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by the Exhibitors, and the Council trust that the Members will 
aid them in their effort to establish an annual Show of Farm 
Poultry at the Society's Country Meetings. 
The Prizes and Certificates of Efficiency offered by the Council 
to makers of Butter and Cheese who should pass a practical 
examination in the Preston Showyard were competed for by 
only five Butter-makers and two Cheese-makers, but the Council 
hope that a repetition of the offer may attract a much larger 
number to the Examination at Norwich next July. 
The Council have decided that the Norwich Meeting shall 
commence on Monday, July 12th, and close on the following 
Friday evening. 
Prizes for the best-managed Farms in Norfolk and Suffolk 
have been offered by the Norwich Local Committee in four 
classes. Fourteen farms have been entered for competition, and 
the Judges appointed by the Council have already made their 
first inspection. 
Although the Prizes offered at Preston for sets of Harness and 
Gears did not attract any entries, the Council have, on the 
recommendation of the Stewards and Judges, repeated the offer 
in connection with the Norwich Meeting. They have also 
decided to offer Prizes for the best apparatus for making thatch 
for the covering of stacks, and for the best substitute for straw 
thatch other than metal. 
The Society's Schedule of Prizes for Live Stock has been 
arranged with a special view to the requirements of the Eastern 
Counties, in addition to the usual encouragement of the National 
breeds; and it has been supplemented by the Local Committee 
in several classes for Agricultural Horses, Hunters, Harness 
Horses, and Hackneys, as well as additional Classes and 
Champion Prizes for Suffolk Horses and Hackneys, Red Polled 
Cattle, and Suffolk Sheep. The Shire Horse Society has again 
