370 On the Exhibition of Live Stock at Chester. 



Class I. — Aged Bulls : 5 entries ; all of which were favour- 

 ably noticed by the Judges. Two received prizes, one was 

 highly commended, and two commended ; yet none were perfect 

 animals. 



Class 11. — Young Bulls: Sentries. — These were all noticed 

 as animals of the first order : two received prizes, two were 

 highly commended, and one commended. Mr. Quartly's prize 

 bull was a very thick-fleshed good animal. 



Class III. — Bull Calves : 8 entries. — Mr. Turner's, Avhich re- 

 ceived the first prize, was a nice calf: there Avere also two or 

 three others of merit ; but this was not a striking class : they 

 appeared to disadvantage, owing to many of them being too 

 voung for exhibition. 



Class IV. — Cows in Milk or Calf. — There were six splendid 

 cows out of nine exhibited. The two prize cows shown by 

 Mr. Quartly were true types of the rich quality and fine symmetry 

 so peculiar to the real North Devon breed. Mr. Davy, Mr. 

 Turner, Mr. Merson, and Mr. Umbers, also exhibited cows of 

 great merit, all of which were noticed by the Judges. Two had 

 prizes, two were highly commended, and two commended. This 

 class was equal to that of any former year. 



Class V. — Heifers in Calf or Milk. — There were only three 

 exhibited, but they were indeed good ones, and the third best 

 received a high commendation: in fact, it must have been a 

 delicate decision. 



Class VI. — Yearling Heifers : 8 entries. — Mr. Quartly carried 

 off the first prize with a real " Gem." Mr. Turner had also two 

 very select heifers, one of which was placed second and the other 

 highly commended. 



The Devons were justly designated the elite of the yard. I 

 conclude these remarks with the words of a short-horn friend, who 

 accompanied me through the Devon classes. He exclaimed, " I 

 am deliffhted. I find we short-horn men have vet much to learn 

 of the true formation of animals ; their beautiful contour and 

 extreme quality of flesh surprise me." This remark was made 

 when going over the cow class. 



With a view to public information and to test how far the girth 

 of animals confirmed their merits, whereby some data might be 

 formed, I carefully measured the girth of all the prize animals 

 and some of the commended ones in the several classes of the 

 " established breeds " of cattle, with the results which are given 

 in the following Table ; — 



