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THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY’S 
and a proper course of crops, we should produce grain enough 
for the entire wants of the country.” 
The Chairman then proceeded to the award of premiums 
for stock, and a noble list was read ; such an one had never before 
been exhibited at a meeting of the society. The short-horn 
bull of Mr. Barnard, of Halstead, to whom the first premium was 
awarded, was, in truth, a splendid animal. 
The milking cows were a beautiful set of animals, although 
a gentleman said of them, that they would do better for the 
butcher than the pail : certainly they shewed the greatest dispo- 
sition to fatten, and were excellently adapted for breeding a 
superior stock. A short-horned cow of Mr. Crofton, near Dur- 
ham, carried off the prize here. The Herefords displayed some 
valuable stock. A bull belonging to Mr. Jeffries, of Pembridge, 
and a cow belonging to the same gentleman, were particularly 
admired. Their quiet aspect and heavy forms, and apparent 
aptitude to fatten, could not fail of pleasing the eye of the 
grazier, although in this dairy district they were not so great 
favourites as the short-horns. 
There were comparatively few Devons exhibited. The first 
prize was awarded to Mr. G. Turner, of Barton, for a bull three 
years and three months old, bred by himself. The aptitude to 
fatten in these animals is very great ; so much so, that the sym- 
metry of their form is marred by the masses of fat by which they 
are covered ; but their flesh is of the first quality. They fatten on 
comparatively little food, but are generally objected to on account 
of their light weight. This objection, however, is not well 
founded, if they produce meat of the best quality and at com- 
paratively less cost. 
Of the cross breeds there were few, and principally confined to 
the Burton-upon-Trent and Ashby districts. 
At the head of the short- woolled sheep was Mr. Paulett, of 
Beeston, Mr. Jonas Webb, of Babraham, and Mr. Sainsbury, of 
West Levington. Mr. Edward Smith, of Charlbury, bore away 
the prizes for the best shearling ram, and the best ram of any 
age above two years old. 
As for the agricultural horses, some of them were of improved 
