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CHAPTER X. 



FIRST GENERAL SHOW AT GLASGOW, 1S26. 

 The Society remarks the improvement in Live Stock — Offers prizes for Ayr- 

 shire Cows and Heifers — The City of Glasgow votes ;^5o for extra prizes 

 for Ayrshires- — First offer of prizes for Horses— First offer of prizes for Cross- 

 bred Ox and Cross-bred Sheep — Heavy Ayrshire Oxen from Buchanan — 

 Large competition in Ayrshire Cattle — The awards — No entr}' for Galloway 

 Oxen — Mixed character of Horse competition — The Sheep entries — Large 

 attendance at the Dinner — Coke of Norfolk, and James Watt — The Society 

 prosperous ............ 174 



CHAPTER XL 



GENERAL SHOWS OF 1827 AND 1828. 



Sho'u of iSsy at Edinlntrgh : — Vote of ;^ioo by the City — New Site — First 

 competition for Shorthorn Bulls — List of exhibitors and awards — Small show 

 of Shorthorn Heifers — Oxen from Tillyfour — Appearance of Leicester Din- 

 monts and Gimmers from Edington Mains and Fentonbarns — Dinner fol- 

 lowing show — Captain Barclay answering for Judges, and Mr Rennie for 

 Successful Competitoi's — General Sir Alex. Duff — Marquis of Tweeddale — 

 Mr Ferguson of Woodhall — Regaling and Regalia — Admission as members 

 of Grant Duff of Eden; Heriot, Ladykirk ; and Watson, Keillor. Shovo 

 at Glasgow in 1828 : — No Premiums for Shorthorns — Large display of Ayr- 

 shire Bulls, Cows, and Heifers — Small competition in West Highlanders, 

 Galloways, and Sheep— Clydesdales — First Show of Poultry — At the Dinner 

 numerous company — Duke of Hamilton and Brandon — Talk over a Reaping 

 Machine . . . . . . . . . . . .179 



CHAPTER XH. 



PREMIUMS AWARDED AND COMPETITIONS BEGUN BETWEEN 182I AND 1829. 



Extension of Dairy Premiums — Premiums for Cheese-making open to all Scot- 

 land — Awards — Butter Competitions and Awards — Fiorin and Sea Grass — 

 Manufacture of Kelp — Draining IMoss and Bog Land — Curing Beef and 

 Pork — Straw for Leghorn Bonnets — Straw-plaiting — Eating Turnips with 

 Sheep — Book-keeping — Premiums for Swine ...... 185 



CHAPTER XHL 



FIRST SHOW AT PERTH, 1829. 



First prizes for the Angus Breed — First premiums for breeding stock of Sheep 

 — Highland Ponies — City of Perth votes ;^5o, and Local Agricultural So- 

 cieties contribute — The Judges, &c. — Good show of Shorthorns, especially 

 of Heifers — Prizes — Mr Watson, Keillor, and the Hon. Captain Ogilvie of 

 Airlie Castle, the only exhibitors of Polled Angus — Aberdeenshire Oxen 

 from Tillyfour — Awards for West Highlanders, Fife Breed, Ayrshires, Sheep, 

 and Horses — The Dinner . . . . . . . , .196 



CHAPTER XIV. 



FIRST SHOW AT DUMFRIES, 1830. 

 No premiums in Breeding Stock, save for Galloways and Ayrshires — The 

 former especially good — A Galloway Cross Ox — Exploits of a bull in harness 

 — Prizes for Leicester, Cheviot, and Blackfaced Sheep — The Dinner — Sir 

 James Graham ........... 201 



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