Beport of the Senior Steward oj Live-Sioch at Nottingham. 629 
(Mr. G. Harris) and 1738 (Mr. John Pears), were somewhat weak, and in 
some of the fleeces the staple would hreak ahout the middle. This is a more 
seiious fault in lustre wool than in any other sort. The wools which won 
the First and Second Peize in both Classes were very near in point of ex- 
cellence, and both were wools which left little or nothing to be desired from 
a wool-trade point of view. 
It seems a pity that in the midst of such a good lustre-wool growing 
district as Nottingham there was not a larger entry for these prizes. Bright 
wool makes in proportion as good a market price as other sorts, and it 
is highly desirable to keep up its peculiar qualities and characteristics, 
although they do not command for the moment the higher proportionate 
rates current some years ago. I would recommend that in future competi- 
tions, where there are two prizes, that one should be given for hog wool and 
the other for wether, or wether and ewe wool. Ile-hog and she-hog are to 
the wool manufacturer meaningless distinctions. There seems to me to be 
more merit in producing a well-sustained ewe fleece than in producing ex- 
cellence in wool of the first shearing. 
John W. Tubnee. 
Pigs. 
■ Report of the Judges of White Pigs. 
[Cla s.^3 14G to U9, 150 to 153, and 154 to 157.] 
LA.EGE WHITE BREED. 
Class 146. Boars, farrowed in 1887. — A fair Class; first- and second- 
prize animals (both Earl of EUesmere's) are good representatives of the 
breed. 
Class 147. Boar Bigs,farro%oeil in 1888. — The Prize pigs are of ordinary 
merit. 
Class 148. Breeding Sows.— A. grand Class of breeding sows; the prize 
animals are of exceptional merit, and the remaining exhibits good. 
Class 149. Breeding Sow Pigs,farroiced in 1888. — The first- and second- 
prize pens are good, and show much quality. 
MIDDLE WHITE BREED. 
Class 150. Boars, farrowed in 1887. — With the exception of the Prize 
animals, this is a moderate Class. 
Class 152. Breeding Sows. — A good Class; the First Prize sow (Mr. 
F. A. Walker-Jones' Lillg) is a fine specimen of the middle breed ; the other 
prize-winners are smaller, but have considerable merit. 
small WHITE BREED. 
Class 154. Boars, farrowed in 1887. — There are two good boars shown, 
but the remaining entries are moderate. 
Class 155. Boar iY//s.— Two entries ; the First Prize pigs (Earl of 
EUesmere's) are not good specimens of the small white breed. 
Class 15(3. Breeding Sow Bigs. — There are some excellent sows shown 
in this Class ; the First and Second Prize winners (both Hon. Mrs. Meynell 
Ingram's) are especially good. 
In consequence of the number of disqualifications in the younger Classes, 
the competition among white pigs is not so strong as we have seen at former 
Shows of this Society. 
Geoege Mangles. 
William Tait. 
