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Hives and Honey. — The exhibits in tliis section suffered on 

 account of the bad bee weather, which was responsible for a 

 number of entries being cancelled. Under the circumstances 

 the display was a very creditable one, and, with the exception 

 of the opening day, this department was crowded with interested 

 ■visitors. 



Butter-making. — The competitors were fewer in number 

 this year than on previous occasions, there being only twenty- 

 eight competitors all told, which were divided into four 

 sections, on the Tuesday and Wednesday, the greatest number 

 competing at one time being seven. On the whole the 

 candidates did very satisfactory work, though somewhat inex- 

 perienced, and all seemed to possess an average knowledge of 

 modern methods of butter-making. The different competitions 

 were keenly contested, the work was neatly and smartly done, 

 and the competitors showed evidence of having received con- 

 siderable training. The competition of the prize winners in 

 the previous classes for the Championship numbered ten, and 

 took place on Thursday. On the whole, the work was gone 

 about in a tidy, methodical manner, and might be described as 

 being up to an average degree of merit, with very few marks 

 separating the highest and lowest. The work generally was 

 neatly done, every attention being given to detail. The finished 

 product was of good quality and attractively finished. 



Horse-shoeing. — The work in these competitions was uni- 

 formly very good, the Roadster and Heavy classes especially 

 so, the competitors being very keen, and giving the Judges a 

 difficult task, in many cases, in their ultimate decision. 



Horticulture. — The Horticultural section at Doncaster was 

 one of the very best that the Society has held since Horticulture 

 has been included in its annual shows. The exhibits as a 

 whole, both in the plant and fruit classes, trade and com- 

 petitive, were very good indeed and of good quality. In 

 the Group classes the exhibits of Messrs. Cypher, Messrs. 

 Blackmore & Langdon, Messrs. Harkness & Sons, and Messrs. 

 Artindale & Son were very effective and beautifully arranged. 

 The nurserymen and trade exhibits are worthy of special 

 mention, as they were of exceptional merit ; the roses were 

 magnificent and of the finest individual blooms. The collection 

 of herbaceous and hardy plants made a grand display, and 

 included some novelties and others of recent introduction that 

 attracted the notice of collectors of these popular plants. 

 Vegetables were excellent in all classes, being clean and 

 well grown. An improvement was noticeable on last year's 

 exhibits, doubtless owing to a more favourable season of 

 growth, and the staging and grouping quite satisfactory. The 

 competitive class for Sweet Peas was not well filled, there 

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