Report of the Senior Steward of Implements at Nottingham. 567 
Description of 
Shcddiug 
Notting- 
luini 
1888 
New- 
castle 
1887 
Nor- 
wich 
1886 
Preston 
1885 
Slirews- 
biirv 
188'4 
York 
1883 
Reading 
1882 
Derby 
1881 
Ordinary .... 
Machinery in motion 
Special shedding 
(Including seeds, 
models, iSsc.) 
feot 
7,253 
1,607 
1,883 
feet 
5,508 
1,125 
1,58't 
feet 
7,155 
2,017 
1,640 
feet 
8,417 
2,063 
1,520 
feet 
9,315 
2,035 
1,554 
feet 
9,569 
1,949 
1,618 
feet 
9,326 
2,289 
1,402 
feet 
9,138 
2,102 
1,511 
Total feet of shed- 
ding. 
10,743 
8,217 
10,812 
12,000 
12,904 
13,136 
13,017 
12,751 
No. of articles ex- 
hibited 
4,717 
3,616 
4.656 
S.313 
5,241 
6,058 
6,102 
S.960 
Some extraordinary mistakes sometimes come under the 
notice of the Stewards from exhibitors either not reading or not 
paying attention to the printed regulations sent to them. The 
Judges appear to have more difficulty year by year in recom- 
mending to the Stewards the disposal of the Silver Medals. 
The Council in offering prizes for Hay and Straw Presses wished 
to simplify and economise that operation, and so to reduce the 
cost of railway carriage and other means of transit : the advan- 
tage gained under this head is fully shown in Mr. Pidgeon's very 
able report. 
I may point with satisfaction to the increasing attention 
which appears to be paid to Bee-cultu'^e — application having been 
made for double the amount of space for this department of our 
show-ground as compared with former years. 
Although not coming directly within my province, yet I may 
be permitted to allude to the great interest manifested during the 
whole time of the show in the Dairy operations and exhibitions, 
and to the unwearied and able manner in which these were organised 
and conducted by Sir John Thorold. I may also be allowed to 
remark, that although the time of year is not suitable for a show 
of Poultry, yet in my opinion a national Agricultural exhibition 
like the " Royal " could not be considered complete without it. 
The expeditious and careful manner in which the Midland 
Railway Company (with their grand display of horses) got the 
machinery and implements into the yard was highly satisfactory, 
and I imagine sleeper roads within the yard have become a sine 
qua non. 
The marked harmony of this year's meeting in all its varied 
departments, and the exceptionally good report the London 
Police gave of the behaviour of an enormous crowd at Nottingham, 
are matters of congratulation to all — and especially I allude to this 
in my native county — not a single case having been reported by 
the police. 
