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been abundantly justified by the results announced in the 
valuable Eeport of the Consulting Engineers which appears 
in the current number of the ' Journal.' 
A new feature of the Show was the competition of Shoe- 
ing Smiths practising in the district in which the Meeting 
was held. This competition proved very popular with the 
trade and with the general public, and the Council are there- 
fore encouraged to hold another contest of the same kind in 
connection with the Nottingham Meeting next year. 
The Stallions which gained the Premiums at the Spring 
Show of the Society in January last were exhibited at the 
Summer Meeting, and their owners received the gold medals 
awarded to them by the Society at the hands of H.R.H. 
the Prince of Wales, who, with his two sons, honoured the 
Meeting with his presence on Tuesday and Thursday of 
the Show-weelr. 
The Council have arranged for a second exhibition of 
Stallions, which will be held at Nottingham on February 9 
and 10, 1888. 
The Annual Country Meeting at Nottingham will com- 
mence on Monday, July 9, 1888, and close on the following 
Friday evening. The Implement-yard only will be open on 
the previous Saturday, July 7. 
In connection with the Nottingham Meeting, the Council 
will offer the following prizes for agricultural implements ' : — 
Clas3 1. — Hay and Straw Presses, worked by Steam 
power . . , , . FiEsx Prize £30 
Skco>^d Prize £20 
Class 2. — Hay and Straw Presses, worked ty Horse 
power . , . , . First Prize £20 
Seco>t) Prize £10 
Class 3. — Hay and Straw Presses, worked by Hand 
power First Prize £20 
SEC0^^) Prize £10 
Class 4. — Best Apparatus for Condensing Mflk, suit- 
able for use on a farm .... £25 
To the ciTstomary Prizes offered by the Society for Stock 
to be exhibited at the Nottingham Meeting, the Local Com- 
mittee has added Prizes for Shire Stallions and Foals, 
Hunters, Harness Horses and Ponies, Hackneys and Road- 
' An additional prize of 201. for a Press for Old Hay worked by Hand Power 
was granted by the Council at its meeting on March 7, 1888. — [Ed.] 
