AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES 



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799 



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A few years ago Carnforth was joined with Burton and Milnthorpe, 

 and the show is now held at each in turn. At the annual meeting of 

 the Society in 1909 the statement of accounts showed a balance 

 in the bank of £35 3s. iid., the profit on the last show being 

 £17 4s. 6d. 



The Lunesdale Agricultural Society was formed in 1839, and 

 held its first show at Kirkby Lonsdale on October 7th in that year. 

 There were 27 classes, which included ones for both Longhorns and 

 Shorthorns, also a class for pigs and one for cheese. It retained the 

 name of " Lunesdale " till 1862, when it was altered to " Kirkby 

 Lonsdale," where the show has always been held. Following the 

 example of the other societies, a ploughing competition was started 

 in 1841, when there were eleven competitors. In 1844 there were 

 three classes for Longhorns with 16 entries, but the following year 

 was the last at which a special class was made for this breed. In 

 1851 there was only one entry for cheese, and it was not until i860 

 that the first prize was offered for the best basket of butter, 10 lbs. 

 At this show there were four classes for pigs, two for the small breed 

 and two for the large breed — the first attempt to differentiate the 

 breeds of pigs in Westmorland shows. After being suspended for 

 two years, 1866-67, on account of cattle disease, the committee started 

 the following year by adding poultry to their lists of classes, and 

 added, as an attraction, a donkey race. The show was held in Green's 

 Croft in 1877. In 1885 tenant farmer classes were added, in addition 

 to the usual ones for Shorthorns. The horse classes were for farm 



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