Report to the General Meeting. 
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Stock, written by Mr. Housman, and published in the last 
number of the ' Journal,' records accurately the leading features 
of that department of the Show, which were the large and 
excellent entries of Hereford Cattle and Shropshire Sheep. 
The Report of the Farm-prize Competition in connection with 
the Shrewsbury Meeting, written by Mr. Coleman, of York, and 
published in the current number of the 'Journal,' contains 
accounts of profitable farming in that district, which are well 
worthy of perusal by Members of the Society. 
The Council have decided that the Preston Meeting shall 
commence on Wednesday, July 15th, and close on the following 
Monday evening. 
Prizes for the best-managed Farms in a defined district round 
Preston, including the Counties of Lancaster and Chester, have 
been offered in seven Classes by the Preston Local Committee, 
the Council of the Society, the Earl of Derby, and Mrs. Clifton ; 
and the Council are glad to report that these offers have attracted 
forty-six entries, which is at least double the usual number. 
The Council have therefore appointed two sets of Judges, who 
have already made their first inspection. 
Preston being situated within a comparatively small distance 
of the headquarters of several local breeds of Cattle and Sheep, 
the Stock Prize-sheet for the ensuing year has necessarily been 
arranged with a view to their adequate representation in the 
Showyard. The Society's Schedule of Prizes has been liberally 
supplemented by the Local Committee in Classes for Shire and 
Agricultural Horses, Hunters, Harness Horses, Hackneys and 
Roadsters, Shorthorns and Dairy Cattle, several Classes of 
Mountain Sheep, and Dairy Produce. In addition, the Corpora- 
tion of Blackpool give Prizes for Shire and Agricultural Geld- 
ings and Fillies, and add to the Society's Prizes for Thoroughbred 
Stall ions ; the Shorthorn Society renews its offer of Champion 
Prizes for the best male and the best female Shorthorn in the 
Showyard ; the Shire Horse Society has again offered a 
Prize for the best " Shire " Stall ion in the Showyard ; and the 
