614 Rqyort on the Exhibition of Live-Stock at Taunton. 
Jerseys exhibited at Taunton were not very bad to beat. Not 
but what there were one or two good animals, notablv Mr. \ying- 
field Digby's first-prize 2-year-old bull, and Mr. Christopher 
Power's cow " Victoria," which had not to meet Mr. Simpson s 
" Buttercup," who beat her at Brentwood. But most of the 
Jersey cows and heifers were far too fat. A very old breedei 
of Jerseys declares that colour will kill quality, and that, though 
the colour mania is not quite so prevalent as it was two or three 
years ago, people still set far too much store by it. A Jersey, to 
be a good milker, according to this same authority, should be thin 
in front, like a racehorse, and corpulent behind ; especial attention 
being, of course, given to the shape of the udder. And, in con- 
nection with the milking qualities of the Jerseys, it mav be 
mentioned that every cow of the Channel Islands breed was 
milked dry on the Sunday evening in the presence of an officer oi 
the Society specially appointed for that purpose. This enabled 
the Judges to estimate very accurately the respective milking 
qualities of each cow. If the Jerseys did not come very 
well out of the ordeal of judging, the Guernseys received 
the best of characters ; and Class 59, for cows of above three 
years old, contained nine animals which gave the Judges a 
deal of trouble. Four cows in this class were commended, 
in addition to the two prize-winners. The heifers, in-milk oi 
in-calf, not over three years, were not less taking as a whole : 
though " Snowdrop," who took the first prize, was far in advance 
of all the rest ; she, like the yearling Hereford heifer, beins 
very near perfection. It must be added that the judgments given 
at Croydon, where the Guernseys also showed in great ionn. 
were in not a few instances reversed at Taunton ; but some o) 
the critics who found fault with the Taunton decisions might 
have remembered that in the interval of six weeks there bad 
been ample time for the Croydon winners to go off, as one 
or two of them unquestionably had. In an exhaustive Report 
upon the Channel Islands Cattle, the Judges say : — 
The growing interest taken by amateurs and stock-breeders In these classft 
has greatly influenced the competition at the Annual Meeting of the Roya 
Agricultural Society. 
With reference to the stock submitted to us at Taunton, we would t( 
report as follows : — 
Jersey Cattle. 
Class 54. BuUs above Two Tears old. — In this class there were tt: 
entries. The first prize was awarded to Xo. 500, a ijeat and well-bred bull o 
good quality. The second was taken by ^»o. 503, a large, square, and joivtr 
ful animal, but rather too heavy about the head and throat, ^^o. 502 ni 
the former closely for place, but ultimately came in for the third prize; wh;L< 
the reserve was given to 2fo. 495, an animal of riper years, but rctaiii;ii, 
