638 JReporf of iJte Steward of Dairijing and Poulfrij at Nottingham. 
shall not be accused of trespassing when I include them in this 
report. 
The competition had failed in previous years to give satisfac- 
tion. At Preston and Norwich the prizes were offered for cows 
giving not less than 18 quarts and 12 quarts of milk respec- 
tively per diem, to contain not less than 12 per cent, of solids 
(butter-fat), with the result that at Norwich the Judges reported 
that " either the conditions are too stringent, or the cows ex- 
hibited were deficient in milking qualities." These conditions 
were omitted at Newcastle, where the Judges reported as follows : 
"They were instructed, to base their awards upon the relative appai^nt 
milliiug properties of the animals exhibited, thei'e being no provision made 
■ for testinp: accurately either the quantity or quality of the milk produced. 
This the Judges much regretted. They would have been better satisfied, and 
so most likely would some of the exhibitors have been, if the milk had been 
weighed and the quality carefully ascertained, as was done at Preston iu 1885, 
and at Norwich last year." 
Upon this report the chairman of the Dairy Committee, the 
Honourable Cecil Parker, took counsel with Dr. Vieth, who has 
had exceptional opportunities for testing both the quantity and 
quality of milk yielded by various breeds of cattle, and it was 
decided to recommend the Council to offer prizes, based upon 
the idea that the animal giving the largest amount of butter- 
fat in proportion to its live weight was the most profitable 
animal to keep. In addition, therefore, to the prizes offered Ijy 
the Local Committee for classes of two cows of the Shorthorn type 
and of two heifers under three years old, to be judged as at New- 
castle by their apparent milking qualities, there were in the 
Nottingham Prize sheet the two following new classes, in each of 
which a first prize of 20i. and a second prize of 10^. was offered : — 
Class 100. — One cow, in-milk, of any breed or cross, over 1,200 lbs. 
live weight, and giving not less than 40 lbs. (about 4 impl. galls.) of milk 
daily. 
Class 101. — One cow, in-millc, of any breed or cross, under 1,200 lbs. 
live weiglit, and giving not less llian 2-3 Il)s. (about Si impl. galls.) of milk 
daily. 
The Regulations affecting these classes ran as follows : — 
46. The Cows entered for competition in Classes 100 and 101 will be 
milked dry on Sunday evening, July 8, 1888, in the presence of the Steward, 
or a representative of the Society duly autliorised by him. 
47. They will be milked by the servants in charge of them, at hours to 
be fixed by the .Steward, on the morning and afternoon of the Monday and 
Tuesday of the Show. Any animal wliich does not at the four milldngs 
yield an average of at least 40 lbs. weiglit of milk (al)ont 4 gallons imperial) 
per day for cows entered in Class 100, and at least 2-) lbs. weight (about 
2,i gallons imperial) for cows entered in Class 101, will be disqualified. 
48. The milk yielded by each cow will bo weighed after each milking, 
