176 TJie Ayricultural Features of the Paris Exliihition. 
Agricultural implement-makers from Great Britain made a 
capital appearance — at great labour and expense, no doubt ; yet 
thev maintained their high reputation. In this department our 
American cousins not only pressed us hard, but in some points 
surpassed us. France and several other Continental countries 
have improved wonderfully since the last Paris Exhibition, in 
1867. The improvements made in that comparatively short 
period, most notably perhaps in France, have not been confined 
to agricultural implements. They were rendered very evident 
in the live-stock sections of the Exhibition. Both cattle and 
sheep from the home country made a relatively better appear- 
ance than they have done at any of the previous International 
Exhibitions in the fashionable French capital. Agriculturally 
speaking, the Exhibition of 1878 showed France in a con- 
siderably advanced state from that in which it appeared even in 
1867. 
Live Stock. 
The display of cattle, sheep, and swine opened on the 7th of 
June, and continued over twelve days. The official Catalogue 
contained 1700 entries of cattle, 825 of sheep, and 381 of swine 
— in all, 2906. A considerable number of the animals entered 
were not exhibited, but, on the other hand, the " entry " in 
numerous sheep and swine classes consisted of three or more 
animals, so that it may safely be stated that over 3000 animals 
were gathered together. The countries represented were France, 
Great Britain, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Holland, Italy, 
Portugal, and Switzerland ; those having the largest number ot 
entries being France, Great Britain, Belgium, Holland, and 
Switzerland. Austria showed neither cattle nor swine, and was 
represented in the sheep department by two pens of the Zakkel 
and three of the Merino breed. Though it cannot be claimed 
that the display was complete as an exhibition of European 
cattle, sheep, and swine, still it is not too much to say that it 
was not only the largest and most valuable, but also the most 
varied and most interesting that has ever yet been opened to the 
eye of the public. In proof of this it will be sufficient to state 
that no fewer than 65 distinct races and sub-races of cattle, 50 
races and sub-races of sheep, and 21 races and sub-races of 
swine were represented ; and that in addition to all these the 
turn-out of cattle comprised specimens of over 30 different 
crosses, that of sheep about 20, and that of swine 25. What a 
panorama of form, colour, and characteristic ! What a study 
lor the student of agriculture ! What a field for the curious and 
the inquiring ! It has perhaps never had an equal ; it has cer- 
tainly never been surpassed. In those sixty-five varieties of the 
