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months after. Tlie shorthorn bull no longer gets his 

 fifty sovereigns ; but the aged Clydesdale stallion is 

 in the post of honour with thirty sovereigns and a 

 silver medal for the breeder. Leicester, Southdo^YnJ 

 Cheviot, and Blackfaced are the four acknowledged 

 sheep breeds ; but ^-'other" long, and short wool classes 

 let in tlie Cotswold and Shrop. All the ewes must 

 have reared lambs that year ; and the pen of five ewes 

 not above four-shear in the Cheviot and Blackfaced 

 classes must be in-milk, and have lambs at their 

 foot — a plan which greatly adds to the difficulty of 

 sending up a level pen and of judging. Shep- 

 herds' dogs of both sexes, and not above six years old, 

 have their place at last ; and the artificial colouring 

 of fleeces, in which all exhibitors were beginning to 

 follow the lead, in self-defence, of a great Cheviot 

 winning flock, have been abolished at last by an 

 order in council. In the swine classes there is no 

 colour distinction, and the middle breed is not recog- 

 nized ; and capons are not forgotten in the poultry 

 list, which also gives the black Norfolk turkey & 

 class of its own. 



The Agricultural Statistics Inquiry for Scotland 

 was commenced in 1853 by an experimental trial in 

 three counties at an estimated cost of j8900, whicli 

 exceeded the outlay by £228. Itwas undertaken for 

 the Government by the Highland Society, and con- 

 ducted by its Secretary, ^Ir. Hall Maxwell, and 

 enumerators in the diff*erent counties. The enume- 

 rators and members of committee were all practical 



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