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character and substance; but the judges (Messrs. 

 Crofton, Culshaw, and Drewry) pondered not a little 

 before they gave him the preference over Mr. Saunders's 

 Nunwick (by Prince of Glo'ster, from Sir Charles 

 Knightley's Fleda), who was such a clever winner at the 

 Penrith meeting last year. Mr. Ambler's Frederick's 

 Lad was shown in this class ; but Mr. Unthank's Prince 

 Imperial did not appear in his place ; and Pugnator, who 

 separated General Haynau and Young Ben at Cocker- 

 mouth last autumn, was only commended. Very little 

 can be said for Duke or Solomon's Seal in the two-year- 

 old bull class ; but the yearling one was composed of very 

 dififerent metal. Here, Great Eastern, who has got his 

 hair again, and seems to have improved with his constant 

 travels during the last six weeks, after scoring two 

 fourths, a second, and a third, in high company, was 

 registered as an A 1 yearling at last. British Prince, a 

 straight, gay-looking gentleman, and purchased by his 

 present owner from Mr. Dudding of Panton, was a 

 good second, and Captain Spencer's Skyrocket, who 

 was a little short of condition, earned a commendation. 

 There were four prizes for cows, and the " locals" had 

 all the fun to themselves, with no Crinoline or Wood- 

 bine to mar their joy. The well-known Pansy, of local 

 fame, wore the first ribbons for Mr. Wilson, of Ellonby, 

 and seems a cow with many nice points, but in a purely 

 milking condition and guiltless of all forcing. 



Mr. Ambler went in again for the three-year-old 

 heifer prize with the massive white Necklace, a union of 

 Booth's War Eagle and the Captain Shaftoe blood, who 

 made her first appearance this season in any show-yard. 

 The same herd followed up iheir success in the next 

 class with Wood Rose, who is due to calve on October 

 Ist to Prince Talleyrand. She is still under two years 

 and a-quarter old, and in point of substance a marvel 



for her age, albeit she has been so unlucky since Canter- 

 bury. This class was a very creditable one ; and Red 

 Rose and Moss Rose and Dahlia held the next places to 

 their royal rival. There were only three entries for four 

 prizes in the yearling heifer class, which Captain Spen- 

 cer's Miss Kitty, a daughter of Young Ben and Lizzy, 

 added to her Ulverston score. She is a clever heifer, but 

 a rather bad colour ; and was second to Nunwick for the 

 Society's challenge cup for shorthorns bred in the dis- 

 trict. Cent.-per-cent. was worthy of a good deal more 

 than the fifteen shillings, which he placed to Mr. J. M. 

 Richardson's account in the bull-calf sweepstakes ; and 

 Mr. Ambler's sideboard still retains that general chal- 

 lenge cup with Wood Rose, which he has had in keep- 

 ing for twelve months past with Prince Talleyrand. The 

 donor of this cup seems to be blest with a highly de- 

 veloped bump of caution, as by the conditions there is no^ 

 chance of winning it, and it is to be returned year after 

 year to the Socit' j, and so on in per2}ehiili/ .'" Great 

 Eastern was understood to be second to his herdmate. 



The pigs were only of a store kind, and not such repre- 

 sentatives of the county as we have been accustomed to 

 see in the shape of " We,'' •' Shall," " Win," &c., 

 at the Royal Shows ; in fact, Mr. Brown, of The 

 Height, had not one entry. The Leicesters were remar- 

 kably good, and Messrs. Jefferson and Burton won the 

 first prize for aged tups with a three-shear purchased at 

 Mr. Pawlett's sale. Mr. Thomas Bell was second, but 

 he turned the tables on to Mr. Jefferson for the best 

 shearling tup ; while Mr. Bell, of Scalehill, had to play 

 second in this class, and the pens of Leicester ewes 

 and gimmers, in both of which Mr. Jefferson was suc- 

 cessful. The attendance was only poor, and the mode 

 of numbering adopted in the catalogue is most absurdly 

 complicated. 



THE AGRICULTURE OF DENMARK, 



Two or three years ago the nation voted upwards of 

 a million to Denmark for the liberation of our com- 

 merce from the passing toll of the Sound Dues. This 

 payment, and the fact that we draw a large quantity of 

 our live stock imported from the little kingdom distant 

 only a day or two's run from our northern ports, 

 gives us an immediate interest in its position and 

 prospects. A glance, therefore, at its agricultural 

 position cannot but be interesting just now. The 

 commerce of Denmark consists, besides a consi- 

 derable carrying trade, in the exchange of the raw 

 produce of the country for manufactured goods and 

 transatlantic productions. The foundation for the 

 trade is the produce of agriculture, which, together 

 with the breeding of cattle, forms the chief source of 

 revenue of the country. Although the progress of agri- 

 culture and commerce has been much impeded by the 

 losses and temporary stoppages of trade caused by the 

 late monetary crisis, and the political embarrassments, 

 it has, notwithstanding, been considerable. This in a 

 great measure has been produced Ly the large sums 



granted by the Diet for the promotion of professiona 

 knowledge, and by the foundation of institutions for 

 acquiring agricultural and other sciences; and when 

 the restraints which still impede industry are removed, 

 there is but little doubt that still further progress will 

 be made. 



According to the recent report of Mr. Manley, the 

 British Secretary of Legation, there are at present 

 several agriculturul schools for peasants and stewards, 

 besides a large institution in the neighbourhood of 

 Copenhagen, where the higher branches of agriculture 

 are taught, and where a sound instruction with reference 

 to all the sciences relative to agriculture can be 

 acquired in eighteen months for the moderate sura of 

 about five pounds. The result of these institutions has 

 been that old customs have been set aside, and a more 

 rational mode of agriculture adopted throughout the 

 country. There still, however, remains much room for 

 improvement. The art of draining, marling, and ma- 

 nuring has made much progress. The improvements 

 in the science of agriculture have not only caused a 



