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tlic Cotswokls, but tliey were compact and ^luootli in their 

 form, well wooled, and in good condition ; and would })robabl}' 

 be as profitable in the usual course of husbandry as the larg'cr 

 i&nd more fashionable sheep. 



Mr. Dane and Mr. B. J). .Vp[»leton were the only exhibi- 

 tors of ten or more ewes ; and we award the first premium for 

 such a flock to Francis Dane, of Hamilton, and the seccmd tt> 

 IJcnjamin D. Appleton, of Ipswich. 



The yearling Cotswold buck, ISO. 47, exhibited by Mr. Dan- 

 iel F. Appleton, of Ipswich, was adjudged the best exhibited 

 (except the older ram of j\Ir. ^V., Avhich received the first pre- 

 rnium of this Society in 18G1), and was therefore excluded 

 from competition), and to him we award the premium for the 

 best buck. 



Mr. Dane and Mr. D. F. Appleton were the only exhibitors 

 of lambs for premium ; and we award the premium for the best 

 lot of lambs, not less than four in number, to Daniel F. Ap- 

 pleton, of Ipswich. 



On inquiry the Connnittee ascertained that both flocks of 

 •Cotswolds had been fed with grain for some time, and their 

 merits as profitable animals could not therefore be ascertained 

 by a comparison with a flock, like the grade South Down, that 

 bad had nothing but grass during the summer. 



The owners of the Cots wolds l)oth take much interest antl a 

 commendable pride in their fine stock, and keep them, as a 

 matter of taste as well as to raise breeding animals for sale ; 

 Antl do not judge of the profit of an animal, as most farmers 

 arc compelled to do, by the l)est return of wool and meat for 

 tlic food consumed. 



In entering u})on the duty assigned them, tlie Committee 

 ^were embarrassed by the ambiguity of the terms in a\ Inch the 

 j»remiums were offered, and which were construed differently 

 by the contributors. One exhibitor, for instance, offered his 

 best ten animals, part rams and part ewes, selected from a 

 1aro-e flock : and another offered his entire Hock of twentv or more 



