Butter-makiluj  and  Horse-shoeiiuj  Coynpetitions.  iJijl 
young  men  competed,  and  were  able  to  hold  their  own 
with  older  competitors.  The  first  prize  winner  in  each  class 
received  the  Freedom  of  the  Worshipful  Company  of  Farriers, 
and  fourteen  of  the  candidates  passed  an  examination  held  in 
the  Showyard  for  admission  to  the  Kegister  of  Shoeing  Smiths 
(K.S.S.).  A well-attended  lecture  on  “The  Horse’s  Foot  and 
How  to  Shoe  It,”  was  given  by  Professor  Macqueen  at  the 
Shoeing  Forge,  on  Thursday,  June  23. 
British  Forestry  Exhibition. 
It  was  originally  intended  that  Forestry  should  form  part 
of  the  Agricultural  Education  Exhibition  ^ held  in  1903,  but 
it  was  soon  realised  that  so  important  a section  must  have 
separate  organisation,  and  the  idea  was  abandoned  for  that 
year.  On  July  29,  1903,  the  Education  C^ommittee,  having- 
regard  to  the  revival  of  interest  in  forestry,  recommended  that 
a Forestry  Exhibition  be  organised  by  the  Society  at  the 
Show  of  1904,  and  this  proposal  being  adopted  by  the  Council, 
a small  Committee  was  appointed  under  the  Chairmanship  of 
the  Marquis  of  Granby  (who  subsequently  acted  as  Steward) 
to  prepare  a scheme  and  carry  it  into  effect.  The  Committee 
was  strengthened  by  the  addition  of  expert  members,  viz., 
Mr.  George  Marshall  (President  of  the  English  Arboricultural 
Society),  Dr.  William  Somerville  (of  the  Board  of  Agriculture), 
and  Mr.  Daniel  Watney  (of  the  Surveyors’  Institution). 
With  the  cordial  co-operation  as  exhibitors  of  His  Majesty’s 
Commissioners  of  Woods  and  Forests,  of  some  of  the  largest 
forest  owners  and  their  foresters,  and  of  the  Agricultural 
Colleges  at  Cirencester,  Aberystwyth,  and  Wye,  an  excellent 
collection  representing  all  departments  of  forestry  was  got 
together,  and  proved  highly  interesting  and  instructive  both  to 
forestry  experts  and  the  general  public.  The  Exhibition,  which 
was  located  in  the  large  building  near  the  eastern  entrances,  was 
divided  into  seven  sections. 
In  Section  I.  (cones  of  forest  trees),  Messrs  A^eitch  & Sons 
exhibited  a collection  of  cones  representing  about  200  species 
of  coniferous  trees,  most  of  them  cultivated  in  Great  Britain. 
The  exhibits  in  Section  II.  (seedling  trees  and  transplants) 
were  shown  in  the  open  ground  space  next  to  the  building. 
They  went  rather  outside  the  scope  intended  by  the  Committee, 
* The  Agricultural  Education  Exhibition  of  1904  is  the  subject  of  a 
Report  by  Mr.  J.  Bowen-Jones,  who  acted  as  Steward.  See  pp.  212-221  of 
this  Volume. 
