170 CATTLE AND DAIRY FARMING. 



WHERE TO PURCHASE BRITISH CATTLE. 



The following may bo of interest to intending purchasers as showing 

 the places and dates where most of the animals of the reported breeds 

 may be seen and purchased : 



West Highland and Scotch cattle generally are shown in large num- 

 bers at Falkirk trysts (or fairs) second Monday In September and Oc- 

 tober, when from "20,000 to 30,000 are shown 5 at Muir of Ord fairs, 

 Inverness, and all Scotch fairs ; also at Newcastle October, fairs ; at 

 Stagshaw, in the same county 5 at Brough Hill, Westmoreland; at the 

 Norwich markets, and at Barnet fair on the first week in September, 

 and Worthampton August 26. 



Galloways are met with at all the fairs in south and west of Scotland ; 

 at Carlisle, Penrith, Eosley Hill on Whit Monday, Brough Hill, and 

 Newcastle fairs. 



Shorthorns: The fairs at Newcastle-on-Tyne, Durham, Darlington, 

 Yarm in Yorkshire (October 19 and 20), Northallerton, Northampton, 

 Boston in Lincolnshire, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire are remark- 

 able in their several districts for this breed. Of these Newcastle, Dar- 

 lington, and Yarm are probably the best. 



Herefords : The best shows of this stock are at the fairs in Hereford- 

 shire in the month of October at the great market in Hereford itself, 

 October 20 5 at Leominster in March and October 27; at the fairs in 

 Monmouth and in Eoss great numbers of well-bred animals are shown. 

 Among the other fairs those of Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Birming- 

 ham, Gloucester, and Barnet in Hertfordshire, are noteworthy. 



Devons are shown in their own county at South Molton, Saturday 

 after February 13 : Crediton, Saturday before last Wednesday ir. April ; 

 Sampford-Peveril, the following Monday ; Exeter, February 10, May 19, 

 July 21, December 8 ; North Molton, third Wednesday in May and last 

 Wednesday in October; at Barnet fair, first week in September ; Bough- 

 ton Green, Northampton, June 24, 25, and 26. 



Sussex cattle are rarely met with out of their own county and its 

 neighborhood (Lewis, May 6). 



Channel Islands : One of the best fairs for this stock (Jerseys) is 

 Southampton, Trinity Monday. 



Ayrshires are met with in abundance at the fairs in the sourh western 

 counties of Scotland, the principal probably being Ayr (last Friday in 

 April) for cows, barren and in calf, and .young cattle. 



I have the honor to transmit herewith tabulated summary of the 

 special points of information called for by the Department's form sent 

 me. 



STEPHEN B. PACKARD, 



Consul. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Liverpool^ January 28, 1885. 



