2SS HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



as Interim Secretarj-, INIr Hall Maxwell of Dargavel was 

 unanimously elected to the office of Secretary, the election 

 taking place at the General Meeting in January 1846. The 

 first work Mr Hall Maxwell had to undertake was the prepa- 

 ration for the show of the Society, held that year at Inverness. 

 This was the third time the Society had visited Inverness. 

 The head of stock were considerable, amounting to 1006. 

 Of these, 357 were sheep, 112 horses, and 428 cattle. Of the 

 cattle entered, no fewer than 223 were of the West High- 

 land breed ; while there were thirty-seven Shorthorns, fifty- 

 four of the Angus or Galloway breeds, and thirty-one 

 Ayrshires. The meeting was fixed for the ist, 2nd, and 

 3rd September. On the opening day, the Agricultural 

 Chemistry Association had a public breakfast, at which Mr 

 Fraser of Reelig presided. Professor Johnston gave an 

 address. The same evening, Mr Smith of Deanston de- 

 livered a lecture on draining. 



The site of the showyard was the Academy Park, and 

 the area before and behind Dr Bell's School. The chief 

 feature of the exhibition was the fine display of West High- 

 land stock, finer, we believe, than at any show the Society 

 has since held. There were twenty-eight bulls, twenty-two 

 single cows, five lots of three cows, and twenty each in the 

 two classes of heifers. There were entries from the counties 

 of Perth, Argyll, Nairn, Inverness, Sutherland, Moray, 

 and Banff. The Marquis of Breadalbane had numerous 

 entries. Colonel ^Mackintosh of Farr, Mr Stewart, Dalvey, 

 the Duke of Sutherland, Mr Gilchrist of Ospisdale, and 

 others exhibited largely. First prizes fell to the Marquis, 

 to Mr Grant, Ruthven ; and the Duke of Sutherland. 

 Prizes were also awarded to the Duke of Richmond, Mr 

 Cruickshank, Cloves ; and Mr Cruickshank, Marcassie. 



In Shorthorns, the first prize in the class of aged bulls 

 was won by John M. Hopper, Newham Grange, Stockton- 

 on-Tees, for Belleville 6778, which four years later won even 

 greater honour. His portrait was painted by Mr Gourlay 

 Steell for the Society's gallery. The second fell to the Duke 

 of Richmond for bull Duke 3rd, bred by his Grace, the sire 

 being Monsieur, son of 2nd Duke of Northumberland. 



