rOKEIGN AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCES. 45 



FOEEIGK AGEICULTURAL EXPERIEISTCES. 



ESSEX. 

 From an Essay, by Francis H. Appleton. 



Having attended the show of the Yorkshire Agricultural 

 Society, of England, and the show of the Highland and Ag- 

 ricultural Society, of Scotland, I want to give some informa- 

 tion abont what I saw at them. I was only a part of a day 

 at the former, but was three days at the latter. The former 

 is the society's show of the largest county in England, and 

 the latter, while it is the leading agricultural society of Scot- 

 land, is also a worthy rival of the Royal Agricultural Soci- 

 ety of England. 



I left London one morning, and reiched Harrowgate, in 

 Yorkshire, the same afternoon, it being the fourth of August. 

 The following morning the show opened at nine o'clock, and 

 I was at the entrance early, where I found the fee equal to 

 about seventy cents. The following day the fee was about 

 twenty-eight cents. The first day at English shows is gen- 

 erally the time that the judging takes place, so that, in order 

 to avoid a large crowd of people which would impede the 

 judging, the fee is then placed at a higher figure than after- 

 wards. It is their object, also, to have the prizes all awarded 

 and every prize-animal and article distinctly labelled as soon 

 as possible after the entrance-gates are opened to the public. 

 At some English shows that I attended, the judging was com- 

 pleted before the public was admitted. 



The judges are carefully selected men, and everj^thing that 

 is placed on exhibition is subject to the societies' laws and 

 regulations, Avhich are strictly enforced. These laws and reg- 

 ulations have been carefully compiled and revised, and, as 

 they at present exist, «are the result of many years of practi- 

 cal application and experience. 



