PREMIUMS AWARDED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1878. 



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Brought forward. £359 

 Section 38. Pens of 5 CROSS-BBED WETHER HOGGS, not above 

 1 Shear. 



1. Thomas Irving, Curriestanes, Dumfries, . . . .400 



2. William Little, High Borgue, Kirkcudbright, . . . . .200 

 V. H. C, William Little, High Borgue, Kirkcudbright. "• 



EXTRA SHEEP. 



Highly Commended. 



Five Wether Hoggs belonging to Walter Ovens, Torr, Auchencaim, 



Castle-Douglas, ...... Silver Medal, 16 



Commended. 

 Two Improved Teeswater Tups belonging to J 0. Trotter, Danby 



House, Bedale, Yorkshire, .... Medium Silver Medal, 10 6 



£366 6 6 



CLASS IV.— WOOL. 



Section 1. Best WOOLLED TUPS, Cheviot Breed. 

 1. James Brydon, Kinnelhead, Moffat, . . . , ... £5 



V. H. C, James Brydon, Kinnelhead, Moffat. 



Section 2. Best WOOLLED TUPS, Blackfaced Breed. 



1. Charles Howatson of Dornel, Mauchline, . . . . .500 



Section 3. Best WOOLLED TUPS, Leicester Breed. 



1 Thomas Ferguson, Kinnochtry, Coupar-Angus, . . . . .500 



V. H. C, John Thompson, BaiUieknowe, Kelso. H. C, Andrew Smith, Castlemairs, 

 Gifford. C, G. Duff Dunbar, Ackergill Tower, Wick. 



Section 4. Best WOOLLED TUPS, other Longwoolled Breeds. 



1. John Bell Irving of Whitehill, Lockerbie, . . . .500 



V. H. C, John Bell Irving of WhitehiU, Lockerbie. H. C, Francis Gibson, Woolmet, 

 Dalkeith. C, John Bell Irving of Whitehill, Lockerbie. 



£20 



Class V. -SWINE. 



LARGE BREED. 

 Section 1. BOARS. 

 1. Alfred Crowther, Star Inn, Bridge Street, Bury, Lancashire, 



Section 2. SOWS. 



1. Alfred Crowther, Star Inn, Bury, .... 



2. Thomas J. Grierson, Kelton Grange, Dumfries, 



3. Mrs Macalpine Leny of Dalswinton, Dumfries, . 



Section 3. Pens of 3 PIGS, not above 8 months old 



1. Alfred Crowther, Star Inn, Bury, .... 



2. Robert Wallace, Auchenbrain, Mauchline, 



3. Dr J. Batty Tuke, Saughton Hall, Edinburgh, . 



BLACK or BERKSHIRE. 

 Section 4. BOARS. 



1. A. Peterkin Hope, Oxwell Mains, Dunbar, 



2. Sir William Forbes of Craigievar, Bart., Fintray House, Aberdeen, 

 3 The Marchioness of Queensberry, Kinmont, Annan, 



Section 5. SOWS. 



1. Benjamin St John Ackers, Prinknash Park, Painswick, . 



2. Her Majesty the Queen, the Prince Consort's Shaw Fai-m, Windsor, 



3. Her Majesty the Queen, the Prince Consort's Shaw Farm, Windsor, 



Carryforward, £49 



