. The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c. nty, in-cluding one at Brewood Grammar School, andsixty-four more in connection with the elementaryschools. It is to its old Technical InstructionCommittee that Staffordshire owes its abilityto carry on the work, since for the past elevenyears there have been olasses in horticultureavailable for teachers, and so the usual difficultyin finding competent instructors has been all this means to the rural life of the countyis not easily to be 1905. Huddersfield Cattle Fair.^Owing to heavyrain there was a smaller numb
. The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c. nty, in-cluding one at Brewood Grammar School, andsixty-four more in connection with the elementaryschools. It is to its old Technical InstructionCommittee that Staffordshire owes its abilityto carry on the work, since for the past elevenyears there have been olasses in horticultureavailable for teachers, and so the usual difficultyin finding competent instructors has been all this means to the rural life of the countyis not easily to be 1905. Huddersfield Cattle Fair.^Owing to heavyrain there was a smaller number of animals thanusual at Hudderslield cattle fair, held on Wednes-day and a poor attendance of buyers. The num-ber of horned cattle was 345, and of horses milch cows realised £14 to £19, secondarysorts £10 to £12. stirks £7 to £8. Agriculturalhorses, 55 gs. U» 60 gs. ; secondary qualities, S 40 s. : inferior carl horses and haekuevs, £10to £20; unbroken Irish colts, £20 to £30. October 9, 1906. AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL JIG. Home Notes. * While spending ;i week-end in the hop county,1 have not Ix-eii able to find any hops. Through-out the parts of Mid Kent and East Sussex that Ihave visited nothing remains hut the debris of thecrop, which, until recently, covered the groundwith exceptional luxuriance. The growers 1 ha,vemet with unanimously testify to the surprisingweight of yield, and, if the experience of some ofI hem may be accepted as approximately illustra-tive of the whole, there seems to be little roomfor doubt that the seasons record will surpass anythat have preceded it. Enquiries concerning thequantity left unpicked hardly confirm statementsthat have been circulated. It is not difficult tounderstand tin- reluctance with which a decisionto abandon any part of a plantation is arrived turn their hacks upon the results of a years-thoughtful and anxious labour must be trying toplanters, and I sympathise with one who told methat, after settling t
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