142 
The Newcastle Show , 1908. 
The figures in the subjoined table show the amount of 
shedding allotted in the Implement Department compared with 
the seven preceding years and the Newcastle Show of 1887. 
Shedding in Implement Yard. 
Description of 
Shedding 
New- 
castle, 
1908 
Lincoln, 
1907 
Derby, 
1906 
Park 
Royal, 
1905 
Park 
Royal, 
1904 
Park 
Royal, 
1903 
Carlisle. 
1902 
Cardiff, 
1901 
New- 
castle, 
1887 
Ordinary 
Machinery . . 
Special . 
(Seeds, Models. 
&c.) 
Feet 
6,490 
2,585 
2,960 
Feet 
7,650 
2,165 
3,251 
Feet 
7,818 
2,520 
2,892 
Feet 
6,590 
1,750 
1,629 
Feet 
7,630 
2,060 
2,032 
Feet 
9.360 
2,670 
2,555 
Feet 
6.693 
2,079 
2,321 
Feet 
7,245 
2,305 
2,101 
Feet 
5,508 
1,125 
1,584 
Total . 
[Exclusive of 
open ground 
space] 
12,035 
13,066 
13,030 
9,969 
11,722 
14,585 
11,093 
11,651 
8,217 
No. of Stands. 
389 
417 
424 
289 
350 
456 
340 
358 
283 
A detailed comparison of the classes, entries, &c., at the 
last two Newcastle Meetings will be found on the opposite page. 
Auctions. 
The amounts realised at the sales by auction show, on the 
whole, a considerable falling off, the horse sales being the only 
section where there was an increase over last year. The 
restrictions imposed by the Argentine Republic, owing to the 
outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in Scotland early in 
the year, on the importation of Scotch cattle, and of animals 
which had been in contact with animals from Scotland — in 
which latter category were included all the English exhibits 
at Newcastle — undoubtedly caused a disinclination on the part 
of shippers to buy animals which would have to be kept on 
hand for a considerable time, until the restriction was with- 
drawn by the Argentine Government. All possible measures 
were taken by the Council of the Society to obtain special 
permission for animals purchased at the Show to be forthwith 
shipped to the Argentine ; and such special permission was at 
length granted, although no official intimation of the fact had 
reached the Society by the close of the Show. 
The following table gives the amounts realised respectively 
for horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs at the Shows of the last three 
years : — 
Derby, 
1906 
Lincoln, 
1907 
Newcastle, 
1908 
Horses . . ■* . 
£ s. d. 
123 18 0 
£ s. d. 
347 11 0 
£ s. d. 
552 6 0 
Cattle .... 
10,034 6 6 
8,707 13 0 
7,445 0 6 
Sheep .... 
2,045 18 6 
2,027 19 6 
1,574 9 6 
Pigs 
572 5 0 
951 19 3 
243 1 6 
Total 
12,776 8 0 
12,035 2 9 
9,814 17 6 
