Report of the Steward of Dairying and Poultry at Windsor. 715 
Eeport of the Judges of Berkshires, Other Black Breeds, and 
Tamworth Figs. 
[Classes 256 to 267.] 
Beekshieks. 
Class 2,5G. Iu the Old Boar Class there were several animals of great 
merit. The Fiest Peize hoar (Mr. A. E. W. Darby) was of true Berkshire 
character, though not perfect in hind-cjuarters. No. 3805 was one of the 
test pigs in the Class, hut his coat was in bad condition. 
Class 257 — Pens of Yoxmg Boars — was the weakest of the Berkshii'e 
Classes. Many of them lacked what is essential in Berkshires, viz. hair. 
Class 258. Breeding Soivs. — The Sow Class was exceptionally strong. 
The FiESX Champion Berkshire (Mr. T. A. E. Hayter) is of beautiful 
quality, and well deserves the First Champion Prize offered by the Berkshire 
Society. There were some excellent young sows in this Class, but they were 
too small to compete successfully with the older ones. 
Class 259. Fens of Three How Pigs. — In this Class there were some 
very promising pigs. Lack of uniformity in the pen is one of the character- 
istics of this class. 
Any othee Black Beeeds. 
The other black breeds were not so numerously represented, especially 
in the Boar Classes. There were some very fine sows in Class 262. There 
were a few pens of the large black breed shown in the same Classes as the 
small breeds, which makes it very difficult to judge, and we would recom- 
mend a separate Class for Large Black Breed. 
Tamwoeths. 
The Tamworths mustered in strong force. They are much improved 
upon what they were a few years ago ; but it seems advisable that one type 
should be adopted as far as possible by breeders. 
Aethtje S. GiBSOir. 
G. Lascelles. 
Aethuk Cecil. 
XXXII. — Report of the Steward of Bairying and Poultry at 
Wiyidsor. By the Hon. Cecil T. Parker. 
An accession of interest in dairy matters in this country lias 
been one of the few cheerful agricultural symptoms of the past 
decade. In the encouragement of a spirit of inquiry and reform 
in this direction the Royal Agricultural Society has taken a 
foremost part. The Society may claim, indeed, to have been 
one of the earliest pioneers on the road now trodden by an army 
of able and enthusiastic workers. At the Bristol Meeting of 
1878 the Society recognised the importance -of the subject by 
its offer of a liberal and exhaustive list of prizes for dairy ap- 
pliances and machinery. " The Meeting," said the Council in 
their report; " will be distinguished by an exhaustive trial of 
