562 
The  Yorkshire  Farm-Prize  Competition,  1883. 
January. 
April. 
July. 
Cattle. 
Cows  in-C,ilf  or  in-Milk  . . 
23 
2S 
29 
2-year-old  Heifers  
7 
11 
10 
Yearling  „ 
8 
4 
3 
Heifer  Calves  
8 
5 
10 
Aged  Bulls  
2 
1 
1 
Young  „ 
9 
13 
10 
Bullocks  
2 
Total  
59* 
02 
03 
Sheep. 
Tups 
f 12  aged  1 
l 73  hoggsj 
49 
31 
Ewes 
80 
75 
75 
Gimmer  Hoggs 
54  hoggs 
51 
51 
Lambs  
93 
99 
Total  
219 
2G8 
250 
Pigs. 
Boar 
1 
1 
1 
Sows 
2 
2 
6 
Stores  
15 
14 
8 
Feeding  
4 
Total  
22 
17 
15 
Horses. 
Cart  Horses  
7 
7 
7 
Clydesdale  Mares  . . . . . . 
3 
3 
3 
2-year-olds  
2 
2 
2 
Foals 
3 
3 
Other  Horses  
20 
10 
18 
Total 
32  31  1 33 
Dogs 
5 
8 
Bitches  
6 
5 
Total 
•• 
11 
13 
* 50  of  these  were  eligible  for  entry  in  the  “ Shorthorn  Herd-book.” 
Cattle. — In  January  we  found  some  of  the  dowagers  com- 
fortably enjoying  comparative  freedom  in  the  new  covered 
yards.  The  nursing  matrons  with  their  precious  charges,  and 
the  reigning  belles,  had  each  exclusive  possession  of  a white- 
washed well-ventilated  box. 
It  might  be  invidious  to  particularise  any  of  these  famous 
beauties,  but  we  may  mention  the  “ G.’s  ” and  “ Ladies  ” as  two 
