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which otherwise would be retained within the system. Exces- 
sive or indiscriminate purgation is, however, to be scrupulously 
avoided ; while, for all cases receiving treatment, shelter, with 
clean and comfortable location, must be provided. 
These, or any other remedial measures which may be 
adopted, are more likely with the cow to be attended with bene- 
ficial results, from the greater frequency in her of that form of 
the fever — septiccemic poisonincj — and its greater susceptibility to 
being successfully treated. In the ewe the amount of success, 
if not so great, is always sufficient to compensate for the 
trouble. 
Amongst these latter animals our chief dependence must 
always be upon endeavours directed by common sense and the 
teachings of experience and experiment, with the view of pre- 
venting the occurrence of the fatal septiccemic infection, or of 
restricting its ravages should such appear. 
XX. — Report on the Exhibition of Live-Stock at Shrewsbury. 
By Jabez Tuknee, of Horsington, Horncastle, Senioe 
Steward. 
Following "antient custom," it has become the duty of the 
Senior Stewards to submit a short Report of the proceedings in 
their respective departments, in addition, or as a sort of preface, 
to the more elaborate statement of the Official Reporters. As 
the history of the Show of live-stock for the year is in the hands 
of one who may fairly be termed " an expert " in all sorts and 
conditions of cattle, the few remarks I shall make must apply to 
the general character of the Exhibition, and I willingly leave 
detail to the abler pen of Mr. Housman. 
The place selected for the Show closely adjoins what was so 
well designated by the President on his inauguration as " the 
ancient and picturesque town of Shrewsbury," where the Country 
^Meeting of the Society was held in the year 1845, when the 
gentleman who this year so worthily filled the Presidential Chair 
was one of those who superintended the arrangements. He must 
have noted a great change from the Show of that period to the 
magnitude of the present Exhibition. The Showground, most 
conveniently situate on the racecourse, was not remarkable 
for rural beauty, but the surroundings were of an eminently 
picturesque character, the grand Shropshire hills forming an 
imposing background on all sides. It must be mentioned with 
gratification, that the arrangements of the Local Committee, 
and of their indefatigable Secretaries, Mr. Peele and Mr. 
