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with that which sufficed at the Chester Meeting of 35 years 
ago. 
Cattle. — As was usual in the earlier years of the Society’s 
Shows, cattle then occupied the place of honour in the Catalogue, 
but whereas at this year’s Meeting sections were provided for 13 
distinct breeds, in 1858 only 3 breeds — Shorthorn, Hereford and 
Devon — were specifically recognised. It is true that the Chester 
Local Committee of that day provided a section for “Welsh breeds” 
Number of Entries at the last ten Country Meetings (1884-1893). 
Number of 
animals 
entered 
Ches- 
ter, 
1893 
War- 
wick, 
1892 
Don- 
caster, 
1891 
Ply- 
mouth, 
1890 
Wind- 
sor, 
1889 
Notting- 
ham, 
1888 
New- 
castle, 
1887 
Nor- 
wich, 
1886 
Preston, 
1885 
Shrews- 
bury, 
1884 
Horses 
509 
449 
717 
333 
996 
546 
500 
493 
438 
407 
Cattle 
759 
607 
6G9 
642 
1,644 
644 
626 
681 
539 
579 
Sheep 
631 
600 
649 
571 
1,109 
537 
513 
446 
433 
490 
Pigs . . . 
162 
202 
205 
223 
265 
148 
194 
2t 3 
203 
211 
Total 
2,001 
1,858 
2,240 
1,769 
4,014 
1,875 
1,833 
1,823 
1,613 
1,687 
Poultry 
836 
835 
789 
695 
861 
343 
405 
191 
325 
- 
Produce . ■ 
957 
433 
425 
456 
1,202 
441 
347 
274 
385 
150 
Shedding in Im- 
plement Yard 
(in feet) [exclu- 
sive of open- 
ground space] 
Ches- 
ter. 
1893 
War- 
wick, 
1892 
Don- 
caster, 
1891 
Ply- 
mouth, 
1890 
Wind- 
sor, 
1889 
Notting- 
ham, 
1888 
New- 
castle, 
1887 
Nor- 
wich, 
1886 
Preston, 
1885 
| 
Shrews- 
bury, 
1884 
Oi dinary . 
Machinery in ) 
ft. 
8,610 
2,211 
ft. 
8241 
2,151 
ft. 
8,343 
2,106 
ft. 
6,117 
1,291 
ft. 
10,378 
2,496 
«. 
7,253 
1,607 
it. 
5,508 
1,125 
ft. 
7,155 
2,017 
ft. 
8,417 
2,C63 
ft. 
9,315 
2,035 
Special shed- \ 
ding (includ- ( 
ing seeds, | 
models, <tc.) J 
2,197 
2,119 
2,024 
1,670 
2,728 
1,883 
1,584 
1,640 
1,520 
1,554 
Total . 
13,018 
12,511 
1^,473 
9,078 
15.G02 
10,743 
8,217 
10,812 
12,000 
12,904 
of cattle, 1 1 out of the 13 prizes offered for which we're taken by 
the Hon. Colonel Pennant, of Penrhyn Castle, who thus won 160k 
In 1858, also, as again (Classes 117—121, p. 524) in 1893, the 
Local Committee offered prizes for “ Dairy Cattle,” irrespective 
of breed, the sum of 170k having been thus assigned in 1858, as 
against 195k this year. Cattle, other than those already referred 
to, had to compete in 1858 in a section for “Other established 
Breeds,” wherein the prizes were won by animals variously de- 
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