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THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



Lord Portman and Mr. Raymoiiil Barker kiiully ex- 

 plained, that the members should break up into divers 

 ■ little parties and dinners. We are so thoroughly l^ick of 

 condemning a false step that has so effectually con- 

 demned itself, that we shall say little more on the sub- 

 ject. Sufficient be it to record that the new arrange- 

 ment was a most lamentable failure. The Council 

 Dinner, on Wednesday, was a failure, with just about 

 half the two hundred present that had beeu provided 

 for. The Town and County Dinner, on the Thursday, 

 was another failure, with some sixty in place of another 

 two iuindred expected. The latter we rather regret, as 

 it was but a bad compliment to such good men as Mr. 

 Mills and the Mayor, who deserved something better if 

 ever men did yet. As the joke of the week went, Mr, 

 Pain should certainly have had oneof the special prizes 

 as " the best mayor for agricultural purposes." Had 

 there been but tlie customary Pavilion Dinner, it is by 

 DO means improbable but that tiie Prince Consort, who 

 visited the Yard on Wednesday, might have been in- 

 duced to attend it, and the Duke of Richmond to pre- 

 side. We have so to further thank these reformers for 

 the loss of a little eclat that would have done the 

 Society no harm. 



The week finished with the usual General Meeting on 

 Friday, and with about the usual attendance. There 

 was certainly more discussion, bi.t very little that will 

 come as novelty to the readers of the Mark Lmie 

 Express — Tliere should be the hitherto open dinner — 

 The Society should not deal in stale news — These Ge- 

 neral Meetings should be fixed for days when the general 

 body of members can attend tliem — There should be 

 head yardmen or paid stewards permanently appointed 

 -^These are all matters that have been mooted again and 

 again, if not wholly originated, in our columns. There 

 was something more, that no one will care much about, 

 and a tolerably obvious contradiction as to the Society 

 being in such a bad way when the week showed it had 

 never done better. As Mr. Acland pertinently re- 

 marked, we must be careful to notice from whom these 

 wholesale objections and complaints emanate. 



We must stay to give our customary and well- 

 merited word of approval to the exertions of Mr. Gibbs 

 and Mr. Hudson, as the chief officers of the Society, 

 and especially to Lord Portman, who is ever so ready 

 to place his valuable services at their disposal. With 

 this we may turn at once to a prize list that, we may 

 just whisper ff/grrti/ij, might be a little better arranged. 

 The commendations, as now mixed up altogether, are 

 of little or no value; whereas it is well known a high 

 commendation is often much on a par with a second 

 prize. Tiiey are written out, too, in the most cockney- 

 fied fashion; as, for instance, Mr. Curmick's highly- 

 commended " /ioj-.fe" turns out to be a two-year-old 

 filly — Mr. Ward's highly-commended " horse" a mare 

 and foal, and so on. We have, at some trouble, 

 endeavoured to re-arrange ours as it should read. 

 Unfortuately but few others care to do as much, and 

 the general run of our contemporaries, London and 

 local, print off their lists, if they give the commenda- 

 tions at all, just as they are issued in the yard. We 

 will not even answer for ours being quite correct, as 

 we have scarcely been able to give that time to it such 

 a puzzle really requires. How, for example, are we 

 to get over such a queer place as this ? In the High 

 Commendations we find 786 Mr. Shittler's pen of pigs, 

 and in the catalogue we have these pigs transformed 

 into Hampshire Down ewes ! In all modesty we offer 

 our plan as a model one for the Society. 



PRIZES FOR CATTLE, &c. 



SlIORT-nOENED CATTLE. 



Judges. — W. Bftrtholome'a', Goltho, Wragby. 



J. Wright. Chesterfieia. 

 Class 1.— Bulla, calved on or before the 1st of July, 1855 

 and not exceeding four years old. 



First prize of £.30 to WilUam Stidiiig, M.P., of Keir, Dom- 

 blaue, Pertli (John o' Gioat). 



SeconJ prize of £15 to Jamea Han?hton Langton, of Sars- 

 den House, Chipping Norton, Oxon (Glo'ster's Grand Duke). 

 Class 2.— Bulk, calved since the 1st of July, 1855, and more 

 than one year old. 



Firat prize of £25 to F. H. Fawkes, of Farnlcy Hal!, Otley, 

 Yorks (Sir Edmund Lyons). 



Second prize of £15 to J. W. Brown, of Uffcott, Swindon. 



Class 3. — Bull calves, above six and under twelse months 



old. 



Firat prize of £10 to Stewart Majoribanks, of Bushy Grove, 

 Watford (Great Mogul). 



Second prize of £5 to Richard Booth, of Warlaby, Northal- 

 lerton (Lord of the Valley). 



Class 4.— Cows, in-milk or in-calf. 



First prize of £20 to Lieut.Col. Towneley, of Towneley 

 Park, Burnley (Victoria). 



Second prize of £10 to Lieut.-Col. Towneley (Vestris 3rd). 



Hljhly commended. — Mr. Stratton for two cows, Mr. Booth 

 for two cows, Mr. Wetherel!'.? and Mr. Lnngston's cows. 

 Class 5. — Heifers, in-calf or ia-milk, not exceeding three 

 years old. 



First prize of £15 to James Douglas, of Athelford Farm, 

 Dreni, Haddington (Rose of Athelatane). 



Second prize of £10 to Richard Booth (Queen of the May). 



Higlihj commended. — Mr. Strattou's heifer. 



The whole of class 5 were commended. 



Class 6. — Yearling heifers. 



First prize of £10 to Lieut.-Col. Towneley (The Rose of 

 Towneley). 



Second prize of £5 to Richard Booth (Queen Mab). 



HiyUij commended. — Lieut.-Col. Towneley for two heifers, 

 and Mr. Douglas's heifer. 



The whole of class 6 vere commended. 



HEREFORDS. 

 Judges. — G. W. Baker, Park Farm, Woburn ; 



J. Tanner Davy, Ashton, Southmolton ; 

 W. Symonds, Blandford. 

 Class 1. — Bulls, calved on or before the Ist of July, 1855, 

 and not exceeding four years old. 

 First prize of £30 to Edward Williams, of Lo'.vess Court, 

 near Hay, Brecon (Radnor). 



Second prize of £15 to Phillip Turner, of The Leen, Pem- 

 bridge, Leominster (Silurian). 



Class 2.— Bulls, calved since the 1st of July, 1855, and more 

 than one year oh'. 

 First prize of £25 to Edward Price, of Court House, Pem- 

 bridge, Leominster (Magnet 3rd). 



Second prize of £15 to Richard Hill, of Golding Hall, 

 Shrewsbury (Candidate). 



Class 3. — Bull calves, above six and under twelve months 

 old. 

 First prize of £10 to Lord Bateman, of Shobdon Court, 

 LeoQiiustcr (The Captaiu). 



Class 4. — Cows, in-milk or in-calf. 

 First prize of £20 to Lord Berwick, of Croukhill, Shrews- 

 bury (Carlisle). 



Second prize of £10 to Mrs. Palmer, of Mudford, near 

 Ilcheater, Somerset (Beauty). 



Class 5. — Heifers, m-milk or in-calf, not exceeding three 

 years old. 

 First prize of £15 to Richard Hill, of Golding: (Star). 

 Second prize of £10 to Phillip Turner (Graceful). 

 Commended. — A heifer shown by the representatives of the 

 late Mr. W. S. Powell, and Mr. Walker's heifer. 

 Class 6.— Yearling heifers. 

 First prize of £10 to E«rl of Radnor, of Coleshill House, 

 Highwo.'tb (Superb). 

 SecQud prize of £5 to Lord Berwick (Beauty). 



