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English Agricultural Society. 



To Mr. J. W. Peters, of South-Petherton, Somerset : Sweepstakes 

 of Five Sovereigns each, for the best Devon Cow, offered 

 by Mr. Paull and accepted by Mr. Peters : decided in favour of 

 Mr. Peters's 9 years and 6 months old Devon Cow. 



To Mr. George Carrington, Jun., of the Abbey, Great Missenden, 

 Buckinghamshire : Sweepstakes of Two Sovereigns each, for 

 the best Short-horned Cow, offered by Mr. Carrington and ac- 

 cepted by Mr. Langston ; decided in favour of Mr. Carrington. 



To Mr. Nathaniel Blake, of Stanton-Harcourt, near Ensham, Ox- 

 fordshire : Sweepstakes of Five Sovereigns each, for the best Ox 

 under 4 years old, fed on Hay and Green Food only, previously to 

 Christmas 1838, offered by Mr. Ferris and accepted by Mr. Blake ; 

 decided in favour of Mr. Blake. 



Commendations. 



Mr. H. Tuckwell's Improved Cotswold Long-woolled Ram, in Class X. 



Mr. H. Tuckwell's Improved Cotswold and Long-woolled Ewes, with 

 their Lambs, in Class X. 



Mr. C. Large's Oxfordshire Long-woolled Ewes, with Lambs, in 

 Class X. 



Mr. R. Wood's Cotswold Ram, in Class X. 



Mr. R. M. Pearce's Cotswold Ewes, with their Lambs, in Class X. 

 The Hon. Frederick Spencer's Bay Colt, exhibited in Extra Stock. 



Exhibition of Implements. 



The exhibition of implements^ whicli was extremely well 

 arranged, added much to the interest of the show-yard. It is 

 true these were^ for the most part, familiar to one or other of 

 those present^ but it afforded a favourable opportunity of con- 

 trasting the implements of different parts of the country ; and, to 

 many, there was novelty even in those which had in distant dis- 

 tricts been in constant use. 



The Society^ at the recommendation of the judges^ awarded 

 the gold medal to the Messrs. Ransome, of Ipswich^ who con- 

 tributed largely to the exhibition, having sent up their waggons 

 laden with more than six tons of machinery and implements, the 

 superior manufacture and variety of which commanded universal 

 approbation. The judges especially invited attention to the 

 chaff-cutting machines. The one No. XII. is the largest and 

 most powerful of its kind hitherto constructed ; it is remarkable 



