226 WESTMORLAND AGRICULTURE. 1800—1900 



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In 1902 prizes were given for long service, and the average number 

 of entries has been about 15 per year. An interesting innovation 

 was made in 1909, three classes for remounts were added to the prize 

 list. There were 29 entries for the ^^7 offered for prizes by the War 

 Oihce — the classes were Heavy horses. Chargers, and Cobs ; one con- 

 dition was that any of the horses might be claimed by the Remount 

 Officer at the foUowing prices : Chargers and Household Cavalry, 

 £65 ; Cobs, £30 ; other horses, ;^40. 



At the annual meeting in the spring of 1909 the treasurer reported 

 a loss of £9 los. 6d. on the year's working, making a debit balance 

 of £11 i6s. I id., and this state of affairs was after deducting 20 per 

 cent, from the prize money, which was done in case of a bad year. 



Appleby and Kirkby Stephen Agricultural Society has a different 

 history to the general run of shows. It started as a joint society in 

 1841, holding its shows alternately at Appleby and Kirkby Stephen. 

 At the first show the sheep classes then were Leicester, Black- faced, and 

 Herdwicks ; in 1843 a class for Southdowns was instituted, and in the same 

 year there were classes for Chatham and Victoria wheat, white globe 

 turnips grown with Guano, Scotch cabbage, white and red onions, kidney 

 and bullock potatoes, and rhubarb. A ploughing competition was 

 held by the Society in the spring of each year. In 1844 the show was 

 held in Broad Close, Appleby, when there w£is a class for cheese ; 

 prizes were also offered for draining, for which there were six competi- 

 tors with a total of 7000 roods. Classes for pigs, poultry, and long- 

 wooled sheep were added in 1853. In i860 there was a class for the 



