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we do not think that the levellings done improved the animal. All three 
were good sheep. 
Class 174. — This Class was just the same in number as tlie Aged Class, and 
all were good sheep of their kind. 
Cla>^s 175. — Three pens of Gimmers competed here. All were good; and 
we had some difticultj' in placing the first and second. 
A word or two as to the option of Exhibitors — whether they show their 
sheep in or out of their wool. We are strongly of opinion that the same rule 
as to shearing should be enforced with regard to mountain sheep as the 
inland sheep. It is almost impossible for any Judges to satisfy thenjsehes 
when sheep come before them as they did in the Classes which we judged. 
JoHX Hogarth. 
Jons IXGLEBY. 
JOHS KiCHARDSOX. 
Other Short- Woolled Breeds. 
Under this designation there were a few interesting pens : 
five good pens of Ryeland sheep, exhibited by Mr. Frank 
Shepherd, The Brook, Colwall, !\Ialvern ; one pen of good 
Dorset Horned Ewes, shown by Mr. Samuel Kidner, of Bickley 
Farm, Milverton, Somerset ; and a pen of Shetland Ewes, 
black, small, and unshapely, exhibited by Mr. T. L. Watson, 
of Leaburn, Hawick. 
PIGS. 
As in the cases of beef and mutton, there has in recent years 
been a change in the taste of consumers of ham and bacon. Fat 
pork is disliked ; lean is more extensively in demand than ever 
before. Lard has fallen greatly in value ; the lean flesh of the 
pig brings a higher price than any other kind of butcher's meat. 
It thus becomes evident that to suit the wants of the altered 
times, a pig of a different pattern from that cultivated formerly 
is now desired. The model pig of to-day is one that will in the 
shortest time and at the least cost produce the maximum amount 
of lean meat in the best parts, with the minimum of low-priced 
or discounted meat and valueless. offal. To ensure this, the pig 
should be long in the body, deep in the ribs, still deeper in the 
ham, level in the back, broadening backwards, so that the hind- 
quarters may be deep, broad, and square, and full in every line, 
whether from the rear, side, or top view ; and the fore-parts, 
where the low-priced meat is formed, should be thinner and 
lighter, with clean jowl. The bone should be fine, with 
nowhere any appearance of coarseness. One great desideratum 
is a large proportion of lean meat, and as a plentiful covering 
of hair is taken as indicative of this, considerable importance is 
attached to the coat. 
Going through the great collection of pigs at Newcastle with 
an animal of the kind indicated impressed on the mind, one 
