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WOBURN SHEEP-slIEARING. 



THIRD DAY — WEDNESDAY. 



The Company, after breakfast, repaired to the slaugh- 

 ter house, near Woburn Abbey, to view the cai cass&s 

 pf the fat wethers, shewn aUve yesterday, as follow — 



Mr. Blisg. Lord Ongley. 



lb. oz. !b. 02 



Carcass 92 8 Carcass 102 8 



Loose Fat. ...... 10 14 Loose Fat 10 4 



Fleece. . . - 7 4 Fleece 6 11 



Mr. RuNCiaiAN. JMr. Clayton. 



lb. oz. lb. oz. 



Carcass . 92 7 Carcass 130 8 



Loose Fat. ..... 13 15 Loose Fat ..... . 12 



Fleece 4 6 Fleece 8 8 



Mr. Platt. Mr. Trevor. 



lb. oz, lb, oz^ 



Carcass 112 12 Carcass 85 12 



Loose Fat 13 7 Loose Fat 11 12 



Fleece 4 



The company next repaired to the park, where were 

 exhibited an experiment with Lambert's mole Capstan 

 draining Plough — the prize Sheep shearing — a choice 

 collection of seeds of grasses and other agricultural 

 plants — the process of building a \s a\\ of pise, or com- 

 pressed earth — various implements of liusbandrj' — a se- 

 cond shew of South Down Tups — and several Hereford 

 and Devon Cattle. 



About three o'clock the company repaired to the Park 

 Farm, and sat down to an elegant dinner, his Grace (the 

 duke of Bedford) in the chair. After which, and several 

 appropriate toasts, his Grace rose, and proceeded to read 

 the adjudication of the several Judges, for the dilt'ercnt 

 classes of his Premiums, as follows, viz. 



To Mr. Bithrey, a Gup; for his S-^hear long woolcd fa,t^ 

 wether. 



