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The  Liverpool  Show,  1910. 
six-frame  Cowan  Extractor,  worked  by  a petrol  engine.  The 
frames  were  reversible  without  stoppage  of  the  extractor. 
Butter-making. — There  were  over  forty  competitors,  who 
were  divided  into  three  sections,  and  the  prize  winners  in  each 
section  competed  on  the  last  day  of  the  Show  for  the  Champion 
prize.  The  conditions  of  entry  precluded  any  one  from  com- 
peting who  had  at  any  past  Show  received  a prize  in  an  open 
class.  This  condition  lowered  the  standard  of  work  which 
was  performed,  but  on  the  other  hand  gave  great  encourage- 
ment to  competitors  who  were  in  a large  measure  beginners. 
Keeping  this  in  view  the  practical  work  was  done  in  a creditable 
manner. 
Horse-shoeing. — Mr.  Anstey,  one  of  the  Judges  of  the 
competition,  reports  that  “the  work  was  exceedingly  good, 
especially  considering  the  bad  feet  in  the  cart  horse  class,  the 
wretched  method  of  shoeing  and  the  mutilation  of  the  feet  in 
Liverpool  being  the  worst  in  my  experience.  The  chief  cause 
of  failure  in  all  classes  was  in  the  preparation  of  the  foot  for 
the  shoe.  In  my  address  to  the  competitors  I called  special 
attention  to  this  and  hope  to  see  some  improvement  in  this 
feature  in  the  future.  In  the  public  lecture  in  the  Showyard 
I felt  I could  not  do  better  (from  the  examples  of  mutilated 
feet  in  the  cart  horse  class)  than  deal  with  the  evil  effects  of 
‘ toe  and  heel  shoeing.’  In  conclusion,  I may  add  that  in  my 
opinion  the  competitions  are  doing  much  to  effect  improved 
workmanship,  and  the  addition  of  the  roadster  class  was  very 
popular.” 
Horticultural  Exhibition. — The  beautiful  display  of  flowers, 
fruit,  and  vegetables,  was  again  of  the  highest  excellence,  and 
was  for  tfie  first  time  organised  by  the  Royal  Agricultural 
Society  itself,  with  the  assistance  of  the  following  local  repre- 
sentatives  : — Sir  W.  B.  Forwood,  Mr.  Alderman  H.  Watts,  and 
Mr.  A.  A.  Baton.  The  Exhibition  was  visited  by  His  Royal 
Highness  Prince  Arthur  of  Connaught  on  Wednesday,  June  22, 
and  His  Royal  Highness’s  expression  of  pleasure  would  doubt- 
less be  endorsed  by  the  great  number  of  visitoi’s  to  this 
intei-esting  and  instructive  section  of  the  Show. 
Thomas  McRow. 
16,  Bedford  Square, 
London,  W.C. 
