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Class 88. — A lot of very good cows, which we considered worthy of 
general commendation. 
Welsh stock were well represented, both in numbers and quality ; and we 
desire to express our satisfaction with the progress made in improving this 
valuable breed. 
In Class 90 were several animals of great merit. 
Class 91. — A strong class, the prize-takers showing promise of growing 
into first-rate animals. 
Class 92. — A numerous entry, without calling for especial notice. 
Class 93. — A lot of grand cows. 
Classes 94, 95, 96. — Heifers of great promise, many of them so good that 
we had considerable difficulty in making the awards. 
Dairy Cows : Classes 111, 112. — Some very excellent cows shown, 
milking properties being in this class the chief consideration. 
j. h. bubbery. 
"w. b. eobeets. 
John "Williams. 
Jerseys. 
The aggregate of 90 entries in the Jersey Classes was com- 
posed of 9 Bulls of the Older Class, 1.3 of the next Class, 16 of 
last year, 10 Cows, 6 younger Cows or Heifers, 19 Heifers of 1882, 
and 17 Heifers of last year. Not many of the animals entered 
for exhibition failed to appear. One cow had unfortunately 
died. 
The Report of the Judges is succinct ; but it is so pregnant of 
valuable suggestion, and so clear in its indication of the salient 
points of the Show, that it may be left to itself. Any comment 
upon the animals, if based upon popular taste in symmetry 
and whole colours (the fancy for these being perhaps quite anta- 
gonistic to the pail and the churn as the fancy for symmetrical 
proportions of form), would seem calculated to weaken the force 
of the concluding remarks ; and notes upon milk-veins, udders, 
escutcheons, and orange skin of the ear and other parts of 
animals exhibited, would scarcely answer any useful purpose, 
or interest the readers of the 'Journal.' The prize-list, there- 
fore, and the Judges' Report, shall speak for the Jerseys ; only 
one circumstance in conclusion may be mentioned. One ex- 
hibitor whose name appears in several of the Jersey Classes, the 
Rev. John Hill, of Shrewsbury, was an exhibitor (of Black 
Pigs) at the Shrewsbury Meeting of the Society in 1845. It is 
not often that any exhibitor's name can be found in the 
Society's Catalogues at both ends of a period of thirty-nine 
years. 
Report of the Judges of Jerseys. 
As Judges of the Jersey Classes, it gives us much pleasure to report con- 
cerning them that, on the whole, theyVere good in quality, and satisfactory 
in number, considering the part of the country where the Show is held. 
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