658 Report of the Senior Steward of Irnplcineuts. 
evidently even excessive rates will not exclude such persons 
as had Stand I\ o. 83 at Carlisle, the Stewards be instructed to 
eject summarily from the Showyard those persons whose exhibits 
do not accord with their entries, as in cases of this description 
nothing but the forfeiture of charges incurred and immediate 
expulsion will deter them. It is imperative, too, if this system 
of charging differential rates be adhered to, that some line shall 
be marked out to define what machinery shall be considered 
agricultural or partially agricultural, and where this is to end. 
It should also be a matter for consideration, whether, losing, as 
all societies now do, so much money by the cost of the stock 
department of the Showyard exceeding the charges levied, the 
Royal Agricultural Society of England should not take the 
initiative and confer with the other leading societies with a 
view to the general reduction of their stock prize-lists : were 
this effected, I believe our shows would naturally revert to what 
they were intended to be, exhibitions of " breeding stock." It 
would then not pay the owners of a few show animals to travel 
them over the country for the sake of the money value of such 
prizes as they are able to pick up — animals so fed as to be 
incapable of propagating their species, however good. But 
from these animals being so fed, owners of stock in a breeding 
state naturally do not care to incur expenses with the certainty 
of having them to compete with. Our prizes should be of more 
than money value, and would be so considered by breeders in 
competition with breeders. 
Mr. Neville's official Report on the Machinery in the Show- 
vard will no doubt be full and exhaustive, but from the un- 
avoidable absence, so much regretted by all, of the third steward 
of implements, Lord Vernon, his work in collecting the necessary 
details was in some degree interfered with by his duties as a 
steward. I was therefore requested to pay some attention to 
such stands as were not strictly coming within the classes he is 
reporting on, and by naming this I trust that such exhibitors 
may not feel that their interests have been neglected by being 
omitted in the official Report. It was my duty thus to notice 
what may be considered the attractive portion of the Implement- 
yard, and I think no one will be found this year to dispute the 
fact that the Seeds and Model stands contributed their share to 
the appearance of the ground. So much has constantly been 
written in appreciation of the excellence of the Seed stands, and 
indeed so much is expected of them, that I need only say that 
Messrs. Sutton, Webb, Carter, and Little and Ballantyne, had 
their usual effective exhibitions ; the latter firm, in addition 
had a splendid collection of plants, shrubs, and grasses on one 
