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THE LINCOLN SHOW, 1907. 
For the second time in the history of tlie Society, the Annual 
Show has been held in the city of Lincoln ; the previous 
occasion on which the Society visited Lincolnshire being the 
holding of the Sixteenth Exhibition in the year 1854, during 
the second Presidency of the late Mr, Philip Pusey, M.P., who 
had previously filled the office in 1841. 
Subjoined are some particulars respecting the numbers of 
entries, admissions, and financial results at the two Lincoln 
Shows of 1854 and 1907, and the Derby Show of 1906 : — 
Year 
Place 
of Meeting 
President of„tbe year 
Traple- 
ments 
entered 
Entries 
of live 
stock 
Number of 
persons 
paying for 
admission 
(-L=i*rojTt 
— =L088) 
1854 
Lincoln. 
Mr. Philip Pusey 
1,897 
7.86 
37,635 
£ 
-1,002 
1906 
Derby . 
Mr. F. S. W. Cornwallis . 
4,772 
2,319 
119,143 
+ 2.02S 
1907 
Lincoln. 
Earl of Yarborough . 
4,726 
2,576 
133,006 
+ 6,056 
The County of Lincoln now possesses three distinct breeds 
of live stock to which it gives its name, viz., Lincolnshire Red 
Short-horn Cattle, Lincoln Long-wool Sheep, and Lincolnshire 
Curly-Coated Pigs. Of these breeds the Lincoln Long- wool 
Sheep only had Classes in 1854, but on the present occasion 
Classes were provided for each of the breeds, which were fully 
represented. 
As at Derby in 1906, the County Agricultural Society 
decided to forego their own show for the year, and held a 
‘‘one day” Exhibition of live stock and produce in the Show- 
yard on Friday, June 28. Members of the Lincolnshire 
Agricultural Society were accorded the privileges of free 
admission to the Show and reduced fees for entries as in 
the case of Members of the Royal Agricultural Society. 
The Horticultural Exhibition was arranged and carried out 
by the Lincoln Local Committee under the Chairmanship of 
Mr. Charles E. Scorer, and the splendid collections displayed 
in the two large tents have rarely, if ever, been excelled at any 
previous Exhibition in this country. 
The Agricultural Education and Forestry Exhibitions have 
been separately reported on (see pp. 152 and 161). 
The Showyard. 
The previous Show of 1854 was held on eleven acres of 
land (known . as the Cowpaddle) on the South Common, the 
site of which is now covered partly by the workshops of an 
Engineering firm and partly by dwelling houses.* 
' An illustration of the Showyard of 1854, stiowing the Cathedral in the 
background, appeared as the frontispiece to Volume 67 of the Journal, 1906. 
