(516 Report on the Exhibition of Live-Stock at Taunton. 
were given to Nos. 552 aud 535 ; the former showing a good frame, but her 
udder does not sufficiently run forward. The ktter was good in many res^^ects, 
and would be still better if her teats were more squarely placed. 
Such is our opinion on the classes which have been submitted to our con- 
sideration and judgment ; and with the hope that our opinions on the merits 
of Channel Islands Cattle will be satisfactorily received, we would beg to point 
out that in our awards we have sti'ictly considered the stock in reference to its 
great speciality, viz. richness of dairy produce, combined with beauty of form, 
and free from all fanciful ideas of colour, &c. In short, we have suspiciously 
regarded animals in-milk, however beautiful to the eye, if the tendency to 
show flesh was too prominently developed. 
We would beg emphatically to [.oint out that every encouragement should 
be given to increase, and if possible to improve, the produce of the Jersey and 
Guernsey Cattle as dairy stock ; and whilst endeavouring to combine with these 
great properties beauty of form, set aside from the prize-lists such animals as 
do not i)ossess the staple qualities which have established the reputation of the 
Channel Islands Cattle. 
"Walter Gilbey, 1 t j 
Chas. p. Le Coenu, F'^^S^- 
Sheep. 
When several exhibitors complained at the General Meeting 
of Members held in the Showjard, that they were not allowed 
to trim their sheep after they came into the yard, they only 
touched upon a question which has given rise to much debate, 
and which cannot be settled satisfactorily except by the laying 
down of regulations which shall be adhered to most scrupu- 
lously. The Inspectors of Shearing and Colouring make the 
following recommendations : — 
We, the Inspectors of Shearing and Colouring of Sheep, find that very many 
slieep have had oil, grease, and colour, applied to them. The selection is 
difficult, as such application has been used to a considerable extent by Exhi- 
bitors, and to condemn the numbers as named here — Nos. 583, 591, 607, 608, 
642, 643, 644, 900, 901, 909, 910, 911, 912, 913, 914, 921, 923, 924, 925, 926, 
927, 931, 933 — would not be fair as compared with others not mentioned. 
We would strongly recommend the Stewards not to disqualify any this year, 
but to frame the conditions of Show in this respect for 1876 in such a \\ay as 
to prevent the use of oil, irrcase, or anything whatever to affect the colour 
and quality of the wool. The only sheep we doubt of being unfairly shorn is 
No. 643. We recommend the Stewards to pass this one also, and we will in 
our Eeport endeavour to show good grounds for the recommendations given. 
William Jobson, \ -r . , oi 
J. B. Workman, Inspectors of Shearing 
,EK, J 
d. 13. WORKMAN, > ' 1 r. I 
W. R. SiiiTTLEK. J andColounng. 
In that Report these gentlemen say : — 
"We, the Inspectors of Shearing, were anxious to carry out the regulation of 
the Coimcil as to oiling and colouring, but we found too much difficulty in 
satisfying ourselves in many cases that this had been 'unfairly' done." After 
much consideration, we came to the conclusion that it was impossible to give 
effect to the regulation absolutely ; that if attempted we should inevitably 
disqualify some of the entries unjustly, while others offending against the 
