796 
THE AGRICULTURAL 
GAZETTE. 
Duc. 14, 
to a N ox * much weight, but not remarkable in 
e p 
. prize in Class III., next ka! a ar 
ery s uperi 
an 
lost much wid 
ie 
little beast, — 
horned ox of great m No animal in th 
showed a more level Mick, better covered ribs, deeper 
e h coarse and 
own. 
he first prize in Class V. went to the Earl of Ayles- 
ford, for a Deven: ox. The fore -= were very good, 
usual with the Dev t the posteriors 
in every point of ex 
prize went to a 
the Galloway breed c 
carcase of that breed is cylindricaljbe 
and the flesh is deep and early in — Aia ; but ithe 
twist i 
e, but the shoulder was bare, 
fore rs generally coarse, a property very an 
herent to the short-horns. The general form of the 
an 
inion allowed much 
d 
hort-horn ed 3 which eclipses, si 
f the kind in 
ur recollection, The ‘colour 445 
of all others, 
- | and Leicester cross. 
"n 
very good | th 
the head, e ears, and rong faultless beyond com- 
parison, and the eee 
cylindrical, without any approach to equality in any 
animal of the exhibition, No specimen of a cow Loses 
Struck us so forcibly as a prominent 
character. The touch was 
soft but not any ói and | 
least we do ig rem 
d | of sheep sh 
but noth 
anim Many opinions, and t weight, 
Gould prefer them to Mr. Foljambe’s p igege in being 
shorter in body ompact, better clad wit 
wW 
2 
=. 
. the 3 and Silv 
mt, jet for — log-wolled | x 
f 
nd th 
2 furniture both i 
ns.— T ond sie . to 
Bedfordshire, who is well known asa T The 
med a merit seldom — in the 
r pro- 
r, Twitchell, of 
still 0 
favou i i 
edfordshire, and io a good companion to the tw 
first pri and — 2 would be erde 
superior, especially in 5 5 T 
In Class XII., the prize hd Silver Medal went to 
Mr. Diin for his Cots sheep. They were heavy 
imals, and reia excellent of the kind. 
3 with the Sputhdo 
l apie “weigh tof. bod y, and a * arge 
pr of w This a most excellent animal for 
the e we ie j not dan 3 an z 
further. The prize was for a similar c 
very useful ai. 
In Class XIV., the ee ties to sheep of the Down 
The ee ewe a most use- 
a 
ul a appearances and were muc oh th 
In Class XV., being the Sethe wn sheep, the 
prize and ¢ Foa Medal were gained by a new competitor, 
Mr. Will a ee as 
nd, — on, Berks; at 
er his name in former shows 
Ba it * * first mart, has done the 
ae 
completely shade . 
the unive 
No very remarkable quality was to be observed in 
VII., the first prize was for aged 2 . 
ed one of the best specime 
n of the Des of Rish- 
r priz 
fully Sewa the — r of a "Southdown 8 
In 2 XVIII., no prize was The extras stock 
owed some goo specimens a single anima 
— of very transcendent m 
oe of sheep concludes that 
showa by Messrs. Foljam 
Exeter, and that the winner of the 
wa oy The general show of 
mond 
being placed in lumps. Our pleasure is 
this 
al few 
P 
Downs was well sustained. very award of cattle 
opinion of the animal. 
short-horned cow, of very 
by the 
prize and Silver Medal went to a 
cow good qualities, The general pro- 
did not attract much notice.—The second sages 
1 a 8 cow, of properties very like t 
Our . of the cattle department of the 
show of this year, comes — conclusion that 
and sheep, our own opinion ‘tally coincided with the 
fore-men- g 
ae Class XIX., being pigs, the prize was given to 
roved aes igs of Mr. Fisher Hobbs. No finer 
ns ¢ 
ie hme larger than the last, 
a Cl Class xx, the prize, Silver and Eog — was 
given to th Dorset breed of pigs, i 
Fi 
Gold Medals were never 1 de i useful form was . and 
ox of Mr. Heatt * the Doiii cow yw | judgment of the prize undeniable.— The md priz 
of Mr. Gooch, being, in our opinion, the t proper ven to Prince Albert, for pigs of the York breed, 
pecimens that may ever have been shown of the two ing much merit. The last pen, and the present, 
kinds of animals ; at least o oes not might give much room for discussion, and the result 
furnish the memory with any image of similar produc- | rari be rey doubtful. Both are equally useful in 
tions, and we believe this ju 5 is . by the yielding fresh pork in . — or size, and hams 
most opi We think that the older age. udges must have seen 
superior excellence, but it ne be small. be coat of 
hair on the ge wade I showed a vigour that is very 
arge | were shown of large pi 
- | ceeded the quality of iene fo: 
showed 
ranap mal life. 
Ia Class XXI, “the sian was bios to Lord Radnor, | 
pe pigs + the large b The a 
d han 
ese pigs is very rae 
3, black and white, which ex- 
„ 
g. 
r | kinds, with tag or no additi 
e | chaff-cutters, © bt ch im 
di 
exhibited by the well-known names of Smyth, Horns 
arrett, an d of the commonly kno 
Mrs. 
ness supports the well-established fame, esp 
imple 
the show of this year 
were not so numerous 
4 
Ñ 
horses by 
being neat and stron 
vellin 
usu kind, and thes accompanying. Win- 
wing 
Smith, 
ington's ’s dibble gets into esti ae 
harrows of iron showed nothin gingto 
stack- cloths and M‘Neill’s äsphaited felt 13 
advaneing in use; also the dishes of 
The ploughs 5 
prize € 
eke? sho 
utensils oe pass tes, anà w 
cylindrica chur ver 
ee med “cotton of the contents at any time. 
l 
oved fro ı the glass dishes and the 
.® 
which a hike 22 — is fais n bya produc 
m, after which the 1 2 rons "iD exhausted, 
s forms a stile skimming p Phil- 
ips ™ showed glass dishes and tiles “of ihe ak — kind 
The were exhibited in the usual kinds by 
mone ‘Gibbs of London, and Skirving of Liverpool. 
urnips, Beet, abbages, am ae 3 Med ki 
fine, but nothing re common y 
N We p e aper] the Stubble Swede 
Tarn of M r. Rive of Sawbridgeworth, being a 
hybrid “of Early Stone variety, and the Green-topped 
Swe de. It oes mes to be a valuable substitute for the 
Whi t grows as rapidly, and better with- 
| stands pave rot weather. 
8 
show must yow an 
F 
and more) 
i 
and | a w 
in the only point in ‘which they 5 gy excel every breed 
in Britain. T of cattle much ex- 
fi 
— years, and 
The notio i 
a uce evenly- 
covered fleshy prime not as for- 
m iy, — — “of fat and ar 4 Secreto, The 
practice has a most universal approbati 
MIDLAND COUNTIES CATTLE SHOW AT 
oo RMI INGHAM. 
THE avhihit ry respect 
upon n las t year's, except perhaps | in the . and that 
could not easily be surpassed, was held in the New 
Bingley — eae Hall, whi othe i 
for _ The cattl 
were a very t hat of last 
year, being altogether ior in the character of 
ndividual s ens and in the evenness of the show 
generally. — sheep were not a very striking feature 
of the exhibition, though there were pens of 
excellent . to be seen. The e pigs were equal to 
t year Leer nber and quality, and that is 
i ise. But th soullry 
ment of exhi decidedly the finest and 
attractive of the whole, A liection of spe- 
cimens never before were seen ; t delay for 
lowing is the prize = of amg b and pigs : 
AT CAT 
HER 24 Ofer a ges 
ane p 101. Exhibitor, Mr, Richard Allin, Itching- 
arwickshire. Breeder unknown.—2d, 5l. ibitor, 
Paii 5 Breeder, Mr. Thomas Sheriff, Buckton, near 
hly commended.—Exhibitor and breeder, Sir = 
Lawiey, Ba Barc., of Middleton-hall. 
ee Exhibitor and breeder, 
ton, n, Peddesley-par of 
Prize of 5l., and — Gold Medal, for the best ox or steer 
any breed. Exhibitor and breeder, Lord Hatherton, Teddes- 
ley-park, 
onps: Cows, 
Ist prize, 10l., aie an Silver Medal, as 
— Mr. James Willi 
'Culmington, near — aon, 
hn T Stes’ Oholstrey, neat near 
* — „ Westonbury, Here- 
— ae ier ea m oe panies, Wiggin- 
mu 
Our inquiry among -oi pigs o observes that . Exhibitor, Mr. dene me, the a 
animals never were better exhibited more . N L Ben 
in the larger sort specimens were not 50 „ene, Huisa, 1 
heavy as in former — de think pae nae: Se 1 the degree, Rea. 
thereby as the pig, being naturally id and drowsy, | Breeder, Stephens, oseph Moore, 1 gian- 
| requires some vivacity ‘ond length of * to take pl 3 i Exhibitor, a An John Perry, Much Cowal: 
| cise, to promote functions. The animals — Boss 8 
the year suited this idea. Ist prize, 102, i Bahibuor, B i Wa , Pies sie? =i, 5 
e prear to Mr, Isaac N Evans, Grif, 
Coventry. 
k, uay 
— — — 
minished on that account. The drill machines were 
Korn a 
Wedlake’ 8 busi. EA 
strong, ce j 
1 — threshing grain were of the 
. aa al i F 
