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Agriculture in Normandy. 



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Shorthorn cattle together. There was a large class of Herefords, 

 also of very high quality. The horses on the whole were 

 disappointing both in quality and quantity. They included 

 classes of Shires, Clydesdales, Percherons and Hackneys. 

 The largest classes of sheep were the Lincoln and Rambouillet 

 breeds ; the others included Romney Marsh, Shropshire Down, 

 Oxfordshire Down and Hampshire Down. The pigs in- 

 cluded Middle Whites and Berkshires. 



The principal agricultural implement importers had pavilions 

 at the show, but the show is essentially a cattle show and 

 attracts cattle breeders almost exclusively. 



Great interest centred round the sales which took place in the 

 show rings daily. The prices on the whole were lower than last 

 year. Among the cattle, the winner of the prize for the best 

 animal exhibited, male or female, a Shorthorn Bull, " Newton 

 Stone II," born in March, 1906, was sold for $20,000 (£1,745). 

 It was generally expected that he would have been sold for 

 £600 or £700 more. Six other bulls were sold at prices ranging 

 from £1,309 to £872. The average price obtained by the 

 leading breeders for pedigree bulls in the last three years was 

 as follows : 1905, £346 ; 1906, £340 ; 1907, £304. Newton 

 Stone, the sire of this year's champion, Newton Stone II, 

 was bought in Great Britain some years ago by the owner 

 and breeder of the champion for £2,600. The champion horse 

 in the heavy weight draught class, a two-year-old Shire, was 

 sold for £540. 



In a report, furnished to the Board by the Foreign 

 Office, on the agricultural conditions prevailing in the 

 districts of Caen and Lower Normandy, 

 Agriculture in Mr. Vice-Consul Hettier observes that the 

 Normandy. department of the Calvados is a rich 

 agricultural country, and the trade in 

 live stock and other products has always been important. 

 As regards cattle the Norman farmers, as a rule, content 

 themselves with their native breed. A few Jersey cows are 

 bought, but are considered to need too much care. Forty 

 years ago the Cotentine race of cattle was crossed with the 

 Shorthorn, and the present breed is the result. They are 

 largely sold in Paris, but are not exported. There does not 



