The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . s it has been by abundant showersduring the past fortnight, has undoubtedlyimproved the prospects for the winter keep ofthe flockmaster. The vigorous growth one noticeswhen passing through the country, particularlyin the swedes and turnips, is a gratifying featurefor those who are flockowners. The mangel cropsand also those of the thousand headed kale andother fodder crops for autumn consumption ishighly satisfactory. TAKING a review of the position of the flock-mastsr so far as regards food for the comingwinter and spring, it may be said that t
The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . s it has been by abundant showersduring the past fortnight, has undoubtedlyimproved the prospects for the winter keep ofthe flockmaster. The vigorous growth one noticeswhen passing through the country, particularlyin the swedes and turnips, is a gratifying featurefor those who are flockowners. The mangel cropsand also those of the thousand headed kale andother fodder crops for autumn consumption ishighly satisfactory. TAKING a review of the position of the flock-mastsr so far as regards food for the comingwinter and spring, it may be said that there isevery reason to anticipate an abundant crop. TO those who own breeding flocks experiencehas proved that an abundant crop of turnipsis not altogether a blessing. If reference be madeto the lambing reports in pasb years one cannotfail to bo struck with the fait that it is almosta certainty that in a good turnip year the losses inthe lambing flocks are always heavier and moresevere than in those years in which the turnip cropis a short Mr. E. Muntz s Shire Stallion King Forest, winner of First Prizs for ShireStallions foaled in 1905 at the Bath and West Show this year. Its sirewas Lockinge Forest King, dam Lockinge Dimple, and was bred by R. Craig, Market Harborough. proposal to have a class for heavy horses inharness, and suggested that possibly an opportu-nity would be aff >rded of showing mature Suffolksin connection with this section of the show. Theexpenses of such a show were, however, consider-able, and perhaps the Royal could be induced toprovide a fund from which to ease the expense ofthe conveyance of vehicles to exhibitions. The proposal was regarded an excellent one, andthe council eventually resolved that £40 should begiven as last year, and the president, Mr. W. , and Mr. E. R. H. Moorsom were ap-pointed a committee to arrange the apportion-ments of the classes. Record Price for a Dorset Horn. A record for Dorset Horn sheep was establi
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