The  Liverpool  Show,  1910. 
Class  488. — One  Dozen  Sweet  Perry. 
177 
No. 
Specific 
gravity 
Alcohol 
Total 
solids 
Acidity 
Awards 
458 
1-0387 
per  cent. 
2-85 
per  cent. 
1080 
per  cent. 
■48 
1st  Prize 
459 
10391 
2-60 
1094 
•47 
2nd  Prize 
453 
1 0460 
2-10 
12-54 
■74 
3rd  Prize 
Wool. — Taking  the  exhibits  as  a whole,  they  were  exceed- 
ingly good,  and  most  classes  were  well  represented.  At  the 
same  time  the  Lincoln,  Southdown,  Cheviot,  and  Scotch  classes 
are  deserving  of  better  support  at  the  hands  of  home  sheep 
breeders,  all  these  wools  being  very  useful  to  the  trade. 
Competition  was  the  keenest  in  the  Kent  or  Romney  Marsh, 
Shropshire,  and  Welsh  classes.  The  Judges  wish  specially  to 
draw  attention  to  the  use  of  string  or  cord  in  tying  up  the 
fleeces.  Several  of  the  lots  shown  were  tied  in  this  way,  and 
the  custom  is  very  prevalent  in  Dorset,  Somerset,  and  Devon- 
shire. This  is  a most  objectionable  custom,  and  if  it  can  be 
stopped  in  any  way  a very  good  service  will  be  done  to  users 
of  wool  generally.  Apart  from  the  fact  that  the  string  has  to 
be  paid  for  at  the  same  price  as  the  wool,  there  is  a great 
objection  by  the  whole  of  the  trade  to  its  use  on  account  of 
the  risk  of  bits  getting  in  with  the  wool,  passing  through  the 
various  processes  of  manufacture,  and  afterwards  appearing 
in  the  finished  product.  A wool  band  made  from  each  fleece 
should  be  wrapped  round  instead  of  string. 
Hives,  Honey,  and  Bee  Appliances. — The  judging  in  this 
department  of  the  Royal  Show  was  carried  out  by  Messrs. 
Reid,  Taylor,  and  Eales.  Having  regard  to  the  early  date  at 
which  this  Show  is  held,  from  the  bee-keeper’s  point  of  view, 
to  the  lateness  of  the  present  season,  and  to  the  poorness  of 
last  year’s  honey  harvest,  the  quality  of  the  honey  exhibited 
was  quite  up  to  the  average,  though  the  quantity  shown  was 
smaller  than  at  Gloucester.  There  was  a large  entry  of 
excellent  hives  suitable  to  all  purses  and  purposes,  some  of 
the  larger  ones  being  very  highly  finished  products  of  the 
joiner’s  art.  No  less  than  six  stands  were  crowded  with  the 
latest  bee  appliances,  British  and  foreign.  The  numerous 
medicinal  uses  to  which  honey  can  be  put  were  exemplified 
in  a striking  manner  by  the  neat  and  compact  exhibit  of  a 
chemist  and  bee-keeper  who  resides  in  the  county  of  Lancashire. 
In  the  trophy  class  the  competition  was  most  keen,  the  first 
award  falling  to  a really  artistic  display  by  the  same  exhibitor. 
The  number  of  novelties  exhibited,  though  small,  comprised 
the  largest  bee  appliance  in  this  section  of  the.  show,  viz.,  a 
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