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HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



2d. That the greatest care should be taken 

 that the regulations as to quarantine be rig- 

 idly carried out. 



3d. That permanent lairs be established at 

 the ports of debarkation. 



1867. Resolved, That a list of the winners 

 of the gold medals and silver cups at the past 

 shows of the Club be printed at the end of the 

 annual Prize Sheets, the same to be a reprint 

 and continuation of the tabular statement in 

 the appendix to the honorary secretary's "His- 

 tory of the Smithfield Club.''* 



That a list of the members of the club be 

 printed at the end of the Prize Sheets. 



That none but the official placards respecting 

 the food on which the animals have been fed 

 be allowed to be placed over the heads of the 

 animals in the hall. 



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YOUATT'S ORIGINAL DURHAM COW. 



(Drawn from imagination. Reproduced from "Youatt on 



Cattle.") 



Lord Feversham, vice-president, and C. T. 

 Tower, Esq., vice-president and father of the 

 club, died ; also Thos. Greetham, a trustee, died. 



The club entered into arrangements with the 

 Agricultural Hall Company respecting various 

 alterations in the hall, by which on the one 

 hand the club had to pay the Hall Company 

 1,000 ($5,000) in consideration of the en- 

 largement of the galleries ; building of a dining 

 room, in which the club's annual dinners are 

 to be held ; store room for animal's food, and 

 construction of a new building for the pigs, and 

 other improvements. 



On motion of the President (Major-General 

 Hood), 



Resolved, That 15 be given for a report on 

 the animals exhibited at the club's show. 



The Duke of Marlborough and the Earl of 

 Powis elected vice-presidents. 



The president was requested to lay the fol- 

 lowing resolutions before the Privy Council as 

 recommendations from the Council of the 

 Smithfield Club: 



That all foreign stock be slaughtered at the 

 place of landing. 



That sheep be included in the present quar- 

 antine regulations for store stock. 



Mr. H. H. Dixon was appointed to write the 

 report of the present year's show. 



Resolved, That in future each member of the 

 Council shall not nominate more than one per- 

 son to each division of judges, and that the 

 conditions requiring that the nominators shall 

 have first ascertained their willingness to act 

 be remitted. 



Her Majesty the Queen exhibited for the 

 first time in her own name. 



His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, 

 exhibited for the first time. 



A donation of 25 ($125) was received from 

 Her Majesty the Queen in lieu of that of 5 

 ($25) hitherto annually paid by Major-Gen- 

 eral, the Hon. A. N. Hood. 



SMITHFIELD CLASSIFICATIONS. 



(fl 74) The following are the Smithfield Show 

 classifications made on cattle from the organi- 

 zation of the society to 1835 : 



(Note. A stone was reckoned at 14 Ibs. for 

 live weight and 8 Ibs. for dressed or dead 

 weight, "sinking the offal." In live weight 2 

 stone equaled a quarter or 28 Ibs. Four quar- 

 ters made one hundred weight (cwt.) or 112 

 Ibs.) 



1799. Oxen or steers. Class for beasts fed 

 on oil-cake or corn, class for beasts fed on grass 

 feed, etc., class for beasts under 24 score (480 

 Ibs. dressed or 840 Ibs. live weight). 



1800. Oxen or steers. Class for beasts un- 

 der 150 stone (2,100 Ibs.), above 80 (1,120 

 Ibs.), grass fed, etc. Class for beasts under 

 150 stone (2,100 Ibs.) above 80 (1,120) fed 

 on oil-cake, etc. Class for beasts above 150 

 stone (2,100 Ibs.), grass fed. Class for beasts 

 above 150 stone (2,100 Ibs.), cake or corn fed. 



1805. Oxen or steers. Class for 160 stone 

 (3,240 Ibs.) or upwards, not to have cake or 

 corn before the 5th of April, 1805. Class for 

 100 stone (1,400 Ibs.), not to have had cake or 

 corn. Class for under 100 stone (1,400 Ibs.), 

 not to have had cake or corn. Class for oxen 

 or cows that have gained the greatest weight 

 from the 1st of April or later, to 1st December, 

 grass fed. 



