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kin, Messrs. Barnard and Bishop, Messrs. E. R. and F. Tur- 

 ner, Messrs. Moore and Clarke, Messrs. Holmes aud Sons, Mr. 

 A. Sparke, Messrs. Tuxford and Sons, Mr. Jesse Kemp, Messrs. 

 Turner and Co., Mr. R. Colemau, aiid Mr. James Woods. 

 Collections of implements were shown by Messrs. Ransome 

 and Sims, Mr. G. H. Beatall, Mr. R. Dyball, Messrs. Creak 

 aud Colby, Mr. J. Chapman, Messrs. Garrett and Sons, and 

 Mr. Charles Willett. Some of these firms did not exhibit for 

 premiums, particularly some of the leading makers. There 

 were few implements of a novel character on the grounds. 

 Messrs. Ransomes and Sims received the society's premium of 

 £6, for the best collection of implements, and ihe stcond 

 prize for the same was awarded to Mr. Jesse Kemp. The best 

 newly-invented or improved implement was pronounced to be 

 Mr. E. H. Bentall's light land scarifier, sud the prize of £5 

 was awarded to it ; Messrs. Holmes and Sons received the 

 second premium of £3, for their manure distributer ; and Mr. 

 E. H. Bentall the third prize of £2, for his root pulper. Sil- 

 ver medals were awarded to Messrs. Barnard and Bishop, for 

 their turnip cutter; to Messrs. E. R. and F. Turner, for their 

 roller mill ; to Mr. R. Dyball, for his lever horse-hoe ; and to 

 Mr. J. Woods, for his self-clearing roller. The following im- 

 plements were highly commended : — Weighing machine 

 and sack-lifter combined, shown by Mr. W. Sawney ; cultiva- 

 tor, shown by Mr. R. Colemau ; haymaker by Messrs. Ran- 

 somes and Sims; combined thrashing machine, and seven- 

 horse powtr portable steam-engine, by Mr. C. Burrell ; as- 

 phalting apparatus, by Mr. J. Woods. The following were 

 commended : — Five- horse power combined thrashing machine, 

 shown by Messrs. Watts and Riches ; hydro-thermal churn, 

 by Messrs. Moore and Clarke ; circular saw table, and turnip 

 hoe, by Messrs. Holmes and Sons; roller mill, by Messrs. E. 

 R. and F. Turner; horac-hoc, by Messrs. Creuk aud Colby ; 

 galvanized iron barrel water cart, liquid maaurs pump, and 

 universal mill, by Mr. J. Woods. 



The Stewards of the Yards were— Mr. C. Etheridge, Star- 

 stoa; Mr. J. Everitt, Limpenhoe; and Mr. B. Bond, 

 Alburgh. 



In the evening about 150 of the members of the society 

 diueJ together at the Assembly Rooms ; Lord Berners in the 

 chair. The noble president was supported right and left by 

 Lord Walsir.gViam, Mr. Wyrky Birch, Mr. Leopold Custance, 

 Mr. H. N. Burroughes, Mr. W. Bagge, Mr. Allan Ransome, 

 Mr. H. B. Caldwell, Mr. A. Hamond, Sir W. Jones, Mr. H. 

 K. TompsoB, the Rev. R. Burroughes, Mr. W. Burroughes, 

 the Hon. Mr. Harbord, the Rev. P. Gurdon, and by nearly all 

 the chief visitors and exhibitors at the show. 



After the usual loyal, patriotic, and complimentary toasts. 

 The Pkesident proposed " The successful candidates in 

 the cattle class." 



Mr. J. Hudson responded for Lord Leicester and Mr. S. 

 Gooub, who, he was glad to find, had won the SivafTham cup. 

 Mr. Gooch had been a very successful cattle-breeder, and he 

 was also a most excellent feeder ; aud the show held during 

 the day was, he (Mr. Hudson) thought, highly honourable to 

 the county (applause). 



The next toast was "The judges of cattle." 

 Mr. Slipper, in returning thanks, said he remembered 

 when the East Norfolk Society, from which the present 

 associ;ition had sprung, held their first meeting at Norwich. 

 He had not had an opportunity of attending again till the 

 present occasion, and he was highly gratified, not only at 

 the number, but the quality of the cattle now showm. 

 Suffolk stood, perhaps, the highest as an agricultural 

 county for cart horses ; but if the Norfolk farmers made a 

 persevering effort it would be a severe race, and he did not 



know that Norfolk would not eventually win. He had 

 seen a great many horses bred by Norfolk farmers, which 

 were equal to many Suffolk ones ; but still be believed, 

 upon the wliole, the palm must be given Suffolk. Being a 

 Norfolk man himself, he was willing to believe that Norfolk 

 men were not likely to be beaten with a severe struggle. 

 As to the .show that day, it was superior to any yet seen in 

 the county. Norfolk hackneys had always stood high, and 

 even at the Royal Agricultural Society's meetings he 

 had never noticed hackneys equal to those he had seen 

 during the day. ^^'ith regard to polled cattle, being a 

 salesman at Smithfiekl, he had an opportunity not only of 

 giving his private opinion but also that of the butchers as 

 to the Norfolk breeding. He never had a lot of good Nor- 

 folk homebreds but he always found the best customers to 

 buy them (Hear, hear); indeed, he believed that her 

 Majesty was always pleased when she could get hold of a 

 Norfolk homebred (Hear, hear, and a laugh). There had 

 certainly been in the yard some very beautiful animals in 

 the shape of polled homebreds. Mr. Badham's animals, in 

 particular, ought to be spoken of in terms of the highest 

 praise. The Scotch beasts stood extremely high in the 

 market, and he had never seen more beautiful animals than 

 the polled heifer bulls belonging to Mr. Badham. In con- 

 clusion, Mr. Slipper observed that he had great pleasure in 

 bearing his testimony to the high quality of the stock 

 shown. (Applause). 

 " The judges of short-woollcd sheep." 

 Mr. Turner responded. He and his colleague had had 

 some difficulty in making their decisions, but they had 

 acted to tlie best of their ability. In the class of shearlings 

 they had found some very good animals ; the two-j'ear-old 

 sheep were equally good, and they were honestly and fairly 

 shown. A great deal of pains were sometimes taken to 

 make tne animals appear what they ought to be, and in 

 some cases where mutton was wanted wool was substituted 

 for it. It would be better if they got good mutton in some 

 cases where they now got only wool. The shearling ewes 

 and ewe lambs, to which first prizes had been awarded, were 

 very good, and, taking the show throughout, he considered, 

 as a Sussex man and a breeder of some thousand sheep 

 yearly, that it was a very good one. He begged, however, 

 to invite the Norfolk farmers to pay a little more attention 

 to the quality of their wool. He was aware moreover that 

 the soil and climate of Norfolk were very detrimental to 

 producing good quality wool, and, when it was obtained, to 

 keep it. 



The President thanked Mr. Turner for his remarks, 

 and observed that, as a large breeder of Down sheep, and 

 a successful competitor at other shows, it was a high grati- 

 fication to him to find that, if he were to exhibit in Nor- 

 folk, he should run a very good risk of being beaten. This 

 ought to be a stimulus to every one of them to go on till 

 they gained the greatest perfection in the animals they 

 bred, and produced those which yielded the greatest 

 amount of mutton at the least possible cost. The observa- 

 tions of Air. Turner showed the advantage and necessity of 

 having a good scientific judge, as a judge must ascertain 

 whether an exhibitor produced good wool where he ought 

 to have produced good mutton. The question had been 

 much discussed at agricultural meetings ; and it seemed to 

 be agreed that every man ought to be at liberty to show 

 his animals to the best advantage. The judge ought not, 

 however, to judge by his eye only, but to put his hand on 

 the ajiimals. The noble lord then proposed the health of 

 Lord Walsingliam, as one of the successful competitors in 



