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meetings, so as to guard against the transmission of hereditary 
diseases, and the substitution of animals of greater age for 
younger ones. The connexion between the science of vete¬ 
rinary medicine and that of agriculture is daily becoming more 
intimate, and the bonds of their union will become stronger 
in proportion as each honestly endeavours to promote the 
success of the other. Did space permit, a theme of this kind 
would draw* forth many pertinent remarks, but we must be 
content with mere allusions to the subject on this occasion, 
hoping to find an early opportunity of returning to it again. 
The following gentlemen acted as Judges of the Live 
Stock : Short-horn Cattle : James Topham, Charles 
Stokes, John Wright. Hereford Cattle : E. L. Franklin, 
H. Trethewy. Devon Cattle : E. L. Franklin, H. 
Trethewy. Other established Breeds of Cattle : 
John Parkinson, John Clayden, J. B. Thompson. Agri¬ 
cultural Horses: W. C. Spooner, C. Randell, J. Mor- 
ley. Dray Horses : W. C. Spooner, C. Randell, John 
Morley. Other Horses : Thos. Brooks, Henry Thurnall, 
J. H. Bland. Leicester Sheep : Richard Hew itt, 
Nathaniel C. Stone, John Bodley. Southdown Sheep: H. 
Lugar, H. Footes, E. Trumper. Long-wooled Sheep: 
William Bartholomew, Henry Bateman, Henry Beevor. 
Short-W'OOled Sheep: Josh. Blundell, James Rawlence, 
James Burgess. Pigs : J. Woolf, Rev. C. T. James, and 
J. S. Turner. 
Their aw r ard was as under. 
: SHORT-HORNED CATTLE. 
Class I.— To the owner of the best Bull , calved on or before the l$tf of July, 
1S57, a?id not exceeding six years old. 
First prize of £30 to No. 10, John H. JBradburne, of Pipe Place, near 
Lichfield, Staffordshire. 
Second prize of £15 to No. 15, The Hon. Colonel Pennant, M.P., of 
Penrhyn Castle, near Bangor, Carnarvon. 
Third prize of £5 to No. 28, Stephen Gooch, of Honingham, near 
Norwich. 
Highly Commended.—No. 3, Viscount Hill. No. 20, John T. Noakes. 
Commended.—No. 16, Lord Feversham. No. 17, Miss E. Barroby. 
No. 21, William Todd. No. 31, Sir C. R. Tempest, Bart. No. 34, Jonas 
Webb. 
