THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



905 



Class I. — Boars of a Large Breed. 

 Mr. Harrison's prize boar, bred by Mr, Carswell, is 

 a very fine animal ; and a!so Mr. Tuley's second prize 

 boar, bred by Mr. Leake. We mention, as especially 

 good, Mr. Blandford's, Mr. Sadler's, Mr. Squarry's, 

 Mr. Hewer's, and Mr. Fisher Hobbs's boars. 



Class II. — Boars of a Small Breed. 

 Mr. Mangles, the Earl of Portsmouth, Lieutenant- 

 Colonel Towneley, and Mr. Horsfall, are here very 

 great ; but the Rev. F. Hodson, Mr. Scott Hayward, 

 the Duke of Beaufort, Mr. Marriott, and Mr. Crisp, 

 exhibit some remarkable beauties. In this admirable 

 and wonderfully fine class Mr. Fisher Hobbs shows a 

 number of animals of his long-celebrated black breed ; 

 which, though unsuccessful in the opinion of the judges, 

 are evidently considered as of first-class character by the 

 public. They certainly are greatly improved in size 

 from what they once were, without losing any of their 

 finer qualities ; yet, as we understand, they have been 

 bred in-and-in for more than twenty years. 



Class III. — Breeding Sows of a Large Breed. 



A very good class. Mr. Hewer's Berkshire sow, no 

 less than 5 years and 4 months old, takes the prize — a 

 very fine and handsome animal. Mr. Harrison's second 

 prize sow is very large, and of very superior quality. 

 Mr. Rawlence, Mr. Horsfall, Mr. Bowly, and Mr. 

 Palmer, show some remarkably well-proportioned and 

 handsome sows, and Mr. Calvert's is of wonderful length. 



Class IV. — Breeding Sows of a Small Breed. 

 This class is very large, and the animals are of such 

 rare merit that we think the judges quite right in award- 

 ing to it a special commendation. Mr, Watson's prize 

 white sow is a beauty ; and we can find no fault with 

 Mr. Crisp's second prize black sow, which is admirable, 

 both for her splendid proportions, delicate bone, and fine 

 hair. Mr. Mangles's sows are especially commendable ; 

 as also Mr. Scott Hayward's, Mr. Hatton's, Mr. 

 Grove's, Mr. Palmer's, and more particularly Mr. 

 Turner's (commended), which is an extraordinarily good 

 one. Mr. Fisher Hobbs ornaments this class with a 

 number of sows of his black breed, which, though large, 

 as well as of beautiful quality, do not seem to meet the 

 taste of the judges. 



Class V. — Pens of Three Breeding Sow Pigs 

 of a Large Breed. 

 Amongst a number of first-rate pens, we find that of 

 Mr, Morland wonderfully good ; the animals perfectly 

 level in character, and very thick, compact, and fine. 

 Mr, Ashton, Mr, Blandford, and the Kev. G. Baily, are 

 great in this class. 



Class VI. — Pens of Three Breeding Sow Figs 

 OF A Small Breed. 



This is indeed a splendid collection of good ones. 

 Mr. Watson's " We," " Must," " Win," are good, 

 but very fat. Mr. Scott Hayward's are admirable in 

 every respect. Mr. Mangles and Mr. Riddell have 

 some splendid specimens of Yorkshire and Suffolk 

 breed. The Duke of Beaufort shows three little beauties, 

 and those of Mr. Druce and Mr. Palmer have also 

 some great excellence. 



Several pigs died before the show opened ; one of which, 

 a very fine Yorkshire sow, the property of Mr. Waiumam, 

 expired on the station platform at Salisbury. She was 

 entered in Class 3, and sister to the sow that took the 

 premium in that class at Chelmsford. 



POULTRY. 



The number of poultry exhibited at different meetings 

 appears in the subjoined table : 



The meeting is in a good poultry district ; but the 

 season renders beautiful as well as perfect plumage im- 

 possible ; so, making allowance for this in judging the 

 appearance of the birds, we think the show a very supe- 

 rior and successful one, though the number of pens is 

 rather short. 



Special commendations have been awarded to the 

 Dorking chickens, the older Dorkings, and to the 

 Cochin China chickens. We have never seen finer birds 

 of their age than those of Capt. Hornby in the two 

 former classes, or those of Mr. Fowler in the latter. 

 Mr. Botham, Mr, Loder, and the Rev, T. L. Fellowes 

 have also most excellent pens. Capt. Hornby is also 

 chief in the Dorking cock class, and Mr. Fisher Hobbs 

 also stands well here. The Spanish fowls are very goor?. 

 The class of Cochin China fowls of more than one year 

 old is highly commended ; Mr. Fookes's pen being 

 extraordinarily good. In the game fowl class, which is 

 highly commended, Capt. Hornby is again triumphant : 

 in the class of game cocks he is beaten by Mr, G. C. 

 Adkins. The Hamburgh golden-pencilled fowls are 

 particularly good. Among geese and ducks Mr. J. H. 

 Fowler is the principal prize-taker ; and the entire class 

 of Rouen ducks is pre-eminent for size and beauty. 



In concluding our survey of the stock classes, we can 

 only hope that our notices of commendation may be 

 useful in directing attention to many animals, herds, and 

 flocks that do not appear in the prize-list, and that our 

 deprecatory comments may operate by way of advice 

 wherever they may have been let fall. We have endea- 

 voured impartially to state our impression of each notice- 

 able animal as we passed through the classes, without of 

 course staying to dwell upon every good or deficient 

 point which might meet our eye or become palpable to 

 an examining touch. We beg that no one will judge us 

 harshly for our free criticism, or feel hurt by the omis- 

 sion of his narticular name and address. 



REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTS. 



The figures in the following table indicate the number 

 of makers of each description of implement, together 

 with the number of different varieties observable among 

 the miscellaneous articles : 



