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Class 138. — The lots varied very much ; there were some very fine cheese, 
but much of it was very middling, both in quality and make. 
Class 139. — Many very creditable lots, but some that had better have been 
kept away, jwssessing no merit whatever. 
Class 140. — Some very good cheese, but the competition was not so keen 
as in the other classes. 
We are sorry to notice the absence of Wiltshire " Doubles," and think prizes 
should have been oflered for this class of cheese. We also think it would 
have been advisable to have made separate classes for white and coloured in 
the two classes Nos. 137 and 138. 
The show of cheese on the whole was very satisfactorj', and we feel that the 
encouragement of the Society may well be bestowed on such an important 
article of consumption, whenever the Meetings are held in a cheese-making 
district. 
James Hughes. 
R. P. Edwards. 
\. — Report on the Exhibition of Implements at Bristol. By 
J. Hemsley, of Shelton, Newark, Senior Steward. 
In following the usual custom of the retiring Steward, by writing 
an Introduction to the Implement Report, I feel that it will be 
quite unnecessary to occupy the space of the ' Journal ' at any 
length, the Council having engaged a gentleman so able and 
experienced as Mr. Coleman to write the General Report. I 
wish, however, to express in this public manner the pleasure 
I have had in serving my term of office, and to refer to the 
agreeable associations with all the officials connected with 
the Society. That pleasure will be better understood when I 
call to their remembrance the cordial and liberal receptions we 
met with on our visits to Taunton, Birmingham, Liverpool, and 
Bristol, and the Stewards have particularly to thank those several 
local Committees for their kindness. The duties of Stewards 
are certainly rendered as light as they can be, considering the great 
magnitude of our exhibitions ; and if any improvement has 
been noticed in the general management of the implement 
department, and if more carefulness has been observed in the 
trials of implements and agricultural machinery during the past 
few years, it is largely due to the indefatigable and untiring 
exertions of the Secretary, and the able superintendence of the 
Steward of general arrangements, and to those gentlemen who 
have given their services as Judges. 
The trials of agricultural implements during the last four 
years have been confined to mowing, reaping, and sheaf-bind- 
ing machines, with the usual disposal of siver medals. With 
respect to the sheaf-binding machine, the highest honour of the 
Society has been awarded to it with the sanction of the Stewards 
after the late trials, although the Members of the Society 
