528 Report on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Manchester. 
the purpose of breeding." It would be impossible to see at any 
show of fat stock animals in a greater state of obesity than 
were the majority of the pigs exhibited at Manchester. There 
were some exceptions, however, such as Sir George VVombwell's 
second-prize pigs in Class 140. 
The Judges report favourably of the classes generally, and 
say that the character of the different breeds was well sustained, 
and they point out as worthy of special notice Class 135 (sows 
of a small white breed). They add, " We were somewhat 
perplexed in having to give a prize to an animal with a partial 
black skin exhibited as a white pig." 
It is satisfactory to record that, though there were some 
disqualifications on account of defective dentition, these were 
fewer than usual. The introduction of a Younjr Boar Class 
seems to have been appreciated, and some good young animals 
were shown. 
There were 132 entries in all, and while Mr. Peter Eden 
represented most successfully the local fame of Manchester, Mr. 
Duckering, Messrs. Howard, and other well known names, 
amply maintained their porcine reputation. 
At the Annual Meeting on Wednesday, presided over by the 
Prince of Wales, a vote of thanks to the Mayor and Corporation 
of Manchester, for their cordial reception of the Society, was 
passed unanimously, as was also one to the Local Committee, 
when the names of Mr. Davies and Mr. Whitworth were, as 
they deserved to be, brought prominently forward, as having 
each of them largely contributed, by their unremitting exertions, 
to the excellent arrangements made for the Exhibition. 
Subsequently M. Edouard Lecouteux, Secretaire general de la 
Societe des Agriculteurs de France, accompanied by M. Herve 
Mangon, M. le Comte Diesbach, M. Barral, M. Ronna, and other 
eminent French agriculturists, were presented to his Royal 
Highness. They expressed their regret that M. Drouyn de 
Lhuys had not been able to be present, and they thanked the 
Prince for the honour he had done to French agriculture in 
consenting to become an Honorary Member of the newly formed 
" Socidte des Agriculteurs de France." 
After the Prince of Wales had vacated the chair, Mr. Duckham 
brought under notice some resolutions which he announced as 
having been passed at a meeting of breeders and exhibitors of 
cattle and sheep that morning. Some points of interest were 
contained in the resolutions, and the Duke of Richmond, as 
Chairman, undertook that they should be laid before the Council, 
and receive every consideration. 
