33-i Report to the Annual General Meeting, 



Black Cattle Society, Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society, English 

 Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Association, Galloway Cattle Society, 

 Ayrshire Cattle Herd Book Society, Snropshire Sheep 

 Breeders' Association, Southdown Sheep Society, Hampsnire 

 Down Sheep Breeders' Association, Suffolk Slieep Society^ 

 Dorset Down Sheep Breeders' Association, Dorset Jbiorn Sheep 

 Breeders' Association, Ryeland Flock Book Society, Lincoln 

 Long-Wool Sheep Breeders' Association, Leicester Sheep 

 Breeders' Association, Society of Border Leicester Sheep 

 Breeders, Cotswold Sheep Society, Exmoor Horn Sheep 

 Breeders' Association, and Lincolnshire Curly Coated Pig 

 Breeders' Association. Six Gold Challenge Cups, value 5U 

 guineas each, are offered (1) for the best Hack and iiiding Pony ; 

 (2) for the best Harness Horse in the Novice Classes; (3) for tJie 

 best Single Harness Horse; (4) for the best pair of Harness 

 Horses; (.5) for the best Tandem; (6) for the best Four-in-Hand. 

 The following Cups are also offered : — Fifty-Guinea Cup for the 

 best group of one Shorthorn Bull and two Cows or Heifers in 

 the Dairy Shorthorn Classes ; £20 Cup for the best animal in the 

 South Devon Cattle Classes; Twenty -five-Guinea Silver Cup for 

 the best animal in the Kerry Classes; Twenty-five-Guinea Silver 

 Cup for the best animal in the Dexter Classes; Fifty-Guinea 

 Silver Bowl for the best group of one Ram and three Ewes in 

 the Lincoln Sheep Classes; Sixty-Guinea Silver Cup for the best 

 Border Leicester Ram or Ewe; Twenty-five-Guinea Silver Cup 

 for tiie best Sow in the Large Black Pig Classes. 



25. The following Classes and Prizes, amounting to £485, are 

 offered by the Doncaster Local Committee for the best-managed 

 Farms in Yorkshire : 



Class 1. — JbARM, chiefly Arable, of 200 acres or over, exclusive of Fell 



or Tidal Marsh Land. First Prize, £100; Second Prize, £50. 

 Class II. — Farm, ohietiy Arable, of not less than 50 acres and under 



200 acres, exclusive of Fell or Tidal Marsh Land. First Prize, 



£50 ; Second Prize, £25. 

 Class III.— Stock or Dairy Farm, of 200 acres or over, exclusive of 



Fell or Tidal Marsh Land. First Prize, £100 ; Second Prize, £50. 

 Class IV. — Stock or Dairy Farm of not less tlian 50 acres and under 



200 acres, exclusive of Fell or Tidal Marsh Land. First Prize, 



£50; Second Prize, £25. 

 Class V. — Farm, chiefly Arable, of not less than 10 acres and under 



50 acres. First Prize, £20 ; Second Prize, £10 ; Third Prize, £5. 

 The Entries closed on Wednesday, the 15th November. 



26. A Trial of Seed Drills will be carried out by the Society 

 next year, and the Council have now under consideration the 

 Regulations for such Trial. 



27. As stated in last year's Report, the Annual Show of 1913 

 will take place on the Durdham Downs, at Bristol. The Show in 

 the following year, 1914, will be held at Shrewsbury. 



28. There has been a slight falling-off in the number of 

 samples submitted by Members of the Society for analysis, the 

 total for the twelve months being 434, as against 469 in 1910, 

 In addition, 43 samples of cider and 226 of milk were analysed 

 in connection with the Norwich Show. An important matter 

 brought to light, and which subsequently formed the subject 



