the  Society's  Meeting,  1883. 
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Black-faced  Bams  of  both  ages  were  good,  more  especially  the  Dinmonts. 
Ewes  were  superior  of  their  class. 
The  Suffolks  were  very  superior  in  the  Shortwoolled  Breed.  The  Suffolk 
Shearling  Ewes  were  a very  nice  pen. 
Robert  Paterson. 
John  Clay. 
Report  of  the  Inspectors  of  Shearing. 
We  have,  as  your  Inspectors  of  Shearing,  carefully  looked  over  and  examined 
the  whole  of  the  sheep  as  placed  before  us  in  the  Yard,  and  have  to  report 
that  we  found  them  as  a whole  well  and  fairly  shorn.  There  were  a few 
cases  we  considered  necessary  to  look  over  a second  time ; they  were  not, 
however,  unfairly  shorn  to  the  same  extent  as  in  former  years,  and  we  were 
not  warranted  in  recommending  disqualification  in  any  case. 
The  attention  of  your  Inspectors  was  drawn  to  the  use  rather  freely  of  wool 
shears,  for  dressing  sheep  in  the  Yard,  and  we  venture  to  recommend  that 
you  prohibit  their  use. 
William  Jobson. 
J.  B.  Workman. 
PIGS. 
In  this  section,  which  was  creditably  filled,  the  vexed 
question  of  dentition  as  an  indication  of  age  was  raised,  though 
to  a much  smaller  extent  than  on  some  former  occasions.  The 
Inspectors — Professors  Brown,  Duguid,  and  Robertson — re- 
ported that  two  pens  of  Large  White  Pigs  and  three  of  the 
Medium  White  Breed,  as  well  as  two  lots  of  young  pigs  still 
with  their  dams — one  in  each  of  these  breeds — indicated  by  the 
state  of  dentition  that  the  animals  were  above  the  age  stated 
in  the  certificates  of  entry,  and  they  got  no  prizes.  Many  good 
pigs  were  unable  to  find  their  way  into  the  prize  list. 
White  Breeds. 
In  the  Aged  Boar  Class  of  the  large  variety,  Lord  Ellesmere 
wTas  invincible.  His  first  boar  is  very  thick,  of  great  size  and 
length,  but  only  middling  quality.  The  winner  is  a two-year- 
old  ; the  second,  also  from  Worsley,  and  bred  by  his  Lordship, 
is  a year  older  and  bigger,  but  not  strikingly  fine.  His  Lord- 
ship  was  fairly  beaten  in  the  one-year-old  class  of  boars  by  an 
evenly  grown  pig  of  good  quality  and  great  scale,  owned  and 
bred  by  Mr.  Duckering.  Lord  Ellesmere’s  second  is  a well- 
furnished  level  pig  of  moderate  quality.  The  Breeding  Sows 
were  relatively  better  than  the  Boars,  and  formed  a grand  class. 
Lord  Ellesmere  got  first  for  “ Queen,”  a three-year-old  of  his 
own  breeding,  and  a former  winner.  She  is  very  heavy  and 
full  of  quality.  His  Lordship’s  third  sow  “ Countess,”  bred  by 
the  exhibitor,  and  also  three  years  old,  is  evidently  a splendid 
