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as regards the high quality of the animals. The Duke of Buck- 
ingham took another fust prize with a third daughter of " Con- 
queror 3rd," namely, •• Countess of Temple," who, like her 
half-sisters, displays the same nice character as their valuable 
sire. The Longhorn and dairy cattle came to the same ring, and 
w ere judged by the same Judges, who state in their Report ; 
We found the classes well represented, especially the azed bulls ; and the 
: iree-year-old heifers were very good. The dairy-cows were also useful, and the 
\ onug stock very promising. 
JaJIKS SoilERVILLE. 
Benjamin Walker. 
Mathew Hewertson. 
The dairy-cows were in two classes, one consisting of pairs from 
the same herd, and the other of single cows. The competition 
seemed of a most interesting nature as milkers of various breeds 
( ompeted. The Shorthorn, Longhorn, and Ayrshire breeds, had 
two pairs each to represent them in their own class with a single 
pair of cross-bred cows, called " \ orkshires." The first and 
second prizes went to the Shorthorns, who were beautiful cows, 
with very capacious udders. The third prize and reserve were 
taken by the Ayrshires. This result, it will be seen, does not 
at all tend to advance the Longhorn cattle even as milkers, in 
which character thev might have been expected to succeed best. 
Xeither did thev take anv honours in the class for single cows, 
where four of the breed were entered with the same number of 
pure Shorthorns, two Ayrshires, two cross-breds. and one 1 ork- 
shire cow ; for the first prize was given to Mr. Wodehouse's 
•• Countess," a roan Shorthorn ; the second to Mr. Cogswell's 
Cheshire roan : the third to the Yorkshire cow exhibited by 
Mr. T. Statter : and the reserve, with a commendation, to 
Mr. Kingslev, for another Shorthorn, namely, old " Sera- 
phina 1st." 
Sheep. 
Sheep came out noblv in the grand display, and particularly 
those modem kinds which have the reputation of being farmers' 
rent-paving animals, on account of their bountiful and rapid 
returns of mutton, combined with large yields of wool. Ot these 
the Lincolnshire Long-wooUed, and the Shropshire and Oxford- 
shire Downs, were not only more than commonly numerous, but 
thev contained such superior specimens as to give the sheep- 
jiens an unusual attraction. As Southdowns, too, were in force, 
with a splendid array of animals possessing nice character and 
fine quality, the Society mav be congratulated on having brought 
together an exhibition of the woolly tribes of well-nigh unex- 
ampled merit. 
