Report on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Liverpool. 531 
Of the various kinds of stock represented, it has to be said that 
agricultural or cart-horses made a better display, perhaps, than 
they had previously done ; that thoroughbreds, hunters, hacks, 
&c., were under average, at least in numbers, and certainly not 
over that standard in quality ; that the Shorthorn Classes were 
well filled with good animals, though there was a want of 
" cracks " ; that Herefords and Devons were few but fine ; that 
Jersey and Sussex cattle were fair, Welsh cattle comparatively 
good, and the other breeds meagre ; that the principal English 
breeds of sheep were quite up to average, and so were the pigs. 
Before attempting a more minute description of the animals, 
a few remarks about the arrangements and the general appearance 
of the yard are called for. The available ground was somewhat 
irregular in shape, but ingenious heads, willing hands, and 
plenty of money, made it on the whole a convenient yard, com- 
paratively easy of access from the bustling centre of the great 
commercial city which was honoured by, and duly appreciated, 
the Society's visit. Details of the arrangements of the yard are 
quite unnecessary here, read as the 'Journal' is principally by 
the members of the Society, who have had an opportunity of 
witnessing the admirable manner in which everything connected 
Avith the Show is accomplished. I have no hesitation in saying 
that the arrangements for the convenience and comfort both of 
exhibitors and visitors in the " Royal " Showyard are, in my 
opinion, about as near perfection as it is possible to make them. 
Well, the Liverpool Meeting in the details of arrangements lost 
nothing by comparison with any of its predecessors, and that is 
saying a great deal, for there can be no doubt that the " Royal " is 
the best conducted annual exhibition of the kind in the world. 
Visitors, both home and foreign, with whom I have conversed, 
are at one on this point. The Royal English Showyard is 
unquestionably the sight of the year for those of a bucolic turn 
of mind. I never met with a farmer or breeder who, having 
once seen a " Royal " Show, readily forgot, or ceased to tell his 
friends, what he witnessed and admired, and few, if any, have 
I encountered who would not make an effort to see such a 
display frequently, or, if possible, every year. Nothing could 
better illustrate the good the Society and its Shows do, and the 
hold they have on the agricultural mind, than the fact that many 
thousands of British farmers would not, in their own words often 
expressed to the writer, " like to miss the Royal." If they do 
miss it, they certainly miss a treat. It is in every sense of the 
term an educative meeting to agriculturists. 
The seventy-five acres enclosed were fully occupied. It would 
have been preferable if the horses had been nearer the cattle 
and sheep, yet no material inconvenience was occasioned. It is 
