398 O.i the Exliibition of Live Stock at Cliester. 



Class V. — Shearling Fives, pens of Jive: 17 entries; 3 shown 

 in this class alone, and 14 in the Society's Class III.— The first 

 and second prizes were awarded to Messrs. J. and E. Crane. 

 IMr. Mansell and Mr. Holland's sheep were commended. 



Class VI. — Cheviot Sheep, Shearling Rams: 3 entries. — ^These 

 were very useful animals, and must have shown the Welsh 

 breeders that much improvement could be made in their native 

 breed. Colonel Pennant received the first prize, and Mr. Sand- 

 bach, of Hafodunos, Denbigh, the second. Mr. Sandbach's othef 

 ram was commended. 



Class VII. — Aged Rams : 5 entries. — Tlie first prize was 

 awarded to Colonel Pennant, and the second to Colonel Bid- 

 dulph, Chirk Castle, Denbigh. 



Class WW.— Shearling Ewes: 3 entries.— Colonel Pennant 

 was placed first, and Mr. Sandbach second. 



Class IX. — Pens of 5 Ewes : 4 entries. — This was a bold- 

 looking class, and the ewes were particularly large in frame. 

 Colonel Pennant received the first prize, and Mr. Sandbach the 

 second. 



Tiiere is thus ample evidence that the Cheviot sheep will 

 thrive in Wales. Colonel Pennant's agent, Mr. Doig, writes 

 me : — 



" The Cheviot sheep do remarkably well in Wales ; they are very hardy, 

 and also invaluaUe as a cross with the Welsh mountain sheep, a system 

 Colonel Pennant has been adopting for the last five years on a 2000-acre 

 mountain faiTn. We keep a few hundreds of pure Welsh sheep, and find 

 they can be greatly improved by care." 



Affain, Mr. Sandbach, the other successful exhibitor of 

 Cheviots, writes me: — 



" I have had Cheviot sheep here (Denbighshire) since 1844, and they have 

 gone on improving. I generally get a good ram from Scotland every year. 

 Their weights are double that of the Welsh sheep, and they are quite as hardy. 

 Most of my land is 1000 feet above the sea, but drained and sown down with 

 good grasses. The Cheviots are not common in Wales. I sell my wethers 

 at 22 months old, when they weigh from 17 to 25 lb. per quarter, and averaged 

 In 1855 £2 3s. each. 



1856 2 13 



1857 3 1 



Draft ewes 5g years old sell for 35s." 



Class X. — Shropshire Dovm Eives : pens of 5 each. — This 

 was a splendid class. The two prize pens were the property of 

 Mr. W. O. Foster, of Kinver Hill. The pen of old ewes. No. 

 1013, was the admiration of the public. Mr. Kettle had also 

 some splendid ewes in this class which were justly commended 

 by the Judges. Mr. Watson, one of the judges for these special 

 prizes, has so well expressed my own opinion of the Shrop- 



