7 i8 lieport of the Steiiiard of Farm Produce (it Wlndsoi'. 
tions had not proved quite satisfactory, aud it was decided to 
have an exhibition of all descriptions of Corn, with prizes for the 
samples of each kind respectively possessing the best qualitii'S 
of colour, shape, weight, and other essential attributes. 
It was suggested that prizes should be offered for the best 
new varieties of seed wheat ; but though the importance of 
encouraging the production of varieties possessing novel and 
desirable characteristics is fully recognised by the Society, it 
would be impossible to award prizes without exhaustive trials 
of the merits of the new varieties, which would involve con- 
siderable time and labour. They must be tried, for instance, in 
different soils, in different localities, and during several seasons, 
in order to ascertain correctly their actual value as to their 
blight-resisting or wet-resisting power, and other specific quali- 
fications. 
This first show of corn held by the Society was on the whole 
satisfactory. The entries were large and the quality of many 
of the samples was very good, considering the character of the 
summer in which they were produced, the temperature of 1888 
being low and the rainfall excessive. Some of the samples of 
white wheat were particularly fine for the year, with bright and 
plump grains. 
There were twenty-six entries in the Whifo Wheat class, of 
which six failed to put in an appearance. Nineteen entries 
were made of Red Wheat, with two absentees. On the whole 
the standard of this class was not so high as that of the 
former. 
In the Barley competition there were nineteen samples 
entered and shown. In this class the injurious influences of 
the unseasonable summer were more palpable even than in 
the wheat classes, the exhibits being wanting in colour and 
quality. It is significant that of the best barley-growing 
counties Suffolk alone was represented, and the prizes went to 
Hertfordshire and Surrey, which are not especially reputed for 
the production of barley. 
Of Oats, there were sixteen entries of white and eleven of 
black oats. The latter were much better than the former, which 
showed traces of the unpropitious season. 
Large Beans were poorly represented, but of Small Beans 
there were ten samples of very fair character. 
Of Grey Peas there were only four sacks shown. Blue I'ens 
were better in number and quality. 
There were altogether 120 entries of corn of all kinds, and 
108 samples (sacks) were exhibited. 
The following is the report of the Judge of Corn : — 
