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])etitors. Jfany of tlie lots wore more properly adapted for the long-wool class, 
it, was fettered with no conditions. I awarded the first prize to No. G, Mr. 
John Hill, Felhampton Court, as I considered it was short wool, fine quality, 
well washed and nianaiz;ed, free from gi'ey, which to my mind is a great recom- 
mendation and not sufliciently thought of in the selection of rams and ewes for 
breeding purposes by farmers in general, but of great consequence to the users 
i of wool. 'J'he second prize in this class, No. 9, to Mr. John Peakc, though not 
so fine as No. G, was short in staple, very well washed and managed, being 
also free from grey. No. iJj, highly commended, I considered good Shropshire, 
hut was too long in the staple to be entitled to a prize in the short-wool class. 
John Webster Mayou. 
Butter and Cheese. 
The shed appropriated to an exhibition of dairy products 
j attracted great interest in Aston Park, and the hope may be 
I entertained that every successive year will extend this highly 
important branch of competition. The entries of butter were 
large, amounting to no less than forty, and they were also 
excellent in quality, colour, and firmness of texture, taken 
I generally. The Judges, after awarding first prize to Mr. C. 
I Pratt, of Budbrooke, Warwick, and the second to Lord Chesham, 
bestowed four high commendations and the same number of 
commendations. The exhibition of cheese does not appear to 
have been of the same high character, and it seems a matter 
naturally to excite surprise that at a period when we hear so 
much of the highest art being brought to bear on cheese-making 
and of the systematic embodiment of every provision calculated 
to ensure the manufacture of high-class goods through the factory 
system, that the practical results are no better. There were eleven 
entries in the " over six inches thick " class, and seventeen in 
the class for thinner cheese. It may be worthy of remark that 
there was an exhibit of factory cheese in each, both of which, 
however, were passed unnoticed. The Report of the Judges is 
as follows : — 
The Judges have to report that there were thiity-nine lots of butter exhi- 
I bited, the general quality of which was fairly good. The first-prize dairy. 
No. 47, was most excellent both in colour, texture, and flavour ; and the second 
prize, ISio. 21, was nearly equal to it, the only difference being that it was not 
quite so rich. These two lots left little to be desired. In the remainder of the 
I class the Judges were able to award a high commendation to four samples, and 
I also to commend four others. ]n the Classes for thick and thin cheese the 
Judges were not so fortunate, and regret to say that the general quality of the 
cheese exhibited was very inferior, and they had difficulty in selecting the 
prize lots. It must be borne in mind that the present season of the year is an 
unfavourable one for the exhibition of raw cheese, and some of the samples 
shown will improve very much in the course of a few months. 
H. CiiANDOs Pole-Gell. 
S. Walkeu Cox. 
James Watsox. 
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