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Rag JA AA M OR hath EE Ries et PTS. I SS thd 
Joxe 23, 1860.5 
/ the he proferonee eto its | own breeds, its own ir mplements, 
n modes of cultivation, and the thought that i 
PE systems et poe andry these local e hh ae 
i nev 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 585 
eders living in ea ch region were grouped | ‘their ill- jointe ed part and indifferent workin 
red b 
together Sie ming each a distinct exhibi “ti na small | ship poling contrasted with the 
4. | ot 
ne 
mple by our be 
ting the | mancfistarey and whioh had been papi for pis he 
i of a 
ni 
fw educated men who were lache upon as insane 
hem aul for advocating ae and progressive 
chang: 
te all the be ae sent from England were pur- 
chased by eager buyers, and like pioneers o of a be ie er 
ble illing the 
and more pr ing oil 
developing its natural resources, they enetrated into 
distant provinces an pai. js upset the hitherto 
tions o; 
m 
i to t ca 
and thronged the beautiful fate “Hall of the 
Champs Elyseés, wherein thousands of animals gathere 
pia ae pip pip Ae Europe, even from the most distant 
ranged in numerous and well-arranged 
cate Petting to the eye every variety of shape, | 
no r, and merit. 
an event c t pass without leaving its 
MPENN behind. Itw bt possible that so favourable | 
an op ghd forming one ’s judg: men t by: compart ct 
could have beer f Fran 
and other nati oe Wi without strongly disquieting the! eir | 
their inferiority, and on the other with an 
i to improve. 
it is now our pleasing d duty to record t the great ara 
AA g manner such. a step in adyance, so conspicn 
oe a proget in every re of agricultural | 
industry, that those who re the stock, Rana 
lements stidi Fen tes contributed 
vs i and 1856, could rented believe, in 
eee the beautiful exhibition of 1860, that in 
so great an improve nett could be | 
t 
clase heey He beeen nt, and as re; 
directly and indirectly, and it Lod itens ue Besides odin were 13 ~~ of È gonis 70 of Sein of about It is said the 
eelings to state that stock of English origin, | rabbits, and ie oles than 839 entries of poultry, num- i a those matters of mani ent and 
implements of English make or design, form by far the | bering about birds. | distribution of things which require taste and judgment; — 
neipal and the most perfect features of the whole | The horses were a nakie attractive feature of this | certainly the clever administrators who have i 
ibition. Ou! nbries ttle, comprising show. It is only very r ently that horses are at all | this Show, and ning tn others the general commissioner 
all the various and numerous reed nd Eirg as well admitted in French agri shows. The first | in chief, M. de e, deserve the highest credit for 
as all other foreign.races bred i no, e than attempt at a horse show was made 10 years ago | at the | ve § raged an the perfa poene in their pores 
413 belong to English blood, tive as oa “follows aes hon nite of Alen rie h they have displayed and so 
ES Entries. | of first e horses was exh hibite ted as would scareely be 
Pure Short-horns. . : A 168 | equalled f po any country. ‘The success which atte sais i tad oie remarked on a former occasion that in all 
Crosses by a Shorthorn bull +. +. this innovation induced the French authorities the shows which have hith erto taken place, both in 
Pare’ PROS EPE FOREN T act 9 e make it general this year throughout the whole of Paris and in the provinces, the bulk of the population 
Vari gan beds Herefords, Devons, alae 5 France, and ee it was not first: anti icipal ated to to | had “eeareely felt any i interest t in these -m! 
ate | include horses in the national an: by the town 
"g this year in Paris, yielding to a very fam desire on and even, the country population. In 1855 and 1856 
, The other entries are divided ia S SA e is aware that 
SR of Entries. | which found a most sympathetic response from the | such a thing go il agricultural show, and did 
122 ee imself—the French Government decided on | not evince in the least Ae any AET ae ote a 
Resi Brice ae Beare a pis the admission of horses, and prizes amountin | remarkable feature o! 
heralnites tesa es E E a less than 80007. Besides the horse class nere is | exhil ‘th 
aro os fe ies ae eat ee a spe one for asses, of which there were exhibited | all classes of society. On anday k last, t the ne day 
ip Rae oss AAE ee AST | some most remarkable imens, and for which prizes | the show was opened ns os pubis, with an admission 
eres LES Sa PIPE ES EE + | to the amount of 2807. were offered. Several stallions | fee of ” eros nearly 28, visitors entered on pay- 
Bearer: ss epi | of hat breed so much me in England were | ment; if we r n the non-paying visitors, con- 
Maueelle 17 | pointed out to us for which 600 guineas were freely | sisting of Lares —— ee and their friends, there 
i l offered. ‘They are chiefly used ue ors barges a oti ople i e exhibition on that , 
15 jmules. There were nearly 1000 h and 28 a ee ‘On, the ullowing ex the ere. were. ae aying 
43 | exhibited. i 
47 
Tae 
nA 
66 
agreatral stat us EOE ae region one with another, | by Messrs. Tiaa on of Pari: 
eated nevertheless a great deal of Goin isis as 
breed wer over 
and a 
is, M essrs. Bonnet Andrew, 
the | and Ducoray, of. Boulogne ; M. Piednue of Dieppe, 
T 
nimals of one d e distributed all ove a Messrs. Claudore and Co., of Clermont, ke. he Messrs. 
ing, s next to impossible to judge o far-famed 
merit as a whole, and to compare it with others. Ta | fewer? exhibited by Mr. Garver a ever was 
this exhibition another, and ib must be confessed, a | sent frou m the Orwell Bai T Mente Garrett 
much better classification has been adopted, so that set of their drills and horse- 
all the animals of one breed are gathered into one hoes, and I by their p 
group, thus affording a good opportunity for jud ig | which b bids fair Nee ll others by the siraplicity of 
their peculiarities and those distinctive traits 
features that characterise them as a breed. 
The prizes offered for the 25 categories into wh 
3 1} es 
| the compactness of its “bulk. Burgess & Key’s cele- 
brated reaping and mowin machines are there also, 
p ich g 
the cattle exhi Pan is divided, are both numerous | the latter competing in a special trial which we will 
m 
and on a liberal s 
98 p 
ae > 
Boo 
© 
these 25 classes no er presently describe. Messrs. Hornsby’s celebrated and new 
402. in En bie ney, | i ired. ‘a 
reat] red. In 
ach | there were specimens of the best English implements 
hat nothi 
ad by a e 
e Paris exhibition i is remark able for ong number | altogether. 
p ei unusual merits of the cattle classes, it is not Tp ki Soe classes 
-Jess so in its other departments. In the E classes | prod comprised 3615 ates reared: every 
n £ ur n 
developed by the Great International Exhibition of there are no less than 546 enpa many o of which are | possible article of produce fr fro 
i sand rae i t 
oes osed of lots of fine animals, 
ry | stronger endurance than is our share. ai a future 
toe ticles which 
clas The “Fr nde native breeds a uteg oe the | can mai mo pak pot tin ing to our readers, but for 
d Merino and its various crosses, numbe erin g 187 o entries; the present we will ash our remarks to the a 
e | expression th a ee instructive museum of all t 
ed numbering 17 entries; the Butin 4; “and the Ta ae n supply out of her hountifal 
bre 
ae other mie vist breeds 44, The 
tensive stb conlét scarcely be seen anywhere, 
a Te th of ae Rate Show may certai ainly 
pie that 
foreign breeds “consis ted almost anh of, | Be pro as the ao mplete and the most 
of paaa arranged collect mn that has ever been made. 
25 | 
2eds, 
thet Hee r the Teitoater sheep were Fophtaciiter: by The bea “4 ator of. Tndustry in the Champs 
i a e i ng abod 
tswo and the hort E s rgeous 
wis ols were entirely limited to the Soutldowns, showing and truly sight pcs of agricultural riches. 
minds on the one hand with a galling c ae os by this ‘eehiatve mess and the number, together wi a t ti is of i it has 
earnest a ren si ar merit. of the animals ae pie wha 
urite this hiti teed: wie s to be with t 
| The cattle gro 
‘Tee and how well it seems pale to the Sais | | breed, on comfortably ani are in scot s stalls + je 
fi mate | a four-fol 
o att agricul regi 
-|an rise odes p cultivation. With the. exception “of 4 
48 
entries the whole of the 148 lots of cross-bred sheep | centre of the Puilding is | lated Mto a most 
were the Aetna ofan English e so that out of | beautiful peg through which meanders a miniature 
the whole 546 entries, no less than eo thar E adef or me spann Tin a rustic arte a gushing forth 
indirec ctly to English hogar Aa which seem 
| Seeipaten lst 
| If in the d s the prevalen 
ratur Flower Exhi- 
yet ay arranged in ge pisik and 
[bi tion is m 
ce of | fragrant m all over this law om es. a prec 
‘Ger 
spec sses 
„English blood is is very, yid o iti is cs les so in the pig | of border ppa Roses, and 
would | seldom if ever seon. Ip the eric aro paced all the 
movil n 
ie show of pigs sey try, a large implements are outsi 
he vont 32 belong to French breeds, hairs ‘which the bui ding t under ta sheds; and the horses are 
1 an hich, for excellence an d go ig, W 
8 any other s but that were he best exhibitions we nave ever seen 
and bred in France. However, it is. not aay tó Fy 
perceive at a glance; even without the of the o 
getale, by. te bye a large ron Bi be of k paeh e | the ss tha ti =i Ha the better; so that n 
a 
ie ised of fee 
runn: 
the areg Tengin o Ss the C Cours-la-Reine along the river 
Tt oe 
like a det ailed recount i t 
b 
4 it cannot be expected of us that we 
: Sis reed E a ba Reis sparen describe the 
d other than English 9 | e exhibition 
Total nica nee) ear epi aene Paie via 
Making, together with some Algerine and ais cattle, peal Sie oul anc igh engage all the time the Eshi.) a Pig — we — eee ge agro 
and total of nearly 1500 entries bition r emai | merits ° ý machine: „What took pace af, these 
he ees shows, he cattle classes The entries of mplements amounted to n sage 4000! h esi an EAEE EER e eon gues eid gr 
Fee not arming ing breeds, asis the case of oo French-made implements we m À ntly t the one res re rr: = lly eran al before 
this year, but according to district. The whole of copied from Eng lish models, but were goii * heavy cheek Se apnea te nd t 
tance was divided into regions, and all the animals and uncouth; in 
deed their unwieldy appearance, 
