Pigs. 
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The first prize ewes, exhibited by Mr. J. Marshall Dugdale, 
were described as the best the Judge had ever seen shown. 
Ryeland. — The animals exhibited had a good proportion of 
lean to fat meat. In Class 238, for rams, two-shear and upwards, 
there were “ three very strong sheep, of good quality.” Of the 
shearling rams (Class 239), the first and second prize winners 
“ were exceptionally good, with a good quality of wool, and of 
a type likely to get stock of a very saleable character.” The 
shearling ewes (Class 240) were “ very good, both as regards 
mutton and wool.” 
Pigs. 
The increased demand for well-bred British pigs was 
probably reflected in the exhibits for the Show, the entries 
numbering 252, as against 227 last year, and 222 in 1903. 
The Large White, Middle White, Berkshire, Tamworth, and 
Large Black breeds each had four classes. This year the 
classes for Small White pigs were restored to the prize sheet ; 
but only four entries were mad>e for the two classes. Champion 
prizes were again provided by the National Pig Breeders 1 
Association, the British Berkshire Society, and the Large Black 
Pig Society. 
Amount of Prizes , and Number of Glasses and Entries for 
Pigs , 1903, 1904, and 1905. 
Description 
Amount of Prizes 
Number of Classes 
Number of Entries 
1903 
1904 
1905 
1903 
1904 
1905 
1903 
1904 
1905 
£ 
£ 
£ 
No. 
No. 
No. 
■ 
No. 
No. 
No. 
Large White . . . 
80 
78 
85 
4 
4 
4 
55 
48 
59 
Middle White . 
80 
77 
85 
4 
4 
4 
24 
26 
34 
Small White . 
80 
— 
40 
2 
14 
— 
4 
Berkshiie .... 
85 
77 
85 
4 
4 
4 
62 
73 
76 
Tamworth .... 
80 
77 
86 
4 
4 
4 
27 
27 
23 
Large Black 
90 
82 
111 
4 
4 
4 
40 
53 
56 
Total .... 
495 
391 
492 
24 
20 
22 
222 
227 
252 
White Pigs . — The Large White section was on the whole a 
good one. The first prize boar in Class 241 was “ easily first.” 
The first three prize winners in Class 242, pens of three 
boar pigs, farrowed in 1905, were of “ very fine merit, and it 
was a difficult task to decide upon their respective positions.” 
The remaining pens of young boars in this class “ contained 
each an entry approaching the Middle breed type.” Class 
243, for breeding sows, contained fourteen exhibits ; but all 
the prize winners were subsequently disqualified through 
