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portable engines and combined thrashing machines, fitted 

 with their recently patented corn-crusher, and driven 

 with a belt of buffalo-hide, also their celebrated drills for 

 every purpose. Humphries, of Pershore, their first- 

 class combined thrashing machines ; Tuxford and Sons, 

 of Boston, their portable engine, with durable flue and 

 tube-boiler and upright cylinder and working parts 

 under cover, and their combined thrashing machine with 

 finishing dressing apparatus and effective table-shaker ; 

 Clayton and Shuttleworth, of Lincoln, their noted port- 

 able and fixed steam-engines and combined thrashing 

 machines, one of the portable engines fitted with re- 

 reversing motion; Slater, of Hull, a "glass-slipper 

 plough," with mould-board and sole-plate made of 

 thick glass, so as to prevent the adhesion of sticky soil 

 (but which, we suppose, would be scratched to pieces 

 among flints, and ground rough by moist sand) ; Sawney, 

 of Beverley, his admirable corn-dressing and combined 

 weighing machine and sack-lifter ; Smith, of Kettering, 

 his cheap steerage horse-hoe, now made with a swing- 

 bar, so as to accommodate itself to unlevel ground ; 

 Naylor, of Brigg, a horse-hoe, with the hoe-coulters 

 hinged upon a semi-circular rack, and having pinions by 

 which they can be separately and instantly set to any 

 width of rows ; Turner and Co., of Ipswich, their well- 

 known roller-mills and crushers; Barker, of Dunning- 

 ton, a great number of ploughs, harrows, drills, and 

 other implements ; Lyon and Son, of London, mincing 

 and pulping machines ; Coleman, of Chelmsford, his 

 patent cultivators and scarifiers, and expanding harrows ; 

 Watkinson, of Louth, improved liquid-manure drill ; 

 Banks, of York, carts, and pole-waggon used in the 

 East Riding; Cowham, of Hull, a pulverizing imple- 

 ment, consisting of large revolving rowels witb inter- 

 mediate fixed tines; Patterson, of Beverley, clod- 

 crusher, and compound-action mills ; Harland, of 

 Osbaldwick, one-horse carts; Dove, of York, a very 

 large assortment indeed of almost all our first-class 

 agricultural implements and machines ; Morton, of 

 Leeds, gates, fencing, &c. ; Busby, of Newton, ploughs, 

 carts, waggons, horse-hoes, and chaff-cutters ; Walker, 

 of York, most excellent grates and ranges ; Smith and 

 Ashby, of Stamford, prize hay-making machines, steel- 

 tooth horse-rakes, safety chaff-cutters, cake-mill, and a 

 beautifully neat, compact, simple, and cheap two-horse 

 power portable steam-engine; Palmer, of Stockton, 

 Garrett's drills and horse-hoe ; Weighell, of Pickering, 

 horse-power thrashing machine and Samuelson's com- 

 bined food-preparer, which cuts chaff and pulps roots 

 at the same time. 



For the special prizes offered by Lord Greenock, 

 the President of the Society, for agricultural seeds and 

 collections of agricultural plants, there were seven 

 competitors. Hutchinson, of Sovverby, had a variety 

 of roots, dried specimens, and seed samples. Barratt, 

 of Wakefield, had a collection of 407 growing plants of 

 natural and artificial grasses, and samples of the seeds 

 of each. Major Quenton's admirable specimens from 

 Waterford attracted considerable attention ; and 

 Wailes, of Husthwaite, had a good stall of cabbage, 

 mangold, carrot, and other roots, including the curious 

 kohl-rabi. 



Some very fine specimens of green flax were shown. 

 And for the wool prizes there were eight entries of long, 

 and four of short wool ; some fleeces of great weight, 

 and some of remarkably fine quality. 



In reviewing the live stock exhibited, we must ob- 

 serve that the Yorkshire Society, having fewer breeds to 

 deal with than the Royal Society, is able to adopt a greater 

 extent of classification and subdivision of the classes. 

 Thus, in the shorthorns, which form one main feature 

 in the show, in addition to the classes for bulls and 

 yearling bulls, we have bull-calves *' upwards of five 



months old" ; we have " Cows of any age" and " Three- 

 year-old cows" ; we have "Two-year-old heifers" as 

 well as yearlings, and we have" Heifer-calves." Again, 

 as breeders will show overfed animals, the Society 

 solves the ditticulty felt by some others, and relieves 

 the minds of the judges, not by fixing a maximum 

 girth and weight beyond which animals shall be dis- 

 qualified, but by just providing special classes for " Fat 

 oxen" and " Fat cows," where beasts may distend them- 

 selves at pleasure. Then, in the " Cattle of any breed," 

 this Society take a march in advance hy recognizing the 

 requirements of the dairy-farmer, and giving prizes 

 ' ' for the best cow for dairy purposes, ' ' stipulating that the 

 judges shall not take into consideration either the sym- 

 metry of the animals or their value to the butcher ; but 

 solely their adaptation to dairying. We miss the 

 handsome Herefords and comely Devons, which do not 

 pertain to the county, and have instead an almost un- 

 equalled exhibition of favourite Shorthorns. 



The entries of cattle were 117 ; 97 of them Short- 

 horns, 10 dairy cows, and 10 extra stock. 



We consider the Shorthorns made a finer show even 

 than that of Rotherham last year — so good, indeed, 

 that it is difficult to say which was the best class. The 

 bulls "of any age" and the yearling bulls were both 

 good classes; so were the bull calves. The cow class 

 comprised some splendid animals, but also some rather 

 plain. The " Yearling heifers" and " Heifer calves" 

 pleased us, as well as any. The " Fat cows" also were 

 extremely good, considerably better than the class of 

 fat oxen. Lord Feversham's bull in class 1 is of im- 

 mense size, but we thought rather deficient in the fore- 

 quarter to have taken the first prize. Mr. Fawkes' 

 prize yearling bull is a very handsome, with a good 

 chine, back, and chest. Sir C. Tempest's second prize 

 yearling bull is a very good one. Mr. Wetherell's 

 highly commended, of great length and fine quality. 

 In the class of bull calves, Mr. Marjoribanks's Great 

 Mogul, which gained the head prize at Salisbury, comes 

 second to Mr, Booth's red calf, which was beaten at 

 that meeting : considerable discussion has been raised 

 upon the judges' award in this case; we are never- 

 theless of opinion that Mr. Booth's calf, though a very 

 fine animal, is inferior in quality to the other, which is 

 remarkably handsome, symmetrical, and good. Col. 

 Towneley's "Roan Duchess," the first prize "Cow 

 in calf or milk," is one of the most wonderful animals 

 we have seen. She gained the first prize at Lincoln 

 as a yearling, the first prize at Carlisle, the first prize 

 at Dublin in the same year, together with the gold 

 medal as the best female, and the challenge cup as the 

 best in the Show (beating her half-brother Master 

 Butterfly), the first prize at Chelmsford, and the first 

 at Rotherham : lier back, hips, shoulders and chest 

 are extraordinary, her quality beautifully fine ; but she 

 is very fat, though she has had two calves and is now 

 in milk. Mr. Booth, Lord Feversham, and Mr. Yorke 

 had some vei'y meritorious yearling heifers ; but Col. 

 Towneley's first prize yearling has never been beaten — 

 she took also the first prize at Salisbury, and further at 

 Rotherham as a calf. Mr. Booth's heifer calf is a real 

 beauty; Mr. Emmerson's also, and those of Sir C. K. 

 Tempest and Col. Towneley are beyond all praise. Mr. 

 Robinson's fat ox is of great size and depth, and un- 

 commonly well ribbed-up. Mr. Fletcher's fat cow is 

 of splendid quality. Mr. Wiley's (calved in 1849) is a 

 very fine old cow ; her loin, rump, back, and fore- 

 quarters extraordinary ; her head beautiful, but she is 

 very fat. Col. Towneley's first prize roan cow is very 

 handsome : she took the first prize at Chelmsford, first 

 at Rotherham, and first at Salisbury. In the extra 

 Stock class Mr. Wiley'* extremely beautiful heifer was 

 the chief attraction. 



