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The  Society's  Show  of  1904. 
since  calving,  deducting  the  first  forty  days.  Maximum  allow- 
ance for  period  of  lactation,  twenty-four  points.  Fractions  of 
ounces  of  butter  and  incomplete  periods  of  less  than  ten  days 
were  worked  out  in  decimals  and  added  to  the  total  points.  The 
English  Jersey  Cattle  Society  again  provided  half  of  the 
prize  money,  and  also  its  Gold,  Silver,  and  Bronze  Medals  for 
English-bred  pedigree  Jerseys,  the  Medals  being  this  year 
supplemented  by  Certificates  of  Merit.  The  Certificates  were 
awarded  for  Jersey  cows  entered  or  eligible  for  entry  in  the 
English  Jersey  Herd  Book,  obtaining  the  following  points  in  the 
two  days’  tests : cows  under  five  years  old,  sixty  points  ; cows 
five  years  old  and  u])wards,  seventy  ])oints.  Two  special  prizes 
of  5k  each  were  also  offered  by  the  English  Jersey  Cattle 
Society  for  the  milk  yields  of  cows  in  these  two  classes  which 
contained  not  less  than  3 per  cent,  of  butter  fat,  the  prizes 
being  awarded  according  to  the  same  scale  or  points  as  for  the 
butter  tests,  with  the  substitution  of  the  words,  “ every  1 lb.  of 
milk,”  for  “ every  ounce  of  butter.”  To  obtain  prize  or  com- 
mendation for  milk  yield  it  was  necessary  for  cows  in  Class  146 
(exceeding  900  lb.  live  weight)  to  obtain  a minimum  of  ninety 
points,  and  for  cows  in  Class  147  (not  exceeding  900  lb.  live 
weight)  to  obtain  a minimum  of  eighty  points.  The  results 
of  both  butter  and  milk  tests  are  tabulated  on  page  167. 
Sheep. 
The  sheep  entries  numbered  525,  as  against  571  last  year. 
Southdowns  were  again  the  most  numerous,  with  97  entries, 
the  other  breeds  most  strongly  represented  being  Hampshire 
Downs  (66  entries),  Shropshires  (56  entries),  Kent  or  Bomney 
Marsh  (49  entries),  Lincolns  (44  entries),  Suffolks  (39  entries), 
and  Oxford  Downs  (34  entries). 
Oxford  Downs. — Thirty-four  entries  from  eleven  flocks 
were  received  for  the  four  classes.  The  show  was  an  average 
one,  including  some  first-class  typical  animals.  The  shear- 
ling rams  (Cdass  148)  were  a good,  strong,  representative 
class  with  two  or  three  sheep  of  high-class  merit.  The  ram 
lambs  (Class  149)  consisted  of  thirteen  first-class  pens  of 
great  merit.  The  shearling  ewes  (Class  150)  contained  an 
entry  of  four  pens,  and  “all  were  particularly  good.”  The 
ewe  lambs  (Class  151)  were  about  the  best  class  in  this 
section.  It  contained  nine  ])ens  “most  true  to  type.” 
Shropshires. — The  Judge  reported  that  the  Shropshii’es, 
numbering  fiftv-six  entries  in  five  classes,  shown  by  fifteen 
