Auction Sales in the Showyard. 
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Sheep . — Oxford Down Sheep Breeders’, Shropshire Sheep Breeders’ Associa- 
tions, Southdown Sheep Society, Hampshire Down Sheep Breeders’ Association, 
Suffolk Sheep Society, Lincoln Long Wool Sheep Breeders’ Association, Cots- 
wold Sheep Society, Kent or Romney Marsh, Dorset Horn, Devon Long 
Woolled, Black-Faced, Lonk Sheep Breeders’ Associations, and Ryeland Flock 
Book Society. 
Pigs . — National Pig Breeders’ Association, British Berkshire and Large 
Black Pig Societies. 
Poultry — Sussex Poultry Club. 
(1) Admissions by Payment at Derby , 1906. 
Day of Show 
■ 
11 a.m. 
1 p.m. 
3 p.m. 
5 p.m. 
Day’s total 
Wednesday (5s.) 
1,019 
2,054 
2,589 
2,740 
2,752 
Thursday (2s. 6rL) 
7,367 
18,041 
23,574 
25,487 
25,666 
Friday (Is.) .... 
13,874 
26,773 
39,412 
44,263 
44,670 
Saturday (is.) . 
11,472 
28,986 
41,946 
45,735 
46,055 
Total ..... 
— 
— 
— 
— 
119,143 
(2) Total daily admissions for last six Shows and 
Det'by Meeting of 1881. 
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Prices of 
Admission 
Derby, 
1906 
Park 
Royal, 
1905 
Park 
Royal, 
1904 
Park 
Royal, 
1903 
Carlisle, 
1902 
Cardiff, 
1901 
Derby. 
1881 
Implement Yard 
only (2s. 6^.) . 
2,372 
366 
Five Shillings 
2,752 
— - 
2,011 
2,685 
2,321 
3,1 55 
3,256 
Half-crown . 
25,666 
2,770 
9,375 
12,057 
7,550 
23,745 
12,314 
Half-crown . 
7,684 
10,912 
11,403 
15,398 
25,063 
18,130 
One Shilling. 
44,670 
7,754 
14,175 
20,569 
46,242 
69,133 
53,291 
One Shilling. 
46,055 
5,770 
16,457 
18,299 
19,304 
46,327 
40,639 
Totals . 
119,143* 
23,978 2 
52,930 3 
65,013 
93.187 
167,423 
127,996 
1 Derby, 1906— Only one Half-crown day. 
2 Park Royal, 1905— No Five Shilling day ; third day, price of admission (2s. 6d.) 
reduced to Is. after 3 p.m. 
s Park Royal, 1904— Second and third days, price of admission (2s. 6 cl.) reduced 
to Is. after 4 p.m. 
Auction Sales in the Showyard. 
One of the arguments in favour of a permanent Showyard 
in London was that it provided such an excellent market for 
stock, and that if the Society returned to the migratory system 
of Shows in the Provinces, foreign and colonial buyers would 
not attend in such large numbers. This, however, has not 
proved to be the case, as the auction sales held in the Derby 
Showyard realised a total sum of 12,776?, or 4,590?. more than 
in 1905 at Park Royal. The figures for the four Shows which 
