Hcfori of the Steward of Farm Produce at Windsor. 7io 
Hedges), similar pair of Aylesbury ducklings, very good, little difTurcnce 
between first and second. No. 817, Third Peizb (Miss Mary Moore), 
large but no quality- liest of Class indifferent. 
Class SCA. Pair of Ducldings of a First Cronsfrom any Pure Breed. — ' 
No. 823, FiKST Prize (Mr. J. W. Hedges), Pekin-Aylesbury, very good 
indeed, quality and size both perfect. This was the best pair of ducklings 
in either Class. No. 824, Second Prize (Mr. J. W. Hedges), Pekin- 
Aylesbury, a similar pair to No. 823, equally first rate. Third Prize not 
awarded owing to the remainder of the Class being very inferior. 
John Bailt. 
XXXIII. — Beport of the 8tewa/rd of Farm Produce at Windsor. 
By Chakles Whitehead, F.L.S. 
As it was desired that the Show of 1889 should be as extensive 
and comprehensive as possible, and that every branch of agri- 
culture should be represented at Windsor, it was determined to 
offer prizes for all kinds of Farm Produce. At no previous 
Show, with the exception of the International Agricultural 
Exhibition at Kilburn, in 1879, had there been anything like a 
general display of all the productions of the farm, in connection 
with the Royal Agricultural Society ; and previous to this 
recent Show at Windsor prizes had never been offered for corn, 
other than seed corn and malting barley. 
In the very first year of the Society's existence Farm Pro- 
duce was considered. Very handsome prizes were offered for 
seed wheat, viz., 50Z. for 12 bushels of the best white wheat, 
and 50Z. for 12 bushels of the best red wheat, at the first 
country Meeting of the Society, held at Oxford in 1839. The 
prize seed was to be sown by three farmers to test its qualities. 
The offers of prizes for seed corn were renewed at Cambridge 
(1840), Liverpool (1841), Bristol (1842), Derby (1843), South- 
ampton (1844), and Shrewsbury (1845), where 60/. was given 
in prizes for wheat, barley, and oats. Since the Show at the 
last-mentioned place no prizes appear to have been offered for 
corn of any kind, until special prizes were offered at the in- 
stigation of the Seeds and Plants Diseases Committee in 1880 
for new varieties of seed wheat. This competition was not, 
however, associated in any way with the Annual Show. 
The next kind of Farm Produce to which the Council of 
the Society turned their attention in the days of its youth, was 
cheese in 1842, at Bristol, the fourth Show, at Derby, the fifth 
Show, and for some years afterwards. There was a very large 
show of cheese in 1858 at Chester, where a splendid prize list 
was competed for, amountirig to 270/., besides a champion prize 
