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Meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. Vol. V. 



from north to south ; and, looking from the 

 chair, the area has the appearance of an am- 

 phitheatre ; the ventilation, by means of 80 

 windows, was complete, and no complaint 

 was heard of oppression by the heated atmo- 

 sphere, notwithstanding the great number of 

 persons present: including the ladies, there 

 must have been in the hall not far short of 

 3000 individuals ! The erection of this build- 

 ing, together with the expense of the yard, 

 dedicated to the show of cattle, caused an 

 expenditure of £1500." 



The number of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, 

 implements, seeds, &c., displayed, was abso- 

 lutely splendid, and the premiums devoted to 

 their improvement must have amounted to a 

 very large sum ; we cannot forego the plea- 

 sure of reporting the names of those who ob- 

 tained the first prize in each class of animals, 

 much as it will add to the present article, 

 which it is to be feared has already extended 

 to a wearisome length. 



Class 1. — For Short-Horned Cattle. 



Prize 1. — For the best short-horned bull, 

 adjudged to Mr. W. Paul, of Pentrey, Nor- 

 folk, for his 4 years and 3 months old Durham 

 bull, bred by Mr. Topham, of West-Keel Lines. 

 Class 2. — Hereford Cattle. 



Prize 1. — For the best Hereford bull, ad- 

 judged to his grace the Duke of Bedford, for 

 his 2 years and 8 months old Hereford bull, 

 bred by Mr. Yeld, of Hereford. 



Class 3. — Devon Cattle. 



Prize 1. — For the best Devon bull, ad- 

 judged to Mr. W. Porter, of Hambury Fort, 

 Buckwell, Devon, for his 3 years and 2 months 

 old bull, bred by Mr. Quarterly. 

 Class 4. — For Cattle not qualified for either 

 of ike above Classes. 



Prize 1. — For the best bull of any breed 

 or cross, not qualified for classes 1, 2 and 3, 

 adjudged to Mr. J. Putnam, of West Firle, 

 Sussex, for his 3 years and 2 months old pure 

 Sussex bull, bred by Mr. Putland. 

 Class 5. — Horses. 



Prize 1. — For the best cart stallion, ad- 

 judged to Mr. John Bell, of Welton-lewold 

 Lines, for his 12 years old cart stallion, bred 

 by J. Adams, Landbeach, Cambridgeshire. 

 Class 6. — Leicester Sheep. 



Prize 1. — Adjudged to Mr. Samuel Ben- 

 nett, for his shearling ram. 



Class 7. — Southdown and short-woolled 

 Sheep. 

 Prize 1. — Adjudged to his grace the Duke 

 of Richmond, for his 16 months old south- 

 down shearling ram, bred by himself* 



*It is wortliy of remark, that in the exhibition of 

 Southdown sheep, only one rain was shown by the Ell- 

 laans, and that did not obtain a prize. I 



Class 8. — Long-tvoolled Sheep. 



Prize 1. — For the best shearling long- 



wooUed ram, not qualified to compete in class 



6 — adjudged to Mr. Large, of Broadwell, for 



a shearling long-woolled ram, bred by himself. 



Class 9. — Pigs. 



Prize 1. — " For the best boar,"f adjudged 

 to Mr. Barnard of Gosfield-hall, Essex, for 

 his 1 year and 4 months old boar of the im- 

 proved Essex breed. 



There was an exhibition of seed-wheat, 

 both white and red, the premiums being 50 

 sovereigns for the best, of both varieties. The 

 judges selected for trial Colonel Le Couteur's 

 Belle-vue Talavera, and Mr. J. E. Drewitt's 

 improved Chidham wheat, as the best sam- 

 ples of white wheat ; but did not consider the 

 samples of red wheat offered, worthy of re- 

 commendation for competition : the prize will 

 be awarded at the general meeting, in De- 

 cember 1841. 



REMARKS BY THE REPORTER. 



" In Class 1, for short-horned cattle, there 

 was great competition. 



In Classes 2 and 3, for Herefords and De- 

 vons, the show was very indifferent. The 

 great distance at which the show has this 

 year been held from the counties in which 

 these breeds prevail, accounts, in our opinion, 

 for the want of competition in these classes. 



In Class 4, for Leicester sheep, there was 

 an excellent show. 



In Class 7, for South-downs, there was also 

 great competition, and those of the Duke of 

 Richmond, Messrs. Jonas Webb, Grantham, 

 Crisp, Lugar, and Overman, did great credit 

 to their breeders. 



In Class 8, there was a very fair show of 

 long-woolled sheep, in which Mr. C. Large 

 stands pre-eminent, and carried off the best 

 prizes. 



Amongst the pigs, those which attracted 

 the greatest attention were exhibited by Mr. 

 Paton of Deddington. 



The show of horses was also very excel- 

 lent, particularly in Suffolks." 



The speeches which followed the dinner 

 must have had an electrifying effect on an 

 assemblage of 3000 persons, all wound up to 

 a pitch of enthusiasm ; and, spite of the dan- 

 ger of wearying our readers with the detail, 

 we cannot forego the pleasure of laying be- 

 fore them a toast, which was given by the 

 Chairman, with the response, by our Ambas- 

 sador, Mr. Stevenson, who was present upon 

 the occasion. 



" The noble President, in proposing the 

 next toast, which was the health of a distin- 



fln the exhibition of pigs, tlie name of the Berkshire 

 breed linci not appear at all, the first prize being given 

 for an Essex boar; the second for an Essex sow; and 

 the third for a pen of 3 Essex pigs, 36 weeks old. 



