•534 Repoi't on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Oxford. 
remain in the minds of many in time to come. These good 
offices were recognized at the annual meeting held in the 
member's tent on the ground, his Grace the Duke of Devon- 
shire in the chair, when Lord Vernon (President elect) moved, 
and Lord Kesteven seconded, a vote of thanks to the Mayor and 
Corporation of Oxford for their exertions in promoting the 
success of the Show. The vote was carried by acclamation, and 
acknowledged, in the absence of the mayor, by the senior 
member of the corporation present. Alderman R. J. Spiers. 
A new and interesting feature preceded this vote, viz. the 
declaration of the awards made by the Judges for the best 
managed farm in the Oxford district. The first prize of lOOZ. 
was offered through the liberality of the High Sheriff of the 
county, James Mason, Esq.. The cup or vase, designed by Mr. 
Owen Jones, and executed by Messrs. Hancock and Co. of 
London, was of exquisite form and workmanship, and, whether 
for its intrinsic value or artistic beauty, might well have been 
coveted by landlord or tenant. The name of the successful 
competitor, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Millington, Ash Grove Farm, 
Ardley, Bicester, a tenant of his Grace the Duke of Marl- 
borough, was received with much applause. Mr. John Tread- 
well, of Upper Winchendon, also a tenant of the same noble 
Duke, took the Second Prize of 50Z. ; and Mr. Robert Crad- 
dock, of Lyneham, Chipping Norton, the Third Prize of 25Z. 
The lists were entered by twenty-one competitors, and it may be 
hoped that, under such peculiar circumstances, the gallantry of 
the unsuccessful ones would in some degree tend to soften their 
disappointment in being vanquished by a lady. The reports on 
these farms will be perused with much interest, and their value 
to the agricultural world will be recognized, both, on account of 
their giving prominence to that system of culture and management 
most desirable to emulate and to follow, as well as directing atten- 
tion to that of an opposite character and tendency. 
Divine service was, as usual, held in the showyard on the 
Sunday preceding the opening of the show. Both in the 
morning, when the sermon was preached by the Bishop of Oxford, 
and in the afternoon, when the Rev. Canon King officiated, the 
attendance of yardmen and servants in charge of the stock was 
numerous in proportion to the increased size of the exhibition ; 
and it was computed that no less than 600 persons formed the con- 
gregation on each occasion. The evident desire of the eminent 
divines who so kindly officiated, to make themselves understood 
by the least educated of their audience, leads us to believe that 
these services are as effective as they are interesting. 
To the breeders and exhibitors of stock the Oxford meeting 
must have proved abundantly satisfactory from the numbers and 
importance of the sales effected on the ground. Probably at no 
