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' The noble duke delivered this sentiment with an elevation 

 of the voice \\hich had a most electrical effect upon the 

 company. After a moment's pause, one peal of tremen- 

 dous cheering burst forth, which was protracted for an 

 unprecedented length of time.' The Duke of Richmond 

 having given the Tenantry of the Country, the toast was 

 replied to by Mr Wilson, Edington Mains, who followed it 

 up by proposing the Peasantry of the Country, and referred 

 to the labour system of the Border counties. He especi- 

 ally condemned what was known as the bonded system, by 

 which unmarried servants were employed, and he expressed 

 his approval of the ' hind ' system, the chief characteristics 

 of which were the employing of married servants, providing 

 them with a cottage on the farm, and paying them in kind. 



The show in 1842 was held in Warrender Park, 

 Edinburgh, on the first three days in August. In the after- 

 noon of the Monday before the show of stock, a lecture was 

 delivered in the Society's Museum by Dr Henry Madden 

 on the Condition of the Soil at Seed Time, as influencing 

 the future crops. 



This year, for the first time, the Society printed lists 

 of the entries of stock for the show. There was a large 

 number of Shorthorns. In the aged class, there were 

 twenty-four entries for the two premiums of £$0 and ^30. 

 The first honour was carried by Thomas Crofton, Holy- 

 well, with the red and white Provost 4846, bred by Colonel 

 Cradock. The second prize was carried by the light roan 

 Guy Faux 7062, shown by John Hunt, Thornington, Cold- 

 stream, but bred by Mr Crofton. The third place in the 

 class was taken by Buchan Laddie 5814, bred and exhi- 

 bited by Ferguson Simpson, Pitfour. In the class, Mr 

 Barclay Allardice had The Pacha 7612, but he found no 

 place in the prize list. In the yearling class there were 

 thirteen entries, and the single prize was won by John 

 Millar of Ballumbie, Forfar, with an animal bred by James 

 Crofton, Littleburn, near Durham. In the class of cows 

 there were twenty-two entries. Seven were from Mid- 

 Lothian — three shown by the Duke of Buccleuch ; one by 



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