552 Report on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Oxford. 
Norfolk and Suffolk Polled. 
These classes, comprising bulls, cows, and heifers, were not 
numerous, as they counted but 24 animals, all told. They were, 
however, a pleasing feature in the Show-yard, and are, doubt- 
less, a useful breed of cattle. The Judges, as in the case with 
the Devons, have cut short their Report to the briefest dimen- 
sions, as follows : — 
Class 52. Bulls above One Tear-old. — No. 569, first prize ; 5G8, second ; 
567, reserve and liigbly commended ; 565, commended. 
The first jDrize bull a large, fine animal. 
Class 53. Cows above Three Years-old. — No. 572, first prize ; 576, second ; 
579, reserve and highly commended ; 575, commended ; 578, commended. 
A very meritorious class. 
Class 54. Heifers not exceeding Three Tears. — No. 580, first prize ; 582, 
second ; 588, reserve and highly commended ; 587, commended. 
Altogether we think this class well represented. 
Thomas Pope, 1 
K. B. Wahken, I Judges. 
John Overman, j 
Channel Islands. 
The Channel Islands Classes made a great and interesting 
displa^, far exceeding in importance the exhibitions of late 
years. The beauty and docility of these animals win them new 
admirers each year, until it has become the desire of every 
ovraer of a paddock to possess a pet of the kind, and so pro- 
vide himself and household refreshing daily luxuries not to be 
despised. 
Hitherto the Jersey and Guernsey breeds have been classed 
together in competition, thus rendering the duty of the Judges 
a most onerous and difficult task in weighing their respective 
merits. Their characteristics are, however, marked and distinct, 
sufficiently so that they should be placed apart for adjudication 
in the ring ; and, as their popularity is so greatly on the increase, 
it may be hoped that on future occasions they will be entered in 
such numbers as to justify the Council in giving them separate 
classes. The Judges, in their admirable Report, suggest this 
course, and their recommendation will assuredly have due atten- 
tion when such matters are considered. 
Already we have been told of the great trade in Shorthorns 
and Herefords, &c. Other tastes also prevailed in favour of the 
gentle and milk-giving Alderney, and at prices, too, which some 
thought extravagant when it became known that Mr. Middleton's 
heifers had changed owners for 70 guineas each. 
The Judges, Messrs. Charles P. Le Cornu and G. Morgan, 
report as follows : — 
