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the first prize for an animal " true to type, but rather plain in 
his head." Boar pigs produced but a weak competition. The 
breeding sows were fairly good, the first and second prize ani- 
mals — Mrs. Meynell Ingram's — being " of very even merit." 
The class of sow pigs was " very poor." 
" The general exhibition of white pigs," say the Judges, " is 
of a very disappointing character, both as regards number and 
quality, and greatly inferior to former Shows of the Society." 
Berlshires, although entered to the extent of nine more pens 
than last year, were " not so good as usual." Boars were a 
very moderate class. The winner was a fairly good pig ; 
the second "a useful pig with a sow's head." Boar pigs made 
a moderate class ; " the winners were a nice even pen, but 
not particularly well marked." Breeding sows were a very 
good class ; Mr. Nathaniel Benjafield's first-prize sow, " a 
very good and typical specimen of the breed," received the 
champion prize. Sow pigs made a better class than the young 
boars, the winners being level and neat. " Two useful pens of 
pigs could not be noticed owing to an absence of the typical 
white tail in one animal in each pen." 
Any Other Blade Breed was very sparsely represented, the 
four classes attracting but 13 entries, all from two breeders, 
of whom Mr. George Pettit was the more successful. They 
were an average show as compared with former years. 
Tamworths came forward in about the same number as last 
year. With the exception of the sow class they have been seen to 
better advantage. Boars were a very moderate class, " the winner 
being only a fairly good pig." Boar pigs were not a good class ; 
" the first-prize pen were typical of the breed ; second and third 
prizes moderate." The sows, for which Messrs. Norman were 
first, were " a very good class indeed, the winner being a first- 
class specimen of the breed ; all the winners were good, and we 
find the black hair and spots are gradually disappearing." Sow 
pigs made a fairly good class, the winners being an even pen of 
good colour and quality. A spotted pig rather spoilt the second 
pen, and the thii-d pen, though very even, were short of hair. 
Poultry, 
It is the opinion of the Judges that, regarded as a whole, 
the Poultry Section was superior to anything of the kind that 
has gone before. The high quality of the display was rendered 
the more remarkable on account of the late and disastrous 
breeding time. The prominence given to the strictly useful 
breeds as distinguished from the purely ornamental ones is 
