232 Report on the Cheese, Butter, Wool, 
with such success at Leeds as to warrant the Council in con- 
tinuing these prizes, if not in extending them. For all the 
great properties of endurance, courage, action, and speed, there 
is no animal so safe to be relied upon as the thorough-bred 
horse ; and I do hope to see from this time his position pro- 
perly recognized at the Meetings of the Royal Agricultural 
Society of England. 
Amongst other points in the arrangement of our last Meeting 
was the new feature of admitting members during the week into 
the Show-Yard free of charge, upon presentation of their tickets, 
— a plan that has undoubtedly the advantage of more than mere 
economy to recommend it. A member of the Society thus 
obtains a certain recognised standing at the Shows, of which I 
trust we shall see him hereafter more and more inclined to avail 
himself. With such advantages, and under the presidency of 
His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the Royal Agricultural 
Society of England should surely, during the ensuing year, 
" increase and multiply " far beyond all it hitherto has done. 
XIV. — Report on the Cliecse, Butter, Wool, and Flax, exhibited at 
Leeds. By Henry Ludolf, Steward. 
I regret to have to report that this department of the Show was 
defective in the number of the exhibitors and the quantity of 
specimens produced, although their quality was such as might 
satisfy the severest critic. It is to be hoped that in future agri- 
culturists will show greater alacrity in exhibiting these articles 
of their produce. In one instance only was the cheese exhibited 
by the maker, the remainder being sent by dealers. 
The butter was of superior quality and colour, particularly 
that of Mrs. Mary Abbey, of Nimble, near Knaresborough, to 
which the prize was awarded ; that of Mr. James Dumbrell, jun., 
of Ditchling, Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, would have deserved a 
second prize, if one had been provided. 
The Report on Wool has been delivered in by the Judges. 
The green-flax deserved the highest praise ; though I have 
followed the trade for nearly thirty years, I never saw finer line 
so early in the season. The stem was long, and as well de- 
veloped for the fibre as the boll was for the seed. The Scotch 
sample, exhibited by Lord Kinnaird, was only half the length 
of the others ; though healthy and well grown it was very back- 
ward. The reason for this is, no doubt, that all the other line 
was sown early in April, and the Scotch early in May : early 
sowing is always much to be recommended where the soil and 
climate permit. 
