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Report on Live-Stock at Carlisle. 
quarters at Keillor, near Coupar Angus — Mr. McCombie not only effected 
improvement but uniformity in his herd, and the specimens which he showed 
from it were year by year getting nearer the desired type of the Keillor 
Doddie as cultivated by Mr. Watson. 
Although it is only within recent years that Angus cattle have got so far 
in the ascendant as to have separate classes allotted to them at the Eoyal, 
it is more than half-a-century since this breed was described by a com- 
petent authorit}-, as being " the pride of the Forfarshire aristocracy, and 
the admiration of Europe." Even at that early date, some of the Forfarshire 
polled herds had attained to as high a state of perfection as any of the 
numerous herds which now extend far beyond their original Angusshire, and 
are scattered over Scotland, England, and Ireland. The general stock of 
Angus cattle, however, of which the animals here exhibited may be taken as 
representative, are progressively improving, and very great care is now being 
bestowed on the cultivation of the breed ; as exhibitions like the present 
sufficiently testify. 
As to the classes : — 
Aged BuUs. — Amongst the four exhibited (all excellent animals) the first 
and second were of rare merit, and cannot be beaten in any showyard, being 
both first-prize animals at the Highland Society's Meetings and other Shows. 
Ymmrj Bulls were a very meritorious lot, more especially the first-prize 
animal, which is a yearling of great merit and excellent breeding. 
The Cow Class was small iu niunbers, but we never followed three better 
animals than those placed first, second, and third. Either would have made a 
superior first in any showyard. They were the best representatives of the 
breed shown at Carlisle. 
Heifers were a good class : the first and second are very fine animals, as also 
the whole class ; although a commended heifer was perhaps a little overl'ed for 
a breeding animal. Having difficulty in judging this class, on account of 
two-year-olds and,yearlings being shown together, we would suggest and hope 
that the Royal Agricultural Society of England will in future give separate 
prizes for two-year-olds and yearlings, both in the Bull and Heifer classes. 
Thomas Ferguson, 
Wm. Walkek. 
Dairy Cows. 
The indefatigable Local Committee vainly endeavoured to 
attract a good show of Dairy Cows by offering prizes to the value 
of 50/. Only six entries responded to this invitation, more than 
half of them from a distance, leading to the erroneous inference 
that dairying is an unknown art in Cumberland. An irregu- 
larity in the entry as to the colour of one of his cows set aside 
Mr. Thomas Robinson Lynas' pair of useful Yorkshire Short- 
horns, and 20/. was awarded to the only other competitor, Mr. 
James Watts, for his two little Kerries. For single Cows of 
Any Breed or cross, in-milk, from the four useful entries, all of 
Shorthorn type. Lord Fitzhardinge's six-year-old was the choice. 
Calved March 27th, she is said, when quietly at home, to give 
four gallons night and morning. Mr. VVilliam Sawers' second- 
prize cow gave nearly as much as the first, but would scarcely 
make such a good carcass of beef when her dairy duties are 
ended. Mr. Stratton's " Maiden," useful in the dairy, has also 
