198 NORTH-EAST AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 



204 money premiums, amounting to £216; 93 medals, and 74 certificates. 

 In drafting the prize list, the committee acted upon the principle of havmg 

 two distinct classes, viz. : — one for the amateur, and another for the working 

 farmer. To the former they allotted of the money premiums £28, and to 

 the latter ^^^138. Instead of giving a few large money premiums, they sub- 

 divided the sum allocated into a number of smaller ones, thereby distri- 

 buting the prizes over a greater number of exhibitors, which they considered 

 the most likely plan to secure an extensive competition. There were 506 

 entries at this Show, which were classified according to the followmg 

 summary : — 



Amateur Classes. 



Bulls, - - - - - 23 



Cows and Heifers - _ . _ - 84 



Horses, - - - - - 29 



Sheep, - - , - - - 68 



Swine, - - - - - 32 



—236 



Farmers' Classes. 



Bulls, - - - - - 19 



Cows and Heifers, - - - - 43 



Horses, - - - - - 42 



Sheep, - - - - - 17 



Swine, - - - - - 13 



Poultry, - - - - "59 



Butter, - - - - - 36 



Flax, - - - - - 8 



Flax-seed, - - - - 4 



— 241 



Implement Stands, - - - 29 



Total, - - - 506 



With a view to carrying out the third object of the Association, viz., the 

 diffusion of practical and useful knowledge connected with agriculture, the 

 committee entered into a negotiation with the Chemico-Agricultural Society 

 of Ulster, for the purpose of seeing whether they could have a joint journal 

 for the two Societies. After a good deal of consideration and discussion, 

 it was concluded that, although it would be most desirable to have a medium 

 through which to communicate the transactions of the Association to the 

 public, the funds were not sufficiently ample to warrant them at that time 

 embarking in such an undertaking. 



By the constitution of the Association, its operations were limited to three 

 objects — the holding of an annual show, the encouragement of the manu- 

 facture of agricultural implements, and the dissemination of practical and 



