50 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



1 ; total, G2. Poultry, 387. Summary, by heads : cattle, 40G ; 

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

 1,915. 



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 qualitied to com- 

 pete 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. 

 Total 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 Smithficld Club 

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

 located. This, however, cannot be compared with our agri- 

 cultural society shows. In English show^s exhil)itors have 

 every opportunity given by which all the useful poAvers of 

 the animals exhibited for the societies' premiums can be dis- 

 played and judged. 



In order to ffive a orood idea of the encouragements offered 

 for the breeding of both l)eef and milch cattle in Great Britain, 

 I give the following summary of prizes, etc., offered by the 

 Yorkshire Society for Shorthorns, representing beef-cattle, 

 and by the Highland and Agricultural Society for Ayrshires, 

 representing milch-cattle : — Shorthorns, class I., bulls, any 

 age above three years old, best, $140 ; second, $55 ; third, 

 $27; 9 animals entered, but 6 exhibited. Class 11. , bulls 

 above two and not exceeding three years old, best, $112; 

 second, $55; third, $27; 5 entered, but 3 exhibited. Class 

 III., bulls above one and not exceeding two years old, best, 

 $112 ; second, $55 ; third, $27 ; 11 entered, but 9 exhibited. 



