The Plymouth Meeting. 
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Wool. 
This was really a local display, tlie entries being of three 
fleeces in the four classes of Devon Long-wool, South Devon, 
Dartmoor, and Exmoor. The wool was to be of the clip of 1890, 
and to bo shown in the grease. Only one class (the Devon 
Long-wool) filled at all well, there being 11 entries. Taken 
as a whole, the entries, especially the winning (Mr. A. C. 
Skinner's) and other noticed lots, "were of good length, texture, 
and style, well grown and well managed, but in some of the 
exhibits quality had been sacrificed to some extent in a desire 
to increase the size of the fleeces." The four entries of South 
Devon wool were all excellent in colour, length, and strength ; 
the fleeces were of great size and the wool well grown, though 
the quality might have been better. " The breeders of this 
class of sheep would find it advantageous to improve the quality 
of the wool without losing its special style." Of Dartmoor wool 
there were five entries, four of which were good typical lots, and 
fully demonstrated the great weight of wool this breed of sheep 
now carries. The wool was of good colour, style and quality, 
and well grown. Exmoor wool was represented by two entries 
from the same flock, both good in quality and style. 
Cheese. 
There were 53 entries in this section. Of last year's 
Cheddar, 10 entries came forward, and the three prize lots the 
Judges report to be of quality fit to stand against any cheese in 
any market. Last year's Cheshire made a small , but useful 
class. Last year's Stilton, 11 entries, was on the whole a 
class of fine quality ; the first and second prize lots would be 
difficult to surpass. Cheese of any British make, made this year, 
attracted a score of entries, which, as a whole, were not up to 
the standard of the Royal Show, though the first and second 
prize lots, both out of the Cheddar country, were considered to 
be very good. In the Cream-cheese class the quality left much 
to be desired. 
The J udges strongly urge closer application on the part of 
cheese-makers, and add that a deeper and keener interest should 
be evinced by larger numbers of farmers who depend in a greater 
or less degree upon cheese-making for the payment of rent and 
for other outgoings. They suggest a class for new cheese, 
made in factory or otherwise, ready for summer use, in cheeses 
of about 30 lb. each. 
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