152 The Derby Show , 1906. 
Class 407. 
No. 
Specific 
gravity 
Total 
solids 
Alcohol 
Acidity 
Award 
3367 
1-0276 
per cent. 
7-82 
per cent. 
3-02 
per cent. 
•391 
1st Prize 
3358 
1-0323 
9-07 
2-56 
•412 
2nd Prize 
3369 
1-0265 
7-88 
3-73 
•341 
3rd Prize 
3360 
1-0229 
6-79 
3-12 
•391 
R. 1ST. & H. C. 
3365 
1-0294 
8-20 
2-84 
•361 
H. C. 
Class 408. 
3377 
1-0430 
11-49 
2-56 
•720 
1st Prize 
3371 
1 0303 
8-79 
4-14 
•581 
2nd Prize 
3370 
1-0321 
10-63 
3-37 
•435 
3rd Prize 
3376 
1-0484 
12-12 
LOO 
•603 
R. N. & H. C. 
Wool. — Nine classes were provided, and were fairly well 
filled, the total entries numbering sixty-one. Class 409, for 
Leicester or Border Leicester wool, was fairly characteristic, 
with, however, two exceptions, which had too much of the 
Lincoln strain. Class 410, for Lincoln wool, was a very good 
one all round. Class 411, for Kent or Romney Marsh wool, 
was fairly representative ; but several of the lots ran tender in 
staple. Class 412, for “ Any other Long wool,’ 5 was filled with 
miscellaneous wools difficult to judge satisfactorily ; they 
comprised Devon, South Devon, Cotswold, and Wensleydale 
wools. Class 413, for Southdown fleeces, was of a very high 
standard and well got up. Class 414, for Shropshire wool, was 
well represented ; one fleece of unwashed wool should not, 
however, have competed with washed wool. Class 415, for 
“ Any other Short wool,” was a very nice one, more in keeping 
with its description than the corresponding Long wool class. 
Class 416, for Welsh wool, was not thoroughly representative 
of the term “Welsh,” being crossed apparently with Shrop- 
shire and Ryeland. Class 417, for Scotch wool, made but a 
poor competition. 
Hives, Honey, <fcc. — The classification in this department 
was the same as in 1905, and considering the early date at 
which the Show was held, the honey section was very good 
indeed. The display as a whole was perhaps the best that has 
been seen for some years, and apparently the arrangement 
whereby the country is divided into two groups — north and 
south — has worked satisfactorily. The entries in the fourteen 
classes for honey and wax numbered 154, and the competition 
was in all cases exceptionally keen. 
