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on scanty fare, and make beef of prime quality when transferred to good 
pasture. If better fed and cared for during the first two years, they would 
compare favourably with any breed of English cattle. 
Welsh sheep were an indifferent show, both in numbers and quality, the 
prize pens of ewes being the only good specimens of the breed. Considering 
the handsome prizes offered by the Society, we cannot refrain from expressing 
our regret that this useful breed of sheep was not better represented. 
A. Laurie. 
John Williams. 
Longhorns, Ayrshires, Galloways and Dairy Cattle. — Of neither 
of these sorts was there a large or a very good display. Ayrshire 
and Galloway breeders should have responded more numerously 
to the invitation of the Royal Society. The Duke of Bucking- 
ham's first-prize Longhorned bull is heavy and fleshy. Mr. 
Forrest's second one has not such a nicely set tail as the first. 
Mr. Farmer's first-prize cow carries a grand udder. Mr. Richard 
Hall's first-prize heifer is a beauty of her sort. Among the six 
or seven Ayrshires there was nothing of a particularly note- 
worthy character. Mr. George Graham's first-prize Galloway 
bull is a handsome two-year-old, which has been a leading 
winner in his own country. Mr. Barnes Cunningham's first-prize 
heifer is very handsome, and has never been beaten. She has 
a fine coat of hair, and was bred by the exhibitor. The same 
breeder's second and third cows have been prize-takers before. 
They, too, were bred by himself. Mr. Richard Stratton's first- 
prize pair of cows of any breed, in-milk, were two sappy useful- 
looking Shorthorns of his own breeding. Some good dairy cows 
were exhibited. The Judges of those breeds report as under : — 
Class 89. Longhorns. — The first-prize animal exhibited all the best 
qualities peculiar to the Longhorns, and was shown in fine condition ; the 
second and third prize animals though well worthy of their premiums, were 
not so fully developed as the first prize. 
Class 90. The first-prize cow is a very complete one, shown in satisfactory 
condition, milking properties well developed ; the second and third are good 
cows, but their milking properties are not so apparent ; the Reserve Number, 
though in low condition, had every appearance of being an excellent dairy 
cow. 
Class 91. Three very good heifers, the first prize of superior quality. 
Class 92. Ayrshires. — First-prize animal a very superior one, in fine con- 
dition ; second and third animals in low condition, but evidently purely bred. 
Class 93. Generally good, exhibiting very fully those milking properties 
for which this breed of cattle is justly celebrated. 
Class 94. Polled Galloways. — Only two exhibited (sire and son) ; considered 
very excellent specimens of the breed. 
Class 95. In this class there were some fine animals ; the first-prize heifer 
showing promise of making an excellent cow. 
Classes 96 and 97. In these classes the Judges considered that their attention 
was by the conditions particularly directed to the milking properties of the 
cows exhibited, and their awards were made in conformity with those 
directions. 
Signed, on behalf of the Judges, J. H. Burbery. 
