400 Oil the Exliihition of Lice Stock at Chester. 



crossing: even " in the line " is a speculative, if not a dangerous 

 proceeding'. Again, while the system of " in and in " breeding 

 is condemned by the public, it would appear that it must have 

 been of use to our leading breeders ; for while other breeders 

 are glad to resort to the parent stocks, theij keep their high posi- 

 tion unassisted. 



In conclusion, I quote the words of Mr. Jonas as expressed 

 in his Salisbury Report: — "I feel that I may congratulate tlie 

 Society on the great improvement which has taken place in 

 the exhibition of our domestic animals since the first show of this. 

 Society ; and if it were not considered out of place, I would beg 

 of those gentlemen who are unsuccessful exhibitors not to com- 

 plain of the Judges' decision, but carefully to examine (and this, 

 too, divested if possible of all prejudice) the prize animal in the 

 different classes by which their own animals have been defeated,, 

 and by a careful comparison of each they will be able to dis- 

 cover the faults, imperfections, and malformation of their own,, 

 and will return home fully determined to rectify errors, and thus 

 accomplish one of the great aims of the Society, viz. ' the im- 

 provement of the breeds of our domestic animals,' " 



Emmett^s Grange, Exmoor. 



XVI. — Report on the Exhibition of Cheese at Chester, in Jiihjj 

 1858. By Henry White, Steward of Cheese at the Chester 

 Meeting. 



Cheese being the principal agricultural produce of Cheshire, 

 the members of the Local Committee at Chester decided, with' 

 much propriety, that liberal prizes should be offered for its exhi- 

 bition out of the funds at their disposal. Their chief object 

 was to stimulate improvement in the manufacture of an im- 

 portant article of food for which the county has long been 

 famous : their desire in a subordinate degree was to increase 

 the attractions of the Society's show. 



The amount offered in prizes was, for cheese, 370/., and for 

 butter, 15/. — besides 49/, given as rewards to dairymaids — the 

 makers of the prize cheese. The prizes were limited to the 

 kind of cheese usually denominated Cheshire, and the competition 

 was confined to persons residing in that and the adjoining 

 counties, and North Wales. It was arranged in three classes,, 

 namely : — 



1. Coloured Cheeses made in 1857 ; 



2. Uncoloured Cheeses made in 1857 ; and 



3. Coloured or Uncoloured Cheeses made in 1858. 



