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later in th(^ day judging' of the liaiiicss classes took place. There were 

 at all times large crowds around the show rings, stalls and pens. People 

 came from all parts of the British Isles to attend this show, which lasted 

 six days, and one day 52,000 people were admitted to the grounds. 

 The amount of money offered in premiums was nine thousand nine hun- 

 dred and sixty -nine pounds, or about $50,000, exclusive of the champion 

 prizes, and many vauahle medals offered by^the different breed societies. 

 Besides live stock there was an extensive exhibit, numbering more 

 than four hundred stands, of all kinds of agricultural and dairy im- 

 plements and machinery, from small hand tools to harvesting and thresh- 

 ing outfits, and a large number of wagons and vehicles of all kinds and 

 descriptions, consisting largely of carts, many of which were heavy 

 and high. 



Workina: dairy. Bath anfl V^^est Agricultural Show, England. 



Th(^ most attractive part of tlic dairy exhibit was the working 

 dairy, which was located in a large building erected for the purpose 

 and which accommodated forty hand churns and butter workers. In 

 this building could be seen some kind of dairy work in progress at all 

 times during the show. Separating, pasteurizing and cooling milk 

 occupied the morning hours and later each day two butter-making com- 

 petitions for prizes, by dairymaids, took place. These contests were 

 well filled and revealed many excellent buttermakers. There was a 

 milking contest, which was rather a novel feature and created a great 

 deal of interest. Each contestant was required to milk three cows. 

 Dealers in dairy apparatus and machinery had many fiiie stands. This 



