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“Brawith Rose” which figured at Exeter, and 
carried the challenge cup at Ireland, and was 
shown every where and never beaten. Mr. 
Towneley comes second with a very good light 
roan heifer, of uncommon merit, as she needed 
to be to gain a prize in this class for they were all 
magnificent animals. Among the yearling heif¬ 
ers, the last class of Short-horns, but not the 
least in importance, and the best class of its kind 
that we have ever seen, Mr. Towneley again car¬ 
ries off the 1st prize, with a roan heifer of re¬ 
markable nice quality, getting rather small for¬ 
ward. Its neighbor, 94, is equal, if not supe¬ 
rior to the prize animal. The second prize is 
taken by Mr. George Sainbury, with a red and 
white heifer, by the duke of Gloucester, shown 
in the condition just as such things ought to be, 
and thus in some respects a pattern to others. 
The prize is awarded in this case to excessive fat, 
or the 2d prize animal would have been first. 
Mr. Towneley also shows a very clever heifer 
by the Fourth Duke of Oxford. 
Nos. 100, 101, 102, are shown by Mr. Kirk- 
ham ; they are very compact neat heifers, all 
by Usurer. 106 and 107 are two red heifers, 
(thick, useful beasts,) shown by Mr. Fletcher, of 
Mansfield. 
Herefords.— The first class includes only 3 
bulls, and the 1st prize is taken by Mr. Price, 
for as perfectly-formed an animal, of first-rate 
quality as we have seen for some time. The sec¬ 
ond prize animal, belonging to Mr. Carwardine, 
is a well-proportioned, useful beast; not, how¬ 
ever, anything equal in symmetry to Mr. Price’s 
bull. Among young bulls, the 1st prize is ad¬ 
judged to Mr. Rea, for a useful beast, by no 
means first-rate, however. The 2d prize is to a 
fairly-formed beast, of good size, belonging to Mr. 
Powell. Lord Radnor shows a very nice little 
beast of good quality, in this class. Lord Ber¬ 
wick shows a large good bull in this class, which 
we should fancy was entitled to the 1st prize; 
but it is certainly not a perfect animal. 
In Glass 3, for bull calves, but one animal is 
shown; Mr. Price receives the 1st prize for it, 
to which he is well entitled. Among cows, 
only two appear, the 1st prize is received by Mr. 
Turner, of Leominster; and the 2d by Lord 
Berwick. The class of heifers contain but two 
also, of which lord Radnor receives a 2d prize 
for a very good heifer—well formed but rather 
hard in the touch. Of yearling heifers we have 
five; the best is a well-made, thick,heavy-flesh¬ 
ed beast. The second prize is a neat heifer, of 
good quality, and perhaps greater symmetry. 
The Hereford classes generally are, as may 
have been expected, represented by but few, 
the whole width of the island having, in the case 
of the Lincoln meeting, to be traversed. 
Devons. —Among the old bulls, the 1st prize 
is carried off by Mr. Farthing, by a bull of first- 
rate quality and symmetry, having extraordi¬ 
nary depth and width of chest, with a deep good 
flank. The 2d prize is taken by a very level, 
well-formed bull of Mr. Turner, of Barton near 
Exeter, having, however, a slightly defective 
rump. Among young bulls, the 2d prize was 
taken by Mr. Quartley’s bull, and we think it 
ought to have been the first. 
141 and 142, shown by Mr. Bloomfield, of 
Wells, Norfolk, and Mr. Webber, of Tiverton, 
are useful animals, but we do not much admire 
140, shown by Mr. Wright, which carried off the 
the 1st prize. 
There were but two in the class of calves, 
but the prize is rightly awarded to Mr. Turner’s 
No. 144. 
Ten cows were shown, and a very good 
class it is. Mr. Farthing takes the 1st prize for 
decidedly the best animal in the class. Lord 
Leicester takes the 2d prize for a very useful 
animal; good, especially in the hind quarters. 
Among the heifers Mr. Turner carries the 1st 
prize for a very nice level beast, which well de¬ 
serves the distinction. The second goes to Mr. 
Quartley. 
Among the younger heifera the first prize 
goes to Mr. Turner. Mr. Blomfield, of Norfolk, 
shows a heifer of great merit, than which there is 
nothing more compact in the Devon class. The 
second prize is taken by Mr. Webber, for a useful 
animal of good fore quarters. 
As to the show of the cattle classes generally 
we will only add that our anticipations of a 
good show have been abundantly realized. The 
Short-horned classes are decidedly better than 
we have seen on any former occasion, especially 
the classes of cows and heifers, many of which 
are perfection itself. The classes of Herefords 
and Devons are smaller in number than they 
have been at previous shows, but this may be 
accounted for by the greater distance from 
the scene of the meeting; and we think that 
the classes have shown greater uniformity in 
character than we have previously seen. We 
must continue to express our regret that exhib¬ 
itors still feel it to be necessary, in order to at¬ 
tain distinction, to run that risk of rendering 
their animals unproductive, which is incurred 
by the extraordinary state of fatness to which 
some of these animals are brought. 
The following are the list of prizes for cattle, 
published soon after the opening of the yards 
on Monday :— 
Short-horns. 
Judges—Messrs. Thomas Parkinson, Thomas 
Trotter, and John Wright. 
Class 1. Bulls, between 2 and 4 years old 
£40 William Sanday, of Holmes Pierrepont, 
near Nottingham; £20Richard Booth, of Wal¬ 
laby. 
Class 2. Bulls, yearlings: £25 William Old- 
ling, Market Rasen; £15 Charles Towneley, of 
Towneley Park. 
Class 3. Bull calf, above 6 and under 12 
months old : £10 Charles Towneley. 
Class 4. Cow in milk or in calf: £20 Charles 
Towneley ; £10 John Booth, of Killerby, 
Catterick. 
Class 5. Heifers in milk or in calf, not exceed¬ 
ing 3 years old: £15 James Douglas, of Athel- 
staneford Farm, Drern ; £10 Charles Towneley. 
Class 6. Yearling heifers : £10 Charles 
Towneley; £5 George Sainbury, of the Priory, 
Corsham. 
Herefords. 
Judges—Messrs. Edward L. Franklin, John 
Charles Langlands, and John Williams. 
Class 1. Bulls, between 2 and 4 years old: 
£40 Edward Price, of Court House, Leomin¬ 
ster. £20 John Carwardine, of Stockton Bury, 
Leominster. 
Class 2. Bulls, yearling: £25 to James Rea, 
Monaughty, Knighton; £15 to W. Styles Pow¬ 
ell, Castle street, Hereford. 
Class 3. Bull-calf, above 6 and under 12 
months old: £10 to Edward Price, of Court 
House, Leominster. 
Class 4. Cows in milk or in calf: £20 to Phil¬ 
lip Turner, of the Leen, Pembridge, Leomin¬ 
ster ; £10 to Lord Berwick, of Cronkhill, 
Shrewsbury. 
Class 5. Heifers in milk or in calf, not exceed¬ 
ing 3 years old: £15 to William Perry, of Chol- 
strey, Leominster; £10 to the Earl of Radnor, 
of Coleshill House, Highworth. 
Class 6. Yearling heifers: £10 to John Walk¬ 
er, of Westfield House, Holmer, Hereford; £5 
to Philip Turner. 
Devons. 
Judges—Messrs. Edward L. Franklin, John 
Charles Langlands, and John Williams. 
Class 1. Bulls between 2 and 4 years old : 
£40 to Samuel Farthing, Bridgewater; £20 to 
George Turner, Exeter. 
Class 2. Bulls, yearlings: £25 to Robert 
Wright, Taunton; £15 to James Quartley, of 
South Molton. 
Class 3. Bull calf, above 6 and under 12 
months old: £10 to George Turner, of Barton. 
Class 4. Cows in milk or in calf: £20 to 
Samuel Farthing; £10 to Earl of Leicester. 
Class 5. Heifers in milk or in calf, not exceed¬ 
ingly 3 years old ; £15 to George Turner; £10 
to James Quartley. 
Class 6. Yearling heifers ; £10 to George 
Turner ; £5 to Thomas Webber, of Halberton 
Court, Tiverton. 
COTTON-SEED CAKE FOR FEEDING CATTLE. 
We select the following valuable article on 
this subject, from the last number (45) of the 
Scotch Journal of Agriculture. The experi¬ 
ments detailed are highly important, and we 
would especially commend the article to the pe¬ 
rusal of our Southern friends. It seems that in 
one of these experiments, cotton-seed cake 
proved as valuable for feeding as oil meal, lin¬ 
seed cake, or bean meal. 
Mr. Burn, of the Castle Mills, Edinburgh, who 
had invented a new cotton-cleaning machine, 
having had a considerable quantity of cotton 
seed on hand, after the separation of the wool 
from the seed by his machines, sent it to a lin¬ 
seed cake manufactory to have the oil expressed. 
The cake which was thus obtained, after the ex¬ 
pression of the oil, was distributed among sev¬ 
eral gentlemen for experiment, as an article of 
food for cattle and sheep. Having obtained a 
small quantity of it, we had the less hesitation 
in giving it to our animals, as we had often 
read and heard of the cotton seed being used in 
India as food both for horses and cattle. * * 
Dr. Anderson gives an analysis of it, and 
we will compare its analysis with that of 
other feeding-stuffs, before giving the details of 
any experiment with it. 
Lin¬ 
seed 
Cake 
Rape 
Cake 
Cotton | 
seed 
Cake. | 
Beans. 1 
o 
Barley. 
Water, 
12.44 
10.68 
11.19 
15.84 
12.66 
15.97 
Oil. .... 
12.79 
11.10 
9.08 
1.59 
6.12 
1.88 
Albuminous compounds, 
27.69 
29.53 
25.16 
4.70 
10.16 
7.74 
Ash, - 
6.13 
7.79 
5.64 
3.36 
2.66 
2.14 
Other constituents, - 
40.95 
40.90 
48.93 
54.51 
68.40 
72.27 
100.00 
100.00 
100.00 
100.00 
100.00 
100.00 
Nitrogen, - 
4.33 
4.38 
3.95 
3.89 
1.60 
1.22 
Silica, .... 
1.05 
1.18 
1.32 
Phosphates, 
2.73 
3.87 
2.19 
0.49 
0.65 
0.56 
Phosphoric acid, - 
0.55 
0.39 
0.15 
0.46 
0.01 
0.35 
It will be seen from this table, that cotton¬ 
seed cake holds a respectable place as an article 
of food for cattle; while oats and barley, which 
are considered by some intelligent and experi¬ 
enced feeders as equal, weight for weight, to 
linseed cake, are very deficient in oil and albu¬ 
minous compounds, the two most important 
constituent, in any feeding-stuffs. Tt is as Well 
to mention, however, that this opinion has been 
disputed by many eminent feeders. 
The parcel of cotton-seed cake sent us was of 
a yellowish-brown appearance, very brittle, and 
of an agreeable nutty flavor. We first tested 
its palatableness ; pieces were laid before cattle, 
sheep, and pigs, which devoured them with an 
avidity and relish seldom manifested towards 
kinds of food to which they had not been ac¬ 
customed. We next instituted an experiment 
with it. Eight Angus cattle, that had been fed 
on turnips and straw all winter, were selected 
in the beginning of March; four were fed on 
cotton-seed cake, at the rate of 6 lb. per day to 
each, and the other four on a mixture composed 
of 2£ linseed cake, 2} lb. bean meal, and 1 lb. 
of treacle, with chaff, and a little salt; both lots 
got, besides, as many Swedish turnips and as 
much straw as they could eat. This feed was con¬ 
tinued for six weeks, at the end of which time, 
the quantity of cotton-seed cake being nearly 
exhausted, the cattle were sold fat to a flesher, 
after the best two in the whole lot, which ware 
chosen from those fed on the cotton-seed cake, 
had obtained the premium for the best fat at a 
district agricultural show. We considered this 
experiment favorable for the cotton-seed cake ; 
and, though somewhat vague, and by no means 
rigidly conducted, it was quite sufficient to war¬ 
rant a more extended experiment, yea, even a 
more extensive use of it as a substitute for the 
other feeding-stuffs generally employed. 
We wrote, accordingly, to Mr. Burn, request¬ 
ing him to forward more of the cotton-seed cake 
to us. Having as yet been able to carry on his 
cotton - cleaning operations but on a limited 
scale, his importations of the material had not 
been great; and though he sent us all that was 
in his possession, it was not by any means as 
