Report on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Liverpool. 561 
Stanford's fust-prize aged bull is well covered with flesh, and 
was first at Croydon in 1875, as well as second at Birmingham 
last year. Their second prize two-year-old and yearling bulls 
arc full average specimens, shown in good condition. Their first- 
prize cow is a lengthy stylish seven-year-old, which stood second 
at the last Royal Meeting ; and the second-prize two-year-old 
heifer was similarly placed at Bath, when Mr. Agate's first one 
here was also in possession of the coveted ticket. Mr. Agate's 
first yearling is lengthy and outcoming. She has been a winner 
before ; while his second-prize yearling bull, carrying his flesh 
well, was second at Bath. Mr. George Smith's first two-year- 
old bull easily backed up his Bath triumph, and has evidently 
more victories in store for him. 
Norfolk Polled. — The Norfolk and Suffolk Polled breed was 
meagrely represented. Mr. J. J. Colman, M.P., sent a good 
bull and a better cow ; while Mr. Birkbeck forwarded a fair 
bull and a moderately good heifer, which composed the show of 
red Polled cattle. 
Welsh. — This breed was in great force. The Judges, as will 
be seen, report fully on this stoek, so I need not extend my own 
notes. The second-prize aged bull, though nothing like the 
first for quality and symmetry, was of immense size. If I 
mistake not, he was the heaviest animal in the cattle classes. 
I was favourably impressed with Mr. Humphrey's prize cows. 
They were the best specimens of Welsh cows that I have seen, 
and were shown in capital trim. Heifers were also good. 
The Judges of this breed report in these terms : — 
Class 85. Bulls over Two Tears. — In this class there were nine entries, fairly 
representing this hardy breed of cattle. The first prize was awarded to a two- 
and-a-half year old bull of great merit, likely to develop into a thoroughly 
good specimen of the breed ; the second-prize bull, five years old, is a heavy 
well furnished beast, lacking the quality of the first ; the third prize, taken 
evidently from North Wales, is a promising beast, with good symmetry. 
Class 86 — Bulls under Two Years old. — These were not so well represented, 
the lot lacking quality. 
Class 87. Cows in-Calf or in-Milk. — All the prize-takers in this class were 
of great merit — the first and second-prize cows being thorough good specimens 
of the North Wales type, the third prize and Reserved Number cows nearly 
equally well representing the South. 
Class 88. Heifers under Three Tears old. — An uneven class, some being 
inferior animals, and the prize-takers veiy good. The first-prize heifer, 
evidently from the North, is good all over ; the second and third are a pair of 
grand heifers, with good coats, but lacking the touch of the North Wales 
heifer. 
We had considerable difficulty in making our awards, as the cattle of 
North and South Wales are of totally different types, both good, and well 
adapted for the districts in which they are bred. We would suggest that, in 
future, prizes be offered in separate classes for North and South Wales cattle. 
It is much to be regretted that the black breed of cattle are not more 
strictly adhered to in the mountainous districts of Wales, where they thrive 
