248 ACCOUNT OF THE SHOW HELD AT INVERNESS IN 1883. 



sheep, namely, Cheviots and crosses, were smaller, but composed 



of very serviceable animals. 



Swine. 



Of swine there were nineteen entries bv eight exhibitors. 

 Although the display was not equal to several of the former 

 meetings at Inverness as regards numbers, a few of the animals 

 were very good. The large boar, which took the first prize at 

 Glasgow in 1882, was exhibited as extra stock, and being highly 

 commended, a minor gold medal was awarded. 



Collie Dogs. 



The rough-haired collie dog section was a very good one, both 

 in numbers and quality, some of the animals being of very 

 great merit. Eough-haired bitches were an average class. 

 " Halla," winner of the first prize at Stirling in 1881, was 

 present, and being very highly commended, a minor gold medal 

 was aw^arded. There were tw^o entries in each section of short- 

 haired collies, but the class was unrepresented. 



Poultry. 



The silver grey dorkings were a very good class throughout, 

 9S were also the coloured, though not so numerous. Cochin- 

 chinas were very fair. In Brahmas, the old section contained 

 nothing of special note, but the young birds were very promis- 

 ing. The Spanish w^as a really good turn-out, comprising birds 

 of great merit, one of the best shows of Spanish ever seen at the 

 Society's Shows. Scotch greys were also a very fine show. The 

 remaining classes, with the exception of duoks, geese, and 

 turkeys, were rather below the average. 



Implements. 



Considering the distance that Inverness is removed from 

 the great centres of implement manufacture in the south, the 

 display of high class and valuable appliances for reducing the 

 labour bill to the farmer was most satisfactory. 



The arrangement of the implement yard was much the same 

 as at former Shows, except that more care was taken to place all 

 the implements, purely agricultural, quite distinct from the other 

 exhibits ; and that for the hrst time the control of the imple- 

 ment yard was in the hands of stewards. 



Prizes, after competitive trial, were offered for potato planters, 

 turnip thinners, and "weed eradicators, which at the proper 

 seasons have still to be competed for. The machines entered for 

 trial are now locked up at Inverness in the hands of the Society. 

 Some of the Inverness tradesmen exhibited very creditable col- 

 lections of implements, and the south country manufacturers 

 deserve great credit for their energy in going so far north to 

 display their goods. 



