seed only, they also guarantee tobe 97 per cent. pure. 234 MARK LANE EXPRESS August 21, Railway Rates for AgriculturalProduce: Railway ManagersViews. The Earl of Jerseys Committee, which is con-sidering the question of alleged preferential rail-way rates given to foreign and colonial produce,continue to take evidence, and among the latestwitnesses was the general manager of the GreatNorthern Railway Company, Mr. Bury, who, inthe course of his evidence, stated that the GreatNorthern, the Midland, and the North-WesternRailway Companies, in consequence of the diffi-culties which were found by the traders in under-standing the authorised scale of the grain rates,had made 3s. 3d. per ton the basis figure, and ton per mile for each distance from eighteenmiles up to 141 miles, and beyond that distanceId. for every two miles. This was less than theauthorised rates. It was a general rule amongthe railway companies that the shortest routegoverned the rate. Between Hull and Newarkthere was very keen water competition, and wit
Size: 2021px × 1237px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, booksubjec, booksubjectagriculture, bookyear1832
