004 Report on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Wolverhampton, 
Mountain sheep furnished but a poor entry in any of th& 
classes, and as several of them were disqualified for improper 
shearing, the competition was limited to very few. It was pleasinp;- 
to observe the Cheviots, from their native hills in Northumber- 
land, competinf; with others from Wales; and as Wales is to 
enk-rtain " the Royal " of 1872, I trust we shall see a bumper 
entry of this valuable breed of sheep at Cardiff next July. 
One word on the important subject of the inspection of 
shearing, which has wrought such an improvement in our sheep 
classes since 1803. The Report of the Inspectors is most valu- 
able and encouraging, and 1 gladly give it in full, in the hope- 
that it may have the effect of inducing other Societies to follow 
the example of "the Royal" in this matter, and thus tend to 
remove a " crying evil " too visible in nearly every show-yard 
in the kingdom. It is a singular circumstance that the only sheep 
disqualified were in the Mountain classes. The Inspectors say: — 
We have to report that the sheep in Class 74, No. 653, in Class 104, Nos. 
1084, 1085, 1086, and in Class 105, Nos. 1088, 1089, were not in accordance- 
with your conditions, we therefore recommended them to be disqualified. 
We were quite satisfied that the shearing of the sheep disqualified was most 
unfairly done — in fact, a great deal of old wool was left on the sheep ; and wo 
were glad to find that the stewards of the show acted on the recommendation of 
the inspectors. We had a few doubtful cases among the Cotswolds, Lincoliis,. 
Shropshire, and Mountain sheep: on a second examination of those lots, we 
gave them the benefit of the doubt we had in each case. Our second and closer 
examination of the sheep referred to will, we are sure, have its good effect, as 
almost every shepherd in the yard watched our movements with very great 
interest. We are satisfied — should this marked improvement in shearing go 
on for a few years — there will be no need for inspection in the Show-yard. 
We have further to rcjiort, that we found the sheep much improved in .shearing 
from the meeting in 1870, and a very much greater and marked improvement 
as compared with slieep shown at Manchester in 1869; and we have much 
pleasure in saying that, on the whole, we have never seen the sheep more fairly 
shorn. 
Pigs. 
Seldom has a finer collection of pigs graced our Royal show- 
yard. Whilst Messrs. Duckering and Eden carried all before 
them in the wliite classes, Messrs. Sexton and Ware upheld their 
reputation in the Suffolk Blacks, and Mr. Russell Swanwick 
almost "cleared the boards" in Berkshires. Nothing could be 
more charming to the eye of a pig-fancier than the uniformity 
of character observable in Mr. Swanwick's various entries of 
Berkshires. His career has certainly not been a long one, but 
he has succeeded in creating for himself a wide-spread reputation 
in the pig-world, whilst the enormous prices at which he sold 
at Wolverhampton some of his animals for export to America^ 
and the plucky way in which he (shorthorn-like) has beea 
buying others of his own bhxjd back again from that country are 
sufficient guarantees of the purity of the blood he cu!ti\'at(;s 
