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seventy-two pages, each with no advertisements. Both of 

 these were the same size as the Yorkshire catalogue, and all 

 had good indexes. 



The total number of live stock entries in the Highland and 

 Agricultural Society were : Cattle — Short-Horns, 83 ; Polled 

 Angus and Aberdeen, 68 ; Galloway, 40 ; Ayrshire, 126 ; 

 Highland, 47 ; Fat Stock, 38 ; extra cattle, 4 ; total, 406. 

 Horses — for agricultural purposes, 221 ; hunters and roadsters^ 

 40 ; ponies, 27 ; extra horses, 9 ; total, 297. SheejD — Cheviot, 

 67 ; blackfaced, 55 ; Border Leicester, 67 ; long wooled other 

 than Leicester and Border Leicester, 35 ; Leicester, 15 ; South- 

 down, 9 ; Shropshire, 20 ; short wooled other than Southdown 

 and Shropshire, 3; extra sections, 4; extra sheep, 3; total, 

 278. Swine, (divided into two classes only, large and small 

 breeds,) about an equal number in each class, 61 ; extra swine, 

 1 ; total, 62. Poultry, 387. Summary, by heads, cattle, 406 ; 

 horses, 297 ; sheep, 582 ; swine, 96 ; poultry, 534 ; total, 1915. 



The total number of entries, by heads, in the Yorkshire 

 Agricultural Society were : cattle, 106 ; sheep — Leicester, 78 : 

 Lincoln, 64; Shropshire, 33 : total sheep, 175. Pigs, twelve 

 months old and upwards, large breed, 7 ; small breed, 10 ; 

 black or Berkshire breed, 7 ; breeds not qualified to compete 

 in previous classes, to be judged in one class, 17 ; pigs, not 

 exceeding twelve months old, large breed, 11 ; small breed, 19 ; 

 black or Berkshire breed, 11 ; pen of three store pigs of any 

 breed from four to nine months old, 15 ; total pigs, 97. 

 Horses, 335. Blacksmiths, (competition for prizes), 23. To- 

 tal entries of live stock, as in catalogue, 736. 



I feel that we can take many a good suggestion from the 

 facts I have given, and I hope my fellow countrymen and 

 others will peruse them and compare them with our needs at 

 home. 



The English Societies have no located grounds, but have 

 always found it best to move from place to place each year. 

 Their grounds are fitted up by contract, and the boarding is 

 sold after the close of the exhibitions. The Smithfield Club 

 Fat Cattle Show in London is one of the very few that are 



