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without food and water for many long hours in their transits by railway to 
and from distant fairs and markets. 
Stand 111 contained a Drill for drilling Potatoes. We could not try it, but 
if it will do what the makers say it will, it must be highly useful where the 
said roots are grown on a large scale. 
Art. 4489. New invention. Portable Roughing for Horse-shoes: can be easily 
attached, and may often save the necessity of taking off shoes to rough them, 
■when perhaps there is only one night's or day's frost. 
But we must draw this Report to a close, for there was nothing to be found 
that was really very new or peculiar. The term " Miscellaneous " was hard 
to explain to exhibitors, but they highly approved of the "stand" made by 
the new rules for agricultural implements, for the sheds were fast becoming 
what may fairly be called a fair for dolls and other things ; and though we 
may bo thought harsh with regard to the last expression, and while still 
admiring the esprit of the exhibitors, we must say there is too much brought 
to the meetings of purely non-agricultural implements, while there are also 
many things shown that can be made use of by agriculturists often to good 
pur]Mse. 
We can assure our readers that we visited every stand in spite of rain (and 
the slough of despond caused thereby), and many of them over and over again, 
though we heard whisperings to the contrary, and of inspections during storms 
of rain while we took shelter in exhibitors' ofBces. We now only ask forgive- 
ness for these our supposed misdoings, and also of the Society for the scantiness 
of this our Report; though for a finish we must not forget the great Mis- 
cellanea which, being in this quinquennial year of trial, had their appointed 
judges, and on them we pass a cursory remark, having seen them in various 
difBcult positions, which made us recall to our memory the meeting at Carlisle, 
when a "monster" there walked through every slough and over every hill- 
top without a struggle ; but its " pattens " (so called) pressed the land down 
too much, and so it is hoped it will be noticed at this time next year how 
the racing-ground at Barnhurst looks. 
May the great good already effected by the Society be increased year by 
year, for the benefit of the farming community ; and with our best thanks to 
the Stewards and all the officials with whom we had to do, we say farewell. 
(Signed) H. B. Caldwell. 
Charles Whitehead. 
XXIX. — Report on the Exliihition of Live Stock at Wolver- 
hampton. By Jacob Wilson, Senior Steward. 
Never, perhaps, in the annals of the Society has a Country 
Meeting been held under greater difficulties than those which 
presented themselves at Wolverhampton. For several days, and 
even weeks, prior to the Show, and up to its conclusion, the 
elements were most unpropitious. A down-pour of rain falling 
upon low swampy ground, which had been but recently drained, 
had the very natural effect of plunging the surface to such an 
extent as to render locomotion not only disagreeable and difficult, 
but almost impossible, whilst such a state of things on more 
