The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c (1907) (14595297028)

Identifier: marklaneexpressa9719unse (find matches)
Title: The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c
Year: 1832 (1830s)
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Subjects: Agriculture Farm produce Farm produce
Publisher: London : Isaac Alger
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign



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General Stud Book. I cannot place myhand on Mr. Lascelles letter, so cannot quote himverbatim; but th:s is practically what he siid.Then we have a saying as thoroughbred asEclipse, and straightway the late Joseph Osbornepoints out that Eclipse was not a Thoroughbredhorse at all, for In was a mixture of Eastern words, how miny generations are necejsary towork the alloy out? It is held by some experi-enced men that after six generations the peculiarcharacteristics of ancestors are not trans-mitted It M a question upon which itis very difficult to generalise, for thevery good reas<ra that we have not plenty of datato go upon. We are groping in the dark all thetime. For people do not make accurate notes ofthe characteristics of their horses, and it isquestionable whether the evidence that is pro-curable in any other way is of any value. Per-haps one might be not far from the mirk if onesaid that eight generations of careful breeding onrecognised lines are sufficient to stamp a breed as
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The Hunter Gelding Goldmint 2nd was foalei in 1901, and bred by Mr. J. H. Stokes, Nether House, GreatBowden, Market Harborough, who exhibited it at the Royal Show at Lincoln this year, where it wonFirst Prize in the Class for Hunter Mares or Geldings foaled in or before 1903, up to more than13 stones 7 lbs. and not more than 15 stone3 ; and Reserve and Highly Commended awards in theNovice Class for Hunter Mares or Geldings foaled in or before 1902, up to from 12 etones to 14 stones. Dairy produce and substitutes: — Butter(66,312cwt.), 58,516; margarine (24,503), 14,614;cheese (63,236), 40,815 ; milk, fresh in cans ordrums (—), — ; cream (98), 91; milk, condensed(15,880), 17,618; milk, preserved, other kinds(314), 226. Eggs (great hundreds):—(426,093), 400,125;poultry (value £6,201), £6,028 ; game (value£2,444), £4,110; rabbits, dead (not tinned), (30,714cwt.), 8,976 ; lard (37,814 cwt.), 46,187. Corn, grain, meal, and flour :—Wheat (2,159,200cwt.), 1,801,100; wheat meal