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12 . The preparations for the Country Meeting at Chester next 
month are well advanced. The total amount of space allotted in the 
Implement Department is 13,018 feet run, exclusive of open ground 
space, as compared with 12,511 feet at Warwick last year, 12,473 
feet at Doncaster in 1891, 9,078 feet at Plymouth in 1890, 15,602 
at Windsor in 1889, 10,743 feet at Nottingham in 1888, and 
8,217 feet at Newcastle in 1887. Three entries have been received from 
two competitors for the prizes offered for sheep-shearing machines, 
and it is proposed that there shall be two exhibitions of sheep- 
shearing by machinery daily during the Show-week. Twenty-three 
entries have been made by nine competitors for the prizes offered 
for Self-Binding Harvesters, and in addition 129 entries of new 
implements have been made for the Society’s Silver Medals. 
The total entries of live stock are 2,059, as compared with 1,864 at 
Warwick, 2,221 at Doncaster, 1,764 at Plymouth, 3,976 at Windsor, 
1 ,886 at Nottingham, and 1,825 at Newcastle. There are 509 entries 
of horses, 758 of cattle, 631 of sheep, 161 of pigs, besides 836 of 
poultry, 568 of cheese, 225 of butter, 34 of other produce, and 130 of 
hives, honey, &c. A feature of exceptional interest at the Meeting 
will be the competition for the very handsome prizes amounting in 
all to 540 1., offered by the Chester Local Committee for Cheshire 
cheese. No less than 473 entries have been received for these prizes, 
and the total amount of Cheshire cheese on exhibition will exceed 
35 tons. The names of the Judges in the several depai’tments 
are published in the current number of the J ournal. 
13 . The Duke of Westminster has kindly consented to allow three 
of his thoroughbred stallions, viz. Bend Or, Arklow, and Blue 
Green, to be on exhibition in the Showyard during each day of the 
Meeting, and the three stallions, Eglamore, Sam Kheen, and Blue 
Grass, which won the Queen’s Premiums this year in District G, will 
also be on exhibition from the Monday to the Wednesday. 
14 . Eighty-five candidates have entered for the competitions of 
Butter-makers for the Society’s Prizes and Certificates, to take place 
in the Showyard, from Tuesday, the 20th, to Friday, the 23rd June. 
Twenty-seven shoeing-smiths practising in the Society’s District G 
(i.e. Cheshire, Lancashire, and North Wales) will compete for the 
Prizes offered for shoeing Hunters and Agricultural Horses. 
15 . The Implement Yard and the Dairy will be opened to Members 
of the Society and the public on Saturday, June 17, when the 
charge for admission to non-members will be 2s. 6cf. The judging 
will take place in all classes on Monday, June 19, when the 
charge for admission will be 5s. On Tuesday and Wednesday 
the charge for admission will be 2s. 6d. each day ; and on the last 
two days, Thursday and Friday, it will be Is. each day. 
16 . The decision of the Railway Companies to discontinue the 
free conveyance of men travelling to and from agricultural shows 
in charge of live stock threatened to seriously prejudice the success 
of agricultural shows. The Council therefore organised a large joint 
