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siderable exportation of them to Ireland going on at this 
moment. They are described by one who knows them well as 
of large bone, with great aptitude to fatten, and an excellent 
tenant-farmer's sheep. There were, however, only 31 entries of 
them, and only 6 of Cheviots. The same cause, as has been 
already alluded to as thinning the entries in the class of Scotch 
cattle, namely, the Highland and Agricultural Show at Edin- 
burgh following so closely upon the Manchester Meeting, pro- 
bably operated to diminish the entries in these two classes. 
The Judges' Report is scanty, and simply says, " we found 
the animals good, but fewer in number than we expected," 
which they account for in the manner that has been already 
alluded to. They think the " Committee should be a little 
more particular in their inspection as to clipping." 
None of the prize animals among either the Border Leicesters 
or Cheviots are singled out in the Report for commendation or 
otherwise, but certainly Mr. Laing's first-prize Shearling Ram, 
1149, and Messrs. Dinning's first prize, 1155, appeared excellent 
specimens of Border Leicester sheep. 
The Inspectors of shearing, after calling the attention of the 
Stewards to some cases where, in their opinion, the rules of 
the Society have not been strictly complied with, remark that 
they are happy to say that no " flagrant" case came under their 
notice. This is satisfactory, and there is little doubt that a 
great improvement is to be noticed in the shearing of sheep, 
especially in those classes which are represented in the Royal 
Prize List every year. 
The good effects produced by inspection are shown by the 
marked contrast, in respect of shearing, between the Manchester 
Show of 1869 and that at Worcester in 1863. 
Probably the shearing of some of the North country sheep 
was open to remark, and it may be as well to provide another 
year either for one of the inspectors to be specially conversant 
with these northern breeds of sheep, or else for a wholly separate 
inspection of them. 
This may be an appropriate place for saying that some 
improvements may perhaps be made in the arrangements con- 
nected with the sheep and pig judging. Under the present 
system the Judges are inconveniently pressed upon, and some 
better plan of roping off a proper sized space, together with the 
help, during the day, of an assistant Steward, seems desirable. 
Pigs. — Surely the Judges of this excellent show of pigs must 
have found it difficult to follow their instructions, " not to take 
into consideration the present value to the butcher of animals 
exhibited, but to decide according to their relative merits for 
