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clean, was not in show condition. It was impossible to give 
it the place we expected it to take, although it alone, of all the 
entries, seemed at the outset to answer what we believed to be 
the intention of the Prize. 
There were two other entries in this class. 
On Mr. Wright's farm at Minshull- Vernon, there is a large 
quantity of beef, mutton, and bacon made and sold, and some 
useful horse-breeding. The management, however, varies from 
year to year, according to market and to judgment. Sometimes 
pig-feeding is abandoned, and calf rearing, in-calf heifers being 
sold, is carried on. There is a heavy rent, a considerable labour 
bill, and about 150/. spent annually in manure and cattle-food. 
The receipts also include considerable sums from the sale of 
hay and potatoes. 
At Well House Farm, Scotforth, near Lancaster, Mr. John 
Cottam, who also occupies two other farms, has barely 100 acres 
of good grass-land, only 3 acres being arable ; on which he 
keeps 24 admirable Shorthorn cows for the supply of milk, and 
rears 6 or 8 heifer-calves, yearlings, and two-year-olds. A good 
bull is kept, and the young stock is very good. There is also a 
small flock of sheep, and 14 or 15 bullocks are grazed in 
summer, and a few Highland cattle are kept for winter grazing. 
Believing that we have now stated enough to justify our 
awards in the several classes, it only remains for us to express 
our hearty thanks lor the courtesy and hospitality which met us 
everywhere upon our successive rounds of inspection. 
(Signed) E. Little. 
W. T. Carrington. 
J. Chalmers Morton. 
XXVI. — Report on the Liverpool Meeting. By the Hon. 
WlLBRAHAM EgERTON, M.P. (SENIOR STEWARD.) 
I SHALL leave to the official Reporter the task of going fully 
into the different classes of stock, and shall confine myself to 
making a few general remarks on the Royal Agricultural Show 
at Liverpool. 
It has been a decided success, even when compared with the 
last, which was in a more central position, and attracted such 
large numbers from the Midland Counties. This result has not 
been owing to any extraordinary object of attraction, or to any 
sensational leaping of hunters, so often adopted by local Shows 
as a means of replenishing their coffers. Even the visit of the 
