214 WESTMORLAND AGRICULTURE. 1800— 1900 



Ellison, junr., of Sizergh and Jonathan Collins of Bumeside Hall — 

 " no Long-homed buUs were exhibited this time." In 1825 the Society's 

 district was extended beyond the Kendal and Lonsdale Wards and 

 thrown open for the cattle and sheep classes to all subscribing one 

 guinea six months previous to the show ; mangel wurzels were at the 

 same time included in the turnip prize. In 1831 Wm. Ellison's motion 

 was carried extending the Society's district to the whole county within 

 30 miles of Kendal, provided the exhibitors were subscribers^ — a one 

 guinea subscription made the show open to all irrespective of distance. 



The spring show was always held on the Beast Banks and the 

 autumn show in Stramongate, the whole committee acting as judges — 

 when there was a tie in the opinion of the committee, which not 

 infrequently occurred, the prize was withheld ; in 1829 the committee 

 were limited for judging purposes to 15 members, this arrangement 

 continued till 1837, when 5 judges were selected from the committee 

 to judge the stallions and 5 to judge the bulls at the spring show and 

 5 to act at the autumn show ; in 1838 the judges were reduced to 

 three for each division, still chosen from the committee. In 1829 

 the autumn show was held on W. E. Maude's premises in Stricklandgate, 

 but in 1839 the sheep were shown in a croft at the top of the Woolpack 

 Inn Yard and the horses in Stricklandgate. 



At the May show in 1824 the prizes offered were for the best 

 Shorthorn bull, bull, stalhon for husbandry work, and for road or field. 

 At the October show in the same year the prizes were for the best 

 " permanent grass," crop of turnips, cultivated farm, two-year-old 

 shorthorn heifer, ditto in breeder's hands, shearling ram improved 

 breed, mountain ram, stock of store cattle, and five cows. There were 

 also sweepstakes. 



Between 1830 and 1840 the Society was passing through a bad 

 period, debts were increasing, the prize money was far in arrear, 

 and young and vigorous rivals had entered the field. In July, 1840, 

 a committee of nine were appointed to reorganize the Society and 

 draw up fresh rules, the most important of which were that three 

 judges from outside the committee were to be selected — the district 

 to be Westmorland and a 30 mile area round Kendal — prizes to be given 

 in money and paid on any Saturday after the show at Mr. Dawson's 

 shop in Finkle Street — autumn show to be held in a field close to 



