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For the five best ewes, with tbeir Iambs yeaned in 1853, or 

 in lamb. Marquis Conynsham, t»o sovereifiU9. 



For the bsat five ewe hoggets, never clipped. Marquis 

 CoayugbaiD, ts'o sovereign?. 



Fat Weddurs.— For the best pen of five long-wolled fat 

 wedders, not exceeding two shear. Sir Edward M'Donnel, 

 larire silver medal. 



For the bfst pen of five short-wool fat wedders, not exceed- 

 ing two shear, P. Broiighton, large silver medal. 



For the best pen of five cheviot fat wedders. Lord Cler- 

 mont, large silver medal. 



SWINE. 



Coloured Breeds. — For the best boar, six months, and 

 not cxceediDg twelve months old, Wm. Joyce, 3 sovs. ; for the 

 second best, Thos. Rutherford, 2 sovs. ; for the third best, 

 Lord Charlemont, the honorary certificate. 



For the best boar, exceeding twelve and not exceeding 

 twenty-four months old, E. W. Tomkinsou, 5 sovs. 



For the best boar, exceedii'g twenty-four months old, 

 Arthur D. Chaisjueau, 5 sovs, ; for the second best, Kobert 

 Collins, M.D., 3 sovs. 



For the best breeding sow in-pig, or having had a litter 

 within six months. Captain F. Adey, 3 sovs. ; for the second 

 best, Miijor H. M'Cliiitock, 2 sovs.; for the third best, Capel 

 F. Adey, the honorary certificate. 



For the best three breeding pigs of the same litter, under 

 ten months, A. D. Chaigueau, 3 sovs. ; for the second best, 

 Joseph RadclifTe, L Jj.D., 2 sovs. ; for the third best, C. P. 

 Leslie, M.P., the honorary certificate. 



For the best litter of pies, not exceeding five months old, 

 accompanied by the sow, Robert Collins, M.D., 3 sots.; for 

 the second best, J. C. Metge, 2 sovs. 



White Breeds. — For the best boar, six months, and not 

 exceeding twelve mouths old. Lord Lurgan, 3 sovs. ; for the 

 second best, Charles L. Ellison, 2 sovs. ; for the third best, 

 Hans H. Woods, the honorary certificate. 



For the best bosr, exceeding twelvemonths, and not exceed- 

 ing twenty-four months old, John H. Peart, 5 sovs.; for the 



second best, Wra. Beyle. 3 sovs.; for the third best, George 

 Mau^lea, the honorary certificate. 



For the beat boar, exceeding twenty-four months old. Lord 

 Luroan, 5 sovs. ; for the second best, Wm. Boyle, 3 sovs. 



For the best breeding sow, in-pig, or having a litter within 

 six months, J. L. W. Naper, 3 sovs. ; for the second best, 

 Wm. Boyle, 2 sovs. ; for the third best, Robert W. White, 

 the honorary certificate. 



For the best three breeding piga of the same litter, under 

 ten months old, Charles L. Ellison, 3 sovs. ; for the second 

 best, James L. W. Naper, 2 sovs. ; for the third Lest, Lord 

 Lurgan, the honorary certificate. 



HIGHLY COMMENDED. 



Bulls. — J. Richardson, W. Coppinger. Lord Lurgan (2j 

 W. B. C. Roberts, J. Barcroft, Major H. S. M'Clintock. 



Cows AND Heifers. — Lord Lurgan, J. Barcroft, R. 

 Campion, Thomas Barber, J. J, Turner, George Roe, Lo.-d 

 Talbot de Malahide, W. Boyle, Sir E. M'Donnel, R. G. 

 Campion. 



Fat Stock. — Earl of Shannon, David Rogerson, Captaiji 

 M'Clintock Bunbury, M.P., Sir Robert Paul, Bart., R. S;. 

 Fetherstonehaugb. 



Sheep. — William Owen, George Thunder. 



Swine, — Hans H.Woods. 



COMMENDED. 



Bulls. — Lord Dufferin and Clandeboye, Richard Chaloner, 

 Thomas Barnes, John Christy, Thomas Barber, Hon. Thomas 

 Preston. 



Cows and Heifers. — Lord Clarina, Thomas Barnes, 

 Viscount Monk, Richard Welsted. 



Fat Stock. — Nathaniel Barton, R. S. Fetherstonhaugh, 

 Allan PoUok, Earl of Clonmel. 



Sheep. — C. P. Leslie. M.P, Willi-im Owen, John La 

 Touche, Ambrose Bole, Richard Byrne, Gnstavus W. Lambert, 

 John W. Brown, Lieutenant Colonel Tottenham, Marquis 

 Conyngham, Lord Clermont, P. J. Kearney. 



SPARE THE LITTLE BIRDS, 



The augmented depredatiou of insects to which 

 the farmers crops are subjected, amountiug to 

 an annual loss in value of millions sterling, and 

 to the extent of nearly one-fourth in produce, 

 renders the study of entomology almost a ne- 

 cessity: for, if without check tliis evil continues 

 to increase, the day may come sooner than many 

 will believe, when the important agricultural 

 products will be so diminished from this cause 

 alone, as to produce great dearth and suffering, and 

 when many of the best and most valuable fruits will 

 be a rarity, if their production is not rendered im- 

 possil)le. Note, in verification, all the varieties of 

 the plum, gage, nectarine, and cherry fruit, which, 

 from the ravages of the difl'erent genera of curculio, 

 or- the weevil, are now rare, and seldom come to per- 

 fection; and even one species of this destructive 

 insect, has lately deposited its eggs in the apple, and 

 even in the peach. If this is to continue without 

 effort at prevention or remedy, how soon may it be 

 hopeless to look for, or even expect again to sec, as 

 in the days of old, the various fruit-trees breaking 

 down from the burden of their golden and luscious 

 fruit! 



The evil is not done by the perfect insect — many 

 insects never feed after their metamorphosis — but by 

 the boring and deposition of the egi^, which soon 

 hatches, and we have a worm, or the larva, ravenous 



in its appetite, and destructive to anything it comes 

 in contact with. The larva, or worm, does all the 

 mischief by feeding on the fruit, thus destroying its 

 organization ; alter w"hich, of course, it soon drops 

 to the ground, into which the grub or worm goes, 

 and there hibernates until the ensuing year, wlien it 

 revivifies, and comes forth the perfect insect at pre- 

 cisely the right time and season " to walk in the 

 footsteps of its predecessors," and cause a greatly 

 increased injury to whatever it deposites its eggs in 

 and its larvae feed on. The utility of entomological 

 study and examination will be of paramount impor- 

 tance ; for, doubtless, a careful inquiry into the 

 habits, peculiarities, and destructiveness, of the 

 various insects that are injurious to the crop, must 

 lead, in many instances, to the discovery of an 

 antidote for their ravages, or remedy for the injury 

 they inflict. 



There is evidently a great increase of insects 

 injurious to agricultural production. What is the 

 cause of this P The reason is the greater average 

 mildriess of winters, and the great destruction of 

 small birds, snakes, toad frogs, water frogs, terra- 

 pins, and ants, which feed on insects. When the 

 winter is very severe, the cold destroys myriads in 

 their hibernating state of inaction, or tetnporary 

 death. Again, it destroys the eggs, by bursting 

 them, and thus making them unproductive. The 



