668 Report of the Senior Steioard of Live-Stock. 
A. Division. 
Counties. 
Horses. 
Cattlr-. 
Sheep. 
Pigs. 
Total. 
Bedford 
7 
2 
6 
6 
21 
Buckinghamsliire .. 
6 
15 
21 
Ifi 
K 
ZD 
0 
it 
4Q 
21 
20 
13 
4 
58 
Hertfordshire . . 
13 
6 
19 
Huntingdonshire . . 
12 
4 
16 
Middlesex 
10 
'21 
1 
32 
1 
17 
18 
134 
143 
69 
12 
358 
Suffolk 
136 
84 
24 
21 
265 
Total .. 
337 
294 
181 
45 
857 
peculiarly local ; for, with the solitary exception of one from the 
adjoining county of Essex, the whole of the entries came from 
Norfolk and Suffolk. 
The same remark applies to the Red Polled cattle, 146 entries, 
and grand cattle they were ; all came from Norfolk and Suffolk. 
Contrast this with the Shire horses and Shorthorn cattle, 
which are thoroughly cosmopolitan ; there were comparatively 
few entries of either, still I find the 85 " Shires " hailing from 
eighteen different counties, and over a score of counties 
contributing to make up the meagre entry of 82 Shorthorns. 
The Jersey entries numbered 187, and they, with the 41 
Guernseys, formed numerically one-third of the entire show of 
cattle. This number has not been equalled except at Kilburn 
in 1879, when they reached the large total of 252, and such an 
entry may well elate the admirers of these breeds. It is well, 
however, for them to bear in mind that they are not yet to be 
found amongst the large dairies of Cheshire and Derbyshire. 
Their milk is rich, and they are looked upon as luxuries, but 
they have as yet a want of substance and robustness which appears 
to prevent their being generally useful to British agriculturists. 
The two Dairy Classes were poorly filled ; in fact, they were 
a failure, for only one cow complied with the very severe con- 
ditions as to milking and quality of milk, and there was only 
one heifer shown in the other Class. 
Nevertheless, these Classes seem to me to be a step in the 
right direction, and deserve the further attention of the Society. 
The scarcest thing in our large towns is cheap good milk, 
and the Society will do well to encourage its production. 
In sheep, as usual, the Shropshires took the lead, numbering 
'J7 exhibits. They appear to be widely distributed, coming 
from Lancashire and all the midland counties ; oddly enougli, 
the one which gave them their name only supplied 25 exhibits. 
