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represented. The two lots exhibited were sound and in good 
condition. Class 407, composed of various short wools, was 
well represented and showed the clip to be in very good 
condition, well grown, and satisfactory in every way. Class 
408 showed an improvement in the quality of the Welsh wool. 
It was well grown, sound, and in good condition. Some very 
good specimens of Cheviot wool (Class 409) were exhibited 
showing a marked tendency towards the growth of finer 
qualities of wool. Good specimens of deep grown Highland 
wool were shown in Class 410. 
Honey, &c. — Notwithstanding the adverse bee season of 1907, 
the exhibits of honey and beeswax made a very fine display, 
occupying nearly 150 feet of staging, the total entries being 241. 
The system of arranging the exhibits from various counties in 
groups was again adopted ; and for the first time local classes 
were arranged for the county in which the Show was held. 
In the second group. Classes 419-422 (open to Midland and 
Northern counties, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland) a few good 
sections were staged, while some were quite below “ Royal ” 
Show standard. The extracted light honey was fairly good, 
but several nice samples were spoilt owing to the exhibitor 
using too much smoke or carbolic acid when removing the 
honey from the hives. Granulated honey (Class 422) was very 
good in quality, the awards going to excellent samples. 
Classes 423-426 (open to southern and western counties). 
Here it was apparent that the south and west were more 
favoured than the northern counties, some excellent samples 
of both comb and extracted honey of the current year being 
staged. It was gratifying to see a very fair display in the 
classes for heather honey, eleven entries for sections and the 
same number for pressed honey in jars being staged, while the 
winning exhibits were of better quality than have been seen at 
the “ Royal ” Show for some time. 
Of the ten open classes (427-436) that for displays of honey 
took first place in attracting the attention of visitors, and the 
merits of the fine honey trophies staged were very favourably 
commented on by all, the first prize one being much admired. 
Class 428, for six one-pound jars of heather honey, was a 
good one, some excellent specimens from Calluna vulgaris 
being shown. The heather mixtm-e (Class 429) was also very 
satisfactory, the awards being well deserved. Some capital 
samples of beeswax were shown in Class 431, the first prize 
sample being purchased by the British Bee-keepers’ Association, 
on account of its excellent quality. 
Horse-shoeing Competitions. — The larger entry was doubt- 
less due to the increase in the number of prizes. The 
appreciation of such encouragement is best shown by the 
